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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.
5,054 entries
September 21, 2017 · 6:00 PM · FIREBALL
New York City (Bronx), NY
Saw one object first looked like a star and it was still clear outside. Then turned into a fireball and looked lik the sun that’s when I figure it was something else. It was just floating in the air. Suddenly started moving slow and changing with these beautiful colors. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Amaze and confused. It’s like I’m actually watching a Ufo. Blue , red, white colors not like planes flash but more like from left to right slow flash and more red then the other colors. Trying to blend in with the sky.
September 17, 2017 · 11:30 PM · SPHERE
Jordan, NY
We shined a laser pointer in its general direction; it seemed to hesitate, then continued to head in an easterly direction. We lost sight of it behind a tree. We have a film. The witnesses apparently have a film, but do not appear to have sent it. They remain totally anonymous, and provide no contact information, so we have no means of contacting them. PD
September 17, 2017 · 2:30 PM · CHANGING
Ozone Park, NY
No information provided by source of report, who elects to remain anonymous. Hoax?? PD
September 16, 2017 · 10:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Rochester, NY
On aforementioned date and time, my friend and I were on our way to a bar in downtown Rochester. We both were completely sober at this time. We were traveling in a westerly direction through the Park Avenue area of Rochester on the 490 North freeway. It was already completely dark outside, except for some ambient streetlight/city light. The UFO was traveling in a Northeasterly direction at approximately 25mph and we were traveling about 65mph. I first noticed the UFO as we were driving along listening to music. At first I said nothing as I noticed the object had no flashing lights, which I've never seen before on any type of flying craft. As soon as I realized this, I said to my friend half jokingly "look a UFO". I pointed it out to him and then turned down the music. Just as I did this the bottom lights came more into view, and I could clearly see 4 large in diameter lights mounted on the bottom of the UFO making a perfect square. The 2 lights leading the way were red, and the 2 lights following were blue. They were very close to the color of red and blue police lights, however they were large solid lights (not beams or spotlights) that did not blink. The UFO flew just about directly over us as I continued to stare and make as many detailed mental notes as possible while my friend looked as often as he could (he was driving). My friend immediately agreed that it was very strange and that he had never seen anything like it. We tried to go over what it could possibly be, but since there were no blinking lights (which are required by law on all aircraft) and since the speed was so slow, the only possibility I thought would be a police helicopter, except several things didn't fit. We heard no helicopter sounds at all, and this UFO only appeared to be about 200-300ft above the ground. I also researched heavily into what this might be, and nothing matched, including the police helicopters used in the area. I later asked my friend to describe exactly what he saw so that I could get an independent description of the object. He immediately said it was "box-shaped" with 2 red lights and 2 blue lights on the bottom. I personally couldn't make out anything other than the lights and the square shape surrounding the lights, however I was only focused on the lights, whereas he saw a box shaped object with lights underneath. Some other information: the UFO appeared to be about 30ft x 30ft squared on the bottom. The 4 lights took up all of the space on the bottom of the UFO, which would mean each light had a diameter of about 15ft x 15ft.
September 15, 2017 · 5:00 PM · CIRCLE
New York City, NY
(( Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD))
September 10, 2017 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
My husband saw a glowing orange sphere travel east to west outside our large factory window. He told me to come see what he thought was a “helicopter on fire.” The object was large, at least the size of a helicopter. Planes coming and leaving La Guardia airport continued to fly in their usual paths. They were distinguishable as planes. This object was indistinguishable. It did not sparkle, but its colors shined with a twinkling quality, and its colors of orange and red rotated or mixed like lava. It hovered as I approached the window and stayed completely stationary for about three minutes above buildings at about half a mile away. It was soundless. My husband said the sphere appeared to be dropping debris. He saw glowing, orange debris drop four or five times. I saw it drop debris the last instance. The debris appeared to be liquid, like molten lava. It dropped about 20-30 feet and disappeared. The orange and red sphere was only a sphere. No tail, blade, or landing skids could be seen, which would have been illuminated had it been some kind of aircraft on fire. At this point, my husband began taking a video with his iPhone. I became very alarmed, thinking, if it were a helicopter, it would be going down, without question, because for that much debris to fall, the interior of the helicopter would have to be completely aflame. But there was no smoke and no actual flames. Just the look of something hot and burning, which grew slightly in intensity. The sphere seemed more to be emitting light than on fire. Finally, the sphere started flying upwards. We watched it ascend at a slight angle east another two minutes before it disappeared into far up into space traveling about as fast as a plane, but at an altitude much higher than we have seen planes fly.
September 9, 2017 · 9:00 AM · LIGHT
Williamson, NY
Seen a light go across the sky higher than a plane would be in a faster pace, and seen two more about 15 min later heard no sound
September 8, 2017 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Syracuse, NY
I saw two pair of orange lights at the same distance from each other over the city of Syracuse meandering over the clouds before they were not seen anymore.
September 7, 2017 · 7:15 PM · CIRCLE
East Hampton, NY
2 Lights hovering moving in unison. They became still. Flickered than disappeared Plane flew in front of them.
September 4, 2017 · 8:43 PM · SPHERE
Voorheesville, NY
I was walking out of family dinner with my wife, and in this particular town outside the Albany, there is very little light pollution. You are able to see much more of the night sky very clearly, so I always get lost looking when I'm out that way. As I walked outside and looked up, a flash caught my eye that seemed close, like a BRIGHT orb. Just as fast as it flashed, it dimmed out and just looked like another star in the sky, except this started moving north at a very fast pace; faster than you see normal aircraft move. And it was very high, I'd say 50-60,000 feet up. Then as I followed it, it stopped, reversed direction very quickly the way it had come, and disappeared. This isn't the first time I've seen strange craft out that way, but this was the one I could best explain. I'm hoping someone else saw this on that Monday night as well. It's puzzled me because I have a pretty extensive knowledge of aircraft--and this thing did not move like any aircraft we have developed here
September 3, 2017 · 9:50 PM · OVAL
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
I saw a bright light shining through my 5th floor window, so I look out only to see towards the east, a round very bright light that was round in shape in the sky, The light was not moving at all, it stayed in the one spot for about a minute and then just disappeared.
September 3, 2017 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Staten Island, NY
On, or around, September of 2017, while watching TV (8 or 9pm), I felt a strange pull/need to look to my left out my window, where I saw a golden orb hovering about 6-8 feet out from my fifth floor apartment window ledge. I got up and went to the window where it continued to hover for 30-45 additional seconds. The orb, which was slightly larger than a full moon, glowed with a golden light. While it hovered there I thought, "What is this, a drone?" I tried to see an outline within the glowing orb, but couldn't detect any image whatsoever. It hovered for at least thirty seconds then slowly moved from east to west then northwest. As it moved away it seemed to be on a level altitude. I watched until it was blocked by a neighboring building from view. A helicopter followed the orb a minute later, following between the two buildings! As I live close to three airports, and live in a densely populated city, I see airplanes, large and small, and helicopters (traffic and others) regularly. All follow the same flight paths. I have never seen any orb, much less an aircraft (i.e. helicopter), travel between two buildings. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Dear Mr. Davenport, I filed my report from Staten Island yesterday regarding sighting a golden glowing orb. Upon further thought, I should have included the following important details: 1. The orb was completely without sound 2. The golden glow of the orb neither vacillated, nor flickered. It was a continuous glow. 3. When the orb moved away, it did so slowly and steadily and proceeded to maintain the same speed as it moved east to west and then northwest until it was obscured from view by a building. The distance traveled that I could see of approximately 2 miles. I know this because it is the distance I travel daily on my route to work. Thank you. ((END ADDENDUM)) We spoke via telephone with the source of this report, and we found her to be exceptionally eloquent and sober-minded. We suspect that she is an excellent witness. PD
August 30, 2017 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Liverpool, NY
3 seperate very bright orange and yellow lights moving very slowly from the east moving north west, then very slowly reversed and headed east but faded into clouds.
August 30, 2017 · 8:30 AM · FORMATION
Centerport, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 27, 2017 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
North Creek, NY
On Sunday August 27th sometime between 9.30 and 11pm I, my son and my nephew were outside on the deck at my moms house in North Creek New York. We were observing the stars because it was such a clear and beautiful night. I witnessed and pointed out to the boys that I saw a satellite moving from North to South-southwest. It was a steady bright white light moving very fast with no sound, and none after. At first I thought it might be the space station because I have seen that before on nights when the news reported that it would be flying over. This seemed smaller and slightly less bright than the space station and moved just like a satellite. The boys both witnessed this with me. As the light moved to the south of us it went out and reappeared further south a few times which was strange because there was not a cloud in the sky and stars in the vicinity were still visible. Then it did a sudden 90 degree zig zag type move at a speed that a plane or jet, even military would not be capable of. At least not one that I know of. It was something out of a science fiction movie the way this light was zig zagging, The distance and speed and angle of the turns was Like nothing I have ever seen. After about 15 seconds of these types of lightning speed moves the light became steady again and continued south over the horizon until it was out of sight.
August 27, 2017 · 9:00 PM · FLASH
Elizabethtown, NY
The sky was perfectly clear, black and the stars and Milky Way were spectacular. Over the western horizon, my husband and I saw a quick flash of light, about the same size as a star or satellite. About 15 seconds later we saw the same flash again, this time it was slightly above where we saw the first flash. We both stared at the sky and waited. The flash continued at inconsistent intervals (10 – 30 seconds) and seemed to be traveling in a straight path going upwards (west horizon to east). When looking closely, the flash consistently mimicked one of a light house – not simply on/off, but appeared to be a light circling around and did not create a distinctly visible beam or tail. After a few minutes, the flash seemed to begin moving in a different direction, toward the south. The flash continued for another minute or two then faded away toward the southern sky.
August 27, 2017 · 11:15 AM · CIRCLE
Rome, NY
Meteor?? PD
August 27, 2017 · 1:09 AM · CIRCLE
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
Looked up from my roof looking approx West from Brooklyn toward Staten Island area, first notice a shooting star, then from that direction an decent size orange glow oval shape, watched it move wobbling toward Staten Island direction then disappear white. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 25, 2017 · 9:30 PM · DISK
Waterford, NY
East of Route 32, we saw a pulsating orange/yellow light in the night sky traveling westbound. As we pulled the car off the road and exited onto the gravel, the craft moved and then stopped, continuing to pulsate, then it moved slowly eastward, disappearing behind a tree. When I walked over to where I could see around the tree, it had totally disappeared.
August 25, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Bloomfield, NY
I was walking my dog and as I turned to face due south, I noticed a single bright light moving from east to west traveling at a perceived high rate of speed. It traveled in a flat/level trajectory across the sky. As it moved further west the light dimmed and at approximately due southwest - 45 degrees from when I first spotted the light, it was no longer visible. The entire incident lasted only an estimated 3 seconds. There was absolutely no sound detected before, during or after this viewing.
August 24, 2017 · 11:36 PM · CIRCLE
East Patchogue, NY
Very strange round lights in the sky swirling around in circular patterns very fast. Confirmed in east patchogue and farmingville ny via phone call. I tried to get this on video and the video was gone after recording.
August 23, 2017 · 9:30 PM · FLASH
Buffalo, NY
My 2 friends and I saw them at first and thought it was a plane, but then we see the lights flashing slowly and extremely bright. Then we saw another. It would randomly move location after a few flashes maybe 20 seconds apart. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 21, 2017 · 2:44 PM · DISK
New York City (Bronx), NY
On August 21, 2017, I set up my iPhone to record the solar eclipse. Upon reviewing the footage taken and with a live news feed in the background while recording the solar eclipse at approximately 2:44 pm (14:44) hours with 70% of the solar eclipse in effect two (2) disc/saucer like objects appear in the camera lens' view, heading in a northern direction.
August 19, 2017 · 6:20 AM · EGG
New York City (Jamaica), NY
On the morning of August 19th, at approximately 06:20 hrs., myself and 2 other people witnessed a commercial airplane in the sky above Jamaica/Queens. Trailing at a very close proximity to the plane was an egg shaped metallic looking object. It was trailing the plane at the same distance (which was very close to begin with) for approximately 20 seconds. It then began getting closer to the airplane, until it looked like it was within several feet of the tail section, and it remained there for the remainder of the sighting, which lasted only a couple of minutes. The direction of flight was Northwest and it would have flown right over JFK airport before we witnessed it. This was a very clear and bright morning. How is it that nobody else saw this? I have never seen anything like this. I just can’t get it out of my head. This object had no wings. It was a grey metallic object (same color as the plane). I know I’m not crazy because other people with me saw it. I am sick that I didn’t film it. It would have been so clear if I did. I think the pilot might have known something was there because he dipped his wings a couple of times (like he was looking for something).