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5,054 entries
February 10, 2016 · 10:00 PM · CONE
Batavia, NY
I still cannot get my boys to sleep....on our way home on Galloway Road in the field adjacent to the Baptist church there I saw an "upside down triangle" craft hovering about 4 feet off of the ground with 4 - 5 rows of lights on the different "levels"....after I exclaimed what I had seen my boys all saw it too....I pulled into the church parking lot and almost got STUCK! After getting free as it was slippery and the snow was just starting to pick up- my 15 year old JUMPED out of the back seat and started toward the sight trying to take pictures of it, I was terrified for him. At this point we all noticed that there was a 2-4 foot tall GLOWING NEON GREEN humanoid type being standing directly beside this craft. It would look toward my son with the camera, then back at the craft floating beside him about 6-7 times quickly to each thing, then after about 1 minute my 15 year old took off RUNNING full speed back to the car. He was scared becaus! e he said that the being was "noticing his picture taking". Of course our luck,,,,right when my oldest started taking pictures the snow really started to pick up and it did not help us to get very clear shots.... He said that he tried to take 4 pictures but could only take one...then on the way home as we discussed the incident- the other 3 pictures mysteriously appeared. Furthermore, when my son took off running towards me to get back in the car because he was scared- the car doors locked!!! My 9 year old, who was in the front passenger seat said "MOM! UNLOCK THE DOOR!" I was pushing the button but I could not unlock it! Then my 12 year old son manually unlocked his back door and let him in....and we took off! It was a scary, yet awesome experience for all of us. My oldest kept begging me to turn around and go back, but I would not, he said "something" told him to walk towards it, and also go back and see it again. Also, after we got home and e! xamined the pics we saw a donut shaped glowing orb that we did! NOT SEE in person....we are somewhat disappointed with the pics quality but my son was too scared to use his flash and like I said it was snowing hard.
February 5, 2016 · 9:30 PM · CROSS
Selkirk, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 5, 2016 · 8:20 PM · LIGHT
Staten Island, NY
The lights appeared after I left the gym with my friend. We were walking to my house after eating some food at a local restaurant when I spotted the Dim Lights in the sky. I have video evidence I took on snapchat. The flown in a wide circle in the sky. It appeared as if they were following eachother and didn't stop, but we're moving in other spots in the sky, from east to west. I went in my house and when I came out about 10 minutes later there was three, two side by side and one they were following
February 5, 2016 · 8:10 PM · RECTANGLE
Cheektowaga, NY
Craft made no sound and seemed to be floating through the air rather than flying. Craft appeared to be riding some form of wave, due to the distortion around the craft. Craft was heading in a north to south direction.
February 1, 2016 · 9:42 PM · LIGHT
Rochester, NY
Taking out the garbage noticed a bright light in the sky low in the horizon. It was yellow to light orange in color. No sound. It was about as bright as Sirius. I first noticed it behind tree line above neighbor’s house. I was facing south and it was moving west to east. I thought it was a low plane but the light was very bright. It was a traveling strait and must have been higher because it went behind the clouds. I did not see it exit the clouds. Stars were really bright that night and the clouds were scattered. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
January 31, 2016 · 1:00 PM · DISK
Hampton Bays, NY
It appears the he caught a UFO shooting out of the water possible doing a barrel roll then the object proceeds to fly somewhat tords them, then makes a slight correction and heads straight to them and lowers something from the bottom of the craft while flying past them. I’m including the full video uncut. You will see the object appear at 36 seconds on the video lasting 4 seconds in total. Bird in flight. PD
January 30, 2016 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Dansville, NY
Very bright light dead west stationary for 20 min then bam it was gone took pictures but it just looks like a bright star. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 28, 2016 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Amsterdam, NY
She had called me over and I had saw what didn't look like a star nor doesn't sound/look like any air craft or tot craft I have seen. It was hovering in one area. No noise coming from it. It flashed yellow, red, green, and a possible orange like color of lights. The green was mainly shown on the sides from my point of view. Where I was in my location, the width was about 1cm and the height was about half a centimeter. It started to fly away north of my direction. As it did, a quiet humming sound came directly from it. I don't know what I have saw. But it is truly my first time witnessing and unknown flying object, a UFO. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) I am sorry, I mean January 28, 2016. Again, sorry for the mix up Sent from my iPhone ((END ADDENDUM))
January 27, 2016 · 8:00 AM · OTHER
East Aurora, NY
I was driving to work on Seneca St. toward East Aurora on an overcast cloudy morning, and observed something in the sky in front of me. I could not see it well or make out what it was. I thought it might have been a helicopter as it was hovering, but did not stay in the same spot for long, kind of odd erratic movement. It suddenly went sideways off to the left (eastward) as if the wind was blowing it. Got a better look at it and it appeared to look like a branch type stick, was in a lateral position. It then moved upward into the clouds and disappeared.
January 24, 2016 · 11:45 PM · LIGHT
Whitestone, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 24, 2016 · 4:49 PM · CHANGING
Bolton, NY
I am a commercial pilot on a VFR flight. My course line over Lake George, NY, took me from Sandy Bay to Northwest Bay. At my cruising altitude 2500 Ft MSL, I noticed what I first thought to be another aircraft heading towards me at same altitude off my 11:30 - 12 o'clock position. I first estimated its distance to be 5-6 miles away. As I continued I turned on all lights to become more visible. After about the first minute of observation, the object appeared stationary with a gradual increase in its altitude. Its color and shape changed from looking like a distant white landing light initially, to slightly larger rectangle of reddish/yellow color flickering like a waving flag. The sighting coincided with the time of sunset that day, however I ruled out reflected sunlight due to the many layers of clouds creating relatively flat light. As I approached the object, I had a growing concern that it may be a balloon of some type possibly on a cable or cable suspended below it. I changed course about 5-10 degrees east to avoid possible hazard. After about the 6th or 7th minute of observation the object completely vanished! The rest of the flight was uneventful. I have not witnessed an object like this in over 20 years of commercial flying; truly unidentified! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 22, 2016 · 5:48 AM · OTHER
Middle Village, NY
Parked in front of home waiting for my girl to drive to the train. Looking out my driver side window (think it is East Rockaway Beach is that direction) Looking at what I think is part of the current planet alignment, planets looked bright. When from right to left, something as bright as the planets, moves across dark sky. Bright “round-ish” light, no form to say, very far away, moving quickly from my right to left. I am amazed, just looking at it. My girls comes outside, I rolled down passenger window and told her to look. She said, "Yes yes, stars are nice." I asked do you see the moving one… Holy ((deleted))! She saw same as me. We both looked in amazement. I had about a minute view before she exited our home, and about a minute together looking before we had to go to the train. The object moved from my right to left in the sky, it did look like it had an arch kind of path, not sure to explain, but did not look like a straight line. We live near airports and highways, flight path is right over us and helio's are always around. I know what they look and sound like, and are much closer than what I saw, even at high altitude. What I saw was no plane, very far away and sure looked like it was cutting across the sky faster than planes I know. It was as bright as the planets I was looking at. Hope some people saw it too. Maybe space junk? Saw this posted when I was looking to see if anyone saw the same as me. http://spaceflight101.com/re-entry/2015-075b-briz-m-break-up/ If it is something in orbit, I wonder if will see around same time again tomorrow morning. Was cool start to the morning, whatever it was!
January 17, 2016 · 8:30 PM · OTHER
New York City (Manhattan), NY
Observed in the sky, on a mildly cloudy day. It resembled a bright white cloud moving opposite direction of the other clouds. When I pulled out binoculars I observed 4 orbs rotating around the cloud as it moved across the sky. Also had lights or some sort of metallic reflection emanating inside the cloud almost as if it was electrically charged.
January 17, 2016 · 4:15 AM · TRIANGLE
Accord, NY
Three gold/white lights - either an individual craft of three separate in tight formation - silently moving at slow speed - traveling S-SW
January 16, 2016 · 7:54 PM · OVAL
Woodside, NY
My girlfriend pointed out an odd color in the sky. As I observed the area, I saw a light, purple or indigo color, that was fading in and out through the clouds. We decided to walk towards the shape, in a North East direction to get a better view and as I kept watching, it appeared to be a large oval shape the size of my hand at arms distance. We stopped by the Brooklyn Queens Expressway at 65th Street near a park where where our view was unobstructed and at that point we saw a airplane fly under it. It was a mesmerizing sight to see the plane fly under the object, but have none of the blue rays reflect on it, which led me to believe the object was very far away. Another exceptional observation was to consider the scale of the shape compared to plane. The plane appeared to be the size of an ant compared to the object which gave me a sense that the shape was a lot further and a lot larger than the plane. Soon after the plane flew by, the object disappeared. Advertising lights. PD
January 16, 2016 · 7:54 PM · OVAL
Woodside, NY
My boyfriend and I were walking in a North East Direction when I noticed a strange light in the sky. It was dark and cloudy outside, but there was an unusual color in the sky, what looked like a purple, blue oval shaped light. The object was large, about the size a hand held at arm's length and hidden behind clouds. At first we speculated that it could be a spotlight, but there was no ray coming from the ground leading up and clouds moved in front of the light, obscuring our vision of the object, leading me to believe that it could be a large, bright object that was far away. We watched and took several pictures and walked in the direction of the light. When taking the last pictures, my phone camera acted strangely, with the rays of light coming from other lit objects going from the normal, scattered pattern to a straight up and down pattern, stopping at the lit object. After 10 minutes, the light disappeared.
January 15, 2016 · 7:15 PM · LIGHT
Liverpool, NY
Liverpool, New York 13090 Friday January 15, 2016 Approximately 7:15 pm Traveling by car on Longbranch Road north towards Rt. 57 First sighted a bright, round red/orange light moving slowly above the tree tops from the right hand side of the road. After a few seconds observed it was very unusual and pulled over to the right shoulder of the road. Exited vehicle and walked 15 to 20 steps forward, towards the object. Watched it as it passed over the road ahead of me, and then slowly passed over Longbranch Elementary School (ahead on the left side of road). Object moved towards the North West in a straight line, at uniform elevation, until it faded from view. There was no sound from the object. As it got closer there seemed to be a corona effect around the center of the light. The light seemed to vary within the confines of the corona (slight flickering). At two points (first before it crossed Longbranch Road, and before I exited the car) it seemed there was something dripping from beneath the object, and the dripping material was brightly illuminated, like a small flame. Observed that again while standi! ng on shoulder of road outside the car, just after it crossed above the road. There was a light wind coming from the East (checked the National Weather Service afterwards). The object was not a plane, not a helicopter, not a balloon, not a flare, not a chinese lantern. Had it been a flare, I would have seen the parachute, it would have descended in altitude, and the quality of the light would have been completely different (I’ve seen flares before and know what they look like). I do not know what the light object was, and have never seen anything remotely like it before. I drove further up Longbranch Road, looking to the left side trying to see the object. The view was obstructed by buildings and trees. Arriving at my destination, Rite Aid store on corner of Rt. 57 and Longbranch Rd, I looked back in the direction of original sighting and saw the light in the distance, perhaps a mile away. It was much fainter at that distance. It moved approximately to the west, then doubled back 180 degrees opposite direction for about one second, then reversed to opposite direction again continuing beyond the point in the sky where it first changed direction. I went a little further and blinked out of sight. Then it blinked back in sight, but further to the west. It continued on that trajectory until it faded from view. I did not see it on the return trip back home. I do not drink. I don't take recreational drugs. I know what conventional aircraft look light and their flight characteristics; both jet and light aircraft. This wasn't anything conventional, and nothing I've experienced before.
January 11, 2016 · 10:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Rifton, NY
Stepped out my front door making a phone call. While talking notice an orange/reddish/yellow glow in sky coming from westerly direction. I kept my eyes on it seemed to be about 200 feet above trees was moving in a straight path traveling north but mostly east direction. As it passed over house I followed it at one point it had a rectangular shape I think it resembled a kite type frame kinda a stick Frame it was brief then it was just a fireball passed over watched until it disappeared from view. Lasted a couple minutes moved at a steady pace not fast not slow. Reminded me of watching a glider plane. I do not recall any sound it made. Do have photos
January 10, 2016 · 4:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Cooperstown, NY
Was at the public boat launch at Otsego Lake, closest to the village taking pictures of the skies since they had just cleared up from a day and a half of rain. As I was taking photos of the sunset (looking west) I noticed a slow flying white object quietly skimming through the air. Its movements were smooth and it was travelling from north to south. I had my phone camera and decided to zoom as far as I could with it and take a picture. I couldn’t determine that it was a rectangle until I looked closer at the photo today just by chance. Using extra zoom I could enlarge the photo enough to see that it was indeed a white rectangle (not a blimp like I considered) and on the bottom it had a bright amber reflection (lights?). There was also a haze encasing all sides of the object. It flew off and slightly turned more south. Only today did I realize the photo that I had. I am an adult female, 52 years old, and a hobby photographer. This is the first time! I’ve caught a photo like this. As a child I saw 3 UFO’s, with bright pink lights, jumping up and down in one area and zigzagging and seeming to follow my friend and I. Scared the heck out of us.
January 7, 2016 · 12:25 PM · OVAL
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
Hi! I want to share this photo with my IPOD 6th generation on 1-7-16 at 12:25 PM both photos were taken at the same moment. Photo 1 no object, Photo 2 small object appears in as fast as a I snapped the second photo both with the time stamp of 12:25 pm, third photo I tried to enlarge it......
January 2, 2016 · 5:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Pound Ridge, NY
Traveling home via car saw at first hovering lights so assumed it was a helicopter flying very low. Glanced up and saw several round shaped lights (green/red/white) far too separated from each other to be a helicopter. I stopped the car and focused my eyes on the object which was almost directly above me, maybe 100 feet over the trees. I saw a massive, very dark matte gray generally triangle shaped object. It appeared to be several times the size of standard plane. The object had wing-like protrusions on each side much like a very modern/angular military aircraft might appear. It moved very slowly (15 mph?), completely silent, then increased speed rapidly after 10-15 seconds, again no noise what-so-ever. My car window was open and I was very close to the object, no possible way to not hear engine noise.
January 1, 2016 · 5:00 PM · SPHERE
Syracuse, NY
I was walking on the sidewalk looking ahead of myself, when out of the corner of my eye I saw a white light that moved extremely quickly. I saw it in the top left edge of my field of vision. Then i turned my head and looked directly at it. It was a perfect pure white circle. There was no outward glow, but the circle was so lit that i couldn't see any kind of shadow on the surface indicating a shape. From my point of view it looked like a pure white circle, almost like looking directly at the sun or an LED. Imagine someone used computer graphics to place a perfect white circle in a video. That's what it looked like. I couldn't even be sure that it was an orb rather than the top of a flat disk, although for that to be the case it would have to be facing me perfectly. I concluded it's likely an orb. It was about the size of the sun or moon in the sky, so approximately 0.5 degrees. Very quickly after i looked at the light, it continued on the same speed and trajectory it was on before it stopped. There was no acceleration or deceleration as this light changed speed. It was either what appeared to be mach 5, or it was motionless. If it had not stopped below the clouds, it would have just been a streak of light across the corner of my eye. There was only that one anomaly. I was on Milton ave in Solvay NY, by the woods next to the Solvay Fire Department, and to my left the horizon was a line of maybe a dozen trees that were lined up behind some houses. If you are walking west down Milton after the Fire Department, you will pass a forested hill on your left before reaching this line of maybe 6 houses with the about a dozen trees behind them just before reaching Woods Road. I was walking just past the forested hill when i saw the light move up at the edge of my FOV behind the line of trees behind the houses. I could see the white light being blocked by the branches. So the light rose from beyond the base of the horizon and the trees there, presumably meaning it was around ground level. Then in a moment it was just below the clouds, and instantly stopped. I looked at it and it kept going just as suddenly as it arrived. I was awestruck.
January 1, 2016 · 5:30 AM · CIRCLE
Medford, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 26, 2015 · 12:30 AM · CIRCLE
Elmhurst, NY
Saw a blue circle shaped object in the night sky. Was there for half an hour with no sound and then vanished rather quickly. Witness provides no contact information. PD