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Sightings
Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
5,054 entries
August 31, 2019 · 9:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Liberty, NY
Around the same time every night I stargaze, recently this month my son has been waking up to tell me that said "owls" have been outside our house. It didn't catch my attention at first (imagination), but, until I noticed that a "ufo" has been flying around the open view outside my house. I have a window that can see open field for miles and this "ufo" what have you... moves around the sky until I cannot watch anymore. It has shown characteristics of circling, brightening and dimming. When planes are in the vicinity of flight path it will dim its lights and fly higher into the sky. It will wait until out of path to come further down then lighting back up. I have seen said "ufo" move quickly around nights sky and take what looks like sharp 45 degree angles just to stop instantaneously brighten up and what appears to be letting out orbs of lights from said object. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 30, 2019 · 6:30 AM · FLASH
Wantagh, NY
Driving during a clear sky sunrise, I witnessed a bright circular flash in the open sky and then it disappeared. Silent.
August 27, 2019 · 9:45 PM · CIRCLE
New York City (Bronx), NY
I was sitting on my apartment patio in Riverdale section of the Bronx when two joined red lights appeared. They sometimes flashed. At times they seemed to merge into one red light. The light/craft sometimes hovered, sometimes flew without sound in and out of my sight. I called my wife out to see. We sat and watched it soundlessly zoom, without sound, then stop. Sometimes a green light flashed as well. The light/craft (I couldn't make out a shape) seemed to be having fun in the skies. Very fast. Finally, it quickly descended in a fast, straight drop, our view blocked by nearby trees. We thought it might be drone, but we don't know if drones are capable of such far-ranging manouvers or coming to an abrupt stop and hovering.
August 27, 2019 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Hornell, NY
Myself, son and friend seen an object around 50 to 100 ft from us in the sky. This object was stationary. It was bright white at the top and bright blue at the bottom. I was hoping this was some kind of air show but my research hasn't discovered this. I do have video coverage although it isn't the best phone it still shows a craft to which I've explained.
August 23, 2019 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Chester, NY
Approx. 12:30 am. Large bright light hovering. Moved back an forth several times. Then vanished with extreme speed. I was in my bedroom looking out my window. My son was outside. We finally spoke of the event on 08/25. We witnessed the exact same large bright light.
August 20, 2019 · 3:00 AM · CIRCLE
New York City (Manhattan), NY
I live in a high-rise building in Weehawken, New Jersey. I woke up in the middle of the night and saw this bright object hovering in the sky above the Hudson River roughly across 86th-89th street of the Upper West Side of Manhattan. As first I thought it was a star, but as I look carefully, I notice the objective was moving and its brightness changes as it moved. Since I don't have a telescope, I couldn't tell the exact shape of object, but it looks circular and it is bright. After 15-20 minutes, the object began to ascend and the light got dimmer. Right before it fully disappeared, I saw another similar object appeared above the Manhattan Island, roughly around the 86th-80th street near the Upper West Side. The object looks very similar to the other one. It is round and it's bright. It hovered over the area for about 10-15 minutes, then it traveled toward downtown Manhattan. It was flying in a straight line, steady altitude, in a speed just faster than a helicopter. I could hear any noise from where I was. It continued to fly in the downtown direction until it has gone beyond the view of my window. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 19, 2019 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Pine Bush, NY
Date: August 19, 2019 Time: approx. 23:00 EST Location: Ulster County, NY, low in the sky between Burlingham, NY, and Walker Valley, NY, Sighting area: about 10 mins West of Pine Bush, NY, looking West Sighting duration 5-10 mins. Description: Seen just above the tree tops at a distance of approx. 2-3 miles, a bright flashing light, rapidly changing colors. Larger and brighter than a star, and not flashing regular FAA lights (as I observed the object a normal plane did fly overhead for contrast). Lots of stars out, too, but this looked nothing like a star. Mediocre quality iPhone video taken that, at least, shows the rapid cycling of the flashing lights. Viewed through binoculars, however, the distant object almost appeared spherical, and the different colored rapid-cycling lights were much more obvious. The object appeared motionless until it drifted away south and was gone from view behind tall trees nearby.
August 18, 2019 · 5:44 PM · DISK
New York, NY
super fast object flying across the sky with a hazey light around it. perfectly shaped like a saucer.
August 16, 2019 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Rochester, NY
Green dot falling towards horizon at incredibly high speed. Possible meteor?? PD
August 15, 2019 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
The event occurred yesterday at 7pm in prospect park Brooklyn. I was in the park with my wife and daughter and laying on my back staring up the swallows flying high above. A small white dot caught my attention (a small star bright light) much higher than commercial airline flights seem to be and way higher than the swallows above. At first I thought nothing of it as it could be something reflecting light from the sun, but the object started to move to the left. After it moved it really caught my attention and a few seconds just stopped. After the obeject had stopped moving, two more lights (or star bright dots) appeared directly underneath the original object. It was in perfect vertical straight line underneath the original dot and totaled three lights. The three lights all proceeded to move left again and after a few seconds of following the dots/stars I tried to alert my wife and point out the general direction. In this time more had appeared sporadically (in no formation or visibly noticeable) formation. The number grew till around 7 stars could be seen and spaces all over the area of sky. The whole event lasted around 2 minutes and my wife (to my frustartition) didn’t managed to track or witness it. I’m actually sad that I alone witnessed it and would have even tried to contact a complete stranger to highlight what I was witnessing! I would honestly love to know if any sighting (other than mine) happened and up till yesterday would have literally laughed at anyone telling me they had witnessed something extra ordinary or a UFO. This really changed for me yesterday and tried in all ways to rantionalize and explain what it could have been, both civilian and military wise. Hope to hear from you back and all the best.
August 15, 2019 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Hammond, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 14, 2019 · 7:00 PM · CYLINDER
Minetto, NY
On 08/14/19 at about 7:00 pm, I saw what looked like a plane with no wings flying North, kind of low in the sky. About the height a propeller plane would fly (below cloud height). I didn’t see any lights and the object looked to be pure white and the length of any commercial plane. It did not have a vapor trail and I saw it through tree tops so it disappeared from my view very quickly. I thought it was a jet at first but what caught my attention was that it was so low for this area. There is no commercial airport nearby. I quickly realized it had no wings and was just a cylinder or cigar shape. I heard nothing which I thought was strange based on the height it was flying . As soon as it flew behind some leaves (about 4-5 seconds after I first saw it), I ran around the trees to a wide open area to make sure of what I was seeing. Maybe 25 feet on the ground and then there was nothing blocking my view. It only took maybe another 3 or 4 seconds to get to the clear area. I was shocked that it was gone. Nothing at all in the sky. No vapor trail. It was way to far below the clouds to have gone behind them or into them. It was not traveling anywhere near fast enough to have disappeared. I even waited a couple of minutes to see if I was missing something. I have no idea where it went and the fact that it disappeared like that is why I am looking into this further. I went online to see if anyone else saw it and that is how I came upon this website, I would really like to find out more information and see if anyone else saw this or something of a similar circumstance? I’m pretty skeptical about these things, but I am very confused about what this could have been? I know for sure I saw the object. It could see how I could possibly misidentify an object but I could not have misplaced it in that time frame.
August 14, 2019 · 1:30 AM · LIGHT
Pendelton, NY
There was a round flickering light moving around sporadically. This was over a corn field across from my home. My husband and I observed this and taped it for a few minutes. We have seen this on other days in the fields on the opposite side of my house as well. It sometimes has a red flash of light and then disappears.
August 12, 2019 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Utica, NY
Red Sphere hovering at about the height of the base of the roof on the house it waas nearest. My husband and I were walking the dog and as we went over a small hill it was there hovering in the middle of the street, It looked like it was only a few houses away from us. From where we stood it appeared about 2 ft wide maybe? It was hard to tell. It was a bright red, glowing sphere. This street is well lit, so it was easy to tell that it was hovering all alone with nothing attached to it from any direction. It made no sound. We got nervous and headed the other direction, looked over our shoulders, and it had disappeared completely. The entire sighting lasted only a few minutes.
August 9, 2019 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Gloversville, NY
The bright light slowly approaching the roadside leaving me to think mabey a dirt bike with very bright headlamp was going to pull out in front of me so I eased on the breaks. At this point the light crossed in front of me but it was unusually high for any type of land vehicle as it traveled toward me, just to my left side, as if it was oncoming traffic. When the light was directly beside me it shot off behind me extremely fast and disappeared.
August 5, 2019 · 11:35 PM · FORMATION
Harriman State Park, NY
I proceeded to pull over immediately after sighting this and confirmed with my 3 passengers that we were all seeing the same thing. Everyone confirmed. The moment I turned my headlights off, the 3 craft, still in formation, increased their altitude suddenly, then proceeded to move to the west at an incredible rate of speed. They went from zero to what seemed like thousands of miles per hour in the blink of an eye. As they moved west they gradually increased altitude until they were no longer visible. The total time we watched this was 4 minutes, so at 23:39 the event was over. I am a former EMT/Paramedic, the 3 people I was with were 1. Retired NYPD Sergeant, 2. A Trauma/ER Nurse and 3. Former US Marine Force Recon Soldier, all of us I firmly believe are very credible, reliable and completely sane. Nobody was under the influence of any drug or alcohol. I had an experience in Harriman State Park approximately 20 years ago, but I was by myself so never reported it. In that instance I saw a glowing green light about 5 feet over my car (I could see it through my sunroof) speed past me very low to the ground at an alarming rate of speed, then took off into the sky and disappeared. I'm completely skeptical, but I do know what I saw on both occasions and am really glad I wasn't alone this time. If you'd like further details please contact me. Thank you.
August 5, 2019 · 9:25 PM · FIREBALL
Syracuse, NY
My husband and I were watching baseball and saw lights moving in the sky outside the window. They were slow-moving, red, fireball looking lights, traveling in pairs and moving slowly without sound. More kept appearing. Our neighbor came outside and observed them as well. This continued for about 15 minutes. I have never seen anything quite like this in the night sky before - larger than stars and noiseless. Very strange. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 4, 2019 · 4:00 PM · CHANGING
Flushing (Queens), NY
TWO GOLD METALLIC CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS STANDING PERFECTLY STILL (NO WIND AT GROUND LEVEL) INTERTWINED CHANGING SHAPE RAPIDLY. FIRST THOUGHT, BALLOONS BUT A COMMERCIAL JET PASSED THE OBJECT (LAGUARDIA AIRPORT IS NEARBY) GIVING ME A GOOD ESTIMATE OF IT'S SIZE. IT WAS LARGER AND HIGHER THAN THE JET!!!! THE OBJECT GRADUALLY GAINED ALTITUDE AND DISAPPEARED.
July 31, 2019 · 8:15 PM · CIGAR
Astoria, NY
Looking out window it caught my eye. Red and white. Going fast stops short stays still went back and forth and up and down and zig zag. I have a video not too good didn't zoom, but you can see the movements.
July 31, 2019 · 9:40 AM · FIREBALL
Millbrook, NY
When we used the app and looked into the phone, it didn’t come up as anything. We looked back to the sky and it had vanished. Mad weird. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 27, 2019 · 11:30 PM · SPHERE
Levittown, NY
I was sitting outside against the tire of my car waiting for a pizza delivery, just sitting there looking at Jupiter/Ceres whilst I notice a circle (Not sphere) moving slowy at low altitude (Seemed to me at the time being). It was honestly seemed like just a balloon at first and moved at the same rate. But what was absurd about it was it really had no definition/value it just seemed to be a 'flat' round point in the sky, It was about a size of making a circle with your thumb and index and holding it at arms length. It was a warm gray color and lost sight of it after a minute going behind the tree line Characteristics of Object* There were aircraft but as I live on long island this is very common.
July 26, 2019 · 8:02 PM · SPHERE
Adirondack, NY
We were on the east shore of Schroon Lake, on our deck, when a broght light appeared over the lake. It slowly came towards our position, then curved towards the northeast. It was a steady bright orange on color, completely silent, no blinking outboard lights. From our vantage point the object went behind some trees, turned sharply northwest, then simply disappeared. I have one photo, video did not record.
July 25, 2019 · 11:20 PM · TRIANGLE
New York City, NY
On the night of July 25th, I witnessed a UFO sighting in the sky over New York City in the East Harlem Willis Avenue bridge area which connects Manhattan with the South Bronx. It was silently hovering in the night sky at approximately 11:20pm with lights (green and red) flickering on and off. This triangular "vehicle" eventually moved in a straight south direction, stopped, reversed course and then proceeded to move in a straight northward direction towards the Bronx New York. I was just startled by its presence. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 25, 2019 · 10:35 PM · TRIANGLE
Delanson, NY
Was sitting outside my house, stargazing. I live in a pretty rural area so the sky is really clear and easy to see on cloudless nights. I heard what I thought was a helicopter flying pretty low and I didn't pay attention to it until it more into my line of vision. I noticed there were three lights and I figured, for a second, it was three flying in formation, BUT I kept watching and the lights stayed completely equidistant the entire time. I went to our back porch to get a better look and I saw the barest hint of a triangle silhouette. I watched the lights disappear behind the hills, the lights stayed totally equidistant and did not change (not at all like the brigades of helicopters I've seen flying together, even at night). One of them was red.