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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
March 22, 2018 · 9:15 PM · FORMATION
Sunbury, PA
As I focused on this bright light, it became larger/closer, and it was clear to see separation in the middle of what was becoming two objects. To ensure I was seeing things correctly, I alerted the driver only for him to confirm the same. The 2 bright lights continued to approach, and split into 4 as they covered most of the visible sky in front of us. As they began to distance from each other, formation broke, and 2 craft on the bottom took off at a 90 degree angle at a very rapid rate of speed followed by the remaining two craft as their luminescent nature disappeared into the distance. The shape of the group of crafts appeared to be triangular, yet right before they took off, the shape began to change. And although it seemed the crafts were close at this point, they almost appeared transparent of semi-transparent (possibly shiny metallic simply reflecting the sky). Despite the proximity, there was no audible sounds during the encounter.
March 20, 2018 · 3:15 AM · CHANGING
Croydon, PA
Late at night on March 20th, 2018 at approximately 3 am, my dog woke me up to go out into the backyard. I got up and let him outside and proceeded onto my deck in the rear of my yard. While I was waiting for the dog I noticed a large circular whitish or silver object off to my left moving from north to southeast. The object was moving very slowly just above the tree tops and making no sound. The object was approximately 100 to 200 hundred feet from me. The object did not emit or have any lights as a normal aircraft. I was astonished at what I was witnessing and as I watched the object proceed in front of me as I was facing southeast the object turned upward 180 degrees where it seemed to stand on end for a moment. It was then that I saw the object appear to have a different shape such as the shape of a boomerang. Then suddenly and without a sound the object disappeared directly upward and was out of view within seconds. After the object disappeared, I heard an odd growing noise near where the object disappeared and my dog began growing. I hurried my dog back into the house and my dog would not leave rear sliding door. I only told three people of this and have been trying to figure out what it was.
March 12, 2018 · 7:47 PM · LIGHT
Lancaster, PA
Hadn't seen anything personally while taking photos of snowfall outside of Infinito's (pizza buffet), but when I went back through my gallery this morning I saw that I had captured some peculiar lights amongst the falling snow. Appearing to travel from right to left, these neon lights didn't seem to match the color of any signage from the surrounding area, nor was it emanating from any nearby police vehicles (no cars were being used anywhere nearby for that matter). Finally, because the pictures had been taken from outside the restaurant (top of awning visible in first photo), there was no possibility of it being reflected from anything inside the restaurant. I'm a 20 year old college student who has taken a few digital photography courses, but I've never captured anything as unusual as this. It would be something beyond my capabilities as a photographer to stage the photos using an editing program because of the snow that covers the image. I've never taken drugs/used alcohol, but I was feeling a bit disoriented (I had accidentally taken the bus a stop past mine and had to backtrack a mile and a half to my destination). I'm looking to keep my identity anonymous, so I have nothing to gain from reporting the experience, and I myself am not a believer in these sorts of things, but having a first hand experience that I can't rationalize perplexes me. The only reason that I'm taking time to report the incident is that I feel it could be explained by someone more qualified, or else useful to the people that keep track of these strange occurrences.
March 7, 2018 · 7:11 PM · TRIANGLE
Camp Hill, PA
We saw a triangle shaped object with 3 lights on the points of the triangle. It was moving pretty fast and disappeared at about 1 minute and 30 seconds towards the Wal-Mart across Route 518 from my location. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 5, 2018 · 5:30 PM · OVAL
Trooper, PA
Extreme bright light in the sky stayed stationary for approx 1 hour, slightly oval, bigger than a star at dusk. Disappeared within an hour. Trooper, PA, Montgomery County. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 5, 2018 · 5:15 PM · CIRCLE
Souderton/Hatfield, PA
No bull, Mon. March 5 about 5:15 Pm I was leaving my son's house when I happened to look up into the sky. There it was. A glowing disk about 65 degrees in elevation and from my position it was south of limerick nuclear power plant. There were no stars or planets visible, the sky was clear blue and the sun was setting. I looked up and saw a glowing disk, not moving, just stationary. If you held a sling shot ball between your fingers at arm's lengths, it was larger than the ball. I got binoculars out of my car to see it better. It had a definite slightly darkened area on it. I drove home to get my spotting scope to get a better look. Using the scope was a bad idea because trying to locate it was difficult. But it was still there not moving. I watched it for about 1-2 minutes,then blinked out. Thursday night before karaoke 7Pm, my neighbors' roof covered with snow was lit like a brilliant spot light.I noticed the shadow of his chimney slowly moving like the light was coming from above and the side. I ran outside to see where it was coming from. I couldn't see the source of the light and no sound. My neighbors' house is 3 stories there are no taller buildings around. I ran out my front door to see the light source, nothing. Nothing out of the ordinary. Now all I need is a ride in a UFO and I can happily go.
March 5, 2018 · 5:00 PM · DISK
Easton, PA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 3, 2018 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Philadelphia, PA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 2, 2018 · 8:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Windber, PA
Break in the clouds gave way to a triangle craft spinning in formation like levitating freely. That is what made us know it was them. It made both me and my friends eyes start watering instantly. I yelled up to it, "We see you" And threw up a peace sign then it disappeared. Also to add, my friend's car battery had just died and i was trying to jump his car when this happened we both looked up same time.. Not sure if any time was missing as we were stunned. We attempted to contact via telephone the source of the report, but was unable to reach him. We question whether the report is since, but we can never know for certain. PD
February 27, 2018 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
State College, PA
During stargazing, we noticed a large, triangular shaped “transparency” moving across the sky--approximately southwest to northwest. It moved rather quickly for its size (about the time it would take to watch an airplane go across the sky). The size was that of about 15-20 airplanes (as seen from the ground) clustered into a triangle. The shape moved very steadily without zigzagging or changing speeds. The shape was very obvious and visible, yet the object looked essentially transparent. Truly the oddest thing I’ve ever seen.
February 27, 2018 · 6:10 PM · LIGHT
Upper Darby, PA
From Upper Darby, I noticed a very bright stationary object in the sky to the east near the Phila. airport. It was still light out and the sky was clear. At first it was just a bright light, but lights began to flash around it as a passenger plane passed by at the same altitude. Then suddenly the light went out. Very shortly after that, a fighter jet flew overhead, headed toward the airport. It was close enough to see missiles on the wings and on the underside of the jet. The jet moved slowly and noiselessly over the neighborhood, in a eastern direction toward where the object had vanished near the airport. ((ADDENDUM FROM SOURCE OF REPORT)) Dear Mr. Davenport, I can assure you this is not a hoax. I understand your question and was surprised myself that it was quiet; and what was odd was that it was flying low over the neighborhood. I am ((age deleted--50's)) years old and have seen many thing in my lifetime; I know enough to know this was an out of the ordinary experience. I regret not taking a picture; I was on my phone at the time. I understand this sounds odd; but I wouldn't have reported it if it wasn't so odd. My wife of 35 years encouraged me to report it. Thank you for your inquiry. Sincerely,
February 27, 2018 · 4:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Ulster, PA
Last night two of my friends wanted to come over to my place to hangout to have a usual guys night. We did what we always do, go out to get something to eat, have a few drinks, and come back to my place to crash. My one friend was having some family issues so he decided to drink a little bit more (a lot more) than usual. He then laid down in my bed when we got back and went into a deep drunken sleep. While my other friend and I decided to stay up play some video games and talk about some things. It was about 4:30 am when heard a very loud BOOM. One that shook the house so hard that woke my very intoxicated friend right out of his deep slumber. He wasn’t all there so he didn’t know what was going on. My other friend and I on the other hand quickly looked out the window to see if there was a transformer that blew or something along those lines . We then heard the fire department sirens from down the road go off. At that point we just assumed it was a blown transformer, but shortly after the first boom about 5 minutes we then heard another big BOOM just as loud if not louder than the first one and then saw multiple lighting bolts shock their way into the sky along with an object that shot up along with it almost as if it were some form of projectile. Curious to see what was happening the three of us drove around by the fire department to see what was going on. A volunteer fire fighter that I went to high school with a couple years back then told me that these loud booms came from the woods up on one of the mountains, and that they went up to see if there was a forest fire. Some of the residents that they talked to said that they also saw the lightning bolts shock their way from towards the ground into the sky. To top this all off the women that owns the antique store said that her dogs were acting strange, barking at nothing moments before the first boom and that her son that lives across the street were doing the same. The fire! fighters also stated that they could find no evidence of a lig! htning s trike no smoke, fire, nothing from where the lightning originated. It makes me wonder where this ETC came from. After processing what happened I think that this UFO broke the sound barrier as it was entering the atmosphere and did the same as it shot up and left the atmosphere. I can’t give a certain description on what this “ufo” looked like because I thought it was a spherical shaped and my friend said it looked like the shape of a cucumber. I’m not sure if its because this object was going fast or if it was because it was the beginning of the morning and was a little dark for us to get a good look. I would like to know more about what happened so if anyone might know feel free to get ahold of me. We spoke via telephone with the source of the report, and found him to be quite evasive and dismissive about his report. He did not want to speak with a local newspaper journalist. We suspect a hoax. PD
February 26, 2018 · 8:15 PM · FORMATION
Easton, PA
It started with a very loud noise, almost like a heavy train speeding over rails, or very high-pitch almost screaming-like jet noise. We went outside and saw a 7 lights. some were in perfect moitonless formation, others were spread. This is the first time either of us saw or heard anything like it before. It sounded like it was very loud and very far up. Definitely not drones. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
February 12, 2018 · 10:00 PM · DIAMOND
Warminster, PA
I was looking west in the sky and noticed a dim yellow light in the sky not moving until it did move verry slowly to the south.it started flashing brightly then a blue light appeared under it shaped like a keyhole.they both moved up and down quickly until they both shot up at a great speed out of sight. For some reason, witness indicates that the date above is approximate. PD
February 9, 2018 · 11:18 PM · DIAMOND
Derry, PA
I saw a very bright light in the sky. At first I truly thought it was a plane. As the object got closer, the light's and object became brighter and larger in size. It looked like an enormous spotlight in the sky, heading towards us. It moved fast until it came close to us, then it moved almost in slow motion until I stopped in the middle of the road, just staring at it. I then pulled into the gas station, and was yelling at my husband to grab my phone and record . Repeatedly asking him, "what is that"? What is that?? I could see the entire underneath of it. It was a semi- diamond shaped object. I say semi because it wasn't EXACTLY a diamond shape. Under the object there were dozens of florescent lights, ranging in color from blue, green, red, and orange lights.. Underneath there was a semi circle of lights blue and red. Around the semi circle was a shape of a diamond or square depending on the viewpoint. The lights outlining the square/diamond shap! e underneath were green and orange in color. I am a person of sound mind, but this had me completely shaken. I was screaming at my husband, and honestly thought I was going insane. Never in my life have I seen anything like this. Ever. There's not a soul in this world that can tell me, nor convince me that this was a plane. It appeared to be 8 times bigger than any plane I've ever seen in my life. I am still very confused, and shaken over this. I will never in my life, forget this experience. For it has made me really think, over and over..... what did I see in the sky that night???
February 6, 2018 · 7:25 PM · CIRCLE
Claymont, PA
One night about two years ago, my mother,sister, and I went to a local KFC/Taco Bell next to a Home Depot along the I-95 highway. we went in a truck and I was young and wanted to ride in the truck bed, so I did. We were in line at the drive through, and as I was laying down face-up, I saw a single circle-shaped white object that looked like it was emitting a faint white glow. The object entered my field of view from almost directly South, going North by North-West. After about 1 to 2 seconds of straight movement, it began moving North-East. We were nearby to an airport at the time and I knew all the types of aircraft that flew in the area, along with their identifying lights. The object was going far faster than any other planes I had seen, and made a strange turn that looked like someone drawing a 113 degree angle, with a sudden change in course at the point of turning.
February 1, 2018 · 5:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Delaware Water Gap (I-80 west), PA
Witness indicates that the date above is approximate. PD
January 20, 2018 · 6:27 PM · UNKNOWN
Shiremanstown, PA
I noticed what I thought was the ISS going over head, but was unaware of any fly over for my location. I watched it as it went by and continued to be illuminated when viewing from behind. For commercial aircraft usually lighted appearance stops after the aircraft passes. This object stayed illuminated about the same after passing my location. There was no sound that I noticed and the object was over 1 mile in altitude. It appeared while I was looking up toward the west and was headed in a east direction.
January 18, 2018 · 12:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Ravine, PA
Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
January 10, 2018 · 5:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Pittsburgh, PA
We have amended the time above to reflect an evening sighting, which seems more logical to us than a morning event. Source of report elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information. PD
January 8, 2018 · 3:00 PM · FIREBALL
Robertsdale, PA
i was walking home from school with my brother and i through a snowball at i was throwing a snowball at him and looked up and there was around 3 red dots just sitting in the sky around 30 to 40 seconds later the crafts seemed to just disappear i don't know if this will help but i figured i would report it any way
January 5, 2018 · 6:30 PM · FLASH
Lancaster, PA
Blue dome shaped flash of light at the horizon line was spotted from the quarry area towards the Lancaster Airport. We were traveling north on Erbs Quarry Rd and the light was off to our right. It flashed as a blue dome close to the ground and lasted for about 10 seconds before abruptly completely going away. We were driving in that direction but saw nothing further.
January 3, 2018 · 5:15 PM · CIRCLE
Harleysville, PA
I was sitting at my desk in my room watching videos. I notice the reflection of my screen in the window, which scared me. Then I notice over some houses southwest of me and I see this big ball of light slowly rising into the sky. It's about dusk and at first I think it is a helicopter reflecting sunlight, but if that were the case it would not have been such a bright solid white color. Then I opened my window to see better and I cannot hear any helicopter. And the light is way too close not to be able to hear if it was. So I keep watching and the light disappears for a moment then reappears a couple hundred yards to the left and it seems closer. Then it just disappears. So I go to sit back down, and as I turn around my Amazon Echo starts listening to me, then says, "Sorry, I don't know that one." Very odd. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 29, 2017 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Stroudsburg, PA
I was driving and saw 3 bright yellow lights that had a tail which lit up the sky and was shooting down right in front of me. First reaction was that these were jets, then they turned bright red and looked to be on fire and I thought they were meteors. They stopped and made a hard left and shot across the sky at a high rate of speed looking like they were going back up and disappeared. I took a photo while driving of the yellow lights and I pulled over took a video of the last fireball in the sky, which was moving at extreme speeds. A guy behind me also pulled over and got out of his car and was like I never saw anything like that in my life.