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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.
5,054 entries
September 5, 2015 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
New York City (Manhattan), NY
Over Hudson River on west side highway, multiple red lights up to 4-6 formulated in a triangle shape object in the sky relatively low and hovering. Moments later it was no longer visible as we continue to head north on west side highway and crossed GWB. We could no longer see it in the sky from the GWB bridge and we had clear line of sight. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 5, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Black Creek, NY
While driving down our unlit country road at approx. 9 p.m., my wife and I both sighted what appeared to be a string of large lights (vertical) resembling a tower (it looked like a cell tower, however, we do not have any cell towers or other towers in our vicinity). The lights were grouped in a vertical row (large dull white). We both said to each other, "what the heck is that?" Moving slowly down the road, the lights seemed more horizontal and passed over us. These four lights were spaced a short distance from each other in a horizontal formation. No noise or other sounds were heard.
September 5, 2015 · 12:00 AM · CHANGING
New York City, NY
I WATCH THESE CAMS OVER NYC A LOT IN RECENT YEARS THEY HAVE REALLY SCALED DOWN THE IMAGES FROM HARDLY VISIBLE TO JUST SLIGHTLY IN VIEW. IN ANY EVENT KEEP IN MIND THESE PIC YOU WILL SEE ARE OVER N.Y.C. THE GREATEST CITY ON EARTH!!!! MAYBE THATS WHY THEY CHECK US OUT IT SEEMS EVERYDAY..? BUT WE JUST DONT SEE THEM..? WELL HERE THEY ARE !!! BY ((name deleted)) !!!! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 4, 2015 · 2:30 AM
Queens, NY
We got on the tram. I do not remember anyone being on the tram besides my friend & I once we got on because no one was around before we got on. We both sat down the doors shut & I noticed this being that looks strange, has big black eyes very thin lips , small jaw, long fingers, arms , legs, appeared to be tall & very thin. Grey skin all over.had no hair anywhere that I could see. This being had clothing on but the outfit seemed odd like it was from another time. This being was sitting across from us at the end of the tram facing us sitting with a big smile just watching us the entire time. We both knew somehow that this being was aware that we were aware and that this being knew what we were thinking so we both tried to not think about it so we pretended we had no idea to what was really happening. My friend was very afraid wanted to get off the tram so we got off the next stop. As I got up from my seat to get off the tram smiles ever so slightly to this being trying to be respectful and we got off. No one was around still not one person. While waking away I turned around to look once again & this being was still there smiling staring at us. This experience changed our lives
September 3, 2015 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Forestburgh, NY
As the lights were flashing I witnessed 3-4 military like aircraft one after another each a two minute space between. Est time was between 8pm and 10 pm when the lights were flashing. First thought it was heat lightning but the lights were back to back. There was no clouds in the sky.
September 3, 2015 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Forestburgh, NY
We saw flashing light in a generalized area we could not identify the source. 1 by one about a half hour into the light show jets flew over low and slow going towards the flashing in a grid pattern at 15 minute intervals. The flashing slowed as the jets appeared.
September 1, 2015 · 5:03 AM
Bayville, NY
High altitude, bright and slowly dissipating pulses. Pulses were infrequent and not predictable. I could only see the it when it pulsed. No fast flashes or strobes like aircraft navigation lights seen between pulses. No aircraft in vicinity. Traveling slowly from NE to SW. Observer has a degree in math and science.
August 31, 2015 · 8:25 PM · FORMATION
Hicksville, NY
Orange almost twinkling sphere shaped objects. Flying from west to east. Firstly appx 8 or 10 in a formation of singular and dual file, then loner objects appeared to follow the same path as the original objects faded, they too followed a similar path until they faded into the sky.
August 30, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Syracuse, NY
The motorist spotted three as they slowly dropped down on the horizon. Then they were gone. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 30, 2015 · 7:45 PM · OTHER
Selden, NY
Then, I saw it was flying in my direction. As it got closer, I saw it was a very bright glowing light of a aircraft. As it got closer, I saw it was not an aircraft, as we know one, but a shape like our pentagon, almost. It was silent, with very intense bright rings of amber pink circles, of the exact same size of each other. It hovered at about 1000 feet or more above me silent, and then moved hovering in a north east direction. At that point, I tried to follow it in my jeep, but lost it, as it gained altitude and headed north very fast. I would also like to mention about five years ago at the old Grumman's site in Calverton, NY, as i was watching sky divers floating down, I noticed something following down above them and quite close. It looked like quarter lenght of a telephone pole, very gracefully moving about 100 feet above the ground and hangars. At first, I thought possibly some one had a jet pack on. As i got closer, I saw it was just a pole floating and hovering. Then, after about 4 minutes, it gained altitude, and flew south east out of sight. We spoke at length via telephone with the witness, and he sounded to us to be quite sincere about his sighting. We suspect that it is a reliable report of what he had witnessed. PD
August 30, 2015 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Syracuse, NY
A large orangish red sphere hovered for approximately 10 minutes. I called my boyfriend to the back porch when he also witnessed the unidentified flying object. We watched as the craft moved slowly east to west when it paused and hovered for about 3 minutes. The craft took off to the northwest as we watched before disappearing. It was overcast skies and it flew beneath the clouds so it was easy to see. This was not a usual aircraft. It was completely silent. ((ADDENDUM FROM SOURCE OF REPORT)) Hello Peter! The sighting happened at approximately 12:00 am this morning (Sunday) I did not get any video because we were kind of in shock as to what we were seeing. It wasn't until after we came back in that I realized i should have grabbed my phone. I didn't even know I could even report it until I did some online research to see if we were the only ones who saw the object!! I will definitely keep my eyes peeled to the sky and if it comes back, I will be ready to record it!! Sent from my iPhone ((END ADDENDUM)) We have amended the date, to reflect a sighting early on Sunday morning, August 30, 2015. PD
August 29, 2015 · 11:55 PM · SPHERE
New City, NY
The sphere changed back and fourth from red to mostly white light. No sound was heard.
August 29, 2015 · 11:50 PM · TRIANGLE
Staten Island, NY
my girlfriend saw a orange/red shaped triangle object in skylight. She alerted me of it, and when we went out side my neighbor was also looking at it. It was moving quietly north by north east rapidly.
August 27, 2015 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Oceanside, NY
I was sitting outside in my backyard, when I saw 2 bright orange lights flying in an arc, a set distance from one another. They were travelling fairly slow, almost as if they were observing. As they got closer to the horizon, they disappeared. I was screaming for someone to come outside. My father came outside in time to see the third (supposed, my father said) craft. He believes it is an airplane, but I spend enough time outside to know that aircrafts have blinking lights. I've seen strange things before, but this made me truly question my sanity. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 27, 2015 · 8:30 PM · FORMATION
Port Chester, NY
There was no sound at all. We have never seen anything like it. There was nothing we could observe that would indicate it was a aircraft. No blinking lights. If I were to guess on the speed, it/they were moving I would probably say 40mph. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
August 25, 2015 · 3:30 AM · DIAMOND
Orangeburg, NY
I was in bed listening to Coast to Coast AM, which I normally do when I can’t sleep. Glanced outside my bedroom window and saw a object flying lower than normal aircraft. It had a flashing bright yellow light on each of its 4 corners end a small red light near one of the yellow lights. It was travelling south. It could have been a drone, but did not appear to be a Cessna style plane, just a bit smaller, the lights were very bright. Can’t recall if it made a noise.
August 23, 2015 · 12:15 AM · EGG
Kenmore, NY
Saw two objects orange in color following one and other. Appeared to be taking off from ground from a far distance in the north at a rapid speed. Both heading north west. The second (back one) passed first one, then going driectly west, and first one continued to be north west untill could not be seen any more.
August 23, 2015 · 12:00 AM · CROSS
Rochester, NY
Video of the cross: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Scv-72mpuI Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 22, 2015 · 10:12 PM · SPHERE
New York City, NY
My girlfriend and I were walking home from getting dinner, when I saw in the distance what looked like a orange orb of light that seem to come out of nowhere. At first, I was wow look at that! It looks strange!! Then as my girlfriend observed it another just like it appeared!! I said wow look another one!! She was like, "What you think that is??" I told her I don't know but it looks weird! Then another popped out of nowhere from in the area of the first we saw!! It was amazing!! So I started watching the the third one as to see if it was following the the first two and as I watched them they started to kind of disapear! My back facing where they came from I turned around and observed another coming my way from the same direction! I had to take my phone out to record this!!! Next thing you know, one after another flying in the same direction started popping up! I couldn't get a good view of them with my phone so I stopped recording to use a app I had on my phone! It's like a binoculars app. I took some pretty good pictures and then proceeded to film again! At that time a young lady with what I guess was her father asked what was going on. As they looked up they were amazed as well! The father suggested I call the cops, as by that time, about fifteen passed us all going in the same direction. So, I proceeded to walk home, while filming as much as I can. There wasn't many people in the street, and the few that were around weren't paying us attention. I know what a helicopter looks like at night and that was not helicopters!! Nor were they drones! Over twenty of those things past by Us! I have film and photos!! Amazing!!! And they were not lanterns! Lanterns don't fly! They hover!
August 22, 2015 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
Moved very slow from NE to SW at 40.6176° N, 74.0117° W. Within 20-30 seconds began accent/climb and within 10-20 seconds jetted deep into space like nothing I have ever seen. The ascent was something out of star wars/star trek. I was blown away to see how fast the object/light moved into deep space. At one point it appeared to climb as high as the stars. No noise. Totally silent. Light was not small.
August 22, 2015 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
New York City (Manhattan), NY
I thought for a sec meteors then they zig zagged a and stopped in mid air and one came out from another. Those just disappeared. Our iPhone was recording but nothing showed on screen. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 21, 2015 · 8:50 PM
North Babylon, NY
I have pics of the event if you want to see them
August 18, 2015 · 12:28 AM · CIGAR
Staten Island, NY
Heading South toward Outerbridge Crossing. Looked like flying at much lower altitude than plane-but a bit higher than a helicopter.
August 17, 2015 · 8:00 PM · DISK
New York City (East Harlem), NY
I was having communications I felt that I should go out that night with a camera because I might see something that night. I live in East Harlem, and I was instructed to go south at first down 3rd Ave. I saw several fast moving lights but they were too fast for me to photograph, or once the camera on the phone did not work when I pressed the little camera icon on the screen. When I got to 109th Street I received instructions to go west one block to Lexington Ave. When I got to the corner I saw a strange whiteness in the sky behind some distant clouds to the southwest. I put the phone up to take a picture and there was a big flash of light when I took the picture. I tried two more times right away and the same thing happened. 'When I looked at the photos later I was surprised to see some strange photos. I checked the details of each photo and the flash was off it said. I can't explain these photos, but the saucer like object in the first photo reminded me of a black saucer I saw before. Also there is a video on the internet of a black ship rising up from the ground in the mountains somewhere, then hovering in front of a power station or something, and lights like the windows light up like in my photo. Something to consider.