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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.
4,277 entries
March 3, 2017 · 7:36 PM · OVAL
Yuma, AZ
As I was walking to my door, I looked up at the western sky and saw approximately 7 oval bright orange/red objects in a hook formation. As sudden as they appeared, they disappeared.
February 28, 2017 · 7:45 PM · FIREBALL
Phoenix, AZ
Well, on 2-28-17, at around 7:45, in the North Phoenix sky 2 orange objects appeared. Looked almost like a fire in the sky. The first object appeared then traveled SE in direction. Folliwed by a secind that just appeared from nowhere. At one point they stopped and just stayed there illuminating the sky. However these objects had no blinking lights like aircraft do. Also just to ket you know there was plenty of planes that were in the area. Around the Deer Valley Airport to be specific. Now I know other aircraft spotted these objects and I know for certain the tower had recieved radio contact from many of the planes. In regards to what was in the sky they were seeing? Clear as the night sky these objects vanished. But not because they had gotton further away. Vanished like looking at them very clear in the sky. To dimming out and disappearing completely.
February 26, 2017 · 8:23 PM · SPHERE
Prescott, AZ
Glowing and pulsing orange and dark yellow orb, about 100ft up in the air. Floating in a northbound direction on the west side of the courthouse square. Seen for 30 seconds and then disappearing.
February 25, 2017 · 2:16 PM · SPHERE
Mesa, AZ
I was at work Saturday, February 25, 2017. I took my lunch brake at 2:05pm. Went to the back of the building and sat down to enjoy some fresh air. I felt (something) staring at me, looked around and did not see any body. After a few minutes looked around again but this time I looked around in the sky and there I saw roughly 9-15 white sphere objects moving around. Not sure how long I was staring in disbelief at what I was seeing. I then knocked on the window and asked for someone to bring me my cellphone so I could take photos of this event. My daughter brought out my IPhone and we both stood there a few minutes to make sure this was not just debris. Then I started too snap photos and saw a bigger dark grey object fly in to the area where the spheres were. Then the store started to get busy and my help was needed.
February 24, 2017 · 8:30 PM · OTHER
Payson, AZ
Attached are (3) still photos.
February 24, 2017 · 7:40 PM · CIRCLE
Buckeye/Litchfield Park, AZ
Then a pair behind them, and a few more solo ones. A minute passed and some more became visible coming from the south again. All solo. Then one last one a few minutes later. They all appeared to flicker and burn out not before long.
February 22, 2017 · 9:47 PM · CHANGING
Tucson, AZ
I was leaving a friend's house when I noticed erratic movement in the sky. I pulled out my phone and leaned against my vehicle to stabilize. I zoomed in as muh as possible and began recording. The object was moving very fast and erratic. I tried to take pictures of it, and it kept disappearing, when I would click for a photo.
February 21, 2017 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Phoenix, AZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Pooeyg2ng
February 21, 2017 · 11:40 AM · OTHER
Sun City West, AZ
My wife and I initially thought we were seeing a flock of several geese flying in a “V” formation flying north over Sun City West, AZ, at an altitude of less than five hundred feet. The “geese” looked white or cream colored, but we both immediately realized that all we could see were wings, no necks or feet like you would see on bird. The trailing edge of each pair of wings was black or dark colored. Just as we realized these were not birds, the objects began maneuvering around each other, gliding over or under each other, moving forward and back, all without any movement of the wings. I turned to my wife and said “do you see what they are doing,” and immediately looked back to where the objects had been. I looked away for less than 2 seconds but when I looked back, the objects that had been directly above us had disappeared. I was driving a convertible car with the top down at about 35 miles per hour. The sky was completely clear and visibility in every direction above the single story houses was unlimited. The sighting took place about 7 miles from Luke Air Force Base and there were jets in the area at the time of the sighting.
February 21, 2017 · 11:15 AM · FORMATION
Peoria, AZ
My sister and I initially thought we were witnessing a bird migration, but the elevation was too high to be birds. We then witnessed what looked like 10 circular craft, that were light in color, possible light silver or white, and were reflective, begin moving in a fluid formation that was like nothing we have ever witnessed. They bobbed and weaved within one another so fluidity that we were sure we couldn't be witnessing anything man made. They flew in this fluid formation for 10 minutes then completely disappeared. There were no clouds in the sky for them to disappear into, and it was perfect weather with very little wind. My sister and I were driving north on our way home from running errands and we turned west and watched them until they disappeared. When we arrived home, we saw fighter jets flying around our area.
February 20, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
My sister and I were driving from Tucson to Sierra Vista tonight. Right near the Sanoita/Patagonia exit going east on I-0 we noticed a bright light in the sky, It was hovering and bobbing. The light was getting dimmer and brighter. We continued to watch it and finally pulled off on Lenzer Rd. in Sierra Vista. We smoked a cigarette and watched it until it very suddenly disappeared. Pretty cool and we got a few photos. It was definitely not an airplane or anything like that, there is no way. It was in the same spot relatively for over 25 minutes and was pretty low in altitude also.
February 16, 2017 · 7:00 AM · LIGHT
Yuma, AZ
Light north of Yuma, west of Yuma Proving Grounds. Hovered approx. 1000ft AGL then rose into a small cloud, then light and cloud disappeared.
February 15, 2017 · 9:10 PM · LIGHT
Prescott Valley, AZ
Sighting of Venus? PD
February 14, 2017 · 11:00 PM · OTHER
Goodyear, AZ
This is how my night started. I Walked to look out the window and i see 5 really bright orange orbs in a weird looking formation. I Go to my brothers room to go get him and when i came back there was only 2 remaining. I Do have a video and i will send it to you when i have access to the phone. There were to big to be planes, and there was no flare smoke behind them.
February 14, 2017 · 12:00 AM · OTHER
Goodyear, AZ
They were very bright! Too bright to be a plane or a flare. No trail behind it. And I would think that the flares would be in a formation. But they were in a odd formation. I heard no planes either. I went to get my brother, and when I came back, there were only 2 left, but there was 4 of them. I have video proof. And I have a picture I made to explain it. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
February 12, 2017 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Apache Junction, AZ
Driving home in AJ, me and my girl saw 2 huge yellow round flashes of light just off the horizon to the west, over phoenix area. About 2 minutes apart, the second one looked like it might have been lightning in the clouds, but didnt see arcs, it was yellow, and lightning tracker showed clear skies all the way to california.
February 12, 2017 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
Peoria, AZ
Probable sighting of Venus. PD
February 8, 2017 · 10:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Tucson, AZ
I was in my back yard on the 8th of Feb. 2017. I do amature astronomy and am outside many nights. I saw what I thought was an airplane at first coming from the south east. As it came closer I noticed it had no blinking lights. It was just one very bright red light. It was so different than anything I have ever seen that I called for my wife to come out to see what she thought. She was also puzzled as to what it could be. It proceeded to fly overhead just south of our location and toward the west. While it was in the western sky at about 40 degrees over the horizon the light sputtered off and on about 4 times, in about an 8 to 10 seconds period then went completely out. There was no sound coming from the light and the sly was clear, no clouds and an almost full moon. I would very much like to know what could cause such a light. I have ruled out stars, airplanes, helicopters, satellites, space station and satellite flares. Even ruled out a rocket since I don't! believe rocket launches go over Tucson. It traveled several miles across the sky so it was not a civilian drone. Could it have been a military drone? I have no idea what it was.
February 8, 2017 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Avondale, AZ
Between 21:30-21:45 tonight I witnessed one large orange light moving in a straight horizontal line. It was in the Northeast sky high up next to Ursa Major at that time in the evening sky. It slowly moved in a southwesterly direction. At first I assumed it was an airplane or helicopter of some kind, but as it continued towards my direction I could hear absolutely no sound coming from it. The light was changing from an orange to reddish orange color and the light had star like shaped beams, similar to what commercial airplane lights look like when making their decent, or a headlight. It was incredibly bright, and larger than any other stars in the sky. I watched it for close to 5 minutes before I asked a family member to come outside and see it. We stood together watching it for another 2-3 minutes when it stopped moving and stayed stationary, bobbing around a little before fading into nothing. I could see no other signs of aircraft other than the one light. There were no other lights or air craft in the area at the time. I stayed outside looking for it for another 5-10 minutes and it did not return.
February 7, 2017 · 9:30 PM · OTHER
Tucson, AZ
While watching television at home, my two roommates and I heard jets outside. This is a normal occurrence due to Davis Monthan Air Force Base being located here; however, tonight the noise was excessive and unsettling. We went outside because we were sure what we heard was a rocket or something, but the source of the noise was in fact several military jets. They were circling the area and when looking to the south, 4 bright bluish lights, slightly larger than the stars but smaller than Venus, were moving in a westward direction. The jets appeared to be either observing or chasing the object or objects. While there were four visible lights, they moved in unison, indicating that the lights were part of a single large craft.
February 5, 2017 · 1:35 AM · TRIANGLE
Sahuarita, AZ
East side of Sahuarita, Arizona. South of Tucson. Have been seeing multiple lights in the sky. Not the first time. this has been like third time in 4 months. Defiantly (sic. definitely)) not aircraft. These are triangular shape moving slow or still.
February 4, 2017 · 5:53 PM · CHANGING
Queen Creek, AZ
Reddish-orange circular object seen hovering in sky over the San Tan Mountains. Object moved closer in the sky, and appeared to be a chevron shape with red lights. Hovered over head and made no sound at all. I took a photo of the original red object and strange gray shape is seen to the right of the object as well. As object came closer and lower in the sky, a second red light appeared in the sky directly behind and to the right of original object. Original red object was hovering directly over my aunt and I...we were on horseback so it was difficult to keep looking without straining my neck. I was treating her to a birthday sunset ride and she said that my uncle would be watching the sunset and surely taking photos so we stopped watching and rode off. My family back at the barn noticed nothing but we're facing a different area of the sky. My aunt is a retired ((deleted)) manager now living in North Carolina. I am a licensed ((deleted)) in Gilbert, Arizona. I ride horses in this area often. On October 25, 2016, at 18:35 I saw a line of moving lights in this exact area of the sky.
February 3, 2017 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Phoenix, AZ
Venus. PD
February 2, 2017 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Mesa, AZ
Looking south from McDowell Rd and 202, I saw three pulsing lights hovering in a straight line. After 20 seconds or so, all three lights disappeared. This is the second time in 3 months I have seen these. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD