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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 31, 2015 · 5:30 PM · SPHERE
Yorktown/Jefferson Valley, NY
Disappeared behind the hill within seconds. Moved faster than anything I've yet witnessed. I am not a believer in UFO's however this was one of my more obscure experiences. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 28, 2015 · 3:28 AM · LIGHT
Staten Island, NY
Out of the driver's left side window, the light caught my eye, as it streaked past my vehicle and I watched it either disappear or burn out while looking through the front windshield, it was also traveling East to West Just over the tree tops. I was completely sober lol, as I said just driving home from work. It reminded me of a "shooting star" I've seen many meteor showers in August near Lake George growing up. But this was different it was much closer to the ground fire works height. But I've never seen this color in fire works. The tip of it appeared very dark black the body was an extremely bright cobalt blue with a long bright white tail that widened and sprayed out as it streaked across the sky. No one else was driving on the road at this time. The night sky was very overcast I could not see any other lights no stars, no moon either. It happened so fast there was not enough time to take a picture with my phone. I was listening to "Coast to Coast" on the radio and my window was rolled up, so I never heard a thing. I'm leaning more towards something celestial not ET, but I've never seen those vivid bright colors in the sky before. I would love to know what I saw. I have made a report like this in my life.
January 27, 2015 · 2:00 PM · OTHER
Highlany, NY
On January 27, 2015, I was looking out the window of our third floor apartment, when right in the tree line, I saw a black object, completely smooth in texture, seem to glide down towards the ground. It was larger than a bird and smaller than a car and was the same shape as a sneaker from the rear right side. I watched the object for a few seconds until it was out of view, down in thick trees. This occurred in Clintondale, NY, and the craft seemed to be near the church and cemetery
January 23, 2015 · 10:00 AM · CIGAR
New York City (Bronx), NY
Observed a very small, white, cigar-shaped, object coming west to east, flying in a spinning motion. Object was seen for about 5 minutes until it past from viewing.
January 22, 2015 · 9:50 PM · OTHER
East Rockaway, NY
2 green lights flying southwest & stopped to hover for several minutes & flew away. Within a minutes, the lights showed up again and hovered in same place before descending behind a house. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 22, 2015 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Buffalo, NY
Seen from 4th floor of Tri Main Center Buffalo, NY. Looking west I saw the "Lake Erie Lights" From about 21:30 to 22:00 hours. There were two sets of lights. Each individual set was a bright white light centered within (two?) red and green lights. The red and green lights were pulsating like emergency vehicle lights. They were not blinking lights. There were not aircraft. They hovered or slightly drifted for about 15-30 mins. The one set of lights moved gradually to one side of my vision and then disappeared. I don't think it moved into cloud cover. There was very little cloud cover if any last night. I did not have a camera. The reports of these lights is that they repeat on numerous nights in a row.
January 22, 2015 · 8:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Mount Morris, NY
On January 22, 2015, I was heading south on route 408 near mount Morris, NY. It was a clear night. About 8.00pm. As I was driving, I looked up and seen like a street light up above the regular street lights. It was heading in the same direction as I was. When I pulled over and got out of my car it did a 380 ((sic. 180??)) degree turn and started heading back toward me. As it was coming back I started taking pictures with my cell. It was triangular with a red tail light. And it had blue lights on either side. The white light appeared to be a flood light. There was no sound. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 16, 2015 · 6:30 AM · LIGHT
Bethpage, NY
As I walked outside to go to work I looked up to the South sky and saw a round white light traveling east. The light was bright and round but wider in the center traveling in an S like pattern and then suddenly disappeared. It appeared faster than a typical airplane and the sudden change of direction is inconsistent with a small meteor. The day was a cold, clear with no rain, early morning still semi dark with a clear view of the sky. Object would have been over the water on the south shore of Long Island.
January 13, 2015 · 8:30 PM · CIGAR
Johnstown, NY
At 8:30pm, I went outside to smoke a pipe. It was a clear night out and the stars were visible, so I looked up to check out what stars were visible. I observed an orange cigar shaped object directly above me, high up in the sky. It was moving about in a zig-zag pattern. I didn't think much of it and went inside when I finished my pipe. When I went out again around 11:30pm to smoke, again I observed the same object to the right of its original position, this time moving left to right, back and forth. This time I called my step-father outside and he saw it as well. He had no explantion for what it was either. When he went to pick my mother up from work, he looked to see if it was still there and he said it was now off to the left in the sky, again moving in a left to right pattern and pointed it out to my mother.
January 13, 2015 · 6:10 AM · OVAL
Kingston, NY
It was about 150 feet in the air it went from North to South direction. I watched it _ it was going at a high rate of speed and then it vanished.
January 9, 2015 · 11:20 PM · LIGHT
Rochester, NY
Driving home tonight near shoreline of lake Ontario, about 5 houses from my home, I observed a star-like light way above my house, moving in a tight slow circular path. Other than motion, it looked like a star. Then it sped off in a curved path much like a nike swoosh logo across the sky southward toward the city and disappeared in a cloud bank. When it flew across it looked like a bright white cigar shaped light. Not sure if shape truly changed or the extremely fast motion made it appear that way. I could see the clouds light up as it moved through them then it was gone. I have worked night shift for 22 years and having the opportunity always look up in the sky for the chance to see something extraordinary, and tonight it happened.
January 5, 2015 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Staten Island, NY
Witness describes himself as medical professional. PD
January 2, 2015 · 2:48 AM · UNKNOWN
West Babylon, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 1, 2015 · 12:24 AM · LIGHT
Carmel, NY
After midnight, 12:24 am on January 1, 2015, I was on my back deck with my dog when I observed 2 bright red lights in the sky. I thought at first they were fireworks, because of New Year's celebrations, but then they started to move horizontally across the sky, west to east. I ran to get my daughter, who came outside with her daughter, and by that time the lights had moved across the sky to the front of the house and were disappearing over the trees. Then we went back in the house, and as we were looking out the back window, we saw another of the same lights, flying in the same direction. These lights seemed to flicker or change color, and were moving at the speed of a plane, but the lights were too large to be a plane. When I first saw the two initial lights, they were very close to each other, then got farther apart as they moved east. My only thought as to what this could be would be drones.
December 29, 2014 · 6:44 PM · LIGHT
New York City (Bronx), NY
Yesterday i was walking with my brother at 6:44 p.m. yesterday we saw a big, bright, round green object speeding past. There was only one object and the night was cool and no cloud coverage.
December 29, 2014 · 6:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Yorktown, NY
Driving home from work I glanced over to the passenger side window to see a large rectangular/square shaped object. This object was big and even bigger then a commercial airplane. It was also very low in the air and just about the top of the near by trees on the side of the highway. It had a lot of neon green light around it and was mostly that same color. As I see this object slowly moving it then moves extremely fast, zooms and disappears into thin air. It is almost like the object sensed me looking at it and zoomed to disappear. In my entire life I have never seen something move that fast. This experience lasted about five seconds. I have not been able to not stop thinking about the experience and It is something that I will never forget. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 29, 2014 · 6:30 PM · CIRCLE
Ballston Lake, NY
Very clear night sky. Looking from driveway, away from house, southward. Three of us saw the lights in a cloudless sky.
December 27, 2014 · 9:55 PM · TRIANGLE
Carmel, NY
Coming out of Carmel cinema, we saw 2 red triangles flying parallel closely to the ground, making no noise. They were flying slowly and then one started to blink until it disappeared. Soon after the other one started to blink and disappeared over the woods. Then driving home we saw 2 more and pulled into the parking lot at Carmel diner to get a better look. They were traveling very low and very slow in the same direction as the other 2, towards Carmel theater until we lost sight of them.
December 27, 2014 · 8:00 PM · DISK
Millbrook, NY
For two years in the night sky we have seen in various positions, stationary objects with blinking lights (red, blue, green) flashing. These objects spontaneously jump left and right, waive ring, also up and down, then disappear. In the last two nights, a half mile away, one seems grounded in a distant pasture, going up and down for hours. We finally drove the road, North Tower Hill, only to see it until we got closer, go completely out. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 26, 2014 · 7:15 PM · LIGHT
Oswego, NY
A steady, orange light, brighter and slightly larger than typical for a plane moved north across the eastern sky. Ten seconds after observing it, it became smaller and dimmer and flickered off and on before disappearing. Atmospheric conditions were very clear. We do not know how long it may have been observable before we noticed it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 26, 2014 · 5:00 PM · CYLINDER
Hempstead, NY
Hi. my name is ((name deleted)). I was on my way to cash my check at the regular check cashing spot I usually go to. On my way there I stop at the crossing light and saw to my left across the street what I thought at first was a jet taking off, as I'm near several airports and a few military bases. I kept an eye on this object that resembled a jet or missile going into the sky at a 90° angle. As it kept going up, it disappeared and then after 5 seconds or so it reappeared, but the funny thing is that it slowed down to a total stop and was now much bigger. It resembled a pill or a cylinder shape. It stayed there for about 6 to 8 minutes. At this time I was getting ready to cross the street and looked away for one second and when I looked back up it was gone. Except I saw the tail of smoke it left. Now two minutes later a helicopter appeared going in the direction in which the object was just at. I watched this helicopter circle around for at least five or ten minutes and then it left. I couldn't believe this was happening. I wish my camera/video recorder was working but it wasn't. The other funny thing is that I seem to be the only person interested in looking at this object. This hasn't been the first time I've seen something strange and it won't be the last. T Thank you for listening. C.T.C.am!
December 25, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Harrison, NY
Me and my brother and my sister came back from looking at Christmas light decorations on the houses in the neighborhood and then walking home to our house we saw this very bright light fly right over my house about 10 to 20 stories high. Just me and my brother saw this sighting so clear and unbelievable we were pretty shocked. This was just last Christmas and it was a beautiful sighting on Christmas Day. I have seen many streaking lights in the night sky the last couple years in this neighborhood.
December 25, 2014 · 9:30 PM · OTHER
Centereach/Bohemia, NY
I WAS DRIVING HOME ON NICHOLS ROAD AT APROX 9:30 PM. WHEN I SAW 2 BRIGHT ORANGE LIGHTS TO THE LEFT OF MY WINDSHIELD. THEY APPEARED TO BE ON FIRE AND I THOUGHT AT FIRST I WAS WITNESSING A TRADGEDY. UNTIL THEY KEPT FLYING. THEY WERE A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE MY CAR MOVING EAST. THERE WERE TWO OF THEM AT FIRST AND THEN A THIRD APPEARED ABOUT TWO TO THREE HUNDRED FEET BEHIND AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE OTHER TWO. TRAILING BEHIND. THE OBJECT LOOKED LIKE A BULLET WITH SOME SORT OF EXHAUST IN THE BACK, ALMOST LIKE A ROCKET. IT WAS DEFINITELY BRIGHT ORANGE AND LOOKED ON FIRE.
December 25, 2014 · 6:00 AM · CIRCLE
Rocky Poiint, NY
2 bright lights in the sky. They disappeared then reappeared.