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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
July 12, 2020 · 9:50 PM · TRIANGLE
Atwater, CA
A V shaped craft with 3 red lights on each point, flew silently from the North West going in a South Eastern direction. I watched it for approximately 30 seconds before losing sight of it behind a group of trees. We are well acquainted with the sights and sounds of many types of aircraft coming in and out of the nearby (retired) Castle AFB. This was not at all like any of the usual aircraft in the area. The altitude was that of a small plane, but it was completely silent. Immediately after observing this craft I experienced a physical reaction of anxiety, lightheaded dizziness and shortness of breath.
July 12, 2020 · 8:34 PM · CIRCLE
West Bloomfiled, MI
Walked outside my door on to the deck to let the dog out, I looked up and saw a white circular object floating directly overhead. I called to my Dad to hurry and bring his phone to come see it, he brought his phone, I turned it on and took a video and picture as I estimated where it was and just snapped the pic. My father is in his 70s and has a hard time seeing and couldn't see it. I ran back in to get a camcorder and tripod. Went back out it was still there, and didn't move, it just floated directly overhead. I couldn't find the object on the screen of the video camera and aimed and recorded. As I tried to adjust to find the object in the camcorder screen it left. I did not see it leave, when I looked up again-it was gone. It was white and hardly noticeable, but there were no clouds around it-just blue sky behind it. This was at 8:34pm Est and the video I took shows no evidence off of the first glance, but I will investigate it further.
July 12, 2020 · 7:30 PM · EGG
Astoria, NY
I was seating on my roof when I saw this strange black object going and coming out of the clouds. I snapped a few photos using my zoom lens.
July 12, 2020 · 10:26 AM · LIGHT
Chesapeake, VA
Me and my girlfriend were in the car driving home after some stargazing when all of the sudden she started saying something to me along the lines of, “That is not a star DUDE WHAT IS THAT!! Look there’s a light just sitting still in the sky!!!” I was the one driving, so I was trying to pay attention to the road but look at the same time. I did not see what she was talking about at first, and then all of the sudden I saw through the trees what she was talking about - a bright, brilliant white light just sitting still in the sky. It was about 3 miles away, just above the tree-line in the distance. I would say it was a mile high. As soon as I saw what she was talking about, I changed route to go to a parking lot close by to get a better view on the object. After seeing it, i drive for about 100 feet, when all of the sudden it had just vanished. It was clearly not a man made aircraft, clearly not a spotlight, and 100% not a celestial body.
July 12, 2020 · 6:26 AM · OTHER
North Myrtle Beach, SC
Two events were recorded photographically at the exact same location 53 weeks apart. The location was at the coastline in North Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Event one occurred at sunrise on July 12, 2020 at 6:26AM. Event two occurred July 19, 2021 at 6:37PM. I only report and talk about sightings that are based on photographic evidence as I did in MUFON report 103691 (09-26-2019 Toledo, Ohio) and MUFON report 114460 (02-05-2021 Ft Myers, Florida). Unfortunately, the MUFON system tends to ‘bury’ photos and reports, making retrieval and dissemination to the public difficult. I have been reluctant to file these photographed events on MUFON for that reason. Event one was photographed at sunrise at the beach on 07-12-2020 at 6:26AM. The photos are from a collection of about 50 taken with a Nikon 300mm lens, over a period of about 11 from 6:21 to 6:32AM. Photo 1 is a wide-angle view that includes a man walking in the left side of the frame. Photo 2 is a zoomed-in view about one minute prior (6:26AM). Photo 3 is a closer zoom with three circled features as follows. Left Feature: ‘Water-Tower’ shape. Center Feature: a castle-like merlon projection. Right Feature: Platform with Square Peg. Event two was recorded 53 weeks later in 2021 using a high quality android phone and the same features were photographed again on the exact same section of beach. Photo 4 is a cropped version of the original taken on July 19, 2021 at 6:37PM. This late-in-the-day photo has a slightly different view of the same features in the same left to right positions. Photo 5 has highlights circled as follows. Left: ‘Water-Tower’ shrouded by dense white mini-cloud. Center: Merlon projections obvious. Right: Tall saucer sitting on Square Peg platform. I challenge anyone to say that these photos events do not represent the same craft. This ship has the appearance of being not man-made and also probably not of the grey alien variety that usually use very flat vehicles designed for their 40 inch stature. I worked for 35years as a product development chemist doing research and development for one of the worlds chemical giants. I have about 10 U.S. patents and authored a couple of personal hobby books in retirement. I have had a life time of trained observation and analysis work behind me. Unfortunately, when I see data I can’t look away.
July 12, 2020 · 5:00 AM · OVAL
Rahway, NJ
My husband and I were doing yard work and he noticed an round circle like a ball he called me and I saw the same it was shining then dark then shiny again they looked like balls in the sky rolling shiny then dark then shiny disappeared
July 12, 2020 · 4:51 AM · CHANGING
Jacksonville, FL
I observed a bright light in the sky that changed shapes numerous times (have pics). Two other odd lights observed on either side of the shape changing light. I didnt see the two lights on either side until i looked at the pictures i had taken.
July 12, 2020 · 12:00 AM · OTHER
New Kensington, PA
Alien driving car, face to face encounter. As I was driving to get snacks I stopped at the stop sign and proceed to let the car to the right of me go. As it pasted me I thought it was a bald man. As the grey car (sorry not a car person I do not know make or model) gets halfway through the intersection I noticed this "man's" skin was very grey. My headlights were shinning directly in car. I proceed to move my gaze down the forehead and into the eyes. Where I saw two extremely black eyes looking back at me. My heart stopped when my brain understood that I was face to face with a grey alien who was driving a car. As he was pulling out he looked back at the road and drove away. I wish I thought to take a picture in those five seconds but I was in pure shock and terror. I've always believed they were out there but face to face with one is a shock that I was not ready for. I do not believe it was a mask in any form, the head moved to easily with no wrinkles in the neck area and the eye shape was not makeup the whole entire eye was oval. I know they can do magic with make-up but I am in the world of film and have amazing 20/10 vision . The chills that I feel when my gaze met "his" is enough for me to know, I came face to face with a grey alien today. They are here, with us, even driving our cars around. This is a lot to take in, we are not alone. The universe is huge its impossible that we are, but real confirmation with my own eyes, has me shook and it will for a long time.
July 12, 2020 · 12:00 AM · CHEVRON
Grand Forks, ND
A friend and myself were sitting on my deck watching for the meteor shower. While we watched, I saw a large V shaped object appear and start moving from S to N. The corners were all rounded. It moved straight with the rounded point of the V in the front. It had no individual lights. It was grey/metallic and seemed to either be reflecting the city lights or the entire craft was dimly glowing. It made no noise and moved slower than an aircraft. As it went over my house, I stood up so I could continue watching and at the same time my friend yelled “I saw that!” We tried to explain it away but could not. The skies were crystal clear, there were no events happening with big lights or anything. We have an airbase nearby but it didn’t look like anything I’ve ever seen. It was a boomerang/rounded V shape. No tail, nothing inside of the V. I would say at the very least as large as a 747, but was much lower in the sky than they fly. Very strange.
July 12, 2020 · 12:00 AM · EGG
Los Angeles, CA
It’s on the moon I have a picture that I took through my telescope and I see a blue oval shape on top left of the moon the day before I took a picture it was not there. Looking at the moon from Los Angeles.
July 11, 2020 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Louisburg, NC
On Friday July 11, 2020, I was awaken by a thunderstorm. I like watching thunderstorms, so I got up, and went out to back deck. It was raining hard, and lightning, but I wasn't getting too wet. As I was looking toward my detached garage above and behind my garage, which was about 50 feet from me a oblong bright blue/white object appeared . It looked like it came out of a portal . It hovered there for about 5-8 minutes. Then it started to descend slowly. I'm the kind of person that would grab my phone, and run out to take photos. That didn't happen, or my memory was wiped clean. I woke Saturday morning, and decided to cut my grass. I'm 68 years old, and work 10 hours a day 5 days a week. Monday through Friday. It's hard for me to keep up with outside work. The grass needed cut bad, so I started cutting. When I got to the back yard I saw the high grass had a depression about 12 feet by 12 feet. I got my phone out, and took pictures. When I first saw the depression, I remembered the sighting the night before. I looked for steps or prints leading to, and/or from the depression, but saw none. Monday I called WRAL news Raleigh,NC, and asked if they had had other reports. They said no, and asked me to text the pictures along with my info, so I did.
July 11, 2020 · 10:58 PM · CIRCLE
Erie, PA
My son and I witnessed three red/orange hovering craft in a perfect triangle in the clear northeast sky. The object to the left started moving North & disappeared quickly. After a couple seconds the middle object did the same thing and then the third followed.
July 11, 2020 · 10:45 PM · CIRCLE
Irwin, PA
At about 10:40 PM on July 11th, 2020 I took my dog outside in our back yard to use the bathroom. It was quiet for about the first 15 seconds of being outside. Next, my dog and I heard not one but multiple dogs barking and running down our street. I didn't hear any reports from neighbors or on our local Facebook lost animals page about lost dogs in our area either. I volunteer for a local non-profit dog rescue and tend to get involved when people are looking for their lost pets. I decided to investigate the situation. I took my dog inside, grabbed my shoes and a flashlight. I walked out the back door in our back yard and proceeded to the front of the house. I could hear the dogs barking around me but couldn't see them. I stood out front on the street puzzled for about a minute . I walked about 20 or 30 feet up the street which was to the northwest. I paused and looked across the horizon in the sky toward the northwest. I immediately noticed a fairly large cir! cle object that appeared to be lifting from a location about a one mile away from where I was standing. The object was glowing red, not that bright but bright enough to see the outline of the object. I watched it move to the east and then south east toward my direction at a steady speed but at the same attitude. It approached my street and I could see that the glowing red light was pulsing and the object looked semi-transparent. It was completely silent as it flew as well. As it was about to past over me, I heard the dogs from earlier barking and running throughout the neighborhood once again. Even though I was about 40 feet from my house, I could hear my two dogs barking as well. It freaked me out that I stopped looking at the object in the sky, and started to scan the area on the ground for the dogs running in the neighborhood. A few seconds later, all the dogs stopped barking. It was complete silence. I took my eyes off the object for about 5 seconds. I looked up in the ! sky again and saw that the object was now right above me but w! as at an higher attitude now. It traveled between my property and my neighbors property going east. I ran to the back of the yard to see if I could see it better but the treeline was blocking my view of the object.
July 11, 2020 · 10:17 PM · SPHERE
New Florence, PA
At first it seemed against a clear night sky we were witnessing a shooting star. It shot across the stars stopped still illuminated, paused a few seconds then continued to travel very very very slowly. . At this time to the very far right of this event a second light appeared. It traveled very slowly towards the first light . We thought perhaps these were sattilites. But satellites dont move the way these were. Then as soon as the appeared, they just vanished against the black sky. I kept looking up and I'm glad I did as this time there were three lights to appear flying in a triangle formation. Travelling very slowly they were glowing white whit a hint of red towards the end of the orb shape. They did this for about 7 seconds before simply vanishing.
July 11, 2020 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
West Chester, PA
Sitting on the second story deck about 10 PM. Dark cloudy night but the clouds started drifting apart. A few stars appeared then a VERY bright one which looked like three stars stacked right on top of each other. Thought it might be a plane but it did not move, then it began to wobble left and right while not leaving it's position. Then clouds came in and obscured it.
July 11, 2020 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Schuylkill Haven, PA
On July 11, 2020 at approximately 2200hrs, my son and I were on top of the roof after observing the local fireworks show. The fireworks had ended 5+ minutes prior to this. he was positioning his camera towards the constellation of the Big Dipper, in order to photograph comet Neowise, I noticed something moving. The object, as best as I can describe, was the shape of a stingray as you would see it in the ocean looking at its underbelly from below the stingray. This object moved quite fast right to left almost directly above us. My son also then saw the object and turned attempting to photograph it. I lost sight of the object after only maybe 3 seconds of seeing it move, but he said he saw the object make a turn and back track towards where it came from before losing sight of it. We both describe the object as almost translucent with no visible lights at all. Earlier I was flying my Typhoon Drone to photograph the fireworks, so the size was similar, but mov! ed much faster, so I am unsure if the object was 300 + feet above us, or higher and larger than the drone, though the speed tells me it was lower. Again this was not a drone or any type of aircraft I have seen in my 44 years on earth or as a police officer for over 20 years. It made no noise, and had no visible wings. The entire episode lasted maybe 3-5 seconds.
July 11, 2020 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Clinton, NJ
Watched what I assumed was a satellite, because it was a medium-bright star moving steadily from south to north as they usually do, but then it emitted a bright flash every ten seconds, which I have never seen them do before. When it was directly overhead, the flash was dramatic and bright; about the size of a nickel at arm’s length. I would love to know if I was simply seeing a satellite.
July 11, 2020 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Erie, PA
I was leaving my house around 9:58pm to house sit my friend's mothe'rs place. (I ALWAYS look up at the sky on clear nights) I noticed 3 blatant red Orbs of what looked like thrusters. Spaced well apart from each other in a perfect triangle moving in Sync. They broke formation and flew eradically in different directions before reforming back into a triangle and stalling. Shortly after stalling they dissolved from bottom left then to top and then bottom right. They just completely dissolved into the sky.
July 11, 2020 · 9:48 PM · CHANGING
Pompano Beach, FL
23 of us where standing outside on the street and about 60 feet above us 11 craft passed over the trees in front of us with red and amber color changing lights. It kept Changing it's shape. They were in a formation and no noise. Looks like they were headed towards the ocean.
July 11, 2020 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Clayton, GA
On 7/11/2020 and 7/12/2020, my husband and I went to Persimmon Road to watch and investigate a bright white light that has been seen in 3 different positions multiple nights weekly since April 1, 2020. The first sighting on April 1 was out my bedroom window as I was lying in bed, in the northwest sky appearing over national forest land. It was by far the brightest light in the sky and at first appeared to be a bright star such as Venus. But after an hour in bed watching it, close persistent observation showed it to be moving with abrupt changes in direction, circular motions and other erratic movements . It ‘sparkled’ and seemed to fade in intensity at times. It would disappear, then reappear nearby. I took a video holding my phone very still and as zoomed in as it would let me. Outside, there were no plane or helicopter noises, only silence. I called the nonemergent local Clayton police line to ask whether they had other sightings of a drone or light in the sky that night. They told me no, but to let me know whether a drone came close to our private property and they would intervene at that point. I was unsure as to why someone would fly a drone in one spot (relatively one spot) for over 2 hours at night, unless they were searching for moonshine stills or something. I made my husband come look and confirm that it was in fact moving and that it was not Venus. I did not look closer at my video but posted it to Facebook and asked if anyone else had seen it. After the 3rd or 4th sighting within 1 week, I was watching the barely moving light carefully and the surrounding less bright stars. Then, about 5 other ‘stars’ started moving- not nearly as bright or as big as the original- all with separate flight patterns, all with abrupt erratic movements. They clustered in the sky next to the original and did not stray too far from it, still in the northwest sky. I got so afraid I had tears in my eyes and slept in my daughter’s bed with her that night. I would not look out my window intentionally for about two or three weeks after that. I didn’t want to know at that point. My curiosity won out after a while, and I went back to observing, this time casually, before falling asleep each night. I saw a Facebook post in April from a reporter for an ATL news station that showed a string of lights near ATL that was later attributed to the satellite train. I wanted to believe this because it was easier that way. But my light(s) and my experienc! e observing them did not appear consistent with the satellite train, not to mention I looked up the satellites’ positioning and course near us- they weren’t nearby. I asked a friend of mine who’s father is a pilot locally if he knew of any lights; he advised downloading the FlightAware app and checking the area for any registered planes, drones, other craft when I saw it next. I did see many planes with their normal blinking lights in the sky above us reflected clearly on the app; I did not see any nearly stationary crafts within our NE part of the state, nor in NC or in the adjoining towns. In May and June, the light was present less often and always alone that I could see, but it had changed position drastically- it was in the western sky, very low , so low it appeared to be in the tree line in the woods right beside our house, shining even brighter than before (maybe closer?), still moving so that at times the trees would block it intermittently. If I looked while lying in my bed, it was shining directly into my eyes but would occasionally dip down (into the National Forest?) and disappear for minutes to half an hour before popping back up again. My dog barks often at the woods behind our house due to coyote, bears, possum, etc. He seemed to bark nearly constantly on the nights the light showed up behind the house. Always between 9:30 to 10:00 pm sometimes until 1 AM (still there if I woke up at that time) and always silent. We went on vacation for about a week for July 4th, and while we were with family, I got out my phone to show my mom my video from ! the first night. This time, I paused the video and took still frame screen shots of my moving bright white spot- and I figured out that I could zoom in further than before. And the zoomed in pictures really amazed me (coupled with disbelief that I had not thought to do this before). Frame by frame, split second by split second, the size, shape and color of the light changed, which was what was causing the sparkling and flickering effect from an unfocused distance. I couldn’t believe it. I’ve never seen anything like it, especially the drastic nature of the changes and the range of colors. I got excited (I’m in the medical field, science is exciting anyway for me) and told my husband as soon as we got back, we were going to actually go looking for the source of the light through the trees and track whether it was close or far, and try to get another video and pictures this time. He was not as excited as I was but agreed to drive once I saw it through the trees. But every nig! ht the next week, it was cloudy and/or I didn’t see the light ! in eithe r of its usual position(s). I thought I had missed my chance. My husband stated that the most wide open area of sky near our part of the county was out near the Persimmon Road Fire Station clearing and that we could go there to just see if it was in the sky at all. We went on 7/11, 2 days ago once it got dark. And low and behold, there it was just over the treeline in the EAST part of the sky, bright white as ever but still appearing like a star to the common observer. I took video with my iPhone, my husband took video with his android phone. No other star or cell tower blinking showed up on my video, only this light. And to my surprise, zoomed in, I saw the light pulsating, sending rings of light-concentric circles- out from the center while enlarging intermittently, then shrinking back down to normal. Like in a cartoon depiction of a boombox speaker blaring with each beat. We got in the car to attempt to track it or localize it in reference to the town of Clayton. We didn’t get much closer but my husband felt that it was pretty low in the sky still. At around midnight, we had a local cop stop and ask if we were ok, since we ended up on a road near the prison. And we decided to go home. I looked at both videos on the way home. “! Calm down”, my husband said. “You have to see this, zoomed in!” I said. I started taking still-frame screen shots of the video and zooming in during the video, and the colors, shapes and rate of changing from one configuration to another were startingly beautiful. I took about 30 still frames of a variety of appearances, enlarged them, and posted the video and still shots to facebook because this was INCREDIBLE. I contacted an old friend from the Air Force who had told me he flew over Clayton regularly when he was on duty, to see if he had seen anything or could suggest an etiology. He denied seeing anything and had no idea what it could be. Why hadn’t we brought out our monocular? I couldn’t find our binoculars, of course. That meant that last night, on 7/12/2020, we had to go watch again, this time before dusk so I could approximate the time it appeared in the sky and perhaps get a picture of it in the daylight of dusk. Nothing until around 9:30 or 35 pm, despite other stars being visible first, including the big dipper in the opposite direction behind us. Then suddenly, the light appeared in a position lower to the tree line than the night prior. It wasn’t there, then it was. The monocular didn’t help much especially since you have to hold it very still in order to see something else moving, and didn’t focus as well as I’d hoped and it gives you a headache after a time. But the light seemed closer tonight and my husband’s video did not disappoint. The video and pictures were the best yet. I will continue to watch and record this light for as long as it shows up, and I’m trying to
July 11, 2020 · 9:30 PM · DISK
St. Paris, OH
My 15 yr old daughter and my 11 year old niece were walking in the Evergreen cemetery around 9:15 pm with a friend of theirs. They seen a red light approaching from above some pine trees. My daughter turned around and it turned bright red and hovered over a dirt pile right i front of her. She started screaming at my neice to turn around and when she did the object spun in circles and got brighter. They told their friend to look and when he raised his phone to take a picture it was gone. They all started running towards the drive in the cemetery to go home when they seen my neices dad coming to pick them up. They were crying and really scared and he asked what was wrong. When the kids told him, he said he seen the red light in the sky too and wandered what the hell it was...my daughter told me that when she seen it that her arm went numb and she started to run...my niece said her leg went numb and she started to run also. My neices mom lives in a rural area! about 10 miles from st paris. And when my neice told her about what she seen...her mom said she seen a red object circling around her home too.
July 11, 2020 · 9:09 PM · CIGAR
Santa Fe, NM
Our home is at roughly 7600 ft., full vista of the western sky. The object streaked through the night sky. It was low because it went behind the foot hills on the other side of I25. It appeared, disappeared, reappeared and was traveling at a high rate of speed (we know this because we see the F16s practice out over the Galesteo Basin and know their speed). There was no sound. It was traveling on a relatively horizontal path, maybe slightly downward. It was bight blue in color. We thought it was a private jet coming in, but it was too fast and was a bright blue object. It disappeared into thin air along its flight path.
July 11, 2020 · 8:18 PM · OVAL
Phoenix, AZ
About 10 seconds later a helicopter came from the east flying west as if in pursuit but was way to slow. My friend pulled up as i was standing outside and the saw the exact same thing . Then 5 minutes later another friend showed up saying they were about 2 miles away saying the same thing. I briefly caught a glimpse of it on my security cameras digital video recorder.
July 11, 2020 · 8:15 PM · FIREBALL
Phoenix, AZ
Blue/green small round fireball with red tail of light coming out from behind. Flew very fast east to west over the I17 freeway then abruptly stopped and disappeared.