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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 4, 2023 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Red Bluff, CA
Our 14 yo boy spotted the 3 starlike dull stars moving slowly between the Big Dipper and the “W” in the sky. He pointed them out to the three adults and we watched them for several minutes as they formed a triangle. After that, I (g’mother), saw another coming in from the area of the Big Dipper. Then the 14 yo yelled, “another!” There was a ‘lighter’ area of the darkness of the sky, not actually a shape, just a somewhat lighter spot where it looked like the objects were coming from. There were 3 adults, 4 teens and 2 children who watched 11 objects come from the ‘dull’ spot. 15 objects in all as they formed a straight line and headed past the ‘W.’ I have looked at all the photos of ‘Starlink,’ and these were none of them.
July 4, 2023 · 10:19 PM · LIGHT
Macomb, MI
I was watching fireworks when I saw a strange object flying in the sky. I thought it was a drone but it was too high up. It moved up, down, and side to side really fast and had lights blinking. I saw another one fly out of it and disappear. The lights went out a few times on it. The lights started going really fast and were mainly red.
July 4, 2023 · 10:12 PM · OTHER
Mount Holly springs, PA
Started as a circle bright as day in the night sky to the north east slow moving was not the moon after 10 minutes, it began to flatten out ,at which point another craft or object separated from it and headed towards the ground/horizon the main craft that flattened departed in seconds literally vanishing , no red blue yellow or green light like those on planes drones or helicopters were observed , no reports of local military exercises in the area ,or plane crashes . It was not fire works the main object or craft climbed in altitude faster then any military jet ever observed it covered over 3000ft(rough estimate in seconds before vanishing no sonic boom or sound of after burners like those on military jets which can be heard over a mile away further when going away from point of observation. Animals which are normally heard at night were extremely quiet, horses across the way weren't making a sound also unsual.phone signal also was lost for about 20 to 30 seconds after the high speed climb.
July 4, 2023 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Gresham, OR
Objects appearing like evenly spaced stars moving in straight line south to north at at least 1000 ft higher than regular incoming aircraft. Additional family member confirmed and also witnessed them stop moving, become stationary and split into small groups in multiple locations directly above before we eventually lost track of them. They seemed to blend in with surrounding stars .
July 4, 2023 · 10:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Spokane, WA
Observed a bright stationy light white when observed though telescope was 4 lights it was just hovering apparently watching the fireworks a red orb joined it. At some point the red orb sped away very fast toward the north, went straight down come backup then off two west stopped went back to the east at high rate of speed went straight down and was moving one moment then gone the large white object still hadn't moved. At the grand finally of the fireworks show the white object moved also toward the north but didn't go as far north as the red orb it also went slowly down then gone. Now I'm wondering did the man at Fairchild down the road take their top brass out to see the fireworks (they did watch them) in a lets say in a 1947 restored alien inter- galactic hotrod. A photo was taken.
July 4, 2023 · 9:38 PM · SPHERE
Fresno, CA
After watching the video it seems to me the green object ejected three white objects. The green object seem to be frightened when an airplane flew by. [NUFORC annotation: Drone - Possible]
July 4, 2023 · 9:35 PM · FORMATION
Brunswick, MD
Quick moving bright lights. In synch. No sounds at all and flashed different colors. Happened during fireworks but very easy to tell its not fireworks nor a plane or helicopters in formation. Multiple witnesses. Dissappeared and reappeared in minutes on walk to apartment. It seemed to change speeds a bit but not a lot. The objects also seemed fairly close as in not extremely high but the objects still seemed smaller than crafts known of and the flight pattern was so consistent between the two lights that I truly don't believe it's drones being flown as the line between the 2 was absolutely perfect and did not change at all during flight. [NUFORC annotation: Drone - Possible]
July 4, 2023 · 9:35 PM · LIGHT
Brooklyn, NY
Hello, I saw a white light on Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 and I was having a nice time on the roof of my apartment and I ended up running into this object, this object was going up very rapidly, it stood for a couple of minutes, then it was going side-toside, left-to-right and it went down very rapidly and I saw this object with my two eyes. You need to see this so you can be shocked about this object!
July 4, 2023 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Tucson, AZ
This sighting time is approximate, as the observers were outside during 4th of July fireworks celebrations (which were focused in the western night sky, close to the horizon. The physical characteristics of this object were unusual. Three flashing red lights in a vertical formation bisected the object and would light simultaneously. It also had 2-4 horizontal green lights which flashed opposite the red lights. There may have been persistent green or yellow lights on the object along the horizontal axis. It hovered in the sky, about halfway between the horizon and the North star in the southeastern night sky, for about a minute. I stood near two power or cable lines to verify the object was not moving. It looked quite small in the sky, about the size of a typical jet (many fly over the city at all times of day and night), but jets do not hover in position while flashing lights. It appeared larger than any stars or planets in the sky. Similarly, planes or helicopters at the altitude of this object (if it was of comparable size, which is impossible to verify without a better sense of scale for the object), are audible above the city, even over the sounds of fireworks. Suddenly, the object accelerated and flew quickly out of sight, due east. There was no sound from the object as it flew away, and it took seemingly no time for it to reach speeds unseen by other regularly observed aircraft. The observers were not on any substances. One is a school teacher, the other is a teaching assistant; neither has seen anything like this object in the sky before, nor have they witnessed other objects of unknown origin. Both have lived in Tucson for much of their lives and are quite familiar with the many aircraft that regularly travel over the city sky.
July 4, 2023 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
reno, NV
I witnessed a strange thing tonight from my backyard in northwest Reno. it was behind a slowly moving cloud. it was round, translucent and changing colors from blue to red to green and it would also be moving with the cloud. pretty high up so it was too high up and too late on a weeknight for it to have been some kind of drone color light show plus it was behind the cloud and faint. it would randomly shoot out faded white sorta roundish shapes that would roll through the sky like there was a dome or something it reminded me how a kaladiscope works as the cloud slowly dissipated so did the colors. then I went inside. very strange
July 4, 2023 · 9:25 PM · RECTANGLE
Mission Viejo, CA
Looking down the street, about 300 feet away, in the back of a eucalyptus tree, I saw a large glowing blue square, divided equally in 4 parts. It looked to be about 8-10 feet across and about 30-40 feet from the ground. Suddenly the top right square emitted a very powerful, bright and beautiful blue light. After about 3 seconds the light stopped. There was nothing behind the tree, whatever that was had gone. There was enough light in the sky to see if something had been there.
July 4, 2023 · 9:21 PM · CHANGING
El Paso, TX
Driving home from fireworks we noticed a bright object sitting still. As the ride went on you could see in the video it speeds up tremendously as we were in front of it and it sped past. While it was moving you could see it changing shape almost like lines moving in different direction and you and suddenly it turns back into a orb shape
July 4, 2023 · 9:14 PM · CIRCLE
Pirtsmouth, VA
I was observing the constellations. I noticed something that was brighter than all of the stars in the sky. I tried to identify it with different apps in my phone. After a while it started slowly dropping from the sky. It was not a drone because it was way too far up in the sky. I had an extremely bright glow and aura around it. I felt weird while I was watching it. We are located near military bases and I’m used to seeing a lot of different things in the sky. I have never seen anything like it.
July 4, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Columbia, NC
Green blinking light made 6 erratic moves at great distances which appeared to be at supersonic speed
July 4, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Mission Viejo, CA
I was with my family a group of about 25 people standing on a path above Upper Oso Reservoir, at the southwestern most end, watching fireworks directly south across the canyon. I noticed a red light coming from the direction of the fireworks and rising into the sky. It had a green blinking light next to it. At first I thought it was an airplane, but I noticed it was moving very fast, much too fast for a plane, and appeared lower than a plane. It moved toward the group and crossed nearly overhead. Its arc appeared to break slightly to the west more than once, and this movement was unlike that of a plane. The most unusual behavior was this: when it was more or less overhead, the blinking green light split into two lights, which separated and moved forward and away from the red light in a "v" pattern before going out. This happened a few times before I lost sight of it behind a house. At that point I saw a that gentleman behind me watching it as well, and I said, "what was that?!" but he said nothing. I don't know if anyone else saw it. Everyone was watching the fireworks. I did not mention it to anyone, and have been looking for other accounts online, but have not found any. I do not believe it was an airplane, helicopter, or drone. It was most definitely not a firework. There was no sound that I could hear.
July 4, 2023 · 8:50 PM · CHANGING
Waynesville, MO
On July 4th 2023 I was on my way to Walmart with my wife and kids. While driving I noticed a flare of orange and gold color in the peripheral of my left eye, when I looked I saw a small object moving through the sky from east to west (right to left). I then pulled the car into the center lane and took two pictures of this object and I also recorded one video. Once I realized that I was holding up traffic, I pulled into the Sonic parking lot and attempted to visually relocate the object but I wasn’t able to. The address for the sonic restaurant is 1030 Old Rte 66, St Robert, Mo [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
July 4, 2023 · 8:47 PM · OTHER
Probable conventionalPelham, NY
The object hovered in the same spot for maybe 10 minutes. I would look at it off and on. I also took a 10 second video. It was very stable in it's position. I saw nothing beyond the blinking light. (I think I would have noticed the bodyframe of a helicopter. But only that one blinking light was visible.) The light was greenish in color, though at one point it turned red. I did see it move, quickly, and to the left. Then it suddenly came to a dead stop. To my eye it did not maneuver like a helicopter. It was too rock steady. And it's start-stop maneuver was too crisp. I stopped looking when the fireworks display started. About 10 minutes after the start of the display I remembered to check for the light, but it was gone. (My video is not very dramatic, but please note the small blinking light a little above the big tree that sits center-left in the video frame.) [NUFORC annotation: Drone - Probable]
July 4, 2023 · 6:30 PM · SPHERE
Orange, VA
At first I thought it was drones up for the fireworks in town, but this is a small town and there wasn’t anything special going on for the holiday weekend as far as I was aware. It was 5 rounded orb craft with lights off in the distance about 1.5 miles from my location off to the SW. From what I could see they were white/silver round balls with a black stripe running down the middle (horizontally) They were scattered and in no sort of pattern, I did not see them arrive nor did I see them depart. They were not moving the entire time they hovered about 300-400 ft. from the ground. My wife didn’t really believe me at first but I said if they disappear in a few minutes it might be UAP/UFO related and then sure enough gone without a trace. I had looked out the window previously and did not see anything like that but it was a bit cloudy on this evening. I am very interested in our solar system and what is beyond I am always scanning the skies day and night so this is a rare moment for me. The entire situation lasted roughly 10 minutes, unfortunately I didn’t have my telescope properly prepared for such an event. In the image provided I have shown the radio tower in the SW direction from my house. I hope this wasn’t just drones and I’m sorry I didn’t take any pictures.
July 4, 2023 · 8:55 AM · CIRCLE
sarasota, FL
I was watching the sunset turn into fireworks then I noticed something in front of the clouds not moving not or doing anything I took my phone out and took a few pictures and even zoomed as much as I possibly could to get a pretty clear picture.
July 3, 2023 · 11:00 PM · CHEVRON
Lincoln, NE
It had been a hour or so since my family and I stopped lighting fireworks. I was sitting in my rocking fold up chair in the driveway. I was rocking back and forth when I noticed something above me maybe 500 feet up comeing from the southeast heading northwest. It was moving really slow maybe 10 to 15mph. At first I thought it was smoke from a firework but as I kept watching it a boomerang shape was appearing. It was translucent but I could see the outline of the boomerang craft from the way the lighting and smoke in the sky were reflecting off of it. Then as it was passing over me heading away I could tell the smoke from fireworks in the area were above it and reflecting on the bottom of it and I could see a occasional star also on the bottom of the craft! It was silent no noise almost looked like water it was the strangest thing I ever seen but the coolest technology ever! I don’t know what made me look up there could of been a residence sound or slight hum to it? Not sure it just appeared so fast I couldn’t take my eye off ot it! As it got farther away the area was getting brighter in the direction it was heading which was northwest, the boomerang shape started to fade and it just looked like a large puff of smoke or a cloud moving away about 10 to 15mph or so “so cool” and confusing at the same time. I was not drinking or under the influence I don’t drink just saying cuz it’s the 3rd of July and we were celebrating the 4th. As my mind was trying to process all this I just kept reapeating in my head “we have the technology” “we have the ttechnology” almost like it was a way to calm me because my mind was going in overload looking at this craft I couldn’t make since of it then all of sudden it was like that thought ( “we have the technology”) was being broadcast or put in my thoughts somehow! Still in shock!!! “WOW!!! (Real sighting: is it ours or theirs?)
July 3, 2023 · 10:10 PM · SPHERE
Knoxville, TN
On July 3rd 2023, while sitting in my backyard hot tub, I saw something I've never seen before. It was at 22:10 EST in Knoxville TN. The sky had some thin patchy clouds, about 15% coverage. I noticed a rapidly flashing white light, strobe-like, to the North, near Polaris. It was above the clouds and I could see it thru a patch of thin clouds as they passed beneath it. Suddenly, from its stationary position, it moved E at a very high rate of speed, accelerating instantly, moving out from behind the wispy cloud I first noticed it in to a clear spot in the sky. It traversed approximately 45 degrees (from 000 to 045) in approximately 1 second. It then stopped instantly, was stationary for another second and then immediately moved W at the same speed at a 90 degree angle from its initial trajectory, with no observable turn. It was as though it stopped and then rotated 90 degrees and accelerated again, stopping after it transited approximately 35 degrees to a second position in the sky. Again, it stopped immediately with no apparent deceleration. After holding stationary for about one second, it accelerated again at the same apparent speed back towards Polaris (000 degrees). Once there, it stopped again as before and after one second it again appeared to rotate 90 degrees and accelerated to the west (270) until I lost it behind my house. It made no sound and the white strobe flashed the whole time at the same intensity. It was behind thin clouds when I first noticed it; after that it was in clear skies. The whole encounter took approximately 1 minute, maybe less. Its overall path approximated a right angle triangle, until it went west. I'm a retired Navy Commander, and Systems Engineer and have seen many different lights at sea in the sky at night, as well as from my backyard; satellites, the International Space Station, meteors and various aircraft, all moving at various speeds. I have never seen any object in the sky move at the speed this one did. It moved across the sky almost instantly, covering a 45 degree arc in about 1 second. I would estimate it traveled 3-4 times faster than any aircraft I have ever seen.
July 3, 2023 · 9:50 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalJackson, WI
Shortly before 10 PM I let the dog out to do her duty. Several neighbors had firework displays going on, the closest maybe a quarter mile away. There is minimal light pollution in the area. I looked up at a small constellation of stars and noticed a small silver orb appear close to one of the stars I was looking at. It wasn’t moving particularly fast, much slower than a satellite would. It was at a very high altitude. As I watched it, it slowly faded after traveling a short distance. Then another appeared following the exact route the previous one had just taken. After traveling about the same distance, it too disappeared. Then another would appear, do the same thing, and fade out. I called out to my wife who was out on the porch and I told her where to look and pointed to where I was seeing the objects. She also witnessed several of the objects, and agreed it was very peculiar. They were not planes, flares, or satellites. They all appeared on the same vector and path one after the other, almost perfectly spaced distance wise. As one faded, another would appear. There were approximately 10 to 12 objects total, and the total viewing time was around 5 to 7 minutes. My wife managed to get video of the last two we saw. Very bizarre experience, I will be watching these reports closely to see if anyone else saw the same thing. With it being the 4th and all, hoping with all the eyes to the sky someone else may have saw them as well. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
July 3, 2023 · 9:48 PM · CHANGING
Bellevue, WA
Shape-changing flying object or objects hovering in the sky.
July 3, 2023 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Justice, IL
I was watching a fireworks show when I saw a red orb coming towards my direction. I was stunned because the same thing happened to me eight years ago. That time I was with someone and saw 6 red orbs over roughly two hours. As tonights orb came towards me a Southwest jet was coming from the southwest towards Midway airport. I'm located about 6 miles southwest of the airport. At one point the jet was under the orb. I would take the elevation of a jet six miles before landing, and double it. That would be the elevation of the orb I saw tonight.