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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 10, 2016 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Prescott, AZ
I was up in Prescott on a camping trip. I was looking up at the stars and saw a few passenger planes. I noticed something that seemed much higher than the aircraft I was seeing. I had to strain my eyes to see it. I thought maybe it was a meteor or something. I pointed it out to my gfs sister and we just watched it moving slowly across the sky. Then it made a 90degree turn and we were both confused. I knew it wasn't a commet at that point. I watched it for another minute then it dissappear. Not sure where it went.
May 4, 2016 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
Last night at around 21:00 I saw what I thought was a satellite at first that moved through the sky from south to north in about 5 minutes. There was no sound. Its was to dark to identify the object. Believe me it was moving much faster then aircraft I have seen. It was at reasonably high altitude but not exoatmospheric. It did not flame or brighten like a comet would have but was moving with that kind of speed.
May 4, 2016 · 5:30 AM · FIREBALL
Mesa, AZ
I train my eyes on the freeway and when I looked back I appeared as if the atmosphere had changed this illuminous cloud, the bottom had fallen down and it was now elongated top to bottom. I look back a third time and it was even longer but a round circle was there ad I'd an explosion took place below the original cloud/light. As the newly formed bottom parts disappeared the original cloud remained but a small star was under it where the other mass had been. Then the star slowly descended behind the Superstition Mountains while the Sun in view thru my same wins hill (sic. windshield??) kept rising up. Shouldn't the star and the sun both have risen upwards? Yes, if it was a star.
May 3, 2016 · 12:00 PM · DISK
Phoenix/Tempe, AZ
1. BRIGHT LIGHTS Small bright lights dancing all over skyhabor airport 12pm A. Disk shaped objects fly in a straight formation one after the other 5-6 disks moving too fast and and to round to be planes, faster than fighter jets i. Small bright lights moving all over skyhabor in the middle of the afternoon planes where lifting off and landing, pilots, air traffic controllers had too have seen them. ii. 5-6 small yet very visible disk shaped objects, could see they had solid form of a disk fly too fast one after another in a statement straight formation then disappear from sight. iii. My location during the sighting was in the parking lot of Spring Hill Suites of Phoenix/Tempe Airport located right over the flight pass (sic. path) of planes taking off and landing 1601 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281. iv. I spend 8 yrs as a United States Marine (06-1998 - 12-2007) Honorably discharged As a Staff Sergeant E-6 rank, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom. 2 tours of duty in Iraq. Part of the Battle of Faullujah (operation phantom fury).
May 1, 2016 · 10:08 PM · CHANGING
Tucson, AZ
One night, My parents and i were talking about "higher beings" and sightings. He goes outside and about 5 minuets later we hear him yell, " guys come outside and We see these two lights in the sky. An orange-ish yellow glow emitting from both. They then both get dim and then two lights pop out from either side of the lights. They then all have they same glow and color. they then all fade completely and about 10 seconds later they faded back in. But they were in a different area in the sky. At that time it was 6 lights. Then they hovered for about 5 minuets then faded out. there was no aircraft near our area nor any drones. As well as no sound or humming/ buzzing from the lights.
May 1, 2016 · 9:30 PM · OVAL
Chandler, AZ
I saw 3 sighting of the craft though I could not tell if they were the same craft or different ones. Each of them were orange ovals with a small dark antenae like darkness within the oval. I attempted to record the object on my cell phone on the second viewing of the object. That video appears to be lost. The third attempt I was able to upload it to youtube. https://youtu.be/ixpqxQCsYjQ The video is absent the details that were visible from human eyes adjusted to the dark. The "star" was very orange and vibrant compared to the sky. And the darkening on top of the object was noticable. The planet next to the UFO is also not visible though I have a picture that shows the comparison with it and the local street light.
April 28, 2016 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
Camp Verde, AZ
Pulling unto Highway 17 South from highway 260 I saw a very black object in the sky that was sort of round and toward the bottom was a little bit thinner. It looked to be low in the sky and I could not tell the size but it did not move. We were late for a doctor's appointment, so I could not pull over to keep watching it. I would estimate that it might have been about the size of a small plane. There was no sound.
April 23, 2016 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Phoenix, AZ
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 23, 2016 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Phoenix, AZ
I've been an aerospace machinist for 19 years now. I work for a very big aerospace company and I am very aware of many type of aircraft. At 9:19 on Saturday night I saw a light flying in a north direction. It was a bright light with a slow movement, as I noticed it, it started to slowly dim. It was not a meteor, I've seen lots of meteors and this was too slow to be a meteor. It was not a plane, as it did not have any flashing lights, nor was it a satellite, since it dimmed. It was a clear night without a cloud in the sky. It seemed as if it knew I was watching it and that's when it began to dim. Possible flare from an Iridium satellite? PD
April 22, 2016 · 11:30 PM · CIRCLE
Green Valley, AZ
Yellow circle object bright as a Christmas tree going warp speed as a plane was coming it just vanish.
April 18, 2016 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Peoria, AZ
I noticed two series of red lights curved like a baseballs seams so I watched it fly directly over my house, I could only make out the triangle for a split second. It sounded like one of the quiet military aircraft that frequents my area.
April 16, 2016 · 2:17 AM · RECTANGLE
Wickenburg, AZ
On July 16th at 2:17 am the camera snapped 2 pictures of something I cannot explain, and for whatever reason it did not snap the 3rd “C” picture. I’m sending the 2 pictures along with a daytime picture of the runway for comparison. Of interest to me is the fact that whatever the object is it does not appear to be moving, it’s in the same place in both pictures. At first I thought it must be some kind of bug on the lens, but the camera lens and the trigger lens are 2 different things in 2 different places on the camera. Also, I live on t! he border of 2 Military Operations Areas (MOAs) and I can sit out on my porch and watch the F16’s and F35’s out of Luke Air Force base in their night time training as they launch their flares and chaff. This is not that. These pictures are looking west into the MOA, but the object has to be near the camera for it to trigger.
April 12, 2016 · 10:30 AM · CYLINDER
Nelson, AZ
My wife and I were driving to Nelson, Nevada, a ghost town where movies are sometimes made. We were traveling north on I-95 and the sun was behind us. We noticed a small cloud about 30 degrees elevation ahead of us and below it was a long grey smooth shape. Its length was about twice the diameter of the moon. It looked like it could have been a cylinder - or the rounded edge of a flat object. The bottom edge was less distinct than the top and faded abruptly to the blue of the sky, much the same as how the moon looks when viewed in the daytime sky. Apparently it was very high to have that effect - and very large. Sketches sent by e-mail. We watched the object move left-to-right across our field of vision for about a minute. We couldn't stop to take a picture and we lost sight of it when the road turned. We were at: Lat: 35.7, Lon: -114.9 according to Google Earth. It did not have a cloud texture and was moving relative to the cloud, approximately east. The clouds were not perceptively moving. I suppose that the minimum altitude could be estimated based on knowledge of where the "fading" effect takes place for objects in the sky, but I don't know what that point is. Report from retired aerospace employee. PD
April 3, 2016 · 12:20 PM · FORMATION
Wickieup, AZ
Driving north on hwy 93 just north of Wikieup, I saw this group of bright objects high in the sky. I thought it a flock of white birds but no birds fly that high. The objects would get brighter and then fade and completely disappear then reappear as white or silver objects in no particular formation, just an odd shaped cluster. This would happen over and over again until I could no longer see them as we drove further north
April 2, 2016 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Avondale, AZ
At Phoenix International Raceway after the nighttime Indy races on Saturday, April 2, 2016, we all saw three bright orangey-yellow orbs flying low over the parking lots and race track, moving in separate directions. One flew straight up into the sky and disappeared, while two Orbs stayed to linger longer and everyone in the parking lots trying to leave after the races saw these orbs for about an hour. No noise was observed at all. One Orb stayed in one spot for long time then, like a light switch, turned off! Most exciting end to a weekend of the first Indy car races at Phoenix International Raceway.
April 1, 2016 · 8:00 PM · OTHER
Surprise, AZ
My wife called me out back, when I stepped out my jaw dropped. There in the sky was what appeared to be a plane falling out of the sky with its wings and body completely on fire. I yelled for my brother and son and they witnessed it to. There was no sound just this plane falling on fire. But lost sight of it as it fell due to neighborhood trees. I live about 3 miles north of Luke Air Force Base, and it appeared to fall over the base. Strange tho, never heard a crash and nothing ever reported on the news.
April 1, 2016 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Sun City West, AZ
While taking my nightly walk I looked up and saw what looked like a massive pale orange ball falling slowly straight down in the sky. It left a short trail and I thought it was a meteor, until it got to the horizon and exploded into 5 orbs which seemed to move in a controlled way. They stayed equal distance apart and one was moving slightly up, they seemed to float for about 30 seconds and stayed the same distance apart from eachother. They then fell below the trees and less than a minute later there was a flash as if they hit the Earth and exploded. We attempted to contact the witness by telephone, but her telephone does not have a voice mailbox that has been set up, yet. Possible hoax. PD
April 1, 2016 · 7:30 PM · FIREBALL
Goodyear, AZ
To be fair, Luke AFB is off in roughly the same direction at about 10 miles from this location, and the Thunderbirds are in town, however I have never seen an aircraft at night with fire coming out of its tail, drop straight down and stop mid air, sit there and disappear. Since we are on the outskirts of the city we also see our share of meteors and I have never witnessed one doing anything remotely similar.
March 30, 2016 · 11:00 PM · CHANGING
Phoenix, AZ
It was 10:59 pm on 03/30/2016. I was sitting out back having a smoke. And just to the North of where we stay. Is another apartment building which you see in the photos i sent. Now what captured my attention was the light captured was flashing which I could see very clearly with my eyes. And it had a orange color to it which made it stand out even more. When I retrieved my camera and picked up the light. Clearly like I had mentioned before the light was indeed flashing on my photo screen which made it much more clearer to notice. Now in the photos there are 2 lights you will see in the center of the screen. The lower one being almost center with the other light just above it and to the right a bit. The lower light you see is actually some piece of the roof top that is to the north of us which you see in the photo as well. So the light that is above the one I just mentioned is the one that has me stuck on stupid. The photos were taken one after another. And somehow the light or object in question when you zoom closer to it. Seems to change shape or form from one photo to the next. And not only that in every photo in the middle of whatever it is. Is a very bright energy source or light that is really strange.
March 30, 2016 · 5:00 AM · OTHER
Surprise, AZ
Have video appeared middle of sky forming a cloud behind no aircraft no typical cloud… I zoomed in no aircraft in visible or flat was going fast and disappeared.
March 29, 2016 · 5:00 PM · DISK
Surprise, AZ
Started in middle of sky...made a turn....when I closed up with camera the object seemed flat but invisible.. I see a lit of military jets and aircraft everyday. But this one was different fast and disappears.... Plus trail line behind thick no noise completely silent. Jets make sounds.
March 28, 2016 · 12:30 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
March 28, around 12:30 PM I was at my dining table working on my laptop. The room became very very dark, quite quickly, as if a large and very thick cloud was passing over. However, the fact it became so dark, so quickly, and cast my dining room into such deep shadow, felt so unusual to me that I decided to go outside to my patio to see just how large a cloud might be passing over. Even though it was a windy day and there were scattered white clouds in the area, a cloud capable of such a shadow just didn’t seem logical to me. When I got outside and out from under my veranda roof, I did take note of a large cloud moving away from the sun but as the sun was still partially shrouded the cloud I couldn’t look directly at it… the sun was too bright. The cloud was moving northeast and the sun was high and to the south. A very large red-tailed hawk attracted my attention, soaring against a clear blue background of open sky at about 1000 feet or so, and slightly to the north. Its markings were clear and distinct, a beautiful thing to witness, so I whistled a hawk call, twice. It turned, and I whistled the call again. At that time a bright sphere appeared far above the soaring hawk, a point of light, bright, white… Not bright like a star or a landing light. But it was a point of light, very unusual… so I fixated on it. I focused on it for around five to seven seconds, and observed it grow in size, and it didn't move much either. Then a streak appeared to extend from the right side of this ball of light, like a flare, and I recall thinking I would describe flare as “feathery”. All at once the white sphere seemed to flash, to expand and was gone, and then, in its place and right next the soaring hawk that had originally attracted my attention, appeared an identical hawk. They soared in formation for a bit, criss-crossing paths, something I'd seen before, and after 20-30 seconds the original hawk turned and headed to the south/southwest. The hawk that had just appeared turned north and I lost sight of it. I know the human eye can play tricks on the mind, and there may well be a logical and natural explanation for this sighting. The other hawk may have been far above the first, and out of focus in an empty field of blue sky considering my eyes were moving, following the first hawk. It is possible the second hawk decided to dive directly down to join the other and was backlit by the sun as it dove. But for this to happen right overhead, as I was calling to the first hawk... strange. I am not given to fantasy or wishful thinking… I was a 3000+ hour USAF pilot, and after that, an engineer for McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing. I retired from Boeing 10 years ago. I have a degree in Biological Sciences and am somewhat well grounded in the basic sciences including physics and chemistry. I consider myself to be an objective observer and am quite familiar with the principles of science and experimentation. I also am an avid observer of nature, and have been for years. I live in the country, on an acreage, near Tucson, Arizona. Whatever I saw was remarkable, even if explainable by natural avian behaviors and the orientation of the sun. However I will tell you that I have seen large hawks soaring at great heights before diving right down to near ground level within feet of me, and with the sun high. The hawk in that case was a dark speck that quickly grew as it sped toward me, wings tucked. It didn’t come out of a ball of light. So I’m wondering who else might have reported some similar experience. A hawk coming out of a ball of light, the light flares and poof there's a hawk. As I said, I’m not inclined to assume anything supernatural, paranormal, or other-worldly at this time, but I am willing to entertain the possibility. I’ve encountered UFOs during my flying career and had a friend in the intelligence field who took reports from aircrews who experienced stunning and frightening encounters… so for me, it’s all on the table.
March 26, 2016 · 6:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Globe, AZ
On 3-26-16 I seen 3 lights in a triangle shape flying over pineal mountains in globe as at about 18:30 I flashed my car lights at it and that went out so I was driving down town globe and saw people looking up so I pulled over and about 12 lights fly over globe as that were about have the size of a car about a 1000 feet above the ground thy looked like large sodium vapor lights
March 23, 2016 · 8:18 PM · TEARDROP
Mesa, AZ
On this evening, facing as I was coming down the street I saw a craft about the house it seemed to be on its left side I thought it was a helicopter but then I noticed it had no propeller it was facing Southwest as I approached the area a big flood light flashed over the entire house got my attention. in the craft turned more towards the West and then it was gone, nothing. I did approach the house and I asked the people that were leaving the house at the time at the same exact time if they saw anything, and they said, no, they said nothing. they jumped in their cars and rode away in this took place on Colby Street on the east side of Mesa. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD