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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
July 23, 2023 · 9:51 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedFort Worth, TX
Noticed a larger (larger than Star smaller than moon) sphere of light with an aura around it moving through the night sky at about the same rate a satellite would. Aura got larger and larger then dissipated. Sphere shot another aura out of the front of it and the aura moved in front of the sphere spreading out as it moved. Sphere disappeared behind house line. Was moving southwest across the sky SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedFlorence, TX
I can best give the time as: past sunset, still a little orange at the horizon. Venus was in the orange part of sky near horizon. The moon was crescent and it was illuminating some high clouds that night. The UFO started as a glowing orb moving across the western sky from N-NW towards S-SE. I can't tell if the glow was caused by interaction with high clouds, but I initially thought it was a satellite reentry judging by the speed and apparent distance. There were no blinking lights or sound, and it was moving about same speed as a passing satellite. As the object passed (from my viewpoint) under the crescent moon, that's when a donut shaped cloud formed just ahead of the object and, surprisingly to me, the cloud seemed to progress ahead of the object faster than the object was moving. The cloud appeared to move in the same direction as the object as the cloud expanded, similar to someone blowing a smoke ring from a cigar. From my viewpoint, I was seeing the cloud almost edge-on, but off enough to see clearly that it was a ring-shaped cloud. My two best guesses for what I saw are: A - a satellite bouncing off the upper atmosphere, and some part of it triggered a transonic induced ring cloud. B - a craft launched a projectile that created the ring cloud as the projectile went transonic. I never heard any kind of sonic boom though, nor could I ever see any projectile (just the cloud formed ahead of the object that I could see). The ring cloud is what made me think this was weird enough to report. Also, last detail, after the ring cloud, the original object dimmed as it moved away and there was no longer any glow around it. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:26 PM · CHANGING
IdentifiedSouth Padre Island, TX
A bright star-like object turned into a glowing disk constantly moving in rainbow-like trajectory. It released a cloud like substance around it that becaume a size of a football field. It then turned back into 2 stars moving in parallel and disappeared SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:26 PM · TRIANGLE
IdentifiedCaddo Mills, TX
Observed a white light that looked to be behind clouds or fog, as it got closer I was unable to see where the light originated from so I stop at the local car wash and watched the light as it got closer. The craft continued to travel northeast then turned right to travel east / south east. That's when I saw the outline of a triangle craft that was translucent or trying to be invisible. The craft traveled east/south east and before I knew it, it was gone. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:26 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedGRAHAM, TX
Noticed moving light just below Venus moving slowly across sky. The light was very fuzzy so I thought it could be moisture in the air causing it. Venus, the moon and all other stars were clear so I don't think it was moisture. As it moved we could see a faint fuzzy arc ahead of it until it disappeared to the southwest. We did not see any navigation lights and did not hear any sound. Total sighting time was about 10 minutes. I am an Air Force veteran and amateur astronomy is a hobby. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:25 PM · CHANGING
IdentifiedOdessa, TX
As the orb approached near overhead my position it went from blurry to a clear dot and back to blurry. When blurry it was much larger than when clear, it looked almost as if the blurriness were a forcefield. It continued to go from blurry to clear twice more before it showered down a Smokey haze that looked similar to a sonic boom. It then went clear again and continued on towards the south-east horizon. I called a friend when I first noticed it, he observed the same phenomenon that I did from 3 miles north east of my position. It was moving very fast, maybe 4 minutes from horizon to horizon. There were other planes in the sky relatively close to the path it took but at higher altitude, none of the other planes or objects in the sky were blurry. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:25 PM · CHANGING
IdentifiedFrisco, TX
SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:25 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedSouthlake, TX
Read above. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:24 PM · OTHER
IdentifiedNoble, OK
I was sitting on my back porch when the light from the diatant cell tower caught my eye and made me look up. I saw Jupiter and then when I went to look around just in a normal fashion, enjoying the fact that it cooled down, this anomoly caught my eye because it was a light that looked like it was in fog, but there is currently not a cloud in the sky, which I documented by video also. I quickly took a photograph and reviewed it, blowing it up, and could clearly see that it was not a helicopter nor airplane as there was no shape to it, no blinking lights,and soundless. I immediately began to video it and happened to catch an aircraft flying the opposite direction, which allowed a comparison with the anomoly, along with the moon and a star that are also present in the same frame. As I continued to video the anomoly suddenly got bright and what I can only describe is that it looked like it poofed something out of the front of it, similar to like watching a slow motion video of the sound barrier being broken or a bullet exiting a firearm. I continued to video it and the light from the barn created a glare in the camera, so I continued to watch it with the naked eye. It was like it suddenly disappeared into thin air. I literally cannot rationalize what I saw. I grew up around airplanes, helicopters, NASA, etc., as a child, coming from a family of aviators and air traffic controllers, and I legitimately cannot find an explanation to what I just witnessed. I do not drink and do not take drugs. I don't have a rational, logical explanation to what I just witnessed and captured in photograph and video. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:24 PM · CHANGING
IdentifiedAustin, TX
The video quality is horrible. Thankfully I watched with my eyes and not from my phone screen:) The light caught my eye as it was a very bright glowing ball with what looked to be a solid light in the middle. I saw no flashing red lights as I do on planes passing over and this did not look like a plane! I watched for several seconds before I thought to get my phone. It grew bigger in size and then wound shrink again as it glided across the sky, then at the 30 sec mark it emitted something you’ll see. Like a puff of smoke? I’m not sure if this is something identified already that I’m unaware of so I’m passing it on to you all in hopes of finding out if this is a known something or in fact unidentified. I was on an upstairs porch balcony when this was happening, so ended the video when I needed to run out to try to follow it. I grabbed my daughter on my run down and we watched together as it just kept on until it was too small to see anymore. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:24 PM · OVAL
IdentifiedOdessa, TX
SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:23 PM · CHANGING
IdentifiedLeander, TX
Noticed a large light, no sound, climb in the West sky. Pointed it out to my son and started recording its movements. See video. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 8:53 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedWinter Garden, FL
At first I saw the white circular light moving quickly with a tail, thinking it was a shooting star. It faded (died out) but then came back into view, when I took my video. It then slowed down, and the tail became more billowing, with cloud-like puffs. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedLubbock, TX
SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:25 AM · DISK
IdentifiedHarlingen, TX
I was driving north on ed Cary drive and it was so bright and then a halo came from it and the halo stArted to fade and it was still bright enough. I was talking to my friend on the phone and she got a clearer picture of the object. It has small lights on it and looked like a saucer. It disappeared. I don't have pictures but I have videos to send. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 23, 2023 · 9:23 AM · SPHERE
IdentifiedMidland, TX
Moving 5x faster than a plane with no av lights. Would appear fuzzy then momentarily clear/brighten. At highest point appeared to throw a plume, almost like a plane cloud seeding. Rising Sun is in the NE sky. Maybe witness meant 21:23 hrs. SpaceX launch form Florida. [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 22, 2023 · 3:44 PM · CUBE
IdentifiedNY, NY
I noticed a weird possible square like object with what looks like two pointers in front along with a smaller object near by while on the Staten Island Ferry heading towards Manhattan. It was moving slowly over the Staten Island Bridge. Advertising banner behind a private aircraft.. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Certain]
July 22, 2023 · 1:20 AM · LIGHT
IdentifiedUnion (L'), Midi-Pyrénées · France
Au cours de la nuit du 21 au 22 juillet 2023, un résident de L’UNION (31) remarque, depuis son domicile, une lumière rouge vif, immobile, émettant des pulsations lumineuses rouges. Initialement pensée être un avion, il ne prête pas une grande attention et rentre à l'intérieur. Environ quinze minutes plus tard, de retour sur son balcon, il observe à nouveau cette lumière rouge (avec une légère lueur verte également perceptible) toujours immobile. Subitement, la lumière rouge commence à se déplacer vers la gauche, s'immobilise pendant quelques minutes, puis reprend sa course vers la droite. Pendant une période d'environ vingt minutes, la lumière effectue des mouvements de va-et-vient, de gauche à droite, avec, par moments des pauses stationnaires. Le témoin continue d'observer le phénomène de manière ininterrompue pendant une vingtaine de minutes jusqu'à 2 heures, moment où la lumière disparaît en direction du Nord-Ouest vers 2h05.. Le témoin observe le phénomène en continu, pendant une vingtaine de minutes jusqu’à 2h, puis vers 2h05 la lumière disparait direction Nord-Ouest. Aucun autre témoignage ne sera recueilli. La consistance du cas est très bonne, bien qu’il n’y ait qu’un seul témoin. En effet, le témoignage est complet et précis, le PAN a pu être filmé et photographié. L'enquête a révélé que l'observation correspond à celle d'un hélicoptère de gendarmerie (cf. le compte rendu d'enquête). La description du phénomène aérospatial non identifié (PAN) fournie par le témoin présente des similitudes frappantes avec une observation aéronautique : présence de lumières rouge et verte, ainsi qu'un point lumineux clignotant. La trajectoire apparente du PAN, initialement stationnaire avant d'effectuer des mouvements de va-et-vient, soutient fortement la possibilité d'un hélicoptère. Une analyse complète du trafic aérien effectuée par le CNOA confirme que le PAN correspond bel et bien à un hélicoptère de gendarmerie. Une recherche plus poussée sur les rondes effectuées par cet hélicoptère détermine qu’il s’agit d’une intervention de la gendarmerie, suite à un rodéo urbain. Le témoin avait mentionné ne pas avoir identifier d’aéronef via l’application Flightradar24, ce qui est normal car Flightradar 24 ne traçant pas la totalité les aéronefs militaires. Le cas est classé A, observation d’un hélicoptère de gendarmerie. [GEIPAN classification A — Hélicoptère]
July 19, 2023 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedValley Village, CA
Started off as a red dot with a tail and quickly gained altitude. Then was a bluish dot around Star height with a parabolic tail. There was only one. I was out walking my dog when I thought I saw a shooting star. My mom and I were walking our dog and she stopped to look. Then another man down the street stopped to look. We watched the red dot shoot into the sky, then it briefly disappeared. Then, it returned but was a light blue and had a bluish, parabolic wake behind it rather than a tail. My mom is a middle age professional and I am a student. I have experience in both rocketry and planetary science, but have no clue as to what the object may be. My mom thought it looked like a rocket, but I checked and there were no recent launches to my knowledge. After some time it truly disappeared and we continued our walk. We then noticed a helicopter circling our area, which is unusual as it is a safe suburban neighborhood. My dog was acting weird the whole walk but I’m not sure that he saw it. SpaceX [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 19, 2023 · 9:12 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedDuarte, CA
Last night I was sitting outside waiting for Starlink. It was supposed to pass over Duarte California at 9:22 pm coming from Northwest to East. At 9:12 pm, I saw an individual object coming from the West and heading slightly Southeast. As the object got closer to me, I could see a white light behind it. That light was very bright white emitting in a large fan like pattern. I know Perseid is here, but unlike a meteor, this object was moving fairly slow, and it was visible to me for a couple of minutes. This was very visible over the Los Angeles area. Surely, I can't be the only person to have seen this. I took a short video of it with my camera phone. I don't know why, but the video shows the object as blue, but it was bright white. And it doesn't really show the large fan like light that it was emitting behind it. FYI, the horizontal white line in the video is just the telephone pole wires. It looked like a comet to me. Please let me know if you determine what this was. SpaceX [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 19, 2023 · 9:10 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedMenifee, CA
From our backyard, we looked up and saw what looked like a red comet entering the atmosphere. It had a long red tail of what looked like debris or smoke. We ran inside to grab a camera. When we returned, the comet turned bright white, emitting light horizontally from it. Then, it changed direction and went south. The tail disappeared when it did that and you could only see a very small light that changed from red to white. SpaceX launch form Vandenburg [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 19, 2023 · 8:59 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedSan Diego, CA
There was one object that crossed the sky with an amazingly bright light. All white, left a massive contour. SpaceX launch from Vandenberg [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 19, 2023 · 9:16 AM · SPHERE
IdentifiedRialto, CA
I saw what I thought was a plane or helicopter then realized it was traveling backwards the lights were behind it. It was moving too fast to be conventional aircraft and it changed direction too sharp and fast. I considered it to be an asteroid or something like that but I went up in elevation and I’ve seen haley’s comet and Halle bop they never changed elevation. SpaceX launch from Vandenberg [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
July 19, 2023 · 7:27 AM · CIGAR
IdentifiedLemon Grove, CA
one object flying way above where airplanes fly (tho airplanes may fly lower here when coming in for a landing) - bullnose cigar shape had upper and lower fins or 'wings' - not like an airplane. flying east/southeast at 7.27am 7/19/23 about the speed of an airplane [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Certain]