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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
July 16, 2023 · 7:38 PM · CIRCLE
HAMBURG, NY
Bright red circle did not show on my cell phone images only visually. On my cell camera images appeared as a white very small circle as if the moon had shrunk to a smaller size. When I looked at the cell camera images I could see a bright red ring around white circle. ALSO a red line appeared through the white circle. As it got to a deeper brighter red IT just VANISHED.
July 12, 2023 · 10:20 PM · SPHERE
South Onondaga/ Onondaga Nation Reservation, NY
We were driving home from a concert at around 1015 and we saw three bright lights in the sky in a perfect diagonal line around the Onondaga Nation Reservation. We continued to watch as the first orb disappeared, and then the next, and the remaining orb got bigger and brighter, and started to come down lower. We parked the car and we couldn’t take our eyes off of it. One of the passengers in the car got a little bit of film when they were two orbs. Passengers got a little bit nervous and told me to drive away because it seemed to be descending.
July 10, 2023 · 8:04 PM · SPHERE
Scotch Plains, NY
Saw three small bright objects moving in one direction
July 10, 2023 · 7:21 PM · OTHER
Walden, NY
I was standing on my deck when I noticed the object moving across the Sky at a high rate of speed. It was white and shaped like a TikTak or a small pill but it was moving so fast that it traversed the sky in a incredibly short amount of time. It was highly lit by the sun and appeared white with a small depression towards the center kinda like a pill. It was move upwards and south west. There was a noticeable agitation or discoloration to the air immediately surrounding the craft and it was kind of Gray and appearance against the rest of the very very blue sky. Immediately after a plane flew low in the horizon and I live near Stewart Air Force base was a commercial passenger plane coming from the South and look nothing like the craft actually it was quite dark against the sky at the height it was in the atmosphere. I have a video although my hands shake pretty bad of the craft shooting across the sky And my surprise as I hold a science BA and have never seen any UAP in person. My dog also noticed it initially. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
July 4, 2023 · 11:40 PM · LIGHT
Cheektowaga, NY
About 11:40 pm 7/4/23 saw first object flying south to north, bright yellow orange flickering light climbing slowly in sky. Another object followed behind along same trajectory and same appearance. Continued climbing and started turning east while climbing. First one then the second disappeared into clouds presumably. Seemed to have bright central light and 2 or 3 smaller lights flickering or blinking close to central light. Was not fireworks. Looked at Flightradar24 app at 11:44 pm, no planes appeared anywhere close to that trajectory or in a pair. I would guess altitude at 5,000 feet but difficult to tell. My impression was they were low. They were seen in the direction of the airport from my vantage but were not following typical flight paths. The lights were larger and brighter than airplanes. No sound of engines could be heard.
July 4, 2023 · 9:35 PM · LIGHT
Brooklyn, NY
Hello, I saw a white light on Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 and I was having a nice time on the roof of my apartment and I ended up running into this object, this object was going up very rapidly, it stood for a couple of minutes, then it was going side-toside, left-to-right and it went down very rapidly and I saw this object with my two eyes. You need to see this so you can be shocked about this object!
July 4, 2023 · 8:47 PM · OTHER
Probable conventionalPelham, NY
The object hovered in the same spot for maybe 10 minutes. I would look at it off and on. I also took a 10 second video. It was very stable in it's position. I saw nothing beyond the blinking light. (I think I would have noticed the bodyframe of a helicopter. But only that one blinking light was visible.) The light was greenish in color, though at one point it turned red. I did see it move, quickly, and to the left. Then it suddenly came to a dead stop. To my eye it did not maneuver like a helicopter. It was too rock steady. And it's start-stop maneuver was too crisp. I stopped looking when the fireworks display started. About 10 minutes after the start of the display I remembered to check for the light, but it was gone. (My video is not very dramatic, but please note the small blinking light a little above the big tree that sits center-left in the video frame.) [NUFORC annotation: Drone - Probable]
July 3, 2023 · 5:04 AM · DISK
NYC, NY
Video taping Central Park and played back the video to discover one bright fast moving orb and another faint one a half a second later. This was at 5:04 am Difficult to see in video, very faint.
June 29, 2023 · 2:41 AM · UNKNOWN
Binghamton, NY
Flashing object, red, blue and white lights. Hovered and jarred when it moved. Appereared to send out tiny red lit objects. In the sky approximately 5 min before it dropped then disappeared. Witnessed by one other.
June 25, 2023 · 9:30 PM · OTHER
IdentifiedNew York City, NY
Wife and I saw south of Prospect Park Brooklyn for at least a minute before filming. Clear and low on the horizon. Video shows something inconsistent with flight patters. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
June 19, 2023 · 11:30 PM · SPHERE
Commack, NY
The object was quite high, circular, and white. It was not a planet, as it visibly moved as I watched it. It also made several maneuvers in a zig-zag way and changed direction very quickly, faster than an object of any significant mass.
June 15, 2023 · 10:23 PM · SPHERE
Sayville, NY
Object noticed in direct southern sky; about 45 degrees; south of bright star (planet) to the near west but lower. Traveled east quickly; high up and seemed too high and fast for a plane. I thought it was a satellite, but was traveling too quickly. Abruptly turned north, almost a 90 degree angle, and then the pattern was erratic. Whatever star (planet) was directly east from me, about 65 degrees, it was moving up and down there; disappeared (cloudy and ashy conditions). There was a definite up and down movement, in a zig zag fashion. Nothing that makes sense. I have been casually watching planets, stars, space stations, satellites. This was weird.
June 13, 2023 · 10:08 AM · OVAL
Probable conventionalBrooklyn, NY
I live on the 12th floor of an apartment building in Brooklyn. I saw something that I initially thought was a balloon and captured it on video. It was a metallic, reflective, dark grey tic tac shaped object about 5 feet long and approximately 1000-2000 feet away. I looked away for 5-10 seconds and it was gone. It would have to have moved 100s of miles per hour to disappear from my field of view in the time that I looked away. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Probable]
June 9, 2023 · 12:19 PM · OVAL
Big Flats, NY
I was looking towards the south from my kitchen window to take a picture when I saw one dark and oval shaped object move very quickly from west to east in a straight line. There seemed to be some kind of haze or something around the dark shaped oval. The sighting lasted only seconds as it disappeared behind trees and out of my sight line. It was very close to Elmira Regional Airport in Chemung County, New York State. This information was given to me by a family member who would rather not be named so I am reporting for them. It is my own contact information below.
June 7, 2023 · 10:15 PM · CHANGING
Williamson, NY
We observed multiple objects appearing to be crafts. It started out with the same brighter one from the previous nights sighting. I started to notice more of them, following each other. Noticed a faint red that looked identical to something being shot out of a ship. Observed at least 5 of them, right after another, swoop down into the middle of a cloud formation. The cloud coverage in that specific area seemed to be changing rather rapidly. The objects were moving side to side, in circles, zipping around and the cloud formation seemed to mimic what they were doing. Noticed these crafts all over the sky directly above my house and barn. One of them seemed to be moving especially fast and seemed to be a dark red. I was able to watch one of them go behind a cloud and, due to the aura of light around it, I was able to follow it through the cloud and watched it come out the other side and then disappear.
June 6, 2023 · 10:30 PM · CHANGING
Williamson, NY
Observed what we thought to be a satellite at first. Object began changing direction quickly, went very fast and stopped on a dime. Could observe lights that did not seem to be blinking but could see red, blue. Took pictures, zoomed in and noticed object was a different shape in each picture. Observed object seemingly navigate in and out of the clouds/smoke. Object seemed to come closer to earth a few times, could see a jellyfish-like shape and movement. Object seemed to have a tail but only when it was moving rapidly. We often stargaze at night and have never seen anything like this before. Could observe other stars near/around the object and a planet off to the west.
June 2, 2023 · 4:00 PM · OTHER
East Atlantic Beach, NY
This was hovering over the Atlantic Ocean off East Atlantic Beach, NY. It remained in one location for approx 30 minutes, then slowly moved West along the coastline. Lost sight of it.
May 28, 2023 · 2:24 PM · LIGHT
Levittown, NY
While relaxing in our backyard my wife and I were observing a passenger jet flying approaching us from east to west. While observing the jet I noticed moving pinprick of bright light very much higher than the jet. The jet passed and I observed this object flashing at first very bright and then dimming (it was still lit,but dimly). I pointed this object out to my wife and she observed it,as well. We both agreed that this was not a mylar party balloon which we had seen together many years ago. The. object continued to move, apparently slowly eat to west. we both agreed that it seemed to be moving too slow to be flying. We observed no contrail and heard no sound. As I said,the object was very tiny and we assumed it was very high not low and small. We were able to watch it as it moved east to west, directly overhead and then into the wester sky. We both agreed we had never observed something moving in this way or displaying this kind of bright light dimming and flashing bright again. I did take 2 picture and about 20 seconds of video, but nothing showed up when I looked at them. We both felt this was something perhaps apps explainable but unique.
May 27, 2023 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Callicoon, NY
I was in a hot tub with three friends. The object caught my eye as soon as it cleared the home that was adjacent to me. My first thought was that it was a bright fireball, and I instinctively shouted to my friends as I pointed, "look"! All four of us followed it with our eyes as it raced across the sky in a seemingly straight line all the way to the hills that were to our southwest. This all occurred in about eight seconds. I must admit that my sense of time was skewed; I was so transfixed on what I was seeing that the duration of the sighting might have been anywhere between six and ten seconds long. What I do know is that it was a white-blue or white-green object and it was exceptionally bright -as bright as fireballs, yet it NEVER dimmed or flared up. Its brightness remained consistent during its entire trip over us. In addition, it didn't break apart and it didn't make a sound, or at least any sound that we could hear. There's really no way for me to know how large it was, as its light output obscured what was actually there. This was much too fast to be a satellite of any kind -even low-orbit satellites. It wasn't the ISS, which was definitely over the Catskills that night. However, the times of the ISS fly-over and our sighting do not align. More importantly, I've seen the ISS several times. This traveled much faster and was brighter! I've run several scenarios through my mind, trying to think of natural or man-made things that this could be and I ruled out several. I am left with three options: 1) It was a military craft with technology far more advanced than any jet-fighter I've ever seen, 2) it was some craft that was launched minutes earlier and was streaking over us, above the atmosphere, 3) it was an unidentifiable object. Earth/Space/Astronomy teacher, high school.
May 27, 2023 · 9:20 PM · CONE
Washingtonville, NY
Live in vicinity of airport (5 miles) sitting on deck at night and noticed something at about 20K feet moving 5x the speed of jet aircraft across the sky in straight line heading S to NE. No tail or flashing light. Appeared as a cylindrical shape. Followed it for about 8-10 seconds before it disappeared from view. This should have shown up on KSWF radar if the tower was active at this time. My wife and I both viewed it.
May 27, 2023 · 1:19 AM · LIGHT
Tobay Beach, Massapequa, Town of Oyster Bay, NY
I was driving, my partner sat in the passenger seat beside me. The sky was clear but there weren’t too many stars visible. Something caught my eye as we were talking: an oblong orange shape was suddenly visible in the sky in front of us, just left of center of our field of vision, maybe 30 degrees above the horizon. It gradually brightened as it appeared, like a slow flare, but constant in shape, speed, and utterly silent (the windows were down), and it traveled at a speed that, at the time and in recollection, seemed too fast to have been a plane or a drone, but far too slow to have been a meteor. It travelled upwards on a diagonal for maybe 5 seconds, give or take, before it gradually dimmed as it disappeared. I took the next turn-around and wondered aloud about the possibility of an aircraft practicing for the upcoming Memorial Day Air Show. My partner noted the time, 1:19 am, not an hour that one would expect such practice flights to take place. There were no other vehicles nearby. Object left no trail and the light source never blinked or flickered and had no discernible haze. Encounter was too brief to accurately estimate the object’s speed, size, or supposed distance from our vehicle, but we both got the sense that the object we had just seen was considerably larger than a drone, but likely smaller than a commercial jet. It certainly was not fireworks. I have not heard or seen any other reports on this event, though my resources are limited and I’ve never done this kind of thing before.
May 22, 2023 · 9:59 PM · OTHER
Buffalo, NY
I witnessed 2 flying objects traveling at unbelievable speeds, in formation for about 10 seconds before I pulled my camera out to snap only one picture before they disappeared in an instant . Unbelievable, and now I’m definitely a believer now that I witnessed first hand something I can’t explain , even with all the knowledge I’ve learned in 42 years I still look at this picture just in amazement and what makes it even better is that’s the North Star and Jupiter in the picture when it was snapped.
May 14, 2023 · 10:45 AM · OVAL
Troy, NY
A large oval object passed by, increased altitude and disappeared into the darkness, it's about 108+ft in length by eye estimation, there wasnt much light to get any images but you could clearly see the outline in the sky in person, there's no lights on it like Goodyear blimps but it could've been one although it's unidentified currently, there were also a couple helicopters in the vicinity for quite some time before and after we saw it [NUFORC annotation: Blimp - Possible]
May 13, 2023 · 10:17 PM · UNKNOWN
Lake katrine, NY
Bright circle moving in the sky very slowly with no flashing lights or anything and it didn’t change at all I watched it until I couldn’t see it anymore. Front, back, and sides all white