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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
November 6, 2017 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Norristown, PA
While unloading my trunk of shopping bags, I noticed 4 blinking lights in the horizon towards the Elmwood Zoo area. The lights were all red in a curved line blinking in no specific order. Looks like the lights could have been the side of a saucer shape, but I did not see a craft. I watched for a few minutes then went inside and told my husband. A few minutes later he came outside and looked acknowledged what I saw and wanted to go back in. I often sky gaze looking for the most mysterious things but he could not deny this one. They were not that high either, maybe as high as a helicopter or a drone plane which I had seen twice in the last month locally here. I have never seen drone planes here before. It could have been a tall structure that I don't know about, but I doubt it. I have lived here for 3 years, and have never seen the lights before. Also it was a very clear night sky with a big bright moon, very cool. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 6, 2017 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
Lincoln Boro, PA
At approximately 20:00, two women were standing outside talking, when they notice strange orange lights glowing in the sky. The lights were in a circular formation with approximately 3 following. No sounds were heard during his time. Sky was partly cloudy but relatively clear and calm. The light began to move toward the northwest, disappearing one by one and then vanished. A helicopter with bright red lights shortly followed at a high rate of speed. The helicopter was also traveling at low altitude.
November 4, 2017 · 12:25 PM · LIGHT
Pittsburgh, PA
In the southeast part of the sky, an orange glow/fog was “flickering” in the sky. Light was red orange and kept fading and glowing brighter for a few minutes. Could not capture it on video as it was too dark. Was not a meteor or fireball. Reminded me of project blue beam or a very unique event in the sky. I’m a 25 year old musician with an obsession of occult and ancient information.
November 4, 2017 · 10:50 AM · TRIANGLE
Parkland, PA
4 lights in a rectangler triangle pattern, with very loud noise like a miltary object.
November 3, 2017 · 6:49 AM · FIREBALL
Saylorsburg, PA
a fireball object that was bright green green color almost looked like a flame...appeared over the trees next to the house at about 15 feet above the ground....it traveled about 200 feet at about 15 foot level from ground stopped, hovered and disappeared.
October 28, 2017 · 6:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Hanover, PA
3 steady yellow/orange lights, 1 red flashing light, a reflection of a dome was above it as well.
October 28, 2017 · 6:40 AM · TRIANGLE
Lansdale/Quakertown, PA
I am a truck driver and was driving on PA turnpike back from Philadelphia on 476 north somewhere close to 6:40 AM. Close to lansdale there was a bright blue and white light about 1500 feet In the air. shaped like a boomerang like triangle with a line like a tail Hanging down from the middle. The entire object was covered in extremely bright blue white lights just hovering in the air. There were five of them each about 5 miles apart spread out along 476 as I drove towards quakertown. Each strange object had the same shape and bright lights hovering still above the turnpike and each was about five miles apart from the next.
October 23, 2017 · 9:00 AM · FLASH
Leola, PA
I saw a slow moving object moving to lancaster coity very slow blinking lights red with no sound
October 22, 2017 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Pittsburgh, PA
I was alerted to the presence of a low altitude helicopter. I opened my window and looked up to see a helicopter at about 600ft. altitude flying directly below and behind a large triangle object at about 1500ft. altitude. The helicopter and triangle object were traveling Eastward. The helicopter was lit underneath and appeared to be military, possibly UH-1N. The triangle object was very slow moving at about 50 knots. The triangle made no perceptible sound. The triangle had large, round, diffuse white lights on each corner, a large faint yellowish/orange light in the center, and a small strobing red light off center to the rear of the craft. I estimate the size of the triangle to be about 300ft. from corner to corner. The helicopter broke course and headed Westward at low altitude along the Allegheny river then down the Ohio river while the triangle continued slowly Eastward until out of view. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 20, 2017 · 8:00 PM · OTHER
Philadelphia, PA
The object was small enough to be a butterfly- (definitely NOT an insect.) It was "bowtie" shaped and the color BLACK. fast moving and seemingly attracted to the electronics in the household of which it was flying in. SIDE NOTE; Air traffic Seemed to be busier then usual. Strange and disturbing indeed…
October 18, 2017 · 8:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Marietta, PA
On this night of October 18, 2017, My girlfriend and i just got back to my house from dinner. We were talking in my car in my driveway for a bit, and out of the corner of my eye, i saw lights. (What i saw) Was a triangular craft with about 4 lights on each side, some were yellow, some were white, and one was red, in the middle. It flew from behind a tree in my backyard, then i saw it for about 4-5 seconds, then it went into the trees and dissapeared. I opened my door as soon as it left to see if there was a noise, and there wasnt. It was about 150ft in the air, which is very low for an airplane, and i know what i saw. It wasnt an airplane. Nothing we have. Personally, i am a UFO enthusiast and i know plently about eveything, so i could accept it and easily identify it as A triangular craft. Now what my girlfriend saw, was what she describes as just about 10 yellow lights moving in unison without breaking formation, like fireflies. Im aware that there is a post here describing the same exact thing, In around the same area.
October 18, 2017 · 3:00 PM · CIGAR
Kennett Square/Philadelphia, PA
Bright shooting flash, pink and yellow/rainbow hues separated from cigar shaped object in a few seconds then disappeared completely. Bright, sunny day. No clouds. No chem trails. No haze. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 17, 2017 · 12:30 AM · CIRCLE
Newtown, PA
Driving home, I saw around 12:30 AM, a large, far off purple circle shaped light. It didn't appear to be moving, but hovering. Then, as soon as I saw it. It seemed to speed off in a flash and disappeared in an instant. I saw its trail of light disappear too. It was a clear night, and there were no street lights. I saw it from Durham Road, just leaving the Acme parking lot.
October 15, 2017 · 2:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Pittsburgh, PA
Not saucer shaped but more triangle shaped. 5 lights in a triangle shape. spotted it moving but next time it moved it went south and then straigh up and it was gone. No plane can move that fast. this was on october 15 2017 at 2:00 am. I spotted it and my buddy looked and seen the same thing. i have seen quite a few but this one was very visible and thru binoculars i seen all the lights along with a plane flying south east of it and it was higher than the plane
October 10, 2017 · 7:30 PM · FIREBALL
Unionville, PA
The object was traveling from the west northwest about 30 degrees above the horizon and appeared as an oval of fire. My initial thought was it was a hot air balloon because of the orange fire like appearance. That was quickly ruled out because the orange fire was constant, balloons don't fly in the dark, and it was too high and there was no sound. It was moving too fast as well. Its speed was comparable to the many airplanes that circle our location waiting to land in Philadelphia. It's altitude was comparable to the air traffic as well which is approximately 10,000 - 12,000 feet. This object had an aura or haze around it. It made a slow turn to the South and eventually faded from sight. Its speed was constant and its altitude remained constant the entire 3 minutes I observed it. I took 3 pictures with my phone. They confirm an orange color but they show more white light than I remember seeing and being in an oval shape. I am somewhat of an amateur astronomer and somewhat familiar with stars, comets, meteors, the space station and other satellites. I can't find an explanation for this object. After it disappeared, another object, exactly the same, appeared from the same west northwest location and followed the same path as the first one. Same constant speed and altitude, no noise, and aura around it, and faded from view after about 3 minutes of observing it.
October 10, 2017 · 7:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Cheswick, PA
While walking with my wife and daughter a little after dusk, my daughter (6) pointed at some slow moving lights asking what it was. I originally dismissed it as a plane but then realized the size was too big meaning it was low to the ground and moving very slowly. My next thought was blimp but it was moving too quickly for that and the shape of lights didn't fit. As it came closer, we could see the lights at the front of the object that looked like cockpit lights. Halfway back were two white solid lights, then at the back two more white solid lights. The entire shape based on the lights was a triangle. In the middle of the triangle on the bottom of the object was a bright red blinking light. It continued to move too slowly for a plane, and the only sound was a low humming noise. We watched as the object never changed course and slowly moved off over the horizon. With the lighting of the sky, the only shape we could make out was the pattern of the lights, we never saw a full body shape.
October 6, 2017 · 8:40 PM · LIGHT
Warrington, PA
Faint, glowing, almost misty sphere of white light was seen hovering and zig-zagging through the sky. The movement was continuously alternating and changing directions. The spead of the light would fluctuate as the patterns changed. Patterns moved in an eastward direction.
October 6, 2017 · 7:40 PM · OVAL
Warrington, PA
Oval white light moving in random, inconsistent circular patterns. It is not a spotlight, drone or aircraft. Light levels in the area make it difficult for photos or videos to be taken of the event. It has also been seen by a friend in Warminster.
October 6, 2017 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
Coopersburg, PA
I live near the Allentown Int. airport I see planes all of the time they fly over my house from east to west, I never see anything from south to north, it lit up the clouds as it flew, again it was a round white ball.
October 4, 2017 · 6:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Allentown, PA
Falling unidentified object from sky. Local police received many reports of falling craft, but upon investigation nothing was reported found.
October 4, 2017 · 6:10 AM · LIGHT
Knox, PA
On 10-04-17, my daughter and I saw some strange lights in the sky and couldn't figure them out. My daughter and I are both adults who enjoy watching the sky at night. We are both detail oriented and I am a voracious reader. At approximately 6:10 AM, we were sitting on our covered patio. It was still dark, the sky was clear, and stars were very visible. The outside temperature was 51 degrees F. We noticed a very bright "star" stationary in the southern sky and our first thought was that the north star should not be in the southern sky. We located the north star, right where it should have been. We then realized that the light in the sky was much brighter than the north star. We noticed that the light had begun moving in a westerly direction. We have a lot of air traffic in our area, so we're familiar with the speed airliner lights appear to move in the night sky. This light was moving faster than an airliner. All of a sudden the bright light winked out. A few seconds later there were red and white blinking lights where the bright light had been. The lights would move west, pause for a second or two, then move west again. The lights paused and moved west 5 times. After the final pause, the lights then began moving straight up. They stopped long enough to blink twice, then began moving east at an even faster rate than the bright light had moved. We followed the blinking lights for nearly a minute, then they disappeared. We have witnessed strange lights in the southern sky on several occasions over the last few years. I finally decided to see if there could be an explanation for them. Summer of 2013, around the 4th of July, about 10 PM, I was on our patio, when I saw a bright light in the southern sky arc from the treeline. It reached what would have been the apex of the arc and simply winked out. Two seconds later another bright light followed the same trajectory from the treeline to the apex and winked out. Two seconds after that a third bright light followed the same path as the other two and winked out. Initially, since it was fireworks season, I assumed they were just fireworks. Then I realized that there was no noise, no flash, nothing. The lights just winked out. The lights were puzzling because fireworks, by their very nature, cannot maintain such precise trajectories, especially along an identical path.
October 1, 2017 · 11:25 PM · TRIANGLE
Route 476, PA
Me and a few friends were driving home after taking a trip to Scranton, PA, and while I was looking out the window, I saw a line of three bright lights traveling extremely slow across the sky. I pointed them out to my boyfriend, and he noticed a 4th a bit to the right. We watched them as they slowly progressed though the sky. They seemed to be lower then most planes would be. When one finally flew over head it looked like a triangle of light. We ended up losing sight of all of them after going through a tunnel. It was weird because there were planes flying over us that night, but they moved at a normal speed and were much farther up then these lights.
October 1, 2017 · 11:50 AM · UNKNOWN
Philadelphia, PA
Me and my girlfriend were walking to our house after parking and spotted an extremely bright flicker of bright white light high in the sky towards the NW. It was slowly moving and appeared to have a dull gray or black ring around it.
October 1, 2017 · 8:10 AM · TRIANGLE
Mechanicsburg, PA
Saw 3 bright orange lights in a triangular shape just hovering then all of a sudden they disappeared.