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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 9, 2023 · 11:15 AM · TEARDROP
Irwin, PA
I was in my pool on a raft looking at the sky, large clouds that day. Wind was 5-7 mph from the west. I saw a black object about 150 ft from the ground, traveling east to west against the wind , approximately 100 mph in a straight line until it flew behind a large tree out of sight. It had the sun behind it so I couldn’t make out much detail on my side. It was the size of a large bird like an eagle and shape was like a wing of a plane looking from the side , very aerodynamic. It shot through the sky in a very straight line neither going up or down from its flight path. No sound at all. No lights. Nothing like a drone , no wings or propellers that I could make out.
August 9, 2023 · 7:20 AM · CIGAR
Denver, CO
On August 9th, at roughly 7:20am, I was on my way in to work. I happened to look down the street, and saw what appeared to be a black, cigar-shaped craft flying in the sky. At first, it appeared to be stationary, but then it appeared to be moving slowly toward my direction. It had rotated once or twice, was how I noticed the shape. I took a video with my phone, but got distracted. I looked up, and saw it was closer, and took another video, the one I uploaded. My attention was taken away briefly by another co-worker, and the next thing I knew it was gone. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
August 9, 2023 · 1:15 AM · SPHERE
Mayodan, NC
All witnesses observed multiple orbs of light that seemed to move in the same direction and disappear and then reappear in the original spot they first appeared. During this the some orbs would get brighter and dimmer. At times it appeared that orbs of light would spawn from other orbs. This incident was observed by myself and 4 other police officers and 1 citizen.
August 9, 2023 · 1:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Steilacoom, WA
I was looking up at the sky to the west about 1am aug 9 2023 and saw a quick 1 second white flash. If you were to hold a dime in outstretched in your fingers towards the sky thats how big it was, followed by am immediate bang right after. It didnt look to be caused by a meator as there was no shooting trail. So i decided to prop my phone up on hyperlapse pointing at that area of the sky. On hyperlapse 1 second in the video is equal to 15 seconds real time, so this 29 second video is actually just under 9 minutes real time. Upon watching the video playback at 14 seconds in something not in the sky caught my eye if you look mid center of the video u'll see something quickly flash. Zoom in and manually progress the video slowly from 13sec to 15sec and you see what is the puget sound something bright possibly hot or on fire appear above reflecting its glow off the water then submerg. The 1 second that it appears on video is actually 15 seconds real time that this object glided down into the water. The locatiin it went into water, I mapped the distance from me at about 3.3miles. Making whatever it was around the size of a semi with trailer. The only land near is Anderson Island home to the now abandoned prison. It was about 5 minutes after i saw the flash and bang before that object went in the water and a meteorite that size would of been visible whole way down and made a loud sound even from my viewpoint. Ive looked online and found nothing anywhere referencing this event ive also included a daytime photo next to the night shot of the object circled of the area it went down.
August 8, 2023 · 11:47 PM · LIGHT
Bellingham, WA
Sitting with my grandchild on the front porch. Pointing out various stars, planets and aircraft. I pointed out what I thought was a satellite. He wanted to know what satellites do and we started talking. He says Papa it’s moving around. I look back up and this object is moving around with crazy vector thrust making 90 degree turns. It lasted about 15 seconds and then went behind a cloud. Waited for the cloud to pass but nothing else was observed
August 8, 2023 · 11:07 PM · TRIANGLE
Longview, WA
I've seen them before and so I've been having my wife go out on the deck with me, and we seen 2 low flying triangle shaped objects, traveling very, very slowly for about 2-3 minutes and were out of view.
August 8, 2023 · 10:30 PM · DISK
Roswell, GA
Disk jumped all over the sky and would hover in one place before jumping the opp so site direction real quickly. It had blinking lights and moved very spastically
August 8, 2023 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Reno, NV
When out for a smoke, looked up and a flash of light caught my eye right above me then right where flash happened what I thought was a star immediately started moving south bound. It was very slow moving then fast then it would stop then it would move a little east or west an repeated this pattern until I lost sight of it. Plus maybe 4 days ago I watched 2 stars next to each other start moving at the same time and speed for a distance. If you held out your hand they moved about 10" then stopped, my brother looked them up in his star app and they where confirmed to be stars! I can ask him to look up the names again but I cant remember them. I know I watched them change positions in the sky i was not seeing an illusion, which has happened before where I thought I star moved for a split second but it's just my body not able to stand perfectly still. I have also seen a green light over Gardnerville that my Dad witnessed, it was like it knew we seen it and it hid behind Jobs peak then it popped out as if to check if we where still looking then shot back behind the peak. The green light was probably 10 years ago though I'm not sure if any of this helps but I had to say something seeing how I watched 2 separate odd occurrences in less than a week.
August 8, 2023 · 9:45 PM · FORMATION
Breckenridge, TX
Looked to be in parallel lines/groupings. After passing of green lights, there was significant aircraft activity to include stationary hovering of aircraft in areas along the horizon in all directions surrounding the given coordinates. The colors of the flashing lights from aircraft were a combination of red, white, amber, and green. Estimated to see 12-15 moving and stationary aircraft with different light features. After the passing of the strange green lights, all observable aircraft returned to the westbound airspace. They slowly dissipated over the span of 9:45 pm and 12:00am. Aircraft activity seen thereafter was of normal and expected capacity.
August 8, 2023 · 9:44 PM · CIRCLE
Wrightsville, NC
all lights were orange
August 8, 2023 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Tampa Bay, FL
I noticed an orb transparent gray going across Cumulus clouds it was visible because it was a different shade of gray perfectly round almost transparent going north to south in a perfect line. My guess it was about 12 feet round gone in 10 seconds.
August 8, 2023 · 3:15 PM · CONE
Alpine, NJ
I saw a shape that looked like a large upside down silver teepee descending quickly in-between the trees and the Hudson River. I only spotted it for a couple of seconds. I couldn't see it any longer when it went down past the trees off the Palisades Parkway.
August 8, 2023 · 10:00 AM · LIGHT
Weimar, TX
went in side to get my son and they disappeared when we came back; somebody else saw this to big, then small ones zoomed around after. then after a larger light moved west to east
August 8, 2023 · 8:19 AM · CIGAR
Henderson, NC
At 8:19 am on August 8th 2023 I had stepped out side on my front porch and looked up to see the clouds as a storm is approaching and I seen what appeared to be a flying object shaped like a pill/cigar in the air, no fuel streams behind the object and no propeller sounds, it was extremely quiet, heading North East 26.4 degrees NE Carolina Ave crossing over E Montgomery street in Henderson NC. Disappeared within seconds.
August 8, 2023 · 1:45 AM · SPHERE
Bothell, WA
I like to watch Seatac air traffic from my deck. About 2 am I was sitting out there looking at clouds and a light caught my eye WAY up high. Moving at a pace like an international flight, west to east. But it was too high to be commercial jet so thought it was a satellite. Until it stopped. It kind of moved around a bit before becoming stationary. Weather balloon? Are they lit up and look like stars? Got my camera, iPhone 14pro plus and started recording. Saw a flash to the right of it, which was really odd, but nothing else interesting. Looked back at the video to see if the flash showed up and zoomed in a bit and oh man. I could see more flashes around it. And it looks like the orb is flashing, or is emitting energy or something. It was just weird then really started doing flashy stuff (you’ll see) that’s freaking not normal. No clue what it is, but it’s really weird. Saw something similar the end of June. Thought it was one of the planets to the west, but it was too bright. Decided it was a jet coming in from the ocean. It just stayed there, so I thought damn, it’s way out there. Then it turned like it should, I could see the red lights on the left side. Ok good. It’s a jet. but it just stopped. Huh? Then it traveled rather slowly from west to east. From just above the horizon to almost overhead. Then stopped. Looked like it moved around like in a square but then thought my eyes were tricking me. It just sat there. I watched it for about 20 minutes then went inside thinking “that was not normal”.
August 7, 2023 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Pensacola, FL
Driving vehicle across I-10 bridge, and noticed light moving across sky at high speed. Light did not leave a trail. Similar size as to stars in the sky. Light moved at high acceleration and speed.
August 7, 2023 · 10:56 PM · LIGHT
Ocean City, MD
A close friend (professional photographer) and I (retired peace officer) were on the balcony of a condo we had rented with our mates in Ocean City MD, while severe thunderstorms were coming a little further west towards the mainland. I was filming the sky from my Galaxy S22 with the hope of capturing beautiful flashes, while my friend was taking pictures with his professional camera for the same reasons. I took seven short videos spread over about 20 minutes, mainly observing the image on my mobile screen until the worst of the storm had passed. Back inside the condo, I quickly reviewed the video footage, looking for finds that would have "dazzled" me, but from my very small screen, nothing too exciting, especially compared to the photos taken by my friend. But, watching the very end of my last video, I first thought I saw a tiny light moving quickly from north to south. I looked again and then showed this to my friend. I then transferred the video to my laptop which is old, and although the 13.5" screen was quite wider than that of my S22, its poor resolution did not allow to distinguish a constant or even solid shape. Neither one nor the other had noticed the stealthy passage of this phenomenum as no sound accompanied it. My friend's photos could not corroborate what had been recorded on my mobile since, unfortunately, he had already started putting away his equipment shortly before I set up for the last video. We were going to take a closer look once back home in Quebec. On my 55-inch TV, the image quality makes it possible to better observe this white light which seems to touch the cloud base that must have been between 1000 and 1500 feet above sea level, according to us. It sometimes penetrates the clouds, then reappears further here and there. I cannot confirm how far it would have been visible in the sky, since I had ended my video before it reached the end of my field of vision to the south. For our part, we ruled out the possibility of an airplane, given its high velocity which we estimated at about 2000 miles per hour, the absence of sound and the usual position lights, and also the fact of moving near severe thunderstorms while a tornado alert was in force. It would also be surprising if a meteorite would move horizontally at such a low altitude. Could it be a projector’s light? We didn't see anything like this during our week-long stay, and no rays seems apparent, but we can't exclude this possibility. In the hope that the attached video can allow you to unravel this mystery. Thank you!
August 7, 2023 · 10:15 PM · OTHER
Vancouver, WA
While walking my dog I looked southward down the street and saw, at an altitude of roughly 8-10,000 feet, a large green colored barrel shaped light fall at a incredible speed. It was much faster than terminal velocity and from my position in the Northern most part of Vancouver Washington, it appeared as if the object was at least as far south as Portland Oregon. I would guess that the object was at least same size as a Boeing 747 given it's relative size to it probable distance from myself.
August 7, 2023 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Texarkana, TX
star gazing,saw object ,.watch untill it disapired.about 30 sec. clear sky
August 7, 2023 · 9:33 PM · LIGHT
Albuquerque, NM
Me and my fiancé decided to walk to the gas station for some late night snacks and as we were walking, I had noticed something strange in the clouds. We both looked up and started to pay attention and as we were looking at it, we noticed that it wouldn’t come out from behind the clouds and no matter what formation the clouds would move to, the light would follow it. It was literally just going around and around above us but we could easily tell it was a spotlight nor was it a drone because it was way too high up there. I’ve never seen anything like that before. It was moving so fast that it was hard to keep up with honestly until you saw it coming towards you again.
August 7, 2023 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Columbia, TN
At approximately 9:30CST on 8/7/23, my son and I observed a relatively low-flying orange light. It didn't have blinking lights like an airplane, and it moved silently in a straight line from west to east. We observed it for about a minute before it disappeared above the eastern horizon. During this time, we observed multiple identifiable airplanes, we could hear them and see the blinking lights on them. We do not believe that what we saw was an airplane.
August 7, 2023 · 9:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Pahrump, NV
On 8/7/23 I was out with my horses when I saw this light in the clear night sky (it appeared like a led shop light...long.. no tail) around 9:15 - 9:45pm coming from the west heading east. Not going upwards or downward....level with the ground. So I just stood there and watched. I did not have my phone on me and I thought about getting my husband so he could see this...but I was afraid I would miss something. As it (only one craft) got closer I could see the lights...lots of them. They were like spot lights (white no flashing) based off the lights it appeared to be rectangular about the size of 7 airplanes. No sound, very graceful, moving slowly, appeared to be slower than the airplanes that are always going by my place. It had these spot lights on its side spaced evenly apart in a straight line, then a spot light above and below streaming at an angle (not straight up or down). Appeared to be at a lower altitude then most the airplanes too. Then it was like lights out, it all went dark. I saw a email on 8/8/23 am about the Falcon 9 that was launched out of southern CA. About the same time. I Looked at those pictures thinking this would explain what I saw. This was nothing like that. I or the horses were not affected by this. I was just in awe and curious as to what this was. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
August 7, 2023 · 9:23 PM · FORMATION
Upland, CA
Headed out back to water the plants, I scan the night sky as always. Suddenly, appearing as if from a cloud, a centipede like, segmented, well lit with a green hue, each segment sort of square. Rounded front and rear. Appeared segment by segment until a full, long craft appeared then seemingly "flowed by" for about 7 seconds, disappearing towards the slight southeast, segment by segment. It was oddly low in the sky, I could see the stars above it. I see many small planes in our local skies with an airport roughly a mile from my home. They fly low and they were in the sky at the same time tonight. This was clearly hundreds of yards above at most, and enormous. Wide, but longer. Kind of like a bunch of train car bottoms lit up green, with some additional patterns, from underneath, but flying silently above me. It had to be seen by others. Brief, but enormous and well lit. Terrifically bright against the sky in the background. So low anyone outside looking up at that moment surely witnessed it as well. I clearly, rationally viewed this UAP directly above my home in Upland Ca this night of 8/07/2023. I've always believed, have often watched the skies and now have been completely blown away, as if witnessing a dream sequence so realistic. But, I have never dreamed of seeing a UAP. I was watching it live. I now know for sure. Could have been nothing else but a flying craft. A fucking, flying , unidentifiable craft appearing briefly in the sky. Truly magnificent and mind blowing.
August 7, 2023 · 9:20 PM · SPHERE
Clearwater, FL
I was driving southbound on Missouri Avenue in Clearwater, Florida near the Clearwater/Largo city limit. To my slight left, I saw a bright red glowing orb come down from the sky in a rectilinear fashion, then subsequently rise back upward again in the same manner. Sort of like an elevator. From the naked eye, it didn't appear to have a trail like an asteroid would. It happened very quickly and as I was driving, so unfortunately I was unable to capture the event and even if I could I don't think I would have been able to capture it quick enough.