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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 13, 2020 · 3:00 AM · FORMATION
Rochester, WA
I was out watching the meteor shower when I noticed along the bottom of the skyline something that looked like an ant trail of lights in perfect formation maybe 10 of them I'm not sure how many I didn't count them I was to busy trying to figure out what I was seeing they looked light dashes or minus signs they didn't blink but stayed solid white light no hazeiness to them I stood for approximately 5 minutes watching them go from west to east in two straight rows without sound then all at once they shot straight up and disappeared.my cat was pushing against my legs and then running away he did it multiple times yowling as if to say run
August 13, 2020 · 2:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Lansing, MI
Aprox 2:45am, bright light materialized in sky and with immense speed shot in what looked to be a south western direction before disappearing into another flash(almost like a bubble around the light mass, opened then closed), distance looked to be upper atmospheric or further.
August 13, 2020 · 2:30 AM · TEARDROP
Lansing, MI
Was on Moore's River Dr in Lansing on the first dock At river around 2:30 am I got out of my vehicle to look out into the river. Another man pulled up in his truck in middle of drive sat on his tailgate. Then a Bright White streak kinda resembled a shooting star with a tear drop at front of White streak all connected inside the teardrop was a burgundy light and the the other half was white light and also the streak was bright white . It was strange because it was headed west eye lever from dock like paralell. I couldn't believe my eyes and yelled; "did you see that?" Of course he said he did and he made a wish. I have seen several strange things in the night sky this year.. This one was the best so far.
August 13, 2020 · 2:23 AM · UNKNOWN
Au Train (Forest Lake), MI
My wife and I were camping in a rustic campground south of Au Train, MI in the Hiawatha National forest, Forest Lake campground (Cleveland Cliffs Basin) (46°18'20.2"N 86°52'04.4"W) - approximately 8 miles south of Au train, MI. We had met a younger couple camping on the campsite North of ours and got together as the early morning of the 13th of August 2020 approached. We all had decided we would take in the meteor shower down by the waters edge where viewing would be ideal. We had no light pollution and both campsites fires had not been lit for ideal viewing. We had a crescent moon due east reflecting off the water. We watched the meteor shower and shared stories and laughed into the night. At one point, the women from the campsite two sites to the south, voiced her displeasure with our laughter. The women also stated it was “two o’clock in the morning!”. I jokingly, but quietly asked, “exactly?” I then walked up to the truck out of curiosity. The truck’s clock was 0223. I walked back and we all were all about to retire when my wife said, “WHAT IS THAT?” We all then turned to the North and approximately 30 Degrees from the horizon moving from west to east was a spinning light between 1500 to 2000 feet AGL. The object was turning in a counterclockwise direction progressively spinning into itself while moving to the east. It also appeared to be disturbing the air around it; creating a cloud or aura that dissipated commensurately with the rate of travel. I was fixated on the spinning surface as the they appeared to mirage distorting the light. We were deep in the woods and you could have heard a pin drop - Zero sound. As the moon as a reference that night - the object was slightly larger. I served 26 years in the USAF and have physically touched most of aircraft in the US inventory and many foreign aircraft as well. I observed the object for about 7 seconds and it just was gone. You can imagine the expletives after the object was gone. The couple left before we woke the next morning.
August 13, 2020 · 2:00 AM · DIAMOND
Renton, WA
Turquoise bright light that was real quick HOWEVER there were sounds of crunching leaves, like Several people were walking in the woods behind my house. Very strange indeed.
August 13, 2020 · 2:00 AM · OVAL
Rumford, ME
While watching meteor shower, 12 small objects appeared two by two following each other in a straight pattern. When the last one slowed down the one before it stopped and waited for it the they both went faster to get back into formation which satellites do not do.
August 13, 2020 · 1:40 AM · CIGAR
Ogden, UT
My husband and I were out on our patio looking at the stars when I noticed this object that was moving from the west the lights were blinking extremely fast almost like strobe lights, we watched this object zig zag extremely fast a couple of times, then hover and finally move slowly towards the east.
August 13, 2020 · 12:58 AM · FORMATION
Filer, ID
00:58 08/12/2020. While sitting outside in my backyard with one other person to observe the meteor shower (which was awesome). I was the first to notice 1 set of 2, rectangular shaped lights (similar shape description of an led lightbar) gliding parallel to one another in complete silence. Dim glowing, at the same time also very pro dominant in color, at a steady almost a translucent. The fast moving object(s) seemed to be too low, and almost too big to be quiet and too “out of place” to compare to anything I’ve ever seen in the sky before. I observed the formation(s) shortly after clearing the shadows of the treetops in the west at approximately 280 degrees. I pointed it out to my family member as it glided in a straight line across the entirety of the nights sky, completely parallel to each other and seemed to glow more contrast to the sky the more it traveled toward the horizon. We watched it until we lost sight at approximately 82 degrees East. Du! ration of the event was about 10- 15 seconds.
August 12, 2020 · 11:45 PM
East Sandwich, MA
There was an unknown object viewed last night that singular, circular and white. It moved in an irregular pattern up and down while maintaining an overall west to east average linear movement. It was moving perpendicular and irregular (not quite linear and slower by 20%) to that of the surrounding meteors from the leftovers of the Perseids meteor shower from the night before. It was seen as if one was viewing north/northeast near the constellation Cassiopeia and Perseus. Timing might be off for the exact time of the event, but it did not appear to be a meteor and was perpendicular to the shower as well as maintains an irregular, slightly slower and no entry tail. I saw at least a dozen meteors last night and this one was very odd if I am to believe it was a meteor. Almost as if some physics from it cutting across the sky perpendicular to the radiant viewing point of the meteor shower caused its brief illumination? Not sure if it was just a different angle and rogue meteor of irregular features but didn’t know if it helps to report these things.
August 12, 2020 · 11:36 PM · SPHERE
Pine Grove, PA
I was outside around 11:00 to view the meteor shower that was to take place this night. As I sat and watched, something caught my attention off to the NW about 15 degrees above the horizon. It was a ball that looked similar to a star however larger. The object had several distinct lights on it, red, green, and white respectively. The lights flashed at irregular intervals as the object moved laterally left and right also irregularly. After about five minutes of trying to figure out what it was, the object shot straight up about 10 more degrees before moving right very abruptly and then shooting straight back down to its original position in the sky. I ran inside to alert my sister who came out and watched with me. For the next half hour or so, we watched the object move irregularly while trying to get the object focused in a telescope. Unfortunately the object was moving too irregularly to keep in frame and we had no more than three seconds at a time of view ! through the scope. It slowly began to fade away and we both thought that it was going to completely disappear however, it came back at a truly unbelievable speed to its original position where it stayed for another five minutes, moving hard left and hard right irregularly. Finally, the object seemed to go directly away from us very fast until completely out of view and this time it did not return. We were both very very skeptical of any kind of alien or supernatural entities to say the least however, this experience has changed our minds considerably. I am a Digital Forensics major going into my senior year. I have dealt with technology all my life and have always had an interest in the viewing of celestial events. I can honestly say I have never ever seen anything like this.
August 12, 2020 · 11:15 PM · CHEVRON
West Valley City, UT
It seemed to glide across the sky, and was relatively slow moving. At first I thought it was a plane, but then it seemed much too close, just above our heads. So then I thought it was a large bird or a maybe a large kite, when it seemed to move faster and was getting distant. At this point I noticed about 6 points of light around the perimeter of its shape, right before it disappeared. It didn’t disappear on the horizon though, it just vanished out of the sky. Both my wife and I saw it. We saw a second one about 10 minutes later across the sky in the opposite direction. And I saw a third much fainter one far up in the sky about another 10 minutes later.
August 12, 2020 · 10:33 PM · CIRCLE
Kalispell, MT
I was looking thew my telescope, looked away from my telescope then saw a huge light above Venus and Mercury.
August 12, 2020 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Garden City, SC
We know the two of us definitely saw 3-5 lights in linear pattern. Our specific account do differ slightly as I believe they went away simultaneously, while my wife believes they went out individually. Either way the linear lights were there. We've pondered mentioning, but realized there is another report of seeing what we did. For you folks there is definitely others that witnessed what you did! And we know there has to be more people, we too can't imagine others, it was simply too obvious and too early in evening for several beachfront folks not to see!
August 12, 2020 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Garden City, SC
Subject: Unidentifiable object(s). Date: Wednesday, August 12th Approximate Time: 10:30PM Location: 1907 South Waccamaw, Garden City, South Carolina Viewed: East North East; 45° off the horizon Color: Bright Orange Shape: circular Sound: None Distance: difficult to tell, but seemed far off out over the Atlantic Ocean. Size: they seemed pretty darn big Movement: seemed to be stationary, Starting with one orange orb, then adding 3 more (same size-one at a time). It took 8 to 10 seconds between each additional orb, but again, they were all from right to left and equidistant, in a straight line. Then, similarly another 4 more orbs came in succession (same size-one at a time), but the second group came in line much quicker (2-3 seconds apart), again right to left, adding to the first four orange orbs-totaling 8 in a straight line. Duration: Once they were all in line, they all quickly disappeared at once. Note: we could not tell if it was one object or 8 separate. Summation: They were clearly not Aircraft’s as we know it. It was Clearly not a meteor. It was clearly not a lightning storm. It was clearly not fireworks. It was clearly not a light show. Thoughts: The three of us that witnessed the sighting cannot imagine that no one else in any of the houses facing the ocean or people walking on the beach or people on the the pier did not see the object(s) too; that on the contrary, with the amount of sky these bright orange orbs took lined up, someone had to see them.
August 12, 2020 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Austin, TX
small white ball of light traveling south to north
August 12, 2020 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Keizer, OR
My fiances grandmother came inside from smoking and said she saw a ufo outside somewhat reluctantly and wanted someone to come out and look. At firsr glance it looked like the brighted star in the sky. But when you watched it, it moved around so unnatural. Almost like a buttefly in flight. It would move rapidly up and down and jump short distances. while it appeared bright white you could also see red sometimes, which me and her would confuse with blue and green, it was almost a blinding white but other colors all at the same time. I had my fiance come out and he was absolutely stunned as well. Im not one to just say I saw something, I dont make shit up. We all saw this, its still out there and I got it on video
August 12, 2020 · 9:12 PM · RECTANGLE
Tucson, AZ
3 red lights in a triangle formation flying in front of the Catalina Mountain Range then west and south over the city of Tucson. The red lights were steady and not blinki ng. The three lights were in a triangle formation with one in the front and two following. They made the flight in 3 minutes or less from the Catalina Mtns to the southwest over the city and out of sight. I know aircraft after 20 years in the USAF and the were not aircraft.
August 12, 2020 · 8:25 PM · SPHERE
Saint John, IN
On the way back from the store I looked to my left and saw an orb. I immediately grabbed my phone and took a couple photos and then took a 9 second video and I looked that then when I got back home. I noticed there was no FAA lights or tether at the time of seeing it and looking back at the footage.
August 12, 2020 · 8:16 PM · CIRCLE
Labadie, MO
Double rings that produced their own orange light in the dusk sky. Moved west to east in the south sky.
August 12, 2020 · 8:12 PM · CIRCLE
North Las Vegas, NV
I was walking my dogs with my wife and son when we saw 10 lights in the sky . I was looking west and they were flying north towards papoose lake They were solid red then became red rings then back to solid over and over.then one by one they disappeared
August 12, 2020 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Denver, CO
I recorded the object on multiple occasions in the same location of the sky over Denver County. I also took pictures through binoculars and with my cell phone. At first the object appeared faint yellow, then the color changed to reddish as it continuously hovered, moving slightly to the north. It disappeared and reappeared multiple times, but almost in the same spot. It did just hover and didn't make any sudden accelerations. I have witnessed this same object, along with at least 3 other witnesses. It was a circle, with approximately 6-8 round lights that lined the inside, top of the circle. There was a brighter white, solid sphere towards the middle of the inside of the circle that seemed to throw 2 reflective beams towards the left, inside of the circle. I did not witness any lights or beams outside of the circle. I have heard that Denver has known sightings of strange objects in the sky, but have never witnessed any, until this object. I am happy to send photos and couple of short videos.
August 12, 2020 · 7:59 PM · DISK
Alburquerque, NM
I saw a saucer looking flying object.. I was taking a picture of my view of Downtown Alburquerque and I caught it on my camera.
August 12, 2020 · 7:46 PM · SPHERE
Wildwood, MO
There were 2 objects, almost directly overhead, no detectable motion, about 20 degrees apart in the evening sky. White in color.
August 12, 2020 · 7:30 PM · DISK
Labadie, MO
Three shiny metallic discs seen overhead floating for a long period of time during daylight hours. When viewed through binoculars, it looked like there were a ring of lights on the bottom of each disc. All three looked exactly the same.