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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.
6,210 entries
December 29, 2016 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Davenport, WA
My sister, mother, and I were sitting in my living room when my mother pointed out something in the sky. My mother is not a firm believer in UFOS, but we gathered around the bay window. The object was massive, about as big as a full moon. The object was a deep red, about as red as Santa’s suit. The object didn't seem to be moving, just sitting in one place. The UFO seemed to sit for about three minutes until it began moving. It seemed to be moving downwards, only a few feet until it disappeared. It didn't go behind any structure, it seemed like it just went invisible, disappearing out from the sky. We went and got into our vehicle to go look for this light, but we didn't find anything. That's when my father said that we should contact and document our sighting. My sister did get a picture. The picture wasn't the best quality, but to me, it seemed like there were more UFOs than originally seen.
December 25, 2016 · 6:50 PM · LIGHT
Belfair, WA
At 18:49 I was surprised to see what I at first believed to be red flares in the low east sky from my residence. It wasn't until 9 of the came into view and went from a straight line into a shape that resembled the Little Dipper that I realized these craft were flying. They proceeded to change to a southward direction, as well as gained more altitude. I ran for my camera and had someone else come and see what was going on. In less than 5 minutes time they had again changed formation and were disappearing into the sky as they changed direction and went straight up into the sky.
December 24, 2016 · 8:04 PM · LIGHT
Lake Umatilla; John Day Dam (~30 mi. E of; approximate), WA
My girlfriend and I were traveling home for Christmas on Highway 14 in Walla Walla County, Washington. The area around was vast open fields. There were only three vehicles on the road that night, a semi in front of us and one behind us. We were just driving along when suddenly a bright turquoise light lit up the sky. The light didn’t seem to have a location where it was coming from. It lasted about 3 seconds then stopped. My girlfriend and I were completely tripped out. Then it happened again. This time the time length was shorter but it lit up the entire sky. I looked above us and it seemed apparent that it was coming from right above us. When I say it lit up the entire sky, I mean it lit up the sky for miles upon miles. There was no airports near us and no towns for another 60 miles. Witness is going to try to establish the exact location of the event, and send the information as an addendum. He first reported that the sighting had occurred near Walla Walla, but the location cited above is more accurate, he now believes. PD
December 24, 2016 · 5:45 PM · SPHERE
Olympia, WA
Went out to get mail, saw very bright light in southeast sky. Grabbed the binoculars, took a peek. It was a very ornate sphere that was lite on the outside from the outside but I could not see a light source. It resembled, on the outside, one of those intricately carved stone balls that has a carved stone ball inside that and another carved stone ball inside that. It was white but occasionally a black stripe or band would appear as if it were rotating. However, when I was looking at it it did not seem to be rotating until the black band zipped through. Guessing it was about 1500 feet up and I estimate it to be about as big as a modest sized house. I did notice air traffic so they had to have seen it. I did take video of it with my cell phone and snapped a few photos.
December 24, 2016 · 1:00 AM · FLASH
Bellevue, WA
Over hour's worth of time, anywhere from 15-25 minutes apart, three consecutive flashes appeared outside my house 8 times throughout the night. It was as though lightning had struck, but without thunder or a rumble of dispersing electricity from said flash. I watched for them after every of the three flashes that would go off, waiting for the time amounted until i saw it was directed at me from the sky. Or at least that's what it looked like. It is foggy and cloud filled skies at this time of 7am now. I haven't SEEN a UFO per say, as though the flashes came from thin air. But i did notice it (the flashes) were relatively close to being probably 30ft to 60ft diagonally from my window into the sky that I could see into, but not seeing any occupants inhabiting the skies. The air feels frizzy and my blanket is shocking me fore i think it is because of these paranormal flashes. This is my report.
December 16, 2016 · 6:30 PM · OTHER
Kelso, WA
Was in back yard looked south saw a fire looking movement and colors but looked like above it was a white shape told my wife to go to the front of the house something was falling from the sky she tell it's coming this way north stopped at treeline and to off up at a high right then slowed
December 13, 2016 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Liberty Lake, WA
It cruised by a little before midnight. Around 200 ft up Moved slow and silent. It had 3 bright lights making a triangle, underneath of it was light up with dimmer lights. Reasonable guess military drone. Before the incident I saw a few normal drones and jets. More jets arrived afterwards.
December 12, 2016 · 7:06 PM · CHANGING
Stevens Pass, WA
After a day of skiing at Stevens Pass, I was staying the night at the ski resort with some friends in the RV lot so we could ski the following day. Around 7:00p.m we left our camper and walked to the main base area of the resort. Skiing operations closed at 4:00 that day and the mountain was dark, but the base area was illuminated, and we used this lighting to play a game of cornhole (beanbag toss game) right in the main courtyard area next to the lodge and clock tower. It was a very cold night with broken clouds and occasional snow showers. We were the only ones outside in the area. It was the night before a full moon and the moon looked amazing with the small broken clouds moving quickly past it. Having the place to ourselves with the resort lodges and clock tower decorated in Christmas lights and the full moon in the backdrop, I tried my best to get a picture with my phone that captured the whole scene. To do this I stepped about thirty feet away from my friends, took a knee and held my phone at an angle that got all three of my friends in the frame as well as the moon (this was tricky and you will see that in a couple shots either a friend or the moon gets cut off). Once I had the correct angle I waited for gaps in the clouds as they passed over the moon. After snapping a couple photos, I first noticed the object in the screen of my phone. The object first appeared as a blotch of white light in the screen of my phone. It seemed like a morphing light ball with a bright core surrounded by a duller light and was very fluid yet erratic in its movements. If I had to guess I would say the core was the size of a large grapefruit and the outer layer the size of a beach ball. It was like a luminescent aerial jellyfish. The object first appeared in the sky around the trees in the background and moved toward us. It came as close as the clock tower (the photo showing the object in front of the lodge verifies its proximity). At this point, I looked up from the camera, where the image was very bright, however with my bare eyes I could only see the outer dull light, but the inner bright sphere was still visible in the screen of my phone. Put another way: With my bare eyes, the object was not very noticeable and I might have not noticed it. At the same time it was glowing even brighter than what was captured by the camera on the screen of my phone. At one point most of my screen went white. I was really confused and rendered speechless. At this point I stood up and pivoted my whole focus to the object. As soon as I did the object shot off to the trees behind the lodge, paused near the top for one to two seconds and then shot off over Big Chief Mountain at impossible speed and was gone. As you can see in the pictures, my friends were oblivious of its presence and I wasn’t able to process what I was seeing in time to verbalize what I was seeing. By the time I did, it was gone. I still really have no idea what I saw and the photos just add to the mystery. Likely unrelated, we did see multiple F/A-18 or F15s (looked like they had 2 vertical stabilizers) jets flying at low altitude over the resort the following morning.
December 7, 2016 · 10:10 PM · FIREBALL
Bellingham, WA
Bright white fireball, likely meteor moving east to west. Witness provides no information; elects to remain anonymous. PD
December 3, 2016 · 5:15 PM · FORMATION
North Snohomish, WA
My son and I were driving Northbound on Bickford Ave just about to take the on ramp to Highway 2 when the sky lit up and there was an oddly shaped bright white light in the clouds. The shape was hard to make out because it was in the clouds but it looked to be diamond shape with streamers of light coming off of it. It happened fast but didn’t appear to be lightning or move. It seemed stationary. I saw it, then looked at my son, he then asked me “what kind of drone was that dad”? Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 30, 2016 · 11:45 PM · CHANGING
Edmonds, WA
I was outside letting my dog out before heading to bed like I do every night when I noticed this curved ufo gliding through the sky. While gazing at the stars I noticed what I thought at first was a satellite in my peripheral vision. It caught my attention, and I immediately looked towards it. I then realized this wasn't a satellite. It seemed to be lower in the sky then a satellite, as it was a lot brighter. It had six lights making a curved shaped and glided silently through the sky from the North West, heading South East. I watched the object for 5-7 seconds (felt like forever) before the six lights that made up the curve changed into one object and disappeared. It was not a plane, or like anything I have ever seen. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 27, 2016 · 12:35 PM · CIRCLE
Kenmore, WA
I don't know if it was a bird, but i noticed a shiny black circle thing in the sky then it suddenly turned tiny and swooped down in an incline then went across the sky as a tiny black dot not really sure what i saw Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 26, 2016 · 4:56 PM · FIREBALL
McChord AFB/Ft. Lewis, WA
At first the balls looked to be possibly Chinese lanterns, but it was raining. It was three objects the last object seemed to be trailing the first two. All objects then dissipated into the sky. I have video but wasn't able to email it because of size. I want to send it to you guys. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 25, 2016 · 1:11 AM · FLASH
Newcastle, WA
Bright teal flash of light over Newcastle, Washington. Mistook it for lightning. It struck twice. Someone should check Coal Creek for remains! Anonymous source; provides no contact information. We wonder whether the event occurred on Friday morning, November 25th, or Saturday morning, November 26th, but we have no means of contacting the source. PD
November 17, 2016 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Benton City, WA
There were no blinking lights on it, and it never moved in a straight line. It just weaved around stars. It made a circle around from north to south and then it weaved around three stars, it blinked and disappeared. As it weaved around the last three stars, they blinked, as it passed. I don't believe in aliens or UFO's, well, until now, but this definitely freaked me out. It was way too high, I think to be a drone. Not sure what it was, but nothing like I had ever seen before.
November 16, 2016 · 12:05 AM · FORMATION
Richland, WA
I was headed to taco bell at midnight & i looked up & saw 6 or 7 dim blue lights flying in formation like geese headed east coming from the northwest i rolled down my window & even jumped out of my car as they or it passed no sound at all. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 15, 2016 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT
Seattle, WA
I saw bluish-greenish lights in the sky in northwestern Seattle, appearing like colored lightning or aurora borealis (but it was cloudy), and I didn't hear any explosions or other loud noises roughly in the area above the Ballard fishermen's terminal or Bainbridge Island. They appeared intermittently, I recall 3 distinct illumination events, and then they rapidly faded out. I can best describe it as appearing like blue lightning spreading through clouds, but did not see a distinct source of the light.
November 12, 2016 · 9:10 PM · SPHERE
Auburn, WA
Sighting – 11/12/16 9:10 PST I, ((name deleted)), stepped out of my garage and walked toward our house. I happened to look to the generally eastern sky, and saw an object that appeared to be on fire in flight. It appeared to be perhaps 1-2 miles away and perhaps an altitude of 1000-2000 feet. We live just 10 miles or so from Seatac Airport, so are very used to seeing aircraft. I pulled out my iPhone6 and thought that I had begun filming shortly after first noticing it, but later determined that I wasn’t and started. I got 21 seconds of video, but not nearly as close as at first. My total observation was probably just less than a minute, which means the object might have been moving roughly 100 MPH. There was little wind, when I checked the Auburn weather, the last report was just 3 MPH at 9:55 PM. The object attracted my attention for several reasons. One, it was the color of and appeared to be on fire. Two, I couldn’t discern that it was making any noise. Three, it moved from that eastern view toward Seattle (a Northerly direction) until it disappeared behind a distant cloudbank. It appeared to maintain a constant trajectory and speed. Relative to the almost full moon (sky very clear for Seattle), the object was perhaps 1/10 of the size of the moon. I have seen satellites and even the Space Station in orbit, and this was not in orbit and dramatically larger looking.
November 10, 2016 · 5:45 PM · LIGHT
Arlington, WA
Very bright light fairly low in the sky as seen SW from Arlington. Very slowly descended then faded out and just disappeared.
November 9, 2016 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Spokane, WA
I was driving home on High Drive around 9:30 pm Wednesday Nov. 9, 2016, after having dinner in downtown Spokane when this incident occurred. I was headed east on High Drive and approaching the intersection of High Drive and Grand Boulevard when I saw this giant incredibly bright object in the sky that was immediately above the treetops about four blocks away. At first, I wasn't sure if it was a panel of stadium lights, but there's no stadium anywhere nearby. I live just a short distance from where this incident occurred, and I have been there thousands of times over the past 17 years, and I have never once seen a light like that anywhere in the neighborhood. I drove toward the object, and pulled over on the south side of East 43rd Avenue, between South Scott and South Garfield Streets. What I saw was a giant triangle that was only 50 feet or so above me, and hovering above some trees in a residential neighborhood. The object appeared to be about 180 feet long (half the distance between Scott Street and Garfield Street on 43rd Avenue) and 90 feet wide. There were white lights all the way around the sides of the triangle, and it was hovering in one place and didn't make any noise. Where I pulled over by the side of the road was almost directly underneath this triangle object, and I could see dark black circles on the underside. I turned my engine off, and watched this triangle object. There was absolutely no noise coming from it. Right after I pulled over, the thing started moving slowly from east to west. I reached in my purse to grab my cell phone so that I could take a picture, and I kept looking back at the triangle when suddenly it took off faster than anything ever seen my life. It was the strangest thing I've ever seen. When the object took off, it went west. It's speed was so fast that had I blinked my eyes, I would've missed it. The entire incident lasted about 10 minutes (9:30 to 9:40 pm). I know this because I had just looked at my dashboard clock as I approached the intersection of High Drive and Grand Boulevard, and I called my mother immediately afterward to tell her what I had seen. If I was to compare the size of the triangle from my perspective it to the size of a full moon, it was dozens if not hundreds of times bigger. If I was to compare the size of the triangle to my clenched fist held at arm's length, it was much, much larger. Although I was alone in my car, I am absolutely certain that there were other witnesses to this incident. When I reached the intersection of Grand Boulevard and High Drive at 9:30 pm, there were several Spokane Police officers standing in the flowerbeds of a private residence and talking to an older gentleman. They were parked in the driveway of the house on the north side of High Drive. They appeared to be looking for something in the flowerbeds adjacent to the roadway at a private home on the south side of High Drive. While I was parked on 43rd Avenue and watching the triangle, another car (vehicle #2) drove by my car. Vehicle #2 was headed east to west on 43rd Ave. and passed directly under this giant lighted triangle. I am absolutely certain the driver of Vehicle #2 saw the triangle, because it was brighter than any light I have ever seen. When I got home, I went to the Spokane News page on Facebook to see if anyone had posted anything about this. The only thing I found was a post about a car accident that occurred at 6 pm that night at the intersection of Grand Boulevard and High Drive. However, was no sign of any vehicle collision at that intersection at 9:30 pm, so I don't think the triangle object is related to the car accident earlier that evening. We spoke via telephone on two occasions, and she seemed to us to be quite eloquent and sincere. We strongly suspect that she is a quite capable, and credible, witness. PD
November 9, 2016 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Kirkland, WA
today i saw a light in kirkland it was moving faster than the cars on freeway, there were a bunch of what i think were helicopters out high above it. i couldnt tell what was happening but i almost crashed my car. the sky was so busy ive never seen 20 different planes or choppers above woodinville kirkland area at one time it was shocking, what's going on?
November 8, 2016 · 12:05 AM · TRIANGLE
Walla Walla, WA
I live in rural Walla Walla, Wa. At about 12:05 AM on 11/08/2016 I was in my kitchen working on the computer. I heard a very loud rumble flying over my house so I went outside to investigate. A large triangular craft was flying over my property with three red flashing lights underneath in the center. The lights were arranged in a triangle pattern and blinked on and off together at a pace of about one beat per second. The edges of the craft were rounded and the points of the triangle were also rounded. The underside of the craft was contoured and rolled underneath along each side and tapered out to the triangle points in a series of parallel rolls on each end. The blinking red lights appeared to be deeper set in a recess in the center of the craft. The craft color appeared to be metallic silver. The craft was lighted around the edges because I could see it so distinctly. The craft flew very slowly from the northwest and flew to the southeast toward the Blue Mountains. It flew a distance of about 2 miles and was approaching the Blue Mountains when the craft appeared to be stopped in mid air for a short time and then flew on at such a slow speed it was difficult to see movement at a distance. The blinking lights finally disappeared over the mountains. The craft was so large that it was still very visible in the distance. The whole event took about 10 minutes. Unfortunately my camera was in the house and I did not want to leave to go get it. It was very dark out and no moon. The two neighbor dogs barked while the craft was overhead.
November 8, 2016 · 12:00 AM · CHEVRON
Redmond, WA
I was working at the AT&T building in Redmond, WA, doing a demo job. I and a colleague took debris outside to dump into the truck. I had to reach up to move a piece of debris, when at that moment a huge V-shaped aircraft flew over my head. The time was midnight and the sky was clear aside from light fog. The aircraft was not flying too fast but was pretty low. I could near no noise and could see either brown circular spots or lights on both sides of the craft though the spots or lights werent spaced evenly. It was huge in size and its crazy but Im almost sure I could see through it.... as if it were slightly transparent. I could see the fog moving as it cruised by. It was almost as if it were gliding instead of flying. It speed and direction were both constant and steady. And just in matter of seconds vanished into the night sky. This was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. It was flying sooo low and I could see it so well. Right over the buildings is the way it looked and it was big!
November 7, 2016 · 6:55 PM · TRIANGLE
Snohomish, WA
Date: November 7, 2016. Approximate Time: Between 6:55 and 7:00 pm Location: Snohomish, WA Latitude and Longitude: Will be submitted in hardcopy report Night Sky: Clear with a First Phase Moon MY IMPRESSION: I was driving my grandchildren home on November 7, 2016, approximately 7:00 pm. As I turned onto their street, I was mesmerized and held captive by what I saw and told the children to look up in the sky. My 8 year old grandson exclaimed, “Nonna, what is that?” I said it looks like some kind of UFO craft? I slowed the car down and then stopped to view and it just seemed to drop or disappear below the tree line. I quickly put the car in reverse to see if my position was the reason I could no longer see, but the objects were gone, no lights could be seen between the trees or in the night sky anywhere ~ they disappeared as quickly as they appeared. As I pulled into my son’s driveway I told my grandson to go get his father while I unpacked the car all the while my 5 year old granddaughter was crying as she was frightened. When my son came out of the house and we both heard and saw a very loud helicopter across the Valley in the vicinity of Harvey Air Field. It took a couple of days to process everything, but I did write everything down and attempted a crude drawing. I knew I had to investigate further before submitting a report and contacted Harvey Air Field to have them check their Manifest to see if any helicopters were in the air around 7:00 pm on November 7th. There were no helicopters at that time in the air - DEAD END. Later that day, I learned that there was in fact a helicopter in that vicinity and that they were doing Military Maneuvers. RECONSTRUCTING THE SIGHTING In an attempt now to reconstruct the shape and dimension of the crafts (I’ll describe as objects for the time being), I first drew a large triangle and then at each of the three points I drew triangles - three equilateral as well as equidistant shaped triangles. Each triangular object was lit up with bright white lights that appeared to run along vertical lines moving upward to the top of the triangle which had pink or red lights at the base. The night sky was clear and the objects were illuminated by an unusually bright half moon. Later, I looked up to see if there was in fact a half moon and learned it was a First Quarter Moon. There was no sound whatsoever and the objects seemed very close. I don’t have the ability or science background to be able to report the exact size of the objects in relation to the planets and to the moon, but I know without a shadow of a doubt that what I saw were not planets or stars. When one sees planets and stars in the night sky they appear as tiny white dots, but what we saw were distinct objects ‘up close and personal’ as they say, clearly illuminated by the brightly lit moon. FINAL IMPRESSION: The entire occurrence lasted no more than a minute, but something else occurred that has taken time for me to process as it defies logic. As the objects seemed to drop below the tree line and disappear, it was at this point that I briefly took my eyes off the area to put my car in reverse and that is when I had a most unusual experience when I turned back around. I will attempt to describe. I had the impression that the objects had not disappeared but were closer, or becoming larger, and passing overhead as I could see that the center area between the three triangular points was black, darker than the night sky, and all the lights were either dimmed or turned off ~ but I could see an outline. It was at this point that I knew that the triangular objects I saw were not three separate objects, but one large CRAFT. It was gone with a blink of an eye, certainly a subjective experience and difficult to describe, but it was nonetheless my experience. ARTIST RENDERING I have an artist's drawing which I would like to submit, but I'm unable to cut n' paste the digital picture into this document. Please advise what formatting I should use. We spoke via telephone with the witness on at least two occasions, and we found her to be quite eloquent and seemingly serious-minded. We suspect she is a very reliable, and capable, witness. PD