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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
October 4, 2014 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Portland, OR
We saw a green object, nothing flashing, only constant light moving in an erratic manner over NE Portland tonight. It rose abruptly, changed direction twice and then dropped back to the earth. Neither of us has ever seen anything like that before.
October 4, 2014 · 7:07 PM · CHANGING
Portland, OR
flashing red green lights very near the moon, game changer was the severe movement, Ive been an novice astronomer for 20 years, member rose city astronomers 14 years Ive never seen anything like this before,shocked is an under statement,I ran for my phone to document this,to no avail.
October 2, 2014 · 11:00 PM · CHANGING
Portland, OR
it was odd and changing shape like i never seen before it was circling my house and it was all yellow Almost certainly a hoaxed report. Time of alleged sighting is flawed. PD
October 2, 2014 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Hillsboro, OR
Traveling from east to west, 10 craft traveled at high speed equally spaced. They passed in front of Cassiopeia, glowing red with a pink radiant center. At one point, they shifted position, one by one, much like in the 1980's video game "Centipede" when it was avoiding an obstacle. The look of the individual 'craft' was reminiscent of what was recorded during the Phoenix Lights.
September 28, 2014 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Alfalfa, OR
my husband has been watching for weeks, but I didn't really think anything of them because I always saw them in the sky, but tonight he came and made me watch these lights in the sky. This time I actually saw the blinking orange light land on the ground and start walking our way. It seems as though they were on the neighbors property.. It scared the hell out of me seeing the Orange light on the ground coming towards us. I am going to ask my husband for more detail because he has been watching for weeks. It starts at dark with red yellow and blue blinking lights in the sky. They get scattered everywhere on the properties of where they are going to mess with people.. Then they turn into yellow , then red, then a bright orange, which means they are on the ground and coming towards us. It seems like the light is a bright flash light, but when he shines a light on them they just vanish, like they were never here. He says he got to se one up close and it was round! and three bright orange lights. Every now and then they drop some kind of white stuff, like fairie dust sort of stuff, not really sure how to explain, this is getting really scary, makes me wonder if the neighbors have seen them too, we are going to finally talk to them tomorrow.
September 28, 2014 · 6:10 PM · OTHER
Salem, OR
1. Where were you and what were you doing at the time? - We were taking a walk in a suburban neighborhood near our apartment, up Cottage St. to "Clark Creek Park" with our 4 year old & 7 month old daughters around 6:00 PM. It was twilight but still very light out. 2. What made you first notice the object? - I don't know, I just looked up into the sky and saw the 1st one of the "balloon-like" clusters. 3. What did you think the object was when you first noticed it? - The objects looked like balloon clusters at first, descending down from the many wisps of clouds high overhead. Then it became apparent that instead they were some "balloon-like" cluster UFOs that we'd studied about before. 4. Describe the object and its actions and motions in detail. - These were the infamous "balloon-like" clusters, as well as some single spheres that seemed to slowly move in paths. The 1st group had 3 separate sphere clusters, the 2nd group had 2 separate sphere clusters. Some groups had a red sphere within a cluster of apparently white spheres. We've seen many photos, videos and have read about these "balloon-like" clusters before this event today. They would move along on slowly and then seem to stay in the same area for awhile at times. 5. Describe your feelings, reactions and actions, during and after sighting the object. - We had no strange feelings, just excitement. We've had different types of encounters numerous times, but have never witnessed these "balloon-like" clusters in person. We've also never gotten any photos or video of any other incidents before this. 6. How did you lose sight of the object? - We never really lost sight of the objects except when they eventually would rise above and beyond certain wisps of high clouds after awhile. We continued on to the public park. I am emailing photos and a short video clip of the objects
September 28, 2014 · 2:38 AM · UNKNOWN
Salem, OR
Object was viewed and captured on camera phone SE of witness' location hovering above trees south of Downtown Salem, Oregon, at approximately 2:40 AM, lasting until about 3:45. The object appeared to be large and far away, but the witness is unsure just how big and how far away the craft was. The witness observes that it could be a few football fields in size about 10 miles away or could be 20 miles across, the witness had no way to tell for sure as the visibility was slightly hazy with city light pollution, no stars were visible, it was not cloudy. The object hovered, but moved about a central area, bobbing and wobbling. The object appeared triangle in shape due to flickering and flashing, multicolored star-like lights that followed no noticeable timed intervals or which star-like light would flicker or flash. There were also multicolored star-like lights flashing around the object that did not appear to be attached to it.. The witness describes that this looks very similar in behavior to one the witness had spotted multiple times but facing north, intermittently over the previous six to eight months and much farther away from the observer.
September 27, 2014 · 10:30 PM · CHEVRON
Salem, OR
Saw faint chevron shaped craft passing slowly through the sky. Craft was north east of my location. It seemed to be illuminated white or pale yellow however the light was faint, possibly obstructed by clouds. Craft was moving in the direction of the point of the chevron. Craft faded quickly after being visible for about 10 seconds
September 27, 2014 · 10:10 PM · FIREBALL
Portland, OR
We have changed the time above. Probably an evening sighting. PD
September 27, 2014 · 9:15 PM · FLASH
Adair Village, OR
West of Adair Village, OR. Bright flare of light seen in high in the Western sky. Immediate track of a meteor appeared moving from flare towards the SW.
September 20, 2014 · 10:30 PM · FLASH
Adair Village, OR
West of Adair Village, OR. Bright point of light seen below Vega, in the Constellation Hercules. Point of light looked like a satellite flare, but with no movement. Just quick flare and then fade out.
September 20, 2014 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
Hillsboro, OR
I saw five smaller white circular lights slowly moving vertical. They were about 200 ft when I noticed them. They then started moving around slowly like as if it was observing something. Could be a drone watching the airshow that weekend, but when the would hold perfectly still and then take off I was a little curious.
September 19, 2014 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Beaverton, OR
Around 9pm that night i was driving down hall Blvd in Beaverton when i saw a big ball of light not far up over the town of beaverton, above the tree tops but not too far up. It seemed to have a trail behind it, it split into 5 balls of lights that made a formation at first it was a V shape but did not hold that. They slowly started off due south and i lost sight of them behind the tree line. I would guess the balls of light looked to be the size of a craft, or bi-plane the big ball of light they came from I have no idea how big it was. It looked like they were this big ball of light, and once they seperated into the 5 crafts the big ball of light was gone. The big ball of light seemed to come into view like it was raising up from the ground, when i saw it i first thought it was a gigantic firework being shot up into the sky and it had trails, it almost seemed like the crafts had trails themselves once in a while, hard to explain like when they first split up! They had drops of liquid coming off them or something.
September 19, 2014 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Portland, OR
Once merged it came down horizontally, also very slowly, leaving a short tail. To us it was as if the smaller fire dots were missiles shooting at an object and leading it to explode. Witness provides no contact information. PD
September 18, 2014 · 8:45 PM · FLASH
Adair Village, OR
West of Adair Village, OR. Bright point of light seen in the same, exact spot, twice within five minutes. Below Vega, in the Constellation of Hercules. Also accompanied by several meteors. One traveling South to North, second from NE to WSW. Points of light looked like a satellite flare, but with no movement. Just quick flare and then fade out.
September 13, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Tillamook, OR
Saturday, Sept 13, 2014 – Cape Lookout Park, Tillamook Oregon – Pacific Ocean 10PM, PST A group of friends and I went camping for the weekend. That night, five of us walked out to the beach to catch the moonrise over the hills. While sitting on the beach, I noticed a bright red light in the sky. The light was changing to blue, green, white… I thought for sure it was a plane. But then I noticed it wasn’t moving, it was just hovering. The light began to zig-zag, drop and rise and shoot left to right and back to the left again. It would move in lines that were diagonal to the ocean. After watching this UFO for about 20 minutes, a few more friends showed up and another UFO lit up in the sky, but located on the oceans horizon. This one glowed bright orange. A third UFO appeared to the right of the second UFO. All three UFO’s were moving around in various shapes and speeds and flickering their lights at one another, as if they were signaling each other. The first and third UFO flew out of there with no trace, leaving the second UFO in the sky. This one was by far the most active of the three. It had to have been at least 25 miles from us, but at times it moved closer to us, the light was bigger and brighter. It split at one point and then rejoined. The moon came up over the hills a little after 11:20pm. As the moon was rising, the UFO was almost playing “peek a boo” with it. The UFO would dip under the horizon and then shoot right back up, zig-zag on the sky and plummet again or shoot off to the left or right. It was such an amazing night to watch the UFO’s. All of my friends and I were in complete awe that we got to witness this rare sighting.
September 13, 2014 · 6:40 PM · FIREBALL
Lincoln City, OR
Looked like a fireball hit the ocean, small meteor looking with a red tail.
September 12, 2014 · 6:00 AM · FIREBALL
Charleston, OR
Was bright orange with glowing tail then appeared to burn out.
September 12, 2014 · 6:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Lebanon, OR
Three of us met on a country road south of town for a walk at 6am. Further south there are mountains. An object rose from behind the mountain. It had a splayed out light behind it. The sky was dark so it was not possible to see what the object was. It was moving rather fast in an upward movement. It simply faded out and disappeared. A video I took was completely black. Another friend snapped a still image which came out pretty well.
September 11, 2014 · 10:19 PM · FLASH
Springfield, OR
On this night, my husband and I spotted a flashing light of blue, red, white of an almost octagonal shape from a side view with the lights flashing in a "spider web" like fashion within it. It was in the Northwest direction. When observed in binoculars it appeared to be bouncing all over.
September 11, 2014 · 8:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Portland, OR
AS I CONTINUED TO DRIVE ON THE FREEMONT BRIDGE TOWARDS SALEM, I SAW ONE OF THE FOUR LIGHTS DIM AND THEN DISAPPEAR. THE THREE REMAINING LIGHTS SLOWLY MOVED INTO THE FORMATION OF A TRIANGLE. AFTER FORMING THIS TRIANGLE I COULD SEE THE SHAPE SLOWLY TURNING OVER PORTLAND. NO NOISE COULD BE HEARD OR NO DEFINITIVE VEHICLE OR PLANES COULD BE SEEN, ONLY THESE THREE LIGHTS WHERE THE POINTS OF THE TRIANGLE WOULD BE. AS I HIT THE SYLVAN EXIT, NO LIGHTS COULD BE SEEN ANYMORE, BUT A SMALL STATIC CAME UPON MY RADIO THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE PASSING THE ZOO I SAW MULTIPLE CARS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD POSSIBLY STOPPED TO SEE THE SAME THING. AFTER THE LIGHTS WHERE GONE I COULD SEE 3 OBJECTS THAT LOOKED LIKE PLANES FLYING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WITH A GREEN FLASHING LIGHT AND A SOLID WHITE LIGHT. ALSO SEEN WAS A RED FLASHING LIGHT THAT WAS SMALLER THEN THE NORTH STAR THAT WOULD FLASH PERIODICALLY AND THEN TURN BLACK. I CALLED THE AIRPORT AROUND 2100 AND THEY TOLD ME NOTHING HAD BEEN REPORTED.
September 8, 2014 · 6:00 AM · CIRCLE
McMinnville, OR
Driving out by the airport,the sky was dark but clear. I looked out the passenger window and couldn't explain what I saw. There was a plume of smoke with a bright large (maybe 10ft a cross ,it was difficult to gage how far into the distance it was ,or how high in the sky it was.) It looked like a giant flash light was shining down. I thought it was a meteor, but it didn't seem to be moving, nor did it look like what I'd expect a meteor ,or astroid ,or what have you. There was no tail, it was more compact.....stumpy. The man driving decided to pull over so he could get a better look, but just as he said it the light blinked a couple times and the just went out. Right when it went out, there seemed to be a little piece of something that was burning. It shot off to the upper left and immediately it burnt out. And that was it. All that was left was a poor of smoke. I was stunned, and I thought for sure with its size and the 15 seconds that I saw it, (let alone the actual filtration of time it was present) I was SURE somebody, somewhere had caught it with their cell phone, or camera. But, nothing. I heard nothing about it. I don't know what I saw, but I know it was something extraordinary. Finding this site helped me see that maybe I saw something even more unusual.
September 7, 2014 · 9:24 PM · SPHERE
Salem, OR
I was laying in my backyard stargazing when I saw this unusually big glowing sphere appear in the sky, it hovered for a moment before dimming slightly and then brightening again. It then made its way off in a different direction, dimming and glowing as it went until I lost sight of it behind some trees. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 5, 2014 · 11:12 PM · CYLINDER
Portland, OR
Iridescent bright white (lit up with a squid like external appearance - no tentacles..just the body portion) cylinder type object fell from the sky at a rapid speed. It appeared out of nowhere and made its decent in a manner of seconds. It appeared to disappear before reaching ground. My location is SE Portland and I was viewing the sky in the northern direction. I do live nearby the PDX airport. That fact has absolutely no bearing on what was seen. Due to traffic noise, unable to determine if it did have any type of sound to it. Perhaps, due to the speed it came down, it could have been a sphere rather than cylinder. The lighting of the object may have just made it appear to be a different shape by causing a light trail behind it. It was not a lantern, falling star or meteorite. I don't know what it was Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD