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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.
6,210 entries
June 15, 2015 · 11:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Eatonville, WA
Hovering triangle with red and blue soled lights just of 320 in mountain highway it hovered for about 10 mins and then left at a very fast speed
June 15, 2015 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Centralia, WA
Venus and Jupiter? PD
June 15, 2015 · 6:00 PM · FLASH
Spokane Valley, WA
A sequence of flashes with no sound in the sky above our home. They lasted 20 seconds. Dogs were barking in the neighborhood non-stop. A sense of electricity in the air.
June 15, 2015 · 1:10 AM · TRIANGLE
Spokane Valley, WA
Approximately 1 minute later, 2 of us saw a low flying V-shaped craft with 5 lights on the underside of it. It also appeared to be somewhat translucent. The craft was flying fast but steady then disappeared from sight. Created no sound. Another witness saw the same craft described approximately 3 minutes later.
June 13, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Gig Harbor, WA
First there was one and I thought it might be a low flying satellite, but it stopped directly overhead and moved slightly. It was then followed by 2 then 3 more—stopping, repositioning, then getting fainter as if moving away. They were silent, traveled very straight—no zigzagging, and seemed to reposition themselves in a precise manner. Then the lights dimmed or grew fainter.
June 13, 2015 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Bainbridge Island, WA
Saturday, June 13th around 10 pm I was outside on my property with my son teaching him long exposure night photography. We noticed the ISS coming from the southwest. We swung the camera around to its direction. I was shooting with a canon 5D Mark III with a 18-35 L glass lens on a Manfrotto tripod. I shoot in Raw format as well. When the ISS was in the lenses field of view, I pressed the shutter, then went back to looking at the sky. We watched the ISS moving fast and very bright. In the path of ISS we saw a flash of light. I asked my son if he saw that, he said yes. As the ISS continued towards the flash, we saw it again in the same position only a bit higher. We could faintly see it moving higher as the station was approaching its position. It seemed to pulse as it was rising. It was dimmer in luminance then a satellite would be, and then was not visible, then flashed and continued rising. Once the ISS passed the position of the flashes, we stared at the sky, but could no longer see the light. I scrambled it hit the shutter button again to take another photo. It was about 20 seconds later that I took another 30 second image. On the first 30 second image that I took you can see the streak of light from the ISS and the movement of the stars. You can also see a pulsing dim light and we caught one of the flashes. There is no streak or, "star like blur" as the subject seems to be stationary but rising between pulses. There is also no movement/blur in the flash and you can see a dark circle in the middle of the flash .... I have the original untouched raw photos and still have the original images on the SD card... Thank you for your interest… ((first name deleted))
June 13, 2015 · 9:50 PM · SPHERE
Sumner, WA
Took dog for a walk. We were on our way back home, walking down Elm Street. I turned to my left, looked up and seen a bright orange light in the sky. The brightness excited me because not many known aircraft are bright orange around here. The night was warm, the sky dark and clear, many stars out. I thought to myself, that's super bright. Walked a few steps, looked again and it was coming in my direction. I had my binoculars in my bag as I am always watching the sky. I looked thru them and could see that it was definitely bright orange and sphere shaped and was drifting in my direction. I watched it for about 30 seconds and it just disappeared. I thought to myself, 'that was weird'. And continued walking for about 30 steps and looked back. There was another one or the same one??? It was further back then the last one I seen. So, I stop and look thru binoculars and it looks like the first one but has red tiny spots inside the sphere. I lower the binoculars and suddenly another appears behind where it appeared. I am super curious now and watching the second one which is heading towards the same direction as the one before it. I'm not good with directions so all I can say is that they all appeared just above the flight path, above a field next to Mission Avacados, most of them appeared there, bright red and rose up above the horizon and moved to the east towards Lake Tapps area except one would always move in my direction. One after another they would fade out and disappear. This time, I walked about 1/2 a block to the 4 way stop at Parker Rd & Elm and here's two more. I began watching them and then two more appeared. The ones that closest to me, did not emit any sounds. None of them moved past me. This time one appeared directly across from one and began moving quickly to the other one - I thought! they would collide but it just moved directly underneath. Then moved across so they looked like headlights, coming in my direction and then they disappeared, all of them gone. Sometimes, I get a little paranoid and to get to my apts, there is a big field and I was nervous about it. That's when I fell in a hole and scratched up both of my knees! We come around the corner and no lights. I get in the apt and ask my daughter where the camera is and in my search for it out in the car, I see another bright orange light in the sky. I wanted to video it but once I found the camera it was too late. Throughout this sighting, I seen at least 3 airplanes flying about. The very first observation of these lights was around 10:50 pm The last observation was about 11:25 pm. ;:
June 13, 2015 · 1:30 AM · LIGHT
Clearlake, WA
A friend of mine and I were standing in my driveway. As she was getting ready to leave, I noticed something that looked like a satellite traveling North as I looked South. I told my friend to look up. As she did we saw two more lights heading south that looked to be equally far away but in the general vicinity of the other light. The two seemed to travel in tandem for a bit, then one veered west and appeared to slow down. As they passed, the oncoming object heading north the western heading object veered east and went behind the southern flying object. They seemed to get close together, then the one that had been heading east began veering west. We quickly lost track of it. My friend thought it stopped moving all together, I’m not sure. The object that was heading north appeared to change paths and head east. I did not see any lights blinking on these objects. They looked like satellites that I have seen before. All the objects were white, they appeared to be at an extreme altitude, and there was no noise that we could hear. At 1:30 am there was no noise except us talking as we watched.
June 10, 2015 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Puyallup, WA
I saw what looked like a meteor streak down across the southern sky. It was extremely bright. A few seconds later I saw another, similar streak but this one seemed to burn out quickly and did not make it down to the horizon as the first one did. Then, I saw a bright blue light with a tiny glint of red light emerge slowly up from the horizon, traveling upward. At first I thought this might be fireworks or a drone but my window was open and the night was silent. The blue light appeared to be miles away and its altitude too high to be a hobby drone. The light continued slowly until it was out of view. It was too bright to be an aircraft and it was absolutely silent. I suppose it could be some phenomenon associated with a meteor shower, but I've never seen anything that bright moving slowly upward. We do have McChord Air Force base nearby as well but this is the first time I've witnessed anything quite like what I saw.
June 10, 2015 · 10:00 AM · CYLINDER
Vancouver, WA
My friend and I were flying our RC airplanes, mid-morning, calm wind, clear skies. We were both flying relaxing slow flying planes while sitting in lawn chairs. We noticed an object directly overhead at an estimated altitude of about 200-300 feet. It was cylindrical, roughly the proportions of a soda pop can, the surface appeared to be solid and metallic (shimmering in the sunlight), and had no visible protrusions or markings. It was COMPLETELY motionless: no spin, no rotation, no drift .... and it made no sound. It remained completely motionless for about 5 minutes, then my friend and I had to land our planes when the batteries in the planes ran out. After landing our planes , we looked back up to see the object .... and it was completely gone . We scanned the sky to see if it had drifted off ( as a balloon would ) , but did not see it anywhere .
June 9, 2015 · 7:45 AM · LIGHT
Spokane, WA
Hi, My husband and I enjoy listening to Peter on Coast to Coast, but I never figured I would be sending in a report. I actually live in Spokane, north of Fairchild, down in the canyon… so not too far from Peter. Yesterday, Tuesday, June 9th, I was heading into work eastbound on Hwy 2 towards I-90. I was watching the geo engineering in the eastern sky, as there were three planes that I could see at the time that were spraying. At about 7:45 just before I got to the I-90 ramp I saw something bright and round in front of a cloud, north of the three planes. Honestly I have never seen anything like this before. It was much larger than a star and much brighter than one. It was round and just incredibly bright. It did not move at all, just pulsated bright. I watched it for about 10 seconds, then it disappeared into the cloud behind it.
June 7, 2015 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Arlington, WA
Very bright light seen while looking at Venus from Arlington. Thought I was looking at a star but it suddenly seemed to turn from going north to facing East got very bright then disappeared. I am sure it was not an airplane. There were no flashing lights and when it disappeared it was very sudden.
June 6, 2015 · 11:00 PM · CHANGING
Cowiche, WA
Location: NW of Yakima, WA First Sighted: Shortly before 11 pm, June 6. 2015 Appearance: Bright white light with red light on top, green lights At first, I thought it was the last Horizon flight coming into Yakima, arriving a little late. It was brighter and closer than a star and had red and green lights. But it stayed in the same general area. I did not notice any sound. Looking through binoculars, I thought that I saw two. It seemed to be hovering and slowly moving different directions, presenting different shapes. Once it appeared to be a vertical disc. One it appeared to have 2 bright white “wings,” positioned similar to an airplane when it is dipping a wing to turn. Once it appeared to be emitting bright white streams of particles from underneath. As it started to move NW, it no longer was bright white but looked more orange. I phone the sheriff’s office and was told that they would have someone in the area take a look. When I looked after phoning, it was further away and not bright white so it was not as noticeable but still visible. It was visible for more than an hour.
June 6, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Arlington, WA
On June 6, 2015, at 10:00 PM, in Arlington, WA, I got out of my car to pump some gas at the Safeway gas pumps in Smokey Point. As I turned north to walk behind my car, I saw several orange lights jump up into the sky very quickly, one after another. Each one popped up within a second or less after the one before it. I have photos of ten of them, but I think there was an 11th one that is not in the photo. It seemed like there was a straggler. They stayed somewhat low above the horizon for about 30 seconds. (You can get a good idea of this in the photos.) I took a total of ten photos while they were in sight. Then they suddenly turned to the east, (they had been heading south towards me, and I was slightly to the west of them) and flew out of sight pretty quickly. There was no sound from them the entire time. These lights were much brighter and bigger than any star and much smaller than the Moon. You can get a sense of this in the photos. I did not see any flashing lights, just steady, orange lights moving across the sky. They did not have any of the lights that a typical airplane would have. I did consider the possibility that they could be Chinese lanterns. However, they moved much too quickly and with too much control for that to be the case. In my location, I wondered if they had taken off from the Arlington Airport, which is not a manned airport (it has automated landing). That could have been approximately where they took off from, because they looked reasonably close. However, they could also have taken off further north than that. The lights were bright enough to be seen from a good distance. There was not a noticeable wind in the area at the time I saw this. I think Chinese lanterns would have stayed around much longer, even if there had been a strong wind. When I expand the one photo of three lights, I can see the orange glow. It’s not real clear. I took the photos with my iPhone. However, you can get a sense of the color. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and we found her to be quite level-headed, and quite objective in her description of the sighting event. We suspect that she is a very reliable and capable witness. PD
June 4, 2015 · 11:45 PM · LIGHT
Sumner, WA
Around 11:45 pm on Thursday, June 4th. I wanted to go outside with the dog to cool off. We walked out the front door of our apt and turned left. She was sniffing around for somewhere to pee, and I see this super bright light, low in the sky. The sky was dark, thin veil of clouds, could barely tell they were there. Lots of stars out. This light was odd because it seemed to be located near the flight path, (Sea-Tac is about 15 miles away) and was extremely low-–lower than the planes flying. It looked like a bright white light and I couldn’t tell if it was moving. Sometimes I get self conscious watching the sky because I can imagine what people think of me always watching the sky at night. My neighbors had their parents in their 5th wheel near where I was standing. I decided to get my binoculars out of the car and hoped I could see from there so that the neighbor’s parents couldn’t see me. I could not see anything from the car so walked back to where I had been. At first, the light looked like one bright white light but as I watched it, it changed to a fiery orange. That’s when I noticed that it was moving very slowly. I could tell because there is a row of decorative tall trees at the barrier of the apts and the mobile home park. The light was above the trees in the beginning but it moved to the left, then lowered a little so it was below the treetops and then moved to the right about 2 trees over. Once it cleared treetops again, it got very orange and at one point, through the binoculars, it looked almost like two headlights. Problem is, I think the kids dropped my binoculars because it looks like double vision so not sure if what I seen was really how it looked. What was odd is that normally when I look through them, if I’m trying to zone in on a single light/star in the night sky these days; it looks like two but far apart. This light looked like two orange headlights close together, really close together. It kept moving to the right now and it moved back to the left one more time and t! hen must have moved away from my sight beyond the trees because I never saw it come out either side or up over the trees again. This whole time, the dog was lying down in the grass and her rope was lying near my feet. Suddenly, a cat walked in front of us and the dog lunged to chase it and I nearly fell. I decided to go in at that time which was about 12:10pm. This sighting lasted probably 10 to 15 minutes. It seems that somebody in our town had to have seen this. I am thinking it was clearly visible near Sumner/Milton border. Many years ago when I lived on Wood Avenue, I had a most amazing sighting – the brightness of that light reminded me of this one as well as how low it was. That sighting lasted about 2 hours and it changed to green, blue and a most beautiful teal color. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Yes, Thursday, June 4th - sorry. ((END ADDENDUM)) We have amended the date of the sighting above. PD
June 4, 2015 · 12:15 AM
Shelton, WA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 2, 2015 · 9:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Ellensburg, WA
3 orange lights appeared in sky over Badger Pocket area in Ellensburg, Wa. They hung in the air, barely moving for 15 minutes, until slowing descending over the Yakima Hills.
May 30, 2015 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Otis Orchards, WA
There was a bright orb or sphere hovering in the sky above the hills. Then it rose into the west and looked more like a moving satellite. The movement was not in a straight line though. Then it stopped changed direction and flew off straight northeast until it became too dim to see.
May 30, 2015 · 2:15 AM · DISK
Kirkland, WA
Event Time: Friday late night/early Saturday (2:15AM) It was a hot Friday evening, so I had slid open the windows of our master bedroom. My 9.5 month old son was awake & playing with my husband. It was almost dark in the room. I thought of closing the windows & blinds before going off to sleep, when I noticed a fluorescent green colored disc shaped light moving towards North-West direction from left to right horizontally. This was just for approximately 4 seconds, so I didn’t get the chance to capture any image. I looked around afterwards to check if there were any clouds & to my fortune, I found the moon shining brightly in the sky to my left. Then I immediately looked at the wall clock in our room to note the time. The clock was ticking at 2:15. The light I had seen was bright colored & its image got clicked in my mind, as I knew that this was something new & strange I had never noticed before. (( We suspect that the object may have been a meteor. NUFORC Note: This event is reported on the American Meteor Society website, and on the GoSky All Sky Network in British Columbia, Canada. We express our gratitude to the latter for sharing their video of the event with our Center, and with the public. Their website is: http://goskysentinel.com/clusters PD))
May 29, 2015 · 2:00 PM · OTHER
Seattle, WA
I saw a red light outside my curtain, which I thought odd. I got a closer look, and saw a giant red orb glowing a over Queen Anne. It created a yellow halo and the disappeared. It was about ao ute. It changed my life. It was so bright. I know what I saw. I drew a picture immediately.
May 28, 2015 · 2:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Port Orchard, WA
When I started to pull off the road to take a picture, it started to bank right, very slowly so slow that if it were a plane it would have stalled. Now the three lights moving as one where one were on top of the other it disappeared.
May 28, 2015 · 12:30 AM · SPHERE
Goldendale, WA
Observed three "glowing orange ball phenomena," one of which appeared only briefly, the other two kept appearing for a full hour and kept appearing, but I left after one hour of observation. Location was on a ridge between Goldendale, WA and Mt. Adams. The spheres would begin as a small point of light visible from my position of approximately ten miles away, then would slowly grow in size and luminosity over a period of about three minutes, then gradually diminish respectively until no longer visible. Spheres appeared to be a couple hundred feet off the ground. Spheres demonstrated no defining features and were perfectly spherical in shape. Though the orbs never changed position when observed, they would shift to a slightly different locations each time they would materialize. The two frequent spheres appeared in close proximity to one another each time. The orbs were very close to a 'backfire' that firefighters were lighting to fight the wildfires occurring at the time. The fires were not visible from my position. The spheres were distinct, very bright at times, and as a military trained observer, my opinion is that these objects cannot be explained by fire, aircraft, or anything else that I am aware of. It was possibly the most awesome and profound event I have observed in my life thus far and made quite an impression on me. I returned to same sight of observation for the next two nights, though time of observation of these two nights was 1 hour earlier each time, from 2230 to 2330 hours. Nothing observed on these two occasions. I contacted the Klickitat County Sheriff department later in the day of the observations and was informed that no reports were received regarding this incident.
May 27, 2015 · 11:16 PM
Spokane, WA
For the past week, on and off, we have seen two orange spheres with lights moving slowly in the sky. They move from south to northwest then to east
May 27, 2015 · 11:00 PM · OVAL
East Wenatchee, WA
Me and my friend were hanging out outside of my parents back yard. It was very clear sky's last night. We stood up to check out some stars when we noticed something that wasn't a star it was glowing very bright orange it was moving slowly to the left in the sky, then it went vertical towards space, picked up speed and just cruised out to space very effortlessly. The shape was almost oval but it had other parts attached to it. You could see it clear as day it was some kind of huge space ship. It was incredible. The other strange thing is right after the ship took off military helicopters showed up in the same area not even a minute later. And when we looked towards the mountains, me and my friend noticed the big lit cross that sits on a hill had suddenly turned off. It was all very strange. Me and my friend both witnessed it.