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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 · 12:15 AM · OTHER
Richmond, VA
At Appx. 1215 AM on August 26, 2023. 4 separate aircraft reported an unidentified flying object moving in all directions in the vicinity of RIC VOR at very high altitudes. All reports suggested the location was in the proximity of the Big Dipper. The object reportedly had three white lights with one being significantly brighter than the others. The lights dimmed and became brighter multiple times.
August 25, 2023 · 11:20 PM · LIGHT
Pearce, AZ
So I look up for some reason and there's this bright orange yellowish light high in the sky was there for about a min or so then next thing you know it two aircrafts jets and drones and sattlelights circling the area above my property about an hour later right above me a light in the sky I would say sky it was pretty close to me comes on then a second and then a third was just like staring at me it felt then it disappears no other flashing lights no mouse nothing lights it was freaking me out an then about two hours later I seen a shooting star from the corner of my eye so I turn my head real quick and it was closer then I thought I'm filling it with my eyes then all of a sudden like sparks are flying from it like a firework or a flare gun type thing but no that shit came from the sky and sounded like it landed in the hard it look like it did but it was so dark and I didn't go look I was alone and already freaked out by everything else that was going on you should call the Air Force Base and see what that was cause they were looking for whatever it was all night so was I anf the lights were round I swear that was nothing from here it eas rigjt above me but couldn't see nothing else I thought theh were gonna take me sense they were all around me I looked up on googlr next day no record of anything
August 25, 2023 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Oregon, IL
My girlfriend and I were star watching last night around 11pm. Out of no where these orbs would appear orange then brighten and dim and zig zag around. Some would stay stationary like blending with the stars and then it would slowly move and then they seemed like they knew we were watching them so more would appear and we were so amazed and shocked we didn't film or take pictures we are believers so we just took it all in and enjoyed the experience but now I'm a little concerned. Then these like triangle drones would appear with a green and white/red light they were silent too. They would hover and blink bright sort of replicating an airplane. But I've seen planes my whole life living in this rural area. These were not planes. I didn't even want to report this but I'm actually a little concerned. These things knew we were watching them it was creepy. They mimic stars but then dart around. And the triangle craft drone things were silent not like a plane. I hope this helps the data out there somehow. I've seen this a few times now this summer but it's getting to be every night. I don't want to cause a stir in my town but it's concerning but fascinating. Please give me an answer.
August 25, 2023 · 9:45 PM · SPHERE
Gray, TN
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August 25, 2023 · 8:42 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalBrentwood, TN
I looked at my ring camera and saw a line shooting very fast across the sky horizontal. It was way to fast to be anything man made and it flew with a zig zag that would not be normal for a shooting star or comet. I have the sighting on video. [NUFORC annotation: Insect - Probable]
August 25, 2023 · 3:30 PM · CHANGING
Woodbridge, VA
This past Friday (8/25/23) my family and I were in the backyard and saw an object floating in the sky about the same level of the clouds, then a second one. When I saw the first one, I decided to get out of the pool and just recorded it for fun, figured it was a balloon or a plastic bag flying in the sky. What was odd for me was they were going against the wind - watch the clouds. The next day I decided to upload the video to my PC and examine it closely. About 1:25 secs in the video I saw something flash by, then figured I should watch that frame by frame on Adobe After Effects and it looks like the first object streaks by from the direction in which it came from. This happened in the Northern Virginia area, about 30 mins south of Wash DC. I am not looking for any kind of attention, just figured you might get more out of it than me. I uploaded the video to a private link on YouTube. Please let me know what you think, I will share the actual video if you like. Here is the video: https://youtu.be/kWmPfWO5mdY Video showing the direction of the wind if you think these are balloons: https://youtu.be/6gtQL-VFXMY
August 25, 2023 · 12:01 AM · SPHERE
Mooresville, NC
Let the dog out approximately at midnight. The "moon" was so bright it appeared to be a harvest moon, but the color was so bright and reddish in color. There was no sound. Moon appeared to be stationary above the lake. The shape was not fully rounded - more half to crescent, yet 3-D. Watched it for about a minuted, then took a picture to share with my family. Picture was taken from inside a screened in porch due to elevation when attempted to take picture outside that area. Returned inside, thinking it was just a pretty moon. Asked my adult son to look at the "moon" that it was really bright. When he went out, he could not see anything. I returned outside and could no longer see anything. I looked up moon rise and set times and it did not appear to correlate with this sighting.
August 24, 2023 · 9:57 PM · CIRCLE
Union City, GA
The object hovered about 45 minutes around Atlanta Airport. It turned three colors solid red, solid green and solid white as if was mimicking a airplane. It appeared 8/ 24 and again 8/25 same time and continued to hover.
August 24, 2023 · 9:31 PM · LIGHT
Columbus, OH
Slightly left of the moon, observably about 200 miles, object is not seen moving, strobing luminosity
August 24, 2023 · 9:05 PM · LIGHT
Tacoma, WA
My buddy and I we’re leaving the gym at night when I looked at the moon. I noticed a flashing light next to the moon. It was twinkling like a star, but it was too bright, and then too dark to be a star. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
August 24, 2023 · 5:34 PM · OVAL
Littleton, CO
While doing a walk with my family up a hill from which you can see the Lockheed Martins campus, I notice the strange bright object that at first look to me as an airplane from a far. What struck me was the fact that no aircraft (commercial) can fly that low in that location and it wasn’t moving, it was still in place. I quickly tell my wife to see if she can see it and verify what I’m seeing, but as I tell her I notice it move a “step to the left” (as I’m looking at it from my perspective). We she couldn’t see it so we decided to continue moving forward up the hill to get a better view, when we get to the top it was gone. As we continue and I’m telling her I notice a sphere shape object (white dim/translucent white)near the lower peak of the mountain, to the left (my viewing perspective), I quickly tell her to look and used some black birds flying near as reference and at the moment that she looks that way, it quickly started disappearing, like it did starting from my left (viewing perspective) to the right gradually whilst becoming more translucent until it was gone. It was in a matter of seconds. It’s like it knew I told my wife, because it waited right until she look at that same spot (could be a coincidence right?!) that it disappeared.
August 24, 2023 · 4:33 PM · CYLINDER
Alachua, FL
I saw all white tic tac shaped object moving across sky in blue sky. It was traveling faster than I’d expect N airplane to then it appeared to quickly slow speed. Trees got in way of view and after few seconds didn’t see it anymore. There were no wings to object. I was able to take video just at very end of seeing it. I have the video but I’m not sure how to upload here. I also took screenshots from the video.
August 24, 2023 · 3:12 PM · EGG
Chicago, IL
My girlfriend and I had just finished shopping at Costco in the University Village in Chicago. Shortly leaving the store I noticed what I believed to be a plane from a distance. I assumed it was a plane because we see many planes land to OHare and Midway. However, looking more closely at the airplane I noticed that I was round and did not appear to look like a plane. I pointed out the object to my girlfriend while we were driving and she insisted that I record it. I filmed a couple of seconds of the craft before it became obstructed by a building near us. The craft seemed to be pretty far from us but zooming in on the video I noticed that the craft was clearly round. I don’t know if this was a drone or blimp because it appeared to be much larger and going much more fast.
August 24, 2023 · 12:16 PM · LIGHT
Cheviot, OH
Looking out side window of house facing south. I see red/pinkish thought strange not Venus. Lights dimmed then intensified. I turn my head to look at my garage. I turn my head back facing south. It’s gone.
August 23, 2023 · 9:18 PM · SPHERE
Orient, OH
I witnessed the object coming from the south, it was solid in color, orange/red, it was not blinking as a plane or helicopter would. It had a linear path and traveled at a constant speed. There was no sound at any point of travel. It was rapid but constant. It appeared round in shape. Orb, not disc. It was bright. We live west of Rickenbacker International Airport, we see planes all day long. This was no plane. My wife agrees.
August 23, 2023 · 9:15 PM · DISK
Cochise, AZ
Having recently seen the related Congressional hearings on unexplained aerial phenomena, I said a heartfelt prayer, asking to never witness such a thing. Fifteen minutes later I was approaching the Apache Power Plant on Highway 191 when suddenly 4 or 5 lights appeared just in front of, and above my car. These lights looked the size of the balls they attach to the power lines so I thought they may light up at night. But they were too close together and they do not light up. So, I then thought it could be a kite with flashlights. It was dark and any craft was unseen through the glare, but as one light would disappear on one side, another would appear on the other. The lights seemed to be equatorial along the edge of a very slowly rotating disc, where it took approximately 15 seconds for all 4 or five lights to reach the backside. After about 180 decree rotation the lights disappeared for 10 seconds then reappeared, continuing as before. I was wondering if my heartfelt prayer has anything to do with this sighting. The two cars in front of me may have witnessed this, as well. The next day I tried to notify the power plant and the Sheriff's department but was not taken seriously by either. The fact that this occurred at a power plant led me to report to this agency. My best "guess" is that the craft may have been between 15 - 30 ft in diameter, 50 - 100 yards above the ground, just to the left of the hiway 191 that bisects the plant, more toward the solar array than the cooling towers, traveling South.
August 23, 2023 · 8:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Rochelle, IL
I was on my backyard deck with my dog just as a clear night settled in. I noticed a triangled red light set just above the horizon from the east...as I watched it, it began to rise in the sky (or had been moving straight at me) and began flying at me at a quick speed. As it started to fly directly over there were at first 2 triangles, red in color, then it looked like there were 3 red triangles flying side by side overhead. As I was watching there were 2 triangles flying directly back east a bit more to the north. I was a bit shaken because I had never seen anything like these things before. I ran in to get my phone to get pics if it came back and accidentally (or my phone had)woke my husband. He eventually came out as another set of red-lighted triangles (2) flew overhead from the east but he said it was a plane. It didn't look like any plane I have ever seen or ever flew that low east to west over our home. They were huge. And we live northwest of a small airport and Interstate 88. As that one disappeared, I saw one more set maybe a mile south of us fly west. Was there noise? I couldn't say for sure because of the noisy interstate but there was no normal hum of an engine had any other plane flew over to the airport nor was there a jet engine sound as I would suspect of a plane that large (if it was one). Very strange, and may have not been anything BUT it was unlike anything I have ever seen in 66 years on earth. Lasted about 5-8 min maybe and to be honest it could have been closer to 9 PM.
August 23, 2023 · 8:45 PM · CIRCLE
Delaware City, DE
There was one, followed by another one and then four together like a square, followed by four more in a single line. Then, one by one, each flew higher into the clouds until out of sight. They appeared be bright yellow in color.
August 23, 2023 · 8:34 PM · DISK
Huntington, TX
Sum appear amber . You diffently tell them from the stars .. they are low in the sky . Very strange things to see . Very curious wat they are . It's also as though sum stay on same grid but all move up down in an out . It feels like they are observing but I could be wrong but they are there . Check it out yourself . Sum fly around no flashing lights but do have sound .. Sum have flashing lights . They are not planes ..I watch them nightly . Please give me an opinion of wat it could possibly be .. kinda scarey .
August 23, 2023 · 7:35 PM · OVAL
Newton, MA
A silent, glowing, oval object was seen. It was slower and higher than a plane.
August 23, 2023 · 7:15 PM · SPHERE
Auburn (looking SW), ME
Large enough to look like a planet, we saw an orb hovering above and slightly to the right of the moon. Seemed ‘normal’ for a couple minutes until it started a steady descent straight down, halfway to the horizon line. It then stopped, hovered, in one place, reducing size for about 30 seconds before it disappeared. No visible trail. No wavering. Movement seemed direct and with intent. Very odd indeed.
August 23, 2023 · 10:40 AM · LIGHT
Monrovia, CA
This happens everytime I go to work at around 10 40 am. On the 210 freeway going west. It started when me and my cousin enter irwindale and ends as we get close to Monrovia. We notice it flashing colors starting red, orange, green and then blue. It is so bright is shines through the day. The flashing color light use to last about 30 seconds but gets shorter everytime. I pull out my phone to film but because my phone is so old, the camera takes a minute to load so I end up missing the light. The light seems to be happening in the San Gabriel Mountains close to those spires at the top of the mountain where the old observatory is, I would assume but looking, I could be wrong. We have only seen this flashing colored light 3 times this year.
August 23, 2023 · 9:11 AM · OVAL
Punta Gorda, FL
I was travelling South from South County Regional Park towards Carmelita Street... I happened to look up and noticed an Oval Metallic Thing traveling very fast from West to East at approximately 9:11 AM. At first, I thought it might be a plane as there is a small airport nearby. I looked away for a brief second and it was gone. After thinking about it more, I realized the craft was flying too low and too fast for it to be landing nearby... Nothing like I have ever seen before. This craft did not have wings.
August 23, 2023 · 9:07 AM · CIGAR
San Diego, CA
I was fishing on Shelter Island pier around 9am when I spotted the craft. Brilliant white. Headed very, very slowly between Point Loma and North Island Naval air base. Not a plane, jet, drone nor blimp. Never have seen anything like it. Silent. Could not judge size, didn’t know the distance from me. I watched it in amazement. I then leaned over to get my cup of coffee (one second max) and looked up and it was gone. I mean gone.