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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
December 16, 2019 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Miami, FL
I live in a populated suburb in SW Miami. I was leaving my local college when I saw a bright white orb shape appear of nowhere and zoom by at a speed I've never seen before. Thought it was a street light but all of the lights around were amber colored whereas the object, very high up in the sky, was a bright white. It darted behind clouds and that was it.
December 16, 2019 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Sea Ranch, CA
My husband and I saw a strange phenomenon in a very dark western sky from approximately 8 to 8:15PM on December 16, 2019, while staying at Sea Ranch, CA in a rental. The sky was incredibly clear and crisp. At first we thought it could be a military aircraft maneuver but its rapid movement up and down and back again and its remaining in the same area of the sky for approximately 10 minutes was puzzling. There was definitely 1 and possibly 2, that appeared as a white, starlike shape from your selection of shapes. It's hard to say how far away this object was, so it's appearance as a light was all we could make out. It was probably 100s of miles up in the sky. Then, about 8:15 PM light clouds obscured our view.
December 16, 2019 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
Tumwater, WA
As I was driving across my employer’s parking lot at approximately 5 MPH (that is, quite slow, since there was a speed bump and it was dark) I noticed a very bright lime-like green light in my driver’s side visor area. Because of the overhang of the car roof over my head, I estimate I first saw it at about 145 degrees to vertical. There were three notably remarkable things about it: 1) Although I was only 1 ½ blocks from our tiny regional airport, it was going about 2 – 3 times as fast as even an airplane that was NOT landing, 2) it was shaped like an oblong with one end cut off, e.g. like a beach “boogie board”, with a darker area in the middle which seemed to be a stripe or stripes extending from the tip to the back, and 3) it wasn’t going toward the airport at all, but at right angles to it. If it had been an airplane, I’d have said it was flying quite a bit lower than normal flight—but then, I didn’ t know it’s size. Compared to the full moon up i! n the sky (not our recent harvest moon), it was about as big as ¾’s of a regular moon. Then after it zipped overhead (coincidentally in the direction my car was going) I followed it with my eyes, still trying to discern the stripe, and suddenly (very suddenly!) it disappeared. I didn’t hear any sound when it disappeared. My estimate is that is disappeared when 20 degrees above the horizon. I didn’t see any afterglow. I called a friend immediately afterwards, and that call is recorded as being at 7:32 pm. The visualization itself only lasted about 2 seconds. I was unable to discern from 911, the radio or my friend whether there had been a reported meteorite or whether others had seen what I saw. I haven’t read any internet reports yet because I didn’t want to prejudice my report .
December 16, 2019 · 7:16 PM · FIREBALL
West Palm Beach, FL
Looked like a fireball traveling fast had a reddish orange tail behind it. Only seen for about a minute. It dissolved into nothing. Also was heading towards space.
December 16, 2019 · 7:15 PM · RECTANGLE
Winter Garden, FL
On my way to practice, heading east on Highway 50, I saw a rectangular figure that was golden in appearance in the sky. With this, I immediatly took out my phone and began recording. It emitted a golden light and moved around quite a bit. It would fade into black and I wondered where it went. Then it reaapeared and faded even faster. I never saw the golden light that was emitted after that. Once the situation was over, myself believing in that energy can be tranferred from entity to entity, I felt an energy that I had never felt before, and it sent chills up my spine and throughout my arms, leaving goosebumps.
December 16, 2019 · 7:15 PM · CIRCLE
Tampa, FL
Saw a large white ball with fiery tail, slow moving. Red tail first, then orange, then white, then just completely vanished. All of us were completely in shock, and the kids were very excited about the UFO. Our coordinates at the exact time of viewing were: 28°03'40.5"N 82°32'32.8"W The event seemed to be happening directly to the East of our location, moving in southernly direction before disappearing.
December 16, 2019 · 7:15 PM · RECTANGLE
WinterGarden, FL
On my way to practice, heading east on Highway 50, I saw a rectangular figure that was golden in appearance in the sky. With this, I immediatly took out my phone and began recording. It emitted a golden light and moved around quite a bit. It would fade into black and I wondered where it went. Then it reaapeared and faded even faster. I never saw the golden light that was emmited after that. Once the situation was over, myself believing in that energy can be tranferred from entity to entity, I felt an energy that I had never felt before, and it sent chills up my spine and throughout my arms, leaving goosebumps.
December 16, 2019 · 7:13 PM · FIREBALL
Gainesville, FL
My girlfriend and I had just stepped out of my apartment to go out shopping. My apartment faces East and as soon as I stepped out, I noticed a point of light in the distance, with an illuminated tail behind it, moving very slowly. At first I thought it might be a flying lantern or a fire kite, but that did not explain the trail, which looked somewhat like a bolide except that it was taking so long to dissipate, and so long to move. It appeared to change color after the trail disappeared, going from orange for the first couple minutes, to whitish with no tail, to dimming until we lost sight. I could not get a picture because of the security light in my complex, which would easily bleach out the image. I could very easily indicate the precise area of sky we were observing, since we were only a few feet from my front door. Neither of us was drinking or under any other influence. I'm sure there is a simple explanation for what we saw, but we do not know what that could be.
December 16, 2019 · 7:12 PM · CHANGING
St. Petersburg, FL
Going over the bridge from St. Petersburg into Tampa, towards the south end hovering above the city there was a bright orange ‘sphere’ or light, that changed shape into a orange stripe, the stripe then turned to the color with, before the stripe turned itself into a white sphere before it disappeared.
December 16, 2019 · 6:43 PM · TRIANGLE
Rio Rancho, NM
While heading Northbound on NM528 I observed two lights (mint green) quickly approaching from the West on my 10 o'clock. I first thought it was a helicopter because it came to a complete stop over at my 10 o'clock, but as I got closer I noticed that it was triangle shaped w/ one red light and two green on the corners. It stayed low and stationary but soon after it moved away going south at a high rate of speed.
December 16, 2019 · 6:15 PM · CIRCLE
Syracuse, NY
Circler craft with different colors of lights as low as 100ft shooting straight up to be about where jets fly. Hovering and going from left to right very quickly.
December 16, 2019 · 6:00 PM · CIRCLE
Oviedo, FL
I saw a circle bright up the sky red/orange and i thought maybe it was a star but it was moving, then i noticed it had a red trail behind it that looked like flames or fire, it slowly began to disappear.
December 16, 2019 · 5:37 PM · CIRCLE
Centennial, CO
I was driving in my car and looked out my window to see what looked like four very large bright stars, in a perfect square. There were located in proximity to/above Buckley Airforce Base, which was north of my location. As I watched the lights, they shifted from a square to a diamond formation. In the blink of an eye, two more similar objects appeared next to them, as they gravitated towards each other and made some what if a zig zag pattern. A seventh light/flying object appeared next to them, out of nowhere. They all shifted to create a horizontal line. At this time, I turned the corner in my neighborhood and lost sight for about 14 seconds as I drove down my street. I pulled into my driveway, jumped out of my car, and ran straight to my back yard in time to see a single bright light (a little to the east of where I originally saw the cluster of lights) shoot straight upwards into the sky, almost like a reverse shooting star. The sky was quiet after that! , I saw nothing else. The lights disappeared as quickly as they appeared. They moved fast, were completely soundless, no color or blinking lights.
December 16, 2019 · 5:25 PM · OTHER
Preston, CT
We noticed a bright light on Miller rd and realized that it was not moving. It was a white light and was in the shape of two squares. Out of nowhere the craft disappeared. Right before it disappeared the radio went static. We both had an odd feeling.
December 16, 2019 · 5:00 PM · LIGHT
Janesville, WI
The object was first witnessed by a family member at around 5 pm on their way home from work. At 5:15 pm we all went outside and witnessed a bright light southwest of Janesville. It looked like a very bright star but wasn't that high in the sky. We observed the bright light through binoculars and it looked like 3 separate lights. It was the same brightness from first noticing it at 5 pm until about 5:30 pm and stayed in the same spot. Then it started dimming and slowly moving north. It stopped and it got very bright again, then dimmed until not visible. Then at about 6 pm it was moving north again while continually dimming and getting brighter until it was out of sight at about 6:07 pm.
December 16, 2019 · 5:00 PM · OVAL
El Paso, TX
There was a tear drop looking spacecraft or object in the sky around 5:30 pm I saw it on a friends Snapchat then I looked in the sky and saw it I recorded it with a professional camera but did not show
December 16, 2019 · 4:00 PM · LIGHT
Fort Lauderdale, FL
I was standing outside, casually looking up at the sky while I was on the phone, when I saw a flash of blue lights quickly skim across the sky. It was very high up, but very noticeable to the naked eye.
December 16, 2019 · 11:45 AM · OTHER
Los Molinos, CA
Monday Dec 16, 2019 I was driving from Red Bluff into Los Molinos on Hwy 99 e. I don't know why I looked up but when I did I saw something odd annd out of place in the distant sky toward Chico. There appeared to be a slender cigar shaped item sitting still at a 4:00/10:00 angle. It looked like a small slice of fire in the sky. Cigar shaped is the best way I can explain it. And the color was odd, as it looked like a candles flame, red orangish and yellow colors moving randomly (like the flame of a candles colors would move.) NOT like blinking lights or anything. At first I thought it may be the sun peeping out from clouds but there were no clouds, or anything else in the sky for that matter. I watched this for about 5 miles until I made my turn on Butler Ave. I then lost sight of it because of the obstruction of the trees on that street. When I finished my errand and got back on the Hwy 99E, it was no longer there... just an empty cloudless sky. My neighbor insisted I report this. I don't know what it was, but never seen anything like it.
December 16, 2019 · 5:25 AM · DIAMOND
El Paso, TX
It was orange glowing light Would hover and change color when it did u saw it transform from a ball to Diamond shape. Color at this time was like white or silver As it transformed it began to climb altitude... Slow not in a rush as it claimed it just disappeared The day was clear no wind no clouds in sky Was not a hot air ballon or Mylar ballon due to hovering properties The sun was still out.
December 16, 2019 · 5:00 AM · SPHERE
Roseburg, OR
I was on my way to work at the lumber mill, in Oregon. It was December, about 5AM in the morning. Coming up the road towards the mill, I looked up at the clear night sky and saw what appeared to be a large chrome ball. There were no lights on it, but the chrome seemed to be light itself, however, the air around it didn't have a glowing haze or anything. It's hard to describe. I could see it was slowly following the river across the highway, near the mill. I slowed to a stop to watch it. It moved awfully slow and I was taking in the detail. It really looked like chrome, and I saw no windows. It seemed to be about the size of a pickup truck. It kept going until some tree obscured my vision, and I started to drive up the driveway to work. I was in awe of what I saw. It didn't occur to me to grab my phone to snap a picture, however, I have a cheap phone with a bad camera, and the photo wouldn't have come out in the night sky. The mill is a large complex a! nd has many tall lights. It seems the object may have been inspecting the mill, perhaps trying to discover what it was. I discussed this with my uncle who was a Green Beret in Vietnam, and who did 27 years in special Forces. He told me he has seen the chrome ball 3 times in Mexico, and one flying saucer about 30 feet above his head. He also claims that some “men in black” showed up to his house in Mexico, while he was away, and the neighbors told him about it. When he retired, my uncle lived in a house on the beach in central Mexico.
December 16, 2019 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Castaic, CA
I’ve observed this craft for almost two weeks and I’m not entirely sure what it is. It might be a drone or a UFO, but it is certainly not an airplane, helicopter, or satellite because its movement patterns conflict with aerodynamic animations typical in planes and helicopters and it’s too fluid to be a satellite. The craft exhibits sporadic unidirectional movements without the buffering process of reorientation. For example, this vehicle can change directions without backing up or turning around. Additionally, it’s capable of hovering in the air for hours, or speeding (however, I’ve never observed any brisk movements, it mostly hovers around the same region for hours) which is uncharacteristic of planes and helicopters, but not drones (depending on the type, if it is a drone it’s incredibly expensive). The vehicle in question emerges exclusively during the evening, roughly between 12 AM and 3 AM, and lingers for three to five hours. Maybe it stays longer, bu! t I’ve never managed to stay up long enough to witness it. The craft possesses white lights, which amplify in certain contexts. For example, an almost indiscernible second craft approached the hovering, distinguishable vehicle and both brightened when in close proximity of each other. The indistinguishable craft immediately disappeared after, following with a bright projectile shooting from the sky. Firstly, I couldn’t tell if the amplified lights were strobe lights or solid lights, and what I’m describing might indicate drone collision lights. I researched drone collision lights and they’re functional during the full extent of drone-operation. Sensor-activated collision lights sound perfectly plausible, but I’m struggling to find any examples. Secondly, the bright projectile resembled a “shooting star” and it’s not the first time I’ve seen these “shooting stars” projected from/around this vehicle. However, correlation does not equal causation and they may be unrelated. Another detail to add, however, is that two distinct light proj! ectiles *appeared* to shoot from the isolated craft in a separate occurrence. But, I’ve only witnessed two occurrences of light projectiles coinciding with the craft, so I’m guessing it’s just a regular meteor. I am in no way assigning any definitive explanation because there’s a lot I don’t know. Do what you will and feel free to ask any questions.
December 15, 2019 · 11:00 PM · FORMATION
DIA, CO
Saw lights in cicle formation over DIA airport, some dashing across the sky really fast. Some in pairs. But all coming to and from a central light circle formation.
December 15, 2019 · 10:30 PM · OTHER
Grants pass, OR
Started as lights in a field that looked like workers with flashlights, then the number of lights increased rapidly to 9 or so. The lights then started to rise off the ground to aprox 300 ft. And started slowly changing colors from purple, blue,red,green and orange. They were moving in sequence until some dropped over mountain and all disapated into a luminous fog which was like camouflage.
December 15, 2019 · 10:30 PM · FORMATION
Loganville, GA
AboThe craft looked like 3 different color lights arranged in a triangle pattern with 1 light on each corner. Saw about 15 of them flying over a feild. Moved like drones but no drone operators were visable. One came right over us and hovered very close (50 or so feet above). Another was seen having it's light become very bright for a moment and then returning to normal. None of them made any noise.