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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
August 26, 2023 · 9:44 PM · FIREBALL
IdentifiedSeguin, TX
9:44 PM 08.26.2023 We were swimming in our pool and looked up to the west and saw a bright light flying to the East with a huge white cloud around it. At first glance it appeared to be a plane flying through the clouds or meteor or something of the sorts falling and then we realized that there’s not a cloud in the sky. I jumped out to grab my phone to film it and as I was looking down to it my husband said, “It’s gone.” it just vanished. Nothing to the East like a meteor dissipated or like lights went off for a moment. It just vanished. No we don’t do drugs. No we aren’t drinking. Please tell me someone else saw this??? Falcon 9 Starlink-101 (6-11) SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 26, 2023 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedSan Antonio, TX
A bright light appeared in the clear low moisture Northwest sky. It appeared to be a drone or helicopter in the low level distance with a searchlight however the altitude was difficult to judge. It was traveling parallel to the horizon, NW to SE at what appeared to be a slow rate of speed. The object did not have leave a re-entry trail. The object ultimately exhibited a plume of visible moisture or smoke from the leading portion, and disappeared. No ADSB hits at the time. There was a starlink cluster in the area but this was a single object. It was very high altitude based on video. Multiple reports from at least 5+ mile radius and possibly 200+ mile on social media. Starlink-101 (6-11) Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS Florida, United States [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 26, 2023 · 9:40 PM · UNKNOWN
Probable conventionalSan Antonio, TX
Sitting outside on a clear night, no clouds to be seen. Facing NW, watching a football game on TV when something bright caught my eye. I looked up and there was a bright light (no color) that looked like it was flying in a haze, like a cloud and it was coming in our direction. It kinda looked like a helicopter light, but it did a slight turn to the west and there were no beacon lights or sound. Shortly after it turned there was a poof before it, like a cloud and then it disappeared. While it was flying in our direction, we checked the flight tracker and there were no aircrafts transmitting at that time. I was with four other people who witnessed it with me. Video attached is not mine, but from another witness. Falcon 9 Starlink-101 (6-11) SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS Florida, United States [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
August 26, 2023 · 9:40 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedSaint Hedwig, TX
Me and my family were night fishing and all of a sudden saw white/blue circle kind of thing spinning in the air as it was moving, and then before it seemed to turn and leave it blew out white smoke. Falcon 9 Starlink-101 (6-11) SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 26, 2023 · 9:40 PM · CHANGING
Reno, NV
Around 9:40 PM 4 of us saw a white V shaped object going extremely fast from the handle of the Big Dipper constellation and headed south west towards Peavine Peak. The object had 5 faint white orbs in a large V shaped formation that morphed into a diamond shape formation with the 5th orb in the middle of the diamond. It was traveling extremely fast and disappeared within around 6-7 seconds. Between the orbs looked like it was open sky, not a solid object but separate orbs flying in formation. It was in a suburban area but it disappeared in the sky and not beyond the horizon. We’ve seen things similar to this nearly 15 times in the last year, each time with multiple witnesses. The provided images are drawings of what it appeared to be, changing from the V formation to the diamond formation.
August 26, 2023 · 9:39 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedAustin, TX
It was low in the sky, moving quickly and silent, emitting a swirling glow in a sphere around a point of light. After about a minute it emitted a pulse of light in front of it in a cone that moved slowly and outwards, as it disappeared. Falcon 9 Starlink-101 (6-11) SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 26, 2023 · 9:39 PM · OVAL
IdentifiedClaude, TX
I was cleaning my car out and I happen to like to watch the stars on occasion. I took a break only to draw my focus to a almost floating object go across the sky and disappear. It didn't fade it was poof gone. I have seen planty of planes and starts and shooting stars this is not it. Falcon 9 Starlink-101 (6-11) SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 26, 2023 · 9:38 PM · SPHERE
Highlands, TX
This was my second UFO experience. My first was years ago but I was in middle school so I don’t know if it was really a UFO. While we were in our pool talking during my daughters birth day, my sister in law pointed at a light flying across at the speed of a plane and asked me if it was a shooting star or a plane. It was foggy but I couldn’t tell if there were clouds into he sky due to it being dark. I jokingly said it was a UFO and that it would disappear. Her, her friends daughter, and I just stared at it. It literally disappears 3 seconds after saying that. We were freaking out and thought maybe it just hid behind clouds, until it got bright again and her friend’s daughter and I saw it SEPARATE!!!! My sister in law wasn’t able to catch it, but her friend’s daughter and I SWEAR IT SEPARATED INTO 5 ORBS THAT ONLY LASTED HALF A SECOND.
August 26, 2023 · 9:10 PM · CHANGING
Clermont/Montverde, FL
8/26 returning from dinner with friends ( we don’t drink). My husband Tom and I turned off rt 27N onto Hook St made a left onto N Hancock and a right onto SR50 east on Clermont. Tom was driving D I looked up this diamond shaped object glowing a deep golden color it was fairly close. I pointed it out to Tom and asked if he thought it was a UFO? He said he’d never seen one but it could be. As I watched it seemed to turn counterclockwise very slowly changing from the diamond shape to a cylinder to a small circle then it disappeared. It didn’t go forward or backward it seemed to rotate in place before disappearing.
August 26, 2023 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
White Sands National Monument, NM
I was at an event at White Sands National Monument with roughly 100 people. It was a clear night with few clouds and a bright half moon. At approximately 9 pm we saw a slow moving aircraft with bright lights surrounded in a hazy cloud. It was roughly at the same altitude as a helicopter, but it was not a helicopter. It was traveling SE to NW. As it passed by us, it was hard to see the shape because it was so bright and hazy but it appeared to be a sphere. No wings and no sound. We continued watching as it passed by and noticed a more dense cloud beginning to envelope it. Then the light disappeared and the cloud hung around for about 30 more seconds before dissolving. The craft was abruptly gone. I guesstimate we watched it for maybe 4- 5 minutes and figure during that time, it covered about 30-40 miles. It did not reach to horizon line when it disappeared. Several people took photos and videos but I haven’t located any yet. The photo I include is one taken in Las Cruces about 15 minutes before we saw it. There was also a FB where someone in El Paso saw it before we did. Interestingly enough, it crossed restricted airspace. It crossed White Sands Missile Range and Holloman Air Force Base. There were no other flying craft in the area. A very calm and still night which is why we noticed no sound coming from the craft.
August 26, 2023 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Probable conventionalSouth Fork, CO
My husband and I were sitting outside when he saw something flying through the sky and told me to look over at it. It was flying in a relatively straight path and seemed to be flying faster than an average airplane. The most strange part was that it had a cloud like haze that was glowing around it, but the sky was clear all around it and you could see the stars very clear around it as well. There was no trail behind it, and no noise. We watched it fly and go behind a nearby cloud and then we were no longer able to see it. It was in our sight for about 30 seconds. [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
August 26, 2023 · 8:45 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedEl Paso, TX
Bright like Venus with a cloud surround moved rapidly and then the cloud expanded and dissapeared like the object blew up and disintegrated. Just one bright object. The sky clear with stars visable. Falcon 9 Starlink-101 (6-11) SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 26, 2023 · 8:40 PM · LIGHT
Loving, NM
I walked out the front door of my house and saw a very bright light, it was so bright, that I thought it was the moon at first. When I realized that it was moving, I noticed the moon was far off to the left side of my view. The light moved quickly all the way across the sky from right to left. It seemed to fade as it got closer to the moon. I only had time to run back into the house, grab my phone, and start recording, and was only able to catch the very end of it, as it was approaching the light of the moon. As it got closer towards the moon and clouds, the light began to fade and then dissipate into the clouds. I took video from a standing-point on the front porch of my house. The light comes into the video near the top middle (towards the left side). And by this time it was approaching the clouds above the moon. When it gets to the clouds, it disappears into them, and they look affected by whatever it was. You can see the clouds move in a strange way. It almost looked like whatever it was, turned into clouds and disappeared. It the background of the video you can hear our dog barking and a motorcycle running that was out in the garage. I didn't hear anything out of the normal.
August 26, 2023 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedWildwood, NJ
My name is((name deleted)) While riding on the Tram Car near the Convention Center I was taking pictures of the Night Sky. When I reviewed the Photos (while still on the Tram Car) I saw this object in the top left hand corner of the Photo. I did not see it when I took the Photo. I am mystified. I waited a few hours to report this simply because I felt foolish and would not be believed, but the Camera doesn't lie. I am a 61 Year old Professional. You can find me on LinkedIn and see my Articles/ Interviews on Differentbrains.org and Interviews on Spectrum Cable Hart of New York My point is that I am a serious person and not seeking attention. ((name and telephone # deleted)) [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Certain]
August 26, 2023 · 8:25 PM · FIREBALL
Albertville, AL
I noticed it was moving very fast and then started recording the quality of the video sucks but you can see the orange blob and how fast it’s moving. I would really like to know if it was some airplane or a UFO. Also it’s very hard to see in the video but it crossed in front of an obvious airplane and that’s how I could tell the orange bright orb wasn’t like that of an airplane. The airplane had flashing red and blue and white lights, the UFO looked as if was on fire.
August 26, 2023 · 8:20 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalCO
The sky, the stars, and the moon were clear with no clouds or mist. We witnessed a UAP that was moving quickly across the sky from northwest to southeast. It was an orb like structure with blurred light all around it. It was moving quite fast. There were no blinking lights on it to indicate it was a plane, helicopter or other known flying object. Due to the blurred light around it, we agreed it wasn’t a satellite. The color was a warm white. [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
August 26, 2023 · 7:43 PM · CIRCLE
Parkton, MD
I was driving home and was on Mt Carmel Rd in Parkton and saw a weird object flying really fast next the moon and was very confused, it couldn’t be a plane because it was so high up (next to the moon) and was flying away really fast.
August 26, 2023 · 7:39 PM · CIRCLE
Waterville, ME
Saw circular object glowing a few thousand feet above our house. Grabbed my telephoto lense and shot the attached picture. Object continued to rise. To the naked eye I thought it may be a hot air balloon, but it was extremely high and it was getting dark out. Once I took the picture, I was able to zoom in and see that it didn’t resemble a hot air balloon. After about 20 minutes it was too high to see.
August 26, 2023 · 7:20 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedGrand Canyon National Park, AZ
While attending an evening ranger program in the amphitheater at Phantom Ranch (in the bottom of the Grand Canyon), a few people looked up and saw a strange, fuzzy, foggy white light moving roughly west to east across the sky. The sun had just gone down and a few of the brightest stars were starting to appear in the twilight. The UFO light looked like it was shining through a cloud--though the sky was completely clear; stars appeared crisp and clear. Additionally, the object was silent. I'm aware there was a SpaceX launch this evening; however, I've seen SpaceX rockets in the sky before and they do not move this quickly and they usually leave a trail. I've seen countless satellites, the ISS on multiple occasions, and other phenomena, but this one seemed different. The light intensity on this object stayed the same during its path across the sky. And it was not dark enough to see satellites yet. My background: I'm a park ranger, trained in astronomy, with many hours of stargazing experience. I was on an overnight hike during a work trip to Grand Canyon with several ranger colleagues who also saw the object. We were in the amphitheater audience at another ranger's evening program. Other members of the public who were in attendance saw the object as well. Our latitude & longitude: 36.104642, -112.095122 From our vantage point looking south, the object was flying roughly ESE, almost but not directly overhead. Falcon 9 Starlink-101 (6-11) SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 26, 2023 · 5:30 PM · DISK
Atlanta, GA
Between 4:45 and 6pm. From my balcony at vireo apt, I could see a disk shaped gray thing on one of the cell tower looking things (there are two red/white ones, and one gray one) to the SE. At first it didn’t move. Then when I looked again it seemed to of shifted to the left slightly. Both times it looked like a spacecraft but like it was attached to the cell tower so I thought it was part of it/I hadn’t noticed it before. When I looked again a little while later, it was gone! Maybe it’s nothing but it was so oddly shaped that I wanted to report it to see if anyone else saw it
August 26, 2023 · 7:45 AM · RECTANGLE
Sanger, TX
While sitting in my backyard I viewed a rectangular object of silver/gray color traveling from southwest to northeast at approximately 20-30 mph 200 feet in the air at 70-80 degress with no sound, as it traveled away from me it suddenly moved from left to right multiple times in the blink of an eye, all the while still traveling in the northeast direction. This incident lasted approximately 15-20 seconds.
August 26, 2023 · 5:30 AM · CHANGING
Dickinson, TX
At about 5:30am I noticed flashing hovering lights. After a few minutes I went and got my binoculars. Watched a cone shaped object,2 white lights in middle and red white blue and possibly green lights around it making a cone shape. I watched for 45 mins to and hour on my hammock. I called my husband to tell me what it could be. . .he started looking for our telescope lol. I watched it till during sunrise. It was hovering over the water I believe observing tx city power plants. I saw this same object in the same place when I lived in San Leon on the canal about 15 years ago. Anyways, the haze set in and I could not see it anymore. So I wait. During this time I look toward the sunrise and I see two steaks of smoke like behind an airplane. I look through my binoculars and it's two big bright disk shape lights (same color as the sunrise being the were flying towards it) weird thing was the trail of smoke stayed the same size and followed the lights until they disappeared in the sunrise. Not like trails that get longer and stay in the sky till they spread out and fade away. These stayed with the objects . Not sure if they were the same two white lights in the cone or completely different. I plan to have a look after sky clears.... also before daybreak I watched a plane fly towards the cone and swiftly fly under and around it. They saw it I'm sure of that. Plane flying at about 6amish....towards Galveston . Wish I had more video of the two disks and smoke trails but I was Awe and they disappeared fast. Anyone else see this???
August 26, 2023 · 3:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Chester, CA
Big Extremely faint (like the reflection of the sun off of something stealth black in the night sky) traveling at high rate of speed. V shaped and no sound. Looked like it was very big and really high altitude. Only saw it for a few seconds but it was there for certain. I watch the sky a lot and can explain most everything that most people would call a ufo, but this one was something different.
August 26, 2023 · 2:06 AM · SPHERE
McDermott, WA
I was traveling South bound on US 95 headed from Seattle to Phoenix Arizona. At around 02:07 AM i saw two very bright lights turn on and pull out from what I assumed was the side of the road. At first I assumed they were motorcycles as the light was around the right high and was definitely similar to a headlight. It seemed odd how fast the lights were catching up to me was I was traveling 70mph not mentioned the more I looked the more off the placemat of the lights seems. I looked back at the road then checked my rear view mirror only to see the two orbs a even faster and closed the gap between me and them about half way in a matter of seconds. It was after watching them for no more than three seconds that one light was turned off, sort of fading similar to an old fluorescent light bulb with the other following suit. After it was pitch black behind me, dark enough to make out any break lights or Evidence of a vehicle or anything turbo around( there was no streetlights or light pollution for miles). This happened 2 hrs after seeing two crafts while traveling SE on Highway 78 in Oregon. I had one red light follow me for a few seconds then fade away (the light never shrunk as one would expect when traveling in the opposite direction of a light source), I then pulled over and stopped my vehicle and shut it off, killing the lights to see what was following and looked up to my left and saw to very large perfectly shaped cigar objects that blocked out a very sizable portion of the night sky. Again the moon was not out at this time and this there was no light pollution, and I couldn’t make out any identifying features of a cloud (I know it was pitch black but with the starry backdrop it would have been easy to tell the difference). After seeing the craft I looked down at my truck’s display to get the time and it felt like time stood still, I hadn’t lost time per day but I definitely didn’t move forward through it either it was almost like time stopped but I was able to keep driving. I will mention something eerily similar happened to my mother in law traveling along the same route in the opposite direction, like me she was alone.