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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 10, 2023 · 12:10 AM · SPHERE
Skiatook, OK
I saw two bright orbs dart across the sky. They both moved faster than any plane I’ve seen but slower than a shooting start. They were flying west bound.
July 9, 2023 · 11:54 PM · CIRCLE
Melbourne, FL
Red circle was moving slowly in sky it was a solid color didn’t change
July 9, 2023 · 11:41 PM · EGG
CA
Gear: Night Vision Binoculars pointed NW. camera pointed at an almost 90 degree angle. An egg shaped object looked to be falling at a 45 degree angle. The object glowed white, had a red hue on the left and a blue hue on the right there was a faint trail behind the object. it isn't a satellite and doesn't have the characteristics of a fireball or comet.
July 9, 2023 · 11:15 PM · LIGHT
North Myrtle Beach, OH
It appeared to be a ball of light but then it changed into like just a morphing ball of light almost. The video I took of it better describes it.
July 9, 2023 · 10:40 PM · OTHER
Moundridge, KS
This object was rectangular and appeared to have rear fenders. It came from behind me over my right shoulder from the west south west direction. Once it was over head it was white hot and bright but the light was on the bottom portion only and towards the rear of the object. It was traveling east north east rapidly. When it was directly in front of my view facing due east, this fast moving object then changed its speed. It noticeably slowed down to 1/20th of the speed it flew in at. After it had slowed down to a crawl comparatively, with the white light still glowing at a slow speed, the lights turned off. I could still see it in the air without light for another second. I lost sight of it after that. I do not think it is far away right now because of the slow speed, I just cannot see it in the dark. This was very low flying with a almost horizontal trajectory. I would estimate it was at most one mile above ground and perhaps only a quarter mile above surface once it slowed down by me. This is the second object in two days, but this was much lower and visible. This was a naked eye siting. I am in a rural area. Very dark and clear out tonight. I am a night time sky photographer and I sit in this spot for hours every night. I am practiced on the subject and this was the first time I have witnessed one of this shape. Again, it was very low, visible, completely quiet, and slowed its self down. Only minutes later and still now, there is a helicopter in the distance moving in a flight pattern like a grid search. I was unable to capture a picture but am including the sky as it is now.
July 9, 2023 · 10:13 PM · UNKNOWN
Sutton, VT
I was on porch after a storm and saw 2 objects in the sky one was blue line and a shape thing above it and the other one was a dark color thing. i did take a picture and once i blew it up i could see it better. scared the hell out of me. Waited for a bit because was scared to post this, if it happens again i am going to video it!
July 9, 2023 · 9:32 PM · FIREBALL
Imperial Beach, CA
Hovered for quite awhile. Thought it was an airplane but then an airplane came by. Had never seen anything like it.
July 9, 2023 · 9:30 PM · FORMATION
Greentown, IN
I was driving east bound on US HWY 35 from Greentown to Kokomo on Saturday July 9th at approximately 9:30pm. I was about 1.5 miles west of US HWY 31 in Kokomo and the sky was just getting dusk, and I saw these 3 fire orange round orbital lights floating about 50 feet in the air above a house next to a corn field. The orbs were about the size of basketballs and not moving. The orbs were in a perfect diagonal line about 20 feet apart from each other. I thought maybe they were drones or helicopters so I rolled my windows down but heard nothing. I slowed down as I passed and looked back and all of a sudden I saw only one orange orb and it suddenly shot across the sky and disappeared and in less than a second it was completely gone! This is the first time I have ever seen anything like this so I researched it and found that Howard County Indiana has had quite a past with these experiences. Because I was driving alone I was not able to get any pictures. Thank you.
July 9, 2023 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Saint Clairsville, OH
Floating, shining object in the sky, a few miles away across a valley and above the horizon. It hovered for several minutes before either being overtaken by clouds or retreating into them.
July 9, 2023 · 5:00 AM · CIRCLE
Oxnard, CA
Object seen was going north towards SBA VORTAC at a jet airliner speed which is the normal route for airliners out of LAX going north. The object was lower than an airliner as one just passed going to LAX at a higher altitude. The object stopped west of me and a bright light from the craft was directed towards the ground. 10 seconds later, the light went out and the object shot to the SE at a high rate of speed. It covered a quadrant from west of me to the southeast in two seconds. The object covered the distance in about two seconds. The object stopped and again a bright light emerged from the craft directed to the ground. 10 seconds later the light went out and the object shot to the SE out of my view. The next object was seen today at 4:55 AM from my backyard on 21 July. Again, while watching an airliner going SE towards LAX and SE of me, I saw what looked like a double sphere - bright green in front and dark. It also looked as if it might have had windows, then light green in the back. The object was in no hurry, but I observed it for 3-4 seconds. Approximately, its height was about 5-6 thousand feet
July 9, 2023 · 12:00 AM · CYLINDER
Sanford, FL
Spotted a white glowing craft in various areas of sky while watching launch go up. Was cylindrical/ saphirical when zooming in on camera and had two bright lights with prism-like Aura around it.
July 8, 2023 · 11:40 PM · SPHERE
South Saint Paul, MN
I was outside in my backyard I happened to look up and seen a bright object high up in the sky, it was not a plane or satellite or shooting star because it proceeded to come around my area 4 more times, on the 4th time I got video it’s grainy but you can definitely tell it’s moving
July 8, 2023 · 9:43 PM · FIREBALL
Winston alem, NC
See video Interesting video [NUFORC annotation: Fireworks - Possible]
July 8, 2023 · 9:40 PM · FIREBALL
Crystal River, FL
At Pete's Peir Marina shortly after the sun had fully set and it was completely dark I was over looking Kings Bay in Crystal River, Florida. A short ways above the the horizon due west, a red object which I initially thought was a flare due to its color and rapid movement appeared and began moving towards the east but north of my location. About ten seconds later another appeared traveling in the exact same manner. At this time I realized these were not flares due to their speed and angle of trajectory with the horizon. I then went and got my grandfather to show him and see if he knew what they could be. In that time another object appeared again in the same path and similar speed. He suggested helicopters but once they got close enough and after looking at them with binoculars it was clear they were not. Shortly after this they faded out similar to the way an old light bulb does, in about 3 seconds, each at different times and locations but in a general northern direction from our location. The last object as it was fading had another smaller and equally dim object shoot off from it in the direction it had originally come from. This however was very hard to see with the naked eye for how dim they had become and may have been a trick of the eye. This is unclear because less than a second later they were gone.
July 8, 2023 · 6:20 PM · LIGHT
Des Moines, WA
It was a white light moving in various directions. I thought it might be a drone. I rolled down my window to see if I could hear a motor, no sound, I thought maybe a silver balloon but it was moving up and down and around then stopped in one spot. I took a photo with my phone it was just a light with darkness around it when you zoom in but no propellers. After zooming in you could see a darkness around it.
July 8, 2023 · 9:30 AM · LIGHT
coatesville, PA
Standing on the side of my house looking southwest at about 7/8 at 930 I saw 2 red and yellow lights coming from the southeast heading in a north west direction. What stood out that the lights were bright and I noticed that there was no engine noises, and no blinking lights that aircrafts have. The first 2 lights were in a line about 6 seconds apart and as they passed by, again there was no noise and no flashing lights. As they passed by they were higher in the sky about 30- 40K feet up they disappeared into the atmosphere. About 30 seconds later another 2 came and did the exact same thing. About another 30 seconds 3 came out of the southeast. The first 2 were directly in front of each other and the first light started zig zagging 3 or 4 times in front of the second light. They separated farther apart and no sound or blinking lights and went up into the atmosphere. The third light following did the exact same thing as the first 2 sets. The last set did the exact same thing as the first 2 sets. There was a plane that flying and going east to west in which you could see the flashing lights and hear the engine. You could see in the upper atmosphere 2 other planes with flashing lights. I did get about 15 seconds of video.
July 8, 2023 · 12:45 AM · LIGHT
Rupert, WV
This white light that appeared in the sky. At first I thought might be a satellite. But this time of night there are no satellites that bright in the sky. I kept my eye on this. The light did not move. But it started to slowly fade away. After it faded away was when I extended hands. If I put my pinky finger on the big dipper handle and widened my fingers and my thumb would be where this light was. I did shine a flashlight up to the area to see if there was something there but nothing was there. [NUFORC annotation: Satellite - Possible]
July 7, 2023 · 10:09 PM · LIGHT
Durham, NC
As I was watching a thunderstorm, I saw a light appear in the sky. It caught my attention because it wasn't flashing or twinkling like an airplane does from a long distance, and it was staying perfectly still. It then started moving Southward across the sky, before growing fainter and turning red before eventually disappearing. In the first video I captured, I stopped filming when I could no longer see it with the naked eye, but it was still partially visible on video up to the end. A few minutes later the object appeared again in the exact same spot, and made the same Southward trajectory before disappearing - but this time it vanished almost instantly rather than fading. I live close to the RDU airport, and I can tell you that this object was absolutely not an airplane. In fact, I realized that no airplanes were taking off or landing (which I can see from my window) in the minutes leading up to this object appearing and about 20 minutes after it disappeared the second time. Then a line of airplanes began landing - as if the pilots were told to stay out of the airspace until it cleared. I captured one photo and two short videos of the object. Also for reference, I included a video of an airplane landing to show the difference between a plane and the object.
July 7, 2023 · 9:40 PM · TRIANGLE
Commerce, GA
I first saw what appeared to be a plane flying, and it was pretty high up and going at a rate of speed you would expect a plane to be traveling, then the craft began to descend and as it got closer, you could clearly see it was triangular in shape and the rate of speed had slowed so much that it appeared to be hovering and the. It rotated slightly and began traveling off in the opposite direction than it appeared to be going when I first noticed jt. It was definitely something surreal to see and It was something Id never seen before, ever!
July 7, 2023 · 9:30 PM · OTHER
Lincoln, CA
About 9:30pm on July 7, 2023 I was looking out my bedroom patio door (north) and noticed an odd set of lights near a tower/silo/building off to my west (10 o’clock) the building normally has red flashing clearance lights at the top and is something I’m used to seeing at night. I believe it’s an agricultural area and the structure is at least fifteen plus miles away, it is north of Sacramento International Airport and I would say east of the Sacramento River/Hwy 99. The lights I was observing were positioned horizontally, four of them. I didn’t notice any defined shape just the four horizontal lights. When I first saw them they appeared to either be coming out of the south side of the tower/silo/building or from behind it. They slowly turned east, towards my location then north slowly gaining altitude, traveled north for what I estimate was maybe 15 miles towards Marysville/Yuba City/Beale A.F. Base and guessing to about 2000 feet max altitude. They slowly turned west then back south back towards the tower and slowly lost altitude until they were out of site behind trees? I was curious and kept watching and there were two more of the same lights exit the tower area and take the same path, neither of the second two went as far north but both turned west with one again turning south and disappearing on descent as the first, this one was closer to the tower location than the first. The other one proceeded west and went out of site. On these two objects It appeared that as the four lights flashed you could notice flashes of blue/green lights at the right side on these two objects heading north. During this duration of time three other, four light objects appeared to exit the building area and went south on slow climbs till out of my line of site due to the roof line of my home. The tower itself normally has two red lights at night but when this started it appeared to have four or five. When the last of the lights left the building it was back to what appeared to be two red ones. My back yard/patio area faces north and I have a clear view east and west to the Sierras and Coast Mountain ranges. During the day when clear you can see distant tree lines and the Sutter Buttes. I regularly see jet liners coming in from the east and making a slow turn south for landing at Sacramento International Airport. During the time I viewed the lights I think there were maybe three or four flights that came into Sacto in their normal pattern. I went to bed but got up several times and at one point I noticed a couple of airliners on approach to Sacto airport but they had changed their flight pattern and were coming in straight from the North. In the four years we have lived here I don’t recall seeing them come in from that direction.
July 7, 2023 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalKansas City, MO
Was walking at the park with a friend. We both saw a light moving around in a cloud in various directions like as if it was searching something. We walked around to the other side of the cloud and saw beams of lights rotating inside the cloud. Then it disappeared after watching it for 30mins. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Probable]
July 7, 2023 · 8:53 PM · CYLINDER
Roseburg, OR
Long cylinder shape moved from north to south across the eastern skyline in Roseburg, OR. It was visible to the naked eye in the daylight. We saw it for about 4 minutes. We failed to get a photo as we were hoping to use our telescope to get a good image and it moved out of our sight at that time.
July 7, 2023 · 8:33 PM · OVAL
Hurst, TX
Bright, glowing oval like object traveled North West to South East. No sound. I saw the object at about 8:32 pm July 7th 2023. My brain did not register what it was. I watched it for about 10 seconds. When I realized it was not anything I was familiar with I ran in my house to get my cell phone. By the time I got out the object was further up in the sky at 90° and moving south east. I tried to follow the object with my phone as best I could. No sound what so ever. I wonder if air traffic control picked it up but I do know any aircraft in the area did see it! But will they report it? The object was bright light, faint orange, peachy white.
July 7, 2023 · 1:58 PM · OVAL
Probable conventionalHaines AK-Mosquito Lake Logging Trail Close to Canada, AK
One picture shows anomaly. 59.54119 Degrees North, 136.12595 Degrees W- location photo taken. Another picture taken within same sixty seconds its gone. I was on vacation. I took an ATV out the trail to sightsee, go gold panning and follow the river upsteam. Picures taken on Apple iphone14 Pro Max [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]