The catalog
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.
3,270 entries
November 3, 2016 · 8:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Whittier, NC
Driving back home from school and I noticed there were 3 lights in the sky not far off the ground (About 20 or 30 feet?) I thought it must have been and airplane or helicopter (it resembled the same kind of lights you would see underneath a plane) but discarded that idea realizing it was to close off the ground and it stayed in one place, not moving! The lights were blinking in the colors of red, blue, and green. I slowed down looking up in passing underneath it and drove home. Turned around to go back and try to see it again but it was gone. Weirdest thing I have EVER saw!!
November 3, 2016 · 7:45 AM · DISK
Corolla, NC
At approximately 7:45 on the morning of November 3, 2016, I exited my car at work and noticed a piece of trash in the parking lot near my car. I picked it up and began walking toward the entrance of the business I manage. I looked up and saw an object off to my forward right that seemed to be gliding silently in a soft arc over the North side of the building. It remained in view from that point until it disappeared as a speck over the Atlantic Ocean. After making the turn over the building it remained in a perfect straight path directly out over the ocean. The sun had risen to the right of the direction in which the object flew. On first seeing it, I wondered what it was. It was dark gray in color and appeared to be what I would describe as two offset discs connected in the middle somehow. From the angle I was observing from, what appeared to me to be the bottom portion of the object was perfectly round and mainly flat, with the top portion mainly obscured except a small section that seemed to be projecting forward, in the direction the object was flying. As it banked it appeared similar to the Nazi “SS” symbol. It was as though the two discs were connected with some space in between. The object was small. It may have been thirty six to forty eight inches across. At first I thought it could be a balloon or something being carried on the wind, but there was absolutely no wind at all, and it was moving steadily at maybe fifteen or twenty miles per hour. At no point did the speed deviate and at no point the elevation change. It did not move from side to side at all. Once it turned out toward the ocean it seemed to fly in a perfectly straight line until it was out of sight. As it banked I called out to an employee who was in the parking lot. He was able to observe it as it flew away. To him it was just a spec that flew silently and very straight. I told him I was not freaking out but that I did not know what it was. I told him that if it shoots off at an angle at Mach 6 I would freak out. It was not a bird or any earthly creature. I got the sense that it was a drone, given its size. After going to my office for a few minutes I went out to the beach to see if I could see anything. On the extreme horizon I did see a shape that looked rectangular like a ship would at that distance. I have no reason to believe there is a correlation between that ship and the object. If it was some sort of high tech military drone then they have developed technology to fly objects in complete silence. The weather was perfectly clear with few clouds in the sky and the sun low on the horizon to the east. I photographed it using my cell phone as it flew away. I also tried to photograph the ship on the horizon. I also sketched it from the two angles I saw it from. I am not happy with the “SS” angle sketch but think it is as close as I can get to what I saw. The double disk sketch is very accurate. I am a 56 year old adult male business manager.
November 3, 2016 · 7:30 AM · OVAL
Mt. Pleasant, NC
Driving north on Mt. Pleasant Rd, I noted a large number of contrails, specifically one that appeared to be vertical. As I drove further north, I attempted to take a picture of the contrail, but wasn't successful. Appearing to the east of the road was an oval, silver craft, hovering. It appeared to have a glass dome on top of it. It was reflecting the pink sunrise on the body of the craft. It hovered in place for several minutes. It disappeared without noise or contrail.
October 31, 2016 · 12:00 AM · FIREBALL
Greensboro, NC
As my fiance and friend face me, a huge ball orb, lit up like I have never seen before. I have seen A lot this was no comet just like sighting I had before in forest oaks. But this was downtown Greensboro. Could barely see stars maybe few fingers full. No one saw it at all. I've seen and studied ufology, etc., since I was 16 years old. I know what I saw. Brightest light blue orb or ship idk. But I bet I could have drive 115 miles and found that ufo. Chose to stay drink. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 30, 2016 · 9:00 PM · OTHER
Hickory, NC
Four red/white lights in traingular formation gliding noislessly at approx. half mile high followed up by a single identical object
October 28, 2016 · 3:00 PM · FORMATION
Cherryville, NC
looked up and saw one large formation of about 13 stationary lights. stayed visible for about ten mins, then just disappeared.
October 27, 2016 · 10:00 AM · EGG
Asheboro, NC
One object observed 5-6 miles (estimated) north of Asheboro Airport. Appeared to be grey in color, and shaped between an egg, saucer, and cigar. I don't think it changed shape, but possibly viewed from different angles. It was against a background of dark grey clouds. I first saw it moving from west to east, then it appeared to go straight up then back towards the west at a downward angle to approximately the same altitude as it was when I first saw it. The turns and change of directions were abrupt, and at very sharp angles. I lost sight of it at this point as it either went into the clouds or faded away. The horizontal distance it moved is difficult to estimate, bit I would put it at least 3-4 miles west to east.
October 26, 2016 · 2:12 PM · DISK
Ayden, NC
On Oct. 26, 2016 at about 14:12 in the small town of Ayden, North Carolina (Pitt county) while flying my DJI Phantom 3 Professional aerial camera, I captured an object flying from SE to NW. This object traveled a distance of about 1.2 miles in 1/3rd of a second. My position was at the Ayden District Park and my drone was headed back to my position traveling from NW to SE. At the time my drone captured this object on video, it was about 1/2 mile from me. The air speed of my drone was about 26 mph. The altitude of the drone was 187 feet. My drone was recording video in 4K resolution at 30 fps. I did not see, nor hear this object at the time I was flying my drone. Upon video review I noticed this object on video on my UHD TV. I replayed the video several times trying to figure out what I was seeing. I then ran the video through my editing software to shorten it to just the time frame the object appeared and slowed the frame rate by 10 times. The object flew beneath my drone. I sent MUFON a report that same day along with the URL address to my Youtube channel containing the video. I received a call from Sandy Davis, an investigator with MUFON within 30 minutes. He was totally amazed by what my drones camera caught. The MUFON experts were unable to determine what I caught on video, but were extremely intrigued and consider it to be a mystery. Here is the URL containing the video: https://youtu.be/6BUA6zdbgEE The video, taken from a flying platform, is very high quality, and certainly has captured something interesting. However, we are unable to certify that the object qualifies as an authentic UFO. The object that streaks by the camera appears to be quite small, perhaps the size of a bird. PD
October 25, 2016 · 7:45 AM · CIRCLE
Winston-Salem, NC
Driving north on Ebert, crossing over Clemmonsville Rd, saw circular object with 2 bright lights in the sky. It did not appear to be moving. Too high for a helicopter, was not an airplane. Within a few minutes, it disappeared, leaving no trace at all. All 4 passengers in the car saw it. Witness provides no contact information. PD
October 23, 2016 · 9:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Kannapolis/Mooresville, NC
I was driving home to Mooresville from the Kannapolis area and noticed in the sky there was a triangular shaped aircraft hovering above the trees on the left side of Kannapolis Parkway headed toward Mooresville. It was not moving and did not make a sound. I passed it and then on turning down highway 3, headed toward Mooresville, I was on the phone with my grandmother and had to stop talking I was so shocked at what I saw in the sky. I saw about 5 or 6 hovering triangular aircraft with 3 lights on each angle lining the road. As I approached Odell School Rd and Hwy 3 intersection, I saw to my left about a quarter of a mile away roughly 8-10 if not more lights in the sky that were moving around erratically in strange formation. The lights spanned close to half a mile and were a good distance away.
October 22, 2016 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
North Topsail Beach, NC
5 large yellow/orange fireballs moving south to north parallel to shoreline. 150-200 ft above ocean. passed by 1 to 1.5 minutes apart at 80-100 mph. 3/4- 1 mile offshore. turned slightly offshore at my location and slightly elevated. out of sight in 15- 20 seconds. made no noise at all.
October 22, 2016 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
High Point, NC
While looking at a very large and bright object toward the West of town, we noticed that the object would frequently change shape, move, and occasionally dim/disappear. Around this same object, were a approximately 4 small balls of light that seemed to communicate with each other, along with being in a zig-zag formation. Over our home during this same period of time, we witnessed 2 similar balls of light travelling horizontally in sequence seemingly connected by a dark beam; when pointed out by an individual, the beam disappeared causing the balls of light to disconnect but were still travelling in the same path. Each night afterwards, similar occurrences and activities have appeared near or around our home, day or night----as if they are watching us. Taunting us with what we know and cannot prove to others. Whether or not we can see the smaller balls of light, the larger object appears nightly at approx. the same time (7pm) and leaves approx. the same time (8:15-8:30pm).
October 20, 2016 · 8:35 PM · CIRCLE
Wallace, NC
Very bright solid circular white light in the sky brighter and closer than a star or an airplane in the clear night sky. Object didn't blink or flicker, and stayed at a slow speed with no sound. It traveled in a straight detection over but made a slight curve and went back in a straight detection. Object didn't have a tail to it and was only a solid bright light.
October 20, 2016 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT
Charlotte, NC
The next day it was there again. And today it was there again. At first I believed it was simply a star, but then upon research found that several people over the past week, or so have noticed it worldwide. So far the only reports from the US have been from southern states. Most reports from Australia and other countries. There have been photos. It appears to be more of a circular ripple rather than a 3 dimensional object. There have also been infrared images of the sun with this thing showing up in them. I do not believe it is Nibiru. I'll try to find more on it, but as of now it still seems fairly new.
October 19, 2016 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Dobson, NC
I heard a loud aircraft come over my house. Thought it might be a helicopter, but the sound was similar to a turbo prop, but deeper in tone, but without the sound of the props. It continued moving east,maybe fifteen miles and begin hovering. As it hovered,I begin observing the lights hoping to identify the craft. There were red lights,one at the top,one at the bottom,and one in the middle. The top light blinked once every to seconds.the bottom light randomly blinked three times every two seconds. There was continuos white lights through the middle and randomly blinking lights at the bottom, sometimes blinking in sequence. It appeared to be three lights along the bottom. Running diagonally,from lower left to upper right white,green,and blue lights that appeared to blink with no apparent pattern. It seemed this first craft would be joined by three others ,similar to the first, but two disappeared before joining, they came from the south. The fourth came from the north and began hovering some distance from the first, just above the horizon. While hovering , both craft would move short distances in random directions while maintaining their approximate positions. After about an hour I returned to the inside of my house. Tonight 10/20/16 another craft appeared above the horizon in a similar area for about an hour.. Commercial and military aircraft fly by and seem to not notice the hovering craft,however I noticed they all turned before entering the craft's air space. There is no noise from these craft as thy hover.
October 17, 2016 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
Winston-Salem, NC
Was driving from Kernersville, NC to Winston-Salem, NC. Observed object south of Business 40 that from a distance appeared to shaped like a plane - but the plane would have been in a nosedive. Object appeared to be lit up. Object appeared to travel in front of us heading West on Business 40 to the west side of Winston-Salem, and disappeared in the West-Northwest horizon after approx. 30 minutes that we were driving. Object did not appear to be moving, but distance wise it would have had to have been moving. ((ADDENDUM FROM SOURCE)) Yes. We were driving from Kernersville thru Winston-Salem (west side), stopped at my house (5-10 minutes) and then drove to my father-in-laws house. We therefore did not see it continuously - but are confident that it was the same object. It appeared to be some distance from the vehicle, up in the air (maybe 2 to 5 miles away) and, therefore, moving rather slow (too slow for an airplane at night) ((END ADDENDUM
October 17, 2016 · 3:00 PM · CONE
High Point, NC
Whilst outside painting the house with my granddaughter, my granddaughter alerted me to some strange objects floating in the sky. I proceeded to look in the direction she was pointing and noticed 3 shuttlecock-shaped objects floating slowly through the air above tall bushes in our yard. They were gold in color with no sound coming from them. We immediately contacted other family members to describe what we saw. Before any other family members were able to come home, the objects disappeared into thin air. We have not seen those particular objects since but, have seen much more mysterious activity in the following days.
October 14, 2016 · 3:00 AM · SPHERE
Charlotte, NC
This happen at 3:00am clear skyies It was not a airplane did not fly like a plane it was not a star. i was ruling out every logical explanation. It didnt move for a while just a glowing orb or sphere of light silver in a single color the light will pulse brighter periodically the light was on the whole time, but the light would pulse bright. When it did move, it was Wobble like hovering or moving slowly then made a shape right and left it was fast but at an angle not straight. It was gone in a blink of an eye. This was the second time I have seen it. Did not believe it the first time. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 11, 2016 · 9:07 PM · TRIANGLE
Gates, NC
Went outside to shoo a cat away from my window screen because it was scratching at the window screen, and when I stepped onto my back deck I immediately saw in the horizon a very large, very bright light and it was not moving. It hovered there as I stared at it… (maybe 3-4 minutes maybe a little longer… maximum 5 minutes), and I asked my daughter to come out and look at it with me and my toddler followed behind her. We all watched it, because it was extremely bright (white and red lights)… brighter than any airplanes or stars in the sky. It was in the southwestern direction of the sky approximately, according to my compass. It stayed there for like 3 more minutes (+/-) and then it started to move, at first very very slowly from its position (positioned low on the horizon and then moved upwards then it headed slowly toward the south for a little)… at this point, my daughter decided to try to get a picture of it with my laptop, so I ran inside to get it…! when I came back out with the laptop it began moving quickly (very quickly) across the sky (in a southeastern direction, so it moved diagonally across the sky – first located at western corner of property direction (compass direction), then moved up (rose higher in the sky) and headed south, and then at the same level in the sky southeast)… within approximately 1 minute it had traveled approximately 30 +/- miles (headed from somewhere around: <estimated starting location>: Reynoldson, NC 36.509707, –76.840809) -- Gates, NC to Suffolk, VA -- (stopped keeping track of the time for the speed of it at approximately (Chesapeake, VA 36.695069, –76.459865)!!! No planes that I have witnessed out here have ever traveled that fast at that height off the ground… it was I would think traveling under the radar level… pretty low and I could see some details of it pretty clearly with the naked eye... I got a better look at it as it got closer and moved across the sky and pa! st our house (from the front yard view)… I saw a light at the! top (wh ite), and then 3 lights on each corner (red), kind of looked like a pyramid… the lights were very, very bright… we tried to get a good picture of it, but were unable to get it entirely into the frame with it moving so quickly, and since there was a house (with lights on) in the frame, I decided not to share the picture, b/c I think there will be confusion as to which lights your supposed to look at, plus it did not come out as clear on the picture as it was in person. It was very very fast and there was no sound. The object was much larger than a plane... very big, but I can't think of anything to reference to describe the size of it.
October 10, 2016 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL
Greensboro, NC
This appeared to be a burning object that was moving in a forward direction. It was a orange/yellow color. Nothing like any light I had ever seen. It was not very high like a jet or plane. I watched it for a few minutes and then it just flew away.
October 4, 2016 · 12:25 AM · SPHERE
Carrboro, NC
While I was driving down Highway 54 at 12:25am on October 4, 2016, in Carrboro, NC, out of the corner of my left eye to the southwest of 54 A rather prominent & radiant spherical shape suddenly appeared in the night sky, hovering above at about the distance a helicopter would be. This low-flying ball of light was bright green/turquoise and translucent; the light emitted seemed to glow and rotate within itself it also seemed to leave behind a fast fading light trail as well. It moved quickly and silently across the night sky and seemed to be descending. My windows were down and this Light-Object did not make any sounds, it faded out of view and the entire experience lasted only a handful of seconds. I exited onto Jones Ferry Road and kept my eye on the sky, but did not notice any further activity. This object was unlike anything I had every previously seen. It did not seem to match the traditional description of any aircraft, or astronomical activity that I am traditionally familiar with or have seen.
October 3, 2016 · 5:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Greensboro, NC
I was outside, waiting to be picked up for work, and looked up at the moon. At that same moment, an object that reflected the moon's light began to move away from the moon. It was a pinpoint of light to the naked eye, and the further it went away from the moon, the less bright it was. I was facing south, and it moved easterly away from the moon, at a steady rate.
October 1, 2016 · 8:30 PM · CYLINDER
Candor, NC
Over the course of 2 hours, we witnessed 15-20 which were all different than the first craft, they seemed smaller with a triangular shape. The triangle shaped crafts were all like backwards flying triangles all going in the same pattern toward the larger spot light. At times we could all see these crafts zooming very fast, almost like a shooting stars, some leaving a white light trail that was white and some leaving trails that were red. At times some would zig zag and the lights would periodically disappear and then reappear just as sudden.
September 30, 2016 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Mooresville, NC
a co-work saw light (3 time in less 3 months), same place, no clouds, 9 pm, and i was thinking about that day to see light because i had my kodak camera ready to zoom it !! and guess what !! the co-cworker saw it and sid to me : " the lights are outside", i went to my car, grab my camera and took a short video, trying to focus, it was awful with this camera, the light is in same spot, but in my video looks moving up, down , etc, and noise is from machines where i work in Mooresville NC, the lights i saw from there, i don't know what city are really below, it's just far away from Mooresville, ok? 1 big light far away front of me and 3 small light to my right but almost over where i was , i cannot focus these with my camera , this is no focus steady and shake to much , kodak 42x. This is no a joke , no a hoax , it's real !!! I am hispanic from Colombia.