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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.
114,092 entries
September 3, 2023 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
IdentifiedKissimmee, FL
I have seen these more than once in the last couple of months. One sighting there was 2 fireballs. All sightings, the fireballs fly in the same direction up away from earth from north to east Starlink-103 (6-12) LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
September 3, 2023 · 10:27 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalDelray Beach, FL
Starlink-103 (6-12) LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
September 3, 2023 · 9:25 PM · FIREBALL
Gambrills, MD
We saw a bright white and blue light with very long bright tail and no noise. Thought it was a firework at first but then realized it was too high and didn't hear it go off
September 3, 2023 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Grantham, NH
At first it was just one big red light and it wasn't moving. I thought it was a bright planet, so I took out my nightsky app and it was not showing up. So I keep looking at it, trying ti figure it out. And then four more appeared. They all lined up from left to right in a diagonal formation, and then they started moving around up and down and seemed to be forming patterns. This went on for about 15-20 mins. I fortunately found a neighbor at the very end, who at the end saw just the one bright red light and he watched it go poof...just disappeared. The other red lights all traveled to a spot in the sky, and one by one they disappeared into that location.
September 3, 2023 · 9:18 PM · OTHER
Probable conventionalPrather, CA
At first I thought it was a Starlink satellite, but I checked, and none were supposedly in the area. I was showering outside, looked up, and thought I noticed Orion’s Belt. However, I quickly realized that Orion’s Belt is not 12-15 lights long. Perfectly straight, I witnessed 12-15 “stars” moving jointly across the sky. With exactly the same luminance as the stars around it, these 12-15 “stars” were perfectly equidistant, slowly trudging across the night sky. The lead “star” would disappear, and a trailing “star” would appear. I thought it was Starlink, but again, supposedly none in the area. I have never witnessed a ufo before, and made sure that I was seeing what I was seeing. I was calm, and of sound mind. My eyes were not playing tricks on me. Nude, I yelled for my father to “come outside quick. Hurry! Come quick. I promise I’m not wasting your time. Hurry!” He came out, and as I was nude, I would only have done this if I really was sure that I was seeing something “otherworldly.” I told him to look up, and he tried to see what I was experiencing. However, my eyes were acclimated to the dark, and his were not. He was watching a tv show in the dark, but it was not the same as being outside for awhile like I was. Realizing that there was a light on in the adjacent patio, I sprinted over, and nearly fell as I slipped on the concrete. Turning off the light, I raced back. He was trying to see what I had seen, but the number of “stars” began to decrease, so I am unsure if he saw it as well, or not. He loves and supports me, so he said something of seeing a “flashing light,” but I don’t think he really saw anything that I saw. If there was a Starlink present, than I am sorry for wasting “your” time with this message, but if there was not, then I saw a very unique UFO. I did not see anything else, so I have no comments about a “giant ship” or some other speculative nonsense, but the size and scale of the “stars”, along with other their perfect progression across the sky, was unbelievable. The timing of the lead “star” disappearing and the trailing “star” appearing was uniform. A constant flow of lights and progression. I realize that this is not much to report, but again, supposedly no Starlink in the area…. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
September 3, 2023 · 9:13 PM · LIGHT
Manahawkin, NJ
One stationary bright white light in the sky, took off northwest at an extremely rapid rate (much too fast to be a commercial flight) north west. The light had a long bright white trail and then the light and the trail disappeared from the sky at the exact same time
September 3, 2023 · 9:04 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalBrooklyn, NY
"My wife and I were on our rooftop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, when my wife noticed a string of lights high in the sky, moving rapidly. I exclaimed, "Wow, I think that's Starlink!" I quickly reached for my Sky Guide app and opened it, but to my surprise, Starlink did not appear on the app. Just as the lights passed directly over our heads, they began to vanish one by one, disappearing into the night sky, very near the star Rastaban. Intrigued, I immediately went downstairs and checked the Starlink tracker, only to find that Starlink satellites were nowhere near this part of the planet at that time." Even though Sky Guide and the Starlink Tracker did not indicate anything, this sounds very much like Starlink. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
September 3, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalWalnut Creek, CA
I noticed a line of approximately 20 perfectly aligned star objects moving south to north over my house. They were at a very high altitude similar to a satellite but moving at a faster speed. I called my wife out of the house and she witnessed them also. The transit lasted about 1 minute before going away. I have seen satelites passing overhead before but nothing like this. We really did see this. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
September 3, 2023 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventional7 miles north of Benton, PA
Long line of white lights going northeast to southwest and faded away [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
September 3, 2023 · 8:58 PM · FORMATION
Jacksonville, FL
We walked outside and we could see all the stars more than usual. On the left hand side of the Big Dipper, there was a formation of stars in completely geometrical vertical line once we started asking eachother if we were seeing the same thing it began to move still within a line formation but it appeared like they were missiles coming at us. We let off a firework or two once we realized they were coming towards us because we were outside for Labor Day. Once we lit off two or three they stopped coming forward and got back into a line above our heads and then disappeared one by one. Now im not sure if this was starlink as there was a launch 3 hours after this happened but I doubt it due to the way they were moving like projectile missiles at us. i have seen starlink before and it was not like this. We tried to video the event but it wasn't showing up in the video, the fireworks didnt even show up in the video. It was spooky. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
September 3, 2023 · 8:53 PM · SPHERE
Jenner, CA
Wife, daughter, and I stargazing from our campsite. I work in sales at a large multinational investment bank and wife is Oxford post-grad Product Manager at a public utility. I saw what at first believed to be Orions Belt, distinguished by it's bright 3 star center, until I had a vertigo effect and realized the 3 solid bright white (not yellow) orbs, which looked like stars, were moving. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, I asked my wife "are you seeing this?". My wife and 5 year yo daughter seeing it too. If they had not moved, they would otherwise look like 3 bright stars in the sky, such as part of the Orion Belt constellation. They moved quickly, in a straight line, each orb equally distanced from the others, faster than the speed of the international space station flying overhead. No noise. No trail. We lost our vantage point in the trees, so we moved, and expected to see the 3 lights in the next clearing but they did not return. This was the most bizarre thing we have ever seen, and likely ever will.
September 3, 2023 · 8:50 PM · DIAMOND
Kingstree, SC
A very large green Diamond shaped spacecraft was seen traveling through outer space at warp speed. The front of the spacecraft sparkled as it tore straight through the atmosphere. The sighting took only 1 to 3 seconds and the spacecraft was gone into the Universe! The background of the witnesses is a retired US Army Warrant Officer who is full of honor, truth and integrity.
September 3, 2023 · 8:50 PM · LIGHT
Ocean city, MD
I was on my boat looking at the stars and I saw this light that was moving very fast and I thought it was plane then relized it disappeared and didn’t have a red and green light on each side or flashing. It almost looked like it was camouflaging as a star.
September 3, 2023 · 8:47 PM · TRIANGLE
Miamisburg, OH
In car, riding back home. Saw 3 lights hovering in air, that formed a triangle shape. The lights were very bright and flickering. All the lights disappeared for a few seconds, and just one light reappeared. Over a few seconds all the 3 lights reappeared but began to separate further. The lights then formed a vertical line, with each light descending to the ground at separate times with a visual tail. Very odd, neither myself or husband have ever witnessed anything of this sort.
September 3, 2023 · 8:32 PM · LIGHT
Smryna, DE
My wife and I were traveling, driving on rt.1 North, outside of Smryna, Delaware, and out of nowhere on the opposite side of the highway,in a wooded area and over trees, was streaking a green light, but then it faded out. I asked my wife did she that and she said yes. We wanted to make sure it was no flare. She agreed that it was different. [NUFORC annotation: Meteor - Possible]
September 3, 2023 · 8:31 PM · DIAMOND
McDonough, GA
I was on hwy81 when I saw this odd shaped diamond that looked like it was shot down from the sky above me going towards the shell on 20 next to subway. But right before it could hit or touch down from anything I could see it completely vanishes. Like a black hole type of gone.
September 3, 2023 · 12:36 PM · CIGAR
Louisburg, KS
I spotted the first object flying very straight and fast. I tried to get my co worker to see it but she did not spot it. It vanished from my sight and I was not able to get a photo. She went inside and I sat back down and looked back at the sky. I saw another object in the same spot flying in the same direction. I quickly snapped some pictures of the sky with my phone. The objects both looked the same. They were white looking in the sky. They made no sound I could hear and it was very quiet where I was. They did not appear to have wings. There was no sign of exhaust behind them. They were tic tac shaped and looked longer when I was looking at them in the sky than they do in the photos. They moved as fast as a jet plane and flew very straight and smooth. They both seemed to vanish around the same spot. There were no clouds in the sky.
September 3, 2023 · 6:08 AM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalOakley, ID
I videotaped it moving up thru the trees and up to the sky. It would flash in my direction.Almost blinding me at times. It took 7minutes to come from the middle of the trees to the sky. I zoomed in repeatedly and even showed the sky and stars in comparison, as it was like nothing else in the sky. It appeared round very very large and bright. When I zoomed in you could see objects spinning around it and glowing rainbow like colors at one point when I zoomed in it went to a rectangle shape that is yellowish. When it was in the trees there was no land near it or past it. It was at least 40 to 60 foot above land in the trees, then slowly moves thru the tree line and then above the trees. It eventually went farther up into the sky and got smaller and smaller as if it was moving further away. There was no one around that area and it was just as the sunrise was happening. Venus rising [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
September 3, 2023 · 5:50 AM · CHANGING
Waterford, MI
First noticed a bright "light" on my lake, from my bathroom window, later observed an object in the sky, the "light" on the lake was a reflection of the object. The object was bright, like a LED light in the sky. it did not move around, but it seemed to change shapes, circle, cigar, corn, etc. However, I have vision issues, so not 100% sure about the shapes. It might also be caused by clouds: at times, the object was shadowed by clouds. It stayed there for about half an hour, may be longer, because I went back to sleep when it gradually got day light outside. I took a few pictures using my Google P7 phone. See attached.
September 3, 2023 · 4:26 AM · LIGHT
Arlington, WA
I woke up around 4:15-4:25am to feed our cat. Went to shut a window my daughter left open since it was getting windy out. I look up to the right and see this light that I thought was possibly a plane or helicopter until I saw no other lights on the craft. Couldn't see the craft either as it is too dark out. But I told my daughter to look at it and tell me what she saw. She is skeptical but she did agree there were no other lights on the moving light just the one solid light moving at a steady pace high above the trees but definitely was not a satellite. I don't really know how else to explain it...
September 3, 2023 · 3:40 AM · FLASH
GA
While driving on a rural highway, I looked up into the sky and saw what could have been a shooting star in a linear path as all are; however, it was not a white light. It was a neon greenish light that only lasted seconds. I have never seen a shooting star that color before.
September 3, 2023 · 12:17 AM · CHEVRON
IdentifiedClearwater, FL
A shooting star or unknown aviation air craft. Ascending from the ocean up into the sky. Starlink-103 (6-12) Falcon 9 SpaceX LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
September 3, 2023 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Saint Louis, MO
Looked up after getting off work at the night sky admiring the bright full moon and witnessed lights appearing out of thin air a few formed triangles. These lights were not FAA lights with the typical red and green flashes. These lights appeared out of thin air and blinked. As I gazed more and more, even more lights appeared. I do believe I genuinely witnessed an incident. I seen strange things before and tried to get insight into it but no leads. I truly believe we as humans have been visited and are continually visited by an advanced biological entity. I have countless experiences of what I seen over the years. What happened at the small Missouri town during an outdoor football game truly secured my personal research. I know they exist and they may very well be living amongst us humans. I do not have physical proof but will be working on getting that taken care of. I know this is very wordy but I know what i saw over these years and no government entity can tell me otherwise. Please take my inquiry as serious as a stemi.
September 2, 2023 · 11:47 PM · UNKNOWN
Probable conventionalAurora, CO
We (a young married couple) saw two motionless bright lights in the sky on our way home from a friend’s house. Even though the lights didn’t move like a plane, they were not stars. They were much too bright to be stars. After a while one turned to the east and started flying in that direction. After it had turned, we could see that it had 1 red and 2 green lights on either side. In the meantime the other light had begun to ascend and descend in elevation in an up and down motion. Eventually the second light also suddenly veered off to the east and revealed the same light pattern as the first. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]