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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.
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September 14, 2018 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Stockton, CA
I was driviing south on a neighborhood street when I noticed a light in the sky ahead of my car. It was traveling in the same direction and almost on the same track. My first thought was a shooting star but it was moving too slow. Then I thought a an airplace or helicopter but it was a yellowish color, kind of fuzzy, and didn't have navigation lights. My windows were up so I couldn't tell if it made any noise. It moved with a bouncy, staggering kind of moviement like it was traveling on an invisible bumpy road or traveling against a heavy wind.. I would estimate its altitude at aout 5000 feet. I lost sight of it when I drove under some trees and made a left turn to my destination.
September 14, 2018 · 3:00 AM · CIRCLE
Evansville, IN
Witness was at work on the city's east side not far from hwy 41 when he noticed a bright orange light to the east through an open garage door he was working close to. He estimated it was at least 10 to 15 miles away, but the height was hard to judge. "If you stuck your arm straight out, it would have been less than a fingers width away from a tree line that was over a mile away. Probably hundreds of feet from the ground." The light was definitely lower and brighter than any star in the sky that he had ever seen. It was also brighter than a passenger plane flying not quite overhead of where he was, and larger. His first thought was that it was a helicopter with a search light, since it seemed to be stationary, and he figured a bright search light may explain why it looked so big. He watched it for around 3 minutes before he had to walk away for about 10 seconds, and when he returned to see what it was doing it had vanished. He watched for maybe another! minute and it still hadn't returned. That's when he thought maybe it was a UFO. He went to tell a co-worker about it and took care of a few things which took about 10 minutes and went to look again and there was another orange light. This time it was off to the left a bit and a little higher. "I would say at least a mile north of the first light. My co-worker was close by so I called him over to see it." They talked for a couple of minutes about it while they watched it and then it just disappeared. It was like someone just flipped a switch and it was gone. After another 15 minutes or so he went back to look and another light appeared while he was watching in the same place the first one was, except this time it was a deep red. Then this one started ascending higher into the sky very slowly, and after it moved about an inch or so from his perspective, it kind of changed colors back to orange. It stopped after another inch or so and stayed there for several minutes before disappearing. He had forgot to mention that between the first and second light he had seen an object fly from the direction of the lights toward and straight over him to the west. "It didn't appear to have any lights. It looked like it was reflecting the lights from the city. It looked grayish and maybe triangular. It was moving almost as fast as a meteor and over twice as fast as a plane." It was probably several hundred feet from the ground. After the third light he witnessed, he and his co-worker were standing at the garage door when he saw a light that appeared even further in the distance than the original lights. Then a second light appeared to the south and another appeared to the north. All three were slowly moving up and down and changing the intensity of their light. Eventually they disappeared one at a time. Then about 15 or 20 minutes later he was looking again and saw a bright red light blinking very rapidly in the distance for about 10 seconds. All of these lights were definitely hundreds of feet in the air, bri! ghter and larger than any aircraft he had ever seen, moved in ways that he had never seen a regular airplane move, and were not stars or radio towers. He wasn't able to take pictures because it was night and the distances, and there were street lights in the foreground screwing with the focus. Also, the sighting didn't really make me feel any certain way but it did give me good bumps. (MUFON CMS)
September 13, 2018 · 11:32 PM · LIGHT
Helena, AL
While sitting on my back porch last night, I observed what may have been ball lightning but I’m not sure. There were thunderstorms in the area with vivid lightning, but no active storms in the immediate area. It was 75 degrees F, humid with a light breeze and mostly cloudy. Facing west at 8:32pm, seated and speaking on the phone, I observed a ball of light that was whitish-blue ascend diagonally about 20 degrees above the horizon. It appeared to level off slightly before changing to a pinkish-bluish-purple color as it arced back toward the ground to the point where my view was obstructed. The event lasted 5 to 6 seconds. There were no sounds heard during the event or right after it occurred. When the ball of light first appeared, it seemed to ascend, arcing toward the east/southeast. When it leveled off briefly, it seemed to travel toward the east. When the light descended, it appeared to arc toward the northeast. The brightness of the light seemed to get slightly brighter as it traveled, which makes me think it was moving closer to my position. The ball of light looked like a roman candle type of light. No sparks were emitted from it like what happens as meteorites travel through the atmosphere.
September 13, 2018 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
American Falls, ID
Looking East towards American Falls, ID, from the Crystal Ice Cave area of Craters of the Moon, I saw what looked like the bright white hunting light of a small plane heading in my direction. I estimated it to be approximately 10-15 miles away. It then turned to my right, so I was seeing the light from the side I judged it to be flying about 60 miles per hour. Nothing but the one light was visible. It moved slowly South for 10-15 seconds. I could not hear it. It then made a series of 3 or 4 short darts forward, stopping for a second or 2 each time. It instantly moved about a quarter of a thumb width at arm's length each time it jumped. That was followed by two longer jumps, each more than a thumb width. Each of the jumps was almost instantaneous,, but I could always see the light. It did not blink out and reappear but rather just a very quick dart. About 5 seconds later it moved into the clouds and never reappeared.
September 13, 2018 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Dansville, MI
The only buildings that would be in the range of a small drone were the school, the fire department, an auto repair shop and a few houses. There didn't appear to be anyone walking around either. And, we couldn't hear any sound coming from these drones. When we started to get creeped out is when we counted 50 of these things. They were coming from all directions and just circling us. They remained stationary in the sky probably about 30 feet above our heads. We couldn't make out any details other than the lights. More drones continued coming seemingly at random over the next hour. That's when we finally decided to leave.
September 13, 2018 · 9:15 PM · OTHER
Spokane Valley, WA
On the evening of September 13, 2018, at about 9:15 p.m., I stepped out on the porch in southeast Spokane county and saw what I first assumed were the navigation lights of a commercial flight heading toward the West coast. I see these flights a lot, and most of those flights are at around 30,000’, and the red, blue and white flashing lights that I saw were at about that height. Then, I noticed that these lights weren’t moving nearly as fast as expected, so I ran inside and grabbed the 10X binoculars. With the binoculars I saw either many small lights on an immense object, or many objects flying in a choreographed manner. There were many lights very close together, and those lights were pretty irregular in their flashing frequency, color and brightness. These compacted lights were arranged in a rough semi-circle, which gave me the impression of an extremely large solid object. But then I observed several small but bright lights moving independently of the rest. One of these lights was a considerable distance away from the compacted lights, at least two to three miles away by my estimate. That light was flashing a white color, and it only flashed twice that I saw. After watching these lights for about a minute, they seemed to be dimming. But I then realized that the whole “swarm” of lights was moving West and away from my location. Looking up I saw one of the regular commercial flights heading West, and in the general direction where the lights were. It appeared that the lights started moving in response to the commercial jet. I say “swarm” because at that point the compacted lights appeared to be separating from each other as they moved away, with the independent lights trailing. Much like a swarm of insects might do. It seemed weird, but I really didn’t think much of it until yesterday when I watched this YouTube video apparently showing a “swarm” of objects over St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 13, 2018!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPkbhQqaAsU What is depicted in the video is similar to what I saw, but the object(s) that I saw were flashing different colors.
September 13, 2018 · 9:15 PM · OTHER
Coos Bay, OR
I was outside smoking a cigarette on my front porch and in front right above the baseball field it appeared very bright, like a star but larger with a green tip shoot down the sky and disappear. I would think it was just a shooting star, but it was much brighter and much larger and the green tip threw me off. It also was not a clear night and very dense and cloudy. There were no other stars present.
September 13, 2018 · 8:03 PM · DISK
Danville, VA
Could only see after photo was taken. Craft was disc shaped, gren/gray color, no sound, light from one end
September 13, 2018 · 7:28 PM · LIGHT
Monterey, IN
I was observing the moon a nd jupiter when an object caught my attention. The object was a light that kept getting brighter as I focused on it. I thought perhaps it was a pulsing sattelite, but it did not move. The stationary light gradually faded over ten seconds time. It was located 12:00 east-west, and 1:30 south and reached the brightness of venus briefly. I am a 63 year old retired auto mechanic with no bad habits.
September 13, 2018 · 7:08 AM · OVAL
Chelsea, ME
Location: -69.764 44.263 ( Rte 9 N, Chelsea ME, just before Skyline Dr., per ME Geolibrary) azimuth: due north, true north. Elevation: 6 degrees. Brilliant glowing green-white oval streaking vertically downward during space of 1+ second from elevation 6 degrees to elevation 2 degrees, disappeared behind tree line. Long axis of oval est 1/3 degree arc.
September 13, 2018 · 3:15 AM · DIAMOND
Ellsworth, OH
I was driving home from work (heading south) on Rte. 45 in Ellsworth, OH, (I was a little north of the 45/224 intersection), and I happen to look out my car window (east), noticing the low cumulus clouds and the streaky higher cirrus clouds and the pale blue of the sky separating them and how beautiful it looked. I then noticed a white sort of translucent shape just below the cirrus clouds. If I had to put a shape to it, it would be diamond but it was not a true diamond shape it was more in the shape of a kite. There were no contrails, there were no marker lights and no dark shape of an airliner and this thing was soaring through the sky at a high rate of speed. It was very hard to take my eyes off this thing and pay attention to the road traffic because I never seen anything like this before. Eventually the "thing" kept heading east and because of my angle on the road and the low cumulus clouds I lost sight. I then looked west hoping to see f! ighter jets or something to confirm what I saw and confirm that I wasn't seeing things but no arrived, or at least none that I saw. Later that night I told my wife what happened and what I saw but she did not believe me but this happened and I don't know what it was I saw.
September 13, 2018 · 1:00 AM · OTHER
Augusta, GA
On Thursday, September 13, 2018, my friend and I were sitting out front of my apartment building, probably around 1 a.m. or so and I noticed what at first glance looked like a star maybe burning out. It had reds, greens, and blue tints to it and was flashing pretty steadily. I then realized what ever this is was definitely hovering somehow. You could see it slowly moving from left to right. When that caught our attention we finally decided to take a look at the sky and there were MULTIPLE objects in the sky that fit the same description. Just looking at them you could see the flashing and hovering. Some would just appear. We have these little toy binoculars, that still work pretty good, that we started looking at the objects better and through that they looked as if things were coming out of them sort of like flares, they seemed long, like a trail of something entering into the atmosphere. We noticed some made up a circle formation and then some were making u! p a triangle formation. Then there would be groups of maybe six objects swarming around each other. They were smaller and farther off so the way I can really explain it is when you see the gnats flying around a street light, This was going on for a few hours. I happened to walk outside about 6 a.m when the sun was barely out and there was one left in the sky and it was so bright as if the sun was bouncing of a metallic surface. I was able to get a video of that one, I couldn’t figure out the shape but you could easily tell it wasn’t a plane or a satellite. It almost looked like it was breaking off into smaller pieces and coming back to its original form but it was gone by the time the sun came all the way up.
September 13, 2018 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Sherman, TX
It was blow clouds then it was like not moving at all then just went straight north an was moving real real fast like where if u blink it’s was gone an I couldn’t see it any longer. It’s was not real long are wife just like a tight little box an there was a wired sound in the air not like how things are like everything went quit all around us. No birds chirping are anything like that. Then after it was gone everything went back to normal an I was shaking an I’m still shaking. I called a friend of mine an he told me how to reach this web site cause he two has seen things like this. I thought he wasn’t going to take me for real are any one else but there’s no reason for me to want to make this up I want to know what I just seen an if there’s going to be more of this. An I didn’t take picture cause it was hard for me to even move are think about anything it was like I was in a Trance are somthing. I’m just not sure of what I saw are what todo now about it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 12, 2018 · 9:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Ottertail, MN
It looked like a large reflective object - moving southwest over Lake Otttertail - me and my sister saw it moving pretty fast across the night sky after the moon had set, so it was very dark with lots of stars - we couldn't tell how close to us it was - no lights at all on the object but we think we could see the edges - it was all rounded - there were no sharp edges - because it was reflective - My sister and I were up visiting our parents for their ((deleted--50-60th)) anniversary at their lake house on Ottertail Lake in Minnesota.
September 12, 2018 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Mansfield, OH
Ball of orange light, low in the sky, moving much faster than a plane, headed southbound.
September 12, 2018 · 5:00 PM · CIRCLE
Deadwood, SD
There was a round flat surfaced object that appeared at about 80 degrees above the horizon, it seemed to mirror the sun and clouds, super reflective, which at times looked like a full moon yet the moon was below on the horizon in a waxing crescent. Others watching thought it looked like a ringed object with an opening in the center. The outside edge of the object was very bright and looked as if there were lights that encircled it. People around stated that they had seen it from other locations in the the area from as early as 14:00 hours and it remained there, in the same spot until after the sunset.
September 12, 2018 · 2:30 PM · DISK
Grand Canyon Village, AZ
Took a picture of the Grand Canyon on September 12, 2018. At 230 pm. Look at the picture later on that evening and notice 2 white discs above the canyon.
September 12, 2018 · 8:00 AM · CHANGING
Moss Point, MS
Wednesday, Sept 10, 2018 8pm. Heading home from having dinner at San Miguel’s going over Moss Point bridge heading back to Pascagoula. As we were passing the big bridge, my husband and 2 kids notice something up in the sky shining with lights. Clear white and flashing lights. It was 8 object, best way to describe tubes (straws) completely lit up but also each had maybe 4 flashing lights. They were all touching seem to be one object but then a few seconds split away from each other turn into circular shapes, then completely lit like a red/orange color. Splitting away from each other changing into a circular shape, then floating close to each other. Flying away and also turning all visual lights off. I have never seen anything like it in my life and it really made my blood drop. I am not a believer and never put thought into it but what I saw was something out of this world and made me scare. Sharing my story. In Moss Point,MS heading to Pascagoula.
September 12, 2018 · 1:58 AM · LIGHT
Cobb, CA
At 1:58 a.m., on Sept 12th, in Lake County, CA, I saw thru a clearing in the tall pine tree forest a large bright red pulsating light traveling from the west moving in a south easterly direction. It was a ways above the 120 foot tall pine trees surrounding my area. It moved in a straight line, pulsating red as it flew across the sky. I saw it clearly for a few seconds in a clearing above my house & then again intermittently through the tall pines as it travelled out of sight. It was moving fast and there was no sound coming from the object. If it had been a plane or helicopter, I would have heard it because of its altitude. The event of seeing it lasted only about 10 seconds, of which I got a clear view of the object for about 3 seconds. It was a dime size large red glowing pulsating ball with no tail.
September 12, 2018 · 12:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Virginia Beach, VA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 12, 2018 · 12:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Fairfield, CA
Hello! I recently experienced an extraterrestrial event that was not a UFO, but could have been "alien" activity. I was doing research on Malaysia Flight 370 and was piecing things together with a few friends (such as the fact "they are not human" was said in the blackbox recording and the plane had simply disappeared). I was extremely tired so I had decided to put my computer down and to go to sleep. I fell asleep and the next morning I woke up and saw a triangle mark on my right thigh. I sent an image to my friend, she saw it immediately in the photo replying "what ((two words deleted)) is that, you probably got abducted." That hadn't even crossed my mind. Then I was thinking about the research me and my friends had done the night before involving the sentence "they are not human". This seemed very stupid to me and I was thinking I had just overthought the situation. A few nights later, I felt a pinch on my rib, and immediately passed out (it happened fast and I had no intention of falling asleep, but woke up the next morning). The area on my rib that felt pinched the night before felt extremely bruised. I looked at it to notice that it was a triangle mark, and hurt extremely worse than the one on my thigh. I do not have a picture of this one. Long story short, I woke up with triangle marks on my body, TWICE. My orange tabby also kept biting at the marks, which he never bites me. Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
September 11, 2018 · 10:44 PM · RECTANGLE
North Hollywood, CA
Been seeing a huge light in the western sky over Los Angeles for weeks. Too big to be a planet, and does not orbit like planets, stars, the ISS. Seems to be long and rectangular shaped; three quarters of it is gold colored, one quarter is red colored. Tonight it is situated more to the south, the first time I have seen it in a different place since I noticed it a month ago. Neighbor got out his binoculars but says he couldn’t make out what it is. It makes me feel nervous. It sits stationary in the sky except for tonight in a different location, but still not moving. What is it!!! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 11, 2018 · 8:31 PM · EGG
The Woodlands, TX
The Woodlands, Texas, 9/11/2018 20:31 hours 267 ((address deleted)) I began doing aerial research after Hearing of reports in the are in the past three weeks. Through Facebook and Youtube. Being a current student of aviation, I sat out with equipment to see what was happening. I utilize three software apps while observing the sky. Freeflight24, Satellite, and Freeskypro. This helps pass the time. And correctly ID objects at a distance. At the end of my session I wanted to take a picture of the horizon so I powered up my (Sony dhc xv100) and set it to low light. At this point I could not see the object with my own eyes. After adjusting the ISO an image came into frame. I checked the lens for dust with a Trijicon lens duster; object was still there, I could faintly see it with my own eyes. It was hovering above the Westco Plaze about 500’ still very faint and hard to see with my own eyes. But clearly visible on the camera. After sever very low clouds moved in, the object was no longer visible.
September 11, 2018 · 7:50 PM · FIREBALL
South El Monte, CA
This evening, at approximately 19:50, I witnessed what initially looked to me as a "shooting star", quickly transform itself into a fully capable and manuevering aircraft. From where I was standing, I had a full view of the northern sky with the moon also in view (waxing crescent tonight). While conversing with an associate over the phone, this ball of a light quickly took my attention. Assuming it was going to burn out somewhere within the stratosphere or troposphere (as I've observed in my lifetime amongst "shooting stars" or meteors) I continued my conversation. Then, what I witnessed next blew my mind. The ball of light came to a grinding halt and I was able to actually hear this flying object. It sounded like a loud, "screeching", static electric-like sound. So powerful, I was able to feel the vibrations under me. Hard to explain. After coming to an almost complete stop, I watched it turn and head Northeast. I hung up the phone, and called my wife outside so she could see this object. I followed this object with my eyes from the second it's light was identifiable to my periphals. When she came outside, we both marveled over this ball of a light, and watched it as it continued to travel northeast. This object maintained its physical appearance as an orange "ball" of a light the whole way through. It was very distinctive in a way, that it was very bright and orange. Easily able to differentiate itself from any sort of commercial aircraft. Serving in the Marine Corps for four years, I can say it was of no military aircraft I have seen before either. This object stopped almost midair. We watched until the light faded into nothing, as it continued its travels northeast I would say HUNDREDS of miles. All within two minutes. Anyone in the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles Valley, ..........anyone,anywhere, who happened to look up and witness what they "think" to have been something strange flying through the sky, I can assure you, was nothing ordinary or of our "technology". I have (2) side notes to add: Less than 3 minutes after the object dissapeared, a loud helicopter was overhead, and in my area. The only thing I could see were the lights from the undercarriage and skids. It made a circle and dissapeared. This may have been pure coincidence. The second thing I wanted add was regarding the noise I heard. The loud vibrational type noise. I've heard this before and actually regularly for the past two years. The weird thing is when I have heard it, the noise's "vibrational frequency" has been much louder and sometimes in intervals. It leads me to believe the area I live in or possibly the mountain ranges (San Gabriel Mountains or San Bernadino Mountains) nearby are being utilized as a some sort of entry point? I will continue to record my "encounters" as I feel there is a correlation between these anomalies.