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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.
4,416 entries
July 14, 2014 · 10:40 PM · LIGHT
North Versailles, PA
7/14/14 @ 10:40pm, 11:05pm and 11:18pm. An object that is bright white like a star, moving north. It fades out to a brunt red color. Then it would get bright white again and fade to red then out and repeat. All 3 of the objects acted the same and all three had a flight path that took them by the first star of the handle of the Big Dipper. The 4th object seen was to the north at about 11:22pm. It was simply a flashing light. It alternated between 21 seconds and 10 seconds between flashes. I never saw it move. The flash was always in the same place. Then it just quit flashing.
July 14, 2014 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Garden City, PA
My wife, kids, and I were walking on the beach and noticed 3 large orange lights appear off the coast of Garden City, SC in the air. The lights were not in motion at the time. All of the sudden they turned off one by one. Right after this they came back on at the same time and were in motion at a very rapid pace. They came to a stop again and remained in place for over a minute. Eventually faded away in a way I've never seen an aircraft do. There wasn't anything normal about it, it's something none of us have ever seen. I'm not sure what it was but I also heard other people talking about it as we walked along the beach that also found it bizarre. The next day I looked at google earth to see if there was any land in the direction and there was clearly not. It's my guess that the object were around 2 miles away and 500 yards above the sea. The event lasted around 3 min. It was pretty cool to see.
July 14, 2014 · 6:30 PM · SPHERE
Brownsville, PA
While traveling toward Brownsville, Pa, my son, I, and a lot of other drivers witnessed 8-10 Orange Orbs Floating above Turnpike 43. These things were no higher than 50 feet above the trees. They Held steady and did not move around. It was nearing dusk when we witnessed them and could not stop on the turnpike. When we reached the next exit we turned around and in that time they disappeared. There were no visible wires, nor did they move like a drone or some r/c.
July 13, 2014 · 10:50 PM · FIREBALL
State College, PA
At around 10:50 PM I saw from my second story bedroom windows a bright orange fireball like object moving in a slow, steady path from the West to the East. I often see various lights from airplanes that are much smaller and moving at a much faster pace, so I paid closer attention and watched it until I lost sight of it. I continued to look out my window and then about a couple of minutes later it came around following the same steady path again. At first glance it appeared to look almost like a chinese lantern, but at a closer look it appeared to be too bright as it emitted beams of light. It also had a small bright light trailing behind it. It made no sound. I waited and it went around a third time before I went downstairs to show my mom. Because our house has many windows, we could easily see it for a long expanse. When it disappeared from our view, we’d wait a couple of minutes and then we saw it come around twice more. We witnessed it circling a total of five times and then did not see it again. The total duration of the sighting was approximately fifteen minutes.
July 13, 2014 · 9:45 PM · CIGAR
Emmaus, PA
While staring in to the night sky, I saw a total of 5 cigar shaped, bright reddish/orange in color, moving about 4 times as fast as a regular passenger aircraft. I saw the first light, then 2 lights grouped together, then a third, and then the last one. They were spaced within 40-45 seconds from each other. I then saw a black object shortly after the last light, but there were no strobe lights or any lights on the black object. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 13, 2014 · 4:04 AM · LIGHT
Pittsburgh, PA
I had a restless night and had trouble falling asleep the entire night. I was laying on my right side and my bedroom window was behind me. My dog was lying next to my back. She got up and I turned to look at her and I seen that her tail was between her legs. Something had spooked her and she does have a lot of sound phobias but I did not hear anything. I am pretty well versed in canine behavior and body language and have been studying this subject for a while now as I am working towards a career in this field. She jumped off the end of the bed and went to her “safe spot” underneath the bed. As she jumped, I noticed a bright light in my peripheral vision outside my window. I turned my head and looked and saw a line of 5 or 6 lights in a straight line moving at a moderate rate of speed. Maybe like 150-200 mph as a rough estimate. It seemed like it appeared out of nowhere. As I focused my eyes on it I noticed the lights were alternating colors of blue and white. They were all fluctuating in intensity and were going from bight to very bright. Suddenly, the craft just disappeared. I didn’t see it take off, it just vanished. I estimated it to be at an elevation of about 5-7 thousand feet. I continued to look for the next 25 minutes or so but saw nothing. The entire event lasted all but 2 seconds. This took place in the SSE direction and I live about 5-7 miles directly south of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I turned on my smartphone 20 minutes or so after the sighting to see what the weather condition were. It was cloudy with the cloud cover at 95% and the cloud ceiling was at 12,700 feet. Temperature 72 degrees, humidity 68%. Full moon.
July 12, 2014 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Douglassville, PA
My family and I were driving south on 662 between Oley and Douglasville. We noticed 4 orange glowing balls, directly over an open corn field. They were hovering over the field for about 2 minutes before we lost sight of them, and did not move. They appeared to be about the size of the balls you would typically see on electrical power lines, and they were formed in a staggered line.
July 12, 2014 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Oley, PA
saw 4 fireballs traveling north at slow rate. as one disappeared another appeared. No engine noise at all completely silent. All beneath clouds as could tell because of full moon. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 12, 2014 · 9:25 PM · TRIANGLE
Kutztown, PA
Witnessed 7-9 lights in a grouping while traveling on route 222 near Kutztown, PA. Heading from Wyomissing, PA, to Allentown pa. Grouping was near two radio tower red blinking lights. Pulled over on side of highway and observed each one slowly moving across the sky heading toward Allentown, then at the same distance that each individual light went they slowly faded away. They were reddish in color, and triangular in shape with the sharpest point pointed into the direction of movement. Seemed to shimmer red with reddish glow. We assume an evening sighting, and we have amended the time above, in order to reflect a nighttime sighting. We have no way of confirming the time, given that the source of the report elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information. PD
July 11, 2014 · 10:50 PM · FIREBALL
Pittsburgh, PA
Several orangish orb-like lights (6-7) appeared in succession and flew a distance and then turned off their lights one by one as they progressed, often by becoming dimmer and flicking. No sounds were made. This is the second potential ufo sighting that I have seen, though the former was much different, with lights engaging in a sort of triangle-like formation with an additional barrel/molecule-like item. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 11, 2014 · 10:45 PM · FIREBALL
Mercer, PA
Flying Very fast, under the moon. Was seen three times by three people. the third sighting the fireball was .75 of the way gone went black looked like a rock still going. Each time seen it came from the same flight path. North to the south east. We all saw other planes flying and could be seen crystal clear and they all had strobes. The sky is clear and a full moon.
July 11, 2014 · 10:00 PM · FORMATION
Solebury, PA
I was with my friend enjoying a night sitting outside. We saw 2 separate groups of UFO' s that both traveled in the same pattern. There were 7 in the first group. They appeared in perfect consistent formation traveling across the sky. They were dots of light. No blinking and they were not airplanes. They then faded and disappeared. The second group had 4, moved exactly like the first and disappeared in the same spot as the first. I took a photo and my preview showed that I captured it, but when I went to retrieve it it was solid black. No images at all.
July 10, 2014 · 11:19 AM · SPHERE
Carlisle, PA
My 60 yr old sister, my 78 yr old mother and myself 51 yrs old, we're sitting in my backyard in town facing south/west. In the sky we saw a sphere that was shiny with a black band around it. It appeared to be as if it were falling from the sky coming straight down. It appeared out of no where, it made no sound, if we were not looking in that direction and up in the sky we would have never known it was there. When it went behind the roof tops, we immediately ran towards the Main Street to see where it went and it darted west and it was all but out of sight in a split second. This was not a plane or anything that we have ever seen before.
July 9, 2014 · 11:00 PM · OVAL
Easton, PA
1 minute apart from each other they would disappear into thin air. They were red and orange blinking. At first I thought it was a plane, but if a plane disappeared into thin air, it would be on the news.
July 9, 2014 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Johnstown, PA
Originally saw one craft above Roxbury Park. It was large, bright red, round and moving slowly. It changed to white, light orange, red and white again. It seemed to shrink in size then just disappeared. As we drove approximately a half mile to Shady Lane we witnessed two more moving together. Again bright red large circles. They moved together very slowly, changed colors, then slowly dissipated.
July 8, 2014 · 4:00 AM · DISK
Erie, PA
It was an early morning, I was doing my job as newspaper carrier. It was a clear night sky and i was busy doing my job. As i look up into the sky, i notice a military aircraft in the sky it was flying pretty low so i stopped and watched it fly over me. As the airplane starts getting closer all of a sudden the aircraft lights (headlights and blinker lights go out) So then, i am like where did this plane go can't see it at all. All of a sudden the planes lights turn back on and right when these lights turned back on this disc-ball of light flew fast behind the aircradt made a shot straight up and vanished. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
July 6, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Shaler, PA
I was driving home from my job and had just entered Shaler Township driving due east on Vilsack Rd. I looked up and noticed 2 small bright orange orbs which were near each other and kind of floating around. I estimated their altitude to be maybe around 3000 feet. They were kind of hovering near each other and the distance between them increased and decreased and back again intermittently. I decided I had to have a better look at these things, so I stopped at the St. Bonaventure Church on Mt. Royal Boulevard. I noticed the orange orbs again almost directly overhead but slightly south. After a few seconds one orb started moving steadily but not too quickly to the northeast at a bearing of perhaps 60 degrees. The second orb started following that orb in that direction, and both orbs moved at identical speeds. The second orb passed behind the clouds a few times before disappearing totally, and it was then that I realized how high it was. The clouds were actually somewhat low to begin, but I still estimate the altitude of the orbs to be at several thousand feet. Then suddenly I noticed a third orb identical to the first approaching from the opposite direction to join the first two, and it was slowly cathing up. All three orbs quickly disappeared as they flew northeast, probably because of the low clouds. As the orbs glowed, the glow they emitted had an almost "flaming" quality. The orbs didn't display any of the normal "running lights" that ordinary aircraft do, such as red or green strobes. The orbs simply glowed orange and that was it. I drove around for about 20 minutes trying to see them again but the didn't appear again. It's worth noting that several miles to the south, there was a summer fireworks show taking place, and in fact the orbs did seem to approach from that direction although still quite removed from it. My first thought was that the orbs were embers from pyrotechnic display. After I saw their deliberate straight-line movements I knew this was not the case. I occurred to me that maybe the pyrotechnic display was deliberately being used as a cover for whoever was controlling the orbs. Obviously if someone said they saw a UFO, someone else could say "Oh, there were Fireworks in the next town over that night." I concede, that much is true. But what I saw was not Fireworks nor burning embers blowing in the breeze. I estimate their speed to have been maybe 200 - 300 mph once they started moving east. Not extreme for many aircraft, but still definately not Fireworks. I'm curious if any other reports will be made. I made a video with my Android phone of the objects, but the quality is really bad and doesn't prove anything as far I'm concerned. I will still share upon request, however. I may have heard a very low rumble while witnessing the orbs, but it was not very loud.
July 6, 2014 · 9:30 PM · CONE
Lewisberry, PA
My husband and I were headed home from an evening of fishing and bird watching, driving back roads and looking for deer, when we came to an intersection. While my husband came to the stop sign I caught something out of the corner of my eye to the right of me from outside my passenger side window. In the sky was a slow moving, large orange ball. I said outloud, "What is that?" While thoughts were processing in my mind, is it a helicopter? A firework? My husband said, "What, where?" I said, "Out there in the sky, what is that?!" He yelled, "I don't know." He put the four ways on and the truck into park. Another vehicle came up behind us, my husband motioned the guy to go around. The guy stopped, my husband and I got out of our truck, and said to the guy, "What is that?" He looked out his passenger window, and said, "I don't know man, could be a firework." Then he drove off. Several vehicles came and went, while my husband and I observed. I grabbed the binoculars and looked, the "thing" was cone shaped with what looked liked fire spinning around it...very slow moving, very orange and very bright. Resembled the search light of a helicopter, it's the only example I can logically give. But I've never seen an orange spot light on any aircraft. This is bizarre, I gave the binoculars to my husband and he saw the exact same thing. It definitely appeared to on fire, spinning, very bright orange, and a cone shape. I don't know if it appeared as a cone, so much so that it was spinning and the core of it gave off a triangular appearance or what. It was like nothing we had ever seen. And the fact that not a single other person gave it any thought, no one else stopped to get out and observe this bizarre sight. We are clueless, was it a meteor? No firework would drift or move so slow and burn so bright after explosion. None that we'd ever seen. It literally went over top of us. As it moved on, we got back into the truck and followed it, eventually in minutes in completely disappeared. We wonder did it burn out? We will never forget this!
July 6, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Lancaster, PA
The single UFO was seen to the left of a firework show in Lancaster, PA. It was a single light flashing the colors red, blue, and green. It stood still for about a minute, then flew to the right for a couple seconds. While in the middle of flying to the right fast, it quickly turned and went left. After a bit of flying around, it flew farther down with some trees blocking the view.
July 6, 2014 · 9:15 PM · FIREBALL
York, PA
While skying watching from our deck, spotted a bright orange object on a northern trajectory from the south. The rate of speed seemed to be much slower then any meteor that I've seen in the past. As I pointed the first object out to my son and as the first object seemed to fade behind clouds to the north the second object appeared to the south. My son stepped into the house to tell my wife what we were seeing and as he did a third object appeared. As he returned to the deck the fouth appeared and we proceeded to watch a fifth and six object arrive. All six objects appeared to be on an identical trajectory. They all seemed to slow at a point when we were looking at them towards the east. Having been in the Navy they had more of an appearance of missles inflight. No noise, no vapor trails. One did appear to eject a lighted objected at the end of it's run and another appear to be somewhat elongated with lights down the side. From time spotted in the southern sky to their burn out or disappearnce to the north took about two minutes each. I have seen objects from my deck for the past several years and one similiar sighting just about four or five days before this one. This one appeared to come from the east. We have continuous air traffic over our house and I these objects were not planes. Very, very curious and hoping for some kind of explanation.
July 6, 2014 · 1:05 AM · LIGHT
New Freedom, PA
I saw 2 golden yellow balls of light flying slowly through the sky. Had to get off highway to follow them. They flew north east and first one disappeared then the second one did. I was stopped by a field and lost sight of them. They were NOT planes or helicopters and totally silent
July 5, 2014 · 10:40 PM · FIREBALL
Philadelphia, PA
Me and My Father were on the porch talking, when I noticed an Orange light in the sky. I told my father, he turned around and saw it. I then grabbed binoculars and aimed them at the object. It looked like Saturn at first with a ring, then it turned and we saw what looked like a yellow light dropping out of the object. Then, it went further away from us at fast speeds until it disappeared.
July 5, 2014 · 10:15 PM · FIREBALL
Pottstown, PA
While waiting for fireworks to start we saw an orange ball move across the sky towards the north at a rapid speed. It slowed almost to a stop and shifted east. It then disappeared. It was a blurry orange ball with no flashing lights or any other visible markings. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 5, 2014 · 10:15 PM · CYLINDER
Harleysville, PA
A bright orange cylinder traveling northeast, at high speed, dimmed and veered towards the east. There was no sound and no strobe lights to confuse this with an aircraft.