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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.
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September 9, 2023 · 1:29 PM · CYLINDER
A few miles north of Osawatomie, KS
The object was hovering in the sky completely stationary. I noticed it out of the car window. I'm not sure how far away it was. It was a clear sunny day and just caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of my eye. Zoom in to the right side of uploaded pictures to see object.
September 9, 2023 · 8:28 AM · CIGAR
Woodinville, WA
Large cigar shaped object. White or reflective in the sun. No visible control surfaces, no sound. I have an aviation background and can identify most civilian and military aircraft by shape and sound. First observed directly above my head as I looked up while in a seated position. Noticed the object, at first glance I thought it must be a plane as we’re in the landing flight path for a regional airport. But I noticed at a longer glance I could not identify it because it had no control surfaces. Not quite sure what to make of it I waited until it had passed my position trying to listen for the sound of the jet engine. It was dead silent. Total observed time was about 20 seconds. I grabbed my phone to take a picture but it had passed out of view going to the NW. I opened my flight radar app immediately and there was nothing transponding anywhere near me on radar. Details: - 8:28-8:29AM Sat Sept 9th 2023 - Not any identifiable aircraft to me - No flight surfaces of any kind - No sounds - Color white or silver - No visible lights - Estimated size, about the size of a 747 fuselage from my vantage point. Fight Characteristics: - Flying in a straight line at a steady speed - Heading: 308deg NW coming from the NE - Estimated altitude 2-5k feet - Estimated speed 250kph best guess - Not transponding via flight radar app (screenshot attached) Environmental Conditions: - Weather 58deg no clouds, visibility 17 miles wind at ground level 2mph from the North Barometric pressure: 30.14 inHG *Three images included. One of the flight radar app at the time. One from my observation point. One of the weather conditions at the time
September 9, 2023 · 2:25 AM · SPHERE
Henderson, NY
It was large, round and horseshoe-like. It was bright yellow with a blue tint around it with a part of it darker. It appeared out of nowhere, stopped in place for a second, then the light zoomed and was gone. There was no trail like a shooting star would have. It lit up the whole sky and made it look like Day.
September 9, 2023 · 1:55 AM · UNKNOWN
Hinckley, IL
At approximately 1:55 a.m. on Saturday, September 9, I decided to head off to bed after watching television. I am a night owl, so it is normal for me to be wide awake late into the evening and early morning hours. Upon laying down and looking directly out an open west window one foot away from the bed, I noticed an unknown object with intense bright blue light surrounding it flying erratically using sudden darting movements high in the sky west of Hinckley. I immediately got out of bed and watched it maneuver for the next 15 minutes. I couldn't take my eyes off of it. The most stunning movement was how it literally appeared to fall or drop from the sky at blinding speed. But then it then came to a complete stop and remained in one place. It darted back up into the sky, and in general continued to dart at will around the sky west of Hinckley. Occasionally, the object would completely disappear and then suddenly reappear a few seconds later. The night was clear with no clouds, so there was nothing to obscure the object from visibility. The next thing that occurred was simply amazing! As it started to move east across Hinckley on the north side of town, the object suddenly became TWO unknown objects, each surrounded with bright blue light. Together, in absolutely precise tandem, they flew to the east at high speed. In order to continue watching, I had to quickly run from the west side of the house to the east side. When I arrived on the deck on the east side of the house, the two objects had either blended back into one, or one of them had left the area. The remaining blue object then flew out of sight south of Hinckley. Absolutely stunned by the unbelievable sharp turns it would make at high speed, I continued to remain on the deck waiting to see if it might return. And it did! It flew back from the south where it had previously gone and proceeded further east. I did not see it again although I continued to monitor the sky for quite some time after. I'll do my best to try to describe the speed at which this object moved. Imagine using your finger to point up into the sky on the west side of Hinckley. Then quickly swing your finger all the way to the east side of Hinckley. In about one second the object moved across the Hinckley sky before coming to a complete stop, changing direction, and flying off again. When it suddenly dropped from the sky at the beginning of the sighting, it happened so quickly that I thought it was going to hit the ground. But no, it simply stopped mid-air before it decided to dart off into another direction. The objects were incredibly easy to see in the sky due to the intensity of the blue light surrounding each of them. For as high into the sky as they were, they must have been fairly large objects to be seen so easily from my location on the ground. I thought about alerting the local police of the sighting, but I simply didn't want to take my eyes away from what I was viewing as I may never see something like this again in my lifetime. And since I imagine a sighting such as this would be perceived as unbelievable, I decided to report what I saw on this website instead. I have never reported, nor experienced, anything such as this ever before.
September 8, 2023 · 11:00 PM · FLASH
Morse, LA
The first one was noticed when turning off Hwy 13 onto Hwy 92. It was stationary. Flashing. Then as we got closer we noticed another one on the other side of 92. Then a third one appeared. After we started to video they started moving fast. One headed east. The others northeast. We took videos. * please excuse the language in the video. We were on our way home from a football game. We decided to not go home and see where they were. It was like two miles or so past our house.
September 8, 2023 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Paramount, CA
Light appears, then disappears then reappears and remains lit ad it desends vertically. Then travels east at a rate of speed faster than any other object in the sky. Just before vanishing, turn south and slightly changes in color and last moment.
September 8, 2023 · 9:15 PM · SPHERE
Santa Fe, NM
I noticed a moving light in my periphery. Once I saw it clearly it was 3 large round orbs of light that seemed somehow diffused. They stayed in perfect formation, triangular, the entire time. I did not see an outline of a craft so I'm not sure it it was one craft with 3 lights or 3 crafts in formation. I tend to think the later. It was at a midrange altitude in the atmosphere. It moved in one direction very quickly and with no sound at all. Any typical craft flying at that altitude I would expect to be able hear.
September 8, 2023 · 7:53 PM · LIGHT
Marlton, NJ
As I was driving in my car, I looked in the sky and saw a stationary object lighting up. I then saw it move quickly and diagonally to the right, and then it stopped moving and then after a few seconds, it went off to the right again.
September 8, 2023 · 6:15 PM · CHANGING
Memphis, TN
Craft was metallic in color. Shapeshifting from round/bulbous to rectangle and flat like a sheet. Flying too high for an airplane just taking off from the airport which is within a couple of miles from where I was. Flying way too slow to be n airplane. No wings or tail fin observed. No sound. No exhaust.
September 8, 2023 · 5:45 PM · SPHERE
Richmond, VA
While sitting in my work vehicle I saw what appeared at first to be a bright light amongst the clouds. My first thought was that it was possibly headlights from an airplane because it appeared just east of the Richmond airport. As I continued to watch it I couldn’t help but notice that it wasn’t moving. I reasoned that maybe it was an airplane moving directly towards my direction but the glow was steady and unbroken. Due to its location at the lower portion of clouds it seemed to me that if it were an airplane the reflection of it would have altered as it passed below the shadow of the clouds above. But the object remained stationary for the entire 2 to 3 minutes that I observed it. I then took out my cell phone and put it on max zoom to snapped a photo. At first glance at the photo the object is very difficult to see. But once I enlarged the photo in my phone the orb appeared rather clearly amongst the clouds. Cannot discern orb in photo.
September 8, 2023 · 2:04 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalPoinciana, FL
Took a picture of approaching storm to send to my wife at work. When I looked at the photo (taken on my iPhone) the light anomaly appeared over the roof of the house next door. I had live photo turned on which produces a short video. I am including both the JPG and MOV files. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
September 8, 2023 · 8:15 AM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalArnold, MO
I just left the house for work, driving eastward toward Saint John's catholic church, when out of my left peripheral I saw something moving through the tree line, when it appeared directly in front of me, I saw a sphere shape silverish object, spinning and reflecting light. When it stopped above the church, I decided to record, then it just glided off. I sure would like to know what it was. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Probable]
September 8, 2023 · 4:30 AM · LIGHT
Krebs, OK
I noticed a bright light more intense than any star ive seen before rise over the tree tops. At first i thought it was the comet we was expecting until i realized it was barely moving. Every 5 to 10 minutes it would dim completly about 20 seconds then come back as intense as before. After full sunrise it was undetectable in the sky. Then tonight 09/09/23 at 11 pm i seen it rising above the trees in the exact same spot. Its not a star [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
September 8, 2023 · 3:00 AM · SPHERE
orono, ME
what did I just capture ? while I was listening to my song soul buzzin , something told me to stop and record this heat lightning , then when I was going to stop I see this yellow stream of light shoot 2 feet away from me and even makes a sound vanish 20 feet in front of me about 8 feet off ground
September 8, 2023 · 2:13 AM · LIGHT
Russellville, AL
I saw some bright light that I thought was a shooting star from the west. I noticed it curved, much like a boomerang, only to vanish into thin air. This "bright light" would repeat this multiple times. After a few minutes, there were two bright lights that followed each other in a dancing fashion. These bright lights moved extremely quick, considering they were at about the height of an airplane. They made very quick, and sharp movements in the blink of an eye, only to disappear. After about 20 minutes, 7 bright lights left in uniform fashion (like the air force) heading south. The weather was foggy during the encounter, but quickly cleared up after the group of lights were seen leaving.
September 7, 2023 · 11:30 PM · OVAL
Ironton, OH
Hovered for approximately 20 seconds next to the top of the trees. I was mesmerized by all the lights around it. I went to grab my phone and it disappeared. I didn’t see it fly away but I looked away for like 2 seconds for my phone. It was extremely bright because the next night I looked out the same window and couldn’t even see the trees. I was visiting my parents home.
September 7, 2023 · 11:07 PM · SPHERE
Denver, CO
I saw an orange orb type object that I at first thought was a lone firefly above the height of a tree. It was brighter than all stars in the sky and presumably closer. I have evidence of my time clocking out from work and have been more observant since I ride a motorcycle. I have never seen firefly’s nearby and this is my first ever sighting. I truly don’t think it could’ve been a firefly and floated back and forth too much to be a shooting star. The light pulsed in and out similar to a twinkling star but more ‘glow’ like. This should be able to be seen on someone’s security camera I’m willing to bet. I could not hear anything except a nearby commercial (I think) airplane that was more above my head (I bet they got a great view of it)
September 7, 2023 · 11:01 PM · FIREBALL
omaha, NE
Bright red ,round object slowly moving across the sky .Fiery red with one third lights in front.The object was so intense in color that the lights looked pink. Moved across the sky and dipped down a little then kept traveling west,at a slow speed. No sound,no trails,just gliding.Just one object seen. So,so bright red
September 7, 2023 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Knoxville, NC
While flying from Charlotte to Memphis, I was piloting a jet aircraft at 34000 to 36000 feet. I was on a heading of approximately 273 degrees. The Big Dipper was to the right of the airplane. Approximately 30 minutes prior to touchdown around 1115pm to 11:30pm eastern standard time, a light appeared below the handle of the Big Dipper. It appeared very dim like a distant star, then increased in brightness very quickly. When it was full bright, we could see approximately 3-4 smaller very faint dim lights that would fly around the main light. After 5-10 seconds, they would all disappear. A couple minutes later, they would all reappear in the same area. A few minutes later the same thing would happen, except they would be above the handle of the Big Dipper. A couple of times, there would be 2 bright stars far apart from each other. They would appear full bright and quickly fly to each other then disappear. These lights had no aircraft strobes or red/green position lights. This kept happening for at least 30 minutes until we landed in Memphis. It could have gone on longer, but as we approached the city, the lights of the town made it difficult to see the sighting location. In my opinion, these lights appeared to be in outer space, and not in our atmosphere. It was definitely not satellites, star link, shooting stars, etc.
September 7, 2023 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Boise, ID
Went outside to watch a lightning storm go by. I saw a red star shaped object travel out of a lightning filled storm cell into clear skies for 5 seconds and then it went into another cell. Seconds later another red object followed in the same direction. Traveling south to north.
September 7, 2023 · 9:15 PM · SPHERE
Ellsworth, ME
Looking to the north from parking lot, at about 45 degree angle inclination off horizon, two large moonlike bright round objects, same color and shape as full moon but larger, about the same brigthtness as full moon on a clear night, were seen blinking at each other at same altitude. (Objects separated by apparent distance of 5 in.as measured between thumb and forefinger at arm's length). Estimated distance several miles? Not sure. The two objects did not appear to be connected but seemed to be blinking to one another possibly in communication or coordinated somehow. One witness was frightened and went indoors immediately after seeing the objects. The other witness watched the objects for several minutes. A separate object was seen in the sky during this sighting, it was a LifeFlight helicopter according to the witness who had stayed to watch. After the LifeFlight helicopter left the area toward the west, the two large round blinking objects soon blinked out and did not reappear. There was no sound associated with the blinking large objects although the LifeFlight helicopter had made normal helicopter sounds. Moon was not in the sky at time of sighting, had set around 3 pm and was due to rise after 11 pm. Witness is 62 years of age, does not drink alcohol. He did not have his glasses with him, but could see the round objects quite easily because of their brightness and large round shape. He thought it appeared like "two full moons" even though he knew it was not that, and even though the moon would have been in the southern sky so he knew that was impossible. He doesn't believe he had any problem of "double vision."
September 7, 2023 · 9:09 PM · LIGHT
Arnold, MD
I was taking out the recycle bin when I happened to look up. What I saw was something I have seen before. - Conventional technology can't explain this. I saw a light that looked like a really bright star going fast that did a 90 degree turn without slowing down. That qualifies as a UFO.
September 7, 2023 · 7:28 PM · UNKNOWN
Raleigh, NC
While driving west on Lynn Rd I noticed what I originally thought was a meteor. It appeared to be something falling with a tail lit up behind it. I also noticed 2 small objects to the right of the falling object. I thought they were small planes watching from a safe distance what was happening. They were just lights or light reflecting from the sun off of them. Instantly one of the small lights disappeared, and then the other did as well. The falling object made a steep change towards the opposite direction and continued to fall. I watched as I turned north on Leesville Rd until the trees obstructed my view. I took a picture on my phone of the falling object from my car. The object appears just above the lower trees on the left. You have to zoom in to see it. It looks like a fuzzy streak and that distance. [NUFORC annotation: Contrail - Possible]
September 7, 2023 · 7:28 PM · LIGHT
Ocracoke, NC
We had gone to the area past the Ferry dock and adjacent to the NC Teachers Building to watch the sunset over the sound on a mostly clear evening. At first, I thought I was seeing the setting sun’s reflection off of something in the distance, and I asked my partner if he saw it. His first impression was that it was the lights off of a giant crane, but the perspective was off…as there was no crane in the sound. There were no ferries, and the lights were too high to have been on a boat - especially since these were far in the distance ( our estimate ten miles). They didnt flicker per se, but did seem to intensify in brightness…but it was not dark out. Then they simply vanished. My cell phone could not capture what our eyes were seeing. And frankly, at the time it seemed so strange that I was uneasy. The fascinating thing is the four lights formed a curved vertically oriented line…and the lights held their position. They did not sink nor move. It looked like a brightly lit constellation- over the water in the distance. They were above the water line, but at that distance they would have had to have been on something quite large. We did not see any structure though. Their light intensity reminded me of a white airplane headlight in the sky when the plane is overhead, and was more intense than a satellite light.