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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.
4,416 entries
September 20, 2018 · 6:00 AM · DISK
Allentown, PA
I seen this type in Bethlehem area (near 5 points) about two weeks ago.
September 18, 2018 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Tylersport, PA
I was on my porch (2nd. story up on "the Ridge") looking west and hovering over the PA Turnpike (between Quakertown Exit and Lansdale exit) I kept staring at what i thought was an airplane. After other various planes flew thru the area, this one just stayed and made no noise, and refused to do anything other than hover. After about 20 minutes I did the following..... I then decided to get some cameras out. I could not see anything in the viewfinder so I just started shooting while pointed in the direction of subject. I transferred the files from the SD Card and sat in amazement. One looked like an X-Wing fighter from star wars. Others looked like puffed up Asian dragons from artwork i have viewed over the years. One look like a superhero with arms outstretched flying right for me with a determined expression!!! I HAVE THE PICTURES TO PROVE IT. SONY DSC-W530 (I have 2 of them and one SONY DSC-S60) I am an artist and retired Professional Photographer. These "CRAFT" are not from local planet.
September 8, 2018 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Reading, PA
Sitting in hottub with daughter. It was a day before A Hurricane Was to come through. It was real cloudy , they were going east to west from leading edge of storm. A large object that looked like it was cloaked or was mimicking the cloudy sky came right over my house , heading northeast. Totally silent it seemed to be below clouds . All the clouds were going West and this thing was going northeast and fast. It was like a cloaked ship , the only way I could describe it. Has anybody ever reported anything like this?
September 4, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Howard, PA
While on vacation with my family my husband and I were sitting on the balcony and noticed a flying object that appeared as far away as the stars, but it was flying very strangely, unlike anything we ever saw before. It was red and glowing and it flew what I can best describe as a bumble bee pattern. Very random, erratic darting around and zig zagging from place to place. Since it was so far away, the distance it would travel was very far all the way from end to end in the sky. It was flying so quickly it would dart from one side of the horizon to the other side in a few seconds. We sat and watched it for what felt like 20 minutes or more. I was listening to a PBS interview about reporting unidentified flying objects which is why I am writing so many years later. I looked at my vacation photos to verify the date. We are just a normal middle class family with a school age child. We both worked in the medical field at that time. We are now studying for our masters degrees.
September 1, 2018 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
Cape Coral, PA
Saw what appeared to be what i think a rocket contrail would look like. 4 in total but not in line or spacing....heading north. No noise just red sputtering flame.
August 9, 2018 · 4:55 AM · TRIANGLE
Downington, PA
I was walking my dogs at 4:45AM and I noticed an unusual grouping of lights in the southwestern sky, at about 25–30 degrees of elevation. Could not determine distance. Lights varied from red to yellow to green to white. What struck me was that the relative brightness did not change, so I assumed it was remaining stationary, as relative to my position and it also did not change its lateral position. It moved vertically until I lost sight due to clouds, I am sure of it being vertical as the light intensity and size of object did not change.
August 6, 2018 · 3:55 AM · RECTANGLE
Philadelphia, PA
at 3:55 saw a large long black rectangle moving across the sky in Philadelphia, it was going in an east to west direction not super fast but at a good speed I was in the Bridesburg section of Phila while driving south on Richmond St..
July 29, 2018 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Pittsburgh, PA
Approximately 11pm, my wife and i saw saw a strange colored orange light in the sky. We live 5 min from point state park at the mouth of the three rivers. The object flew at a height of maybe 10k feet silently. As it came more directly overhead it appeared to be a fireball....next the object began to ascend rapidly, at what appeared to be a direct line staright up like a rocket until it faded from view.
July 28, 2018 · 11:45 PM · CIRCLE
Pittsburgh, PA
On July 28th, 2018, my son and I were sitting on my back porch talking. I happened to look up at the sky and I noticed a fast moving, bright object moving quickly across the sky. The object was round and very bright. It did not have any blinking lights on it, like planes do. The object was moving from the SW to the SE. My son who is an adult also saw the object. The sky was fairly clear except for a few big puffy clouds. We could see very well as there was a full moon. When the object came very close to this one cloud there was a bright flash of light as it appeared to enter the cloud. It appeared to almost spark. We never saw it exit the cloud and then the oddest part was the cloud that it entered totally disappeared. It took probably less than 3 mins for this cloud to evaporate, we could see it disappearing. The other clouds that were in the sky stayed the same. There was not any wind or storms in the area when this happened. The other odd thing was several dogs started barking very loudly when this was happening.
July 27, 2018 · 11:30 PM · CONE
Apollo, PA
I was at a star gazing party at my local park, and as I was looking up at the stars and planets, I saw a cone shaped craft flying through the sky. It was striped. The colors where bright orange and silver. It did NOT burn up like a shooting star, it was moving in a straight direction. After 6 or 7 minutes it spun around a few times then vanished into thin air.
July 19, 2018 · 9:55 PM · LIGHT
Langhorne, PA
2 light objects seen in the southern sky from our position. First object the size of larger star traveling west to east. Second object half the size of first traveling same direction and velocity directly behind the first object approx. 2 index finger width. Traveled simultaneous in sync for approx. 15 seconds. A third object appeard in eastern sky for a split second emitting a extremely bright flash. The 2 traveling objects then disappeared. Sky is clear. No visual impairments.
July 19, 2018 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Langhorne, PA
Large steadt bright light object (the size of a close planet) travled from south to north directly over head. The object traveled from south horizon to north horizon in less then 30 seconds. Too low for a satellite. Sky is clear. No visual impairments. Object disappeared near north horizon and did not reappear.
July 19, 2018 · 9:20 PM · FIREBALL
Johnstown, PA
I saw a fireball shaped craft hovering and making zig zag patterns in the sky. It had a smaller orb circling it like it was orbiting around the craft. It turned completely black like it was cloaking itself. Another black craft met with it and they sped off into the mountains.
July 18, 2018 · 11:00 PM · FLASH
Monessen, PA
I was looking out at the western sky, from back deck of house and a bright round "flash"ball appeared in the western sky. It was cloudy and overcast and the stars were mostly not visible due to the cloud cover. I have a pretty good knowledge of what various aircraft look like at night and the sounds that they give off,along with how thwy are capable of moving and how quickly they should move across the night sky. this was soundless, appeared for a second and then suddenly the same exact "light" is then, i am estimating, popping up 3-5 miles away, BRIGHTLY again,then vanishes,and is way over in the opposite direction in a different spot...This will go on for four to six times then i saw a vague streak and in a matter of seconds the "flash" id over the horizon and gone. my wife and i have seen this phenomenon at least 5 times already,this month and cant get a photo or video cause i dont know where its going to pop up when it reappears ! each time. its incredibly fast,quiet, and unexpectedly bright considering the clouds almost completely obscure any satellite or prominent stars from being clearly seen at all. I did not know how to answer the quantity question, because its unclear to me if its one item jumping around the sky or a group of them less than in this instance.
July 11, 2018 · 10:00 PM · CIGAR
Warrington, PA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 9, 2018 · 9:00 PM · CIGAR
Warrington, PA
Something has been appearing in the night sky between 9-10 pm, nightly less than a month. It is stationary for awhile, then moves and becomes stationary again for awhile. It seems to loop around full circle. Could it be a Satellite? (It's positioned near Willow Grove Naval.) It doesn't appear to be a star (too big, too bright, too close, and shaped oblong or cigar shape.)
July 8, 2018 · 6:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Mechanicsburg, PA
Sunday evening just before 7:00 pm while at a relatives home I was looking west with the Sun down behind the homes in that direction I noticed 2 white reflective objects. They seemed quite high and no contrails but I did not think they were airplanes but seemed like maybe balloons? These were only visible for a few seconds but while they were they were positioned about adjacent or some what near each other. After this I continued looking in the area and another appeared but farther to the left and then another appeared farther to the right. They were only visible again for just a few seconds. Several minutes later 1 more appeared farther to right from the first time. These objects did not seem to be moving in any direction or with motion but not exactly hovering either. The ever slight movement seemed to be towards the west or left of the sunset position. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 8, 2018 · 12:00 PM · CIRCLE
Columbia, PA
We where drive on highway 30 going toward lancaster. I was looking around and so was the driver when we both spotted this craft that reflected the light from the sun but could make out its shape and silver as it was just hovering over the Highway. I am not sure if any one else saw this or not but I know what I saw.
July 7, 2018 · 10:41 PM · OTHER
East Petersburg, PA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2018 · 11:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Philadelphia, PA
Large invisible/black rectangular craft with red and green lights at the corners. As soon as I realized what I was seeing. I tried to get the attention of a couple a half city block over but the elevated train drowned my yelling. 20 seconds later it sped off at an unbelievable speed, silently South East direction.
July 4, 2018 · 9:30 PM · OTHER
Philadelphia, PA
After the grand finale of the fireworks, they turned red and shot across the sky together and onto the side with the fireworks. Then they slowly went down above the distant treeline and disappeared
July 2, 2018 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Erie, PA
The witness works at a bayside outdoor bar as a doorman. He was collecting cover charges from patrons as they entered the bar and appreciating the bayfront skyline, most notably the Port Erie Bicentennial Tower which dominates the skyline view of Dobbins landing which is the name of the district that the bar and tower are situated in. He first noticed the object because he believed that it was a Lifestar medivac helicopter taking off from Saint Vincent Hospital which is near the place of the sighting. It began blinking different colors alternating between red, green and then blue and white at random intervals. It stopped and hovered in mid air and then began making bizarre right angle turns and wild oscillation in altitude before beginning lazy swoops over the bay and then heading over to Presque Isle across the bay before coming back towards the bar. (out of respect for his employers he will let them remain anonymous) it moved from NE to SW, circled the tower a few times and then began to sweep back and forth over Dobbins landing. His immediate reaction was to observe it and conjecture what it could possibly have been. It was too small and too quiet to be a helicopter, but the range was too far for a civilian drone and the night was too dark to be taking drone photography. He attempted to point out the craft to a leaving patron; who was unfortunately too intoxicated to take notice of the craft. The craft then traveled up above State Street proceeding to the S and then ascended above the cloud cover and dissipated into the cloud cover or was obscured by the light pollution of the city. His immediate reaction was to tell his friends and immediately try and write down everything he had seen in complete detail. He communicated this via a smartphone to three of his friends.
July 2, 2018 · 2:40 AM · DISK
Bethlehem, PA
Shape Saturn-like - Close Encounter CE2 Description - saw huge object from afar (assumed vehicle) taking up whole road, got closer and recognized saucer shape and forbidden (?) startled badly (C.M.S. Case number - 93046)
July 1, 2018 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Bushkill Township, PA
There was a glowing red ball that came down from the sky and kept changing directions and moving at different speeds. We would see it go behind some trees and then shoot up really high and come back down moving a different way. Eventually we drove past it after about 10 minutes