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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
January 1, 2021 · 6:00 PM · CIRCLE
Gallaman, MS
Me and my wife were driving down U.S.51 Highway at approximately 6 p.m. headed south bound toward Hazelhurst Mississipi when we saw a bright blue circular UFO. The UFO appeared on the west streaking across the sky, which was in our vision, and disappeared on the east side. It flew unreal speed much faster than a asteroid or meteorite. The equivalent of time i would say being 1.25 seconds.
January 1, 2021 · 12:00 PM · FIREBALL
Marcus Hook, PA
Minutes after fireworks I had noticed an orange fireball in the sky. It was moving fast and it skipped speed a few times. This lasted about a minute until the object went into a cloud or disappeared.
January 1, 2021 · 4:38 AM · SPHERE
Near Philadelphia, MS
My friend and I were en route to Philadelphia, Miss. I think the road is 116(?). I noticed 2 suns. Then hundreds and hundreds of pink orbs surrounded our car. It was an amazing phenomenon! We took pictures but the orbs are seen as transparent. But, they were pink as pink can be. I would like to know what we encountered. thank you
January 1, 2021 · 4:00 AM · DISK
Mt.Tremper NY, NY
It was 4 in the morning and I still had not fallen asleep because I felt very uneasy and overall "off". Im looking out my bedroom window where in the distance I see what looks like a blinking cellular tower (but we live in the middle of nowhere) I then spot a medium sized saucer with white and red lights, that's spinning and moving toward the blinking light. (Im assuming the blinking light was also another ufo) The saucer wasn't moving very fast, and I got a pretty good look at it while it was moving. I was in shock while staring at it, and found myself hyperventilating and unable to move. After it traveled out of eyes view, I woke up my brother to tell him what happened and he slept in the room with me for the rest of the night. We both stayed up looking out the window, when we see another identical ufo going in the exact same path as the previous one. Then about 30 minutes later, another one comes from the opposite direction, also disappearing i! nto the horizon. In around 45 minutes to an hour, a huge green glowing triangular shaped object comes from the same direction as the first 2, while its red and white lights are turning on and off in a wave formation as it ascends. Not even 20 seconds later, from the opposite direction again, comes another ufo. This one almost appears to be "broken", its lights are flickering on and off while it rocks back and forth similar to a boat on rough waters. At this point I could see both of them moving at the same time. All of these ufos disappeared into the horizon, while maintaining their flickering lights. I am positive these were not airplanes, as we are in a very remote area, never see planes, and they were flying way to low to be a commercial jet. After the first initial sighting, I was up all night looking for answers, and did not expect to see 4 more ufos.
January 1, 2021 · 2:26 AM · LIGHT
Burkburnett, TX
Its literally been about 8 hours now,and they are just circling around the same area,i live by an air force base so i thought maybe they'd fly by and investigate but nothing has changed. I see 2 lights just circling around in the sky,i highly doubt its some kids with a flashlight because its been nonstop for over 7 hours. Maybe it is nothing,but i really think its something.
January 1, 2021 · 12:40 AM · SPHERE
Fort Myers, FL
5 round (4 flame orange, 1 red) orb fast moving objects traveling from SE to N/NW in the sky from around 12:30 - 12:45 am 1/1/2021. One (red) sat just above the tree line in the N sky until they all passed & then it went away. Each one followed the exact same direct straight path. Bright orbs moving very fast & high in a N to NW direction. It was during all the fireworks of the New Years celebrations.
January 1, 2021 · 12:15 AM · FIREBALL
lehigh acres, FL
Over the course of a half hour, just after celebrating the new year, my family and I were shocked to see an orange fireball floating high above my neighborhood. After viewing it for a short period of time (2 minutes or less), the orb flew off. We thought this was weird, but possibly connected to the fireworks going on around us. We then were even more surprised when it appeared that there was another orange fireball-like orb floating in a similar spot. Over the course of a half hour, we saw over 20 of these orbs slowly float above our street, speed up, and disappear into the sky. The orbs were simply a ball of fire, and were extremely bright and high up in the sky.
January 1, 2021 · 12:12 AM · FIREBALL
Rocklin/ Roseville, CA
My husband and I were driving East on Highway 80 from Roseville, off of Eureka. I was watching the fireworks from the new year celebrations in the Northern Sky and noticed a bright red ball of fire that I thought was a unexploded firework. For several miles, I watched it and it wasn't falling as a firework would. I then got out my camera and recorded 23 seconds of video. You see that the ball was hovering and not falling. It was too bright to be a helicopter or drone. You can see in the video that it is red in color and brighter than anything else I see. in the video, I am surprised by a firework that exploded just above us, so you can see where the fireworks where being done from, not even close to where the light was. Looking at the video and my memory, the ball of fire looked to be possibly over Loomis, Newcastle, even Auburn CA. It is hard to tell but there might have been more than one, as the one I recorded seemed to disappear for a while and come bac! k. It hovered low enough, I wouldn't be surprised if it was seen by several people that lived in the area.
January 1, 2021 · 12:10 AM · FORMATION
Tucson, AZ
Just after New Year's Eve midnight, our group of five was outside. One member of our group looked up at the moon and exclaimed: Look! She pointed toward the moon, which was full and bright in the southeast. We all looked up. At first, we were silent. Then we started saying many things like: I see it! Do you see this? I can't believe it! This is not natural or man-made! The formation had 40 or more lights. The lights were spread out in a vertical band, ranging from below the moon down toward the horizon. Each light was a separate sparkle made of short, thin, sharp, crisscrossing, radiating lines. Each sparkle was small relative to the overall formation. Four out of five in our group saw different colors among the sparkles. The fifth in our group (me) had coated eyeglasses and did not see the colors. The sparkles did not look like stars. Each sparkle would be in the same spot for about 15 to 30 seconds, then fade. But the approximate number of sparkles in the formation stayed the same for most of the time that we observed it. Then the sparkles started to fade and disappeared entirely over one or two minutes. The overall formation stayed in the same general area but constantly shifted slightly as some sparkles faded in and others faded out. The overall shape of the formation was resembled a geometric kite, with more sparkles at the top closest to the moon, and with fewer sparkles ranging down along a kite tail decorated with knots. The overall shape of the formation, though, was not distinct or familiar, and it did not maintain a consistent shape. The formation was visible for about 10 minutes and then the number of visible sparkles started to fade. Within a minute all of the sparkles were gone. I photographed and filmed some of the event with my iPhone, but the formation does not seem visible on my phone or on my desktop. While we were watching, someone in our group said it was like plankton glowing at night in the sea. Four of us had seen pictures of glowing plankton and agreed there was a similarity. The major difference was the sparkling characteristic of each object in the formation versus the glow of plankton at night.
January 1, 2021 · 12:07 AM · FIREBALL
Marcus Hook, PA
Minutes after fireworks I had noticed an orange fireball in the sky. It was moving fast and it skipped speed a few times. This lasted about a minute until the object went into a cloud or disappeared.
January 1, 2021 · 12:05 AM · FORMATION
Albuquerque, NM
The most bizarre site I have ever witnessed in the sky and I am 55.
January 1, 2021 · 12:05 AM · LIGHT
Hagerstown, MD
It was New Year’s Eve. I missed the ball drop when I realized it was after 12 I was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion. I started to cry it had been and treacherous year for me. I went out on the front porch to cry and when I looked up I saw two unexplainable objects. At first looked like maybe paper on fire but I realized paper burns up so I started recording almost nervously I’ve uploaded the video but I’m not positive I did the right one
January 1, 2021 · 12:02 AM · FORMATION
San Diego, CA
My girlfriend and I left the Bay in Pacific Beach, SD, where we were watching fireworks. As we walked back to our Apt. (7-8 blocks away) I noticed multiple lights next to each other. I was sure it was not a planet/star, because it was too bright. It looked like a cluster of balls that formed and would inform. I pointed it out as it drew my attention, but started walking away as I was originally unsure if it was just fireworks or some type of natural phenomenon. As we walked, the object(s) would move ahead of our line of sight, as well as backward. Eventually the lights seemed to follow our direction - seemingly blocks away, but so bright Orange I wasn’t sure. As we approached our home, I saw the lights dip below the buildings. We went down our back alleyway and saw them (it looked like they were 3 blocks away). As I pulled out my iPhone to take a picture, the lights flashed like fireballs and flew out of our sight line. I was able to snap 1 photo before they could no longer be seen.
January 1, 2021 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Tempe, AZ
At midnight new years eve 2020, a friend and I observed six silent dark orange/red spherical glowing flying objects over an 18 minute time period. They appeared one by one, about every three minutes, from midnight to 12:18 AM. Five of the objects moved from my east to my west, and one moved from my northwest to my southeast. The first two objects were a little north of me, the second two almost directly overhead, and the last two a little south of my location. The objects first appeared at about a 40 degree angle to ground position, and appeared about 1/5 the size of an average moon when passing over our position. They looked like large military helicopter size, but as they steadily moved forward, away and upward, they appeared smaller and smaller, until they disappeared into space on the distant horizon. It took about three minutes from initial sighting, at what appeared as lower altitude, to disappearance, at what appeared to we extremely high altitude. It was difficult to estimate altitude, but I first thought the first object was a sheriff's helicopter, at low altitude, coming because of new years gunshots. Upon two of the objects, one by one, disappearance in the eastern sky, I saw four separate blue/white flashes/sparks in the dark sky, near where the objects were last seen. They looked like photo flash bulbs or sparks going off in the sky, roughly the diameter of an average moon. I have never seen anything like that, and the sparks occurred at a very high altitude. Before the last object traveled from the NW to the SE, I ran in an grabbed my 15X x 70mm Celestron astronomical binoculars. I was able to focus and view the last object clearly for over 10 seconds, as it was moving away. It appeared to be reddish orange glowing perfectly spherical plasma (there was a flaming character to it), with a round white halo around it. The halo was six times the size of the ball. The halo reflected white light against some slight feathery clouds that were present. There was no trail, contrail, or exhaust coming from the object. I have worked in aerospace and defense procurement and manufacturing, for over 40 years. I know what satellites look like in the night sky. I know what helicopters and jet aircraft look like in the night sky. These objects were UAP, and exibited high strangeness. I know Sky Harbor tower had to have seen the objects, but, I no longer have any FAA contacts to refer to. I waited for an hour after 12:18 AM to see if there would be further activity, and there was none. It is worthy of note that my internet search that night found videos of orange/red orbs captured at midnight new years eve 2020 in over 10 US states, and in Autrailia, The Netherlands, The UK, Mexico, and others. These videos match what we saw, only our sightings seemed much closer at first viewing, when the objects were at low altitude. Oddly, all the internet videos seem to have been taken at midnight their time zone, right when people were watching fireworks displays. All the objects and descriptions of the objects seem to be very similar. Very strange phenomenon, indeed.
January 1, 2021 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
Riverview, FL
I noticed a red light approaching that slowly dimmed as it got closer. I thought it was a satellite, as my father and I often go satellite watching. I called him over to take a look at it. We watched the object make an overhead approach, and as it got closer to the moon overhead, my father noted it was moving awfully fast to be a satellite. It passed in front of the moon, and that was when we saw a round object silhouetted by the moonlight. The object flew straight at a level altitude, headed toward the direction of MacDill AFB. It was round, presumably gray in color (hard to tell as it was midnight/new years), with a red light rotating around it. I'm unsure whether there was one or two red lights moving around it, but I believe there were two red lights rotating around it. It made no noise. Since it was New Years, my father was slightly drunk. I was not drunk. We both saw the object very clearly. I was on video call with my girlfriend, showing her the fireworks. She did not witness the object, however she did witness our reaction to seeing the object.
January 1, 2021 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Rapid City, SD
70 lights all moving around sky. Initially look like stars but are rapidly blinking. An seemingly in atmosphere. Some are orange.some are pulsating blue. Most look like dime tic tacs. Some are Groups of threes moving in unison. also ,I'M NOT CRAZY. Been seeing this fer a YEAR now
January 1, 2021 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
PHOENIX, AZ
The objects shined bright red with a flickering pattern. when I zoomed my camera phone in the object appeared to look like exploding red fireworks and the image never changed until they disappeared. they became less bright the closer they got to the moon and then poof. they were gone one after the other with never more than 3 of the objects visible at a time. No sound or wild movements. just flickering red lights during the local neighborhoods firework display. They was much higher than the fireworks so there was no mistake in what we saw.
January 1, 2021 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
deltona, FL
I took video of the fireworks spectacle in my neighborhood at the stroke of midnight on nye 2021. I observed a light ascend from the trees and I thought it was a Roman Candle but it kept ascending and travel horizontally before going off in the distance. I don't believe it was a Chinese Lantern but it could have been a drone, although it was very bright and fast to be a drone. I have video of this at the following link: https://tv.gab.com/channel/voteforrustyin2022/view/light-in-the-sky-at-the-602024551bc3aa7876a6ce5d
December 31, 2020 · 11:30 PM · FIREBALL
Damascus, MD
Saw many red fireball spheres moving sequentially across the sky along a path through the property over Damascus, Maryland on December 31, 2020 just before midnight on New Years Eve. These same orbs look like the ones seen in Kiawah Island just off the South Carolina coast, about 25 miles south of Charleston on Christmas Eve 2018. They were identical with a multidimensional glow. I would say they looked more like living organic cells that transformed from an internal yellow to a central darker nucleus or went through some nuclear transformation or altering gene state when it passed over head and got closer to me video taping. Between scene shot 1.58 to 1.59 you see this cell cycle transition in the sky.
December 31, 2020 · 11:30 PM
Port St John, FL
Orange Fireball the size of a football glided noiselessly over our house towards the fields in the refuge area. It was slow and steady. Determined.
December 31, 2020 · 11:10 PM · FORMATION
Palm Springs, CA
five orange lights , round, about the size of the letter O in a persons normal handwriting but up in the sky , of course,. The first four were in line ,or formation, one behind the other. They were coming in from about 30 degrees to the west, or to the left, from where North is on the compass. And then we saw the 5th one. It had been lagging behind and was flying faster than the 4 so I“m assuming it was trying to catch up. They were silent, flying about as high as helicopters do. Then one by one they went dark. Lasted about 3 minutes. It was 11:10 or 23:10 military time no clouds in the full, moonlit evening sky. And even with binoculars we could not see the shape of the aircraft.
December 31, 2020 · 10:38 PM · SPHERE
Caldwell, ID
Out back on my patio, my wife and i saw a very large orange orb floating through the sky. Got video and picture if it. It came up slowly, and continued into the atmosphere until the light was too dim to see. I watch the stars nightly, see planes, helicopters, shooting stars. Im able to recognize planets, stars, and constellations in our night sky. This was most definitely not a man made light. It was quite visibly something we have ever seen before. This is the 3rd time ive witnessed unusual activity in our area of the sky.
December 31, 2020 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Ashland, NH
At approximately 10:30pm, my parents whom reside next door, were walking down their driveway toward ours. They observed in the sky, a large intensely glowing orange ball. The elevation was difficult to perceive, but at minimum it was larger than our car (2020 Ford Explorer XLT); if higher, it could’ve been as large as a house. The object hovered, moved forward quickly, hovered again, moved forward, and repeated this pattern for several minutes. My mom came inside our house, terrified, and mentioned she felt tingly and fearful, as my dad was outside still watching it. My husband (a local police officer) went outside and watched the first orange-glowing object move beyond the trees. The observed a second large orange glowing sphere and my husband asked me to come outside, quickly. I saw the object; the orange glow was quite intense. The large object moved, hovered and continued to move. It suddenly seemed to “burn out”, losing its glow comple! tely. My father took several photos; in the photos a “tail” is visible but it was not visible to us/the naked eye. In one photo, of the first glowing sphere I believe, you can distinctly see three orbs of orange light, with a dark/black perimeter. We initially thought a meteor, but the objects hovered, moved, hovered - which seems atypical of a meteor. They seemed too large to be drones, and the second “burnt out”/faded completely, which also seems unlike a drone. Im happy to include photos upon request!
December 31, 2020 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Nazareth, PA
My wife and I along with her son watched a orange pulsating light cross the sky It appeared in the northeast sky towards the horizon and traveled slowly towards the east. No sound, no erratic motion. About an hour later 23:30 there was a second object. Same size Followed the same path. The airport is south of my location and I have never seen aircraft following that flight path