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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 5, 2019 · 12:04 AM · FIREBALL
Kent, WA
I had just submitted a report about 15 minutes before we saw this last fireball light. This fireball light was similar to the previous one I reported (fireball). It lifted above the horizon from the northeast, and slowly traveled south before stopping in the sky. We live close to Sea-Tac airport, and noticed it stoped in the flight path of departing airplanes to the west. I filmed the object, and within 45 seconds a airplane came into the frame of video heading right towards the fireball shaped light. As the plane approached the light, it made a obvious and deliberate deviation away from the light. I have this on video. The airplane left the frame of video, while the fireball light remained. The light stayed visible for approximately 30 seconds more before vanishing.
July 4, 2019 · 11:56 PM · DISK
prestonsburg, KY
green floating discs
July 4, 2019 · 11:45 PM · TEARDROP
Lincoln Park, MI
Black "BIG" fast moving & totaly silent. Over South East MI. Came from South headed north. The front was rounded the back end was straight lines going to a point. I tried to fill but just turned out black screen. Took pics of what I thought was a dark trail it left behind but it was actually the clear sky from where it actually cut a line thru the clouds. It was a totaly calm night. I can't hardly believe I saw what I saw but as sure as I know the sun will rise tomorrow "I freaking seen it!!!" And I'm sure the tower at Detroit metro airport. HAD to see this thing.
July 4, 2019 · 11:03 PM · UNKNOWN
Fargo, ND
There were two objects in the night sky moving north to south direction. The first object was moving very fast, and there were no strobe lights like an airplane would have. Then after a few seconds there was a 2nd object with the same characteristic as the first flying behind. Same instance of flames from the back end. You could see type of wing on both sides of where the flames were coming out of the back. It wasn't balloons due to moving in a perfect straight line with no deviated course. Around the back of the object seemed to be a white aura. Shortly after these too went into the distance at fast speeds and no sound was heard. Another object of the same characteristic came out of nowhere and from NNE to SSW direction then disappeared shortly after. As I have never seen this before and it was during the fireworks but it was way to high and going way to fast. It was like a spacecraft or even unconfirmed space debris possibly. But the strange thing it looked ! like it went out of the atmosphere due to the flames were directly showing only with the aura in a shape of wings. There was no sound coming from these objects. Very strange.
July 4, 2019 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Manchester, KY
it came down after the fireworks were over and hovered for awhile then took off. i was able to go inside and get other witnesses to come out and see it before it disappeared. i have no idea if anyone else around saw it but it was so big it would have been hard to miss if they were looking up.
July 4, 2019 · 10:50 PM · SPHERE
San Antonio, TX
We had been watching the 4th of July fireworks going off in our neighborhood from our driveway. They had started to slow down around 10:45pm so we were going to head inside. Just at that moment we all noticed an extremely bright ball of light moving quickly from left to right rather low in the sky but higher than a firework. While watching it go by we all were questioning each other on what we were seeing. As we were watching, it suddenly turned from a ball of white to red, flashed a few times then disappeared. This object did not admit any sound and was definitely not a firework.
July 4, 2019 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Jensen Beach, FL
Sat still for 10 minutes then separated slightly, then instantly took off across the sky. Faster than any craft of this planet! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
July 4, 2019 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Washougal, WA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2019 · 10:30 PM · OTHER
Big Coppitt Key, FL
I ran inside to grab my phone to start recording it, but by the time I got back outside it was knowwhere in site!!!
July 4, 2019 · 10:28 PM · UNKNOWN
Chesapeake, VA
First I thought it was a meteor, my dog looked curious and stop in her tracks. Kinda got scared. The time, as originally indicated by the source of the report, may be flawed. We have changed the time, in order to reflect a nighttime sighting, but we have no means of confirming whether our assumption is correct. PD
July 4, 2019 · 10:15 PM · OVAL
Jacksonville, AR
I live in a pretty old somewhat historic area with very old large trees around my property in every direction that block any distant views. It was 4th of July here in the united states. My boyfriend and I had decided to go outside to see if we could see any fireworks at around 9:15pm central time, we witnessed a few fireworks of a local neighbor & were able to see part of the finale at the local shooting & sports complex that is adjacent to my house several blocks north of my house. Those were the last viewable fireworks we saw from my house, you could still hear the fireworks from several directions but we were not able to see them with all the very large trees surrounding the area. We continued to stay outside, we put a blanket in the back of my boyfriends trailer, both of us having back problems decided to just lay in it and look at the stars & listen to the radio, my boyfriend went inside for a cigarette and i laying there on my back in the trailer looki! ng directly up above me see a slow moving satellite just passing by then out of nowhere i see a gold colored oval shaped o light appear a bit of a distance behind the satellite moving at the same speed trailing it for a brief moment as if it was following it. then the light went out then it reappeared a good distance in front of the satellite & sat there like it was waiting for it to catch up as if it was inspecting it. the light went out again, then came back on a short distance ahead of where it previously was then it disappeared & zoomed off instantly. The sattelite and the object both went south. My boyfriend came back outside & I had told him what I had seen. we stayed outside until about 11pm, the object was not seen again, the satellite had floated off and no more fireworks were seen
July 4, 2019 · 10:08 PM · SPHERE
Erie, PA
After fireworks started watched glowing sphere travel south to north glowing orange no sounds no aircraft in area and was not drone at the speed it moved and size was to big for drone.
July 4, 2019 · 10:05 PM · TRIANGLE
West Chester, OH
Shortly after 10pm on July 4th, 2019, I observed an unusual object in the south by southwest sky at about a 40-50 degree elevation from West Chester, Ohio. It caught my attention because the usual object first appeared to be perfectly still and did not show any characteristics associated with a helicopter. Later, it moved south at what appeared to be an extraordinarily high rate of speed. When it accelerated, I believe I heard a faint, very low frequency rumbling. Otherwise, there was no sound associated with the object. The object featured three lights in a triangular pattern. When I looked at the object through binoculars, I could clearly see that one of the lights was a steady red and two were alternating between green and red. The alternation occurred on a regular basis changing roughly once per second. There was no evidence of landing lights on the aircraft, and through the binoculars I could make out what appeared to be a triangle. Yes, this was on the Fourth of July. But this clearly was not any kind of firework. I also found it odd that if this was a research aircraft of some type, that it would be flying on a night when so many people would be looking up towards the sky. 10pm is a typical time for fireworks displays in this area. My son and wife also saw the same object. My son also observed it through the binoculars.
July 4, 2019 · 10:03 PM · FIREBALL
Kent, WA
During 4th of July fireworks, a big fireball shaped orb came from the northwest over lake Morton and disappeared in the middle of the open sky about 15 seconds after observed. I filmed the object, and after the first disappeared... 30 seconds later a second came from the same spot, and disappeared in approximately the same location. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
White Plains, KY
At first, I thought it might have been a helicopter or a plane with large lights, but then I thought that lights from an airplane cycle through red and white lights and there was no noise coming from the object. I know a helicopter at a far enough distance can’t be heard but they were coming in from the southeast and heading northwest past my area and at the closest distance I still couldn’t hear anything from the flying object. As it passed by I saw another one and then another, after about fifteen minutes I ended up counting out 13 of these crafts flying the same direction but in a kind of two lane type pattern. The closest I could guess I saw these crafts was more than a mile and I’ve heard helicopters when there were well past a mile and flying away from my vicinity. I’m not sure if anyone else has claimed to have saw them or even if I actually saw them but I was outside with my cousin at the time and she saw them with me, so maybe. Anyway I just wanted to report in my possible findings and hope that there is some truth to what I saw.
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Colon, MI
During 4th of July fireworks there's a strange red light not moving in high altitude. At one point it made a hard right faster then I ever saw anything move before.
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Colville, WA
Was watching the fireworks this Fourth of July with my ex boyfriend, when I noticed an orangish light just above the tree line. It would be visible and then disappear, I watched it do that 3 times. At first, he thought it was something related to the fireworks that I was seeing, but he realized it was not fireworks when the light came back and moving fast, from south to north then abruptly making a sharp turn and headed east, then it just vanished. This happened a couple of times before I had the presence of mind to get my phone and try to capture it on video. Literally the moment I started to video it, it vanished. Waited and waited, but it didn't come back. Until after the next weird ass thing happened. As I'm looking for this light, I see an enormous blue laser light cutting across the sky. I've never seen s laser that was that big, nor have I seen a blue one. My house is situated on a hill overlooking the valley, the orangish light had been over the mount! ains to the west and the laser came from the north (either from Colville Mountain or very close). The laser beam was very big and the intensity was so strong, it stretched across the sky. It was very brief, though. I have talked to a third person who also witnessed the laser, but from another location. After the laser went out, I noticed the orangish light was back, but now it was in the vicinity of where I had seen the laser. Once again, it flew along the tree line, back and forth a few times before it disappeared. I did get some video of what was happening, the quality is horrible (I am not an accomplished camera operator), but the light I was seeing is distinguishable. You can even see when it changes to an almost red color. Forgive the fact that my ex is totally bombed and providing non-stop commentary in the back ground :) I really do not know what I saw, only that it did not look like anything I've ever seen before.
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · FLASH
Lansing, IL
My husband and I were watching the westward sky for fireworks. I noticed what I thought was a red twinkling star. The object then began to move in a slow northerly direction. My husband believed it was a plane. The object then stopped and hovered in place for about 10 seconds and immediately accelerated and traveled in the opposite direction. We watched while the object began to travel downward quickly. It then began to climb back upward and traveled in a large circle. It went back and forth, east to west, and north to south for the next few minutes. It dropped and rose again and then continued westward until it was out of sight. It kept blinking bright red the entire time.
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · CHEVRON
Fayetteville, AR
Crafts were flying overhead during fireworks display. They were changing from red to green to red to green. Two of them stopped near each other behind us now, they stayed stationary about 20 minutes then one descended straight down. Then about five minutes later the other descended straight down. The third stayed on the other side of the sky where they all appeared from. Couldn’t tell if they made sound because the fireworks were so loud. They looked the size of small planes. The third one eventually disappeared. The entire sighting lasted about thirty minutes.
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Westport, WA
My fiance and myself went to the westport marina to watch the fireworks at approximately 10 pm on july 4th 2019 when we noticed a ball on fire floating across the sky, but spinning it would burn out after a few minutes but stay solid black flying like it had a purpose towards the ocean towards ocean shores then after it was almost out of view we noticed two more following the first one doing exactly the same thing making absolutely no noise. It wasn't fireworks I'm sure. An older army vet next to us witnessed this too he said he never saw anything like that in his life he said it didn't look military or like a drone.
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Antonito, CO
My fiance and I were watching fireworks all around us. We looked over to mount San Antonio, when we saw 3 orange lights moving slowly right above the Mountain. I tried to take video, but it didn't show up very well. It lasted approximately 6 minutes and just disappeared.
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Massapequa Park, NY
Saw orange ball of light a half mile away. It was 300 yards above the ground moving slowly across the sky for 10 minutes. Then it stopped, moved slowly straight up about 100 yards, then disappeared.
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Ridge, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Port Charlotte, FL
Triangle shaped,Orange lights I recorded 5 or 6 of them following the same path, and then disappearing into a vortex in the clouds. There is no Airpot near the area I recorded them.