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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
January 2, 2023 · 1:00 AM · CIGAR
Albany, NY
Driving southbound on New York State thruway in Albany NY. We noticed what was first thought as a plane falling from the sky. As it got closer we noticed that there was no sound and thought it was going to crash on our car (killing us) when this cigar shaped object stopped in mid air about 2 football fields away and slowly started flying away. We kept watching this object because we were now in shock when it seemed to accelerate at a speed so fast it was in space in a matter of seconds. When we got home our time was hours off. I felt off so much so that I couldn’t even go to work for around 4 days. This happened so long ago but I still have the memory and how I felt after that night.
January 1, 2023 · 6:40 PM · CIRCLE
Wantagh, NY
I was sitting in my car and Idk I just decided to look up and I seen this weird like light moving off in the sky near on the opposite side of 135 It almost looked like a drone but it was definitely not a drone I ran inside grabbed my girlfriend and it moved and like vanished
December 31, 2022 · 1:19 AM · TRIANGLE
Flushing, NY
I live near 2 major international airports: JFK and LaGuardia airport, I see and hear jet airplanes fly by daily. I have never seen anything like this before. This aircraft had 3 large steady white lights on the underside of it. 2 of the lights which were perpendicular to direction of travel were closer together than the other light. These 3 large lights instead of being points of light were about the size of a quarter from my perspective which means these lights were very large and this aircraft was very close to the ground. The other light which was furthest away from the other 2 lights were in the direction of travel, which leads me to believe the aircraft is triangular, but because it was night I could not see the shape of the aircraft. I am used to seeing passenger jets at night they always have 1 red, 1 green, and a flashing white light which I can see from the underside. All of these lights are typically small and at night appear as points of light. This aircraft had none of the usual lights I see on the underside of passenger planes. Another extremely odd thing is the aircraft was flying extremely low. Other than when I am right next to an airport I have never seen an airplane this low. This is a residential area and the planes have to fly a minimum altitude much higher than this aircraft. The other extremely odd thing is this aircraft flying at extremely low altitude made absolutely no sound. Planes flying overhead at much higher altitudes than this aircraft was flying would make a huge sound. I have been to military airshows, and also have seen F35 or F22 flying overhead in my neighborhood, they make huge sounds. The time we saw an F35/F22 (I am not sure which one it was) fly overhead at low altitude, I thought every single window in my apartment was going to shatter. With this aircraft sighting tonight, if I did not happen to be looking in the sky when those lights were overhead, I would have never have known that this aircraft was there. It was that quiet, no perceivable sound was being emitted. The last thing I would say it was flying at incredible speed. If I had my cellphone in hand with my camera ready to take a picture, I doubt it would have be able to catch it. Overhead I had about 40 degrees of field of view which it flew threw my field of vision. It went through those 40 degrees in less than 1 second. Regular passenger aircraft probably would have covered that distance in 2-3 seconds. I am not expert in aircraft, but I am an enthusiast of military aircraft. I also was an astronomy, physics, engineering major in college, and I live next to 2 of the busiest international airports in the world. I would say this is something which I cannot explain. This was either a top secret stealth military aircraft or alien technology. The 2 things that make me think this is alien technology is the speed and the proximity to the ground this thing was flying. I am not sure if we have the technology to make an aircraft go that fast and yet make no perceivable sound.
December 21, 2022 · 7:28 PM · TRIANGLE
Albany, NY
This was seen in the sky, 7:28pm, Wednesday evening,12/21/22, at the corner of Whitehall Road and Rose Court in Albany, NY. I did not take the photos or videos and unfortunately I did not see it.This was submitted to me on a neighborhood community watch Facebook page by the actual witness and her family and friend, who were all actual witnesses. Reference points to the actual size and altitude of the craft (unknown) are the house, street distance, car turning and power lines in the photos. Craft was silent. 2 other lights around the craft, did seem to merge with the triangle eventually, then all disappeared into the sky.
December 17, 2022 · 2:29 AM · UNKNOWN
Flushing, NY
I have seen this UFO, in North Eastern sky from LGA Airport, it was in my area for about two months, not every night, but at least 3 to 4 times a week in clear skies now the UFO moved more East and looks to me like it is on the north shore of Long Island NY in Nassau county now 12/17/2022 P.S. The UFO made no sound!
December 14, 2022 · 2:46 AM · EGG
Calverton, NY
I noticed this while post-editing long exposure images from early Wednesday morning, December 14, 2022 of the Geminid meteor shower. These are definitley not meteors. There are five (5) distinct trails, none of which travel in a straight line. Not sure exactly what I captured here, but I have shot thousands of milky way/night sky long-exposure images and have never seen anything quite like this. GPS from area are 40°54'17.064" N 72°48'55.716" W. Facing WSW. I have included three (3) images. An unedited JPG, a color corrected JPG, the original RAW file, and a map from Google of the area we were photographing from. Your site won't let me upload the RAW file.
December 9, 2022 · 8:20 PM · OTHER
Staten Island, NY
Me and my friend was sitting in my car and we saw a big UFO with light moving slowly and it was definitely not a airplane for sure
December 8, 2022 · 5:15 PM · LIGHT
Ava, NY
My husband and I were travel North on Route 26 near the town of Ava at approximately 5:15pm. Approaching the top of a small hill directly in front of us in the sky were 5 circular horizontal lights. They dimmed and there was a shift in direction of the craft (rotated?) before lights reappeared and the craft ignited? It started sparking and traveling East in a large ball of spark leaving a tail like a comet would in its wake before disappearing after 100 ft or so.
November 28, 2022 · 6:30 AM · DISK
Niagara Falls, NY
I was heading to work. It was very early dawn. Still dark but light starting to show. Was waiting at a red light. 3rd car back on left side. About 630ish I'm guessing. I was on Niagara Falls Blvd. Walmore road was the red light I was at. Facing south. I came to red light. 2 cars in front of me and I'm guessing 4 to 5 in right lane. At least 1 car behind me. I was entering a GPS address for work on my phone and I noticed light turned green. Nobody moved in either lane. I was wondering why no one was moving. I looked over and saw guy in right lane directly next to my car kind of ducking and looking up through his windshield. I looked through my windshield and saw a UFO float by. It was Dark Grey. No lights. Best I could describe it would be like seeing something the size of a common 4' swimming pool in a backyard. Except it was dark grey. Floating mid air. Perfect circle but had height to it. No lights. No trail. Solid shape. No clouds were even in front of us. Perfect sky except the dawn light was just starting. It was prob a 100f off the ground. It floated across the road and over trees where I lost sight. Total time I saw it was about 6 to 9 secs. I know other cars saw it because cars not moving during green light is what made me look over at car next me and trying to see what's going on. My guess is other people in cars saw it. I'm reporting this because I'm hoping someone else is reporting this sighting too. It was obviously there and I don't see how anyone could have missed it. I know for sure car next to me saw it. Flat disk shaped. Dark grey. Metallic. Not very reflective. No lights on it whatsoever. I would say imagine a floating 4' Swimming pool that was dark grey floating about a hundred feet off the ground. It was moving away from our cars from right to left. Diagonally. I did see it's underside first. Flat dark grey metallic but only for maybe a second at first. Then watched it as it drifted away till it went over trees and out of sight. I would guess maybe 10 miles a hour. Was moving at a pace just not fast. Other cars started to move so I had to look back at road and tried to get a sighting again as I drove by the trees it flew over. I did not see it again. I know other cars saw it. I looked at local news papers thinking someone must have said something by now. Like I said. Cars did not move during the green light. So I'm guessing everyone saw it or was stuck behind a car that was observing it. It was not a cloud. It was a circle. Was way to low to the ground. Estimate it size is hard. Maybe 50' round and 8' tall. Flat disk. More like a nickel. No dome or lights. If it was a hair darker I def wouldn't have noticed. Dawn light gave it's outline. It was solid. Dark greyish metal or some kind of dim haze. No vapor trail. I could not tell if sound or not because windows were up. I swear everything I just describe this true and if you have questions feel free to ask after 2pm eastern time. Especially interested if other cars came forward. I'm am 100% I'm not the only car there that saw it. Car next to me for sure and I'm guessing behind both of us. Very clear memory of the whole sighting. Thanks for your time.
November 23, 2022 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Yonkers, NY
At least 20 red dots/circles, north to southwest, almost as if they were following the Hudson River. No real formation, not clustered together, not in a line. I could see them come up from the lowest point I could see, then they appeared to go upward and to the west, started to look white then faded. Have two videos. Checked starlink and it's not them.
November 20, 2022 · 4:53 PM · DISK
Honeoye Falls, NY
This was slow moving slower than an airplane and at first it looked like it had a trail of smoke like an airplane would have but it made no sound. This appeared to be like a orangish light moving slowly across the sky. Because it acted differently I took some pictures and watched it intently. The smoke trail faded away leaving just the light which continued to move very slowly. For approximately 3 minutes I watched it and it slowly faded away until there was nothing. Just yesterday I zoomed in on the images I did with my phone and there is an obvious saucer shape that can be seen. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
November 13, 2022 · 8:03 PM · FORMATION
Warwick, NY
My dog was acting strange. He ran into the field of my farm. The sky looked so pretty and something red was up there. I used my star app and nothing came up for that spot so I took a picture. And when I zoomed in is when I spotted what looks like a robot or and alien. The part of the picture to zoom in on is on the left hand side bottom.
November 12, 2022 · 8:22 PM · LIGHT
Brooklyn, NY
Looked out of balcony door and saw a bright Orange/yellow light or aura in the sky. I live high up in NYC and have a pretty clear view of Brooklyn/Manhattan and what I believe is part of Queens. This light was not flashing or moving like the other lights were, which allowed me to identify the other lights as planes. It remained in the same spot. It would go bright, dim, then disappear. I saw this happen two more times before it fully disappeared and I caught the final one in video. I would appreciate any update as to what it actually was.
November 11, 2022 · 10:05 PM · OTHER
Coram, NY
The craft had 3 blue lights with a red center light
November 10, 2022 · 1:12 PM · CIRCLE
Harpursville, NY
At approximately 1:12 pm ,I was helping my son by steadying the ladder cause it was extended 25 feet up,he just finished installing one 12 foot piece of flashing and he climbed down the ladder halfway to get a better perspective view of installed work,looking up at a perfectly clear blue sky everywhere,and saw a hot white round object very high in the sky and fortunetely for me I was also looking up at the same time,the sun was to our west,so when a plane passes over it would be light up brightly,this was no jet aircraft,but a round brightly light up object from the bright sunlight, it was astounding to visually see this object ,it's speed was at least 1200 miles per hour,I was an exprienced air force crew chief at cannon air force base 88101,fixing brand new F-111A's for four years,also a Grumman employee building the F-14 super TOMCAT,this object was hauling butt going north east at an incredible speed, then slowed down to almost a stop and then went up straight up, the distance it traveled when we saw it to point of going up was at least 5 miles at that altitude.
November 4, 2022 · 9:46 PM · OVAL
Syracuse, NY
I was outside with the dog, who started barking. There were no other people or animals in sight. Then I saw a very fast moving, oval but slightly rectangular craft overhead increase in speed and suddenly move across the sky and out of sight. I thought maybe it was a drone at first, but it was absolutely silent, too large, and accelerated way too fast to be a drone. It seemed to reflect the light of the moon and street light, but did not have any lights on. It was bigger than a canoe, but smaller than a car. No aircraft that I know of could be that silent and close to the ground while moving through the air, or accelerate that quickly at a low altitude. I could not hear it at all, just the wind rustling nearby leaves. Then it flew out of sight past the tree line toward the lake.
November 3, 2022 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Stanley, NY
My husband and I were looking East off our porch at a bright star we suspected may be a planet because it looked somewhat similar in brightness and size as Mars, which was near it. It was lower on the horizon but still up in the sky, not high up though. We however didn’t remember another planet being in that area and were intrigued by this new, planet looking star. As we are watching it, the once steady intensity of light starts to somewhat fluctuate, dimming and then getting brighter, also subtly changing colors but still staying in the same spot. We commented on how it reminded us of Sirius, maybe it was Sirius we thought. It still seemed unusually bright and it really looked a lot like Mars but not red. As we are suspecting that must be the case, it literally disappears instantly from the sky! It was gone in an instant, my husband and I both saw it at the same time disappear. It did not come off as a ship or flying object however, it looked like a bright star provided its intensity and fixed position. Which is why we were so shocked when it suddenly disappeared.
November 3, 2022 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Loon Lake, NY
My husband and I seen white puffs, like clouds. Two of these were moving toward each other at a fast rate, then they swerved, to miss each other. The hill they were on was covered with these and some orbs. They seemed to be moving all over that area. Then just disappeared.
November 3, 2022 · 4:50 PM · OTHER
New York, NY
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November 2, 2022 · 7:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Germantown, NY
Beginning at 7.15pm on November 2nd 2022, a large military jet and a hovering triangle shaped object were sighted very low to the ground near Germantown NY. The sightings were posted in a private Facebook group on Nov. 3rd 2022. Initial Facebook Group post… “Last night did anyone see/hear a jet circling overhead? We were coming home from Hudson at about 7:15 and a large jet with landing lights was flying in circles above 9G. We first saw it near the radio station. It circled around with all the landing lights on making the last circle above the diner in Germantown. We actually pulled over to see what was going to happen. When we got down by our house we saw it starting to go south and climbing.” Sample of Further Witness Reports in response to initial post… “Saw the same thing in Livingston last night around the same time. I tried to get a video but disappeared in front of me on Maple lane and rt 9.” “I saw it over Cheviot extension and it stopped in mid air and only had 3 white lights on. In triangle shape… it is freaky to watch” “We saw it as well. Flew very low circled several times, circled three times when it went toward river. I thought it was sideways, definitely triangular shape” “Made 3-4 circles over our house, near round top and 9g very low, did seem triangular” “The one I saw was shaped like a triangle” “I saw it from my window - actually standing still up in the air !!!”
November 2, 2022 · 12:20 AM · UNKNOWN
New York, NY
We were unable to see the shape of the craft but an object flew through the sky at a relatively short distance but incredibly fast speed, emitting a bright orange / red flash of light and a loud sound before disappearing into the sky. It was too low to be a plane and too high to be a spark of anything like a firecracker. It was right next to the Empire State Building, my fiancé and i saw it as we lay in bed through our window.
October 31, 2022 · 4:00 AM · CIRCLE
Speculator, NY
I was driving north on Rt 30 coming home from work when the round object glowing orange came from the western sky about 50 feet in front of my car, while I have a general memory of where I didn’t take the time to look for it, now I’m to old to do it, if anyone is interested I will assist searching for this, over the years I have been reading about space stuff and some is quite valuable.
October 30, 2022 · 1:45 AM · LIGHT
Jamestown, NY
I was putting my dog out and happened to look up at the sky. I noticed a bright light and thought it was Venus. As i looked at it, it started to blink and move to my left. After about 5 seconds it made a 90 degree left hand turn. It then made another 90 degree turn for 5 seconds during which time it was out of sight due to a tree top blocking my view. It made another 90 degree turn and ended up where it started. I woke my wife up and she witnessed it along with me doing the same thing multiple times.
October 29, 2022 · 10:00 PM · CYLINDER
Truxton, NY
At 10PM I went to the second floor to go to bed. I turned the lights out. I saw an unusual light out the window. It first looked like a glowing cross. I got closer to the window to examine. I was looking south. I counted 3 of the light objects. Two seemed nearer, one more distant in the southeast. The lights were silent. They were not moving. The nearest one to me started moving toward me. Nothing about the light changed except as it got nearer it increased in size. I guess the distance to me was within a mile. Then it swerved to the northeast so I ran to the east bedroom window and watched it disappear over the hill. I ran back to the first bedroom window and saw the second light moving in the same direction after the first one. I ran downstairs and went outside to get another look. It also disappeared over the hill. Back inside, I saw from the window, the third more distant light hadn't moved. So I went to bed. Each of the lights was a vertical cylinder of white light. Each white light had 2 distinct "fingers" of reddish light emanating to the left, and 3 to the right. They moved slowly and there was no sound coming from them. I didn't take pictures.