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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 24, 2019 · 11:40 PM · FORMATION
Selbyville, DE
Possible sighting of cluster of Space Link satellites?? Anonymous report. PD
May 24, 2019 · 11:40 PM · CIRCLE
Phoenix, AZ
In the northern Arizona sky 100 plus lights were seen by me my father and my mother all moving in the same direction all in a straight line very close to one another. When I first see this unexplainable event, I thought it was one of those signs that say, “Will you marry me” but very far away in the distance, but then I remembered it’s night, almost midnights!! It can’t be a blimp or a signs pulled by and aircraft. This was strange. When you took a longer look it was about 100 even more lights all crammed together very closely moving in a straight line in the same direction. This was not a short line though! This line of lights in the sky was pretty long. I would say about 10 ft long?? It might be the wrong measurement. My father thought that maybe it was a mother ship because the lights looked like the ones from the movies we watch. My mother came when the long line of light reached its end. So she saw about 10 lights all moving together before they disappea! red in the night sky. This was a very unexplainable event and very scary one as well. I’m not quite sure what it was but all I know now is that what ever that was out there tonight it was definitely not of this world. Possible sighting of cluster of Space Link satellites?? PD
May 24, 2019 · 11:36 PM · LIGHT
Lebanon, ME
Saw what seemed to be stars in the night sky, however these “stars” were lined up and moving in a straight line. It’s unknown as to how many there were, there was not enough time to count before they disappeared behind the cover of trees. I would say it was at least 15 of these lights moving in a tight single file line all close together except for 3 in the back that were farther back and more spread out than the others. However they all appeared to be in a straight line moving the same direction. Unfortunately my phone was dead but I don’t believe it would have been able to capture it without a better lens anyway. I’ve never seen anything like this, especially in Maine, but I could not find a reasonable explanation as to what could cause this. Space Link satellites. PD
May 24, 2019 · 11:35 PM · LIGHT
Stockholm, ME
On the above date and time I was with three other people standing around a camp fire. One of the individuals said, oh my God look at that and pointed to the sky. At that time I saw numerous blueish white lights travelling in a perfectly straight line moving West to East. I took my phone out and got as many pictures as I could, hindsight I should have taken video. Possible sighting of cluster of Space Link satellites?? PD
May 24, 2019 · 11:34 PM · CIRCLE
Chesuncook Lake (west of), ME
We were camping off grid by the fire memorial day weekend. I saw what looked like a line of light off in the distance. I thought it may be the northern lights so I yelled to my buddy look. As it got closer we realized that it was a bunch of round lights in a single file line at different distances. First they were close together and then some further apart. We thought comet or space debris. As they continued we realized that it was to low to be space debris. The objects were maintaining the same distances from each other the whole time. Low enough to make their own light to be seen and there was no sound before or after they went by what made it very creepy. Don' t really know what to think besides hopefully government.
May 24, 2019 · 11:30 PM · FORMATION
Gansevoort, NY
Space Link satellites. PD
May 24, 2019 · 11:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Weld, ME
Friday night, May 24, at approximately 11:30pm to midnight, in Weld, Maine. Could not believe my eyes, saw a chain of white lights on perfectly clear night. At first glance though it was a shooting star, then a comet, then jet exhaust that realized none of those. I could not determine the height due to the unlit area matched the dark sky, it looked like it was in space. Looking at arm's length about three feet long (very large) and an inch wide. The object I saw was just dots of white lights like stars. More in the front area thinning to the middle, one light ¾ to the end and one light trailing at the end. All the lights where moving at the same speed heading west to east. The speed seemed to be about the same as a commercial jet at cruising altitude. None of these lights where blinking, they were all steady and there was no sound. Starlink satellites, launched by Space X on May 23rd. PD
May 24, 2019 · 11:30 PM · OTHER
West Forks, ME
50-100 small white lights resembling stars slowly moved from one horizon to another in a straight line over the course of a minute or so. Space Link satellites. PD
May 24, 2019 · 11:30 PM · CHANGING
Starrucca, PA
Was outside looking at the sky. The sky was clear and I could see many stars. I noticed multiple (3-8) balls of light streaking across the sky from the southeast direction. The lights were sometimes coming forward, backward, left, right, randomly over the sky, even over our house. At times they would stop in the air for a few seconds and then start moving again. They were moving very quickly, faster than anything I have ever seen in the sky. I’ve never seen anything like this before. I went inside and woke my daughter and we watched the sky from a large window together. Once inside, there were 3-4 times when in addition to the streaking balls of light, we saw the skyline, just above the tops of the trees, light up very brightly in multiple colors, mostly pink and white. After at least 10 minutes from coming inside, I woke my husband too. He also saw the balls of light moving randomly across the sky. Shortly after, from the skyline emerged a large oval object, like a glowing white light much larger than the streaking lights. This object hovered in the skyline and didn’t move. Then the object disappeared and re-appeared. The balls of light stopped streaking and it all suddenly disappeared. We waited for at least 10 more minutes and nothing reappeared. Whatever we saw was over. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Cancel Posting May 25 regarding event May 24, 2019 - Mystery Solved I submitted a report yesterday. We learned last night from a neighbor that there was an Elements Festival - a Music & Art Event in our area which included a light show all weekend. It must have been the lights from the show we saw with the flashes at time. It was at 11:30 p.m. so it seemed very unusual to us. As I said in the original post, I have never seen anything like this before in the night sky. Please remove our original post Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 09:16:11. We now know what it was and doesn't appear to be anything unusual. Thank you. ((END ADDENDUM)) Sky was clear, according to the witness, at the time of the sighting. Hence, probably not an advertising light display. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she sounded to us to be quite sober-minded. She stated that she will investigate the incident and report back to NUFORC what she discovers. PD
May 24, 2019 · 11:30 PM · CYLINDER
Orwell, VT
Looking into the sky, I saw a very long set of lights. At first I thought it was a long tail of a meteor, but as I was watching the long row of lights were moving very slowly and not changing shape..it was like seeing. Long cylinder with window lights moving in an east by north east direction, moving slowly and without sound. I stared at it trying to understand what I was seeing it was incredibly long. SpaceLink satellites. PD
May 24, 2019 · 11:15 PM · OTHER
Raynham, MA
Space Link satellites. PD
May 24, 2019 · 11:05 PM · CONE
Tampa, FL
We saw an "orange like glow," and at first, I thought it was one of those lanterns that you light, and let off into the sky. But then we noticed that it had a tail on the end. It looked like it was very close to us, seeing as how the orange color was so dominant. It kept getting closer, yet was slowly hovering above the houses...then at that point i thought maybe it could have been a drone since it was moving so slow. The orange color was still present, and appeared to be coming closer. I walked over to get a better glimpse, and within seconds, it turned to the right; and shot off into the sky. It was completely gone. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 24, 2019 · 11:03 PM · OTHER
Avalon, NJ
Two females star gazing on back porch noticed sliver of light(s?) in sky. Appeared to be moving. Disappeared above horizon after approximately 10 minutes. Seemed to fade into distance. Looked like clump of stars? Also similar to how light looks reflecting off of power lines at night. Confirmed no power lines in vicinity. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 24, 2019 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Champlin, MN
Was sitting in hot tub and lookup to see a long line of what seems to be airplane lights close together in a line. Space Link satellites. PD
May 24, 2019 · 10:37 PM · OTHER
Carbondale, PA
Former military witness was sitting outside on his second floor deck, drinking coffee and smoking, He looked up at the stars shining brightly on this clear dark night, and saw a white illuminated craft flying at altitude 75-80 thousand ft. In the USMC, MOS 7051 Crash, Fire and Rescue he had witnessed thousands of flights by hundreds of various helos and aircraft, P-3 Orion (Sub Finder), F-22 Raptors, C-5s, C-130s, F-15s, Apaches, CH-53, etc.. Witnessing an "illuminated" white craft flying at such high altitude was Not Normal! Going inside the house to get his wife, not taking more than two minutes (informing wife that their eyes needed to adjust from the house light due to how dark it was that night), he looked directly across from their place where there is a 7 story HUD building for elders and observed a huge, silent, black craft with 8-10 assumed thrusters? emitting no exhaust backwash, smoke, heat or illumination hovering not much higher than! that 7 story building, but further out. He asked his wife, "do you see that"? She replied "yes, what is it"? Was it hovering at angle? He assumed due to no experience as to what this craft was. Why was it quiet? It's far bigger diagonally? He had never experienced anything like this before!. Air Force C-5 Globe Master Cargo (America's largest aircraft!)? It began to accelerate forward and quickly, although no sound, no after burners, no exhaust, no smell of fuel burning! The craft thrusters appeared cloudy, without being high up! He told his wife, "I don't know and haven't any ideas, though I am going to film this"! Hi camera wouldn't allow him to use settings! Very odd, when the "craft" left, the device settings allowed zooming and flash options though not while craft was leaving them! "I was and am in awe of this very interesting experience"!! (MUFON CMS)
May 24, 2019 · 10:30 PM · OTHER
Chiloquin, OR
((anonymous report)) Launch of ~60 Space Link satellites. PD
May 24, 2019 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Thornton, MA
Was drinking by the fire on a Tripoli rd site, the sky finally cleared up and we were talking; looking at the stars. My site was down a thirty foot embankment next to the road, by the river. You could see cars go by barely. Anyway, out of the corner of my eye while looking up, I saw what looked like campers had set up a string of lights. We then realized we’ll thats the road and it was actually near the treeeline over Mt. Osceola. As myself and two friends processed this we realize the string of lights were moving fast and in a straight line very close to each other. They looked just like the stars, pure white but moving ina straight line. Non pulsing and non color. I ran up the embankment to catch the tail end of the formation before it went out of view, behind the mountains to catch a better view. There were at least 30-50 pure white lights, straight line. At the end was one smaller pulsating color object that slightly bounced around like a nat. Think Orion’s Belt stars filled in like a hiking trail .......... straight line,same color, same size. Later saw a plane fly by and did not compare one bit to previous objects. I grew up next to Logan, was a military soldier in Hawaii, I’ve been near airports all my life. Never seen anything like this. The other two witnesses are avid outdoor people who enjoy nature and relaxing. Thanks. Space Link satellites. PD
May 24, 2019 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Asheville, NC
Very large orange-red ball of light/sphere traveling at moderate speed, E - W in sky. Object was much larger than a star, left no trails, seemed to sparkle, but did not flash. After object disappeared above tree cover, it never emerged from the other side. I’ve seen enough satellites & planes at night to know this object was not one of these. I figure it was something burning up entering the atmosphere from space, but wanted to report it just in case. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 24, 2019 · 9:41 PM · OTHER
Yardley, PA
My adult-aged daughter and I were driving on I-295 North toward Yardley, PA, and shortly after passing the Scotch Road exit #65A, we started to see a really bright light in the sky ahead of us. It caught our attention because the light was low, really bright and large, as if it were the moon; however, it was too low, too bright, too cloudy and late to be the moon. Also, it was staying fixated in one spot—it didn’t seem to move or change in size as we got closer to it. It was also NOT an airplane because it was approaching from the opposite direction of planes seen landing in this area at Trenton-Mercer Airport. I was able to get two images as I was driving and you are able to see an incoming airplane to the left of this other object--the airplane lights are super small in comparison to the unidentified light—and the lights of the airplane were getting bigger and clearer as we drove closer, unlike the other bright light. As we crossed over the Scudder Falls Bridge, the lights were to the left of us and we saw the object. It was hovering about 10-20 feet over the tree line directly over the bank of the Delaware River in Yardley, PA. It first reminded me of a drone about the size of a house but as we got closer, we saw that it was a solid silver colored pentagon shape. There was a small red line on one side and a small orange light on the other and then there were 3 or 4 super bright white lights under the object. It looked like a door was open on the side and white lights were lighting the inside. I saw steps coming down, but my daughter did not. She saw remembers something sticking up and out of the back end that looked like tail wing. We got off at the next exit and turned around to see it, but it was gone.
May 24, 2019 · 9:30 PM · CHANGING
Cabo San Lucas (Mexico), WA
Our position was facing the Pacific Ocean, looking straight up while sitting on a balcony at the Santos Finisterra Resort. Extremely high above us coming from a South Easterly direction were two orange/white lights traveling relatively slow, in tandem, headed in a Westward direction. After watching them for about 20 to 30 seconds, they merged together then shot straight out over the ocean at an impossible speed. The light abruptly stopped then split back into two separate lights before shooting into opposite directions, one going north, and the other going south at the same impossible speed. Thinking the event was over we both looked at each other and said, “What the hell did we just see?” Seconds after reciting that sentence, I caught something out of my right side peripheral view, like a white see-through blur. And the reason I marked three objects, is because now I was pointing out (to our right, north of us) a slow moving, silent triangle shape with three lights (one on each tip) that now seemed to be about 700 to 1,000 feet from us. Visually, it looked completely different from the first two lights, but due to the blur that caught my eye, I believe we were still in the mist of the original event only now it was much, much closer. The only way to describe the movement of the triangle is that it looked to be slowly tumbling or rolling in the sky. This lasted only seconds before it disappeared behind part of the resort building and was much lower in the sky. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Addendum to; Peter Davenport. This in regards to my May 24th Cabo San Lucas sighting, filed on May 30th, 2019. After filing my report on May 30th, I was describing my sighting to my daughter an my dad. When I told them the following day, while walking around the marina (in Cabo) that for approximately 5 to 10 minutes a low flying military helicopter flew around the exact area where my friend and I had had our sighting the prior evening. They both, as well as myself felt this was significant enough to add to my report, even more so after telling them I had asked a local vender if the military regularly flew helicopters that low, and in this particular area. I have to be honest with you that I WAS, a little surprised when he responded back with. “No. Not that I can remember.”
May 24, 2019 · 9:00 PM · OTHER
Saxtons River, VT
Fast moving high-altitude group of objects appearing to move almost in a ladder formation (2 parallel rows, with 3 objects per row equally spaced) across the sky covering full horizon within approximately 90 seconds. Objects maintained relative position to one another over the course of event. Moving from compass @235 degrees to @80 degrees. ~60 Space Link satellites. PD
May 24, 2019 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Madison, WI
Saw 2 bright white lights flashing (left, then right, then left, then right) in distance, much higher than the tree line, but in a stationary location. It suddenly disappeared.
May 24, 2019 · 4:30 PM · SPHERE
Los Angeles (in flight), CA
Sitting on the left side of AA FLIGHT 6031 into Los Angeles from San Jose. Late afternoon arrival, clear day. On approach at approximately 2,000 feet bearing east toward downtown, approximately 1-2 minutes before right turn into final. Observed a small, metallic sphere traveling in the opposite direction (west) at a very high rate of speed. Distance, speed and size of craft not possible in the very short duration of observation. Object appeared reflective. Sighting was not discussed with any other crew members or passengers. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Dear Peter I did not mention it to others on the aircraft and the date is accurate within a week or so. I was actually familiar with the flight crew, as I take this fight many times a month but the cockpit door was closed as we disembarked so the opportunity didn’t exist to discuss. I don’t want to get into the details of what I do for a living but I fly a lot, sometimes many times a week. I’m very familiar with most types of aircraft, both civilian and military (and I’ve flow on over 25 types personally). I’ve seen similar objects on two separate occasions over the last 15-20 years. Both were metallic spheres, one was a metallic green and the other more red and they seemed to have a slight glow… and both, I recall, seemed disturbingly close to the aircraft. Those, if I recall correctly, happened over the mid-west but it was many years ago. I believe one was near DFW. The recent sighting was the first I’ve had in at least a decade. The object just seemed to be metallic with no coloration. But it was an extremely brief sighting. As I mentioned, the disturbing part to me is that these objects are flying, at high speed, well within safe commercial separation. It’s hard to determine their actual size but maybe something akin to Sputnik. They seem to have no visible means propulsion or ability to stay aloft (wing surface, stabilizers, etc) nor any other surface breaks, antenna, etc. I’ve always been reluctant to discuss but now that I’m on number three I feel compelled to figure it out. I brought it up only once prior to a 777 pilot deadheading in a seat next to me but he wasn’t very eager to continue the line of conversation. If they’re government controlled it’s amazing that such technology exists but, at the same time, seemingly dangerous practice. Especially over such busy airspace as the Los Angeles Basin. ((END ADDENDUM)) Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
May 24, 2019 · 3:30 PM · CIRCLE
Millville, NJ
we was siting in the back yard looking up at the chem trails planes going by. After about 5 mins of one going by we seen like 9 circle craft looking objects going in and out flying in circles like they were going to crash but didn't. There where flashing lights like silver and a bright light but to the naked eye it was very clear. I took a screen shot of the video so you can see where they was flashing there bright lights. I am still amazed. It was awesome