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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.
114,092 entries
July 23, 2023 · 9:20 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalEl Reno, OK
Seen an orb and the sky pointed to it so my friends can see it it pushed an explosion of light out of the right side that burst like a wave slowly getting dinner then the orb disappeared in a cloud of light very slowly SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
July 23, 2023 · 9:06 PM · LIGHT
Limon, CO
It's very hard to parse out an objective description of this event from what I perceived to be happening. As I was driving west on interstate 70 approaching Limon, CO, my attention was drawn suddenly to what I thought was a large object falling at a very high speed. It seems silly, but my first thought was that a meteor was plummeting toward the earth. From my perspective, it seemed to be moving from east to west, from behind or above me to my fore. Due to the speed with which the object traveled, I thought it must be near the ground; I thought it was going to hit the ground very near me, and I instinctively prepared to brake or swerve. The logical part of my mind thought of an airplane crashing, but the color was strange, a bright yellowish-green, and the light was round and too large for the height I perceived. A yellow-green meteor is the best way I can describe its appearance, but there was no visible trail or streak. When it seemed to be a couple of seconds from impacting, the light just disappeared. There was no dimming, no alteration, it just turned off like someone had flipped a switch. I hope y'all have an explanation, because I'm really freaked out right now.
July 23, 2023 · 9:00 PM · CROSS
Northfield, NH
I was driving south on I93 and, shortly after Tilton, I saw what looked like white-blue lights hovering over the highway — higher than any building or structure, but way below planes overhead. There were no blinking lights, and no red/blue lights, as distinguish planes. I kept an eye on the lights as I drove south and after a few minutes (meaning a few miles of road) I passed under them, with them still evidently stationary. The lights appeared to be in clusters of two, in a T formation; I could not tell, against the night sky, if there was anything between or among them, but it seemed like there was the dark outline of a craft between the lights. As I drove south, I kept the lights in my rear view mirror, and they didn’t seem to move until I had driven another 5+ minutes/miles and the road had turned. I was unable to find a place to pull over to take a photo or video. I asked my friend who is an ATC and he said there was nothing on radar in that area. However, a friend who lives nearby said that Sikorsky helicopters had been spotted in the area earlier circling (he had taken photos). Whatever I saw I am highly confident was not the running lights of a helicopter based on both lights and shape of craft. No idea what it was.
July 23, 2023 · 8:58 PM · LIGHT
Louisville, KY
We were sitting on our porch talking. My fiancé said, do you see that bright light in the sky. I said yes, and I looked at it. We were trying to figure out why it was not moving. It was just bright, and stationary. it was very low in the sky, But too high to be a structure. Too big to be a drone. Suddenly, the light disappeared. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
July 23, 2023 · 8:54 PM · CHANGING
Auburndale, FL
When I first saw it, it was a bright orange fire looking ball. It disappeared then reappeared. Then started out. I was able to pull of the road and catch it about 10 seconds after the beginning of seeing it
July 23, 2023 · 8:53 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedWinter Garden, FL
At first I saw the white circular light moving quickly with a tail, thinking it was a shooting star. It faded (died out) but then came back into view, when I took my video. It then slowed down, and the tail became more billowing, with cloud-like puffs. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedLubbock, TX
SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 10:45 AM · RECTANGLE
New Haven, CT
At approximately 10:45AM I observed an object in the sky from my kitchen window in my 3rd floor apartment in the Edgewood neighborhood of New Haven, CT. The object caught my eye because it occasionally shimmered very brightly. It appeared very small because of how seemingly high in the sky it was (above where I would expect to see an airplane). It moved slowly in a straight line, much like when you see a satellite at night. I watched from the windows and lost site of it several times, it seemed to disappear into the blue of the sky. Then it would come back along the same trajectory that it had been traveling. It appeared to be a rectangular shape, in an upright position. However when it shimmered it was so bright the shape could no longer be understood. The shimmering did not seem to have a consistent pattern. It would occasionally shimmer at seemingly random intervals. Today's weather was warm with a bright blue sky, not a cloud in sight. This made the shimmering all the more confusing as it did not seem to make sense as reflection from the sun. However, I do wonder how the objects extremely high altitude would affect my eyes interpretation of reflections. It continued moving at a consistent speed, along a straight trajectory until I could no longer see it through the windows.
July 23, 2023 · 9:25 AM · DISK
IdentifiedHarlingen, TX
I was driving north on ed Cary drive and it was so bright and then a halo came from it and the halo stArted to fade and it was still bright enough. I was talking to my friend on the phone and she got a clearer picture of the object. It has small lights on it and looked like a saucer. It disappeared. I don't have pictures but I have videos to send. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:23 AM · SPHERE
IdentifiedMidland, TX
Moving 5x faster than a plane with no av lights. Would appear fuzzy then momentarily clear/brighten. At highest point appeared to throw a plume, almost like a plane cloud seeding. Rising Sun is in the NE sky. Maybe witness meant 21:23 hrs. SpaceX launch form Florida. [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 2:27 AM · TRIANGLE
Buford, GA
Saw 3 triangular lights fly up in unison and hover for hours in the same spots. Saw the same 3 lights two nights ago and when they disappeared, they all 3 flew up at the same time and disappeared.
July 23, 2023 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Estes Park, CO
...not able to speak. I was trying to wake up my brother and my boyfriend but I was not able to move or speak. I was completely sober and scared to death and just waiting for the thing to go away. I don't know how much time went by but it seemed like an eternity. I don't remember falling asleep but I woke up the next morning and spoke to my brother and boyfriend about this and I have never forgotten.
July 23, 2023 · 12:06 AM · SPHERE
Yuba City, CA
Was sitting outside with friends. An bright orange orb appeared high above us. It was still for a couple seconds before moving east. We watched as it moved across the sky a vanished in the same way it appeared.
July 23, 2023 · 12:00 AM · CYLINDER
Everett, WA
Object appeared through thinning clouds
July 22, 2023 · 11:40 PM · FLASH
Mead/Johnstown, CO
Traveling south bound on CR 13 near intersection of CR 36 in Weld County. My wife was driving and I was front seat passenger. Our adult daughter was in backseat with toddler granddaughter. We noticed an extremely bright light directly parallel to us to the east. It was around 1/2 mile away and approximately 500-1000’ ft above ground. The lights had a strobe type effect because of the brightness and were traveling northbound around 1/4 mile per second. There were a total of 4 lights/clicks. Anyone up around 11:30-11:40PM on Saturday night would not have missed this. Have not ever experienced anything like this and we all three looked at each other wondering what we just witnessed.
July 22, 2023 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Los angeles, CA
The orbs seemed almost triangular. Lights broke apart and reformed. Shifting proportion/volume.
July 22, 2023 · 9:45 PM · FLASH
Summit, NY
Large sustained flash of light over us phased out after nearly 10 seconds and reduced to a pinpoint of light. After some moments we noticed several points of light moving toward where the original light flare had occurred.
July 22, 2023 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Bellefonte, PA
Was on my 9th floor balcony at around 9:30 PM on July 22, 2023. As I looked up, I saw some craft with 3 blinking lights on the bottom. The blink frequency was around 1 second or less. The colors were red, and either blue and white or both white, and they were very bright. Since it was dark, I could not make out the shape too well, but the blinking lights lit the craft up enough I could tell there were no wings and it seemed triangular with maybe a dome on top. I say a triangular shape because the three lights appeared to be in a triangular pattern. I could tell this was flying fairly low, and I heard no noise at all coming from it. I watched it for about 10 seconds when it suddenly changed direction by 90 degrees and headed in the direction of State College. I watched it for another minute or so until it vanished over the horizon. I had a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach that this was not something I've ever seen before. There may be a terrestrial explanation for it though. I did have my camera with me, but I was so enthralled by watching it, I forgot to get any pictures at first. By the time I thought of it, it was far enough away I didn't think it was worth taking.
July 22, 2023 · 9:30 PM · CIRCLE
Miami Beach, FL
One green light in the sky. Stood still. Then moved north at an incredible speed. Steady light. No plane. No satellite. No sound.
July 22, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Port Aransas, TX
I was floating in the resort pool at night, and saw flying in the sky: (1) small craft, looks like a drone, blinking light, not flying very fast, heading toward the gulf. Suddenly, it disappears, then reappears about fifty feet to the side. This is what startled me. I would assume this was drone, but it just "zig-zagged", moving faster than light for a split second before reappearing, slightly skewed from its original trajectory. It did this a couple more times before it was out of sight. About 10 minutes later I see (2) more of the SAME craft, flying next to each other. These DO NOT "zig zag fly" --- they fly in straight line, in a pair, toward the gulf. I start to believe these are just drones again, but then I remember how the other "zig-zagged" and I don't know what to think. I wasn't going to report this, but about 2 weeks later, I am still bothered by it, and I feel compelled to report this for national safety. [NUFORC annotation: Drone - Possible]
July 22, 2023 · 8:59 PM · CYLINDER
Crab Orchard, KY
While fishing at the lake I seen two planes flying overhead so I thought I would catch them on my I phone, as I zoomed in something flew at great speed past my sight in view at great speed and moved erratically at top of screen and was gone, after looking at the video we seen another object in the picture also. [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Possible]
July 22, 2023 · 8:22 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalFort Laudetdale, FL
Out fishing on Teo boats, on one of them my friend and his wife, in the other boat, dad, little brother, his friend and my self, as we heading back to shore we noticed what’s it seems to be a boat capsizing, long story short, it was two underwater “lights”, kind of messing with each other and moving very fast for being underwater. I’ll attach a video, thanks [NUFORC annotation: Green fishing lights - Probable]
July 22, 2023 · 3:44 PM · CUBE
IdentifiedNY, NY
I noticed a weird possible square like object with what looks like two pointers in front along with a smaller object near by while on the Staten Island Ferry heading towards Manhattan. It was moving slowly over the Staten Island Bridge. Advertising banner behind a private aircraft.. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Certain]
July 22, 2023 · 3:30 PM · SPHERE
Idaho Falls, ID
Working for a IF City department, leaving the Maverick on Sunnyside and S Yellowstone walking north to the truck with two other coworkers. I looked up and saw and object and said "what is that?" The other two looked up and saw what I was looking at. It was all white, and round. The underside appeared to be grey maybe due to shadow. The shape to me looked like a somewhat flattened ball. It was maybe 500 feet in the air and headed in a northward direction at a high rate of speed. We watched it until it traveled out of sight to the north. Maybe 10-15 seconds total. It did not make a sound. I immediately pulled out my phone and checked the Flight Radar app and there were no planes in the area. One guy I was with agreed it was a UAP. The other one is very skeptical. Doesn't think it is a UAP, but has no idea what it could have been. If it was that low, we should have heard something. If it was higher than I thought, it was going at an incredible speed. I did not think to try and video it at the time. I wanted to take it all in with my eyes. I don't care if I'm contacted by an investigator, but this is mainly for documentation.