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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
April 28, 2020 · 9:58 PM · LIGHT
Iowa Park, TX
Last night I stepped out on porch looked up North West direction and it looked like a string of white lights evenly spaced apart from my view began about the height of the telephone pole upward in a linear arched manner. The lights were moving in a line toward the half moon sitting due west of my home, then one by one disappeared into the darkness. The skies were mostly clear few wispy clouds from few miles east of my home to the west. However, east of this area was thunder storm lightning event that was moving south east. I’ve never seen anything like this before and was wondering if they were launching satellites or something. Wish I’d had my phone out there with me. I’m an educated person in the health field we live outside city limits slightly where ther a no city lights interfering with star gazing. I’m certain I’m not the only person to have observed these lights it was extraordinary it caught my eye. I’ve never seen or reported anything like this before. You may contact me if needed/confirm if others saw these lights too.
April 28, 2020 · 9:49 PM · LIGHT
Kamay, TX
I saw a line of about 8 to 10 "star" looking objects. They were moving in an upward angle towards the south. Every single one of them were the same distance apart and moving quickly. The wind was gusting but these "star" like objects were in sync.
April 28, 2020 · 9:45 PM · FORMATION
Lawton, OK
Linear light formation of 20. It started at just 3 lights moving east across the sky with 17 additional light appearing following the formation with a distinct gap between the 5th and the 6th. Started disappearing one by one in the same spot in order. Seemed flying closer than the stars. Brighter than the normal satellites.
April 28, 2020 · 9:45 PM · FORMATION
Iowa Park, TX
As I was out checking my livestock I looked to the NW and saw a line of what appeared to be stars moving to the SE. I immediately called upon one of my friends to look out and make sure I wasn’t crazy. By the time From the point I began counting there were 19 total. As they reached just beyond the vanish point of the moon they disappeared. By the time my friend saw what I was looking at there were only four remaining and the same result. Just vanished. We assumed satellites but never have I seen a formation as such. I tried to take a photo with my phone but all that appeared was the moon.
April 28, 2020 · 9:35 PM · FORMATION
Leicester, NC
Appearing in the sky just north of Ursa Major, a line of 20-30 evenly spaced, fast moving bright lights traveling from north to south. Checked the current position of Elon Musk's 'starlink' satellites and they were well off the Atlantic Coast at the time, also checked Stellarium and no satellites were consistent with the observed objects. They were moving significantly faster than satellites would, there were no flashing lights, and were moving silently and in my opinion, much too fast to be aircraft.
April 28, 2020 · 9:31 PM · OTHER
Oklahoma City, OK
We were on our way inside when we seen something flying in the sky. The way it moved did not resemble an aircraft that we know of. It kept moving around. My son thought it was an airplane, he asked if it was in the video I captured.
April 28, 2020 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Fordyce, AR
I was driving and saw 10 lights moving in a straight line, very fast, towards the moon. Once they were in the moon lights path they disappeared and the appeared to have scattered in 5 different directions, 2 aircrafts in each direction. I would’ve thought they were planes, but they had no other lights on them.
April 28, 2020 · 9:30 PM · FORMATION
Greensboro, NC
Observed 23-25 airborne objects flying approximately at 25,000 feet in single file formation at a high rate of speed in a SSE direction. Observable for about 5 minutes. Each craft had red navigational lights at the forward tip of the aircraft. No audible engine noise. Moonlight was present against a clear dark sky.
April 28, 2020 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Folly Beach, SC
We saw approximately 40 white lights, perfectly spaces in a perfect straight line, cruising across the sky. They all would get to a certain point and disappear. These lights were between us and the big dipper. There were 4 of us, all sitting around the fire when my friend looked up and said, “what ((deleted)) is that?” The objects were moving from left to right. The whole thing lasted about 3 minutes. Speculation was 4 things; drones, satellites, high altitude night jumps or UFO’s.
April 28, 2020 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Elkview, WV
5 or 6 star-like objects were seen flying in a perfectly straight line, perfectly spaced apart crossing the sky from west to south east. Initially located objects directly above and they quickly crossed the entirety of the night sky disappearing from sight in about 30 seconds time.seemingly much faster than any airliner seen in the same night sky. They faded into the distance in the south eastern sky.
April 28, 2020 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Louisville, KY
Numerous lights that were the size of a typical size star in the nighttime sky were seen by myself and my wife. The lights moved about the speed of a jet plane, perhaps a little faster. The lights were all in a single row following each other in unison and spaced exactly the same distance from each other, perhaps 4-5 seconds apart in their travel speed. The seemingly endless amount of lights kept appearing one by one out of the NNW skies, somewhat over the Louisville International Airport, and moved to the ESE one by one until each one would fade out of view. After about 5 minutes of viewing this event, the last light appeared out of the NNW and finally faded out of view to the ESE as all the other lights did. I do not know how long this event occurred because when I stepped outside and looked up into the sky as I normally do each evening the lights were already there. My wife and I watched them for about 5 minutes or so. No sounds emanated from the lights a! nd none of the lights were blinking, they were each just a steady whiteish-yellowish light. The elevation was hard to estimate, but they appeared to be at least as high as a commercial jetliner, perhaps much higher. They definitely were not close to the earth however. I would estimate that we witnessed 60-100 lights in the 5 minutes that we watched them. Though I did not witness this, my wife said at one point that some of the lights in the single line of lights split into a V-shape and came to a stop for 5-6 seconds and immediately began traveling the exact opposite direction.
April 28, 2020 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Richlands, NC
lights evenly spaced traveling west to east. for aprox 15 min.
April 28, 2020 · 9:20 PM · FORMATION
Wichita, KS
Saw a bunch of round bright lights in formation across the whole sky
April 28, 2020 · 9:19 PM · LIGHT
Charleston, WV
I was sitting outside with a small fire, watching stars. I live in the direct line of the airport in our area so I’m used to seeing planes go by. What I saw tonight were not planes. They were high in the sky almost resembling stars, they had no color other than white and flew in a straight line at the same speed in the same direction simultaneously. I watched for about a minute then went and got my husband and son becasise I just couldn’t believe or explain what I was witnessing. I counted 6 but didn’t start counting until I realized it was something very strange. I used a compass and to the best of my ability I calculate that they were going from the northwest to the southeast. The whole thing lasted maybe two minutes before I lost sight of them over the mountain.
April 28, 2020 · 9:15 PM · OTHER
Boiling Spring Lakes, NC
4/28/2020 Boiling Spring Lakes, NC USA Latitude: 34-01'57'' N Longitude: 78-04'01'' W Approx 2115 EST Night sky clear, waxing crescent moon While walking my dog tonight, and casually watching the night sky and identifying constellations, I saw a night-sky event that I’ve never seen before. I follow astronomy and am reasonably familiar with night sky objects. What did I see? Along an arc running from tree-top level in the northwest thru a point directly overhead and continuing southeast along that same arc, a succession of star-like objects that, taken singly, would be thought to be stars. They looked like stars and had magnitudes similar to most easily visible stars in the night sky. However, they were moving, and were spaced equidistant from each other along that arc, a distance I’d guess was 10 degrees or so (about the width of one fist extended at arm’s length) in the sky. The event lasted for maybe 90 seconds to two minutes, at which time the last object in the string of objects disappeared in the southeast. I don’t think they were commercial aircraft because there were so many of them. I heard no engine sounds and they kept in perfect formation. Maybe it was a military exercise or perhaps a launch of low-earth-orbiting satellites. I’d be interested to know if anyone saw the same thing, or if there's an “optical” or other explanation.
April 28, 2020 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
North Augusta, SC
Long string of lights traveling for south west to the north east. Evenly spaced apart and traveling at the same speed. I saw about 40 or 50 but they were already above and passing by when I noticed it.
April 28, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Easley, SC
I only started counting after I was gathering what I was watching realizing what I seen was really happening I definitely counted 39 but there had to be 50 1by 1 by 1 appearing and moving in this perfectly straight formation mathematically perfect spacing between each light could fool you for a star if it weren't moving .... and they all moved so fast for such altitudes SO MANY OF THEM BUT after the last of them dissappear five minutes later only one singular light appears from the direction these 50 some headed into it head to where those 50 came out of into this fog but never came back into sight this one was alone and could move in such manners the defy our laws in physics itself. And this one got bigger shaped like brighter flashes it flashed 4 times before dissappeared for good
April 28, 2020 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Baltimore City, MD
9:02pm went to walk my dog. I looked up and saw the Big Dipper and what seemed like bright stars. I waited a second and then realized they were moving. About 5-7 maybe more in a sort of wiggly line, bright lights moving east? I ran inside to grab my phone but by the time I came back they were out of sight. They seemed to be moving quickly but not fast enough to completely disappear from sight. I walked down the block to see if I could catch them but they vanished . They were flying low, there have been non stop helicopters in the area ever since/
April 28, 2020 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Mays Landing, NJ
Just looked up in the sky and witnessed about 30 bright lights that totally weren’t stars moving quickly in a line ! I wouldn’t have noticed if I never looked up . They moved so quickly and then disappeared .
April 28, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Merrilville, IN
I cannot remeber the exact date, but me and my buddy Isaac were watching Starlink satellites move across the night sky in the back yard, the line they formed is distinct and the same distance apart, so we are watching then go by, and all of a sudden, theres a light to the left of them, i thought it was a star... until it moved did swirls and took off kinda in the way a fly would watched until it vanished behind the moon, 7-10 mins after i saw a “shooting star” but it made 2 flashes as if a ship was going into light speed.. 75% certain it was not from our world. They are observing Elon’s work. get back to me i know what i saw. the “shooting star” left a haze and trial but the craft watching the satellites did not
April 28, 2020 · 8:55 PM · CHEVRON
Scott’s Valley, CA
I was out star-gazing with my partner before 10pm. I saw a very dim chevron shaped craft flying too low to be a satellite and larger than a plane. I pointed it out to my partner and it took him a moment to see because it was so dim. We both saw dim lights on each side of the chevron, but they weren’t exactly lights because the object was so dim. It was accompanied by a smaller, very fast oblong object which was also very dim. Over the next 40 minutes we saw 2 more dim crafts like this one, but further away and not accompanied by other crafts like the first one.
April 28, 2020 · 8:51 PM · LIGHT
Newark, DE
Looking up at the moon I noticed a few lights moving west to east and thought it was a couple of jets. Realized that there was no sound and no flashing lights like I would normally hear and see. As far as I could see to the East and West there was a line of evenly spaced lights (too many to count, but there were dozens) moving at a fast pace. I called my wife to come out and see. She only saw the last 3.
April 28, 2020 · 8:50 PM · LIGHT
Pueblo, CO
Was just sitting outside with my friend and looking up at the stars, when a perfectly straight line of what looked like stars in the sky went traveling by. There were at least 15 to 20 of these things and were traveling in perfect alignment an equal distance away from each other when the one near or at the front broke away and went back in a scoop motion and seemed to be checking on all the others. We tried to get it on video, but it was too high in the sky. If it wasn't military jets, then I have no idea what could do this.
April 28, 2020 · 8:45 PM · FIREBALL
Medford, OR
Flaming object traveling extremely quickly from east to west duration lasting between 3 and 8 seconds descended towards Jacksonville.