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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.
4,416 entries
October 2, 2019 · 3:26 AM · CIRCLE
Limerick, PA
I was driving to work and I’m the only one on the road. I saw a straight bright lights from the sky and I thought to myself it was a different kind of airplane... maybe the governments... I’m a flight attendant and I knew right there that it was not a plane as it gets closer and dropping. I saw the object going down fast sideways and tilted and when it came closer, I saw it was a big circle with white bright lights like a football field lights in squares and had blue and red colors on the side as well. It was too close that it can capture something... it was big like a circular building going down like a falcon, then when I stopped at the corner, it was just gone like magic. I took a zoomed picture as I try to make it closer but I didn’t know my phone had flash and it reflected on my windshield. But i got a vivid picture and u can see it as u zoom it.
October 2, 2019 · 3:26 AM · CIRCLE
Limerick, PA
Witness does not include any detailed information about her sighting. PD
September 29, 2019 · 7:30 PM · FIREBALL
Simpson, PA
Observed a bright light from my porch and went out into street to check. Red with yellow/orange rimmed colored object first looked as possible plane or drone. I ran for iPad to take picture. When I returned to street object had changed course to a more circular pattern. Picture I obtained was through branches of tree, but clearly showed a lit object. Part of my background includes EMT, Disaster Service Worker and photography.
September 29, 2019 · 6:46 AM · CIGAR
New Castle, PA
I snapped the picture and then reviewed it immediately and asked myself what it was. I then look directly back up and watch it take off
September 27, 2019 · 8:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Newport, PA
I was watching for satellites when I saw 3 in a triangle formation. Moving in the fashion of a satellite with no blinking light and in high orbit. All moving at the same speed but in a triangle formation. Whatever it was it was not a solid formation we could see stars between the formation. It did not block out light from other stars. it could have been satellites all in Orbit together flying in a v but I highly doubt that.
September 26, 2019 · 3:00 AM · CIRCLE
Reading, PA
I was out side at about 3:00am in west reading, smoking a cigarette as I do every night! I looked at the sky an seen a very bright, flashing light with white, red&green or blue lights! I stood there for at least 20 mins watching this an it would move back an forth side to side! I seen planes passing by as usual being were right next to the reading air port but what I was watching was definitely way different then any plain! I went in side an got my girlfriend to come out an look with me, she agreed it was not a plain, we got in the car drove down 422 an lost sight of it! Got back home an we spotted it again from the front porch as we did the first time! It’s now 5 am an this object is still there just way higher an further away now an in a different location of the sky but still in the same area!
September 23, 2019 · 9:00 PM · FLASH
Slippery Rock, PA
Enormous flash of light on a totally clear night. It was so bright it made it look like it was daylight for one full second. It was not lightning there was no sound.
September 23, 2019 · 7:00 AM · CIRCLE
Reading, PA
It was right before 7am when I was at work and went outside to look at the sunrise. This is when I noticed a small dark circle moving slowly around the clouds. I ran to grab my phone, and proceeded to record the object. At first the ball was not moving and was stationary in the sky. It began to move slowly and change direction a few timeS. At first I thought it was a drone, but it was too high and was a perfect circle. A nearby plane around the same distance away also put into perspective of how big the circle really was. As the circle began to go away from me, it began to speed up and moved away rather quickly. I was left stunned and confused, because I have no idea what this could be.
September 22, 2019 · 11:05 PM · LIGHT
Norristown, PA
I was standing on the backyard of my house. I've noticed a red, large, round light moving from behind the tree from west towards the east. It was a very bright red ball with a hint of the orange and yellow inside. The shape of it was slightly elongated towards the direction it was moving to. Initially it was moving slow and it was large and clear. I would compare the size of it to the soccer ball held on the stretched out arm. There was no sound. It started moving faster with growing distance. By the time I ran into the house and grabbed my phone if was disappearing. I took a short video but it seems like a star.
September 21, 2019 · 10:16 PM · SPHERE
Folsom, PA
We were sitting in our yard as we frequently do on weekends. We like to watch for satellites, the ISS, etc., and have seen these plenty of times and are very familiar with them. At 22:17 (10:17 PM ET) we saw this orange light appear from the NW sky and it moved slowly across the sky to the NE and then disappeared as it reached a certain point in the distance, much like a satellite does. However, unlike a satellite or the ISS, this object was much larger, approx. the size of a dime held at arm's length and it was orange like fire, but was not a fireball. It was bigger than any airplane lights and there were no flashing lights. It was just a solid orange light and it was silent. It took around two minutes to move across the sky.
September 19, 2019 · 9:15 PM · CHANGING
Norristown, PA
First appeared as elongated white light then changed to object displaying 3 lights: 1 white 1 green 1 red. When it was almost overhead the 3 lights changed into 4 white lights in a diamond pattern. Photos were taken that show a craft of some type under the lights when I zoomed in on images.
September 19, 2019 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Allentown, PA
Last night my husband and myself were in our bedroom at about 8pm. When I heard what sounded like a plane since the airport was close by. I told my husband that plane sounds like he is flying really low. So I got up from the bed and looked out my window. When I looked out and up saw a triangle shape aircraft that sounded like a Mac truck had 8 white round lights underneath and blinking red ones at the end of it but on top and it was low saw
September 19, 2019 · 7:50 PM · LIGHT
Upper Chichester, PA
My wife yelled to me from the car as she was pulling out of the driveway, come look at this, what is it as I walked down I saw 4 orange lights in diamond formation traveling from northeast to southwest. They were moving quite slowly. Then one by one they just started to fade away. Before the last one disappeared, a 5th one appeared. This is when I started recording. The 5th one was heading in the same direction as the others and then made a sharp right turn and eventually faded away. The color can only be described as a ball of fire. And we are right by the airport and there were planes in the air close by.
September 15, 2019 · 5:30 PM · SPHERE
Lancaster, PA
The 2 of us noticed a sphere over the western part of Lancaster hovering and slowly moving eastward. We thought it was a ballon but it flashed different colors and emitted a black mist that quickly disappeared in the atmosphere. I did take video but not sure if I got all of the action.
September 15, 2019 · 4:15 PM · RECTANGLE
Allentown, PA
Object appeared from west traveling in straight line eastward. I am a licensed pilot and would estimate object to be travelling at a steady rate about 1500 feet above ground level. Speed estimated to be 80-90 knots. Object was a black rectangle with no flashing lights, no wings, and with no discernible sound. The object had 8+/- sodium colored lights on the underside. These lights were steady and not flashing in anyway. I was unprepared for a sighting of this nature and did not have any recording equipment at the ready. My 19 year old daughter was with me. I brought it to her attention and she witnessed it as well. The object was not far from the flight path from the East Texas VOR to LVIA International however it did not head towards LVIA or Queen City Airport. I could see it for several miles until it went beyond my vision never deviating from its straight line course.
September 15, 2019 · 8:45 AM · OVAL
Reading, PA
I was walking home from work on Spring Street. When I looked up at the Fire Tower, I seen three big lights in a single formation lift off of the tower and fly straight up. By the time I got a in better view of them it was already was out of sight.
September 14, 2019 · 9:57 PM · CYLINDER
Bethel Park, PA
I was documenting the Harvest Moon with iPHONE and captured UFO on camera. I didn't notice it until a few days later when I zoomed in on my photos. I notified someone from the FAA who agreed to view 2 photos. I emailed them to him. He did confirm it was an "unidentified flying object." He also told me that "it is huge."
September 13, 2019 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
Sewickley, PA
Just before sunset, I noticed what looked like a planet in the eastern sky about 90 degrees from the horizon. The sun was still up so it was strange to see the bright, planet-like object. I inspected it with binoculars and it seemed to have two smal moons, much like what Jupiter looks like through binoculars. I called to my wife and 16 year old stepson who also saw the object that remained stationary.. My stepson used an astronomy app and told me that it was not Jupiter. His app showed Jupiter in the southwestern sky. Once the sun went down the object completely disappeared.
September 13, 2019 · 8:15 AM
Perkasie, PA
It was a red light. When I saw it my first thought was it was a flare, but the longer I looked at it, I realized that it was not such. I'm not making this up. It had been in the air for at least five minutes. It traveled with grace and almost looked like it was dancing. It had an aurora around it too. I don't even know if it was a craft.
September 12, 2019 · 10:00 AM · CHANGING
Scottdale, PA
Looks like stars at first glance, then the star like object pulses sometimes it will look like a star then change to a stick shape and moves around sky, tonight was the second time me and my mom saw it lower the lights are in a triangle shape , red white lights , it will be stationary then starts to circle the sky . There is no noice coming from flying object. You can come to this particular area and see multiple of the star like objects pulsating red blue and orange they are in the sky every night
September 9, 2019 · 1:00 PM · DIAMOND
Dive, PA
The craft was diamond shaped with three rigged circles at the bottom all silver. It was just hovering there for about two minutes then disappeared, but where the craft was the birds were circling around, as if it was still there, and I proceeded to the store.
September 8, 2019 · 11:40 AM · OTHER
Bear Creek township, PA
Driving home around 1130 route 115 towards bear creek i noticed a cigar shaped white or silver object in the sky siting motionless looked far away i kept looking up like what is that then it moved very quickly and disappeared right before my eyes no trail or anything and not a cloud in the sky. This sounds nuts but it hsppened
September 7, 2019 · 11:30 PM · OVAL
Cross Run, PA
Driving northbound on 81 south of Hazleton. One oval-shaped natural, but bright, light appeared to the west of the Highway around 1,000 feet above ground level (they seemed very close). Within seconds there were 10-15 lights to the west stretching out over the next mile. They were not in a line, they were all over. We could see additional lights behind trees and as we continued we were able to see that the lights continued into the distance. Entire family was in car but only wife was awake. We are both former military with extensive knowledge of helicopters, this was something different. There was no noise coming from these, complete silence.
September 7, 2019 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Coudersport, PA
Me, my brother, my best friend and a close buddy (all college graduates, professionals in our late 20’s, early 30’s) were stargazing at while camping at cherry spring state park. We first saw a shooting star and thought that would be the coolest thing we saw or maybe if lucky we would see the milky way. Instead we saw an odd shaped craft off in the distance that was flickering red and blue lights or a purplish light. We were all taken back cause it was unlike anything we expected to see or had seen before. We thought maybe it was a satellite or a space station. But then it began to move in a direct line to the right (a few inches in the sky) and then in a direct smooth and controlled line back to where it was. Intelligent coordinated movement. This left us questioning what the hell did we see? I am now confident that we saw a UFO