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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
December 23, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Tucson, AZ
I saw a large white object with red around the edges that I thought may be a runaway lantern that was on fire. The object then headed North East, shrunk down to the size of a star or a plane light, moved in straight line, then disappeared. I live near the base, but there was no aircraft noise. I tried to take a photo once I pulled into my driveway. It does not appear but does show a streak of a light tinged red.
December 22, 2015 · 8:28 PM · SPHERE
San Tan Valley, AZ
From the witnesses backyard, noticed a bright orange ball of light traveling east to west across the sky. Object was initially under the cloud ceiling, which was 4,600 feet at the time of event. Size of object appeared to represent a size similar to that of a single large aircraft light. No other lights present in the area. The color remained a bright orange with edges that seemingly danced like a flame would. Object maintained an even altitude and one witness confirms it was not a flare. Said witness is a former Air Force technician with sixteen plus years of experience. Other witness is an aviation enthusiast. The length of the event was roughly two minutes and the light eventually disappeared behind cloud cover in the western sky.
December 22, 2015 · 7:30 PM · FORMATION
Queen Creek, AZ
As we were heading west at roughly 1930 Arizona time, my husband commented on how pretty the planes looked lined up for landing. I looked and noticed there were way too many "planes" than normal. You can usually see about 5-6 stacked up for landing at PHX. There were about 20 that looked like a string of green Christmas light that were dragged across the sky going from west to northwest. They were all blinking but not regularly. No noise. They eventually spread out and faded to the north after about 5 mins.
December 22, 2015 · 7:15 PM · CHANGING
Queen Creek, AZ
Viewing to the North from our backyard. Multiple lights (100+) drifted in from East (Apache Junction) Lights were intense RGB with mostly Blue and Green and BG metallic with less Red and orange. Lights were of different sizes. Light field would form patterns and change directions. Estimated area from farthest lights apart 1 to 1.5 miles. We have some video fro iPhone but it does not recreate the intensity or show all the smaller points of light. Video does seem to show a spherical edge to the front of the mass of lights not initially seen by naked eye. Light pattern morphed into shapes such as a salamander and angel fish shapes. Individual lights would turn on and off and some would strobe in changing patterns. Initially thought fireworks but after a second realized not possible. Second choice was Northern Lights. This did not have the haze field of the borealis but different points. Don't remember if points would change color, need to review video
December 22, 2015 · 7:12 PM · FIREBALL
Bullhead City, AZ
Witnessed four separate balls of fire entering the atmosphere. It looked just like the pictures that were shown on TV when the space shuttle fell apart entering the atmosphere. I did notice different colors in the tails directly behind each piece and each piece left vapor trails. Re-entering space debris. PD
December 22, 2015 · 6:00 PM · FIREBALL
Bullhead City, AZ
I believe my girlfriend and I witnessed a meteor fragment enter the atmosphere between 5:55 and 6:15 p.m. on the night of December the 22nd 2015. I was speaking to her while she sat facing the east in a SUV and kept seeing flashes of light which she claimed she did not notice. Believing it must be someone fooling with us, we ignored my curiosity. However within a few minutes after seeing the flashes of light, I noticed a bright object which came from the West, from California in a star burst pattern. If you can imagine looking directly at a firework bursting before you, that is what it looked like. The color was golden to white. It was so large it was startling. Being as we are so nervous about terrorists, I almost thought it was a missile, but as it neared and I shouted at her to get out of the SUV and look up at the sky it began to resemble some type of long comet or meteor soaring very close to earth on a bit of a east southeastern direction. Or as the ! crow flies, towards Phoenix. It remained visible until it left our horizon line or about two minutes or less. Once she left and went home about four minutes later I heard a loud boom from the direction which it flew. Since we both sighted flying orange red orbs over Bullhead City, Arizona, just a few months ago. It is interesting that so many things abound in the skies around here. I am certain it was a meteor or some space debris but it is interesting that no one is local is saying anything about it. Re-entering space debris. PD
December 20, 2015 · 8:39 PM · OVAL
Surprise, AZ
A blue oval light shot over the house behind a tree then shot back the same way it came from behind a tree line it happened so fast
December 20, 2015 · 1:30 PM · SPHERE
York Valley, AZ
12/20/2015 1:30 P.M. As I was Walking back form my garage to the house, I noticed a strange cloud formation east of the house, at first I thought it was a con trail, but as I looked at it I realized it was some other formation, it did not look like any cloud formation I had ever seen; it was several miles long and narrow like a contrail, but there was no variation in the optical density it looked more like it had been painted white in a north, south orientation. As I studied this formation I noticed a faint circular light approaching the north end from the east, it got increasingly brighter until my first thoughts it was the day time moon then I realized it was moving to quickly for the moon as it touched the north end of the cloud it looked like the daytime moon in shape, size and intensity. I started fumbling for my cell phone then realized the orb was changing in color and appearance so I just watched transformation which happened in seconds I was not able to get a photo. The final stage: concentric wavy rings started to form and the colors went from bright light to yellow and reds then appeared to implode with a flash. The orb was gone along with the cloud there was some remnants of the cloud left on the south end which I got a photo. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 17, 2015 · 1:00 AM · OVAL
Chandler, AZ
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 15, 2015 · 7:10 PM · LIGHT
Mesa, AZ
As I was driving home from dropping my daughter at Volleyball practice in Gilbert, AZ, while driving east on Germann Rd near Higley Rd, I saw lights, about 2 miles up, directly over Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport (KIWA.) The lights successively lit up from right to left with a bright amber points of light. I believe there were about 6 of them. After each light lit up and the one next to it lit up, it would go dim and disappear. After arriving home around 7:15pm, I immediately called the Airport's "Aviation Services, fixed base operations," and the lady that answered the phone said that they just heard the tower address the lights and nobody knows what they were or how they ended up directly above runway 12R-30L. She said it was very strange, but had no explanation. I am an aviation enthusiast and am very familiar with anomalies in the skies.
December 14, 2015 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT
Gilbert, AZ
There were lights floating in the sky near Williams Gateway Airport in Queen Creek. Individual lights would move in from the South East and float into formation with the others. They would float like a lava lamp, until one faded off into the distance while a new one flew into view from the SE. This was viewed by me and my two sons. The lights were orangy-umber. Video did not come out as the street lights seemed to blind out the lights in the distance.
December 13, 2015 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL
Phoenix, AZ
I was never a believer of ufo phenomenon until i saw a huge circle of fire going a round like a ferris wheel over the downtown skies of phoenix Arizona watched from camelback mountain in complete terror over something science can't explain i wish took video of this but when i went to grab a video camera, it was gone.
December 11, 2015 · 7:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Gilbert, AZ
Looked up due to the distinct sound of a military aircraft accelerating. Saw a fighter jet quickly closing on an object with three lights (no blinking lights) The military jet throttled down as it approached the object and closely shadowed it. The object size was about the same size as the military jet and appeared to be either circular or triangular...can't say for sure, it was dark. Two red lights in the back and one light green or orange light going forward. I was surprised at how closely the military jet shadowed the object. I'm estimating the elevation of the two aircraft at +- 1000 to 1500 ft. above surface level. We are uncertain as to whether this is a servious report. PD
December 10, 2015 · 7:20 PM · OTHER
Yuma, AZ
saw flying over fields,very silent, very slow blinking red lights in sequence, shaped as boomerang, but flattened into a line at the end, moved very slowly with no sound and hovered for a few minutes. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 10, 2015 · 8:00 AM · LIGHT
Parker, AZ
In Arizona desert. No persons within miles. Awoke to bright object like reflecting sun rays seemingly stationary resting on a rock shelf several hundred feet away. Looked about 1 foot in size then began to move along ground. Then began to rise vertically. As it did it became larger and had shades of green. Into flight about 1 mile away, then disappeared. Saw it later on the ground moving around in different locations.
December 10, 2015 · 7:45 AM · RECTANGLE
Parker, AZ
I was driving at sunrise south on Highway 95 and had passed through Parker, Az. and was about 10 miles out of town southbound when I noticed 3 bright golden lights stationary to the east. I can only guess that they were probably 15 miles away and seemingly low, just a couple thousand feet up in the sky. The sun was still below the horizon, but was brightly coming up generally in the eastern direction of these objects and the golden color was as if the objects were metalic and reflecting the sunrise light, being vivid and bright. Right away it struck me that this looked odd. There were high thin obvious clouds to the east that stretched quite aways north to south, but they weren't thick enough to obscure some very distant jet traffic that could be seen a few times that would be consistent with jets leaving from the Phoenix airport. Those jets were very far off, barely discernible other than their contrail, but you could note they were going up from groun! d level and angling up to the north at typical angles and speeds for commercial jets to take off on. I didn't figure that the commercial jets were anywhere near these three objects, but much further away, and likely would not have seen them. While the far off jet traffic was playing out in the background, it emphasized the stationary manner and proximity of the three low and bright golden objects. The object that appeared to be closest to me, but not far from the other two objects that were slightly above and behind from my vantage point, appeared to be a long, thin rectangle of golden light with the long flat side being parallel to the ground as if level to it. The rectangle wasn't very tall relative to it's length and would be like this symbol --- proportionally. The other two objects were in a somewhat tight grouping with the rectagle, but were further away and I could not see any shape in that they were just bright golden circles, difficult to focus on for any detail. I was on vacation and carrying a camera in my car and knew that I should get a photo of these. There wasn't a very good place to pull over at first, but I knew there was gonna be a stop in a mile or so where State Highway 72 meets Highway 95 and I intended to stop there and do a photograph, but I was also anticipating that when I got on Hwy 72 I would be heading directly towards these objects and that if they remained in place for another 10 minutes of driving time I'd probably be getting pretty close under them for a closer view. When I came around the bend of the road where the highways meet and I'd intended to take a photograph, I was surprised to see an Az. State Trooper pulled across my lane, blocking it with a few orange cones out at the Highway 72 intersection. It could have been because of an accident down the road, and in retrospect I probably should have asked him, but as I drove up to ask him if indeed that road was closed he was seemingly perturbed because I had driven up to his vehicle and not just turning down the alternative highway. (95 toward Quartzsite). I didn't ask him about the lights that I'm sure he could have seen from his vantage point. I had to do a kinda funny maneuver then to get on to 95 southbound then and hoped he wouldn't give me a ticket, but he probably couldn't leave his post. As soon as I was on that other road a ridge started rising up and within a minute cut off my view of those objects so I never got a photo. Had I been able to get on that Hwy 72 the next town in about 10 miles is called Bouse, and I think that those objects were just a bit north of the highway and not far from Bouse. I observed these stationary objects for about 10 minutes and I never saw any movement. I looked at your site to see if there were any other collaborative report and see that someone saw something moving on the ground in the same general area at about the same time, so I decided to also report what I saw.
December 8, 2015 · 4:30 AM · CIGAR
Phoenix, AZ
Many many many dogs in this neighborhood and not one bark as this huge plane or ship flew over so low. Even w binocs in backyard at 430am I couldn't tell if it was a plane or what.... We attempted to contact the source of the report, but were unable to do so. The contact information may be bogus, and therefore, the report may be a hoax. PD
December 3, 2015 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Scottsdale, AZ
Watching the clear evening sky, into my vision came a very fast, noiseless moving object. There was a red light and a white light. I was sure it was a jet, but too low to not have a noise associated with it. Moving from east to west, as it moved from my vision, only bright white light was still showing. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous. Possible hoax?? PD
November 26, 2015 · 11:15 PM · FIREBALL
Mesa, AZ
While walking our dog my wife and I seen this fiery flashing ball like object, just floating in the sky and staped flike ring for abut 3 mins, then disappeared. We were standing in the area of Southern Ave & Stapley Dr in Mesa, AZ & seen the object in the direction NE of there. It looks like someone posted something similar on 11/24/15 @ same time. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 24, 2015 · 11:15 PM · FLASH
Phoenix, AZ
I took video of it but I don't know how or where to post it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 24, 2015 · 7:50 AM · CIRCLE
Gilbert, AZ
There were four lights in a half moon shape. About 100 yards in length hovering in one spot the lights went from white to orange. There was no movement. After about five minutes all the lights shot away and disappear in the sky. Time may be flawed. PD
November 22, 2015 · 3:00 AM · CIRCLE
Scottsdale, AZ
Possible sighting of planets, we suspect? PD
November 21, 2015 · 8:25 PM · TRIANGLE
Gilbert, AZ
At 8:25 PM, my three kids and myself witnessed what appeared as three yellowish lights in the southeastern sky. We were driving on the Loop 202 freeway heading eastbound. I thought maybe it was three helicopters as we have an increase of military activity on the weekend. I pointed the lights out to the kids as they approached us. What flew over us was on black triangle with three lights that had the brightness of streetlights or a tad brighter. I had the windows down in the car and slowed down to try and identify the craft. This triangle made no noise at all and was about 1000 feet above us. The children wanted to know what aircraft is that huge and shaped that way. I had no answer. I've seen stealth aircraft fly over at NFL games and this wasn't even close to the size of a stealth. This was about four street lights long as I stand outside hoping to see this again! A reference note....I have worked in the airline industry for over 20 years and have never witnessed anything flying like this.
November 21, 2015 · 10:35 AM · DIAMOND
Mesa, AZ
2 Gray UFO's were in front of a bigger whiter somewhat similar shaped UFO and it looked like they were shooting little things back and forth but no noise or explosions; like even smaller ufos going between the three bigger UFO's.