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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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August 13, 2018 · 5:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Newport, TN
Was watching the Perseids meteor shower around 5am EDT looking to the ENE about 45 Deg up from the horizon seen a flash and sparks. Unknown if the Meteor hit something or blew up? No meteor streak just before a strong white flash and a few white/green sparks in one spot in the sky.
August 13, 2018 · 4:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Lawrence, KS
A group of us were watching the Perseids Meteor Shower. The object appeared in the distance, as I pointed it out, it blinked brightly and disappeared. It reappeared a few seconds later in much different part of the sky and continued to flash brightly, disappear and then reappear, and flash. We were unable to make out the shape. This went on for a few minutes. Then the object appeared directly overhead moving at a very fast speed. We could see the it was of triangular in shape, it left a light tracer behind it as it was moving above us, then flashed a VERY BRIGHT white light and vanished, never to been seen for the rest of the night. At no point was any noise heard. The object's flashing was at least 10x brighter than any meteors seen that night/morning.
August 13, 2018 · 3:40 AM · TRIANGLE
Beaverton, OR
This is the first time I have had a UFO sighting. What I saw was not my normal. This occurred in the early morning hours of 8/13/2018 at about 3:40 a.m. I had awoken about 3:00 a.m. and decided to go out on my deck in the backyard to see if I could observe the Perseid meteor showers, even though I was in the brighter city limits. Constantly looking straight up to the sky, I had been outside about 40 minutes when I had the pleasure of seeing two meteors. I was about to call it good and go inside when I glimpsed a very intense bright white light coming over the roof line to my south. My first thought was jokingly "Oh, this ought to be a great meteor," and then my mind instantly realized, of course, it better not be a meteor! In the seconds I had this thought and was still looking up at the white brightness increasing and moving over the roof line, I saw an equilateral triangle shape of 6 round-shaped white lights arranged in 3 rows (one in leading front, two in next row and three in last row) - no pulsating or different colors. It appeared to be a set of 6 lights moving in perfect formation and unity; I could not see an outline of a structure or frame that contained the lights but I had the sense the ‘edges’ were rounded and not sharp. I could not see the top of the craft, I only saw it from underneath so I don't know if there was a dome or viewing window(s). I guesstimated the size around 9-10 feet. It moved slowly over the space above me at a level and steady pace, making no noise, and moving from the south to the north near the tree line - which I later estimated to be about 100 feet high. It did not light up the ground area which remained dark. The entire event took about 10-12 seconds before I could no longer track it due to it disappearing through the trees in the yard. My thought was "what the heck was that?" I stayed outside for about 5 more minutes before going inside as I started feeling a little uneasy. A couple of days later I reported it to the Oregon Mufon Group.
August 12, 2018 · 11:20 PM · DIAMOND
Castle Rock, CO
Diamond shaped star like craft with red and green lights made erratic movements such as up and down as well as left and right in the sky very quickly. Using stars in the sky we could tell it was moving very far northwest and then stopped in place and dimmed its lights and we then decided to move away from it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 12, 2018 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Caldwell, ID
A light that looked like any of the other stars in the sky moved erratically. It went in uneven circles directly overhead. Because of its jerky, erratic movements, I suspect it was a human-controlled drone, but why would it emit light like a star?
August 12, 2018 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Camas, WA
I was talking on the phone last night and observed three bright stars, thinking that it was wierd, cause I had never seen them there before. I believe mars was either above them or below them, I was facing south, then they started moving. And what caught my eye was their speed and movement did not look like a plan or falling star. The first one appeared to me to moving upward and as it was moving disappeared into the sky above, not across the night sky but straight up, that’s what caught my eye. It was the strangeness of the movement. So then I watched the other two lights, then the second light moved in the same way as the first, straight up and disappeared, and then the third one did the same. I have never seen anything like that.
August 12, 2018 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Dublin, GA
Traveling from Macon towards Savannah on I-16 Approximately 45 minutes past Exit 54, Time is 11pm at night, for those few minutes I was the only one on that particular section of highway. I notice three dull yellow lights in my rear view mirror , about two miles behind me. One of the lights then closes on my car extremely fast. The light is not a perfect circle , but a circle none the less. It’s a dull glowing yellow. It gets to within 10 yards from my bumper , then just starts to slow down. Once it drop back to 50 yards behind me , it just disappears -gone -nothing . I was watching my rear view as it just vanished . The other lights never advanced. I slowed down, but I never saw the light come back - it was just gone. There was no exits, no where for it to have gone - but it did . It made no sound . There were no signs of brake lights or turn signals that a motorcycle would have had at that time of night. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 12, 2018 · 10:45 PM · FORMATION
Malone, NY
About 9:45pm. We were watching falling stars, then out of the North sky these three objects appear in formation. They were Gold in color round but Fuzzy from the bottom. The three objects were about 1/2 mile up in sky and zoomed across in less than 20 seconds in a straight line heading south. There was no sounds. My wife looks at me and said what was that? I told he UFO.... This is my second time seeing things like this. Every night, I watch falling stars and I see about 6-8 satellites go by and we also have the airport from Montreal next by. This was definitely a group of UFO's going somewhere.
August 12, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Seaside Heights, NJ
At approximately 22:00 on August 12, 2018, I observed a UFO with my brother and mother. It was seen from a second story deck about 400 feet from the ocean. The light appeared in the direction of the ocean; it was a bright red light. I shifted my body from side to side to try and estimate the distance of the light from me. I was able to tell, based on a beachside restaurant that the light was above, that the light was with 100% certainty out over sea. It was not moving at all, remaining completely still, initially leading us to believe it was a star or planet that was having a strange effect from the atmosphere/light of the boardwalk (again, the light was a very, very vivid red, like a traffic light). After about one minute of observing it staying completely still, it began to move South, or to the right from our perspective looking out at the ocean. It moved very smoothly; fluidly. My brother proclaimed that it was just a helicopter, but I dismissed that because there was very clearly not a blinking light of any kind, and we did not hear propellers. It smoothly came to a stop again after about 10 seconds of southward travel. At this time, I suggested that it could be a drone. Even though it was clearly out at sea by a significant distance, we accepted that this was a likely scenario. Shortly after we reached this conclusion, however, the light went out. As if someone flipped a switch, it was gone. I did not think a drone would do this, and a helicopter *absolutely* would not. I cannot completely rule out that it was a drone, but I must reiterate that it was a fair distance out at sea, as the three of us had concluded based on moving from side to side and seeing that the light not move while buildings right on the beach did.
August 12, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Fayetteville, NC
I reside in Fayetteville, NC, and I live in an apartment on the second floor. I occasionally open my bedroom blinds at night to get beautiful views of the moon & stars. Tonight around 10p.m., I opened my blinds, turned out my bedroom light and laid in bed gazing out of the window slightly to the right of where the moon is usually visible with hopes of witnessing the meteor shower. After looking toward the sky for sometime a bright light appeared and I noticed it was actually hovering over the woods in the back of my apartment complex. I watched the bright light as closely as possible to rule out the possibility of it being a drone being operated by someone nearby, it wasn't. I called my husband to come look and he saw it as well. The bright light hovered for about 30 mins in the same spot and faster then I could blink it disappeared. The moon & stars are not even visible tonight due to the frequent thunderstorms we are having so the only explanation is that it! was certainly an extraterrestrial sighting.
August 12, 2018 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Johnstown, CO
I was out watching the meteor shower Sunday night. I saw what I thought at first was a dim, yellowish, short-lived meteor straight up (near Vega) tracking north-northwest, and I didn't think much of it. I then saw a similar flash that looked like another small meteor but on the same trajectory as the first. I thought both of these were small dim meteors as they were moving across the sky at a speed consistent with a meteor (far faster than any satellite or plane that I've seen). I then saw a third fourth and fifth flash that spanned equally short distances of the sky on this trajectory (it appeared to vere slightly right during the fourth flash). The object traversed about 30 degrees of sky in about 5 seconds before going out of view. It made no sound.
August 12, 2018 · 9:45 PM · CHEVRON
Albion, ME
It was roughly 9:45pm EST; I was standing on my deck hoping to see some of the Perseids when three solid lights appeared slightly south west of my position roughly 90 degrees above the horizon heading in an easterly direction. The lights were brighter than most stars and solid, and they were moving about as fast as a typical plane or drone seems to move across the sky (much slower than the Perseids). I quickly realized that the three lights were maintaining a chevron pattern with the chevron pointing north making it seem as if the chevron was moving sideways west to east. After I realized the nature of what I was seeing I realized the chevron was also accompanied by a low rumbling sound, similar to a plane but an octave or two lower and a bit quieter. A few seconds after that a bright light caught my attention in the east sky. I turned to see a bright stationary light had appeared due east of me approximately 90 degrees above the east horizon. The stationary! light was initially more luminous than even Mars has been recently. The stationary light began to move in a south westerly direction directly toward the chevron lights. As the lone light accelerated to the average speed of a plane or drone its luminosity reduced until it was no more luminous than a moderately bright star. As the lone light approached the chevron both objects became more faint, eventually disappearing in the middle of the southeastern sky. The entire experience lasted a bit longer than a minute. During that minute the chevron lights never broke formation. The sky was exceptionally clear and dark due to the new moon. None of the lights flashed or blinked in the least, only ever reducing in overall luminosity. A final note on the size of the chevron...the chevron lights were no bigger than large stars, but the chevron itself, if I held up my fingers, I could fit 2 but not quite 3 fingers between the lights. That distance never changed. The three chevron lights always moved in complete unison.
August 12, 2018 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Mokuleia, HI
I did not realize there was a reporting site so Im reporting this now. Me and my boyfriend were leaving Kaena Point fishing area near the Keana point military satellite tracking station at around 9pm after watching the perseids meteor shower. I saw a triangular formation of lights move from behind the end of the mountain where the bird sanctuary is and stop once it was on our side. It almost seemed like this craft knew we could see it and was sitting there watching us. We were the only visible people there. We sat and stared at it for about 20 minutes while trying to record it and take pictures (those turned out looking like streetlights because of distance). When I finally said Im ready to go the craft moved straight up vertically and was gone.
August 12, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Boons Camp, KY
Roughly a week before this I had this experience. I was outside at roughly 10:45pm, looking up at the sky toward the south east when I noticed two dots of light moving very fast toward each other. They were very close to each other. Just as they would pass each other their lights went out. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 12, 2018 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Daytona Beach, FL
2 very bright red circles in perfect formation headed out to sea followed by 4 single ones crossing sky. All of them faded and disappeared at same spot.
August 12, 2018 · 8:10 PM · OTHER
Rocklin, CA
The sun had already set and the sky was turning dark above as the horizon still had some orange and peach tones fading away. I was walking on the bike path behind the Rocklin softball fields towards the westside of the park and returning home from my routine evening walks, when I saw a commercial airline far off into the distance and flying weat toward SMF Intl airport. I looked directly in front of me and saw three black V-shaped aircraft fly over the Arroyo Grande Condos across the street. It was apparent that they looked small like oversized black birds in the distance but as I was close enough to see the third object fly behind the second that had flown in a half circle into the distance, it had an open V shape to it and it made no noice nor did it have any obvious lights. It was a completely dark V shaped flying object. This is what alarmed me because it was so quiet and made no sound and flew so close to the condos above. In fact, I questioned myself a! s to whether the craft were oversized birds or even mini drones but these flew steady, relatively fast and far into the sky. There was no one visible outside by the park on Sunday evening except over by the swings. The third similar object had no wings nor even a cockpit of any kind. It was flying about 5-6000 ft above the ground and at about 1000 ft distance between each other when I first noticed them, until the first aircraft flew off extremely fast and ahead of the others. I could still see it if I looked for it far into the clouds. The third tailed the second as if it was the wingman following it in succession. I did not understand how these crafts could fly so low to the ground and yet fly so high in a matter of seconds without an emmission of fuel left behind them like with a plane. They were solid, dark black aircraft, but because the sun had gone down, you could not tell if they were metallic but only that the third one had a V shape opening to it. They followed e! ach other like a team of aircraft flying together in unison. Just as I approached the Condo's across the street from the pathway and within about 5 quick mintues, they had all three disappeared. I could not see them anymore anywhere. I did not have my cell phone with me nor was I able to take any pictures of my sighting but I wanted to share the event because it happened immediately over my Condo unit where I reside and flew directly Northwest into the distance over Highway 65. What struck me the most about this brief sighting was that I had a feeling that I needed to walk back home on the pathway instead of all the way around the north side of the park. I had a feeling that if I didnt turn around, I would be missing out on something, and there it was. I was fixated on the first object and then within seconds, a second appeared out of nowhere, then came the third. It was too obvious to me that these V like aircraft were not supposed to be in the sky and so close to home but I am glad I paid attention to my intuition and got a glimpse at some! thing so tangible and real that it spoke volumes that we are not alone at any given time.
August 12, 2018 · 6:18 PM · CIRCLE
Edmonds, WA
I was at a festival down by the waterfront with a friend in line to get food, I decided to take a few quick photos. Did not see the object until later on my phone. You can see a bird flying in the photo, a good reference point, and a man eating something, so you know the object moved quickly. It went up and a bit North over Puget Sound. Also, I took all the photos together, within seconds of one another.
August 12, 2018 · 5:40 AM · OTHER
Macon, GA
Once I was on I-16, I no longer had a view of it.
August 12, 2018 · 4:50 AM · CHANGING
Tulsa, OK
ime: 4:50 AM cdt Sky conditions: thin overcast per infrared satellite recordings on weather.unisys.com Unusual lighted object spotted moving southwesterly direction over city while driving south on Lewis Avenue near 3rd street, returning home from airport passenger drop-off. First noticed when object was easterly direction from Lewis, crossed in front of observer at indeterminate altitude. Speed also indeterminate due to unknown distance to object. Initial size of object approximately that of a lemon held at arm's length, shape indeterminate, colors varying and ended up white. Rapidly grew smaller. By the time observer got camera on target (maybe 10 seconds max), object had diminished in size to almost a point. Short video shows very bright white light moving along straight line across the observer's route, in a southwesterly direction becoming rapidly smaller then vanishing. Unusual lights and change of object's size unrecorded, but the character of the point of white light and the rapid disappearance (tapered of rapidly, not a sudden “off” like a light switch phenomenon) are recorded on video. Possibly tapered off due to entering cloud layer but no haziness evident on video.
August 12, 2018 · 4:30 AM · OTHER
Rochester, MN
Checking email before heading to bed after a fun night of video games. Did not feel stressed, overly tired, or creeped out at all - just ready to go to sleep. I heard heavy breathing behind me at my office door - not human. I assumed that it was my dog. She is usually locked up in a room during the night, but the room can be easily opened from the outside by pushing on the door, and my cat sometimes lets the dog out. I turned around, ready to talk to my dog, and saw a non-human face (grey, elongated features, can't remember the eyes). It was so alarming that I jumped out of my chair and grabbed an object. When I turned back to the door, it was gone. I have tried telling myself that it wasn't real, and I have refused to tell anyone for fear of being ostracized. No noticeable signs of a craft (audible or visual). Strange and quickly disappearing scratch marks the next morning (scratches were white in a red blotchy area rather than red). Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
August 12, 2018 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Bryson City, NC
Was out watching the Perseid meteor shower last night between 145-545am at the top of our mountain which is approximately 3,000 ft above sea level here in Bryson City, NC. I spotted what looked to me like a very small, star-like light that appeared to be very tiny or far away; moving up & down and in a zig zag erratic motions; of which no satellite or plane is capable to my knowledge. It almost looked like it was shimmying up and around the sky, it looked weightless, as if it was moving in space or through water. My fiance agreed with me that it was in fact moving and we even used a stationary object to judge its movements to and around the sky. It didn't cover much space it just seemed it be in the same general area of sky. Honestly it was so small and far away, I wouldn't have ever noticed it had I not been looking for the meteors. 25 minutes after we noticed that one we spotted another small light moving in the same erratic zig zag movements but instead of staying in one area it went from our right vision in the sky directly to the left, over the course of about no more than 5 minutes. Then disappeared. Both objects looked the same and moved the same way.
August 12, 2018 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Interstate 80, CA
I believe sometime in 2018, my ex girlfriend and I decided to drive to Sacramento from Reno around 3:00 am after work..while driving interstate 80 still up in the mountain i notice this floating lights looks like a very bright oil refineries up in the sky around 50 yards from us..i asked my girl friend to look at it in our right hand side of our car up in the sky..i kept driving around 65mph looks like the thing was hovering across from us..then disappear..All of a sudden my girfriend was hysterical pulling my arms and yelling to drive faster..because that thing was behind our car following us..then it dissapear..it took me 4 yrs to report this because it sounds crazy.
August 12, 2018 · 3:00 AM · CIGAR
Farmington, MO
Approximately at 0300 my girlfriend and I stepped outside to watch the meteor shower that we had heard about. When we noticed an orange cigar/triangular shaped object flying east. When we continued to watch the object it suddenly stopped and then vanished right before our eyes. I had never seen anything like it. As we continued to look at the sky we saw more objects as well as a vertical line of flashing lights with an orange as well as a blue craft parallel to the line. Other objects were suspected of being UFOs but we couldn’t determine for sure on these. Once we had seen the crafts I went and told my father who came out, and as he did another orange craft flew directly overhead once again heading east. By this time sunlight was beginning to over power the stars. When sunrise hit no stars could be observable, only 3 crafts, 2 orange, 1 blue. We continued to observe until sunlight overpowered the lights from the crafts and the sunlight masked the objects. This is the first time I had ever seen anything like this. I will continue to observe the night sky more intensely.
August 12, 2018 · 2:45 AM · OTHER
LaPorte, IN
Woke up abruptly at 2:10 am, was burning hot so I decided to go outside to see the meteor shower. I shut off all outside lights and reclined on my zero gravity chair in the front yard. Immediately saw what was either a rod, cigar or rectangle ufo with extremely bright lights on both end appear over me. It moved to southeast and then the lights dimmed down and then went out. I saw the other normal ufos in the next 45 minutes that burst a light and fly like they are zig zag floating in many different directions but the one I am reporting was not a usual sight. There are always craft here. The frogs, crickets, crows, etc. Were completely silent. That is also bizarre. Usually the ones that burst light make the dogs on the block bark and that is how I know to check the skies. We are in a very rural area where people have horses, barn animals, etc.