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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.
3,270 entries
September 3, 2014 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Gastonia, NC
Hello, I witnessed something last night I cannot explain. I got home around 6:30 and decided to take a load off and chill on my deck. I wear prosthetic legs and those things really rub me raw sometimes. So I tossed them on the bed and quickly made my way to the deck to enjoy a beverage. I was sitting there relaxing when a storm began rolling in from the west. I figured I had few minutes before I had to drag myself back into the house, so I watched the clouds forming and lightning flashing in the distance, amazing stuff! As the storm was about a mile off, I noticed a shiny object in the clouds, lit up by lightening. I thought it was a jet liner trying to get to CLT before it got diverted. Boy was I wrong! The more I watched the more I realized it was not a plane. It would seemingly tele-port from one area to the next in and out of the storm, and then far away. Needless to say I was stunned, and I totally lost track of the time and the storm. Within minutes the storm was right on top of my house, and so was the silver object, which I can now see was a huge ball! I watched, helplessly as it danced in and out of the clouds seemingly feeding off the lighting. I was terrified more of the object than of being struck by lighting. I've watched enough shows on cable to know what happens next. I could feel all the hairs on my arms and stumps standing up! But I wasn't sure if it was from the object or the storm! The thing was no farther than 300 ft from the top of my house at one point! It appeared to be about 100 feet in diameter and changed colors rapidly. Unbelievable! Of course this is the one time I left the phone on the kitchen table... That is the last thing I remember doing last night after I saw that damn thing! I woke up today a bit disoriented, and sore. Any help or explanation from you guys would really set my mind at ease. We wonder whether this report is an attempt to hoax us. Even though though the report appears to be carefully prepared, the witness does not provide an e-address, and the telephone number is not his…it belongs to someone else. We can only conclude that the report may be a hoax. PD
September 3, 2014 · 5:00 AM · SPHERE
Pleasure Island, NC
Either the same one or a different one was spotted doing the same thing a little farther north near Carolina Sands. The object stayed right off the coast maybe 20ft off shore at the most. It disappeared out of my view just before sunrise, going north toward carolina beach and Wrightsville. I avoided it getting close to me by leaving the beach
September 2, 2014 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Carolina Beach, NC
Having seen lights in the sky on the Outer Banks in 2004 and at Carolina Beach in 2013, I take my camera with me to the beach and set it up at nights trying to catch a video of the lights. On Tuesday night while watching from the top floor balcony of the motel I was staying at I observed an orange light in the sky a little left from straight out in front of me at about a 30 degree angle up. I estimated it was at cloud level about half way between me and the horizon. The light came on and grew in intensity quickly then maintained that brightness for about 2 seconds then faded out just as quickly. It appeared about pea size at arms length. At 9:43(21::43) it appeared again but this time at the horizon a little to the right of center. Then once again a little to the right of it a few seconds after. I did not see any again until around 10:00(22:00) Friday night while fishing at Freeman Park in the inlet. Two orange lights appeared just above the buoy that! has the white blinking light out in front of the inlet near the horizon. Again they only appeared for about 2-3 seconds each, one after the other. During none of these sightings did I hear any aircraft, plane, jet, or helicopter. I did not have my camera pointing in the right direction during any of the attempts to video them. These orange lights are completely different from the red dividing lights I saw at Avon, NC on the outer banks in 2004.
September 1, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Gold Hill, NC
When I got home my family members witnessed the same and it started getting more distant Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 31, 2014 · 11:45 PM · LIGHT
Topsail/Surf City, NC
A male walked up to get fresh air. I asked him if I am seeing things. He says no he sees them too, but he doesn't know what it is. They are changing colors, it looks like red to white. Very small, could be mistaken for stars. But they have moved all over the sky. And I can not say for sure how many!
August 31, 2014 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Cullowhee, NC
My best friends Boyfriend came over and said there were 4 lights in a pattern outside our house. The lights were like spot lights moving away from eachother and back together again. It was seen in Sylva, NC, as well as Franklin, NC. All at the same time.
August 27, 2014 · 5:30 AM · SPHERE
Duck, NC
We walked out on deck at 5-5.30 and immediately noticed 3 extremely bright orbs. Much brighter than all of the stars. Two were directly in front of us across the horizon, one a couple hundred feet above the other, both bright white. The third was a couple hundred feet to the east. This one was alternating colors (red, blue, green, yellow) we could only see blue and yellow with naked eye, but all four colors could be seen when we viewed with binoculars. The orbs stayed stationary for about thirty min, then slowly moved to the west, then just vanished. We witnessed this on 8/27/14 and again on 8/28/14. However on 8/28/14 there was only one white orb, not two. My father did video a few minutes of this activity. We can't wait till tonight to see if they appear again. They seem to go across the sky and disappear shortly before sunrise. This took place from apox. 5am till 6-6.30 am Possible sighting of Jupiter and Venus in E sky. PD
August 26, 2014 · 1:00 PM · FIREBALL
Hickory, NC
Was traveling northbound 127 merging onto hwy 321 when we noticed a ball of fire that appeared very close to the ground and had an erratic smoke trail to it of what almost appeared to be like a plane was crashing and the pilot may have been trying to get control! It was a very distinct fireball and I went back to take a picture of it but it was gone! Never seen anything like it and I know others in this vacinity had to have seen it too!
August 25, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Nags Head (10 mi S of), NC
We were on the beach about 20 miles out of town on a very clear night..."not a cloud in the sky," and we were star gazing .all of a sudden a bright light appeared overhead way up high it looked like the North Star, it was brighter then anything else in the sky it moved slightly and then vanished "like it was turned off " It didn't shoot off. It simply showed up and vanished. We have amended the date, to reflect a sighting on August 25, 2014. The source of the report indicated a date of July 25th, but we suspect that is a flawed date. However, we cannot be certain of the date, and we have no way of contacting the witness, who elects to remain anonymous, and who provides no contact information. PD
August 25, 2014 · 4:45 PM · LIGHT
Dunn, NC
My husband and I were out on the porch, he was leaving for work. We always look at the sky, it was clear and beautiful. At Orion's belt, that is the direction we look at in the summer sky. There was a sudden bright light, and gone with in seconds. I watch the sky nightly, it has always been a hobby. I've seen things, but not like this. It was at the corner of Orion's belt and gone.
August 23, 2014 · 11:09 PM · UNKNOWN
Currie, NC
I stepped into the backyard at 11:09 pm 8-23-14, and I saw this lighted object flying very low and fast, coming from the wooded area behind our home, and as it was entering into the open sky between my house and the neighbor's home, it simply vaporized away right in front of me only to be followed by at 11:11 a streaking fireball which was like an intense bright "falling star" which also was to be followed in the same exact spot there in that open sky between our homes at 11:14 by a dimmer lit streaking fireball following the same exact downward trajectory. The lighted flying craft did not seem to be out of the ordinary but it was only visible for 5-6 seconds in a clear sky but instantly as I stopped at attention to gaze at it, its lights went out and no trace of the craft was to be seen. The two fiery streaks seemed as they were the results of something firing at that area the craft went invisible in. I stayed until the mosquitos forced me to leave and! there was no more activity during my ten minutes of admiring just beautiful star lit skies. This section of town is a hot bed of activity for UFO sightings as of late. I'm sure there would be more UFO reportings but the stinging mosquitos and variety of biting deer flies, yellow flies and horse flies and gnats are so intense they keep us from being outdoors as often as we'd like to be. It has rained all summer long and the insects are in huge numbers and the Black River is very swampy to begin with. I've seen (along with witnesses) Foo Fighters (flying round silver balls) in this same area here in broad daylight following jets right on their tail and in 1987 I encountered the first of many UFO sightings in this same area which were three craft flying so low they lit up the tops of the pines along the river. We heard strange mechanical noises coming from the swamps at odd hours of the wee morning many times. It sounded like an oil derrick in operation. This went on for three years then stopped. I moved here in that year so who knows how long it has been going on like this!
August 23, 2014 · 10:00 PM · DIAMOND
Cherokee, NC
At first, I though it was a plane but it was very close and it stop and moved side to side about 3 times. Then it just vanished. The light was very bright. It was going at a very low speed bcs it would stop and then moved from one side to the other and it would continue. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 23, 2014 · 10:00 AM · SPHERE
Emerald Isle, NC
It seemed every five minutes we saw a large red orb moving over the ocean from left to right over Emerald Isle Beach, then just disappeared. I took high def video of at least two of these orbs.
August 22, 2014 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
South Nags Head, NC
Around 9 pm on August 22, 2014, there were 4 people on the deck of an oceanfront beach house. It was pitch dark out with no cloud cover. We were all looking out at the water, facing southward, looking down the beach towards the Gary Oliver pier. Three small red lights were in a triangle formation were cruising along the beach line, fairly high in the sky, but not as high as a commercial airliner would be. they made no sound and as they were approaching, they then disappeared all the the same point in the sky. 30 seconds later a single red light followed the same pattern as the other three and disappeared at the same pint. 2 more followed that one about 15 seconds behind each other and disappeared at the same point in the sky. Then three more in triangle formation and they also disappeared at same point in sky. They were all the same shape, color, size and all disappeared at same point in sky and they made no noise. No way they were aircraft, helicopters or anything else I have ever seen. VERY VERY strange -- and the three other people with me are all UFO non-believers, but could NOT explain what it could have logically been as there was no clouds and they made no noise. Only comment made was that someone mentioned there was a military base near Elizabeth City, but we still did not know what that would lend to the solution of what they were.
August 22, 2014 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Pinehurst, NC
My husband and I were out on our back deck letting our dogs out when we saw a light moving fast across the sky. It then turned around and went the opposite direction (no noise ever made). A couple minutes later we witnessed it shoot across the other side of the sky and completely stood still for 10-15 mins before taking off and vanishing. Around the same time we were watching this light, 2 planes flew above with flickering red lights and normal plane sounds. This light was 3 times faster than the plane and made no noise at all! Absolutely amazing!!
August 21, 2014 · 9:08 PM · CIRCLE
Holden Beach, NC
Same size round, non-blinking, bright red circle. Almost to same location as just reported. Same speed, this time traveling east. I ran straight through my house to back porch to view, it was gone. Please see report from same location, on same date, for 20:50 hrs.. Both reports submitted by same witness. PD
August 21, 2014 · 8:50 PM · CIRCLE
Holden Beach, NC
Just walked out on my front porch. To my left (south) low in the sky was one red round bright light. No flashung, moving very slowly westly. I ran in to get my camera (took no more than 40 seconds. Get back outsude and it was gone. The same size and position as reported in July. Please see second report from same location, and the same date, but 18 minutes later. Both reports submitted by same witness. PD
August 20, 2014 · 10:50 PM · CIRCLE
Sunset Beach, NC
there was 5-6 of em hovering over the water as far as i know, i was sitting in ((deleted--grocery store)) parking lot, leaving out when i spotted them first we stopped i know they know we were looking they had there lights on look like light bulbs in the sky they were so close together that i know these aren't planes i know planes i always wanted to own one and i know variety of types of planes but as e came to a stop these lights suddenly dimmed and flickered and they started moving around each other if any human craft was to do that there would be wreck in the airspace ...... < that's how close they were me and my girlfriend saw it, and this isnt the first time i seen them i never knew who to contact until tonight i found the website went str8 to it i live in ash nc BD5 im letting you know once i get my hands on them the government will not be called i will expose
August 20, 2014 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Ocean Isle Beach, NC
One light appeared high in the sky, almost as a very close star and was orange/yellow in color. Then, a second, third, forth and fifth light appeared. Once the fifth light appeared, all the lights quickly disappeared. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 20, 2014 · 10:30 PM
Ocean Isle, NC
They traveled farther away from eachother and it was nuts. Just curious if anyone else witnessed this.
August 20, 2014 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Willow Spring, NC
Watched as two lights (one larger than the other) zigzagged from the northwest with no sound for around 45 seconds and then completely faded out. Hard to say what altitude but I have many hours in the seat of a Cessna 172 and it is my guess that it was approximately 10,000 to 15,000 feet. There was no sound from the craft and I couldn't see the shape at all.
August 20, 2014 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Holden Beach, NC
We were sitting facing the beach (south) at night and saw towards western direction a light that got very bright that, at first, looked like a star. Then it got very bright. It seemed to be a circular shape. Then we saw a second one get bright, then a third. This was all in a span of 10 seconds. They were in a triangular formation. They all went south....very quickly. Then separated and flew away. They had blue flashing lights after the bright light dimmed a bit. I have never seen anything like it. I thought maybe military-like jets that go at super speed.....but they were so fast, I am not sure.
August 18, 2014 · 9:10 PM · SPHERE
Duck, NC
An orange, reddish object (that from afar appeared to be flaming), came from behind houses and rose westward up into the sky. It was completely noiseless and kept rising up above our house. Upon returning outside with more people a mere 2 minutes later, the object was gone, and we searched the skies around our whole house. It seemed to disappear upon reaching the sky above our house. The exact location of this was Sanderling, North Carolina. My fellow observers said they believed it to be 1) a drone, or 2) a Chinese lantern.
August 17, 2014 · 10:30 PM · FORMATION
Rodanthe, NC
All happened within 3-4 seconds. No sound