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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
September 21, 2018 · 10:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Washington, D.C. (6 miles west of), DC
I am a U.K. visitor to the U.S. on a family visit to Washington and on the way from their house to the airport, I saw something strage. I then proceeded to witness a large rectangular glowing object appear at the side of the road. It had some sort of strange inscriptions on it. The colour was bright white, with red streaks across it. It had long legs roughly 2m long touching the ground. For some reason I couldn't avert my eyes, like it was advertising something great to me. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 21, 2018 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Tower, MN
Object of light. At first we thought maybe a satellite, then it changed course. Then we thought maybe distance was wrong, and maybe a plane. But moved very fast. Then it just disappeared. Very strange. No clue what we might even have conduit with.
September 21, 2018 · 8:45 PM · CHEVRON
East Prairie, MO
It made no sound and it was not extremely high in the air. But it vanished quickly. The way it flew was southeast from East prairie towards the DORENA HICKMAN area. I was unsure of what I saw but it scared me. What was it, does anyone know? Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
September 21, 2018 · 8:43 PM · UNKNOWN
East Islip, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 21, 2018 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Sonoita, AZ
Sept 21st 2018 from 8:00 - 8:30 p.m. We were taking turns looking through my husband's telescope. I was also looking through high powered binocular at clouds around the moon. I saw something silver that had a 3 dimensional shape, like an elongated guitar pick with a rounded top - as in a canopy on an airplane. It was between the earth and clouds, the side of it facing the moon was bright silver, then it grayed to black on the side away from the moon. Then it faded from view, literally after a minute or so, like a dimmer switch on the lamp. We kept looking for it and soon saw two objects traveling together between us and the clouds again. They looked like balls of light and would slow, then speed up. Next there were three of them in formation like a triangle. My husband saw 5 of them in the telescope, I saw 4 by the time I looked through it, but they were flying together in a formation.
September 21, 2018 · 1:30 PM · OTHER
Carbondale, IL
Location and conditions: Carbondale, IL, 09/21/2018, time 1:30 PM (about). Sky partly cloudy, visibility very good, temp about 85 F. Slight breeze from the north which the weather channel had reported as 5-10 mph. I was traveling east on the University Mall Drive, approaching the Post Office. I happened to look up and saw a black object moving from, approximately, North to South at about the speed you would expect a helicopter to travel about 60 mph. We frequently have medi-vac helicopters in the area as there is a local hospital 3 miles west of that location and I am used to seeing them in the air. In fact I used to be one of the ride-along RNs many times in them so I am used to watching them. I estimate the altitude at about 800-1000 ft. or so. This was not a helicopter, I am certain. Because of the unusual characteristics of this object, however, I continued to look at it as best I could while driving. Although the altitude and speed were similar to a helicopter, as mentioned, no other aspects matched. There was no noise, no tail boom, no skids, no windows, and was a completely different shape. This appeared to be sort of an elongated, many-sided polyhedron. As it moved, the sun would reflect off a shiny facet now and then as if it had a glossy surface. It did not move like a balloon. There was no bobbing or slight irregularity in motion as one would expect from a balloon. Its course was steady. Also, the speed at which is was traveling, as above, estimated at about 60 mph, was way above the surface wind speed by a lot. I do not have a wind report for the altitude the object was traveling at (800-1000ft), but there was at least one vulture aloft also in the area, about 300 yards further away than the flight path of the object and I judged, from the steady circling of the vulture, that winds aloft were not very high. That is, there was not a noticeable southward drift of the vulture's pattern that could match the speed of the object. I pulled into the Post Office parking lot and got out of my car to get a better look. My cell phone was in a zippered bag and I was concerned it would take too long to retrieve so I just continued observing. It came directly over IL Hwy 13, the major East-West route through town, passed the Post Office and appeared to make one course change from about SSE to about due East, then head in that direction at a steady speed. This would be unusual behavior if it was a balloon because the course change happened cleanly with no bobbling or turbulence as one might see if a different air mass intercepted the object. The course change looked to me like I would see a helicopter perform, but, as I mentioned, there was no noise, no tail boom and no other characteristics like a helicopter. I watched it until I could not longer see it due to buildings and trees behind the Post Office. The most striking features: 1. Silent and swift with no apparent lift surfaces or engine sounds. 2. Steady course with one course change. Stayed at same altitude during period of observation. 3. Nothing like anything I have ever seen in the sky. This I knew within seconds of spotting it.
September 21, 2018 · 6:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Indianapolis, IN
This morning, at around 6:45 am, I was awakened by what seemed to be a very loud ongoing noise in the sky. We are in a flight path but this seemed to be not the usual airplane engine noise. It continued for at least five minutes, and I finally went out in my pjs and stood on the driveway at the back of our cul de sac. The sky was whited out and nothing could be seen visibly in the sky. The sound, however, was like massive engines that had tones (f and g above middle c, half note measures) and underneath those tones was a low infrasound engine tone that sounded like low heavy steady wind. It was Extremely loud and ongoing and I kept wondering why no one else had come out of their homes to see what the source was. The Only thing I could come up with is perhaps it was a Massive cloaked mothership and or a fleet of same, flying low and slow. It kept up for at least 20 minutes and then finally started fading off and I could hear it in the distance, it seemed to be heading southwest as far as distance sound. I'm wondering if perhaps other have heard this.
September 21, 2018 · 2:00 AM · CHEVRON
Lincoln City, OR
We were sitting on the balcony, star gazing, because we had heard that there was going to be a meteor shower....we were only out watching about 20 minutes, when a huge thing with wings flew over us. Actually it glides over us. Never flapped its wings. The wings were so captivating! Large and translucent like....we could see the stars just as clear as before, even with this giant thing flying over. At least two car lengths long! It was not a bird of ANY KIND. We also had lost power almost one hour before this happened in the casino hotel.
September 20, 2018 · 8:45 PM · SPHERE
Atlanta, GA
I was driving on I-20 east away from Atlanta and a bright condensed white light caught my attention ahead and to my right, so that it appeared to be south of I-20. The light was like a shooting star but about 20 times as bright. It was descending rapidly at a slight angle, and disappeared behind the trees. This was definitely not a shooting star, it was moving more slowly and deliberately than that and was too bright. As I kept driving there was an accident that had just happened on I-20 not far from where the light was headed, although the light appeared to be heading more south away from the interstate. Also, the trajectory was as of a plane crashing at a steep angle, or a flare coming down.
September 20, 2018 · 8:40 PM · CHEVRON
Paragould, AR
We were in car driving north on highway 351 in Greene County, Arkansas, close to the Crowley’s Ridge Raceway. As we approached, we noticed a horizontal line of several lights up ahead above the tree line. When we got closer it appeared to be higher than a cell tower, but not real big, about the size of a small single propeller airplane. The closer we got to it, we saw a green light on one end and a red light on the other with a white light in center. None of the lights were blinking. We drove directly under it, low enough to see bottom of craft. It was not moving and not making any sound, looked like a boomerang with 3 lights on bottom in a chevron shape. No windows observed, grey/black in color. Very creepy.
September 20, 2018 · 7:00 PM · DIAMOND
Peekskill, NY
It was a diamond shape of bright lights. It hovered over the water area about the power plant. Over the hills I also saw a V shaped lighted object. I took pictures however camera was stolen out of my car in Yonkers NY.
September 20, 2018 · 6:30 PM · OTHER
Foster, RI
Driving East on RT 101I spotted what I could only discribe as 2 flaming engines. Craft moved in a SE direction before seeing to move into clouds but after not noticing any light it seemed to have just vanished. I could only see a vuage outline of the craft in a shape similar to a plane but the 2 engines seemed to flank the craft. Again both emitting a short trail of fire. I believe me and a friend have seen a similar object years ago on the eastern side of RI. Flying low overhead with a similar glow and seemed to decent near the border of MA.
September 20, 2018 · 11:00 AM · DIAMOND
Easley, SC
Again tonight only was more six o'clock position and looked to be much closer to the earth. Made pictures of the object as best as the phone will take.
September 20, 2018 · 8:00 AM · CIGAR
Maryville, TN
At 8 AM I went outside to walk my dogs. I noticed what I thought was a plane, until I realized it had no wings, and was completely silent. It was moving slowly, in a straight line, from SW to NE, toward Knoxville. As soon as I lost sight of it, I saw a second, then a third. Same height, same direction, same flight path. All 3 moved very slowly, and made no sound. They were cigar-shaped, bright white in color, and seemed to be in 2 sections. The leading end was about 2/3 of the total length, with front and back divided by a slightly darker band.
September 20, 2018 · 6:22 AM · DISK
Ormond Beach, FL
Observed 5 white disks in a wedge formation, color white traveling south at approximately 400 knots. I estimate their altitude at about 8,000 feet. What causes me to report this is they were in a controlled air space. I am a retired Army officer and have never observed such craft.
September 20, 2018 · 6:00 AM · DISK
Allentown, PA
I seen this type in Bethlehem area (near 5 points) about two weeks ago.
September 20, 2018 · 5:00 AM · OTHER
Gordon, GA
When I called my husband, he said landing lights on planes are really bright. I don't know why a plane would have had on its landing lights in the middle of nowhere; but, I didn't question him...until I got closer to work and saw a couple of small planes (airport is in the area) and realized they had flashing red lights on them. The object I saw had no other lights, just the bright white one(s).
September 20, 2018 · 3:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Penn valley, CA
I saw the craft again in the daytime at the same location perched in some clouds just hovering still with no sound. I noticed the apartment had a magnetic shift after the event my compass was out -21 degrees. The alternator also blew out in my truck when I first moved there. I felt psychologically abducted presiding the event and delusional.
September 20, 2018 · 2:00 AM · CYLINDER
Piqua, OH
Was outside late at night around 2AM walking my dog. I looked up and seen this way dark object about 45 feet above me. It had no light and no sound. Moving without a sound. The object flew over me moving slow. I lived in an a apatrment complex. i watched the UFO go to the end of the comes and then it went up higher to fly I er the other biking. It flew until,I,could not see it any longer.
September 20, 2018 · 1:00 AM · OTHER
Walnut Creek, CA
I was sitting in the middle of Diablo Hills Golf Course after midnight, when suddenly there was a massive light came over me. Then it stopped, and I looked up and I saw this thing over me., At first, I thought it was a helicopter, but it wasn’t. It was much larger and rectangular. I got up and then the spotlight went off. Then the light above moved away. No sounds. It went west.
September 20, 2018 · 12:00 AM · OVAL
Gloversville, NY
Event Date: 9-20-18 << Use MM/DD/YY format If you do not know the exact date, enter your best guess and check this box >> Event Time : 4 am << Use HH:MM 24 hour format. Examples: 0:00 = Midnight 1:00 = 1:00 AM 12:00 = Noon 13:00 = 1 PM 23:00 = 11:00 PM Event Duration : City : gloversville State / Province : new york Zip Code : 12078 Foreign Country : america County : america << enter if inside USA only Number of witnesses: 1 Shape of Craft : oval Number of craft seen : 1 Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
September 19, 2018 · 11:15 PM · UNKNOWN
George, WA
On Wednesday evening, September 19th, I was leaving George, WA. Westbound on i-90 at Milepost 149 on my regular route. 2 miles West on the highway, looking to the southwest, 7 lights in a cluster appeared. There distance was about 12 to 14 miles. The moon was out on a clear night sky, casting light on the distant ridgelines. Having driven this route hundreds of times, I was very familiar with the distances. The lights were a light straw color, 3 large ones in the center,and 4 smaller ones lined up on either side below the larger ones. Compared to the moon size, this cluster was about 1/3 the size. These lights are a very long ways away, and would be bigger than any aircraft I have ever seen. I was driving straight towards them, and there was no movement. After about 4 minutes they just faded out like turning off a wall dimmer switch. About 4 minutes later, while getting ready to decend the grade to cross the Columbia River at the Vantage bridge, they appeared again. This time there was one more light on the upper left of the cluster. I watched them for about 2 more minutes and then they faded again. As I climbed the grade, I saw them again to my left, which would have been to the south. They were gone in a few seconds, but were well below the distant ridgeline. The distance at this point was less than 2 miles. I am a veteran of the U. S. Navy, with 3 years as an aviation machinest mate. I started up jets with ground support equipment. Also, my view from my house on the south side of Ephrata, Wa, gives me a good vantage point of military and commercial aircraft that utilize the Moses Lake Airport for training and test purposes. My sighting was nothing I have ever seen before!
September 19, 2018 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Naples, FL
Blinking light passed across the sky from W to E and was completely out of visual range in about 20 seconds. The craft did not make any sound. My brother-in-law and I saw a number of jets flying this same evening, which took a couple minutes to travel the same distance and could be heard. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 19, 2018 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Pacific Ocean, -
Hawaiian Airlines Flight #40 - UFO Sighting on 9-19-18 Location: Over Pacific Ocean (664 miles southwest of Newport, OR) Date: 9-19-18 Time: ~7:00pm PT Synopsis: This report was personally relayed to me by a friend who I knew many years ago, but who tracked me down after hearing of this incident. He is now a commercial airline pilot for an airline company that is not Hawaiian Airlines, but rather a rival airline. My friend was piloting a flight across the Pacific Ocean on the night in question. During the flight, at roughly the time listed above, he heard radio chatter from a Hawaiian Airlines Flight #40 heading Eastbound across the Pacific (flight from Maui to Portland, OR). They stated they had been observing a very large white ball or sphere that had black markings on it. The flight was at a cruising altitude of 35,000 ft and the object was on the same Eastbound heading, but at an estimated altitude of 36,000 ft. After initially observing this object, the three crew members attempted to snap photos of it as they gradually closed on it. However, according to the statements made over the radio, the photos were blurry and did not show the object. They did state that the object appeared to be very large. They added that their hands were all shaking whilst trying to photograph the object due to their collective apprehension in not knowing what this thing was, but knowing it was NOT an aircraft. Eventually, the plane passed by the object as they were apparently moving faster, albeit in the same direction. That was the last they saw of the object. No attempt was made to gain access to audio recordings of the event as the planes were over the Pacific Ocean too far away from Air Traffic Control Centers. All communication this far out to sea is strictly “air-to-air frequency”. It was on this frequency that the communication from the Hawaiian Airlines was heard by my friend and commercial pilot. The location of the sighting was over a point designated as HEKAB (latitude/longitude coordinates: N 39.24.8 W 134.58.4), which lies 664 miles southwest of Newport, OR. Report by David Marler (updated 9-26-18) 2 We express our gratitude to DAVID MARLER, well-known UFO investigator and author, who composed and forwarded the report to the National UFO Reporting Center. PD