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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
September 10, 2019 · 7:50 AM · CONE
Flagstaff, AZ
Four circular unidentified shapes noted in the east sky from North NAU Campus. At approximately 55 degree angle from the surface. Shapes occasionally flickered in formation. Approximately eleven professional witnesses noted the sighting. By blocking the light from the sun increased the visibility of the object(s).
September 10, 2019 · 5:00 AM · CIRCLE
Overland Park, KS
In the southeast sky, roughly at 1/4 from directly above, there was a bright star from first appearance. It seemed to sparkle in a diamond type of way but much brighter white than a typical star. It was completely round, with white lights, maybe 15, on the outer edge. There were many dinner white lights within the round object. A blue light was spotted within the object but was not consistently there. All other lights remained and moved only slightly. It never moved much but moved enough to clearly see it was not a natural object. It remained for about thirty minutes. It dimmed toward the end of the thirty minutes and disappeared almost as though it had burned out. My husband and sixteen year old son saw this after I woke them up to confirm that this was not a natural object in the sky. It was completely circular with very defined white lights on the outer edges. It was very high in the sky but not as far away as a star might be to the human eye.
September 10, 2019 · 3:00 AM · CIRCLE
Highland, CA
I saw a very bright ship come out of nowhere above my head flying very crazy like a fly or a ball in a pin ball machine than flew away towards mach air force base in Riverside going at least mach 20 speed it aaa so fast it looked like it just vanished
September 10, 2019 · 12:00 AM
Lowell, MA
What I saw was orange lights, Or a white light, and it quietly Appears, and disappears after Seconds up to a minute, it is Not a city light. I see the Lights above the city, moving Slow, and fading as fast as It apoears.
September 9, 2019 · 10:55 PM · CIRCLE
Williamstown, KY
Sitting on my porch, looking at the night sky, facing south. I was startled by what looked like a bright orange ball surrounded in a distortion appear and immediately fly west at an extremely fast speed out of sight. It appeared to be a few hundred feet up and a few hundred feet out from me. The entire event was silent. When the object first appeared it seemed like a sudden explosion into existence before flying off. It was almost like a bright, up close, silent comet.
September 9, 2019 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Mendota, CA
Driving south on 50. toward the west a boomerang like triangle flew over the highway. Three lights flashed and pulsed, shifting from very bright to barely visible. Sometimes all three would flash, occasionally only one or the other. The aircraft was close to the ground and moved incredibly fast in a strange curved flight pattern.
September 9, 2019 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Graettinger, IA
Son driving home- in the country. He saw a circular shape rotating with 3 bright lights. The lights were also circulating. The object was following him, and he was driving a pick up with cab lights pulling a trailer with lights also. We felt the object was intrigued by this and followed him. He called us and asked if we were watching it, and when we went to the window to look it shot off to the SE extremely fast and disappeared.
September 9, 2019 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Lewisburg, TN
It was a triangle shaped object and had lights all over it that changes colors moving slowly across the sky then disappeared. There were several smaller triangle's in the sky also. The next few nights, I have seen one smaller triangle with flashing lights on it.
September 9, 2019 · 8:47 PM · CHANGING
Lakewood, CA
I was looking up at the moon. Several degrees below the moon I thought I saw a drone, however, there were no blinking lights or sounds. It must've been much higher up than I thought. It traveled from the southern sky to the eastern. As it got to the eastern part of the sky, it seemed to elongate, and then change shape again -- for awhile it looked like a hawk doing barrel rolls. When it was done with the acrobatics, it must've decided to go vertical because it went from having a visible tangible shape to looking like any other star in the sky, and then the cloud cover made it disappear.
September 9, 2019 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Honolulu, HI
Spherical object. Phosphorescent green. Moving east to west at amazing speed. Object appeared to be extremely low. It passed over valley in less than 1 second (valley +/- .75 miles across). When directly overhead object appeared to be the size is a “normal” chewing gum ball. I was certain the object would collide into the valley ridge. It did not. The trajectory would have let the object pass over central Oahu but there were no reports of the object nor reports of falling/colliding objects. Estimating speed of object difficult but based upon a comparative analysis of commercial jet aircraft that take approximately the same vector daily, one could assume the UFO was traveling in excess of 3000 mph (perhaps significantly faster). No trailing sparks or fumes. No sound. Lasting impressions: 1. Appeared very low yet cleared all obstacles (path was linear). 2. The glowing green color was firm; no radiating haze. 3. Amazing no one else saw this albeit it’s speed was astronautical.
September 9, 2019 · 7:00 PM · CIGAR
New Franklin, OH
On September 9, 2019, in New Franklin, Ohio. about 7pm my daughter and I saw, what at first we thought was an airplane. It had caught our attention because of how wide it was. We realized it didn’t appear to have wings. It was moving from the west, heading east. It was pretty high up in the air but very visible. It was silver and shaped like a cigar. It was traveling at a very steady, fast pace. We were able to see it fly as it flew the length of the sky. There did not appear to be any windows. The sky was very blue and clear at the time. We could not hear any sound or see any visible exhaust.
September 9, 2019 · 6:45 PM · CIGAR
Lakewood, OH
I would like to preface this account to state that everything happened so quickly that I can not say with complete certainty what I saw. The account below will be on the long side, but I am attempting to be clear in what I know for sure and what is a little hazy. The experience was very surprising and almost surreal. After thinking about the experience for the past week and talking with several people about it, I remain confident that what I saw is not explained by any object that I am aware of (bird, plane, helicopter, drone). In the early evening of Tuesday, September 19, 2019, I was out for a walk with my five-year old son. We were outside in part because there were thousands of dragonflies in our front yard and the yards nearby. I have never seen anything like that. When I got home from work, I had noticed quite a few flying around. Over the next hour or so, they became more and more numerous. Around 6:30pm, I took my son outside to see them. We then went for a walk down to Lake Erie. As we were walking back to our house, I kept looking around at the dragonflies which were everywhere. At 6:45pm (+/- 10 minutes), we were several hundred feet west of our house in a relatively open area. The sky was clear, with very few/no clouds. As I looked up in the sky, I saw a moving object in the south sky. I immediately noticed its very fast pace. I could not associate it with anything such as a plane, helicopter, or bird. My first thought was that it was a drone, based on its apparent size and distance away. We see small drones in the area from time to time, but they usually move somewhat erratically, slowly, and always seem to have blinking lights. As I tried to process what I was seeing, I realized that it was moving as if it was an arrow shot from a bow. There was absolutely no deviation from its course. I noticed no lights. The object appeared to me to be gray and elongated (in the direction of travel). I saw no exhaust or trails. I attempted to listen for a sound, but heard nothing discernible. When I first spotted the object, it was slightly east of due south. It was traveling east/north-east. I would say that it was at an angle of approximately 20 degrees above the horizon. There was no obvious change in its elevation during the time that I saw it. I followed its path until it disappeared from my view just north of due east. There are condo towers east of my neighborhood. They are approximately thirty stories tall. I lost sight of the object when it passed the towers and my sight of it was blocked. After it had passed, I tried to process what I had just seen. I sat down on a bench in our front yard with my son to continue watching the dragonflies. Approximately several minutes later (maybe more), I heard the noise of a large helicopter. Very soon a Chinook helicopter appeared from the east heading almost due west. We see one or often three Chinooks heading east or west out over Lake Erie (1000' north of our house) not infrequently. This one was probably less than 200' north of our house. I haven't seen one so close before. My son and I watched as it passed over, and I rushed to get my phone in camera mode. I was able to snap a photo of it when it was about to disappear behind some trees several hundred feet west of me. Since seeing this, I have tried to figure out what it was that I saw. The speed that it was moving was much greater than anything that I have seen before. I have watched the International Space Station pass over, and this traveled across the sky much, much quicker. My best estimate is that it traveled about two miles during the time that I saw it (5-10 sec...I can't be sure).
September 9, 2019 · 6:00 PM · CYLINDER
Leupp, AZ
We stopped several times to take photos and to see if we noticed any movement. However there was no movement. It just hovered in the same spot for over an hour.
September 9, 2019 · 1:00 PM · DIAMOND
Dive, PA
The craft was diamond shaped with three rigged circles at the bottom all silver. It was just hovering there for about two minutes then disappeared, but where the craft was the birds were circling around, as if it was still there, and I proceeded to the store.
September 9, 2019 · 12:39 AM · SPHERE
Fulton County, NY
Seen a really bright circle that was white in the middle, the it was yellow to orange to peach in color around the edges. I thought it was weird for the area then upon investigating the anomaly i was able to get a better look at the light. It was something I've never seen before. The object was still about 200 feet away. It was something I've never seen before.
September 9, 2019 · 12:03 AM · LIGHT
Lagrange, GA
Driving over a bridge, i saw what i thought was a very bright star in my peripheral vision and after about 10 seconds of it being there, i looked at it and it immediately zig- zagged left, right, left, then finally it went straight down and disappeared like switching off a light switch.
September 8, 2019 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Prosser, WA
I was driving to a convenience store in Prosser, Washington, taking the I-82 between Grandview and Prosser. It was overcast, raining and thundering. Noticing a bright white light on the side of Horse Heaven Hills, not really paying much attention but looking over at it from time to time. As I pulled into the Loves, I noticed it was now blinking white and red brightly, then dulling turning off and on. I got out of my car and moved out to the side of the building and watched it. I was looking South - South East, roughly bearing 175 Degrees. It was moving back and forth East to West. I watched it for a minute before going inside to get a few things. Coming back outside and still seeing it do its thing, I decided to try and get to where it was. Driving through town taking SW Bennett Ave. To Highway 22, I had lost sight of it and I could no longer see it due to maybe the top of the hill. Not having a place I felt comfortable pulling over I simply continued on home. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he sounded to us to be both sincere, and sober-minded. PD
September 8, 2019 · 10:05 PM · FIREBALL
Jackson, OH
While on 279 heading to Jackson Lake, seen a large orange and yellow "fireball". It quickly moved using a downward and to the right very fast and disappeared in the sky. I also lost cell signal for several miles and I usually do not lose a signal.
September 8, 2019 · 10:01 PM · OVAL
Cape Coral, FL
Driving down Chiquita Blvd towards Cape Parkway we both were looking out and saw on the left side (east) This huge green/blue light shoot across the sky at a very low altitude it was definitely oval, disc shape. It pop up out of nowhere and shot straight across and disappearing not leaving anything behind and again it was massive in size and very low.
September 8, 2019 · 9:50 PM · OTHER
Santa Barbara, CA
Conditions at the time of the sighting were dark, clear, and windless. While driving southbound on the 154 at the dead top of the pass, I witnessed what at first seemed to be a meteor flying directly overhead in the same direction as I. San Marcos pass summit is at approximately 1000 m in elevation and drops rapidly to sea level. At the summit there is a clear view out over the Santa Barbara channel for about one half mile. The initial brightness of the object as it passed directly overhead entering my field of view through the windshield is estimated at -8, i.e. much brighter than Venus. Within seconds the object had descended to at or below my elevation and was approximately five miles ahead of me now directly over Santa Barbara town. The brightness of the light did not change in this period even though I now witnessed it from behind rather than below. Within thirty seconds the white light changed to red flashing port side and green solid starboard which seemed like "domestic" aircraft but the lights weren't distinct and separated as normal aircraft lighting is. Both red and green lights displayed laser-like qualities rather than incandescent or led. Furthermore the lights seemed to blend with one another to a degree as though seen through a haze. The flashing of the red light was not metered in any sense either as though it was randomly flashing in about one second intervals. At this point my view was obscured (and I hadn't crashed the truck (I refer to this stretch as "the death zone" due to the number of car wrecks here)). Within seconds the view opened back up and the uap was now at least fifteen miles to the southeast over the channel off Port Hueneme. The light now appeared further away but more intense which defies my understanding of the physics of light. At this point my view was obscured. In retrospect, I estimate the object traveled approximately 500' overhead at a rate of 1000 mph.
September 8, 2019 · 9:50 PM · OTHER
Santa Barbara, CA
Conditions at the time of the sighting were dark, clear, and windless. While driving southbound on the 154 at the dead top of the pass I witnessed what at first seemed to be a meteor flying directly overhead in the same direction as I. San Marcos pass summit is at approximately 1000 m in elevation and drops rapidly to sea level. At the summit there is a clear view out over the Santa Barbara channel for about one half mile. The initial brightness of the object as it passed directly overhead entering my field of view through the windshield is estimated at -8, i.e. much brighter than Venus. Within seconds the object had descended to at or below my elevation and was approximately five miles ahead of me now directly over Santa Barbara town. The brightness of the light did not change in this period even though I now witnessed it from behind rather than below. Within thirty seconds the white light changed to red flashing port side and green solid starboard which seemed like "domestic" aircraft but the lights weren't distinct and separated as normal aircraft lighting is. Both red and green lights displayed laser-like qualities rather than incandescent or led. Furthermore the lights seemed to blend with one another to a degree as though seen through a haze. The flashing of the red light was not metered in any sense either as though it was randomly flashing in about one second intervals. At this point my view was obscured (and I hadn't crashed the truck (I refer to this stretch as "the death zone" due to the number of car wrecks here)). Within seconds the view opened back up and the uap was now at least fifteen miles to the southeast over the channel off Port Hueneme. The light now appeared further away, but more intense which defies my understanding of the physics of light. At this point my view was obscured. In retrospect I estimate the object traveled approximately 500' overhead at a rate of 1000 mph.
September 8, 2019 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Southington, CT
9 moving lights in sky
September 8, 2019 · 11:40 AM · OTHER
Bear Creek township, PA
Driving home around 1130 route 115 towards bear creek i noticed a cigar shaped white or silver object in the sky siting motionless looked far away i kept looking up like what is that then it moved very quickly and disappeared right before my eyes no trail or anything and not a cloud in the sky. This sounds nuts but it hsppened
September 8, 2019 · 4:30 AM · SPHERE
Hurricane, UT
Red colored orb sitting high in sky in one spot, hovering. Then raised straight up, fast, to a very high altitude in the sky and turned bright blue. I compared height pictures from drones and this was well over the limit of a drone and at least 1,000 feet up, probably more. It was an overcast unusually foggy night for our area. It remained blue then dropped straight down at a controlled descent in which it turned red again once reaching the same altitude where I first saw it. It then continued to go down towards the ground until I could not see it. VERY BRIGHT. I have looked at pictures of Drones. They are not bright like this and I do not think could have raised elevation straight up and down so fast. I was sitting on my deck looking South toward's Molly's Nipple, a local landmark.