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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.
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July 20, 2020 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Camp Sherman, OR
Stargazing by our campsite, a friend and I witnessed an orange orb of light come drifting over the treeline above the river. It didn’t look like any of the satellites, drones, planes or meteors we’d seen previously the same evening and made no noise. The object was randomly changing speed and direction lazily and was “blinking” off and on we originally thought, but may have been actually disappearing? And reappearing a little further ahead on its path. It got our attention immediately and we watched it for a few minutes. It crossed the river and began moving behind the silhouette of a tree. For a moment we lost the object and then I saw it emerge from the other side of the trees. I pointed at it and excitedly said “oh there it is!” The object immediately flashed the brightest most blinding white light that I’ve ever seen. It lit up the whole forest and other side of the river for a split second. This startled us and before we could finish reacting it did it again. Then it shot straight up faster than anything I’ve ever seen and vanished completely in the blink of an eye. My friend was very frightened and grabbed me by my jacket and we took off running back to our fire.
July 20, 2020 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Marathon, FL
Myself, my girlfriend and my immediate family we're on vacation and Marathon Florida. A small hotel/condo type resort on the Gulf side of the island. Directly outside of our room which was on the bottom story, was a doc, a short one. On the first night myself my mother and my girlfriend we're lying out on the dock looking at the stars as we often do especially outside of cities where they are very visible. And there's no remarkable background to any of this short of my brother is an ex army infantry. First sighting The three of us, myself, girlfriend and mother, we're lying on the dock stargazing. 15 to 20 minutes of this and my girlfriend for spots it and points out two dim lights, dimmer than most of the stars but not all of them, heading east towards the Atlantic from the Gulf. The lights are mostly overhead and pass overhead during the siding. The two lights are moving in tandem as if attached to each other but as it passes overhead they move apart and then closely together while maintaining a constant speed that appears faster than any plane or helicopter. There is no noise whatsoever. When the lights move away from each other they do so in a way that is mirroring one another. The motion of the lights moving closer together and farther apart was much faster than the forward motion of the objects. We could tell they were two separate objects because we could see the stars between them as they passed over us. There appeared to be nothing more than the two lights. This was my first siding of something I couldn't identify or explain. This was due to the mostly unremarkable speed of the lights but the movements of them were so rapid and perfectly mirrored I could not come up with an explanation for any known aircraft. I was very excited about this and told everyone with us in our party, my oldest nephew one of two, that was with us seemed very uninterested as he did with most things at his age kept insisting it was a drone or drones. This I did not believe a prop driven vehicle even a drone could move so agiley as well as silently, also knowing that drones require flashing lights on them. The next night I go out on the dock to do some fishing. And it is no longer than 15 or 20 minutes that I again see the slight. I believe it came out from the Gulf again but then seem to turn in what appeared to be a perfect right angle then slowed to a stop for just a moment and then jumping around very erratically sort of circling its stationary point and then appeared to shoot upwards I could see a slight curve to it as it faded away out of velocity I've never witnessed. It basically seemed to go straight up extremely fast after jumping around radically. As I recall, every night myself or others went out for 15 or 20 minutes one of these lights would always appeare. With the exception of one siding I believe they were always moving from golf to Atlantic, just not always in a straight line. The two most remarkable sightings where as follows. The first I want to mention is a night we got back late, probably after 10:00. Myself and my youngest nephew of the age 13 went out with me to the pool. Because it was so hot we did not mind going out in the rain. There was complete cloud cover and heavy rain. While we are in the pool he tells me to look up and we see again the same light, not real dim but not very bright, also silent, moving in a slightly curved trajectory and then making sharp right angles in a zigzag of about five points then jumps around around its original center point before appearing to shoot up through the clouds. At this point I have been talking about them enough to annoy my family. Especially my older nephew who insists that it's nothing but a drone. So one night I convinced my two young nephews and my brother, as well as his two kids all go out to the dock and as I told them to give it 20 to 30 minutes and we'll see one. The lights did not disappoint. My older nephew was, ironically, the one to spot the light first. He suddenly said what is that a bird? And we all looked up and saw it as usual moving silently, other than that I cannot recall specifically how this one moved. But the satisfying part being that the older more skeptical nephew had no idea to explain what it was. Unfortunately my brother, the ex-military member, has terrible vision and thick classes and could not see the light in time, although his children did, he also had a camera because he likes taking pictures, but it was gone too fast and nothing was captured on film. I believe I had tried to film The light! s with a cell phone but was unable to get it to show up, probably because of the dimness. The last siting I was out on the dock alone because it was late and I could not convince my girlfriend or anyone else to come out with me to see the lights. I expected to see them even though it was raining a bit and mostly cloud covered. This time was different because while sitting on the dock I saw the cloud cover edge out over the Gulf, and what seemed to be a gap in the clouds directly above me, slightly behind me from my point of view. Through this there were two stars I could see but did not pay much attention. Expecting it to come from the Gulf of his mostly looking out that way, not sure if it's significant but the whole time I started feeling very uneasy, possibly watched, I kept having this picture of something rising out of the ocean or some large almond-eyed entity suddenly appearing on the doc next to me. This never happened though. After 30 minutes knowing I needed to get to bed I was rather disappointed and started walking up the dock back to our room! . I took one more last look up and suddenly realized those two stars were not an opening in the cloud which did not occur to me until one of those stationary lights jumped around the other and then shot off towards the Atlantic and the second one almost mimicked the exact motions of the first and appeared to shoot upwards on a curved trajectory. After the last siding it occurred to me these objects seem to move in erratic ways when we noticed them. And I can't help but remembering them and thinking they seem to shoot away or move erratically shortly after we started watching them. Maybe that's just me but to this day I can't find anything online about other people seeing this. I even asked a guy that worked at the resort what are those lights every night in the sky? He had no idea what kind of left and said we are near the Bermuda triangle which had not occurred to me at that point, I'm rather skeptical of the whole Bermuda Bermuda triangle legend. To this day I regret not making more of an effort to capture these things on film. The more I think about it the more I think it was not a terrestrial aircraft. If anybody has any ideas please let me know, there was a military base fairly nearby, but I don't imagine they had any drones with those capabilities. I hope to go back someday, and hope that I witnessed these lights again prepared with equipment to film them.
July 20, 2020 · 9:45 PM · SPHERE
Appleton, WA
The object was a very bright white ball of light and moved without any kind of sound. The object appeared to move at a much faster speed than satellites and appeared to be much brighter and lower in the sky. We are occasional sky watcher's and had just been viewing the Comet in the northwestern sky.
July 20, 2020 · 8:30 PM · DIAMOND
Silt, CO
While standing outside talking with neighbor about how nice it was to see aircraft in the sky again, we were watching a jet fly over with a long Jetstream behind it traveling west. I then noticed an object just behind the Jetstream that appeared to be heading south towards us since the object was getting slightly larger. When I pointed it out to my neighbor, it got extremely bright then instantly shot west bound with no light and looked diamond in shape. It slowed over the airliner, then got very bright again and took off at twice the speed of the aircraft and disappeared into the sky.
July 20, 2020 · 7:45 PM · OTHER
Beverly, MA
The sky was still lit and we saw a very oddly shaped object floating about as high as a helicopter would fly, maybe higher. I ran inside to grab binoculars and my sister and I followed it as it flew west and then curved southeast. We went onto the street watching it until it was out of our sight. All of us were unable to figure out what it was even though it was so visible in our binoculars. When I first saw it it looked like it was on fire, then it just appeared very shiny/sparkly, and could have been brown in color. The shaped was so odd, scalloped on the top and more box like on its bottom. We didn't get a photo or video of it. Around this time many citizens all over our town had been reporting that their Comcast internet and cable weren't working.
July 20, 2020 · 6:00 PM · CIRCLE
Los Ángeles, CA
UFO hovering and split into 3. See picture. No sound, not a satélite or balloon. UFO’s remain around the same spot, hovering moving up and down.
July 20, 2020 · 4:55 PM · TRIANGLE
Modesto, CA
Me, My husband,Father in law, and 12yr old son were sitting outside our home looking at our zodiac signs in the sky, when all a sudden we spotted a huge light that came towards us at first we thought it might have been a drone until it came right over us and it was a triangle craft with three lights in each corner one light was solid red while the other 2 were whitish-yellow. It made no sound at all and it was about 60ft wide huge craft. It moved side to side, up and down, hovering over the 99 highway then would circle around our neighborhood again our neighbors also were watching. We followed the craft on foot and in our vehicle. After it got to the salida area it shot out of sight so fast we were in shock. I posted videos of it on youtube if interested called modesto ca ufo sighting under melissa&jonathan helton.
July 20, 2020 · 1:10 PM · SPHERE
McFarland, CA
At around 13:10 on 07/20/20 my wife and I were in our backyard and observed what appeared to us to be a light orb in the sky. This is the third time we have witnessed the same phenomenon. I was able to capture the object on film.
July 20, 2020 · 10:00 AM · SPHERE
Woodland, WA
2 white sphere shaped UFOs flying at roughly 3000 feet elevation. They were flying very close too each other and one was bigger than the other. They were both either white or reflective (hard to tell). They were flying quite slow for about 90 seconds then speed up rapidly and I lost visual. They also made a deep humming like noise that was far different from any airplane or helicopter I have heard before . There was also a slight glow around object. Immediately after I lost visual of the 2 UFOs there was an unmarked plan that entered the area and I believe it was pursuing the 2 UFOs.
July 20, 2020 · 9:00 AM · CIGAR
Beverly, MA
Ufo seen above backyard heading towards Ocean. Cigar/ hot dog in shape and looked like it was on fire. (About 600-800 feet in the air) no noise
July 20, 2020 · 4:30 AM · LIGHT
Las Vegas, NV
While at work I stopped just for a second to observe the lightening that was happening this morning. I was at Bonanza and MLK looking towards Sunrise Mountain when all of the sudden 4 orangish lights flew from my right to my left at a speed that was obviously too fast for any plane. I thought it might be a reflection in the glass I was looking through but the objects went behind the mountain not to mention there were no vehicles or anything that could have caused a reflection at that moment. I was really hoping someone else saw what I saw this morning. If there are any survailence cameras facing Sunrise Mountain they may have caught the objects. Time was around 4:30am give or take 30 min.
July 20, 2020 · 3:01 AM · LIGHT
Kennesaw, GA
I picked this up on my Ring video cam in my backyard. I was unaware that it had happened until I checked the "motion history" an hour later. There was a linear 6-lights in a horizontal line. It appeared over the trees (50 ft?) at the lower end of my backyard, approached my house straight on. It dipped below my deck, then rose, and appeared to be "looking" in my first-floor window, then it rose to the 2nd floor (bedroom windows). It rose out of sight and did not return. I have a link to the video.
July 20, 2020 · 1:04 AM · TEARDROP
Billings, MT
My husband and I were driving North on I-90 towards Billings. We were right outside of town and I saw a teardrop shap in the sky. It was big. I thought, at first, it was the moon but it seemed to be moving slightly. We pulled over the car and I snapped pictures and some video with my phone. We thought it might be the Neowise comet since it was in the Northwest but eveeything we read said that we would not have been able to see that with the naked eye. We didn't stay. We went on to our hotel but when we tried to see it from there, it was gone. We thought maybe there was too much light at the hotel but we saw this right above the street lights so that wasn't the problem. We have looked on subsequent nights and seen nothing more.
July 19, 2020 · 11:35 PM · TRIANGLE
Dayton, OH
I was sleeping outside and I was on my phone and I saw something in the sky. It was triangle shaped with a light in every corner of the craft. It was about 250-300 feet up i’d say. it was making a humming noise and moving fairly slowly. I couldn’t tell what color it was but i’d say grey or black.
July 19, 2020 · 11:10 PM · LIGHT
Portland, OR
My family of four was out in a deserted rural location to see Comet NEOWISE. I am a professional analyst and investigator with some law enforcement background and a lifelong interest in astronomy and space. My wife grew up on Kauai and has had a variety of managerial and administrative positions. My two children, daughter age 12 and son age 10 were also present. The elevation at the location was approximately 1400'. We had an unobstructed view of the sky from West-North-West to North-East. We saw a bright light coming into view from the west, approximately 10 degrees above the horizon. It was approximately 5 times brighter than the brightest visible star. I thought at first it was an aircraft and we all were looking at it because of the brightness. We then saw it exhibit some non-ballistic motion; it was speeding up and then rapidly slowing to a stop, sometimes abruptly jumping up or down 2 degrees from its base course, and jinking around as it proceeded generally eastward. I had a pair of 10-22 x 50 binoculars (to see the comet) and was able to get the light in view. It was jinking around enough that its motion, combined with the binocular motion, made it too blurry to see any shape. When I was watching it magnified it started to pulse the brightness and change color; we saw the brightness vary by about 33% up and down, and the colors shift from white to red, blue green and purple in no particular order. We tracked the object across our entire field of view, which took about 2 minutes. We also saw one plane in the sky on a northward path (likely a Portland to Seattle flight) which made a stark contrast to the object as the plane had distinctly separate lights on the wingtips, did not change color, and was nowhere near as bright. As the object was nearing the eastern limit of our view, my wife and daughter saw 4 more objects in a line that started changing color and brightening as the one object we were observing approached. I was able to see 3 of the four from my location with the binoculars. None of them were as bright - they were about the same brightness as the nearby starfield. They did not move during the next 10 minutes. They also displayed multiple colors, however only white, red and blue. The brightness did not vary much. Due to the lack of motion and different visibility profile, I could not personally confirm if they were other objects or distorted stars. It is not possible to get a good estimate of distance on a light in the sky without reference points and knowledge of the object, but my best guess is given the brightness and comparing it to the plane we did see it was in the atmosphere at least 20 miles away.
July 19, 2020 · 11:05 PM · TRIANGLE
Las Vegas, NM
Witness provides no information about incident. PD
July 19, 2020 · 10:45 PM · SPHERE
Vienna, VA
Background: Retired Executive. Private Pilot for several years. The heat that day was in the upper nineties. I ride my recumbent trike 5-6 times a week for health purposes. I waited until dark when it finally dropped into the upper 80’s to ride. I rode on the W&OD Trail to Reston VA. MY WAY back, a fellow bicyclist came up beside and we struck up a conversation as we rode together back to Vienna, which is about 10-12 miles from the Pentagon. When we go to downtown, we stopped for a minute to rest and talk. With the recumbent trike in a resting postitio , I had a perfect view of the sky.. I immediately nosticed a bright starlike light, not twinkling. It was sitting still at first then it started moving. It looked just like a satellite which I have watched many. You suddenly it moved very uncharacteristicly, very quickly. As I watched it became very erratic in its movements. I asked my new friend to look at it. He seemed very uninterested. He said, “Oh, it’s just a satellite.” I told him it could not be a normal satellite because of it’s erractic, sudden movements and it’s sudden changes of direction. He looked but still was disinterested. He said something lie, you don’t believe in that stuff do you?” I told him that I do because of past experiences but that I never had witnessed before. He said that he had to get home and he left. He asked would I like to ride along another 2-3 miles to my car. He had to continue a few miles further. I said no, I’d like to watch this light another10-15 minutes, which I did. Though it moved most of the time it seems to remain i a small area of the sky. As I rode another 15+ minutes I would watch as it still was in the same area. When I got to the trail parking lot, I could not see it for trees. From there I drove to my house. The light was just below 11 o’clock high to the East-Southeast. Due to its position few people would be looking unless on purpose. However it was at an altitude that made it extremely visible across the metro area, possibly for very long distances. I’d guess it was in low earth orbit territory. Please text me before calling. My number below is a cell #. This is the first time I have every reported anything like this to anyone. I will consider consenting to release my name after contact is made. Thank you.
July 19, 2020 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Hico, WV
While on vacation watching the sky for shooting stars, we witnessed 3 stars/lights in a triangle moving slowly moving across the sky. It looked like stars so it was very high up which made it appear huge in size. The triangle stayed in a perfect shape as it moved.
July 19, 2020 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
NoLos Angeles (northeast of), CA
My brother was looking at a star with small binoculars and he told me to have a look when I was done I put the binoculars down and we both looked up at the sky and organe little light passed by at a super highrate ofspeed across the sky headed towards the beach it must of took 4 seconds to reach the ocean at that speed and the angle look like it was across the sky not down towards earth
July 19, 2020 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
North Myrtle Beach (Crescent Beach), SC
Three orange yellow orbes triangular formation over ocean at 15th ave became brighter then extinguished One top orb and two on bottom equal distance. Suddenly appeared became brighter and then disappeared like light shutting off. About 1/3 above the sea level. Calm nite no moon a few stars.
July 19, 2020 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Fresno, CA
Drove to the Sierra Nevada foothills around sun set to get some pictures of the comet. Just after dark set in we noticed a satellite object traveling over head. It appeared to have an unsteady flight. Wavering and slowing. It came to a stop. My sister was able to get 3 pictures of the object. All 3 pictures had a different appearance. On 2 of the pictures, the object appears to have a hole in it. The third picture has structure to it.I guess it could be a satellite, but I do not know of a satellite that would come to a complete stop. I will include the 3 photo's for your examination.
July 19, 2020 · 8:00 PM · EGG
Fairdale, WV
I glanced up at the sky and noticed a very shiny silver, egg shaped object, moving very slowly like it was gliding. There was no sound and no contrail. Just before it reached the mountain line it flashed brighter and just disappeared.
July 19, 2020 · 3:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Kingston, NY
The objects were not near each other. They seemed to form a circle. No noise. Red, green and yellow lights. While I stood in my driveway the colored lights disappeared but the objects stayed still. I did witness UFOs in Pennsylvania a few years ago but that sighting was at a resort in the woods and lasted for many minutes. The local news had many reports mentioned.
July 19, 2020 · 1:00 PM · SPHERE
Albuquerque, NM
It is a clear and bright day today, so we at first were surprised to see a star in the sky. The more we looked at the object, though, the more we realized it wasn’t a star at all and appeared to very suddenly change shape from spherical to oblong to an almost completely flat diagonal line. It always returned to a sphere and maintained this shape more often than the others. We went outside to take a closer look and we both witnessed it change shape again and, for a few seconds, disappear altogether. For about 20 minutes, it appeared to not really move at all but then it would slide right (west). We have had a closer look through binoculars (I was unable to get a bead on it with my telescope since it’s so sunny) and appears to be made of a rather shiny white material - the closest comparison is of polished white marble or mother of pearl. The surface seems smooth but the light reflects oddly, which gives it the appearance of softness or liquid. Thinking it could also be the comet, we looked through the binoculars several more times and agree that the object appears to be within our atmosphere and not on the outside. It is very clearly 3 dimensional and there does not appear to be any of the distortion one might expect of an object visible in space. At any rate, no idea what it is. I thought for a minute it could be a simple weather balloon, based on its shape and the contours\colors of the surface, but it is in no way behaving like one. We probably noticed it an hour ago and can still see it in the sky, it’s moved more west and is sitting higher in the sky but is just as easily seen.