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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.
4,277 entries
July 4, 2023 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Tucson, AZ
This sighting time is approximate, as the observers were outside during 4th of July fireworks celebrations (which were focused in the western night sky, close to the horizon. The physical characteristics of this object were unusual. Three flashing red lights in a vertical formation bisected the object and would light simultaneously. It also had 2-4 horizontal green lights which flashed opposite the red lights. There may have been persistent green or yellow lights on the object along the horizontal axis. It hovered in the sky, about halfway between the horizon and the North star in the southeastern night sky, for about a minute. I stood near two power or cable lines to verify the object was not moving. It looked quite small in the sky, about the size of a typical jet (many fly over the city at all times of day and night), but jets do not hover in position while flashing lights. It appeared larger than any stars or planets in the sky. Similarly, planes or helicopters at the altitude of this object (if it was of comparable size, which is impossible to verify without a better sense of scale for the object), are audible above the city, even over the sounds of fireworks. Suddenly, the object accelerated and flew quickly out of sight, due east. There was no sound from the object as it flew away, and it took seemingly no time for it to reach speeds unseen by other regularly observed aircraft. The observers were not on any substances. One is a school teacher, the other is a teaching assistant; neither has seen anything like this object in the sky before, nor have they witnessed other objects of unknown origin. Both have lived in Tucson for much of their lives and are quite familiar with the many aircraft that regularly travel over the city sky.
July 3, 2023 · 8:42 PM · LIGHT
Phoenix, AZ
Around 8:40 pm, on the evening of July 3, 2023, I was in the backyard with our dog, Luna, and saw something strange in the eastern sky. The last bit of twilight slowly faded away. There were a few bursts of pre-fourth fireworks lighting up the sky. I looked toward the east and saw what looked like a star that seemed out of place because of the intensity and the location. I grab my phone and was about to use the Star Guide app to identify it, when it darted to the left, then right. I was thinking it could be a drone, I own two drones myself and I recently ordered lights for them. I know that you can purchase lights that allow a pilot to control the intensity from the ground, I continued recording when the object suddenly dipped down toward a lower altitude and dropped an amber teardrop-like object that I watched slowly descend towards the rooftops of distant homes, seemingly morphing into a single point of light, which disappeared behind the roofs. Check out the video. I have more footage showing the main object fading in and out. If it were a drone, it violated the FAA flight ceiling, because it was well above 400 feet when I first noticed it. It was also so close to the Deer Valley Airport approach and departure traffic. Very interesting video.
June 27, 2023 · 3:30 AM · OTHER
Fortuna Foothills, AZ
Looked up and saw a triangle of lights fade into view, like a plane's lights would between blinking. Red light in front, two white lights behind. I watched it for a second and then the lights fade back out. They never fade back on and I then saw a large rounding shape barely silhouetted against the dark night sky. Visually tracking the direction of the slow moving lights, I kept focused on where the lights should fade back in, but it never did. I watched for a couple minutes then came in to get my wife to see if she could see it, too. It never came back on, but the triangle is lights was definitely there but only the one time. Super weird.
June 24, 2023 · 9:15 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalPrescott Valley, AZ
The objects were a line of approximately 7 to 10 pulsating lights arranged in a straight line. The spacing between the lights was not uniform. They would pulse of and on, then disappear completely for several seconds before reappearing. They reappeared approximately 6 times before completely disappearing. They were almost due north about 20 degrees up from the horizon from my position in my hot tub. They were moving very slowly from west to east and were never all illuminate at once, although I did observe more than one light illuminated at time, perhaps 3 to 4 simultaneously. The string length was maybe 5 degrees and the lights appeared white to the naked eye. The sighting lasted for approximately one and a half minutes before disappearing completely. They appeared to be quite high in the atmosphere. You should be able to confirm the date, time and location to determine if this was a indeed a starlink satellite. There did not appear to be any rocket activity. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
June 24, 2023 · 4:00 AM · CYLINDER
phoenix, AZ
first seen inside - thought it might be a reflection of something in glass. Got outside in 10-15 seconds and it had moved from 70 degrees high to 50-ish high. Disappeared behind mountains (at 15 degrees high) about 15 seconds later
June 20, 2023 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Glendale, AZ
We were stargazing and I was staring at this supposed plane because it was moving side to side and at speeds unlike the rest of the planes in the sky, until eventually this ‘plane’ just stopped moving and began hovering in the middle of the sky. Then the star like object next to it began to move closer to it and then after a moment the 2 UFOs separated moving unilaterally from each other and there they stayed hovering above the city of Glendale Az. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
June 14, 2023 · 2:35 PM · RECTANGLE
Mesa, AZ
My family and I were driving from St George, UT to Mesa, AZ. We were on the US-93 highway when I noticed a black rectangular object out of my front windshield flying over my car about 400-500 ft above it. It "flew" over my car and towards the right and I screamed out to my family to check out what it was. My two sons in the backseat saw it and tried to take a picture but they said it slightly expanded and then just disappeared. It made no noise as far as we know and had no markings or lights. There were no wings or propellers.
June 12, 2023 · 9:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Pinetop, AZ
Definitely not a Starlink satellite. This object was similar to a light bar the size of a football field and width was slender. Similar to a huge jeep/truck light bar or measuring ruler with bright lights that looked like perfect squares put together. Lights were not separated like Starlink. While camping at Pinetop, Arizona near Show Low at the Blue Ridge Trailhead at approximately 9:30 p.m. on 06/12/23, this craft moved from west to east at approximately 3000 feet above the ground and faded away after 2 minutes of viewing it. No sound at all.
June 10, 2023 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Oro valley near tucson, AZ
Noticed orb getting closer from my vantage point. I have all this filmed. It stops ,glows, throws off multiple colors and shapes. Objects entering and leaving its vicinity. During this time a substance in multiple colors slowly builds in siz e till the orb releases it and it slowly falls to earth showing multiple, multiple colors and slowly disappears. The orb then leaves and comes back 2 more times and repeats the process
June 10, 2023 · 3:00 PM · SPHERE
Oro Valley, AZ
Date – June 10, 2023 First, I heard loud helicopter rotors The sound was coming from North of my location, very loud. I noticed the Blackhawk first and then as it banked to the right around the UAP I noticed the ORB It was over the mountains at about 5000 feet in elevation After the Blackhawk flew about halfway around the object the ORB began to rise fairly slowly at first and then disappeared straight up. The Blackhawk stayed around for 10-15 minutes, apparently still looking for the ORB and then flew south. The ORB was not particularly large, about the same diameter as the fuselage of the helicopter. It was very reflective, metallic, it almost looked like it was chrome. I called the Oro Valley police, they declined to take a report
June 10, 2023 · 3:12 AM · CROSS
Phoenix, AZ
The butterfly light came out of the shimmering lights, like a portal, flew south a bit in an arc it went back up into something and slowly faded out.
June 10, 2023 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Phoenix, AZ
Multiple yellow, blue, and white lights traveling along this alien ‘highway’ always headed south, meandering, some slow, some fast and low, a very busy morning until sunrise.
June 9, 2023 · 10:00 AM · DISK
Tucson, AZ
See UFO floating towards the mountain from checkpoint facing west probably around 10. The UFO had a large golden yellow light on the side that was facing me. I could see what looked like more of the same lights on the other sides of it which makes me think it was a disk shape. About 15-20 minutes later there was a sort of sparkling orange haze that I could see just barely over the peak of the hill the whole time after I saw the UFO. Probably an hour later since seeing it in the sky on the way walking back down about a quarter mile from the start of the trail. I approached what I thought I was two people one was tall 8-10ft. One was sort of crouching and walking slowly with it. They had what looked like a circular black light about 5-8 inches inches in diameter. When we walked past them literally 2 feet away, I got a decent look at them. They both were wearing half blue half red tight rubber clothing with a silver trim. The clothes were shiny and looked tight to their skin. I looked at the smaller one that was sort of crouching down and it had thin arms and legs. You could tell it was probably also pretty tall. It had a large oval head that was placed on top the body at a 45 degree angle. The skin was glossy looking and it had an eye on the side of the head that I saw. Eye was maybe 3 or 4 inches long and squinting. When we walked past one of them made a murmur sound and it felt like they weren’t supposed to be seen. It was almost like we had caught them. Not wanting to look directly at them for more than a couple seconds I just kept walking past. Turned around a couple seconds later and they were out of sight.
June 7, 2023 · 9:28 PM · SPHERE
Chandler, AZ
I just arrived home. I went on my back patio, 2nd floor apartment and I noticed two orbs just appear right in front of me just above house tops in a southeast direction. They were circling each other so I ran to get my high speed camera but it was dead, do I grabbed my cell and started recording. By the time I hit record, they stopped circling and flew extremely close together. Keep in mind the the location they were above was right above my medical clinic i work at. All residential, air craft do not fly that low with lights that bright. There was absolutely no sound. I can always hear planes much farther and helicopter blades are very easy for me; ex Military Veteran. I posted the video on Facebook and a old friend I use to work with responded on FB that she witnessed the same two lights.
June 7, 2023 · 12:06 PM · CHANGING
Peoria, AZ
I thought it was a floating plastic bag. But it was heading south west then it changed shape split into two and started heading nw
June 5, 2023 · 8:40 AM · CYLINDER
Oro Valley, AZ
Red colored cylinder traveling east to west about 2000' above ground, maybe up to 3000'. No wings, not tail stabilizer, no sound, it was silent. Traveled a bit slow but steady, maybe about 80 or so mph, like the speed of a cessna 172. Completely red in color, nothing sticking out from the body of the cylinder, it was just a clean, red, cylinder. The time was approximately 8:40 am to 8:50 am. I was in my back yard feeding and watering wild birds. The red cylinder was distinct with no surrounding haze or aura. It was flying slowly east to west and with no sound or any engine noise. No other aircraft were around at that time. It seemed to be about the size of an automoble, maybe 20' or so long and red in color.
June 3, 2023 · 8:36 PM · LIGHT
Marana, AZ
My son and I were looking in the west sky though a star gazing app on the phone to identify planets. We saw a blueish green light appear from nowhere. We thought it was a satellite, but it wouldn't register on the phone app, in which satellites have before. We witnessed the light traveling west to east for about 16 to 20 seconds, then it disappeared.
June 1, 2023 · 8:01 PM · CYLINDER
Queen Creek, AZ
5/31 8:49 While looking up at the stars I noticed an image moving across the sky that I thought was a satellite. It seemed lower and to be moving faster than satellites I've seen in the past. After observing it for maybe 30 seconds as it moved west to east, it mad a sharp turn (not quite 90°) and proceeded North east and it seemed to speed up. The following night (6/1) I was outside with my dogs at 8:01 PM I captured an image of an orb moving in the same general direction. I had time to notify my wife and she observed it to with the naked eye. This time it didn't turn on an angle but rather kept on the same path, west to east. It was in view for just over a minute and as I was simultaneously recording on my phone and watching with the naked eye, it suddenly disappeared. I had it locked in on the recording and it wasn't really dimming or fading away. It just disappeared. I had convinced myself it was a floating latern but after showing others and examining and comparing images, I'm not so sure.
May 29, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Lake Havasu, AZ
Sitting outside with my Husband. We both witnessed the ball of light and watched it travel East. It was not an aircraft as it was moving too quickly, no blinking lights and then quickly became smaller before disappearing this was all within a minute or less.
May 27, 2023 · 8:45 PM · FORMATION
Lake Havasu, AZ
5 blue dim but bright enough dots in a a perfect straight line formation , flew together , moving perfectly together , followed each other in a perfect single file line and then slowed down and spiral into a circle and faded away one by one . This was very frightening for me and my frinds to experience because I always make fun of people when I see something , now I have seen something bazaar with my own eyes …. And that was not something normal , the speed at which they moved and the distance from one another and formation, those dots moved faster than the speed of light . From my naked eyes it hard to believe us human beings where involved in that phenomenon….. That was mathematically impossible the details of how they moved and why so fast lightning fast …..
May 26, 2023 · 12:05 AM · CIRCLE
phoenix, AZ
At about 00:05 hrs in Phoenix, Arizona, from my kitchen window I saw a red & green lighted object acting unusual to the west of my house near 44th Street & Indian School. I grabbed my iPhone and went out to my back yard to video it. I was probably over 2 or 3 miles away at a 20 degree angle above the ground to the west of my house. My wife, Jacque, came out also when I grabbed my iPhone and told her there was an unusual light flying to the west. I also saw and filmed a second object which I only saw for 10 or 15 seconds. The object seemed to be rotating and giving off a green and red light. It acted erratically when it started to move and was able to descend and accend at a fairly fast rate which told me it was not a normal aircraft and was not a helicopter because of the speed of vertical movement. I am a private pilot and very familiar with aircraft lights and motion. We frequently see aircraft flying near by because of our proximity to Sky Harbor Airport 3 miles directly south of us. Both lights shot downward and out of sight after about 5 minutes.
May 21, 2023 · 8:07 PM · SPHERE
Tucson, AZ
Multiple orbs some white and some in other colors flashing not like aircraft.Often appearing from random directions which seem to be from out of nowhere then streaming across the sky then just dissapearing
May 17, 2023 · 7:45 PM · CHANGING
Prescott, AZ
We first spotted the circular formation of 6 to 8 lights while driving west on Anthem Way looking west towards Prescott. Observed the stationary pattern of lights for approximately one to two minutes. As our view changed while driving we lost sight of the circular pattern of lights for a minute then as they came back into view we observed that the lights were now in a perfectly straight line. We observed the lights for another minute or so and continued driving.
May 16, 2023 · 7:00 PM · DISK
Tucson, AZ
The object appeared as we were still in a High School football stadium outside during a graduation ceremony. We (many around the seats were sitting on) noticed a disc shaped object hovering over the Santa Catalina Mountains above the city of Tucson to the east of our location and north of Tucson.. At the beginning of the sighting, it was a hovering without any lights. Many of us speculated that it was an airplane - only it was not moving. The object simply hovered for about 10 minutes high in the sky. We attempted to take a phone but out camera photo was not capable of Suddenly the object begins flashing a single white light then it appeared to have more than one light flashing. Some people thought it was a plane from the nearby Air Force Base (Davis Monthan) but it was not moving - just hovering. Some thought it was a helicopter but again it was not moving. Suddenly it moved very rapidly from the east of us to the south of us. I would estimate it moved about 20 miles directly over Tucson. No airplane - military or civilian- could possible travel this distance in about 3 seconds. The object hovered over Tucson for only a few minutes then flew directly downward, almost appearing to be in a free fall. It disappeared after that.