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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.
5,375 entries
August 3, 2023 · 9:07 PM · FORMATION
Dallas, TX
Driving down the Dallas freeway we saw five craft that initially looked like aircraft lining up to land. After they stayed still and started to move off at 90 degree angles and flash on and off, and did not have additional aircraft lights, but were single orbs of light, we realized they were not normal aircraft. When we got back to the hotel, we continued watching the craft from the parking lot. One broke off and flew silently directly overhead at about 1,500 feet, at which point we could see a structure within the light. Craft continued to move slowly and silently past DFW airport and out of site. At times, they moved close to other aircraft and appeared to present a danger to aviation.
August 3, 2023 · 9:35 AM · CYLINDER
New Braunfels, TX
My wife and I saw 2 white cylinder/cigar shaped objects flying at an unknown distance, height, and speed flying in a straight line away from New Braunfels, TX (general Northern direction). We only looked up due to a small plane flying a bit low to the reginal airport. Saw the 2 objects and they were not flying "fast" but were moving under their own power. I was able to get a picture of one (before they were obstructed by the building). [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
August 2, 2023 · 9:30 PM · FORMATION
concan, TX
Perfect dark sky saw 21 to 28 objects: heading ssw to sse perfect formation each craft had a white
August 2, 2023 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Katy, TX
3 lights in line floating, not moving but by the time I grabbed phone, one light turned off,
August 2, 2023 · 1:32 AM · SPHERE
Trinity, TX
This object was clearly round, emitting a yellow light but not to yellow flying too low and fast to be a plane. No sound and no flashing lights. Moving straight in a odd way. It was clearly not a plane. We were 2 people watching and we are not crazy. Is not the first time we see this.
July 30, 2023 · 3:58 AM · TRIANGLE
North Richland Hills, TX
I woke up around 3:50am to get something to drink as I checked out our patio windows due to recent breakins of cars in our apartment complex. I checked the sky and saw blinking lights of red, thought it was a plane at first but it was hovering, looked closer and it was flashing colors of green, red & white, almost like a pulsating flash. I had tried to capture with my phone but it just looks like a blob with how far it is. I continued to watch and noticed it was a triangular shape, very sharp & precise and was rotating, not even 15 minutes later another one popped up, directly to the right of it, maybe a few miles from where I looked but hundreds of miles from how far it was. This one was flashing more rapidly but couldn’t make out the shape. At one point the one on the left (the first one I saw) dissipated and reappeared seconds later. There were NO clouds in sight and I compared the sighting to stars around and I confirmed it wasn’t a star either. When I would capture on video there was a black haze around the lights but that was in a circle shape. I was on FaceTime with my aunt and my phone cut out as soon as I walked outside to get a better view. As soon as I started talking about what I was seeing we lost connection. My dog was whining the whole time I was in the living room and normally she’s very quiet.
July 30, 2023 · 2:00 AM · SPHERE
Plano, TX
I was star gazing and as I went to turn around to go back inside, I noticed a very bright object stationary above the tree line over my left shoulder. It looked like a bright white light/orb. It was brighter than any star in the sky. It then rapidly began to descend diagonally, and flashed with a green light once turned and faced towards it, fully noticing it. It shifted direction and broke eye sight below the treeline and nearby buildings for a few seconds before I spotted it again, very quickly moving suddenly horizontally and then it was gone from my eye sight. After about 15-20 minutes, an airplane showed up. No clue if military or not.
July 30, 2023 · 2:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Abilene, TX
Since July 16th I have been seeing lights appear in the sky always around 2am and lasting till 3am. They move at incredible speeds. 11 of the 14 days it's been 1 light but a few of those days it's been 2 lights. It's not satellite, shooting star, plane, or drone, military planes or anything logical. These things move super fast and they don't stay lit up that long. They do maneuvers that don't make sense sometimes. Please have someone contact me, these are out there every night. I want someone to come see them and verify what I am seeing. This is in Abilene Texas.
July 26, 2023 · 8:06 PM · CIGAR
San Antonio, TX
two tic tac fly overs [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
July 26, 2023 · 12:04 AM · LIGHT
Fort Worth, TX
Going down 287 past Ft. worth towards Amarillo. I suddenly see a blue light in the sky and it’s coming straight down in the distance. It was moving unexplainably fast. It was too fast to get a photo but I’m hoping someone did. It was terrifying.
July 23, 2023 · 9:51 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedFort Worth, TX
Noticed a larger (larger than Star smaller than moon) sphere of light with an aura around it moving through the night sky at about the same rate a satellite would. Aura got larger and larger then dissipated. Sphere shot another aura out of the front of it and the aura moved in front of the sphere spreading out as it moved. Sphere disappeared behind house line. Was moving southwest across the sky SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:46 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalMcKinney, TX
We were sitting on back porch the object approached from the west moving east. It appeared like a plane with landing lights flying in cloudy or foggy sky but the sky was clear I stayed out afterwards and all planes that flew a similar area were clear and lights could be made out clearly. As it moved along without sound a large line like a projector appeared in front of the object but did not move as the object did when it got to the line the object appeared to go into it and disappeared. Craziest thing I’ve ever seen a few moments after it disappeared there was a bright flash like lightning from the same area. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
July 23, 2023 · 9:45 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalQuanah, TX
SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
July 23, 2023 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedFlorence, TX
I can best give the time as: past sunset, still a little orange at the horizon. Venus was in the orange part of sky near horizon. The moon was crescent and it was illuminating some high clouds that night. The UFO started as a glowing orb moving across the western sky from N-NW towards S-SE. I can't tell if the glow was caused by interaction with high clouds, but I initially thought it was a satellite reentry judging by the speed and apparent distance. There were no blinking lights or sound, and it was moving about same speed as a passing satellite. As the object passed (from my viewpoint) under the crescent moon, that's when a donut shaped cloud formed just ahead of the object and, surprisingly to me, the cloud seemed to progress ahead of the object faster than the object was moving. The cloud appeared to move in the same direction as the object as the cloud expanded, similar to someone blowing a smoke ring from a cigar. From my viewpoint, I was seeing the cloud almost edge-on, but off enough to see clearly that it was a ring-shaped cloud. My two best guesses for what I saw are: A - a satellite bouncing off the upper atmosphere, and some part of it triggered a transonic induced ring cloud. B - a craft launched a projectile that created the ring cloud as the projectile went transonic. I never heard any kind of sonic boom though, nor could I ever see any projectile (just the cloud formed ahead of the object that I could see). The ring cloud is what made me think this was weird enough to report. Also, last detail, after the ring cloud, the original object dimmed as it moved away and there was no longer any glow around it. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Buckholts, TX
White bright lights with haze like fog surrounded the object, There was no noise audible from the craft. The craft made a right turn in the sky and flew into thin clouds.
July 23, 2023 · 9:26 PM · CHANGING
IdentifiedSouth Padre Island, TX
A bright star-like object turned into a glowing disk constantly moving in rainbow-like trajectory. It released a cloud like substance around it that becaume a size of a football field. It then turned back into 2 stars moving in parallel and disappeared SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:26 PM · SPHERE
Copperas Cove, TX
My friend was looking up at the stars while we were chilling outside on the bottom floor of our complex. She said to me, "Hey,(My Name). Am I trippin' or is that like... what the fuck is that a tiiny moon below the actual moon?!" And I had my glasses on so I could see the bright, distinct sphere gently gliding over the area, but it produced no sound. It appeared to be a very bright white, or light gold orb to the naked eye, but appears to be a disc on the 8X Zoom video I took. The video also appears to be able to see the air moving in front of the craft. It is a sight to behold. We have roughly 6 witnesses. I am 23, one 18 year old, 2 older females who I know, but cannot accurately recall their ages, and 2 children roughly age 10. We all witnessed this, and I have the video to prove it which explores multiple different levels of zoom and focus. You can hear all of us in the background. It drifted from over the horizon to the other horizon within 3-5 minutes.
July 23, 2023 · 9:26 PM · TRIANGLE
IdentifiedCaddo Mills, TX
Observed a white light that looked to be behind clouds or fog, as it got closer I was unable to see where the light originated from so I stop at the local car wash and watched the light as it got closer. The craft continued to travel northeast then turned right to travel east / south east. That's when I saw the outline of a triangle craft that was translucent or trying to be invisible. The craft traveled east/south east and before I knew it, it was gone. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:26 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedGRAHAM, TX
Noticed moving light just below Venus moving slowly across sky. The light was very fuzzy so I thought it could be moisture in the air causing it. Venus, the moon and all other stars were clear so I don't think it was moisture. As it moved we could see a faint fuzzy arc ahead of it until it disappeared to the southwest. We did not see any navigation lights and did not hear any sound. Total sighting time was about 10 minutes. I am an Air Force veteran and amateur astronomy is a hobby. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:25 PM · CHANGING
IdentifiedFrisco, TX
SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:25 PM · LIGHT
Albany, TX
I saw a light going from west to east and thought it was a plane, but it was far enough away I saw no other lights . As I watch it it put out a burst of light that that formed an arch bar of light about 30 times the size of the light it came from. And was about 30 to 40 times the size of the light away from it. I saw about 20 light lines attached to the light and to the arch of light. Then the arch of light began to enlarge and move further from the light. As it did the lines of light faded away. The further the arch of light moved away it got larger and it faded away as well. The arch of light enlarged to about 3 to 4 times larger from what it started. I watched the light proceed further east and it finally turned south with no other light bursts . It was interesting ! I have no video, I just watched it .
July 23, 2023 · 9:25 PM · CHANGING
IdentifiedOdessa, TX
As the orb approached near overhead my position it went from blurry to a clear dot and back to blurry. When blurry it was much larger than when clear, it looked almost as if the blurriness were a forcefield. It continued to go from blurry to clear twice more before it showered down a Smokey haze that looked similar to a sonic boom. It then went clear again and continued on towards the south-east horizon. I called a friend when I first noticed it, he observed the same phenomenon that I did from 3 miles north east of my position. It was moving very fast, maybe 4 minutes from horizon to horizon. There were other planes in the sky relatively close to the path it took but at higher altitude, none of the other planes or objects in the sky were blurry. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:25 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedSouthlake, TX
Read above. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:25 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalHaslet, TX
From the naked eye, the object appeared like a foggy orb. It drifted across the sky and then emitted something. Conditions are clear where I am. I though it looked like plane high beams but it clearly emitted/shot something from the front in a fan shape. There was only a bright white color. Zoomed in on the camera, the object appears to be linear in shape versus round. [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]