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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 1, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedChesapeake, VA
I was outside when I noticed something that looked like an airplane pulling lights behind it. I then watched as it got closer and all I saw was a long line of lights and the lights seemed like it was attached to a football field. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
September 1, 2023 · 8:50 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedLadue/St Louis, MO
A bright red/orange/yellow object passed overhead suddenly and completely vanished, didn’t fade away, no smoke or haze, absolutely no sound. The object was lower than any plane that has crossed overhead. 2 days later we set up a camera and captured a triangle of bright lights (see attached video) and 7 days later we captured the next video (same location). First video is likely a spiderweb floating by, [NUFORC annotation: Insect - Certain]
September 1, 2023 · 8:50 PM · CIGAR
Fairfax, CA
It wasn't a clear nite. There were a few clouds in the nite sky. In the western sky,I noticed a low flying object. Long and flying slowly from North to south-south-east. It seemed quite large. Hard to gauge, but perhaps 1/2 mile to a mile long. While the shape appeared to have a cylinder /cigar shape, the outline and object seemed amorphous. The white lights on the edges of the craft were asymmetrical as the blinking lights created a flowing pattern that made the object seem alive. There were no sounds. About 10-15 minutes after the sighting I heard jets flying over the same path, but much higher in the sky.
September 1, 2023 · 8:30 PM · EGG
Sunbury, PA
It went by fast and I lost it after a bit (almost as if it disappeared) but it was red and almost glowing or so it seemed. I only saw it for a bit and nothing seemed to happen. I just saw it, thought nothing of it, and went on with my day. I didn't even think about it being a ufo until a conversation with my mom about aliens made me think.
September 1, 2023 · 7:30 PM · CYLINDER
Drexel Hill, PA
Saw 3 objects first flying slowly in sky in a triangle shape then 2 more came same speed shape and very shiny. Then one was flying by itself [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
September 1, 2023 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Granton, WI
I stepped outside around 7:00 pm (still broad daylight). My wife was 2 steps behind me. I looked up in the sky and a light was flying through the sky at tremendous speeds like that of a shooting star. The light started out green, then turned purple and then orange. I told by wife to look and by the time she reached the door, it had instantly disappeared. This all happened in less than 3 seconds.
September 1, 2023 · 5:08 PM · SPHERE
Chicago, IL
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL1614 On September 1st, 2023 just after 5 PM and in sunlight, I was a passenger on AA flight #1614. My flight was westbound, after banking 180 degrees over Lake Michigan and upon final approach, I observed a smoky silver metallic object headed East, toward the lake, at a slightly lower altitude, approximately 300' North of AA#1614. I estimate the altitude to be 8-10,000'. We were South of Howard Street and the object was North of my flight. We were flying just west of the Evanston McDonald's restaurant on Howard Street. The object was moving at around the same speed as my flight in the opposite direction. The front of the object appeared to be "cloaked" and had a bright rear red glow. The cloaking was almost pixelated, like "Predator" character (movie) in the front only. The object operated as if it was a low altitude satellite or a moving "aeronautical buoy" (as if such a thing existed). I saw it pass by our plane but it did not react to my flight's presence. I was seated in seat #30F. I had my window shade up, but most window shades were down on the right side of my flight. I did not report to flight crew. I told my family and friends. I have excellent long range vision, but could not completely focus on the front of the object. I could focus on rear red glow. This was not a drone/UAV. I was not viewing this through my plane's jetwash. I fly regularly for work and can identify landmarks on the ground with regularity. I will never forget what I saw.
September 1, 2023 · 2:50 PM · TRIANGLE
East Wenatchee, WA
On 08/30/2023 at approx. 10:00 pm I noticed aircraft west of my house flying back and fourth from north to south. I was curious why they were doing that and told my wife about it. We went outside on our deck to take a look. The aircraft began to head east and passed by our house. They were flying only a few hundred feet above the ground and following each other. There were three aircraft in all. That is when I saw what I can only describe as a "UFO". I've never seen anything like this before. The lead aircraft was triangular. It had three green lights. One light on top and two below to form a triangle. I could not see the body of this aircraft. It was being followed by what appeared to be military jets. It was a full moon and I could see all the aircraft in the moonlight. The jet that was directly behind the "UFO" was flying dark. (no lights) I could see the silhouette of the darked out jet in the moonlight. It was following closely behind the UFO aircraft. There was a second jet flying with red flashing lights behind the darked out jet. Only the jets appeared to be making noise. They flew east over the horizon at slow speeds. The UFO appeared to be about half the size of the darked out jet that was following it. I've never seen a green triangle object flying before. A couple of minutes later we heard more jets approaching from the northwest. Two more military jets, with lights on, flew over our house and headed in the same direction as the other aircraft. One of the jets was shooting what appeared to be a spotlight at the forest trees. We live in the mountains. (Badger Mountain) We do not see Military aircraft excersizes in our area. People began to comment on the Badger Mountain Community Facebook page as soon as the aircraft left. On other person also mentioned that he saw the green light unidentifed flying object.
September 1, 2023 · 11:09 AM · TRIANGLE
Gainesville and Manassas, VA
Driving down route 29 towards route 66 I saw in the sky, very far and very high, what I thought was a plane. There were several planes in the sky but this one was a mirror for the sun. Eventually it caught the sun in such a way that there was a bright flash, and the craft was no longer visible. There were no clouds and thus I found this perplexing. A few minutes later, just as I passed under 66 and approached an intersection I saw it again, only this time it was flying just overhead < a few thousand feet. Once again it flew in a plane like manner until the sun caught it and there was a bright flash / glimmer, and it was gone. This time, I was certain it was a UFO as it close enough for me to determine a triangular swept wing shape. It did not seem as if it sped off at an incredible speed, rather that it became invisible.
September 1, 2023 · 8:30 AM · LIGHT
Colorado Springs, CO
There was an object south west of the sun shining just as bright, that almost looked like a star. It was reflecting the sun and I saw it transport across the sky to other locations as if it teleported rather than flew. It was at airplane height, and as two planes appeared to come down for landing (there’s an airport near by), the object seemed to disappear without ever flying away. I watched it in the sky for about 10 minutes.
September 1, 2023 · 6:00 AM · EGG
Rochester, NY
Object noticed @6am upon arrival to market object did not more for 50 minutes. No visible lights and no sound. Looked like a propane tank in the sky. Very clear.
September 1, 2023 · 5:24 AM · CHANGING
Isle of Palms, SC
Thank you for taking the time to read this report and for opening a process up for individuals to report phenomena. My background, 20-30, male, single, college educated, previous small business owner, 400K+ income, religious, strong family life and social life, passions for business, cyber security, technology, history, design, art, cars, watches, volunteering, dogs, mental health advocacy, freedom of information and equal rights. I am INTJ, highest IQ test 162 and a lover for problem solving, situational analysis and critical thinking. I have had many encounters but to describe all would reveal too much personal info. Recently, I lost a sibling. Shortly after one night, I saw a UFO similar to the below that changed shape to the pendant of an Owl that my sibling wore frequently. In that moment my whole world froze, not out of fear but out of wonder as it became obvious that they have been watching for a long time. I will admit since witnessing and interacting with the first visible UFO/ET, life has not been the same in the sense that reality takes a different turn and things both physical and spiritually lead to a much more centralized state of consciousness/awareness. I have had a near death experience that I believe was linked to my interaction with these beings, this was a car accident going over 85+ mph where the car was totaled and I crashed into a cement bridge railing with the windows down. The car had a malfunction and just lost control, no reasonable explanation from the computer. There was not a scratch on my body or any injuries, without sounding like a kook, I strongly believe some force saved me in that moment. Before I crashed and hit the wall it was like time stopped briefly and I could not move, it was a state of paralysis if you will but ended almost like a fast forward animation in a movie when things freeze and speed up. There was a loud humming noise in that moment and then total silence, and like a switch flipped I hit the wall. The airbags did not make contact with my body, I had no bruising or damage physically but muscular stiffness/twitching. For the record, I do not believe I am special or some genius, this is one of the realizations that troubles me the most about my past and encounters with these observers. Truly, I wonder why they appear to me and have chosen to interact for an extended period of my life. My best guess is trauma based and spiritual connection. I have seen many of these objects over the last three years but this recent sighting has been more pronounced and longer. The object appeared directly off the coast and moved rapidly from the surface of the ocean into the sky. Object appeared to be yellow/white at first but changed colors rapidly to all colors of the spectrum while also changing composition to a solid object. I believe the original light emitting appearance to be some camouflage/cloaking technology as many of the sightings I have witnessed have exhibited the same properties. After hovering stationary for a short period it began to move back and forth rapidly in the sky. During these movements I was able to capture the objects true appearance when it would come to rest after a period of movement. The object appeared to be a metallic ball at rest after movement but would also change to other shapes such as a cube before changing color and then reverting to the original form. The original form simply looked like a ball of gas that was emitting light or shooting particles from all direction. There was no noise or propulsion mechanism spotted; the object moved at speeds and intervals that are not possible with current technology. I have witnessed these objects take different shapes that almost appear to be the faces of common earth objects as well as animals; it seems like they are attempting to communicate with us similar to how we sent the SETI broadcast into space. Originally I believed I was seeing a lens flare up on the camera when I took video of the objects but they are indeed visible to the naked eye the same as they appear on video. When I see these objects it is always a similar sensation that is to either go to the window or walk outside. Immediately upon doing so you are confronted with something that defies reality; I believe they have telepathic capabilities but I cannot find the words to describe how it occurs other than though cognitive thought communication. After this encounter, I have been unable to sleep and experience lack of appetite, “tinnitus” coupled with intense headaches and joint pain/cracking. I noticed freckles/dots on my left leg that look precisely placed. This same leg has since started to cause tremendous joint pain and stiffness in the foot/muscle tightness. This is the most notable object but the others I have seen before appear to be the so called “tic tac.” I am including photos first from this event and will include others from Friday where I witnessed what I think is the same observer/group. DO NOT REPOST THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT CONTACTING ME PRIOR. You may reach out to me if you are interested in more footage and photos that I have captured as well as for more on my background and experiences tied to these events. I STRONGLY believe that I have information tied to the medical side regarding time loss that investigators would find useful in our understanding of these objects as well as info that will help others. For anyone struggling that reads this, stay the course and keep the faith. Trust your intuition and most importantly meditate and find an outlet that helps you cope. Thank you again for your time and god bless.
September 1, 2023 · 4:30 AM · LIGHT
Ventucopa, CA
We were camping. I woke up at 4:30am and saw a large, bright craft at high altitude fly across the sky at the speed a bit faster than a passenger jet airliner, then it stopped in place for at least an hour. There were no trails or erratic movements. It was almost a full moon, so only a few stars were visible, but this craft was bright and highly visible, about 10x brighter than the brightest star. I watched it from within my tent for about an hour before I fell asleep. I was looking at it in a South-South East direction at about 60-70 degrees up from horizontal. In the course of the hour it seemed to move westerly at the same rate the few stars I could see, so it was stationary with cosmos and not the surface of the earth. Though it was at high altitude I took a photo and when zoomed in, it was fully lit up and oblong shaped, horizontally.
August 31, 2023 · 11:55 PM · CIRCLE
Appomattox, VA
This object will light up on the left move to the right while dimming and brightening then disappear to reappear back on the left and moves right til disappearing again. Does this repeatedly.
August 31, 2023 · 11:00 PM · CYLINDER
Ambridge, PA
It was just a line that was very high up it moved north to south over the sky. It wasn't a shooting star with a fast flash point and trail. It moved I don't want to say slowly but at an even pace. There were no lights or sound. It stayed the same color the whole time moved in a straight line. It wasn't a satellite, I know what those look like. There were numerous satellites in the sky around that time but this was a straight line not a dot like the satellites. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
August 31, 2023 · 10:17 PM · SPHERE
Bentonville, AR
me and my 2 roomates were on our balcony, just gazing around the sky looking for the moon on a clear night, i came across multiple "lights" or white glowing orbs in the sky, i observed them "zipping" around almost like a mouse cursor on a computer? i told my roommates who also are seeing these 2 glowing orbs fly around in the sky, as we are watching them move in circles, stopping, accelerating, and we even seen a plane fly over, as the plane was flying over it was pretty high up i'd say, we could barely see the tail light flash of the plane, and the plane gets into the area of these "orbs" one maneuvers behind the tail light of the plane for a few moments, and proceeds to follow the plane, it then shoots off to the other side of the sky, almost like it was curious? i observed 2 "orbs" maneuver away from the airplane one in front of the plane that looked to "narrowly miss" the front of the plane as it took off extremely fast to get away from the planes course, another one flew towards it but then flew away as the 1st one maneuvered behind the tail light, we observed them for a short while after then we could no longer see them.
August 31, 2023 · 10:07 PM · OVAL
Lewiston, ID
Did not see in person, security footage picked it up. One slow moving oval shape light with tails crossing the western sky over Lewiston Idaho. When zoomed in on the object, you can see it pulsating. Never disappeared during the recording. Did not appear to move in a straight line the entire time. Original video is on security system that I installed at my place of employment.
August 31, 2023 · 9:50 PM · OTHER
Ellisville, MS
I saw some sort of craft that changed from shades of yellow to dark red that pulsed and undulated, almost like a flame would on a candle. It started from the tree row 200 ft from the house and slowly rose about another 75 feet before gradually moving in a diagonal upward manner until disappearing into the night sky.
August 31, 2023 · 9:40 PM · CHANGING
El Paso, TX
2 lights were noticed together like Mars & a star would usually appear. Larger iron-reddish one to the right. But, I immediately noticed the smaller star, which was to the left, was too close to the larger than Mars is usually seen if Mars were out. So, I found myself keeping watching. Suddenly, the larger light one to the right expanded to a larger glowing light. I couldn't believe it. I started waking up my son. He was not waking up, I frantically told him, there is a real UFO, wake up. The two lights SUDDENLY completely left the atmosphere - like they pulled out of it extremely quickly, backward. 1 lights, looked like Mars & smaller star too close. Larger one expanded. They disappeared instantly. Suddenly, a large similar beautiful glowing large light appeared through the atmosphere over to the right of where the other two had been, but higher up than the first time. Then another same sized light came through the atmosphere to that one's left. Then another, coming in at different times than the other but one right after the other until there were a total of 5 that appeared next to each other. How beautiful I thought, but what a crazy thing, 'right there.' Is this Armageddon I wondered? Why is this happening right there? I was looking at the cars in front of me wondering what are they thinking, but got really loud now trying to wake my son up - it was serious. Suddenly, they started disappearing instantly again - my son opened his eyes, he said he saw the last one leave. This was I-25 around about mile marker 140 heading towards Las Cruces NM from El Paso. I had just left El Paso and was not clear of El Paso yet Aug. 31, 2023, my birthday. I will never forget this. The objects were size-changing lights with instant disappearance and instant reappearances - BEAUTIFUL. There were absolutely no aircraft in the vicinity, no clouds. I wondered if another country had advanced technology using reverse engineering on UFOs to hurt us. What a trip. There is nothing like this experience.
August 31, 2023 · 9:22 PM · FLASH
Rockfish, NC
My brother and I witnessed a small but extremely bright flash of light occuring overhead every thirteen seconds around 9:22 pm on August 13, 2023. The flash had no visible cause and occurred at different locations in the sky moving slowly south. It did not appear to be moving in a straight line and no vehicle of any kind was visable.. At the same time, we were able to see airplanes with flashing lights moving across the night sky. We could not follow whatever it was, but had to simply wait for it to flash to know it's location. It did not appear to be a satellite, plane, or military flare. It was a clear night with stars visible and a really bright moon.
August 31, 2023 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL
Van Nuys, CA
We saw a blue UFO about 40 degrees up from horizon, moving fast across the sky going around 5 degrees in the upward direction from the horizontal coming from the east with a lingering jet trail. It could have been shot from the ground at an almost horizontal angle.
August 31, 2023 · 7:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Santa Cruz, CA
I think there is a top secret thing going on at lockheed property in the mountains. I was driving up eagle rock on a utv and i see this triangular object with rounded edges. It was in one spot, then jogged to another and hovered there about a minute at a time. It rapidly flew over and descended behind a mountain range owned by lockheed martin. I panicked and ran behind a burned out rock cliff/cave, when i realized where I was it was darker outside although it was beginning of sunset when i observed it. I knew I was there the whole time, but it seemed like sunset happened in five minutes while I was waiting for it to leave. could not turn on utv until it left. It was jogging across the canyon almost like it was surveying spots.
August 31, 2023 · 4:30 PM · CIRCLE
Columbia, MD
Two bright light objects following one another in SYNC I watch for about 20 seconds before they disappeared
August 31, 2023 · 1:01 PM · TRIANGLE
South Beloit, IL
I saw this formation which I thought was seagulls, but then I noticed a jet flying at an altitude that I estimated to be 20k feet. So, I didn't think it was birds. The formation consisted of 12 craft. They all moved at the same speed, and in the same direction. The tail section looked like a v, and was gray in color. The front section, looked like a square, with the sides shaved off. It was white in color. I know I am not doing a very good job of explaining what I saw, but please bare with me. As I watched the formation, it took a turn to the north and disappeared. Then it appeared a few minutes later to the left of where it had disappeared. It continued to repeat the formation and the disappearing for about seven minutes, then it went away. I drew a picture of what I saw if you want it.