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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 19, 2023 · 7:58 PM · TRIANGLE
Boulder, CO
I was parked near the church at lookout road and 79th getting sunset photos. I looked east of my location. I saw a black shape I initially thought was a bird. I pointed my 500mm lens at it and got multiple photos. It looked like it has a cone shaped balloon at the top of the object. The cone was grey and had a black tip facing upward It had 4 round gray shapes hanging below the cone shape. I think something was tethered at the bottom of the round shapes by a single strap. It looked like it was floating north of my position [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
May 19, 2023 · 7:20 PM · LIGHT
Sebring, FL
I was letting out my dogs in the backyard while looking northwest, I saw a Light, the best thing I could compare it to is a flashlight far in the distance. It moved southwest from its position, and faded completely out of existence and blended with the sky. It could be a airplane that went behind a cloud near it, But I waited and never saw the thing again. I thought most stories were made up but I swear to my grave that I saw that thing. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
May 19, 2023 · 2:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Walpole, NH
Two gray fighter jets were chasing a dark gray or black triangular shaped craft headed west. I’m unsure the elevation they were at but looked to be about 1.00” long. I would guess they were 5000-8000’. They were doing slalom like maneuvers which is what caught my attention. They were moving so fast it caught me so off guard I didn’t even notice the black triangular aircraft at first. The triangular craft was seemingly just moving, if that makes sense. As in, there wasn’t the expected movement like the jets. Almost as if I was blinking very quickly as it would move, but I wasn’t blinking. It definitely seemed like the craft was easily outmaneuvering the two jets. Unfortunately I couldn’t react fast enough to get pics or video.
May 19, 2023 · 10:00 AM · RECTANGLE
Vero Beach, FL
While driving I observed a very brief very white flash or strobe from the sky. This caused me to look skyward which I did. After looking up into a clear blue cloudless sky I saw nothing for 8 - 10 seconds. I then observed an object that I would estimate to the size of a commercial airliner drifting to the east at an elevation of 15,000 - 20,000 ft. Battleship gray in color. After observing this object for maybe 5 - 8 seconds it disappeared. I continued to look in the sky and saw nothing. Another strobe or flash occurred in the sky but I saw nothing in the sky. I produced a drawing of the object but it looked much more advanced than I could create in a drawing. I checked with local law enforcement, see if they had any reports of something unusual in the sky. They had none. Also checked with the Vero Beach Air Traffic Control Tower, see if they have anything on radar during that time frame. They would not tell me anything. I am a good witness. I was a Fire Rescue Lieutenant for almost 33 years with no need to fabricate anything.
May 19, 2023 · 9:45 AM · SPHERE
Lakeville, PA
Large Blimp like object about 15-30 bus lengths long, moving slowly 25-50 MPH, only about 300-500 yards above lake surface. Moving in the North-East direction, linear movement. Observed from 18.5 ft aluminum boat drifting in Lake. Yes we realize the photos could resemble starlink, but this object appeared to be a Blimp, which doesn't display in Photos. We're fairly sure about the distance off ground of 300-500 yards, as I'm a surveyor. This is the first UFO myself and friend have seen ever (40 years old). My friend has higher resolution photos, these were sent to me by text message. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
May 19, 2023 · 1:49 AM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalHarrisburg East of I5, OR
I was on my way home from work driving on I5 northbound and I happened to noticed a string of lights in a completely straight line and not moving. As I continued to look at them the bottom 2 lights #'s 8&9 slowly faded out and disappeared then in about 5 seconds reappeared. Approx. 1-2 min. later the 3rd light from the top just disappeared for about 2 seconds then suddenly reappeared. About 3 min. into watching the lights they all slowly moved closer together all while staying in a perfectly straight line in the same location in the sky then all of them slowly faded out and never came back. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
May 19, 2023 · 1:10 AM · CIRCLE
Skiatook, OK
We walked out to take my dog out, and noticed a bright light up the hill that was just floating and bright. It began to flash and get closer and lower. As it got closer it turned into three lights but it was too small to be any type of plane. It was gas powered and it made me so unsettling.
May 18, 2023 · 1:27 PM · CIGAR
Hurricane, UT
Cigar shape maybe as large as two train cars in length. Floated up and around and down in all directions. Slow moving. Thought it was a balloon but it floated a few times without moving. Then in one of my videos there is a second tiny object with a flashing light zipping around the larger object and then takes off super fast. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
May 18, 2023 · 11:28 AM · CIRCLE
San Jose, CA
White ball first came down at an angle and went behind a stand of tall trees then came back out the same side and accelerated away very fast with no sonic boom. I was above clouds at times so we were thinking it was at around 5000 ft. in elevation. We saw it speed up and disappear in the clouds. No sounds. I asked my coworker how big he thought it was and he said bigger than a car. So I'm guessing as big as a van but round. I said if a plane is going 500 mph do you think it was going 1000 mph? He said faster...
May 17, 2023 · 11:20 PM · OVAL
Sharpsville, IN
Oval like object over Sharpsville, IN. Normally the object is bright with light. Tonite it is dull blue and red flashing and barely visible. Still hovering in circles moving up and down.
May 17, 2023 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Lynnwood, WA
Stargazing at 10:30 pm local time, facing north, my attention was drawn to a faint light I saw traveling high in NE sky (about 70 [seventy] degrees). The light appeared initially like a common satellite in terms of brightness and size as it approached from the east. Then, it slowed and seemed to descend, tracing out a path in the shape of the number 5. In other words, it slowed, continued to travel east-to-west, then dipped straight down, and then traced an arc (again, imagine the shape of a number 5). As it traced the arc, it increased in brightness until about midway through the arc's completion, it was as bright as an approaching airliner's landing lights, whereupon it began to decrease in luminosity. When the arc was completed, the light was back at its original luminosity. At this point, it accelerated in a straight path directly to the north and was gone in about five seconds.
May 17, 2023 · 10:14 PM · LIGHT
Chicago, IL
An object was observed moving east to west across the night sky add an extremely high velocity. The location is very urban; near downtown Chicago. The object appeared as a point of light that I initially thought was a plane. It was moving so quickly it caught my eye and I looked up. It appeared to move in a straight line. I live in a place where I regularly see planes move from east to west, preparing for landing at Chicago Midway airport. This light was not following one of the typical plane paths that I see approach the airport. Since it was just a single point of solid whitish, blue light, I thought it might be a plane very high in altitude, but as I watched it move, I realized it was something much smaller and much closer to the ground. I cannot rule out a drone entirely, but the speed and distance seem to rule that out. The object was moving at a somewhat steep angle, seemed to come from quite high in the sky, and move towards midway airport in a descending motion approaching lower altitude. The sighting only lasted about two seconds. In that short amount of time I watched the object move from nearly above me to a great distance from me, perhaps closer to the airport. If I had to guess I would say the object was moving at the speed of miles per second. My guess based on google maps is that in those 2 seconds the object may have moved 3-5 miles. Its speed was constant and its direction did not change from a straight line. Estimating the objects altitude is tough for me, but roughly I would say it started a few hundred meters up in the sky, and where I lost sight it may have been only 100 or so meters in the sky. I lost sight of the object when it was blocked by other buildings on my immediate horizon. It could have been a piece of space debris falling to the ground, but most shooting stars I have seen are very quick wisps that move across the sky and disappear. Also, I have never seen a shooting star in the city. This object did not seem to fit that pattern. The object left no trail in the sky and was completely silent.
May 17, 2023 · 9:50 PM · CIRCLE
Jeffersonville, IN
Just stationary with glow going around part of the edge. Silent. Same time same night another person just across the river in Louisville, Ky also witnessed and reported here on this site.
May 17, 2023 · 9:49 PM · LIGHT
Sterling City, TX
Star like lights moving at similar speeds appeared in a cloudless sky amongst other starlight, moved west to east and disappeared amongst other starlight, with my outstretched arm, the lights are as far apart from each other as my hand was wide, so this does not seem to match the star link satellites. We have seen them before, and again since. Only 9 or 10 lights are visible at once, and over about 8 minutes we think we saw close to 30 lights. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
May 17, 2023 · 7:45 PM · CHANGING
Prescott, AZ
We first spotted the circular formation of 6 to 8 lights while driving west on Anthem Way looking west towards Prescott. Observed the stationary pattern of lights for approximately one to two minutes. As our view changed while driving we lost sight of the circular pattern of lights for a minute then as they came back into view we observed that the lights were now in a perfectly straight line. We observed the lights for another minute or so and continued driving.
May 17, 2023 · 3:30 PM · OTHER
Santa Barbara, CA
Square shape with orbs on corners. Flat in another dimension - exposed by wobble. Continued north until no longer visible. Aircraft, possibly an airline, traveling east, recorded in video. The video was too large to attach. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
May 17, 2023 · 1:30 AM · CROSS
Pahrump, NV
Traveling North East on highway 160 approaching the town of Pahrump Nevada at approximately 1:30 a.m. on 05/14/3023, my girlfriend and I observed what appeared to be a highway patrol car or motorcycle approaching us in the opposite direction at a very high rate of speed (approximately 100 mph or higher) with its extremely bright alternating and "flashing" red and blue emergency lights on, coming in the opposite direction. As the lights got closer I realize that there were no headlights or other forward facing white lights of any kind but what appeared to be a total of 8 red and blue flashing lights in the shape of a cross. As it approached us I saw it was apparently not a car, I thought to myself it's got to be a motorcycle. As it appeared to be hovering just above the road surface. As our vehicle was closing the distance of the oncoming object / lights and just before our point of intersecting or passing the other object at about a 100 yards in front of us it completely disappeared in front of our eyes... Nothing passed us, there was no sound and no light, it was just completely gone. I hit the brakes rolled down the window look to see if it was possible "if whatever it was" could have went off the road but there was a guardrail and would have been impossible. It was just gone !!! Poof I even turned around to see what it was and where it went. But there is absolutely nothing there. The lights were incredibly bright and then whatever it was disappeared into thin Air… Thinking it was an emergency vehicle, I was slowing down and looking for a place to pull off to the side to let it pass. I noticed that there was a car about a quarter mile in front of us that actually passed the light as it was coming through a sweeping left hand bend in the road towards us. The entire situation reminded me of the scene out of the movie close encounters of the third kind where in the beginning of the movie there was a UFO flying down the road… Inexplicable it's impossible there's no way that it was a drone or another type of vehicle. It just disappeared before our very eyes.
May 16, 2023 · 11:59 PM · CROSS
Castle Rock, WA
The object was spotted moving quickly across the sky above my head at what appeared to be fairly low altitude. The object was blurry or foggy looking (possibly pulsating). It was in the shape of a cross. It happened quickly and I was the only witness. No pictures were taken. There was no noted sound. I'd been specifically listening to the frogs in my pond and the owls in the woods behind my house. The sighting did not startle my horses either. The object was moving fast enough that it was over in just a few seconds.
May 16, 2023 · 10:45 PM · LIGHT
Claremont, CA
Overhead blinking object, about 1 Hz cycle, alternating red and green. Videos (3) attached, hopefully. One object, rapid positional movement, appeared to be actively surveilling. Oblique views were captured, but direct overhead views were not. (The two companion linked lights which appear in the video were possibly artifacts. They were not visible to me.) NB: One 5 minute video file is too large. It is available …
May 16, 2023 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
Albany, OR
Looked out my window at 10:30pm to see what appeared to be a very bright planet but it was strobing. Looked at it for awhile trying to make out what it could be. It was stationary for the duration. Video makes it appear to move, that’s just me not being stable. Decided to get my phone and record for a minute. Took the video (poor quality), returned my phone to the charger. When I turned around the light was gone. Took screen shots, frame by frame of the video and it’s pretty obvious that there’s some type of lighting and orbs forming a shape. It would pulse multiple colors rapidly, dim out and reset a pattern of colors. From a distance, it looked similar to a landing gear lights on a plane in brightness. Really odd that it was stationary and disappeared so rapidly. There was also no aircraft noise and my radar app showed no aircraft in the area. Both my wife and I had woken up strangely and both noticed this out our north facing window.
May 16, 2023 · 9:20 PM · CUBE
Lawndale, NC
My wife and I were waiting out a strong storm with intense lightning this evening. While sitting in our living room with the lights off, she had fallen asleep and I was watching distant lightning from the window. During one of the lightning flashes, the sky was lit for a period of about 4-6 seconds, and I witnessed a cube like object above the tree tops between the lightning and myself. I can not say for certain whether it was directly across the road in the treetops or if it was farther away in the sky and appeared as if it was that close. But it was most definitely a cube shape soaring across the skyline. Black in color due to only seeing the shape, it had what appeared to be 4 sides, but appeared to tumble or rotate slightly. It appeared to be moving very quickly. I saw no lights or anything else during this time.
May 16, 2023 · 7:00 PM · DISK
Tucson, AZ
The object appeared as we were still in a High School football stadium outside during a graduation ceremony. We (many around the seats were sitting on) noticed a disc shaped object hovering over the Santa Catalina Mountains above the city of Tucson to the east of our location and north of Tucson.. At the beginning of the sighting, it was a hovering without any lights. Many of us speculated that it was an airplane - only it was not moving. The object simply hovered for about 10 minutes high in the sky. We attempted to take a phone but out camera photo was not capable of Suddenly the object begins flashing a single white light then it appeared to have more than one light flashing. Some people thought it was a plane from the nearby Air Force Base (Davis Monthan) but it was not moving - just hovering. Some thought it was a helicopter but again it was not moving. Suddenly it moved very rapidly from the east of us to the south of us. I would estimate it moved about 20 miles directly over Tucson. No airplane - military or civilian- could possible travel this distance in about 3 seconds. The object hovered over Tucson for only a few minutes then flew directly downward, almost appearing to be in a free fall. It disappeared after that.
May 16, 2023 · 7:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Oro Valley AZ, AZ
We were sitting in the football stadium grandstands at Canyon Del Oro High School in Oro Valley AZ (a suburb of Tucson) for a high school graduation ceremony on May 16, 2023 at 1900.. I estimate approx 1,000 people in the stands and 350 graduation students on the field. At 1900 the ceremonies began. It was at this point that my partner pointed out a strange dark object was hovering to the east approx 5-10 miles from our location. It was north of the Santa Catalina mountains and northeast of Pusch Ridge. I advised my partner that is was most likely an airplane from the nearby Davis Monthan AFB or Tucson Intl Airport. However, as we watched it, no movement was noticed. Other people in the stands also saw the object and started to question what it was. My partner attempted to capture the object on his mobile phone but was unable to get a clear picture, most likely due to distance. At 1925 the object lit up with 3 bright white lights in a strobing fashion. I could see a faint outline of the object which appeared to be triangle in shape. The object continued to hover for approx 5 more mins with its flashing lights and not moving. At approx 1930 the object moved at extreme speed southwest over the Tucson valley. I estimated it traveled over 25 miles in a matter of seconds. It proceed to stop abruptly and again hover. At approx 1935 the object went into what appeared to be a spiral roll down and I could clearly see it was triangle in shape. We lost sight of it as it disappeared behind buildings.
May 16, 2023 · 3:20 AM · CIRCLE
Viola, AR
The objects appeared one at a time and only lasted for a few seconds ( 10 at most). They appeared in different locations, but in the same area. There were 7 total over about 15 minutes. They would appear ( extremely bright, like Jupiter or Venus) and travel in a downward direction towards the tree line then it would fade and disappear. This has happened a few times before in this same area and allowed me to get a couple of pictures. We see several “ufo’s” that have the same pattern of appearing, fly for a few seconds, and disappear. All these take place in the north/northeast sky. I would love to know what they are. If they are satellites or something else.