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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
May 16, 2023 · 7:00 PM · DISK
Tucson, AZ
The object appeared as we were still in a High School football stadium outside during a graduation ceremony. We (many around the seats were sitting on) noticed a disc shaped object hovering over the Santa Catalina Mountains above the city of Tucson to the east of our location and north of Tucson.. At the beginning of the sighting, it was a hovering without any lights. Many of us speculated that it was an airplane - only it was not moving. The object simply hovered for about 10 minutes high in the sky. We attempted to take a phone but out camera photo was not capable of Suddenly the object begins flashing a single white light then it appeared to have more than one light flashing. Some people thought it was a plane from the nearby Air Force Base (Davis Monthan) but it was not moving - just hovering. Some thought it was a helicopter but again it was not moving. Suddenly it moved very rapidly from the east of us to the south of us. I would estimate it moved about 20 miles directly over Tucson. No airplane - military or civilian- could possible travel this distance in about 3 seconds. The object hovered over Tucson for only a few minutes then flew directly downward, almost appearing to be in a free fall. It disappeared after that.
May 12, 2023 · 7:57 PM · SPHERE
Kearny, AZ
Took my granddaughter to the local park to let her play on the equipment and push her on the swings. While there, notice this bright light in the sky and thought it was strange because there was no noise emitted from it. As it came closer to us I took a video. The photos I have attached are enlarged from the video. I'm very curious as to what this object is. Respectfully, Senator ((name deleted)) (retired)
May 11, 2023 · 4:06 AM · CIRCLE
Cottonwood, AZ
Please see video and picture just one constant light
May 6, 2023 · 8:20 PM · RECTANGLE
Mesa, AZ
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May 5, 2023 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Payson, AZ
Sitting on the patio about 8pm. An extremely bright white light traveling at an incredible speed crossed the sky parallel to the horizon. Sighting lasted approximately 5 seconds. During that 5 seconds the object covered approximately 30 miles based on known mountain peaks. Object appeared to be 5 to 10000’ above the mountains which are approx 6 miles from sighting location. No sound, no trail, no sonic boom. I am a pilot familiar with the area, and know the distance between peaks and landmarks.
May 5, 2023 · 9:27 AM · DISK
Scottsdale, AZ
My partner, my mother in law and I were headed south on the 101 Freeway to go to a family wedding in Gilbert. My partner, who was driving, noticed two disc shaped metallic crafts moving back and forth quickly and disappearing and then reappearing. My Mother in law and I spotted them too. I then took my phone out to record them. They eventually disappeared and we lost track of them so aren’t sure if they reappeared. These were not aircraft, as they would quickly move right and then to the left and back and forth. The sky seemed a bit hazy, though it was sunny. We have no explanation but wanted to share the sighting.
May 3, 2023 · 5:40 AM · DISK
Probable conventionalGrand Canyon south rim, AZ
Picture number one, you can see it just to the left of the sun rise Picture number two it has moved up and you can see the color is green. It is still to the left of the sunrise. Pictures of three, four, and five, to the right, you can see a green glow very clearly and its shape, as well as a glow below it [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
May 2, 2023 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
bagdad, AZ
While camping on the Santa Maria River in the spring of 2008, my friend and I looked out the tent and saw beams being emitted in a lateral fashion approximately 900-1,500 feet above the valley floor. Initially the beam was emitted from one craft, towards the other craft (that we did not know was there yet). The initial beam was a neon blue hue, the beam traveled in what seemed to be slow motion, and only for a couple of hundred feet before dissipating. A second craft then emitted a beam back towards the first craft with a neon green beam in the same way. There was no sound emitted from the crafts, and they seemed to be hovering in place. The crafts had a few exchanges of beams in this way, and then disappeared without further consequence. My tent mate rolled to me, asked if I saw that, I responded that I did and then we rolled over and went to sleep dumbfounded and a bit terrified. The crafts were never visible, just the beams were visible. At the time of the sighting, my friend and I had just graduated college with environmental degrees. We were not under the influence of any substances. There is no history of mental illness of any kind.
April 29, 2023 · 8:06 PM · CIRCLE
El Mirage, AZ
On Saturday evening around 8 pm on April 29, 2023, my son and I were working in his yard on landscape lights when I happened to look up at a distant mass of what looked like a galaxy glowing slowly moving towards us from about 30 degrees above the horizon. My first reaction was to point and say to him "What the F*&^ is that?" He then replied "Holy shit. What is that?" I then said grab you phone and start taking pictures. I then ran inside the home to grab mine. It was difficult getting focus. I considered calling 911. At one point I asked him to get a cell phone tripod out of my car (actually asking him to get the tripod out of the trunk of my "camera" which was of course a mistake with the excitement) and when he returned I was trying to get my phone set up on it but could not. So I laid down on my back trying to keep the camera steady while filming. We had plenty of time. As they were directly overhead, most seemed to be in a steady movement but others were moving around. Some rapidly. And from that distance it had to be incredible fast. We stopped taking any video or photos and just observed. Until they faded at about 30 degrees from the horizon like traveling in a straight line. Not following the curvature of the earth like Starlink for example. I contacted the local news and sent them photos but never heard back and could not find anything online of other people reporting anything. This was nothing like Starlink. I witnessed Starlink with my son and his wife on the evening of May 4th. And have video and photos. This was completely different. These objects were moving around independently and spreading out in various ways. Maybe as far as 20 miles at one point. I am a 61 year old US Marine Corp Vet and my son is 30. We have zero interest in personal attention. But I know what I witnessed was unlike anything I have ever seen.
April 29, 2023 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
IdentifiedPRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ
I have been watching these lights every night for over a week now from my backyard in Prescott Valley, AZ. The lights are in the northern sky and start out slightly west of north and drift as a group east of north over the course of one to two hours. Anywhere from midnight to 2 AM. I can't hear them, probably because they are too far away. I can't tell how far away they are but I'm thinking they are very very far away. They move slowly, gradually in arcs as if they are circling like debris in a slow motion tornado. They are at different elevations and sometimes seem to follow each other one after another in that arc pattern. It's like each one has a powerful light that points in one direction and I can only see it as they are turning when the light points in my direction. This is a guess based on observations. They can disappear for minutes at a time, then start their swirling arc pattern of flight again. Mostly I see one or two at a time, but have seen 3 lights quite often and 4 or 5 lights once, all doing the same arcing pattern. They stay together like a flock of birds. They remind me of pelicans flocking and swirling. Sometimes the lights are very bright and other times they are dim. The seem to flicker a bit as the lights are becoming visible at the start of the arc, then become very bright, then die out flickering at the end of the arc. One after another they do this as a group and sometimes the group as a whole changes elevation, or drifts to the right or to the left, but the overall drift is west to east. They are anywhere from 10 degrees above the horizon to perhaps 30 degrees. I never see them illuminated when they move up or down. I only see the lights move horizontally. Nearly always left to right. Sometime they seem to disappear and then as a group appear in a slightly different area of the sky. They re-appear one by one again in the arc pattern. I have checked two different flight tracker/radar websites multiple times and these lights (aircraft?) don't show up at all on them. I have numerous videos of them on my trail camera that I have set up in my backyard to record the wildlife. I first saw the lights in one of the trail cam videos at around 1:20 AM 4/22/23. I have been seeing them every night since then. Today is 5/1. Last night I stood out in my backyard and watched them for an hour, 12:30 AM to 1:30 AM. I also noticed that there are occasional flashes of light, like a pin-prick star-like flash of light in the vicinity of the group of lights. At first I thought I was seeing fighter jets practicing/training, but I no longer believe that to be the case. This is just too strange. I am a scientist. I have a degree in biology. I am a logical and analytical thinker. I do not know what these lights are, and it is a little scary. ___________________________ I would like to add an update to my post that is listed at 4/29/23 in PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ. I have 100% debunked the lights as being flaring Starlink satellites. They are not UFOs. They are satellites flaring in a specific area of the sky at the same time each night for a couple of hours until the rotation of the Earth takes me out of the viewing window because the sunlight is no longer hitting the satellites in the area where I can see them. I first noticed them in the spring and it is now summer and I am still seeing them every night but the viewing area has shifted higher in the sky and the satellites are dimmer and harder to see. I expect next spring I will be able to see them brightly again. I always see them in the north between the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia constellations. This video explains it better than I can: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea8BCl2yVU0 From what I have read the satellites that I am seeing from my backyard in central AZ are over northern Canada, 2000 miles away. Amazing. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
April 27, 2023 · 3:34 PM · SPHERE
Chino Valley, AZ
I arrived home from the Walgreens at approximately 3:34pm according to the app I use to record my driving and upon exiting my vehicle, I turned towards my house and immediately noticed the bright half moon in the sky. For some reason it caught my attention and stood in my driveway for a brief moment until I noticed the bright liver object to the left of the moon high in the atmosphere. I thought at first it may have been a star or a satellite but ran into the house to get my Sig Sauer 10x42 binoculars and went out to my patio to get a closer look. I orientated at the moon and zoomed in to get a clear picture and from that point I traversed left to where I had last seen the object. I was able to find it and get a clear view. It was located at 75 degrees NE from my location to the left of the moon. It was at this very moment that all the neighborhood dogs started barking and birds began to chirp which I had never experienced since I've lived here. another odd observation is that it was a clear and sunny day but during this event a light haze filled the sky and cleared shortly after it disappeared. When I knew I was looking at a UAP described as a spherical chrome like object hovering at high altitude I wanted to get a tripod and my cell phone to capture video but just as I was about to as if it knew what I was about to do, it literally shot out of sight in what could have been a reveresd direction with no chem trails, sounds or lights. I don't know if this is related but I noticed an unusual amount of high altitude aircraft flying in all direction shortly after the sighting to the right of the moon. I have seen UAP's before in my childhood in Whittier (Major event 80's), California, on I-15 en-route to Vegas, Victorville, CA and in Iraq. I see high altitude flying aircraft in the Arizona night sky that defies explanation often. This is the first time since I was a kid that I have witnessed a UAP during the day.
April 23, 2023 · 2:30 PM · SPHERE
Lake Havasu City, AZ
Spotted very bright object not moving north of the city. Object pulsated in cycles. Being very bright to very dim.I did not look away the whole time. Object began to move very slowly. Almost imprecivably. Object was moving east and seemed to be below the cirrus clouds. The wind was very calm on the ground but I could tell there were winds aloft by the direction of cloud dissapation. Object traveled perpendicular to wind direction.
April 21, 2023 · 7:08 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalGreen Valley, AZ
I was unaware of the detail in the photograph until I loaded it on my computer and viewed it in Adobe Lightroom. The greenish object stood out as an oddity to me. Enlargement of the image gave a little more detail, but as with many pictures like this it leave a great deal to the imagination. There were no other lights associated with it, no sound or any indication of aircraft in the area. I'm a retired design engineer, and an avid photographer, but in this instance was taking a quick shot of the sky to fulfill a photochallenge for a group I post to on a weekly basis. I am not prone to wild flights of the imagination, and am certainly not an attention hound, in fact I was a little reticent about filing this report, but thought you might be able to interested in it. I've not contacted anyone else about this and only published it to the photogroup 52 Frames. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
April 15, 2023 · 10:45 PM · DISK
Tuba city, AZ
The Video Speaks for itself. I have sensitive video material that I’m afraid to get out there and show people and tell them what exactly was seen
April 13, 2023 · 9:02 PM · LIGHT
Quartzsite, AZ
Friend leaving our RV, closing the door, looking at the stars, felt uneasy, like I was moving. Looking west toward Blythe CA. Called my friend back, wife came out. Were 4 lights in square, right of Venus, brightness of average stars, thought it was big dipper, they were slowly moving together upwards. Above Venus and moved a little faster, the upper right light then shot off upwards to the right fast and faded out. The other 3 shortly faded away. Right after, 4 more lights came up from below right of Venus, they quickly turned into 3 lights, all moving upward with top of triangle on top, then that light shot of fast, faded, and other 2 lights faded after moving a little more. Lots of air traffic to right and left.
April 12, 2023 · 1:46 AM · UNKNOWN
Prescott Valley, AZ
I was in my backyard at about 1:45 AM with my dog and I always look up at the stars to find certain constellations, the moon, shooting stars, etc. This time I noticed what I first assumed was a helicopter hovering in the western sky. But it was much higher up than helicopters usually are and seemed too big to be a helicopter and there was no sound coming from it. I could not really tell the shape of the craft because it was dark out. I could only see the lights, some of which were blinking. There were at least 3 lights, white, blue and red which made me think it was a law enforcement helicopter but again, too big and too high. I watched it for about 30 seconds to a minute and then turned to go back inside my house, then looked back and it was gone. I had looked away for exactly 5 seconds because I have a trail camera set up on my patio to take 10 second videos of wildlife triggered by a motion detector and it captured videos of me and my dog while we were in the yard. So I can see exactly how long it was from when I looked away to when I looked back and couldn't see the object anymore. I don't know if flew off at a high rate of speed or simply turned off its lights. If I had to guess at the shape of the object I would say it looked cylindrical like the body of a large commercial jet without the wings. I can only go by the lights which were at different heights and beside each other which suggests the craft had width and height. It was too far away to judge the depth so it could have been disc shaped. The lights did not shift with regards to each other so they were all in fixed position on a single object. From where I was standing in my backyard the object was in the western sky above the hill known as Glassford Hill but I really don't know if it was directly over the hill or farther west over Prescott. I don't know how long it was there before I noticed it, but I only watched it for about a minute, then looked away for 5 seconds, then looked back and it was gone. It was clear night sky and I could see all the usual stars and constellations, no clouds. I do recall hearing a brief distant roar that I thought was a jet of some sort but it was too brief and did not coincide with the sighting of the object. But I remember that sound puzzled me as well and I just thought I would mention it. I don't know if it had anything to do with this object or not. My memory of the sound is not as clear as the craft sighting memory. I believe I heard the roar a bit before noticing the object.
April 9, 2023 · 4:31 AM · TRIANGLE
Phoenix, AZ
I got on the 101 at Cave Creek RD, and as I was driving west I saw a green glowing triangle darting across the sky to the north west, it was traveling at a high rate of speed. I observed it for around 10 or 15 seconds before it vanished. I checked ADSB maps and weather radar but saw nothing in the area.
April 7, 2023 · 6:35 PM · UNKNOWN
Scottsdale, AZ
It looked segmented, very flashy at the top, as it randomly had the sun flashing off of it. 2 segments aligned vertically, possibly connected by a piece not visible to the eye or camera. It didn't strike us as a balloon, since the top looked solid, and sometimes the top looked round, others it looked elongated like the bottom segment. Highly reflective. There were planes around, though they didn't appear to have any interest in this object. It coasted along slowly, apparently really high in the sky - but still below the clouds, as it was visible even when overlapping with the clouds themselves. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
April 1, 2023 · 9:01 PM · CIRCLE
Phoenix, AZ
Lasted one hour- Many objects= 6 to8 bright lights forming Circles in formations - Multi color Bright Flashing - Many objects at One Time - No Sound. Objects have Bright multi colored Haze surrounding them - Fast constant change - several objects appeared to land -objects less than mile away - seen by eye objects look the same as video Haze Flashing Bright - looked out of ordinary - watched for hour - number of objects change- moved around - several appeared to land - objects pop In and Out of view - get bright / dim - travel behind close by hill - each object was made from 6 to 8 lights forming Circle - number of lights in circle and location appeared to change - objects get brighter at same time but also Single object get Brighter -Random - Fast changing - white red blue purple green Mix - Random a few times objects had some kind of glow that came Down and made streak maybe falling from object -short lasting Very Quick - Bright - object bright flash would light up close hillside area/sky Many/ Random - Color Change / Haze / Brightness / Movement /No sound is why noticed - One witness watched for hour - made 4 videos - videos have timestamp - Iphone12 - Witness has a PHD works in somewhat sensitive area and is worried about Any Way of being ID - I am friend of witness and a night sky photographer - friend showed me video because of my background - Witness has given me permission to release video to Nuforc - witness is willing to do written and phone interview - Happy to - phone interview time will have to be set up in advance - very Bizzy right now - Video was shot using Iphone12 - I have copy of files (Mov) - and file is still on phone - Videos Im providing right now were shot from computer screen - zoomed 500% - witness wants to remove meta data from file if possible before giving Nurorc original video files - video shot from screen has one filter applied at 3% to reduce noise to make easier for me to film - 4 videos total about 4 minutes one file is 140mb - is this file to large to send ? How large of file can be dropped in upload window ? Video im providing is very short so I could send to you easier - one video is real time - one is frame by frame consecutive - I normally don’t work with phone footage or objects like this - Im pretty sure you will be able to get Good data from original video - For the time being I am acting as your contact to witness - you can email me or Text or call me on phone between noon and 9pm - Thanks
April 1, 2023 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Phoenix, AZ
PHX area watched for one full hour less than mile away - out in desert - No Sound Very Bright Circles made of Orbs that pulsate quickly 20 times per second - changes color and shape - Hovered - moved around - at least 2 circles appeared to land behind hill - many circles seen at one time - number of orbs per circle 5 or 6 - moving fast pulsate- Bubble Very bright Aurora always surrounding circles - multi color - Easily seen in Clear Dark sky - Very Bright - on right side of video there is another light on ground may be another object or witness with a light - Im providing video - and will provide original video files if needed this video I added different filter to bring out more data but im sure Mufon can do better job bringing out details- if you have questions you can contact me
March 28, 2023 · 8:55 PM · CHANGING
Cave Creek, AZ
I see a lot of planes fly cross the sky at night. Sometimes they appear to float and enlarge, but that's only because they are flying towards me. But tonight was very different. The light was very bright and big. No clouds around it, but the light had a hazy aura around it as if it were in some light clouds. It was much bigger than how planets look in the sky, but maybe a third of the size of the illuminated portion of the moon tonight. I took three pictures of it at x100 zoom on my s21 ultra. I really want to buy a cheap telescope now. The thing changed shape as it floated a few hundred feet above Black Mountain. I first noticed it at around 8:55 pm and it began to dim around 9:15 pm. By 9:20 it had shrunk to the size of what stars look like in the sky, and it turned red. Yet it was clearly still in the same place just a few hundred feet above the house at the highest peak of black mountain. That house had its lights on, so I wonder if they were out to see it, too. It made absolutely no sound (and I can hear the planes and helicopters from quite far away from here as I live on a hill and it's very open around here). As of 9:36, it was still small and red, and it appeared to have moved to the northwest side of the mountain and lowered its altitude. By 9:40, it became out of sight.
March 26, 2023 · 11:25 PM · SPHERE
Tucson, AZ
Pulsating, stationary light in the western sky. When I blew up video that I took of it I could see it was flashing different colors such as blue, red and green. Laser when I came back outside, it had moved to the north western sky, and was stationary for about 25 minutes. Later, when I came outside again, it was gone.
March 26, 2023 · 9:10 PM · OTHER
Sedona, AZ
And it was ~ 50 meters in diameter and flew over silently and barely visible on a crystal clear night <= ~ 300 meters above; there were no aviation lights and it had a distinct shape… very strange it appeared cloaked
March 23, 2023 · 4:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Sun City and Glendale, AZ
We were driving south down 99th Ave and I noticed the white square that was cloud-like with an orb nearby. We stopped the car on the Southeast Corner of 99th Ave. and Thunderbird and I took a picture. I wish I would have taken a Vid...the object turned around and I saw the side of it, which was grey. When it did that, it appeared that a smokey stream oozed out of the bottom of it. About a minute later it turned around again and it was fully visible as a white, cloud-like square. It started to move further away and shape shifted into a white circle. All the while this was happening, the white/silver orb was stationary and seemed to vanish when the square turned into a circle.