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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.
7,220 entries
August 19, 2017 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Sanford, FL
I was driving into my neighborhood last night at approximately 9:30, and was preparing to park my car in my garage, when I glanced up in the southeast sky at my roofline and noticed three glowing, pulsating, orange orbs flying slowly in a northwesterly direction in a large triangular formation. As far as size perspective goes--they were the size of a typical pearl bead held at arm's length. I estimate they were traveling at a distance of about 10-15,000 feet and were completely silent and their airspeed was approximately 200-300 mph. The objects’ color never changed. I watched the objects break formation when they were directly overhead and begin moving in a somewhat straight line, as they gradually disappeared into the northwest sky. This part of the sighting lasted about 2-3 minutes. I then saw another of these objects traveling along the same flight path, approaching from the southeast sky, at which point, I ran inside my house to get my wife outside as a witness to what I was observing. We both watched this object through my binoculars as it headed in a straight line into the northwest sky. Same estimated airspeed, size and distance as the other objects. Also, at this point, I noticed several neighbors down the street from us, standing in their front yards, watching these objects. We were both getting ready to go inside the house, when we noticed yet another of the objects, same size, flight path, speed, color, etc., traveling in exactly the same direction as the previously sighted objects. We watched as it gradually disappeared in the northwest sky. I estimate the total length of this sighting to be approximately 10-15 minutes. We waited outside for another 10 minutes but nothing else unusual was sighted. We are approximately 10 miles from Sanford-Orlando International Airport and are very used to seeing various types of commercial and sometimes military aircraft over the last 17 years. I have also piloted single engine aircraft and have never seen anything like these objects before tonight.
August 19, 2017 · 9:00 PM · TEARDROP
Springhill, FL
Sideway teardrop ,looked up it was mirror-like refelecting the sky and clouds. Silver-like size was like a blimp.briefly was there in dying sunset, was set in sky looking away from sunset. Then it was gone. Not like it flew away. Just readjusted a went invisible
August 19, 2017 · 10:30 AM · FORMATION
Winter Haven, FL
Started out as am orange red ball just sitting there. Then it broke apart into a bunch of smaller lights (5-7), almost in a formation. They came back together, and then split apart again, before disappearing into the southern skies.
August 18, 2017 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
West Palm, FL
This was observed for at least 10 minutes; much too big for a drone Have photos on phone
August 17, 2017 · 9:00 PM · RECTANGLE
New Port Richey, FL
I went outside to smoke a cig around 21:00, and saw a bright object on fire. I called my friends outside, and a second object appeared. We watched both objects for about 35 seconds, as they headed up and out of site in a slight arch. Looked like a rocket and booster. Searched Internet for any Rocket Launches tonight in Florida….nothing. Secret launch from Southern Florida?
August 15, 2017 · 10:33 PM · FIREBALL
Cape Coral, FL
This is our second sighting, last one the green fireball in Nov. 2016, witnessed from Ft Myers to E. Coast of Florida. Very bright orange and no tail, which made it really surreal.
August 15, 2017 · 9:30 PM · CIRCLE
Jensen Beach, FL
Around 9:30pm, I was leaving work with a coworker and standing outside, facing toward south west, not extremely high was a round craft which looked as it was lit from within a white/blueish color with a fog/haze around it, There was an airplane which was flying much higher and it was obvious it was a plane, we heard it and all. This was different. It didn't appear to be flying but hovering over the area, we saw it for about 3 full minutes and then it disappeared right infringement of our eyes. There was no sound or anything, it was also not a drone (our immediate thought at first) it was a large white round craft.
August 13, 2017 · 10:00 AM · SPHERE
St. Petersburg, FL
Saw streak that quickly slowed down to reveal perfect sphere. Slowing also changed colour from white orange streak to orange red sphere. Thought it might drop from sky, but disappeared behind tree line. Object was low and close and travelled at improbable trajectory (perfectly horizontal) - 45 degrees off the ground and seemingly close mile or less away. Object was clear, outline was crisp. So in summary, thought I was seeing a horizontal shooting star that slowed down to reveal sphere - completely silent.
August 12, 2017 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Kissimee, FL
I was driving home from work on World Drive south of Highway 192 and noticed a stationary red light, with two smaller white lights flashing horizontally on either side of the red light in the center. The White lights on either side of the larger Red light were flashing at approximately half second intervals between flashes. When I first observed the lights, I assumed that it was an airliner approaching the nearby Orlando airport from head on. As I observed the lights I realized that this was an abnormal configuration for an airliner and continued to watch the lights for another 10 seconds approx. in this time the lights did not appear to move. The lights went out after approx. 20 seconds, as if they had been turned off.
August 12, 2017 · 7:00 PM · CYLINDER
Daytona Beach, FL
My husband and I watched what looked like a drone with a light under it over the ocean near the shore in Daytona Beach. It was moving south to north and then it turned heading east over the ocean until it left our vision over the ocean. We were wondering what we just saw when another drone-looking object came by going south to north on exact same path of travel and then also went east and finally left our vision over the ocean. I took a couple of distant pictures and the object when zoomed (fuzzy) looks more like a cylinder with metal rings around it. I just wish I had had a camera with a powerful zoom lens. The object is just a dot in the picture. I don't think a personal drone could have flown that high and far. Possibly military drone?
August 12, 2017 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Davenport, FL
We went inside for awhile, then decided to go back out, and they were still there, except for there was now a solid yellow light looking like a huge yellow ball to the left of the formation. At first was huge then faded to nothing in a instant, then it instantly came back. Once again we went back inside for awhile came back out and the 9 original lights that were positioned in there places were still in exact same spots still pulsating colors every now and then. This happened between hours of 3am and 6am.
August 9, 2017 · 12:20 AM · CHANGING
St. Petersburg, FL
My friend and I were camping at Fort De Soto. As we were sitting outside by the campfire, a strange mist started to fall (not quite rain, but definitely could be felt on the skin), we found it strange because there was not a cloud above us. As we were looking towards the sky to try and find where this mist was coming from we noticed what initially looked to be a plane in the sky that had a strange flight pattern heading towards us. It was too far away to see much so we thought that maybe it was a plane in distress. We decided to run past the trees into a field to get a better unobstructed view of it. At this point it was probably two football fields distance away from us and about as high as a helicopter is when they are searching for people on the ground (it was quite low). A few things became apparent as this was happening… 1. Both my friend and I got goosebumps all over our bodies (including our cheeks) and the hairs on our bodies stood up at the exact same time. 2. It was now close enough to see the shape and what jumped out at us first was that it was round in the front with a cigar shaped tail (definitely unlike any plane we'd ever seen before-it had no wings!) 3. It had absolutely no sound coming from it other than a low hum, and 4. It was blacker in color than the night sky. It had 4 round white lights around the front which quickly morphed into 1 bright center light and then morphed back into 4 individual lights, again. It then made a sharp U-turn towards our left, went into some trees for about 5 seconds to where we couldn't see it, and came back out and over us again heading in the opposite direction, only now in an entirely different shape! It was now in the shape of a 4 engine military looking plane (completely different from its original shape). It proceeded to head in the opposite direction away from us and into the trees where we could no longer get a visual on it. About 30 seconds later the mist was completely gone. The whole incident probably only took about 2-3 minutes.
August 5, 2017 · 9:10 PM · SPHERE
Niceville, FL
I was outside on the phone with my father, and I turned towards my house. I noticed the object, an orange sphere, moving north east from the Gulf of Mexico, just above tree top height from my location. There was no sound. There were no anti-collision lights visible as would appear on man made aircraft. I was to the left of the object, and the light was a steady brightness as it traveled. It was too slow and to be a shooting star, and left no visible trail as an object entering the atmosphere would do. Now, the area around here is Eglin AFB Reservation, and I've seen helicopters, MV-22 Ospreys, C-130s, and various commercial aircraft at various times at night, and this wasn't any of those. It wasn't a parachute flare, as it was moving horizontally, and maintained a level flight path. My background is military. Former Marine, worked on AV-8B Harriers for a decade. I'm very familiar with how aircraft look at night, and what they sound like at various distances.
August 3, 2017 · 9:40 PM · EGG
South Daytona, FL
I was watching television in my family room when I noticed some strange, bright red orange lights in the distance. I went out on my patio to see what they were. I then saw four glowing somewhat egg shaped orbs move into a formation of two in a row over the other two and hover. As I watched, another one began to rise from a little further west, and slowly move into the same area as the other four began to move away, in single file. Several more followed suit, and there were probably at least ten of them in all. The objects made no noise, and the entire body of them glowed red orange. The top of the orbs gave somewhat of a handle look over the lower part. The tops were lighter in color and a little blurrier than the lower parts. I could not see any flashing lights, or obvious external lights. The objects flew off in a slight "S" pattern, first coming from the west, then stopping and hovering, and then flying northwest, and finally north. They appeared to be moving very slowly and gracefully, but in a matter of seconds, the lights became very tiny, seeming to have moved fast, though it didn't seem so. Very odd. I lost sight of the objects when they just disappeared. It was like a candle being blown out, not darting away or a sudden light going out. They dimmed and went out. The entire event was probably less than 5 minutes and I didn't have time to grab a camera. Just before the last of the objects moved out of view, a small plane began heading in their direction. I could barely hear its engine. The objects, however, made no sound. The plane had blinking lights, whereas the objects appeared to be glowing, orb like things, with no external lights detectable. I live near the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, so I am used to seeing all kinds of aircraft. These things were not planes, helicopters, or drones.
August 1, 2017 · 1:00 AM · OTHER
Bradenton, FL
I noticed some nifty looking clouds that were brighter then others so I got my smartphone out to record them. Approximately 37 seconds into recording the sky, this bright blue blob that resembled a doughnut shape appeared out of thin air, above me to the left, of where I was shooting. It flashed several bright colors ranging from light blue to indigo as it wobbled across the sky blinking in and out sight untill it instantly vanished out of the atmosphere. I went through the recording many times in slow motion and took screen shots from my phone of this thing. I can attach the video clip of this and/or pictures I extracted from the video. It was strange because I continued recording (atleast I thought) but the video abruptly shut off like 10 seconds after it first appeared. It was almost 2 years ago but I remember clearly it was small, but extremely bright. It looked like a light blue ball of plasma with a dark blue center in the middle (like a doughnut)
July 28, 2017 · 11:25 PM · SPHERE
Lake Worth, FL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 28, 2017 · 8:30 AM · FIREBALL
Lake Worth, FL
Me and my dad were in the pool late at night it happened as I asked what would you do if aliens came over our house right now? He answered back saying, "I don't know" seconds after we looked into the stars and saw a huge bright green and purple light traveling across the sky the seemed to disappeared in less than a second.
July 27, 2017 · 2:16 AM · UNKNOWN
Orlando, FL
I was driving North on the 429 heading to Orlando at 2:16 AM, when I saw 5 lights in a straight line shining through the clouds. They were as big as the moon, but I could not see any objects because they were shining behind clouds. They were spaced equally, one object being able to fill the gap between the other. I figured they were spotlights from Disney, but I realized Disney was behind me and there was nothing else that would shine spotlights at 2 AM. I kept an eye on them, but they suddenly zoomed out as fast as a meteorite travels across the sky. I couldn't see where they went the first time as I was driving. A few moments later they zoomed back to their original formation. I put my hazards on and pulled off the road. I tried getting it on video, but it was too dark. They traveled in a straight line, but in slightly different angles so they were spaced evenly, but farther separated from each other when I looked behind me. I sat there watching them for about 10 minutes, but they finally zoomed out of view and never came back. They zoomed out and in probably 2 times in a span of 5 minutes. They mostly hovered. They disappeared for about a few minutes, but they came back and zoomed in and out for maybe another 2 or 3 times in a period of 5 minutes. I ruled out spotlights since they flew out of range that a spotlight has. It was apparent that they were behind the clouds, and not light being projected onto them.
July 24, 2017 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Sarasota, FL
I went outside to smoke a cigarette and noticed three objects in the sky, moving around each other very oddly. The objects then formed a triangle and two of them moved downward where I couldn't see them anymore. The other one stayed put for about 30 mins before I could no longer see it. Many planes came to check out the area when the object was in the sky. The objects were flashing the colors red, green, and blue, I believe. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We have amended the time of the sighting, indicated above, to reflect a nighttime sighting, which we assume was the case. PD
July 24, 2017 · 5:18 AM · OVAL
Holiday, FL
AT 5:18 AM ON THE MORNING OF 07/24/2017 BROUGHT DOG OUT TO PEE HEARD A LOUD NOISE OF AN HELICOPTER WHEN IN SIGHT IT WAS LOW ABOVE NORMAL TREES THAT ARE IN FRONT YARD, THIS HELICOPTER WAS ALL BLACK NO MARKINGS THAT I COULD TELL. THE ONLY LIGHTS VISIBLE WERE THE ONES ON THE BLACK HELICOPTER AND THEY WHERE ONLY ON THE BOTTOM NOT UNDERNEATH BUT THE BOTTOM THEY WERE RED LIGHTS SPACES OUT ALONG THE BOTTOM OF HELICOPTER. I AM WONDERING WHY THIS COPTER WAS SO LOW AND GOING FAST THEN I LOOKED IN FRONT OF IT... IT WAS ESCORTING A CRAFT THAT MOST DEFINITELY WAS NOT A PLANE, OR ANOTHER HELICOPTER, NT THE SHAPE OF A PLANE, BESIDES THE FACT IT WAS little SMALLER THEN THE COPTER like the size of the copter without the tail AND FLYING A LITTLE LOWER AND FASTER THEN THE COPTER THIS CRAFT MADE NO SOUND AND LOOKED LIKE A DARK MASS THE SHAPE SEEMED TO BE OVAL BUT NOT A PERFECT OVAL NO LIGHTS ON THIS CRAFT AND THE COLOR WAS DARK NOT EXACTLY BLACK AS THE COPTER A LITTLE LIGHTER TO WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE ONLY NOISE WAS THE HELICOPTER. WENT SOUTH ALONG WEST COAST IN THE HOLIDAY AREA. Source of report elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. See other report, possibly from other witness. PD
July 24, 2017 · 5:18 AM · OVAL
Holiday, FL
At 5:18 am on Monday morning in Holiday F.L ( PASCO COUNTY) TWO AIRCRAFT, ONE A BLACK UNMARKED HELICOPTER AND THE OTHER DARK OF OVAL SHAPE (WITHOUT LIGHTS ANYWHERE) FLYING LOW ON THE WEST COAST HEADING SOUTH. THIS HELICOPTER WAS INDEED ESCORTING THIS DARK MASS OF AN OBJECT FLYING AT A DECENT SPEED THE HELICOPTER WAS LOUD DUE TO BEING QUITE LOW, THE OBJECT HAD NO SOUND! WHATSOEVER. THIS DARK OBJECTS SHAPE WAS NOT AT ALL OF A PLANE NOR ANOTHER HELICOPTER.. WHY WAS THERE NO LIGHTS AT ALL??? WHAT IS GOING ON THIS MORNING. MAYBE GOING TO MAC-DILL AIR FORCE BASE. Source of report elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. See other report, possibly from other witness. PD
July 21, 2017 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Deltona, FL
This wasn't a plane and it was very large but not in space it was in our clouds in our atmosphere, at least it was large enough to see clearly couldn't have been mistaken for a star it was close. The source of the report contacted our Center via telephone, and he assured us that the report is a serious-minded attempt to describe what he had seen. He sounded to us to be sincere. He stated that he would provied more details in an addendum. PD
July 20, 2017 · 12:40 AM · CIRCLE
Delray Beach, FL
At 12:40 am, i look in the night sky and i see what i thought was maybe a balloon or plastic bag. it appeared to be moving rather slow. almost floating. Moving north-west. it looked like a glowing white CD. very faint. flew off into the night and disappeared into the distance just like a plane would. Insane!!! tried capturing it on camera but my crappy phone wouldn't pick up the faint glow of the saucer. second sighting for me. first was in 2014.
July 19, 2017 · 7:30 PM · FORMATION
Fort Lauderdale, FL
it was 4 objects hovering together...sometimes forming a diamond, sometimes coming close together, sometimes separating quite a bit apart...but always in the same location. Then moved slowly across the sky, stopping again and then going higher, until disappeared.