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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
January 4, 2019 · 7:15 AM · LIGHT
Floweree (near), MT
It was still dark out. Bright light hovering very low, sort of swaying. Took photos and later noticed 2 lights. Phone and car dimmed. Lights vanished.
January 4, 2019 · 5:14 AM · LIGHT
Herriman, UT
Couldn’t sleep which is common for me. We have a brand new house and in the master bedroom the shutters have yet to be installed. I was staring out the window and saw a bright light and I knew this was not right. I took many videos and pictures and have shared with family that all believe. This is something strange. After watching, taking videos and pictures, I finally turned around and went to bed. I followed this light for over 4 hrs. Something is not right about this object. Utah is a state where we always see strange objects. I’m just glad I took video and pics for my own sanity.
January 4, 2019 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Hamersville, OH
Very close light right above Tree Line in backyard looked as if it was coming towards me then your stopped and moved back and forth stayed White but moved around so I figured it was not a planet it had to be some sort of craft and I recorded multiple videos of it nothing I had ever seen before very close bright light. Dogs are the ebbs of the road were barking erratically.
January 4, 2019 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Hamersville, OH
Craft a scene over tree line off back porch very bright light look less if it was coming towards me and not and moved back and forth very slowly. It was a Droid at first but it was not dogs were barking erratically.
January 4, 2019 · 2:09 AM · LIGHT
Spring Grove/Fox Lake, IL
Rideshare experience; While driving for Uber, noticed a large super bright stationary light in what I would guess was the NW sky. My passenger and I watched it for roughly 20 minutes between Lakemoor, Il and Spring Grove, Il. It never moved. Then somewhere after 20-25 minutes, it disappeared. I went to see if it was still there while driving and it was gone. It certainly was not an airplane in que, loitering for landing permission at Ohare. It was stationary for at least 20 minutes without changing in size or brightness. While I chose "there were lights on the object," I never saw an object, merely the lights on the object.
January 4, 2019 · 12:26 AM · CIRCLE
Austin, TX
Driving on rt 183 north west saw very very bright light in circle in night sky was clear sky jan 4 1226 am it was moving in same direction and got very big stopped moving then shot up and gone OMG fast
January 4, 2019 · 12:15 AM · RECTANGLE
St. Louis, MO
Moments after putting my car in park after coming home (having used no substances and being well rested), I glanced out of my window and saw one rectangular, drone-like object with red and green lights throughout the body traveling West well above the treeline. Lights flickered but no quicker than the tick of a clock. I opened my car door and refocused my eyes while standing and watched the craft travel at a constant speed until it was out of sight in the suburban landscape. I could see one steady trail via the lights of the UFO. Its shape was an elongated rectangle--perhaps a 1:4 ratio length to width traveling nose first.
January 3, 2019 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Omaha, NE
On January 3rd, 2019, at approximately 22:30 to 23:00, I observed a large, stationary object low in the southeast sky. My girlfriend, a person on YouTube and I all observed it. At first glance the object could have been mistaken for Venus but it was too large. As a process of elimination, I verified that there were no planets or major stars at that location with Google night sky and manual observations of celestial bodies. I also eliminated the possibility of aircraft easily as there were several commercial aircraft flying at different altitudes and directions. All the aircraft were very small in comparison. The object appeared to be round but pulsed brightly in a fashion that made it look like it was flaring the light in a sort of diamond shape. The object cycled through multiple colors at a steady rate and exhibited a range of color beyond what is seen on commercial and private aircraft. There was no sound but I can't say for sure it was silent as it seemed to be several miles away across the city. I assumed that this object had to have been seen by more people than myself due to its size, color shifting and duration that it was visible. I scanned the local news the following day and none of them mentored it. I did find a video on YouTube of someone else that did see it, and they shot a video of it with their phone. I didn't stay out to see the object disappear but the person shooting the video did. They filmed it until it just vanished from sight. It didn't fly away. It faded from view while never moving during the entire episode. I will attempt to upload the video or link it for you to review. I didn't try recording it myself because my phone camera doesn't zoom out to distances that far well and the video from the other person I found does not properly show exactly how large and brilliant the object actually was. YouTube link, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt8HH8DKlv0&t=44s
January 3, 2019 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Wichita, KS
On January 3, 2019, at approximately 9:30pm, our 11 month old son was fussy, so I took him out for a car ride. I suspected that it might take a while to get him to go to sleep and since it was a nice night, I decided to head north out of town. We live in N.E. Wichita just outside of Bel Aire. I drove North on Oliver to 53rd St. N. I then turned East on 53rd to Greenwich. At Greenwich I turned South until 45th St. At 45th St I then proceeded back to the West. At some point, as I was approaching Rock Rd. (on 45th St.), I noticed a rather large and bright light ahead of me on the horizon. The light looked white or a white/yellow. I thought at first it might be a light on the water tower or a radio tower in the distance. As I continued West on 45th I realized that the water tower and its lights were not in line with this light (which seemed to be stationary). I passed the water tower and proceeded West on 45th St and could now see the radio tower in the distance an it’s lights. The tower was North of the light in question. The light at this time had begun to dim and didn’t seem as bright. It was however in the same position (or so it seemed) as it was when I first noticed it (1.5 miles ago). As I approached Oliver (sti! ll on 45th St.) the light seemed to be getting lower, as it was now becoming obstructed by trees. At this time, my best guess was that the light was a mile or two in front of me. As I approached Hydraulic (still on 45th St.), I stopped for a train which was crossing the road. I believe there were 2 cars in front of me. While waiting for the train (2 minutes) the light did not move. If it did it may have moved toward me. Just before the train finished passing, the light began to move toward me and to the North. As I approached the intersection of 45th & Hydraulic I could now see 3 lights in the shape of a triangle. It crossed Hydraulic at approximately 1/4 of a mile to the North of 45th St. The front light (front as in relation to its travel E-NE) was blue in color. The two rear lights were white or slightly whitish-yellow. I also noticed that the lights did not blink or flash, as I expected to see a helicopter or some type of plane. When the object passed over Hydraulic, I e! stimate that it may have been at an altitude of about 1,000 ft. As it passed over Hydraulic I turned North to try an follow it as it was moving rather slow. As I traveled further North on Hydraulic I started to lose sight of it out the passenger side of our van. I approached 53rd St and turned East where I could see it ahead of me. It seemed to begin moving at a faster rate of speed. By the time I approached Oliver it was well off in the distance. I would estimate that it was 10 miles away by that time. I debated whether or not to post this report for fear of some kind of misidentification on my part but after watching the air traffic in the night sky the following days I became more sure about the differences in this object and that of other aircraft. Most aircraft I’ve seen have some kind of red light, this had none. The altitude at which the object in question was also odd. The aircraft I see here are in a landing pattern or take off at that altitude and this object did not fit the typical flight pattern of other aircraft from the surrounding airports. The main difference was the 3 solid lights beneath the object. They did not flash or blink. There was also no beacon light on this object. I believe that at the close proximity in which I was to the object I would have seen a beacon light, however the 3 lights beneath the object were the only ones I could see. At 45th & Hydraulic (my closest position to the object) it was moving very slow. I also rolled the windows down a! t that point and could not hear the propellers of a plane or helicopter. Also, I do believe the vehicle stopped in front of me while waiting for the train took notice of it and tried to follow it as well. The car turned North on Hydraulic then East on 53rd, then South on Oliver back to 45th where it then turned West again on 45th. The drivers behavior seemed to be very distracted as if they were watching the objects flight. I hope this might encourage others in the Wichita area to consider sharing their sightings as well.
January 3, 2019 · 8:30 PM · DISK
Murfreesboro, TN
I was walking my dog I was shooting some pictures in the air and this picture right before this one that a picture right after it has nothing just the one picture that shows a turquoise colored disk shape if you zoom and you can clearly make out the shape of a disk. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 3, 2019 · 8:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Wadsworth, IL
I wanted to film it, but it was too fast to think about it and open my camera on my phone. I have never seen anything like this. Feel free to contact me via email.
January 3, 2019 · 5:20 PM · DIAMOND
Easthampton, MA
Driving home from work south on rt 5 near Island Rd. on Northampton/Easthampton line when I saw three stationary bright white lights hovering over the Connecticut River between Mt. Tom and Skinner Mt. The lights were in a straight row, with the 2 outer lights being slightly larger. Of the three lights, the center one was strobing slowly which I thought was odd since planes usually have the lights on their wings flashing. This was a pure, bright, white light, not a yellow light that incandescent bulbs emit. The center light was level with the other two and was pulsating separately. The center light emitted a more "rainbow" like light, similar to a moonstone, but was mostly white-passing. I thought it was a plane coming in for a landing since it seemed flat, at the Northampton airport nearby but there were not standard blue, green, or red flashing lights to indicate it was an aircraft. It also did not waver up or down, it remained stationary in the sky until I had been pulled over for about 30 seconds or so. I then thought it might be a dual propeller helicopter, but it was MUCH too large to be that. I thought that it was then possibly a drone, but it was much too large to be a drone. After I had pulled over to the side of the road to continue monitoring the craft, it began to tilt starboard upon its path heading north. It slowly crossed to my left, past the line where my car was pulled over which was when I was able to see the bottom of the craft as it was still in a tilt position hovering over the river. There were 4 identical sized pure white bright lights emitting from the bottom of the craft in a square/diamond shape. In addition, there were 2 more of the smaller center-strobing lights beneath the craft, below where the center one was seen when I first saw the craft facing toward me. I turned off my radio and lowered my window to hear if it was making any sound, but I didn't detect that it was. There were cars travelling both ways in the distance so it may have distorted my! hearing No sound like helicopter blades or a plane's engine even when it was parallel with my vehicle and less than 1/2 mile away from my car over the river. The craft slowly continued its course at about 30-40 MPH north/north east over the river (less than 500 ft above the water) before I pulled back into traffic and headed home. The sun had set by this time so I was not able to see much else of the craft in the darkness other than the positioning of the lights at both angles that I viewed the craft. I felt like I was looking at something I wasn't supposed to be looking at, as it only changed course after I had pulled off the road and started intently staring at it. I was shocked no one in front or behind me had pulled over to witness it with me. After about 1 minute of direct sight with the craft, it began travelling away from me, following the river north/northeast, I decided I wanted to head home as I was scared about the actuality of what I had just seen. It was not my first time seeing a UFO, but it was the first time I had seen one this close up.
January 3, 2019 · 3:00 PM · OVAL
San Jose, CA
Viewed from Calero Lake on McKean Road. Very slow flying object. Size very large, approx 2-3x an airplane — appeared pale in color but hard to distinguish details. Very, very slow. Wondered how it stayed in the air at that slow speed. It was headed north toward San Jose.
January 3, 2019 · 6:00 AM · LIGHT
Lidgerwood, ND
Flew quickly straight across sky from east to west.
January 3, 2019 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Rochester, NY
Getting up at 5am to go to the gym. Trying to wake myself up, stepped out my front door to smoke a cigarette. Directly across my front door in the sky was a very bright star like light that was a bright yellow white. Lower than a star though. It was in a area of the sky that the planes turn around to land at the Rochester airport. So my first thought was it was a plane turning around like they do. Again, this unusually bright star was BRIGHT, kinda flickering and in that plane turn around area in the sky right near Lake Ontario. While watching this bright light it slowly faded away and disappeared. It never moved from its spot in the sky. At that time I assumed it was a plane turning around but 15 seconds later it slowly faded back to its full brightness. It did this multiple times not moving from its spot in the sky for about 15 min. I continued to check on it while I was getting ready it eventually disappeared after a hour of this. I didn't see it leave but was definitely unusual. The sky was clear that morning, no clouds and was still dark. I didn't think to take a picture or thought it was weird at the time because I assume it must be explainable. When I got up the next morning and went to smoke it wasn't there so definitely wasn't a star. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 3, 2019 · 4:35 AM · CIRCLE
Pacifica, CA
Bright orange/yellow object either very low in sky or on horizon/ocean. Pointed telescope at it - perhaps a star? Seems way too bright/orange for a star though.
January 3, 2019 · 2:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Casa Grande, AZ
My home is in the last 2 streets in the neighborhood on the edge of the desert. Took dog outside at 2:45am. Noticed a soft yellow light illuminating the rooftops to the west. My neighbors illuminated roof had a odd pattern of a sharp half circle of darkness. Witnessed the light travel south slowly off the roofs. It was then I realized the light was from behind me at a 60-degree angle up in the sky. Turned around, looking for light source and something large and black silently zipped off Into the darkness. Entire episode happened in silence.
January 3, 2019 · 1:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Fort Wayne, IN
Between around 1:20-1:40 am, me and a friend were on FaceTime and he noticed a deep VERY loud and deep engine like noise coming from outside. Mind you that we love basically 2 neighborhoods/8 Streets away from each other and we both heard the noise VERY clearly and we both look outside And nothing is there but a purple sky.
January 2, 2019 · 5:00 PM · CHANGING
Wesley Chapel, FL
Looking to the West at the colors of the sunset through binoculars. Notice a black shape moving in the sky at what was about 10,000 and 3-4 miles to the West (best estimate). The object was moving what looked like due north and I followed it with the binoculars. I know this sounds ridiculous but it looked like a trash bag...black and changing shape as it moved to the north. No garbage bag was at 10,000 feet blowing around. We seen what could have been the same object about 20 minutes later come from above and behind the clouds where it could be seen for a few seconds and then retreated. No lights, no color, no sound. I checked flightradar24 and there was nothing in that area...but theres absolutely no way it was a plane anyway.
January 2, 2019 · 11:30 AM · FORMATION
Englewood, FL
Wife and I were driving on 776 just north of town of Englewood and we noticed three cross shaped objects flying in formation between 500 and 1000 feet in air. They appeared not to be moving fast at all if at all. They were white. Then we notice close to the three objects 4 objects appeared. As I asked her could they be skydivers but they were to low and I would say they were more of a aircraft. As she’s looked back she could not find them and appeared to be gone.
January 2, 2019 · 10:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Mobile, AL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 2, 2019 · 2:00 AM · SPHERE
NA, -
First of three sightings that I'm reporting. Distinctly different from the second and third sightings in location, type, and duration. This first sighting was flying an all-night flight from Hawaii back to Denver pre-Covid (probably the winter of 2018/19 – I didn’t document the flight/date at the time). I was a Denver-based B757/767 FO at the time and would fly Hawaii trips three to five times a month. During this flight, the Captain was resting about half way across the Pacific from the Islands. The dome lights were turned off, so only the cockpit instrument lights were lightly illuminating the interior of the cockpit (my preferred practice while night flying). I was leaning forward and looking out and up through my front window (star gazing). At position 11:00 high (really high - well above normal airliner or business jet traffic), I saw a bright flash of light that lasted about a second or so then dimmed, followed by another flash that then dimmed, followed by a third flash that then dimmed, those first three were in exactly the same spot relative to the background stars. Those three flashes were followed by a fourth flash at the same time interval, but it had travelled directly east from the first three about a degree or so, then a fifth flash directly east of that about a degree - travelling the same distance each time. Each of the five flashes lasted about a second or so, with a second or so in between when it dimmed. It wasn't the Starlink constellation, as I've seen them on a couple of different occasions, and it wasn't a satellite or the ISS (which I've seen at least a couple of dozen times). It wasn't aircraft traffic, as it didn't have the normal position lights and the first three flashes were in exactly the same location. Finally, it wasn't a meteor. Normal objects in orbit don't stay in the same relative position, then shift suddenly to a different position. I don't recall the exact flight number, date, or time of night, as at the time, I wasn't inclined to track such things. It certainly baffled me, and in retrospect, I really wish I had tracked the flight number and recorded the time/position on the orientation chart (plotting chart).
January 1, 2019 · 10:54 PM · LIGHT
Burlington, NJ
I went out to smoke a cigarette in the right corner of our deck of the back yard, while I was standing there I seen and witnessed an orangey, yellowish light that seemed to be traveling from the northwestern to the Southeastern sky. I never in my life seen such a light quite as strikingly bright orange like it was, almost like it seemed to look much like a star burst kind of orange light. It's very difficult to explain how it actually looked like maybe, something like straight out of, "STARTREK". Very strange indeed and it made not one sound. I was expecting to hear something. You know, maybe a helicopter or some kind of airplane type of sound. Nope, nothing of the sort. Zilch, notta! And, it moved with such grace not to mention that it only seemed to be five to seven or so hundred feet up in that night sky. I thought it might have been a shooting star the way that it came into view but, no, just this magnificent bright orangey star burst kind of light that shimmered as if it we're a diamond. I'm sorry, I couldn't make out a body or fuselage. I felt that I had little or no time to go get my parents to witness the event but, my luck had changed when Mom came to the back door to throw out recycling. I called out to her, "Hurry up mom, and come to where I am so you can see what I am seeing." She replied, "I can't move to fast or I'll fall." But, she made it in time to see it traveling south bound out of sight. Wow! What a way to start off the New Year.
January 1, 2019 · 10:44 PM · CIRCLE
Tigard, OR
On 1/1/19 at 22:44, I went to let my dog out before retiring to bed. For some reason I stepped out the door and above me in the sky was a round object with red lights around the perimeter. The lights turned to white, flashed and then turned red again. There were other lights going toward the center of the circle. These lights were red. Too large to be a drone. I didn’t want to get my phone for fear it would be gone when I came out again. It continued to fly to the left of my house and then I couldn’t see it. Ran to the front of my house as I did, I grabbed my phone. Clicked on the video but couldn’t find it. Then upon looking north I spotted it for a second as it passed behind two pine trees in the distance. Not enough time to get it on video. That’s about it just wondering if anyone else had spotted this.