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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.
3,193 entries
February 23, 2015 · 9:55 PM · OTHER
La Grande, OR
Stepped outside to check on cats and caught movement in the sky approx. 500ft. in altitude to the east, traveling south to north up the middle of the Grande Rhonde Valley. Appeared to be a long tapered light approx. 100ft. long with a dark center with 2 bright dots in the middle, dim light as passing through a cloud on the top and bottom... although the sky was clear. No sound whatsoever. I watched the object fly straight and level for approx. 30 sec., and ran in to get my glasses, only to run back outside and see it fade away to the north behind some foothills. Re-entering Chinese 3rd-stage rocket casing. PD
February 22, 2015 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Keizer, OR
I was with my friend while we were building a fire. When something caught my eye and I looked east there was an object that looked like a meteorite but was flying very low about the altitude drones fly. Anyways this isn't the first time I've experienced UFO related things from this park. The energy seemed a little dark around me before this happened as in first time it happened about 2 years ago me and friend heard a loud gong (like breaking the sound barrier) over the water and something pulsated through both our body's that felt like energy but were not able to see anything. This time I saw something flying. It was during sunset both my experiences took place. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 19, 2015 · 11:55 AM · DISK
Arlington, OR
On Thursday, February 19, 2015 I was driving from Kennewick, WA, to Vancouver, WA, on the Oregon Interstate 84 West that runs along the Columbia River. At 11:55 a.m., I was approximately 1/4 mile from the green Gilliam Co. road sign. The weather was clear with some sun and high white and dark rolling clouds. A train came up along side of me on the raised tracks to the north of the Interstate. On the north side of the train track, setting lower, is the Columbia River bed and river. I looked over at the train as it passed me, wondering how fast it was traveling as I was driving approximately 68-69 m.p.h.. I noticed the back few train cars were flat trailers, faded pinkish in color, with some flat product wrapped in white and bright yellow plastic, and a little bit of the plastic was flapping in the wind. I did not notice any other cars around me on the Interstate at the time. As the train got approximately three car lengths ahead of me, I heard a very loud rumble. The sound was not like a train track sound, but more like a very close jet rumble. I had my two front car windows, and my back passenger window, down approximately 3" each, because of the outside mild temperatures. I was shocked by the sound and was trying to figure out why I was hearing, what I thought must have been the train sound, even though I knew it sounded odd, after it had already passed me. I glanced back at the train to the left and caught something out of the corner of my eye to the right that made a downward fishhook motion from above the river water, as if it had descended and leveled. I looked directly out my passenger window and parallel with me was a small domed craft, what appeared to be hovering, but it also stayed parallel with me as I continued to drive. It was approximately 10-15 feet above the Columbia River water, well below the Interstate and train track. There were no boats in the water and this was an obvious aircraft with an obvious shape, above the water. I glanced back again at the last train car that was now ahead of me on the track and back to the craft for size comparison, and the craft appeared to be slightly larger than half a train car. The craft shape was slightly domed on top and was symmetrical. It appeared to be directly facing me as it stayed parallel with me. On the end of the dome, on the left and right, were small extensions that looked like downward wing tips. The underbelly was slightly domed, but not as much as the top part. In the center of the side wall facing me, was a smooth small protruding cone, or rounded tip of some kind, with a perfect black circle on the end. Above this cone, was a shape that resembled a bell dome, or what came to mind at the time was the shape of a WWII German soldier hard hat, with a slight curl on the end and small brim at the top. The center of the bell looked flat, which looked like a cockpit window of sorts, but there was no glass reflection or difference in color from the rest of the craft. The overall color was a dry flat blended, almost swirled, grayish green, very similar in color to that of the river, but the river was shiny and glossy, and this was an obviou! s flat color, and again, obviously shaped and raised above the water. This entire event was only a matter of seconds, approximately 12, but felt slow motion at the same time as I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The craft, while appearing to stay even with me while I continued to drive, and the train out of immediate view now, made a 1/4 slow even circular turn to the right and paused for a second. As it did this, I did not see the profile of the cone or brim that was on the front. It appeared a smooth, almost fluid, transition. There were no shapes or markings on this side, only the same grayish green color. The craft then very quickly made a 3/4 right turn, bringing it full circle, and it shot upward, heading northwest toward the Washington side of the Columbia River, in a steep, just slightly angled, climb, well above the mountain on the Washington side of the river. As it made its final turn before heading upward, I heard a loud brief swoosh sound. The craft appeared to turn black once it moved away from the water. In a matter of 2-3 seconds, it disappeared in to the white rolling clouds above. There were no visible lights on the craft, no jet trail, no heat or fume waves visible. Nothing. I drove to the next small town of Arlington, OR, and pulled in to their park. My heart was racing and I felt nauseous. I think I was in shock from what I had just seen. I texted my immediate family members and told them what had happened at 12:20 p.m. At 1:17 p.m., I sketched a picture of what I saw. To my credibility, I am a ((50's)) year old mother, and grandmother who holds a ((deleted)) Degree in ((deleted--arts and sciences)), and two ((deleted)) Degrees with ((deleted--honors)). I have never experienced anything like this before, but I can not refute what I saw today.
February 16, 2015 · 5:44 PM · OTHER
Mt. Hood (Parkdale), OR
I was taking pictures of the sunset. When I downloaded the pictures was when I saw the object. I took many pictures in succession and it was not in the others. The object was reflecting the setting sun. Seemed to have a main body with appendages. It appeared to be falling as it left a trail of some kind. There was one and it was white because of the reflection of the sun. I feel much of it was shaded. Some say it looks like and airplane but because the trail it left and the direction it was going that would have been very unusual. I have been a skywatcher all my life as my Dad was a pilot and was always teaching me how to identify aircraft from the ground. I have a college education and am married with two adult kids and a grandchild.
February 15, 2015 · 7:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Hillsboro, OR
I stepped outside on the way to my car in the 7pm darkness on 2/15/15 in Hillsboro, Oregon. My eyes caught a glimpse of some lights up in the sky as I faced south. I was quickly amazed to observe a cluster of 9–10 glowing orange triangular (isosceles) shaped objects that I would describe as having a burning quality of glowing orange. The orange glow turned to red glowing at the back end of the object. I first thought they might be some type of burning debris falling towards the earth. However, I quickly ruled that out as they were all uniform in shape, size and consistent in their orange glow intensity. Although the size of these crafts could be compared to a private airplane from my viewpoint, they did not look like planes or helicopters as they had no head or tail lights and were absolutely silent as they sailed fairly low above the city rooftops. I am not a person who goes around looking for UFO’s by any means, but I must admit I was a bit mesmerized by these very unusual glowing objects. I got in my car quickly and decided I would attempt to follow them, but as I got in and backed up to turn out of the driveway I looked up again and just like that they had all completely vanished. They truly were unlike anything I have ever seen and I am certain others had to have seen them as well!
February 15, 2015 · 6:56 PM · LIGHT
Hillsboro, OR
Multiple orange lights flying close to each other. A couple were scattered from the rest, and slowly they started disappearing one by one. Multopl Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 15, 2015 · 6:45 PM · FORMATION
Portland, OR
Went outside to sit on the porch and the two of us noticed a very bright, large light in the far west, just above the horizon. At first it looked like a star, but it was too bright and close, and moving NW, very slowly. As we watched it, we noticed that it was actually 3 glowing orbs, moving in what looked like formations: triangular, liner, and almost stacked (which is what we saw initially). It was moving very slowly in the beginning, with almost no movement, then started making the formations about 10 mins into our viewing. The light was extremely bright, and even through the lights in my neighborhood, I was able to capture the pulsing lights on my cell phone with no zoom. We watched it for over 20 mins, when it eventually had moved too far to the NW, and out of our view.
February 14, 2015 · 6:47 PM · LIGHT
Coos Bay, OR
Looking north twoards local airport: North Bend,Or. (OTH) I often check the sky for sattlelite activity coming onto USA soil from western pacific area. This object was lower than usual sattelite views. It was quite "Yellowish Bright" . I thought maybe it was the International Space Station, But the local media"s did not forewarn? I notified the Seattle office of the FAA /unusual sightings.
February 13, 2015 · 12:30 AM · CIRCLE
Portland, OR
from porch looking south 4 light grey lights in a half "V" formation went across the mostly clear sky from west to east at a fast pace. 2-3 seconds of visibility.
February 8, 2015 · 6:40 PM · FLASH
Sherwood, OR
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 6, 2015 · 7:30 AM · CIRCLE
Banks, OR
The first object seen was fairly large and could easily be mistaken as a helicopter but was soon followed by two more flying objects. They traveled left and circled around a hill for a few minutes. We soon realized they had disappeared. Then another came from the right and flew to the same hill. This happened multiple times for about an hour. Suddenly, three more surrounded the one flying object and they all flew to that same hill. It may have gone longer but I left the scene. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 31, 2015 · 5:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Portland, OR
In the middle of this object was a bright white light coming from the middle pointing to the ground. I caught this sighting just as it was ascending back into the clouds, the thing I remember most is that when it was moving back into the clouds I could tell that it was a solid mass because it was darker than the clouds it was acending into. This lasted 4-5 and happened straight in my view while driving.
January 30, 2015 · 7:00 AM · CIGAR
Gaston, OR
When I saw this, it was in the morning. Very bright light that would go dim and bright again. I took a picture of it and after I went in side the house I looked at the photo and saw it was cigar shaped. I first stated it was in the S.W. but it was really in the N. W. I hope this helps.
January 30, 2015 · 7:00 AM · CIGAR
Gaston, OR
I noticed a very large light in the S.W. sky. It did not move the whole time I was watching it. The light had no color and changed from very bright, to dull, and bright again. I took a picture of it and when you zoom in on it. You can see a cigar shape. The fog came in and covered it up.
January 29, 2015 · 7:05 PM · LIGHT
Portland (northeast part), OR
Beaming and moving upwards very slowly. In southeastern lower part of the sky. Sirius?? PD
January 29, 2015 · 4:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Hillsboro, OR
Five loud, hollow sounding booms about three to five seconds apart. Each boom was followed about 1/4 second later by a bright white flash (bright enough to reflect off the wall of an adjacent building). Seemed to be coming from the sky about one mile south of the Hillsboro airport.
January 28, 2015 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Clatskanie, OR
I took a picture of the sun above a storm cloud. Later that night, I noticed a ball of light under the cloud. It had several orbs attached to it. Also, two orbs were west of the large ball.
January 25, 2015 · 7:00 PM · OVAL
Lake Oswego, OR
Watched round orange ball traveling from south to northeast at speed of 100-200mph at elevation of maybe 2000ft.
January 25, 2015 · 12:30 AM · TEARDROP
Bend, OR
Slow moving downward beautiful green light, then shot off couldn't see it anywhere.
January 22, 2015 · 8:55 PM · DIAMOND
Springfield, OR
We were driving home at 8:55 pm, it was dark outside and then we saw it. It was shaped like a triangle with three bright white and red lights. It flew really low over the hill and that's what made us notice it. It had two bright blue lights in the front of the object. At first I thought it was a drone because of its weird shape, but then I realized that it was way too big to be a drone. Just as I was getting out my phone to take a picture of it, it disappeared. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 21, 2015 · 8:00 PM · OTHER
Sherwood, OR
Multiple (18-24) red lights in NW sky over south Sherwood. Appear in geometric patterns and then changing into lines and triangular positions. One group of lights takes on Big Dipper constellation formation - similar to report in Bend, Oregon, last year. Lights are at times so close together; it can't be helicopters due to close proximity. Very bright and then within 30 seconds they are gone. My view was obscured as we drove up to our house and by the time we got into position to see them again they were gone. Did get 2 pictures.
January 19, 2015 · 9:25 PM · LIGHT
Springfield, OR
I had noticed a bright blue light outside my window hovering above the tree line at approx. 20:30. About an hour later, I looked outside just in time to see it arch across the sky as it fell. My first thought was that a street light fell over, but I went outside to see where this light would have been, it would be far too high for a street light.
January 16, 2015 · 8:38 PM · SPHERE
Bend, OR
Flew very slowly and level. Suddenly vanished and was not seen again. Witnesses elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 16, 2015 · 7:45 PM · LIGHT
Gladstone, OR
Got out of my rig getting home tonight and looked across river and observed some strange reddish-orange lights dancing around above West-linn Tualatin area. Started as 3, larger than stars. Then 5 total appeared and continued to start stop and move in varying directions at varying velocities, until all but one disappeared. I get planes going in this area every 10 mins or so and after 5 & 1/2 years of living here have NEVER EVER seen anything remotely similar. The way they moved it had to have been multiple heavy duty RC helicoptors or ET????? Of course by the time I ran inside and got my big lens on they were GONE! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD