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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.
3,193 entries
September 13, 2016 · 8:40 PM · CIRCLE
Eugene, OR
I was sitting in a lawn chair looking up in the night sky not long after dark, when I spotted what I thought was a satellite to the east of me. I noted that it was about the same brightness as the surrounding stars except that it was moving across the sky at the speed of the usual satellite in a SW direction. When it was aligned in front of and above me, at about 95-100 degrees, it appeared to suddenly shoot straight down towards me at a high rate of speed growing larger and brighter (bright white) the closer it came, maybe to about 10x the size it had been, not any larger than a dime. I thought to myself that if it continued in that direction it might hit me. Then about ½ way down it suddenly reversed direction and went back up to the approximate altitude that it had been, continuing on its course in approximately the same SW direction. The up and down trajectory lasted not more than a second or two. A friend of mine was walking towards me, from behind, whe! n I exclaimed, Whoa! in regard to the object coming towards me. He did not see the object until I pointed it out after the fact. So what he saw looked like a normal satellite traveling across the night sky. We watched the object as it continued SW with no more unusual activity. So what was the object: a military hologram, an ET spacecraft, something going on with my eyes (doubtful), or what? Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 9, 2016 · 10:00 PM
Salem, OR
With great shock and amazement, four of us watched a single bright-orange, oblong-like orb, soar very quickly and silently, in the (West) Salem, OR, sky at 10 pm on 9/9/16! After we lost sight of it, we turned to see two more of the same, but much more closely, and clearly, as it was only about 50 ft. higher than the tree tops that were directly in front of our eyes. These strange oblong orbs had no tail, looked like they were made up from a chunk plucked out of the sun and moved consistently and steadily while making no sound whatsoever! It was freaky-amazing! What the heck were these?!!
September 9, 2016 · 9:30 AM · EGG
Sandy, OR
An adult male reports having witnessed a disc-shaped craft, approximately 12 degrees to the east of north, and approximately 30 degrees above the horizontal plane. He was shocked by the sighting, he reports. Witness indicates that he will follow up with a detailed written report. PD/NUFORC
September 7, 2016 · 8:45 PM · CIRCLE
Adrian, OR
Red sphere appears in the skyline out of nowhere. It stays for a second or two and then disappears. Multiple red spheres show up, one after the other; sometimes slightly at the same time. After a few minutes, they stop showing up. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 3, 2016 · 11:57 PM · SPHERE
Forest Grove, OR
Just before midnight, my friend and I were walking home and the sky lit up behind us, we both turned to look by that time it was passing over us traveling at a high rate. We watched as it traveled over heading NW. It was low flying very bright it lit up the soccer field next to us. Multi in color, green, yellow, purple ,red. It was orb like with a light trail behind it. If we stacked two fire truck ladders together we could touch it. After it passed we saw that two other guys were near and asked if they just saw what we saw and they said yes!
September 3, 2016 · 11:55 PM · FIREBALL
Portland, OR
At approx 11:55 pm, I observed in the western sky a large green fireball, with a strange oblong shape to it, traveling northward, at a fast declination. I am only a couple miles from i5 corridor, and I imagine anyone traveling southward would have had a perfect oncoming view. It flared across the sky, very large and bright. I did not hear a bang, or any sirens minutes later. Reporting for clarity.
September 2, 2016 · 11:59 PM · FIREBALL
Salem, OR
Anonymous source; no contact information. We have changed the time above, to reflect a nighttime sighting, but we have no way to confirm. PD
September 2, 2016 · 11:40 PM · TRIANGLE
Eugene, OR
I went outside before retiring for the night as I usually do to look at the stars. It was clear, no moon, no wind. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a bright object. When I looked at it, it was something I had never seen before. At first I thought it was a big meteor entering the atmosphere, but as I looked, it appeared to be about 500 feet up, and about 1/2 mile away, and about the size of a small business jet. It had a brilliant white ball of light at the front, and a 3 or 4 panel-like "tail" sections attached to it. The sections were distinct from each other, they were iridescent radiant colors in red, green, and blue and were roughly 6 times the length of the "head". It traveled smoothly from south to north, silent, and very steady. It looked very similar in shape to the Teston (Kent), UK/England, sighting of Saturday, August 13, 2016. I am an amateur astronomer, can identify most aircraft, and can tell the difference between n! atural occurring phenomena and a solid object. It was truly something like I have never seen before. It was awesome!
September 2, 2016 · 3:20 PM · UNKNOWN
McMinnville, OR
About 3:20 PM, I heard a loud buzzing/rumbling noise, almost like a plane was passing over, but louder and more extreme. There were clouds outside, but it was like the sound was right above me. The sky was clear above me, and I didn't see anything. When the sound started, the wind was very extreme, stopping when the sound did. This lasted about a minute. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 2, 2016 · 12:01 AM · LIGHT
Hillsboro, OR
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August 29, 2016 · 8:25 PM · SPHERE
Portland, OR
These spheres are white like electic and appear about 8:25 pm for weeks now they stay stationary for up to 4 to 5 minutes than descend or move right left or dissapear. Sometimes there is only one it gets brighter and also dims down it seems to sit over the west
August 25, 2016 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Astoria, OR
My friend and I were out in the rural area of Astoria, and saw a bright, large yellow orb cross the sky above us at a fairly fast rate. It was then gone out of sight, but we then witnessed what could have been the same object or possibly a second object of the same size and color crossing to the east, neither had any noise or visual detail. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 25, 2016 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Aloha, OR
For a 4 minute period there was a round red light that was maneuvering back and forth and up and down quickly in the sky. At first I wondered if it was a helicopter but then realized it wasn't because of the maneuvers it was making in the sky. It went behind the trees and would come back out into sight. It moved very quickly around spuratically in one area of the sky towards the west.
August 21, 2016 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Silverton, OR
Four of us were outside camping in Silverton, Oregon, looking at the stars. We suddenly saw a very bright light, about the same size, shape and color as a star but way brighter. It moved to the right all of a sudden, flashed once, then faded out. We kept watching for it but it never came back.
August 21, 2016 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Silverton, OR
We was with a group of four people. We were in our backyard in Silverton, Oregon. We were camping outside at around 11:00 pm looking up at the stars, when suddenly, there was a really really bright light that at first we thought was a star. It was the same size and color as a star but it was super bright. We thought it might be a planet but we used an iPhone app to look at the planets and the light didn't show up on the app even though a star right next to it, called Deneb, did. All of a sudden, the light flashed. We watched it start to move to the right but suddenly the light faded into the dark night sky. We waited for it to come back but it never returned.
August 21, 2016 · 2:45 AM · OVAL
Milwaukie, OR
At 245am, I went out for a cigarette and was looking north in the sky over downtown Portland, Oregon, when what I thought was a bright red light from a plane moved very quick tword Milwaukie, then to the right, but way farther back another red light again I thought it was a plane light and it did the same thing and I thought shit those two planes are gonna hit they sat in the same spot almost looked like two fireballs now not planes but there not moving now there about 2 inches from each other kinda flickering yellow red orange then within 20 seconds it almost looked like they either turned around or just kinda flickered out they got to a spot in the sky and stopped next to each other never have I seen anything like this that I can't explain
August 18, 2016 · 9:45 PM · CIRCLE
Albany, OR
Was drivin in my car, when I saw what looked like headlights coming at me in the sky. I pulled over to get out and look, and huge circle aircraft passed over me super slowly, with three bright lights on it, and no lights blinking, and no noise. When it passed over, I watched it till I couldn't see it any more.
August 17, 2016 · 3:00 PM · OVAL
Tygh Valley, OR
At approximately 15:00 on July 17 2016 we were getting ready to leave Boulder Lake campground in the Mt. Hood National Forest. We were observing hundreds of insects buzzing overhead and trying to discern what kind they were. (Mayfly species) Skies were crystal blue, no clouds. Occasional airplanes with contrails overhead were observed throughout the day. While looking at the insects flying directly overhead, I noticed a strange object out of the corner of my eye, away from the main group of insects. Turning to look, I observed what appeared to be an oval or egg shaped object as it quickly dissolved into the blue sky. Edges of the object were not hard to my eye, but clearly something there. Maybe a halo. Object then proceeded to disappear, or fade, very quickly into the blue of they sky. There was no perceived lateral movement. Direction would have approximately S/SW, but very high due to trees. I took pictures of the insects, but failed to take a picture of the object as it happened so fast. I stayed for quite a while trying to see if it would reappear. It did not. There were no jets, or contrails overhead at this time. This was also away from the main body of insects overhead and appeared to be at a great distance in relation to the tops of the trees overhead and insects. There was no sound. Total length of observed time was less than 10 seconds. I was the only one who saw it in our group. I was a little stunned and didn't say anything to anyone at the time, waiting to see if anybody else saw anything. Nobody did, however I was the only one in the group looking in that direction at the time. I'm an avid outdoors person, and am familiar with most types of aircraft and cloud formations, though not an expert. It certainly could have been some kind of atmospheric phenomenon that I am unaware of. It was odd, and not something I've ever observed before.
August 16, 2016 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Beaverton, OR
Seen a bright light at the corner of my eye. I looked up and there was a bright star like object moving in the sky. It was visible for more then a minute then it started to blend in with the sky and totally disappeared. There was still daylight, so I don't believe it to be a star, and the way it fade to blend in with the sky was weird. After the object disappeared, I seen what seem to be a fighter jet headed in the same direction.
August 13, 2016 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Bend, OR
As I went out of my apartment, I saw a massive white light in the sky moving at a good speed N N/E. After just a few seconds I had the thought, "I can't think of anything that could possibly be besides the international space station. Well, unless it was a UFO. (Haha)" IMMEDIATELY after the second half of that thought passed through my head... The light veered east. 😒 it got to a point far north and a bit east of Bend, then stopped. 😒 This light was VERY bright; it was just a few degrees off of a street lamp and still was clearly definable. It just stopped moving altogether and sat there for a few minutes slowly dimming until I couldn't make it out anymore. The next day I noted that the point at which it had come to rest was approximately the peak of Black Butte.
August 13, 2016 · 12:47 AM · RECTANGLE
Albany, OR
I stepped outside to look for meteors, and looked about 45 degrees SW towards the moon and saw a bright red, almost life fire from a night air balloon, moving across the sky very fast. The lights we're not flashing or changing colors, but were like a glowing red and orange. The glowing area was close enough near the moon that it appeared to be half the size of the moon. It was probably no more than 5 miles away. I could hear a humming or rotary sound like an airship of some kind. But it moved across the sky towards to the SW and was gone from wight within 20 to 30 seconds. I missed about 10 when seconds, when I ran inside like an idiot to tell my son.
August 12, 2016 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Portland, OR
Portland, Oregon. Friday August 12th, 2016, at 10:30 pm, I had just gotten home from work. My wife and I went out into the back yard to preview the Perseid meteor shower, when I noticed a bright satellite. I mentioned to her that it was in a polar orbit because it was traversing the sky from north to south. However, after a short time its speed began to slow, and its direction shifted to a easterly direction, finally stopping altogether. It now appeared as a bright star straight overhead. It is still there an hour later.
August 11, 2016 · 11:00 PM · OTHER
Eagle Point, OR
I was returning from the Chevron station on Central Point Hwy to my home in Eagle Point on Agate Rd. I turned left onto Hwy 234 and just before crossing Dodge Bridge over the Rogue River, I saw a large blue streak of light on a fast downward path. It appeared like a fireball or meteor, but was not high in the sky to seem to be piercing the atmosphere, but rather a crashing craft. The blue light streak was wide like a comet tail with what appeared to be pieces of debris in its path. The direction of the downward path was from right to left and appeared like a craft could have been crashing near Table Rock. I drove to Rainey's Market and the gas station at the corner to see if anyone else had seen the flash of light. The store manager was just closing, and had only seen 2 police vehicles that had driven past in less than 5 minutes. While talking to him, 2 more sheriff cars drove past us towards Table Rock road, and I followed them to see if they were going to the scene of a crash. They appeared to be on their regular route though, and weren't driving in a hurry. No lights or sirens. I drove around Table Rock, looking for any signs of unusual activity or fire in the area from a crash site and didn't see anything else. I returned home to listen to the local scanner, and haven't heard anything out of the ordinary either. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he agreed that there is a strong possibility that the object was a meteor, possibly a meteor from the Perseid Meteor shower. PD
August 9, 2016 · 11:00 PM · FLASH
Portland, OR
A co-worker and I were outside having a smoke and looking for Perseid meteors, when I spotted what I thought was a satellite. The "satellite" was heading in a north to south direction and traveling at a typical speed for a satellite. It looked yellow/orange-ish, like most satellites do. A few seconds into viewing the object, it flared, increasing greatly in brightness and then dimming. I am aware of what satellite flares are, so I was not surprised at this point. The object continued to dim and then a bright white/green flash appeared below (?) the object, about the diameter of a quarter if held at arm's distance. About a second or two later the object dimmed out of view completely. If it wasn't for the anomalous flash in the vicinity of the object, just before it disappeared, I would assume what I saw was just a flaring satellite. I'm pretty sure whatever it was was outside of the atmosphere.