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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.
4,277 entries
February 4, 2015 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
Tucson, AZ
WHILE LOOKING AT FLOCK OF BIRDS I NOTICED AN OBJECT (LIGHTS?) JUST ABOVE OR WITHIN THE OUTLINE OF A SADDLE IN THE TUCSON MOUNTAINS. ALL RED AND WHITE LIGHTS WITH NO GREENS OR FLASHING LIGHT, AND NO SOUNDS. A SMALLER OBJECT SEEMED TO GO NEXT TO OR IN FRONT OF LARGER LIGHT. THEN A SMALL OBJECT STREAKED AWAY UP AND TO THE RIGHT THEN ENDED WITH A BRIGHT FLASH. THIS WAS REPEATED TWICE AGAIN, SAME DIRECTION, TRAILS AND ENDING WITH FLASH. SEVERAL LOCAL FLIGHTS OF LIGHT AIRCRAFT FLEW IN THE DIRECTION BUT THEN TURNED BACK DURING THIS TIME. MY WIFE CAME OUT TO LOOK BUT ONLY SAW THE LARGER LIGHT AND NOT THE SMALLER ONES. THE BARRY GOLDWATER FIREING RANGE IS IN THIS DIRECTION...BUT TWO MOUNTAIN RANGES SEPERATE THEM FROM MY HOME BY 60 + MILES....LIVE FIRE? MAYBE AND I HAVE SEEN TWO OTHER UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS... I WONDER IF THERE IS A NEW HELICOPTER BEING TESTED...? ATMOSPHERE ACTING AS LIGHT BENDER? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS BUT IT WAS FANTASTIC TO SEE!
February 4, 2015 · 11:39 AM
Gilbert, AZ
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 3, 2015 · 10:18 PM · RECTANGLE
Goodyear, AZ
Driving home from school on Bullard and saw these rectangular orange lights in the sky near Estrella Mountain. As I got closer to a stop light near my home on Bullard and Estrella Parkway, the lights merged towards the center, became one, and disappeared. I was able to get two pictures with my iPhone 5s.
February 3, 2015 · 9:25 PM
Buckeye, AZ
Saw approximately 8 white lights in a row south of Buckeye, Arizona, approximately 21:25. Within the five minutes it took to drive through our trailer park, the lights disappeared even though they seemed to be headed in the direction we drove to. I climbed a ladder on the back of our trailer to see over other units and saw nothing but the lights of homes surrounding the area. IMG_4756.jpg
February 3, 2015 · 9:16 PM
Goodyear, AZ
This sighting took place on February 3, 2015, at 9:16pm in Goodyear, Arizona. We were turning right onto Estrella Blvd to head north, but saw something in the rearview mirror in the sky. We immediately did a u-turn and saw what appeared to be a ufo. We began driving south on Estrella Blvd, towards the ufo. It was moving south over the Estrella mountains. There were approximately 8 to 10 yellow-orange lights in a row moving together. It was definitely moving and was very large in comparison to the mountains. The lights kept moving south until they went over the mountain at an angle and we watched as there were less and less lights, until just one light was visible and then it was completely gone over the mountain. The entire sighting lasted 3-4 minutes. We were able to get a few photos and a video as we were driving. The link to the uploaded video is below and I will also try to email it along with the few photos. http://youtu.be/xQaf9rDuRTo
February 3, 2015 · 8:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Peoria, AZ
The object was triangular in shape and emitted 8 bright orange/red lights that flickered like a fire at a distance. The craft hovered for about 5 minutes making no noise and maintaining a perfect altitude. It was not a conventional air craft and was not flairs being dropped. I was in my back yard looking out towards Luke air force base and I am positive it was no aircraft of ours. The lights were spherical in nature and were brighter then the construction lights at the near by gravel mine. I'm very concerned about this. All of the dogs and coyotes were going crazy. I also filmed the craft.
February 3, 2015 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE
San Tan Valley, AZ
Approximately around 20:15 PM on 2/3/2015, while setting up my telescope mount to align to the star, Sirius, for a imaging session of the Cone Nebula in the constellation Monoceros, I noticed a bright amber object in the eastern sky, about 35 degrees up from the horizon, and 30 degrees north of the star, Sirius. The object was visible before its first movement, and remained stationary for 5 seconds . The object then projected a beam about one half its diameter that extend out about 5 degrees. It then moved to the end of the Beam. It remained stationary for about 2 seconds. It then displayed another beam approximately 5 degrees and then vanished. I went in the house to get my night-vision camcorder. After returning from the house with the camcorder, nothing was in the sky. I was out several times to check on my imaging setup and never noticed anymore activity. The imaging session lasted for about 3 hours. It is important to note that I have been imaging objects in the sky for over 10 years. Objects such as the moon, galaxies, Comets, star cluster, ISS, planes, jets and nebulas. I am familiar with what a satellite looks like, as well as a meteorite or comet. This was not a Chinese lantern, comet, flare, meteorite etc. PS: The object was moving upto the right at about 15 degrees and the beam it projected was very linear unlike an arching/tapering trail of a comet or meteorite. The beam was also consistent in width; it did not taper.
February 3, 2015 · 9:25 AM · LIGHT
Waddell, AZ
Line of lights horizontal up over Buckeye. Went out and they were there, them one by one they went out. Not f-16's or military…
February 1, 2015 · 7:45 PM · OTHER
Marana, AZ
The night of the super bowl the wife and I heard jets that were flying at FULL MILITARY. I went out doors and saw them, with afterburners on, flying south towards Tucson. Just over, the jets crossed and returned North. A few seconds later they all went South and out of site beyond Tucson. I stated to wife they must be chasing something,,,, I saw nothing of what they were after because the next door's security lights came on and obscured any detail. I am making this report after reading the report from Mesa that same night. I am in support of the "Chase," but cannot say I saw any UFO. I do know jets do not fly like THAT, full military over civilian areas without good cause. There is a gunnery range about 60 miles west of Tucson. There have been odd things in the southern Arizona skies for several weeks. I have reported several but it's my first reports.
February 1, 2015 · 7:40 PM · TRIANGLE
Tempe, AZ
I had returned from Tucson earlier that evening with my fiancé and was cleaning up our house. The game was on the television, but I was not watching it, as I’m not a huge sports fan. At approximately 7:40 PM, I went outside to the backyard to take some trash out. On my way over to the trash can, I looked up at the moon which, at the time, was in the upper eastern part of the sky. It was at this moment that I saw a curious-looking craft heading north some degrees above of the moon. This stood out to me immediately because this craft was not following the flight path which nearly every plane follows on its approach into nearby Sky Harbor Intl. Airport. Planes flying into Sky Harbor at night typically fly in from east-to-west as our runways run in this orientation. If a plane does fly over this airspace, its altitude is typically very high as to not disturb the lower traffic. This craft’s altitude appeared to be relatively low, around 10,000 feet or so and no more than a mile away from me to the East, making it very unusual from the start. As I observed this craft going north-bound, I tried to logically make out what it was. I was looking at it from below. It had one unblinking white, slightly yellow light on the bottom of it, generally in the middle of the craft. This light appeared to illuminate other parts of the craft, which had a reddish-orangish tint to it. I could see what appeared to be actual structure rather than a series of lights. As I stared at this object, transfixed, I tried to logically see it as a plane, thinking that the illuminated areas were perhaps the tail section and/or wings of a Southwest jet, which are commonly painted with orangish colors. However, this object didn’t fit the description of a jet. There were no navigation lights, it made no sound, and the shape that I could make out seemed to be triangular in shape. The illuminated areas seemed to perhaps be the points of this triangle. The object was slightly smaller than the moon that night, however it didn’t cover as much surface area in the sky as the moon did because of its triangular-looking shape (triangles covering less surface area than circles do). Once I ruled it out as an aircraft, I thought that perhaps I was viewing a large satellite and that the illuminated areas were solar panels. Many images that I have seen of satellites show their solar panels to be of a rusty orangish color, similar to what I was seeing. This, too, just did not fit. At this moment, I noticed that the object was beginning to turn. It made a smooth 90 degree turn in a sharp arc going from north to west in seconds. It was at this point that I noticed how fast this thing was going and how fast it had made the turn. A normal jet would have needed much more distance to make such a sharp turn. I remember thinking that a typical commercial jet would probably have fallen apart turning at such a speed. As it was turning, my view of it changed. Before turning, I was looking up at it, seeing it from the bottom with one light. Now, as it was turning (and more north of me at that point) I was seeing it from the side. It was at this view that I could see two lights (both still unblinking and the same white-yellowish color). I am not sure if this was actually an additional light on the craft, or if it was part of the same light I saw on the bottom. Perhaps because of the new view point, I was seeing the bottom and top of the light, split horizontally by the craft itself. I am not sure. But as soon as it leveled off, I could only see the one light again from the bottom. It was at this moment that I heard the thunderous sound of jet engines behind me from the South. As soon as I looked above, two military jets zoomed right overhead, heading northwest from the South. I could tell they were military jets because they were not on the Sky Harbor flight path, they had a distinctly different sound than the commercial jets, and were flying low for that area (approx. 10,000 feet). They too were turning towards the West in pursuit of the object, but made a much wider turn than the object had. They each had a sole very bright white blinking strobe light that I remember thinking looked kind of ominous in a way. They did not appear to have the red and green navigation lights that I see on countless jets flying into Sky Harbor. At first I thought that this could be an escort of some sort, but it was clear that these jets were trying to catch up and pursue this object. I have seen strange things in the sky before, but seeing jets literally chasing this thing made me realize that I wasn’t “seeing things.” I was amazed and somewhat frantic and called out to my mother who lives with my fiancé and I (my fiancé had just left the house and was not home to see this). She ran out and saw the object with the jets in trail as they all zoomed westward, coincidentally heading directly towards the Glendale Stadium where the Super Bowl was being played at the time. To my estimate, it seemed that the object and the jets had to have flown right over Sky Harbor, which astonished both my mom and I. At this time we heard what may have been the jet's afterburners because the jet noise became significantly louder once they were flying in a straight line again after they had turned. Although my mother did see the object, she only saw it as a light being chased by the jets. She did not see any structure or detail like I had seen when it had flown past less than 30 seconds before. We watched the jets and the object till they were out of view, and it appeared that they had turned slightly south before again continuing west. Some further information: I am a graphic designer, 28 years old, and have lived in Phoenix (specifically Tempe) for five years. Both of my parents are licensed pilots, and I practically grew up at the municipal airport in the town where I grew up. I have spent hundreds of hours flying with my dad in his planes (both single and twin engines) throughout my life. Although I am no expert, I feel that I am somewhat knowledgable in identifying things in the sky and feel confident that this craft was something truly unusual. I will also add that military aircraft (helicopters and jets) have been flying around the Phoenix area for the past week because of the heightened security surrounding the Super Bowl. These military aircraft were discussed on the news before the Super Bowl so that all of us citizens would be aware of their presence and purpose in case we saw them flying around that week. The news media stated there would be two Blackhawk helicopters and two jets patrolling airspace during the Super Bowl. Over the week, everyone in town, including myself, saw and became familiar with the helicopters and jets as they did their rounds. However, I believe that the jets that I saw were not necessarily related to these aircrafts flying around for security reasons. Very shortly after the sighting, I actually saw the two patrol jets in formation flying nearby from north to south in the vicinity of Sky Harbor. These jets had dim, yet visible, red and green navigation lights, along with their white strobes. The jets that I saw chasing the objects were not the two patrol jets because they were far out to the West at the time when I saw the patrol jets. I got the feeling that the jets I saw pursuing the object may have been scrambled from Luke Air Force Base or other nearby military base. Thank you so much for your time in reading my long report about this event. I wanted to be thorough and cover as much information as I could. I will be emailing a map with the path of the object and jets based on my observation. I will also try to put an illustration together. I really do appreciate that there is a place where this kind of thing can be reported. Thank you for you work! ((ADDENDUM #1 FROM WITNESS)) This is ((name deleted)) whom you spoke with yesterday afternoon. My apologies for directly
February 1, 2015 · 8:00 AM · SPHERE
Fountain Hills, AZ
I took a picture of the sun raising over Fountain Lake with my iPhone 6. When I posted the picture To Facebook, I noticed the blue/greenish orb to the south of the sun. I am not aware of any tall features in that area of the park that would reflect the sun, so thought I'd send it to you. We suspect the small green orb is a lens flare. PD
January 30, 2015 · 1:30 AM · OVAL
Tucson, AZ
SAW AN OBJECT MADE UP OF 5 OR 6 RED BALLS, SPEEDING SOUTH, JUST UNDER LOW CLOUD COVER. THEY WERE CLOSE TO 4 MILES AWAY FROM MY VIEWING POINT. THE SKY WAS COVERED WITH THICK CLOUDS FROM THE AFTERNOON RAIN, WITH BOTTOMS ABOUT 1000' AGL. CRAFT MADE NO SOUND, BUT WAS GOING AT WHAT I ESTIMATE WAS 300 TO 400 MPH...WAS WITHIN THE CLASS C AIRSPACE THAT HAS A 210 MPH SPEED LIMIT...NO ENGINE NOISE OR ROTOR CHOP NOISES. WAS OUT OF SIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF MY VIEW WITHIN 45 SECOUNDS. PILOTS CALL THIS "SCUD RUNNING." BUT THIS WAS NOT GENERAL AVIATION STUFF.
January 28, 2015 · 7:15 PM · SPHERE
Scottsdale, AZ
Around 7:15 PM, 4 others and I witnessed 2-3 glowing orbs over Mesa/Salt River Reservation in Arizona. As I watched in awe, it looked like energy was charging up and the orb was flashing various colors, then my camera got blurry and the focus stopped working. It almost seemed as if it were some sort of energy like pulse. The orbs aligned into triangular formations as well as a line. Previously to starting video there was 4 orbs that moved fast across the sky in a way that I could only say compares to a star realigning In the sky. At the end the orbs grew closer and combined into one orb that ended up fading out and slowly grew harder to see. I don't know what this was, but I have never seen ANYTHING like it before. In person the light coming off of it was powerful.
January 27, 2015 · 7:15 PM · SPHERE
Mesa, AZ
As I watched in awe, it looked like energy was charging up, and the orb was flashing various colors, then my camera got blurry and the focus stopped working. It almost seemed as if it were some sort of energy like pulse. The orbs aligned into triangular formations as well as a line. Previously to starting video, there was 4 orbs that moved fast across the sky in a way that I could only say compares to a star, realigning in the sky. At the end the orbs grew closer and combined into one orb that ended up fading out and slowly grew harder to see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ2ht9sxNfk The video is fraught with profanity, so we recommend you turn off your computer's sound, if profanity is offensive. The video shows three lights, hovering in the night sky, and apparently moving slightly. We do not know what the lights are. PD
January 27, 2015 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
One bright light in the southwestern sky divided into three lights, spread horizontally and equidistant, then disappeared.
January 27, 2015 · 6:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Sacaton, AZ
We were outside playing soccer and we happen to look up and see a triangle shape figure in the sky it was spinning real fast and it was in the sky floating sideways and the lights were colorful and would go dim and then get real bright, it was up there for at least 30 mins and then disappeared. While we seen this occurring, we looked down the street and people were looking at it. About 10 or more people saw it maybe more. The so called UFO has been coming almost every week around that time, and it's always in plain view, some planes go by it but turn the other way. It must be a space craft, because all the planes that go by it turn the other direction.
January 26, 2015 · 6:17 AM · OTHER
Phoenix, AZ
it was 6 in the morning and i was staightening my hair to get ready for school, all of a sudden my ears start hearing weird noises, i hadnt heard before, all of a sudden i hear the sariest voice ever i couldnt hear one word that could easily be heard as spanish or english it was an unkown lauguage and most important it didnt sound human. it sounded like an alien like in the movie the fourth kind. I know i wasnt the only one that heard it my mother and so did other neighbors heard it too. Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD
January 26, 2015 · 5:30 AM · LIGHT
Ash Fork, AZ
I was outside at 5:30am MST on January 26th about 50 miles west of Flagstaff, AZ, walking back to my house after closing the ranch gate for my wife after she left for work. I saw a meteor in the sky and as I followed its motion, I noticed a bright flashing object in the north-northwest sky about where the meteor trail ended. The object was about 30 degrees above the horizon, brighter than Jupiter which was high in the night sky at the time. The object was flashing quite rapidly but inconsistently, in several different colors, which caught my attention. I am quite familiar with the night sky here, as the rural area and terrain provide for great viewing that enables views of the Milky Way on clear moonless nights. I also follow the planets, and this was not a planet, as it was too far to the north and not on the ecliptic. I assumed that the object was an aircraft or a star, but it did not move like an aircraft, and it was too bright to be a star… So I watched it for a few minutes. At first, it seemed to be stationary, but soon it moved quite rapidly to my right (further to the north) and then back to where it started. Then it moved up and down and returned what seemed to be close to its original location. Between motions, it would return to its original spot and remain motionless for several seconds. Obviously, I was intrigued. I lined up the view of the object with a tree in my line of sight so that I had a fixed reference point, as I know that sometimes a sky object can only appear to move. I also looked at the pattern formed by several nearby stars. At this point I confirmed that the object was indeed moving, and moving very fast. It made several circles and figure 8 patterns, and a couple of dramatic zig zags that were very rapid. None of the motions appeared to move the object any closer to my location. After a total of about 15 minutes, I got a pair of 10 power binoculars, but I couldn’t see any additional details to the shape of the object, but the colors were easier to make out. White, red, blue and green were the object’s predominant colors, with their frequency pretty much in that order. I don’t know what the object was, but it seems to fit the UFO category to me. I will look for the object in the same location tomorrow, and if it is a star whose light was perturbed, the star should still be there… Considering the motions observed, I don’t think so..
January 25, 2015 · 8:15 PM · FIREBALL
Buckeye, AZ
Two orange flashing lights that were stationary, seemed to be flashing small beams of white and red. They were not as high as the airplanes (we are approx 30 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor, we see a number of aircraft daily). One abruptly went dim but the other flashed longer, tried to video with camera but can only see small pulsating light in the recording. They were southwest from my vantage point. I would not have even noticed because of the many aircraft regularly in my vicinity, but bright, stationary lights that pulsate, then dim, then begin to pulsate, before disappearing, is odd. Using field glasses I could see they were circular. They did not move but seemed to be hovering. Very odd and I have to say after wracking my brain for logical explanation, this has left me scratching my head.
January 19, 2015 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT
Phoenix, AZ
Seen while sitting in living room. Bright white light traveling at high speed. About 1000 miles an hour. Made a 90 degree right down. At same speed, about 2500'. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. Possible hoax?? PD
January 18, 2015 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL
Fountain Hills, AZ
2 Fireballs seen over Fountain Hills, AZ. Poorly photographed with my phone. The fireballs flew approximately 1500 meters overhead, from east to west, making absolutely no sound. They were a bright red/orange color and they flew in the same path, hovered briefly then continued on until making a sharp ascent disappearing into the night sky. I see them often, they are not planes (no navigation beacons) they do not follow the standard flight paths, they are not helicopters, nor are the lanterns, flares, or fireworks. I am not sure what they are and I am both fascinated and maybe little frightened by them. They appear more often now than in past years.
January 18, 2015 · 3:00 PM · TRIANGLE
New River, AZ
New River, Arizona. Yesterday afternoon I kept hearing what sounded like a small aircraft flying above our house. It sounded strange, so I went outside to take a look. What I saw was a triangular craft with a long forward fuselage and what looked like canards at the forward end of the craft. I would estimate the size to be about that of a Lear jet. I grabbed my camera and snapped several pics before it disappeared in the distance, only to return a few minutes later and I was able to take a few more shots of it before it headed towards a cloud in the distance and vanished. The enlarged the photos to get a better idea of what the craft looked like, and was surprised to see that it had no visible propellors or jet engines. The strange thing about the sound it made was that it seemed so artificial, like a recording. The sound also seemed to trail the craft by several hundred feet and the aircraft was not moving any faster than a typical single-engine airplane.
January 18, 2015 · 7:25 AM · FIREBALL
Apache Junction, AZ
I was just driving home on the US 60, and I noticed something that looked like it was on fire, falling from the sky, and it was leaving a trail behind it. The trail was really long at the highest it was then as it got closer to the ground it was just a ball falling very slowly. It's still happening right now looks like it may be over Florence. Witnesses elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 16, 2015 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Mesa, AZ
UFO seen hovering over northwest Mesa. Red and green lights, spherical shape, moving sideways and straight up and down. The object appeared to move closer to our location and then hovered in the sky for several minutes. Our dogs were attracted to the object and seemed to watch it without making a sound. We know there was one, possibly two objects in the sky. We were frightened.