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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.
1,155 entries
December 3, 2021 · 6:30 PM · CIGAR
IdentifiedDehradun · India
Saw a long trail of light around a black cigar shaped object moving from west corner to east corner in the sky. It lasted for about 10-12mins then lost sight in the clouds. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 6:30 PM · CIGAR
IdentifiedHighlands Ranch, CO
I was walking the dog in our community around 6:42 pm and as usual, was looking at the sky to see what constellations were visible. I saw a rigid formation of lights moving quickly at an angle before disappearing instantly. The sighting lasted about 20-30 seconds. No discernible sound was emitted. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedAfter Asheville headed towards springville, AL
I looked out the window and saw a line of light in the sky. As we got closer it was several hundred feet or more in the air. The line was not one solid light but about 20 shaped lights in a straight line. Appeared to be letters but I couldn’t make out what they were. The lights did not blink or flicker or change. There was no movement. Once we passed the lights and I was looking back at them but still in close range, they disappeared from the right side to the left. I tried to video and photograph but the light wouldn’t pick up on my phones camera. My husband (driver) also saw the lights. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedSparta, CO
During helicopter flight at approximately 1000’ AGL, the pilot saw a strange object that had symmetrical lines while under night vision goggles. The object was very far from the aircraft and moved quickly and flew over top of the helicopter while in flight. One of the crew members were able to take a picture of the object and were later informed by a friend on the ground in another location that they saw the same object and were able to get a video of it. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedHuntley, IL
We were getting out of the car and gathering our groceries. I look up and there is a giant straight line of lights moving super slow. After a minute or so they faded out and disappeared. The lights were above farm lands and could not have been from any other objects. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedQuincy, IL
We were grilling food in the backyard at approximately 6:15PM when we noticed a string of lights moving across the sky. It was silent but stayed in the same form of a line. After a minute it disappeared completely!! [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 6:00 PM · OTHER
IdentifiedDittmer, MO
The object was at what seemed like the height were jets fly. There was no noise of an aircraft, moving at about the same speed as a jet. It was only the for about 2 minutes. It looked like a 20 car train with all sections lite with different colors. My 16 year old son came in the house and said the was a row of lights in the sky. I may a 59 year old power lineman for large utility and do have done executive security as a side job. It’s probably nothing but my brother is an Aviation mechanic and I sent him a picture and he has no clue. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedCedar Creek, TX
Three adults and a few children we’re looking straight up 20 miles east of the Austin airport when they noticed from the west to the east that this very tall sand connection of 20 TicTac shaped building structure like a skyscraper or a long row of lights. It appeared that these objects were flying in synchronicity together or possibly connected in an extremely and abnormal quick way. There were no sounds, and no propulsion smoke. The adults had to look straight up to see it. An airplane was much lower in the background leaving Austin in a south-southeast direction. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedLaurel, DE
Large object with a string of lights moving south to north over Laurel, De towards DAFB. 13 second video [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedSheffield, MA
A line of tiny blinking lights appeared in the sky moving slowly. I took two pictures [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedSouth Hadley, MA
A line of 30-100 lights appeared in the sky traveling in line. The lights were a bit dimmer of a commercial airplane. They were the samE color as the stars. They were moving North/Northeast. We watched them in the sky for a minute then they all disappeared. The line was not quite perfect some were a but higher or lower but pretty close to perfect. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 5:30 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedIrvine, CA
At 5:42 pm on december 3rd at pavilion park in irvine, me and my 2 little siblings and 2 kids playing at the basketball court next to us saw a strange long craft that looked hundreds of feet long. It was skinny and had lights going all the way down it. It was moving quite slow, and it took about 5 to 10 minutes to fully pass the area of view. I have video footage. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 5:30 PM · OTHER
IdentifiedMilford, ME
I stepped outside of my home,I looked up and in the south eastern part of the sky I saw a long line of lights. I asked my wife to come out to see it. She too agreed it was an unusual line. 15-20 lights,following each other. It lasted about 30 seconds. I tried to capture a picture with my cell phone,but it didn't work. Although we live close to the airport,this was not an air craft. The line seemed to be moving in a north eastern direction. If you look at a map of Maine,it appeared the line was going from Bangor Maine towards Bar Harbor Maine. Best way I can describe it. The best thing I can compare the lights to are the flares that leave the back of a fighter jet trying to avoid a missle. This lasted for about 20-30 seconds and disappeared with no noise,no flash nothing at all [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 5:30 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedCathedral City, CA
I stepped out onto my driveway at 5:40 PM and looked up in the night sky and saw towards the south what I first thought was a shooting star or a plane/ satellite breaking up. I continued to watch and realized the string of lights were not dissipating as you would expect with a meteor breaking up. Instead the string of lights continued to move in a northerly direction, eventually traveling nearly directly above me. The lights all appeared to be the same size but were spaced at irregular intervals and all were traveling at the same speed as if they were either flying in unison or were part of a single craft. They emitted no sound and were moving much slower than a regular aircraft. It was hard to gage the size or distance as I was looking up into darkness and had no other visual reference points. All the lights were the same color, a whitish glow. I tried filming with my iPhone but nothing shows up on the recordings. I did snap two photos. The lights passed over me, again moving at a constant speed in a northerly direction. They eventually faded from view, faster than I would have expected as they were so bright, almost like they disappeared in a fog. I would estimate the whole sighting lasted three minutes and the distance the lights traveled from the time I saw them to when they disappeared to be approximately 5-10 miles as the crow flies. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 5:30 PM · UNKNOWN
IdentifiedWhitney, TX
My husband saw a line of lights in the sky and ran in to get me. I ran out and also saw it. There were maybe 10-16 yellow/white lights with a gap in the middle in a diagonal line to the northeast of us. They looked close, and it looked BIG. It slowly moved across the sky and back away from us and then slowly up and back until it faded into the atmosphere. There was also an airplane to the north and it was way smaller than the thing we saw. We got a photo and short video of it on my husband’s phone, but the quality is not great as it was nighttime and his phone is just an XR. Still got some proof though! You have to turn the light all the way up on your phone or computer to see it in the video. My husband is a lineman for a powerline company and I am a stay at home mother. He was out just starting his motorcycle when he saw this and ran in to get me to look. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 5:30 PM · UNKNOWN
IdentifiedWoodland Hills, CA
Out front of our house and it caught our eye in the sky. A long snake like craft with bright lights in front and dim lights in the back. Had to have been at least a mile long if not more. It was heading 36 degrees NE from Woodland Hills, CA. Not moving real fast but steady until it was out of our view. I have seen many many craft and have a ton of experience with UAP’s but this one was new and I’ve never seen before. I tried to get a video but phone was acting up. Got a bad photo at last moment unfortunately. But it’s something at least. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 5:30 PM
IdentifiedGreenwich, CT
I saw a line in the sky of lights; could almost be described as a horizontal line of Christmas lights high up in the sky, moving very slowly through the sky. The lights were not blinking [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedHubbardton, VT
I looked up to the East and saw dots of light traveling in a straight line moving slowly across the sky. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 6:00 AM · FORMATION
IdentifiedMarion, IA
Line of lights, 50+ crafts, moving west to east. Seen directly south when we came outside, then as it was to our southeast, the line started to disappear from the front most craft to the rear. Can't upload photo from my phone to the drop box below, but I do have 2 photos [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 2, 2021 · 7:30 PM · CIGAR
IdentifiedLoomis, CA
At first glance, I though it might be a small passenger plane with all of the windows screens open, but there were no other lights (on wings or tail), and it didn't move like a plane. Moved slowly traveling North. I took my phone out to video it and it then went strait up and lights faded away slowly. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 2, 2021 · 6:30 PM · CIGAR
IdentifiedGarden Grove, CA
12/2/21 at 6:24 PM cigar shape object light bar traveling north east. Object appeared in the city of Garden Grove CA for at 10 to 15 seconds. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
November 30, 2021 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedLos Angeles (Malibu), CA
As you see from the video, we all saw what appeared to be a craft with a long set of lights flying across the sky at a steady rate. The lights did not flash. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
November 29, 2021 · 11:13 AM
IdentifiedMorlaas, Aquitaine · France
Le 29 novembre 2021 au matin, une habitante de Morlaas (64) regarde par la porte fenêtre de son domicile donnant sur son jardin. Elle découvre des nuages en cercle dans le ciel et observe le phénomène, durant environ 5 minutes pendant lesquelles les nuages s’estompent doucement et finalement disparaissent. Ce cas est de très bonne consistance : un témoin unique mais plusieurs photographies du PAN (voir le compte rendu d'enquête). L’étrangeté pour le témoin provenait de l’aspect spectaculaire et incompris du phénomène. Le témoin a fait des recherches pour comprendre son observation. Certains phénomènes étaient complètement circulaires, ce qui ne correspondait pas aux explications données par la presse de nuages en fer à cheval. « Je pensais sincèrement qu’il s’agissait d’un phénomène météo (d’où la recherche de nuages similaires) mais l’explication donnée ensuite dans la presse (horseshoe clouds) ne me satisfait pas pleinement du fait du cercle très net et entier, qui ne correspond pas à un horseshoe cloud d’après ce que j’ai vu/lu jusqu’ici. Je n’ai pas renoncé à comprendre, d’où le questionnaire rempli à votre intention. » « Peut-être trouverez-vous avec vos connaissances et moyens d’autres exemples de nuages en cercle complet, qui me permettront d’entériner l’explication météorologique » (extraits Questions E3 E7 du questionnaire). L’hypothèse de la présence de nuages en fer à cheval ou horse cloud a été réfutée car les conditions atmosphériques (ciel est très couvert, stabilité atmosphérique ou un mouvement très lent) et le fait que les formes soient horizontales et non verticales sont incompatibles avec la formation de nuages en fer à cheval. Par ailleurs, le témoin ressent une « sensation étrange, ne sachant la décrire autrement que comme une vibration, une impression de tension ou d'électricité dans l'air ». Un tel environnement de vibrations peut s’expliquer par la présence de plusieurs hélicoptères en opérations (Cf. fig. 15 du compte rendu d'enquête les pistes rouge, bleue et orange à proximité du témoin, avec points (positions) très rapprochés car vitesse lente d’hélicoptères). L’enquête a montré que le témoin a observé des trainées de condensation provenant de manœuvres aériennes d’une patrouille militaire située à une trentaine de kilomètres au nord du témoin. Le plafond nuageux très homogène visible sur les photos est la signature de mouvements très lents des nuages, cohérent avec la persistance pendant une longue durée, ici de l’ordre de 45mn de trainées de condensation. Le cas est classé A : observation de trainées de condensation. [GEIPAN classification A — Trainée de condensation]
November 29, 2021 · 9:30 AM · RECTANGLE
IdentifiedLondon, LONDON B · United Kingdom
I took two photos in quick succession of the view from Primrose Hill (Camden, London, England) looking towards the east of the city at 9.44am. I sent them to my family on our group chat as I thought they were so nice. My middle son immediately came back to be asking what the rectangle (bright pale blue) with 8 white lights was. He has a Masters degree in Physics & Astrophysics from the University of Manchester. It is in the second picture I took but not the first. This puzzles us greatly! To find what we are talking about - take the X that the contrails make in the sky as the centre of a clock, drop down to where the 5 would be and you will see a bright pale blue blob, zoom in on this and you will see a rectangle with 8 white lights. In the slightly earlier (seconds) picture this is not there. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Certain]