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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 28, 2023 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Volo, IL
Saw a white light moving across the sky on a southeast heading somewhat slowly, a minute or so later a jet came in the same location as the white light. The white light disappeared. Cool vape trail at night.
May 28, 2023 · 9:55 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedFredericksburg, TX
we were sharing outside the house when my sister-in-law looked at the sky and saw these lights, we all got up from our seats to see them [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
May 28, 2023 · 9:30 PM · CHANGING
Sullivan, ME
We were on a deck for a few different evenings and saw something moving across the sky and we all froze no one said a word and it had a red glow as it went by at eye level. Then these were captured from cell phone in the next two days very strange
May 28, 2023 · 9:27 PM · CIRCLE
Williamstown, VT
Circular object moving across sky no blinking lights and appear to change speed at time went directly over head I have looked many times before at the sky in that area and have not seen before nor since
May 28, 2023 · 9:00 PM · CHANGING
Wilton, CT
When I looked with a binoculars, there were a whole lot of small lights clustered together, blinking. At times you would see the shape changing, and when I looked at it a half hour later, it was a different shape with white lights on red lights, very very bright. I have videos of it.
May 28, 2023 · 8:25 PM · UNKNOWN
College park, GA
Me and my coworker at 8:25 pm saw two objects hovering over in the sky with birds. The birds were flying around it and led it into the clouds. The object looked like a bike almost then it had a weird shape to it like a spikes. We thought it was balloons at first but then the longer we looked at it we realized that it was something much more extravagant. It was an object that looked like a person was on it riding a bicycle. We took pictures of the object but couldn’t fully make it out in the photos. It looked very dull and black.
May 28, 2023 · 4:00 PM · CIRCLE
Woodland, WA
The object was moving against the wind - no noise, High cirrus clouds were moving with the wind and it was going against the wind. Was viewed twice - once at 4PM and again at about 445 when I was on the way back on a Kayak. No noise, no contrail nothing. Also it moved slow, then quick, then appeared not to move, then would move away again.
May 28, 2023 · 2:24 PM · LIGHT
Levittown, NY
While relaxing in our backyard my wife and I were observing a passenger jet flying approaching us from east to west. While observing the jet I noticed moving pinprick of bright light very much higher than the jet. The jet passed and I observed this object flashing at first very bright and then dimming (it was still lit,but dimly). I pointed this object out to my wife and she observed it,as well. We both agreed that this was not a mylar party balloon which we had seen together many years ago. The. object continued to move, apparently slowly eat to west. we both agreed that it seemed to be moving too slow to be flying. We observed no contrail and heard no sound. As I said,the object was very tiny and we assumed it was very high not low and small. We were able to watch it as it moved east to west, directly overhead and then into the wester sky. We both agreed we had never observed something moving in this way or displaying this kind of bright light dimming and flashing bright again. I did take 2 picture and about 20 seconds of video, but nothing showed up when I looked at them. We both felt this was something perhaps apps explainable but unique.
May 28, 2023 · 12:45 PM · CIRCLE
Florham Park, NJ
White circle or orb spotted hovering in the sky. The distance was about as high as an airplane.
May 27, 2023 · 11:45 PM · FORMATION
Boise, ID
The moon was bright despite being a half moon. The night was calm and there weren’t many clouds. It was a great night for star gazing. At first I thought it was a satellite but then noticed other lights as it came into view. It went almost directly overhead which is how I could see the v shape but again no sound. The night was strangely quiet. Lights were white and all appeared to be part of the same craft.
May 27, 2023 · 11:10 PM · CUBE
Carter lake, IA
Saturday night I went out back with my dogs before bed. As I stepped off back porch and looked up I saw what I thought was an out of place star. Then it started to move slowly it turned a little clockwise. That's when I saw the dim green/blue light. It has a bigger white light. It moved a short distance and went through a slot that was camouflaged like the sky and stars. Then it was just gone. Two years ago on July 4th my son and I saw the same type of UFO much closer. That time it came down from way up extremely fast and rested above the interstate. It had a dim green light. Then its like someone on the object uncovered the light. It did not just turn on. Then the Omaha police helicopter flew in front of it and I saw that it was twice as big as the copter and shaped like a bunch of boxes put together. It then disappeared for15 minutes and reappeared above the first National tower downtown omaha. It covered and uncovered the white light like someone did it with a tarp. It was way to big and fast to be a drone. It then did a bunch of small fast circles and disappeared. My son and I were freaked out! I sent the video of it disappearing to mufon back then and now I don't have it. I wanted to report this just in case I'm taken. Thank you.
May 27, 2023 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Silver Cliff, WI
11:00pm. At my cabin in northern Wisconsin 25 miles northwest of Crivitz in rural wooded area. Thousands of acres of public hunting land with no homes across the road. Half full moon clearly seen. Venus very bright in the night sky. The younger kids just went to bed. I walked outside to smoke a cigarette with a friend. We both heard an animal screaming in the distance. In the same area we could see a very bright light through the trees. We stood there trying to figure out what this light was for several minutes. It didn't move. After a few minutes of not being able to figure out what it was we walked to the road 50' away. Looking down the county road about a quarter mile and about 100 yards to the right into the woods you could see a very bright light, about the intensity of a street light, just below the tops of the trees. Probably 60' in the air.The light was shining down as you could see the cone of light was smaller near the tops of the trees than on the branches closer to the ground. Venus was clearly above it and very bright in the night sky. The half full moon was clearly in a very different part of the night sky. We couldn't hear any sound so it wasn't a helicopter. It was too big and bright to be a drone or a chinese lantern on a string. We could see no red blinking lights that would identify it as a aircraft. There are no street lights for miles and miles. After about 5 mins we walked back to the cabin and my friends wife came out. We turned to show her the lights and they were gone. We all were looking across the street into a wide clearing at the night sky and it looked like a star exploded and disappeared in a very bright flash. I listened for a report thinking the flash may have been fireworks but there was no sound. I said out loud, did everyone just see that? Yes. It was a very bright flash that disappeared into nothingness? Yes. Any ideas on what it could have been? No. It kinda looked like a star wars ship going into hyperspace but no one noticed a ship, just the very bright flash of light. No one was drinking or high on weed. We all have college degrees and can not figure out a logical explanation of the lights we saw. Why didn't we take a picture? No one had a camera or phone on them (poor cell phone reception in the area of the cabin) and I thought there was probably a logical explanation to the lights and didn't think it necessitated me running into the cabin to try to find my camera to take a picture of lights that we would be able to logically conclude it's origins in a minute.
May 27, 2023 · 10:25 PM · LIGHT
Clinton, NJ
White star-like light, silently traveling from North to South in a straight, steady line; no ISS in the area at the time [NUFORC annotation: Satellite - Possible]
May 27, 2023 · 10:17 PM · LIGHT
Snow Shoe, PA
8 friends sitting around the camp fire, we have a view of an overlook. We witnessed a big bright orange round light appear out of nowhere to the south of us, it then came across the sky right over top of us. It made no sound. It left no plume or trail. It then continued quickly away in a sharp turn North and we lost sight of it from there. It seemed to have a glow around the object. It seemed like a bright light but there was density to it almost like a bright round craftoving very swiftly and smoothly. It also feels very mentaly weird to us all in that it almost feels like we are supposed to forget about seeing it. We were so in shock we didn't capture much, one member of the group did get a video of it, however it was on snapchat and I don't believe he saved it. The other photos are the orginal photo taken at 10:17 pm the enlarged screenshot and the short clip of the motion photo video mode. The flicker is from an overhead tree. The light in question did not blink. It was a solid object the entire time.
May 27, 2023 · 9:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Weatherford, TX
There’s a pill like object and a weird thing on the ground that was bright light. See pictures Likely insect caught in the foreground in the flash. Possible aircraft in the sky. [NUFORC annotation: Insect - Possible]
May 27, 2023 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Callicoon, NY
I was in a hot tub with three friends. The object caught my eye as soon as it cleared the home that was adjacent to me. My first thought was that it was a bright fireball, and I instinctively shouted to my friends as I pointed, "look"! All four of us followed it with our eyes as it raced across the sky in a seemingly straight line all the way to the hills that were to our southwest. This all occurred in about eight seconds. I must admit that my sense of time was skewed; I was so transfixed on what I was seeing that the duration of the sighting might have been anywhere between six and ten seconds long. What I do know is that it was a white-blue or white-green object and it was exceptionally bright -as bright as fireballs, yet it NEVER dimmed or flared up. Its brightness remained consistent during its entire trip over us. In addition, it didn't break apart and it didn't make a sound, or at least any sound that we could hear. There's really no way for me to know how large it was, as its light output obscured what was actually there. This was much too fast to be a satellite of any kind -even low-orbit satellites. It wasn't the ISS, which was definitely over the Catskills that night. However, the times of the ISS fly-over and our sighting do not align. More importantly, I've seen the ISS several times. This traveled much faster and was brighter! I've run several scenarios through my mind, trying to think of natural or man-made things that this could be and I ruled out several. I am left with three options: 1) It was a military craft with technology far more advanced than any jet-fighter I've ever seen, 2) it was some craft that was launched minutes earlier and was streaking over us, above the atmosphere, 3) it was an unidentifiable object. Earth/Space/Astronomy teacher, high school.
May 27, 2023 · 9:38 PM · CIRCLE
Wayne, NJ
I was on the side of my friends house, putting some bottles in a recycle bin, and I looked up and saw a strange object/light through the trees, relatively high in the sky. I had my phone with me so I decided to take a couple videos and still photos [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
May 27, 2023 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Griswold, CT
I was on my way home from Norwich coming up route 165 and when I got near Pachaug marina and campground, I saw this amazingly bright light soaring through the sky, not too high up. When I got near the fields there were two other cars pulled over and the man asked me if I saw the light too? He then said it didn't make any noise. Crazy.
May 27, 2023 · 9:20 PM · CONE
Washingtonville, NY
Live in vicinity of airport (5 miles) sitting on deck at night and noticed something at about 20K feet moving 5x the speed of jet aircraft across the sky in straight line heading S to NE. No tail or flashing light. Appeared as a cylindrical shape. Followed it for about 8-10 seconds before it disappeared from view. This should have shown up on KSWF radar if the tower was active at this time. My wife and I both viewed it.
May 27, 2023 · 9:02 PM · SPHERE
Death valley national park, CA
I have seen starlink before around last year (2022) and this did not look like it at all, the lights or "orbs" kind of shuttered across the sky one after each other and they just appeared out of nowhere about 10 or 15 of them and me and my mom both tried to take several pictures of the event and neither of us could get a clear photo I took a video and my camera couldn't focus on them but the orbs were very bright (less then starlink) and then they disappeared just as fast as they appeared. Nothing in photos.
May 27, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Ruidoso, NM
Time is approximate (full dark, just past twilight). Sitting together on rock with 16 YO son facing south after cleaning a couple of trout, while two younger sons continued to fish. Flicker of green light (possibly a laser pointer) in tops of trees to SW part of lake drew our attention. As we looked up and to the SE we noticed a pair of “stars” close together—less than a finger’s width at arms length-approximately 20-25 degrees above the horizon. The pair suddenly began to move apart, one on the left to the SE, the other to the NW, about the speed of a satellite crossing the sky until out of sight. A few minutes later, but closer to the zenith overhead we observed similar behavior from another pair of “stars.” Partial moon was up west of the zenith and Venus was super bright further west. No images.
May 27, 2023 · 8:45 PM · FORMATION
Lake Havasu, AZ
5 blue dim but bright enough dots in a a perfect straight line formation , flew together , moving perfectly together , followed each other in a perfect single file line and then slowed down and spiral into a circle and faded away one by one . This was very frightening for me and my frinds to experience because I always make fun of people when I see something , now I have seen something bazaar with my own eyes …. And that was not something normal , the speed at which they moved and the distance from one another and formation, those dots moved faster than the speed of light . From my naked eyes it hard to believe us human beings where involved in that phenomenon….. That was mathematically impossible the details of how they moved and why so fast lightning fast …..
May 27, 2023 · 8:34 PM · TRIANGLE
Highlands, NC
iPad was on “live”. Object moving on loop. I did not notice object. Took several pics. Object appeared on only one. I first thought it was on the screen, tried to scrape it off w fingernail. Enlarged it and saw symmetrical triangle
May 27, 2023 · 8:30 PM · OTHER
Elgin, IL
I was sitting on my patio around 8:30 pm facing west, twilight. A large circle of very bright light passed over my house. If you hold your thumbs and index fingers together and make a circle and hold them up, that was about the size, pretty large. It was moving east to west fairly fast. The house behind me have some large trees. It only took about 3 seconds from when I saw it until it went behind the trees. I ran to the back of the yard to try and see through the trees and beyond. It was gone. This was a round circle of very bright light. It wasn't fire, but did seem to be high energy. This circle of light / energy did not emit light and there was no sound from it. I live about 20 miles from O'Hare airport. we have planes that circle Elgin and start there decent to land. The altitude of this wasn't treetop, but I believe well below the altitude of planes we see which will land at the airport. Again, this only lasted about three seconds, but was incredible. My wife told me not to tell anyone, but I can't forget this. I'd like to know if there was anyone else had seen this and reported it to anyone. I'd like to stay anonymous other if someone would want to contact me.