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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
May 26, 2019 · 10:00 PM · FORMATION
Lincoln nh, NH
Two flashes of light 30 seconds apart then a straight line formation of what appeared to be stars. There were about 15 lined up following each other across the sky. Space Link satellites. PD
May 26, 2019 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Rumford, ME
Noticed 20 or 30 objects flying directly behind each other moving slow with in a beam of light flew overhead for 22 minutes and then disappeared other small singular sightings followed there after all through the night. This is just one of about 20 sightings we’ve noticed but this one being the most spectacular. SpaceLink satellites. PD
May 26, 2019 · 9:47 PM · CHANGING
Castle Rock, CO
It started out as 3 bright dots lined up in the sky (which I assumed were stars), but then I noticed they were moving fast, then they separated into more than 20 dots in a line across the sky (almost like a flying train.) Then the lights came back together into 3 before they were too far for us to see them.
May 26, 2019 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Lakewood, CO
Space Link satellites. PD
May 26, 2019 · 9:41 PM · FORMATION
Los alamos, NM
I was looking up at night sky for satellites and saw 3 stars really bight. I thought they were the constellation the 3 ladies, I think. Then they headed north east very fast like 3 stars connected by a red string. My daughter ran out and as they went overhead you could see 2 more following them. Then they went straight north by the time my husband saw them. They were moving so fast and no sound and no blinking. Like 5 stars connected by a string. Freaked us out and we left phones inside house. Space Link satellites. PD
May 26, 2019 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
Taos, NM
While stargazing and identifying Orion’s Belt.. 3 other “stars” caught my eye. They were spaced out just as Orion’s Belt, but moving in a very calm and steady linear path. They were all seemingly connected and a part of something larger. Connected my a translucent line, similar to fishing line.. a few times there were smaller faint “stars” that would appear to be trailing along behind it on the solitary path. It almost felt as though these “stars” were a part of a much larger machine that was invisible to the naked eye. I followed the train for about 3 minutes until it reached a point of light pollution and my eyes couldn’t keep up. Never once did it bounce or steer off the course of a straight line. Blended right in with the stars.. you wouldn’t double take unless you were doing what I was doing —- stargazing... and knowing that stars don’t move like THAT. I looked up the satellites just as an option of debunking.. but nothing in the NM area tonight. Alsoattempted to record but they were very dim and camera gone do poorly in low light. Space Link satellites. PD
May 26, 2019 · 9:00 PM · OVAL
Sicklerville, NJ
Original time and date were flawed. We have corrected them both. Hoax?? PD
May 26, 2019 · 9:00 PM · CYLINDER
North Conway, NH
Probable sighting of Space Link satellites. PD
May 26, 2019 · 8:53 PM · CIRCLE
Rome/Nekoosa, WI
We saw 3 bright lights, not blinking, following each other in a single file line. They appeared much higher then any airplane could fly, and were moving much faster then anything I have seen fly. There was no sound at all either. There were visible for a few minutes. The 3 lights were evenly spaced out. They were headed in a mostly north east direction. Space Link satellites. PD
May 26, 2019 · 8:34 PM · FORMATION
Hershey, PA
I was on the "Kissing Tower" ride at Hershey Park (a rotating observatory elevator that rises high) and took a bunch of photos with my phone in quick succession. I viewed the photos after, and in the direction facing the Hershey factory, two to four shiny objects of an upside down triangular shape could be seen high in the sky that appeared to be flying in formation. They changed position slightly from shot to shot. In the last shot they were partially hidden by the clouds.
May 26, 2019 · 6:49 PM · SPHERE
Quincy, MA
Noticed small dark sphere appear from over tree line in back yard traveling at a fairly slow speed, similar to passing commercial aircraft during approach to Logan airport. Object was approx. at a 70 degree angle in sky from my position, so it passed not far from directly above me. Object briefly passed through low cloud cover as it moved over head passing by having consistent speed and trajectory. Eventually, lost sight of object in cloud cover in distance.
May 26, 2019 · 3:58 PM · UNKNOWN
Minneapolis, MN
Close to 4 PM, we sat outside because we were done cutting the grass. Looked up at the sky and I asked my momma “do you remember the sky was the same, when we saw the red orbs” and Bam! I spot a UFO in the sky. This one was not an orb, I thought it was longer light. Vertically. As I zoomed closer it appeared different. I have been studying the images I took and zoomed in again, and am able to see a triangular shape. You can see very clearly the form. They were a few different things happening as we were looking at that direction. We could spot more than one object. I took a couple of videos hoping that at least one would capture the right image. In the video that I play repeatedly, you can also clearly see how something shoots out of the bigger object. The object appears and disappears. When they appear again it was slightly a different area. Not the same spot. At some point, it moved above us. Extremely high in the sky I would not even be able to calculate ! how far up it was. I do know it was above us because that’s where it stopped and then left. We were not able to see it after that. By left I mean disappeared.
May 26, 2019 · 1:20 PM · FLASH
Fort Mill, SC
Tiny speck of light. PD
May 26, 2019 · 11:35 AM · OTHER
Xenia, OH
A light the had a consistent blink and a consistent downward trajectory that disappeared at our horizon. It was moving very fast. Much faster than any satellite. We thought it was a meteor but noticed the consistent blinking. Crazy.. it was to our East.
May 26, 2019 · 11:30 AM · OTHER
Crane Lake, MN
Star/satellite sized and shaped white lights appeared in sky. Lined up in a straight line, at first spacing was tight and close together then spacing between them and gradually got longer until none. Seen while camping at Lake Jeannette, St. Louis County. Space Link satellites. PD
May 26, 2019 · 9:45 AM · OTHER
Cross plains, WI
We were having a campfire. It was a very clear night, we could see hundreds of stars. Suddenly, one of us say three UFOs flying in a straight line. They came from the west, flew over our heads, and then northeast. They looked like three stars moving at a moderate speed. They were white, non flashing lights. They didn’t make a sound as the flew across the sky. String of Space Link satellites. PD
May 26, 2019 · 3:00 AM · FORMATION
West seattle, WA
String of Space Link satellites. PD
May 26, 2019 · 2:00 AM · FIREBALL
West Des Moines, IA
Dear NUFORC network On Saturday May 26th i saw a “fireball UFO” outside my house in the mid west at about 2:00 AM the UFO was orange on the outside and was yellowish on the inside the UFO moved to the west for about thirty minutes until the light got dimmer and dimmer until the light disappeared completely. I saw the UFO while sitting on my back porch. It almost felt as if my ears were popping it was very strange. I have seen this before on may 20th 2017. This time it was different though it seemed brighter than last time and it seemed closer and since we live close to the airport I had a military jet or helicopter takeoff and fly low to the ground with the spotlight on this happened on the 2017 occasion as well. Please get back to me as soon as possible thank you!
May 26, 2019 · 1:00 AM · CHANGING
Owensboro, KY
Was on patio watching the stars since it was a clear night. Directly overhead there was a short burst of bright gold light then in a completely straight line 3 to 5 gold bursts shot out from the original light. Lasted about 5 seconds.
May 26, 2019 · 12:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Sinclair Island, WA
Four distant white dots (lights similar to Satelites) were observed moving across the Northern sky over San Juan Islands, WA. Objects were synchronized in an eastern pointing line traveling due east (traveled from center sky and out of sight to the east in ca.20”-40”. At first the four objects were evenly spaced, however throughout sighting individual objects slowed and accelerated independently within line. Objects appeared to be very high in atmosphere and to be traveling quickly - observably quicker than average satellite sighting (consensus of all present). No sound was heard. One observer (ex-military) hypothesized high flying military jets (interesting as it was Memorial Day weekend). Those who observed objects were not convinced as to this explanation. All agreed they had never seen anything similar before.
May 26, 2019 · 12:19 AM · LIGHT
Grand Marais, MN
I am 46 year old professional who lives in northern Minnesota. Over the Memorial Day weekend, my friend and I were camping a state park north of Grand Marais, and at about 12:19 am on Sunday, May 26, we both saw something in the sky that appeared unusual, and which was not obviously something man-made (plane, etc.) or a natural phenomenon like a bird, clouds, etc. The sky was clear and full of stars, and the view from our campsite was mostly unobstructed except for some pine trees. We had a good view of the west/northwest and west/southwest part of the sky. We were sitting around the campfire talking, and at a lull in our conversation, I was gazing at a bright stationary object near the Big Dipper. I stared at it for a few moments, because it was so bright. At first I thought it was a planet. I began thinking that it wasn’t a planet I was familiar with because it was near the Big Dipper, and I didn’t think that was normal. Then, suddenly it began to move on a straight track from the west/northwest to a point higher in the sky above us, generally in the west/southwest direction, but still fairly high in the sky. When it began to move, I pointed the object out to my friend, who also began watching it. We both watched it move towards the west/southwest in a straight trajectory for about 20 or seconds or so, at which point the object’s brightness began to fade until it disappeared about 10 seconds later. Overall we watched it move for about 1 minute, until it seemed to disappear. The light just slowly faded, and we did not see it appear again along its trajectory, like we would have expected if it had gone behind a cloud or something. As far as I could tell, there were no clouds in the sky; the forecast for the evening was clear skies. At this point, I noted to my friend that I had never seen an object that bright in the sky behave this way. We wondered if it had gone behind a cloud or a mist, but again, it was strange because it was dry and clear out. The object was high enough in the sky to seem to us to be a planet or star at first, but when it started moving and then disappeared, I was baffled. At first we both thought it could have been a satellite, but the way it tracked across the sky wasn’t like other man-made satellites we have seen before. I didn’t think it was a meteoroid, as it did not flash across the sky quickly, but moved slowly. Talking with my friend about it the next day, neither of us had any immediate explanation for it. I’m still curious as to what this object might have been. Thank you for maintaining this valuable resource for the public! Possibly a remnant from the SpaceX satellites?? PD
May 26, 2019 · 12:00 AM · FORMATION
Grants, AL
Watching the stars in the sky on a road trip when 3 lights moving quickly in unison. Lights appeared to be moving northward. They were dim but collectively blocking out stars behind them. Suddenly 3 lights became 4 lights, it reminded me of the Phoenix lights incident in the 90’s when the lights would slowly fade on and the object started to appear larger. The lights moved together and passed above the car and I could not longer see them. Space Link satellites? PD
May 26, 2019 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Hulett, WY
I woke up at 11 pm...I go to bed very early, so this is a normal wake up time for me...I live about 10 miles East of Devil's Tower, Wyoming, in the extremely remote Black Hills...Neighbors here are about a mile apart, give or take...There is zero light pollution here...This morning a flash of light so bright and intense caught my attention, as the house was entirely dark, no lights on whatsoever...The light caught my attention because I had my curtains closed...The curtains are very thick and dark, and allow very little light in during times of the day when the sun passes by the window to keep my house cool...The light was so bright, it easily penetrated the dark curtains...I went over to the window and opened the curtains expecting to see a thunderstorm approaching...Nope...Every start was easily visible...Telling me two things...1) there were no clouds, because I could see every single star from horizon to horizon in all four directions, as I checked multi! ple windows to be certain...2) Seeing no clouds the flash of light could not have come from a thunderstorm...The flashes of light continued all the way up to the time of sun rise...The flashes of light were so intense they filled the entire sky, and for a brief moment, lit up the ground...The flashes were not consistent, at least, not by any means I could ascertain...The flash would only last a fraction of a second, and then was gone...There were never multiple flashes, it would just flash once, and then went dark again… At first I thought maybe a meteor had caused the flash, but after seeing the flashes continue for four hours, I deduced this could not be the reason, but cannot rule out meteors, because I could never see the point of origin of the flashes, nor could I see the entire sky all at once...There were no noises associated with the flashes, however, for the last 3 years I have been hearing ENORMOUS BOOMING noises, that seem as if to come from the ground...I did n! ot hear them during the flashes, but, when out with my dogs af! ter sunr ise, I did hear them again this morning...Are they connected somehow...? I have no idea whatsoever at all....Are the flashes somehow connected to a plasma storm hitting the earth from the sun and a ever decreasing magnetosphere...? Again, I cannot answer this, I have not the tools to measure nor determine this...But it is an interesting plausibility...Another thing to note here is this....EVERY single night for at least 2 years, at any given moment, there are several orbs in my sky...If it is clear, you can see them....White Orbs, and they do some crazy stuff...Sometimes they just shoot across the sky, sometimes they stop, change directions, sometimes they hover overhead and move around almost as if dancing in the sky...There are almost always multiple orbs...Something else to note, I have spotted them during the daytime when there are severe storms overhead...They appear BLACK during the day, and move in and out of the clouds and do the same general things they do when seen! at night...I also noticed, and this will sound weird, but if you use something to cover the sun, and look just above or just below the sun, and wait for your eyes to adjust, you can see MILLIONS and MILLIONS of orbs...Most are moving VERY HIGH overhead, but some change direction, and some are literally only feet above me...They very well could be ALL AROUND us, but I can only see them in the INTENSE and BRIGHT sun light, so who knows....I have so much more to say about all I have seen, but will sign off with just this....Heck...Most people will not even believe the things I have written here, much more the other anomalies I have seen with my own two eyes....
May 26, 2019 · 12:00 AM · DISK
East Troy, WI
Star gazing by campfire. the 3 lights looked like Orion’s Belt. They moved in uniform across from south west to north east. The craft made a 45 degree bank and the lights faded as if the craft went strait away at incredible speed. Smaller single lights where seen and all disappeared after a flash of light. Many airplanes where spotted as well. The mother ship was estimated to be miles across. Possible sighting of SpaceX satellites? PD