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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 15, 2020 · 10:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Los Angeles, CA
rectangle shaped object with white lights around every side - It was high up in the sky, stationery & then moving slowly.
August 15, 2020 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
San Francisco, CA
22:00 Looked up at clear sky and saw what at first I thought was a satellite, my partner came and looked and said it was moving too fast to be a satellite. As I watched, there was a bright flash and then it reappeared and then it disappeared into the north west. It happened twice more, all starting in different directions but ending up in the same spot and disappearing.
August 15, 2020 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
East Durham, NY
We saw a perfect circular red-orange ball of light, steady unblinking flying low over trees from east to west. Huge ball of light flying at a steady pace parallel to ground. Saw it for approx 20 to 30 secones before it disappeared behind the tree line. No sound.
August 15, 2020 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Burlington, VT
As it moved, the light faded and shortly disappeared entirely. Seen from Grove Street, facing west.
August 15, 2020 · 9:37 PM · FIREBALL
Fletcher Binghamville, VT
At 21:37 orange fireball sighted in southeastern sky. Object moving directly towards 2 witnesses. Fireball orange with red and yellow flickering middle. Appeared to have "smoky" outer aura. Object was video taped with no results 3 photos taken of first object which continued towards the north where it became increasingly dimmer. 2nd object appeared in the original area of the first. This object was photographed and video taped. Appeared identical to the first fireball. Followed same trajectory as 1st but veered halfway to the northeast. There was no sound with either fireball. One witness observed orange lights 45 mins. prior to the fireball sighting. The lights reflected off the tree line twice, no fireball observed at that time. There was a grating metallic sound with the lights. Only one person observed the lights. Both fireball sightings were 2 mins each.
August 15, 2020 · 8:30 PM · OTHER
Clay, NY
An Object was spotted travelling to the North on August 15, 2020 at dusk over Clay, NY. Object traveled in a straight line at consistent speed and made no sound. Altitude was in the range of 300-500 feet. It was a dark object on top and what looked like a flame a foot or two underneath. As the object approached our limit to see it, the flame disappeared but the object continued in the same northerly direction. Our best guess was it was a balloon or a lantern; However, since it traveled a consistent speed at a different direction than the wind and continued its trajectory after the flame disappeared, I thought it warranted a report. We did capture video of the object with a cell phone, but the quality is not great.
August 15, 2020 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
San Francisco, CA
A few minutes later, a point of white light further to the east, southeast was seen dropping down slowly and turning partially red as it sank down out of visibility behind a residential building. Some description of directional movement is best estimate, as it is difficult to determine distance and north-south movement from my vantage point.
August 15, 2020 · 8:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Seattle, WA
It was around 9:30pm, and I was grilling some steaks on my patio. As I looked to the west just above the Olympic peninsula I noticed 3 red lights in a triangular formation, they appeared to be heading west and up into the sky. Soon after one light disappeared and the other two followed.
August 15, 2020 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE
Princeton, MN
First sighted at low angle in the west and it traveled high overhead and was last seen in the N.E. horizon. Total duration was only 30 seconds and likely less. It was bright like Venus and steady in intensity. It didn't deviate course and the speed was steady. Blazing fast. It seemed to reflect light like the ISS, but brighter. It was silent and appeared to be in space not in atmosphere and there was no shedding of debris or comet tail.
August 15, 2020 · 8:15 PM · CIGAR
Santa Monica, CA
I was sitting on a Hotel Balcony just after sunset. The hotel is about a 10 minute walk from the ocean. Noticed the object traveling very quickly from east to west. The few clouds in the sky were still slightly orange which is why I was able to see it. The light slightly bends around the tic tac shaped object, like a diffused glow from the orange in the sky. The object was moving faster than anything I have ever seen and was clearly tic-tac shaped. I've never seen anything like it and was extremely skeptical prior to this experience.
August 15, 2020 · 6:03 PM
Colorado Springs, CO
Two objects. One above, one below moving rapidly in tandem. Both were black, round and moving against the Western wind. It interested me enough to report it. Bottom object definitely had a form, crescent shape to its top. The top object had a bottom looking as if were to fit the bottom objects crescent space. No propulsion signs at moved linear style, very steady altitude. S tar Wars BB-8 as two separate objects that are one. Please spell seperate or separate. My boyfriend claims, who is educated, that separate is spelled seperate...... Mandela effect immediately and coincidentally is what he thinks without the coincidentally. Seperate is capitilized and not mispelled.
August 15, 2020 · 5:00 PM · CIRCLE
New York, NY
I live in the Harlem area of Manhattan. My apartment has a roof deck from where I observed two unknown objects. While exercising there, I spotted the first dark circle moving with a steady velocity from the northeast to southeast. At first, I thought it was a balloon but quickly ruled this out as the object was perfectly spherical and moving too quickly in a straight line. It was too high to be a drone. At one point while directly overhead, it reflected sunlight and I could make out a metallic surface. My location is near La Guardia airport, but this craft was not observing any common flightpath. The object eventually faded from view as it proceed southwest. I observed a second craft approximately 15 minutes later, also dark and spherical, flying a similar path but more westward. The velocity and elevation appeared similar to the first craft. Neither craft displayed erratic movements. There were no lights / signals. In, fact, what was most strange was the ut! ter lack of any surface markings / characteristics.
August 15, 2020 · 12:15 PM · FLASH
Succor Creek State Park, OR
A group of us were camping at succor creek state park in eastern Oregon. We stayed up late to get some Milky Way photographers because it was a dark moonless night. The Milky Way was brilliant! After shooting a few photos I saw a flash in the night sky to the south. It was about 80 degrees altitude. I usually pay attention to anything unusual in the sky. Typically, most lot these are caused by ‘iridium flashes ‘ of satellites, however, to my surprise when the flash blinked again a few seconds later, it hasn’t moved from the position of the initial flash. I alerted a friend to pay attention. We continued to watch this supposed object to flash on a very irregular intermittent pattern. Interval being anywhere between 5 seconds to maybe 1 or 2 seconds. I could tell this object had to be in space or very high in the atmosphere. After realizing absolutely that this object was not moving And was completely stationary in the night sky I yelled to wa! ke up my wife who was sleeping in the tent. The Moment I did so, the flashing ceases completely. I have seen a similar flash at horseshoe bend, Idaho that acted the same way and also ceased the moment inwent to alert more witness. Coincidence? Maybe! Anyhow, , I am a very avid outdoorsman and accustomed to the night sky and A good level of astronomical knowledge. After spending 40 years of being under the night sky I have become familiar with what is normal and what is unusual. I practice healthy degree of skepticism to rule out any and all things conventional before jumping to conclusions. This however was definitely unusual. Therefore, I felt it was necessary to write this report. It was not an iridium flash or a drone. Never saw any craft arrive or leave the scene of the event. To me, this was certainly unidentified...
August 15, 2020 · 11:55 AM · RECTANGLE
Schertz, TX
I hereby swear that this report is the absolute truth as I witnessed it, so help me God. On 08/15/2020 at approximately 11:55 AM CST, I was playing football with my Son in our backyard located in Schertz, Texa,s just North of San Antonio. We first noticed one “white or pearl” colored object sitting perfectly still almost directly above us in the clear blue sky. Then after looking closely, we actually noticed a total of three similar objects all completely stationary. My first thought was that “this must be some sort of weather balloon or google balloon” etc, but they remained completely stationary on a what is a typically windy day here in Schertz, for over 30 minutes as we observed them. I even had time to go inside and retrieve some high powered binoculars. I then came back out and viewed them continually for over thirty minutes. They never moved an inch. When viewed through the binoculars I could see that the material these objects were made of was very similar in appearance to abalone shell or mother of pearl. They were not wafting around in the wind like you would think a cloth balloon would be, but appeared to hold there shape in a rigid manor. One of the objects, (the circular shaped one) had a straight line of “lights or reflectors” starting at the center of the object going towards the outside edge as well as more “lights or reflectors” on one quarter of the edge of the object following the perimeter (as I have illustrated in the quick sketch I made while I was observing these objects). The second of the three objects appeared to be a more rectangular shape, but with slightly rounded corners and a line in the center (again as I have illustrated in my sketch). The third object was closer to circular, but because of it’s close proximity to the Sun it was very hard to view . I also took pictures of the first two objects with my phone and will include them with my report. The picture of the third object did not come out unfortunately. Per the recommendation of Mr. Peter Davenport from the UFO reporting center I immediately placed a call to the security desk of nearby Randolph AFB and spoke to the desk SGT (name omitted) . I gave him my name and information and then I advised him of what I was seeing and he said he intended to deploy “observers” to my area to attempt to see them as well. He did also say to me that he was not aware of any balloon activity, but that “he would not normally be privy to such information.” Again, per the recommendation of Mr. Peter Davenport from the UFO reporting center I next immediately placed a call to KENS 5 NEWS a local TV station in San Antonio and gave all this information to their tip line asking them if they were aware of any balloon activity, but they have not yet followed up with me further. After making these three calls we returned outside and all three objects were gone. I have never seen anything like a UFO before or anything unexplained frankly, but this was in fact unusual enough to me that I had to call and also to file a report and share my sketch and pictures. After seeing the newly released “Tic-Tac” UFO footage released by the US Navy I felt compelled to share this report. What I observed was eerily similar to what was described by the Navy pilot in the Tic-Tac UFO incident. An elongated rectangular shape with smooth edges not unlike a tic-tac or a capsul. Lastly, I just want to reiterate that we observed these objects perfectly still and silent for over 30 minutes. My neck was literally hurting from peering straight up for so long. Also on a more personal note there was a strange feeling of danger or “fight or flight” that came over me as I observed these objects, they “felt” unnatural. That is my report for what it’s worth. I sincerely appreciate your time and consideration. Very best regards.
August 15, 2020 · 9:41 AM · OVAL
Denver, CO
I was driving east on highway 285 looking directly north up sheridan and saw a 3 light craft hovering in the smoke approximately 3-5 miles north of me. I got a picture and went to get a video but my line of sight dropped under tree line for .25 miles and when I came back above tree line the craft was gone.
August 15, 2020 · 7:00 AM · CIRCLE
Briarcliff, TX
Three circles in the sky. Each with lights around the circumference and connected across the middle with two solid structures similar to the hands of a clock face.
August 15, 2020 · 5:15 AM · CIRCLE
Yuba city, CA
When not to walk the dog I looked up in the sky I saw will look to be a star moving in the direction from north to south I thought it was a plane as it moved little bit behind it follows another one and right behind that one the same distance and other another one and another one on a straight line without moving they followed one after the other perfect motion there must have been about 15 of them has it moved across the sky imperfect sequence I don't think plants do that with the same distance apart same speed they never change color just look like a little white. Wait about 15 right behind it fall in straight line no sounds of aircraft have a really high in the sky
August 15, 2020 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Davis, CA
I was lying down on my bed and gazing the night sky through the window. The sky was clear and there were many stars visible which appears stationary. It was early morning time around 5am when I noticed one star moving slowly and then increasing its speed. I notice that there was at least 7 such stars following it and all these stars were at the same distance from each other and moving at the same speed. To make sure I was not dreaming, I woke my wife up and she also witnessed these stars moving. They were moving in the direction of the moon. Next to the moon we also noticed a bright star. The view from the bedroom was limited so we decided to go to our backyard and view it more clearly. By the time we were out and looked up the sky, we could not see them anymore. We were able to witness these UFO for at least 2-3 mins and they looked spectacular. We could still see stars in the sky but all appeared stationary. This was truly remarkable and wonder if anybody else noticed this.
August 15, 2020 · 3:35 AM · LIGHT
Montesano, WA
Date: 08/15/2020 03:35AM, Montesano, Washington Region Seven star-like objects transited the sky from west to east. The objects were brighter than the brightest star yet not as bright as the planet Venus in the night sky. The light emanating from the craft was whitish and did not flicker. Altitude uncertain but appeared to be greater than 1 mile high. The objects maintained a single file line but would change distance apart so not always equidistant one from the other. Speed was faster than passenger jet 1.5x to 2x. Lights went off sequentially as each light neared a certain point in the sky above Mt. Rainier. Sky was clear and light pollution minimal at time of sighting. Duration of sighting was approximately 1-2 minutes.
August 15, 2020 · 1:30 AM · LIGHT
San Rafael, CA
Saw a pinpoint of light travel horizontal across sky in my viewing direction of the Moon and Venus in the night sky. It appeared, traveled in a straight line horizontal direction,very fast,then disappeared. My estimate is 3 seconds viewtime. It could not have been an airplane, because it was a pinpoint of light very far away, and airplanes dont travel that fast. The light was constant and not flashing. It could not have been a shooting star because it did not change its density of light. It traveled horizontal, straight, even line, and shooting stars travel in a "falling, shooting" motion.
August 15, 2020 · 1:20 AM · SPHERE
Rockwood, ME
Camping on Moosehead Lake in a remote cabin with family. We were just getting ready to put out the campfire when myself (teacher) and cousin (police officer) saw a very bright sphere in the sky with two verticle beams above the treeline. Just seconds after it appeared it disappeared with a huge bright flash (no sound) that illuminated the entire lake. All animals went quiet until the flash was over.
August 15, 2020 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Burnet, TX
So during a trip this weekend doing some Astrophotography out at a dark location. I was imaging M31 Andromeda Galaxy and while trying to find M31 with my naked eye I noticed a blinking light up in the sky. Thinking it was an airplane it would move. It never moved. Thought must be a satellite still never moved. Looked through binoculars and saw the blinking lights. Then we went to the AP 130 and could see 2 x 2 lights blinking in succession followed by an arc of very small lights flashing after the 2x2 lights flashed. This was all flashing in a split second. My buddy slewed his Takahashi 106 over to it and took a photo of it. I took a photo of the computer screen of one of the pictures captured which I will include. The red is just for night viewing. After a few hours, we could tell it was moving slowly across the sky in what seemed to be a random way. Started in the N NE in Lacerta region of the sky high above Andromeda (which was my target I was shooting). After a while it moved across meridian and then proceeded to move South over my head and finally behind me. Finally after 04:00 we went to bed still seeing it blinking further South.
August 15, 2020 · 12:45 AM · CHEVRON
Burnet, TX
Hello Peter Davenport. Thanks for taking my call Tuesday, 8/18/20 and per our conversation here’s my account of the UFO sighting I noted that occurred on 8/15/20 at 12:45 A.M.. I, and a friend named Rob, was doing some deep sky imaging astronomy at a friend’s anch in Burnet Texas, when around 12:45A.M. Rob spotted what looked like a “blinking star”. Initially, I figured it was either a satellite, airplane, pulsar, or something else, but initially looking at the object naked-eyed it didn’t appear to move against the background stars, or moved imperceptibly slow that I could not detect movement, so I took a break from imaging and went over to use my other telescope to look at the object visually. When I saw the object through my telescope I could hardly believe what I was seeing. The object wasn’t any of the things I thought it might be, and I don’t know what was, nor have I seen anything like it before. The front of the craft was semi-circular, and the rear of the craft was less distinct but appeared to pan out in a wedge shape. The craft had 4 distinct very bright lights on the bottom, two towards the front, and two at the rear, which flashed in succession (two in the rear flashed, then the two in the front) along with small pin-like lights around the perimeter edge of the semi-circular portion of the craft that flashed third (front of craft). I shouted to Rob “Oh My God, you’ve got to see this!”. When Rob saw the object he too was amazed, and he confirmed what I was seeing, describing the craft exactly as I saw it. Initially we looked at the object for about 20 minutes, then I decided to train my imaging scope on the object and take some images. I took a few images starting at 1:02AM CST. My imaging scope is a wide-field setup so the resolution isn’t what I would have liked it so be, but nevertheless, I took some images which I will send to your email address. You will have to zoom in to see the object. I am sending a couple of JPEGs, but per or conversation I do have the “FITS” images which is an astronomy file standard that contains various pieces of data including the date, time, equipment used, resolution, etc.. If this is needed, I’m happy to send these too; one image is over 16 meg so I am not sending these files at this time, but the JPEGs are a direct copy. The pictures I’m sending were taken with a 106mm objective at 530mm Focal length and at roughly ¼ second exposure. Also, the craft lights flashed repeatedly as noted above, and continuously throughout the time we observed it with no change in intensity nor frequency. I did revisit the object twice after the initial sighting and there was no change in the flashing behavior. We initially spotted the object in the constellation of Lacerta, and the object seemed to move very slowly and not is a straight line like a satellite or aircraft would. The object started out (from our initial spotting point) in the north-east about 68 degrees up from the horizon, traveled west by southwest crossing the zenith, traveled north, the then moved almost due south. This occurred over a period of about 3-4 hours. Let me know if you would like to discuss this sighting or need anything else.
August 14, 2020 · 11:40 PM · LIGHT
Wyandotte, MI
To the west, a singular light could be seen hovering high in the sky. Shape appeared to change colors and slowly drift, but kept similar location in the sky. Upon extended observation, smaller dimmer lights seemed to "drop" from object...almost like floating stars that would drift down and dim. Viewer continued to observe object until it dissapeared behind cloud cover.