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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
August 9, 2016 · 10:10 PM · SPHERE
Bend, OR
It moved towards us and flew overhead and then completely disappeared as it flew overhead. There were no flashing lights, no sound and it is a crystal clear night sky.
August 2, 2016 · 11:15 AM · LIGHT
Portland, OR
Sitting on my porch with my significant other and saw a light appear from the sky and come down stay for a second and then go back up to where we could not see it anymore it got smaller and smaller as it went up straight up it was a bright color blue almost like a satellite except for it came straight down and went straight back up.
August 1, 2016 · 9:46 PM · LIGHT
Milwaukie, OR
Two of us witnessed three bright, yellow lights perfectly aligned diagonally of each other leftward (east). After approximately 2 minutes of observing these lights, the upper and eastern-most light started moving away from the others at a very quick pace and changed color to blue. It visibly would stop and go, hovering and then darting quickly until it reached a tree line and we lost sight. As soon as the first light reached tree cover, the second light broke formation and followed the same path as the first eastward, also changing to blue and dimming. At this point we tried to follow the two traveling lights, as they were speeding towards the area of our home. The third light remained, extremely bright and yellow. As we approached the field behind our home, neither of the two lights could be seen. The last two nights we have not seen either of these three above the athletic field again. There were no sounds, and no airports exist in the direction of these lights.
August 1, 2016 · 6:00 AM · OTHER
Albany, OR
As they are telling me rhis, I chalked it up to be, "Yeah, right, they had top much to drink." Until i stayed over and slept in a tent in their back yard August 2016. I woke up at about 6am, to a low flying molten ball dripping like molten metal is the only way to describe it, crackling, flew at a decline to where it got so low it almost hit the roof. I freaked out, frozen in place. Later that morning, we looked for burns in the yard or on the concrete but didn't find a single thing of evidence. I dont know what i saw but i know my parents aren't lying cause I saw it myself, dead sober, just after dawn when I was alone. My dad and mom have had sightings of the same thing since even as recent as a couple of weeks ago. There is no pattern. No reports of space rocks.. nothing. I know what i saw and i dont know what the hell to even call it. And its always the same. A ball of orange dripping like molten metal with a crackling sound swmi slow moving and declines in altitude, and then suddenly it's gone.
July 31, 2016 · 11:00 PM · OTHER
Gold Hill, OR
I wasn't sure if it was one object or two floating parallel. It was amazing. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 31, 2016 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Springfield, OR
please look into this. We have corrected the date above. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We would like to speak with the witness, but have no means of contacting him or her. PD
July 31, 2016 · 4:00 PM · DISK
Sherwood, OR
Object was a saucer shape, white in color to half of it, and transparent to the other half. It was tilted at 45 degrees not rotating, but still and moving so slow as to appear motionless, but took 3 hours to move from my Sherwood location to East to over Tualatin, OR, area. Wind direction was from North to South blowing on the object, but no effect. Appeared to be as big as an airliner and about 10 to 20,000 feet high. With my close up binoculars, I could see evenly spaced ridges all around the rim perimeter. I have video and still images.
July 31, 2016 · 2:30 PM · DISK
Canby, OR
Stayed in the same sky about 1-2 hours. Many photos, and photos of photos, submitted with report. They indicate an oval, or circular, white object. Object hovered in the sky for approximately 2 hours. PD
July 30, 2016 · 10:50 PM · FIREBALL
Roseburg, OR
i went outside for a smoke and when i looked up to the east i saw what appeared to be either a meteor breaking thru the atmosphere but had a blue light atop it light a rocket would have.
July 30, 2016 · 10:53 AM · CONE
Eugene, OR
I saw a green flight coming down from the sky, it seemed to paused while entering an invisible or unknown atmosphere change. It came down gathering speed. It was a very bright lime green. It had a ball with the main part and a lighter green fading into a tail. It fell behind the trees. I was waiting for a sound of either a crash, or people shouting, but none came. That seemed to be the whole event. It was very clear that it happened, but I do not know on what it is or could be.
July 29, 2016 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Roseburg, OR
Starting at 21:15 hours a light coming from the SW heading NE about 15 thousand feet high.There were no blinking lights or strobes like on Commercial Aircraft. Then a Fast Plane intercepted the light about ten miles past Roseburg we thought there would be a in flight Collision. The jet headed South towards Klamath Falls. Then at 21:30 hours, two lights just appeared above Roseburg, at about 10,000 feet, then the lights went out a minute later they came on and we're moving slow then they went out again then they came on and moved North West and disappeared at about 21:35 hours.
July 29, 2016 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Grants Pass (Murphy Area), OR
My mom passed the day before, I was heartbroken. I had taken care of her for six years. I decided I would go outside that that night and take a picture of the night sky with my infrared camera. What I saw next was a huge blue eye looking back at me. I had many sightings of some explained and some unexplained things since moving to Oregon in 1993. So at this point nothing surprised me anymore and I was numb anyway grieving the loss of my beautiful mom. I had more blue eyes show up later in my pictures, and even one after I moved to AZ. I was told this could be a portal? I understand too, if you don’t post this, because it’s not a typical UFO type. Just very strange. I just came back across it in my photos. I thought, I would share it anyway. Thank you
July 29, 2016 · 2:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Grants Pass, OR
Watched move over us for about an hour. Slowly hovering and seemed to spin and change from triangle to diamond and at times square. Lights at each end that looked like stars.
July 28, 2016 · 2:50 AM · FIREBALL
Clackamas, OR
I was driving home early in the morning from a job on Oregon City. Heading north on I-205. A low flying green fireball lit up the sky for at least 4 seconds. It was like no other shooting star or meteor I have ever seen. Low and huge. It seemed as close as a passenger jet. Possible meteor?? PD
July 28, 2016 · 1:00 AM · RECTANGLE
Oakridge, OR
Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD
July 27, 2016 · 11:15 PM · LIGHT
Hermiston, OR
Light seen flying north towards Washington. As the light started to dim, it shot to the left and vanished. When I first noticed it was moving pretty fast but when it shot to the left it happened in a second. I'm surprised I saw it at the end. Looked like a laser. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 27, 2016 · 4:00 AM · LIGHT
Florence, OR
Another of the same loocking lights came from the other side of the sky. Coming into view fading in as if it had entered the atmospher. Traveling a much shorter distance than the last. We witnessed a couple more short intervals, one even flashing or guiving off a quick burst of light. Possible satellites. PD
July 26, 2016 · 10:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Diamond Lake, OR
The night of Tuesday, July 26, 2016, I was up late watching a movie. I cannot state where I live as I also work there, and any mention of the organization I work for by name gives them the right to own this report, but I can say I am a fire lookout. At about 22:30, I had to go to the bathroom and walked out onto the catwalk of my fire lookout and noted a white light with red and green flashing lights to the north just off the horizon. I assumed it to be an airplane, but took note of it because it was not on the general metropolitan to metropolitan flight paths that cross over my area, and it appeared significantly lower than standard planes. The lights were also brighter and larger than far-off commercial airliners. I went back into the lookout and finished my movie, and at about 23:00 I went out on the catwalk to brush my teeth and noted the object was still there and appeared to have not moved at all. This surprised me, as neither airplanes nor satellites stay in the same place for that period of time. After brushing my teeth I returned inside and looked at it through binoculars briefly, then pulled out my spotting scope and fixed on the object at 60x. I cannot accurately gauge the object’s distance, but judging by the increase in size of the object through the spotting scope I would estimate it to be 30 to 50 miles away with an exact azimuth of 22.2 degrees from my position (as measured with an Osborne Fire-Finder 1934 model). The object was kite like in shape, but narrower side to side and longer top to bottom. It had a white/orange light in the center similar in color to an old halogen headlight, with a red light below and right of the white/orange one, and a green light above and ! left of it. The object itself was dark, and I can only estimate at its shape due to the visible light emitted from the white/orange light. The white/orange light remained constant but the green and red lights alternated strobing. As this is the standard pattern for commercial aircraft, I then wondered if this was a helicopter and my mind was simply making the shape with the visible light it could see. Within the 60x magnification of my spotting scope however, the object did not move out of the frame from 23:00 to 00:00. That would require an object to remain absolutely still, uncharacteristic of helicopters. At midnight is when I witnessed its only visible change. At midnight exactly, another object entered the sky while I was looking through the scope, so I did not see it immediately when it assumedly rose above the horizon. It was below the previously listed object, slightly to the right, and did not come more than a few degrees above the horizon at any given time. I also looked at this one through the spotting scope. The shape appeared to be two isosceles triangles facing down, connected together at the widest point. The color was red at the top, orange in the center, and yellow at the bottom, with these three colors seeming to be lit up in a repeating wave pattern from top to bottom. One triangle was dark while the other was lighted, and once one triangle went through its lit cycle of red-orange-yellow, it went dark and the other one repeated the cycle. The rhythm of this light show of the two triangles was extremely fast. The right triangle appeared in full and to perfectio! n as I could see all three corners; however when the left triangle lit up its top right corner was cut off at an angle. This leads me to believe the right triangle was closer than the left, and the object was slightly turned away from me so I was not viewing it straight on. Upon first viewing this object was rising above the horizon, stopped, hung at a single point without moving for exactly two minutes, then at 00:02, dropped below the horizon. During the two minutes the double-triangle shaped object was in the air, the kite-shaped object previously listed in this report, rose in the sky 3.5 degrees (measured with an Osborne Fire-Finder) straight up at the exact same azimuth it was at previously. The Osborne Fire-Finder can observe a tenth of a degree change for any given azimuth, and the kite shaped object did not move a tenth of a degree. I remained awake until 01:30 hours when I had to fall asleep as I had work the next day. I am used to waking up at 06:00 so I was extremely tired. The kite shaped object was still in the sky and still located in its second position listed in this report. I awoke after daybreak at 07:30 and the object was not visible.
July 24, 2016 · 3:00 PM · OTHER
Portland, OR
Driving East on I-84, I observed a dark grey six sided box shaped object hovering in the sky at an altitude of perhaps 1000 ft. The object was spotted a short distance North East of PDX international airport. It had maybe a dozen ribs or reinforcements vertically on the side facing me. The object appeared to be 150 feet long and perhaps thirty feet tall and thirty feet wide. It remained stationary, perfectly still, as I drove by. Then, it rotated 90 degrees so I could see it head on. Viewed from the front, it made a perfect square in the sky. I thought it was an airship but it had flat sides and distinct edges where the rectangle and square sides meet. I saw no signs of windows or propellers or cables tethering it to the ground. It had not changed position the whole time. Eventually, I was too far away to see it.
July 23, 2016 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Richland, OR
I have been an airline pilot for 26 years and Captain for 15 years. Amatuer astronomer for 30 years and meteorologist. In Hells Canyon on Snake River night of July 23, 2016. Clear very dark night. Many satellites. I was giving 3 other witnesses a “Star Tour” when my brother and I saw a white light flash with the brightness of Saturn. This was to our NW and about 45 degrees up. Distance unknown. Not real close. After a few flashes it appeared to our NE and then all 4 of us watched this light flash numerous times while moving rapidly in about a 40 degree spread. Again about 45 degrees up. For 10 minutes while this light moved and flashed I told the group I have never seen anything like this in my 30 years of looking at the night sky. This was not an aircraft, drone, balloon, satellite. It moved rapidly from one position to the next sometimes flashing twice in quick succession. It finally stopped and after another half hour we retired to camp. No drugs or alcohol by myself or my brother. No one drunk. I've seen a few things over the years as I spend a great deal of time at night watching the sky. But this was 10 minutes of observation in a VERY remote part of the country. Thanks for taking this report.
July 23, 2016 · 2:00 PM · CIGAR
Eugene, OR
We were traveling north on Beltline, when we first noticed an object flying in the cloudless, blue sky from west to east. It appeared to be translucent and made me think of how an agate would look if it was held up to the sky. It was quite small, longer than it was tall, but it definitely had a hump top & bottom about the middle of the craft. We could see no wings,tail, or anything extending from the craft. The speed was not too much faster than a commercial airliner, and we were able to watch it clearly. The strangest thing about it was that it was completely invisible to our eyes when we tried to observe it after removing our sunglasses. When we replaced our sunglasses it was clearly visible again.
July 21, 2016 · 3:00 PM · OTHER
The Dalles, OR
Mid afternoon, sunny day. Smallish craft, maybe the size of a mid-to full sized RV? Bright reflective silvery shimmering surface, wedge shaped. About 200 feet from shore, maybe only 500-1000 feet above the Columbia River. It suddenly arrived, hovered briefly, then flew off extremely quickly. Looked as if there was another one high up in the sky, hovering for a while above. I have operated small drones. This did not look like, nor move like any drone I have ever seen. No apparent sound, silent running.
July 19, 2016 · 4:39 PM · CIRCLE
Lincoln City, OR
My husband and I were visiting the Yaquina Lighthouse in Lincoln City, Oregon. When I was reviewing the pictures later I observed a circular object in the clouds. Unknown what it could be. No planes or air crafts in the area at the time. We have requested a copy of the photo. PD
July 16, 2016 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Eugene, OR
A fireball soared across the sky followed by a very fast and colorful aircraft. I am a skeptic and don't believe in Ufos. Last night changed my mind. Wondering if any one else saw this.