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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.
11,675 entries
September 7, 2023 · 11:07 PM · SPHERE
Denver, CO
I saw an orange orb type object that I at first thought was a lone firefly above the height of a tree. It was brighter than all stars in the sky and presumably closer. I have evidence of my time clocking out from work and have been more observant since I ride a motorcycle. I have never seen firefly’s nearby and this is my first ever sighting. I truly don’t think it could’ve been a firefly and floated back and forth too much to be a shooting star. The light pulsed in and out similar to a twinkling star but more ‘glow’ like. This should be able to be seen on someone’s security camera I’m willing to bet. I could not hear anything except a nearby commercial (I think) airplane that was more above my head (I bet they got a great view of it)
September 7, 2023 · 9:15 PM · SPHERE
Ellsworth, ME
Looking to the north from parking lot, at about 45 degree angle inclination off horizon, two large moonlike bright round objects, same color and shape as full moon but larger, about the same brigthtness as full moon on a clear night, were seen blinking at each other at same altitude. (Objects separated by apparent distance of 5 in.as measured between thumb and forefinger at arm's length). Estimated distance several miles? Not sure. The two objects did not appear to be connected but seemed to be blinking to one another possibly in communication or coordinated somehow. One witness was frightened and went indoors immediately after seeing the objects. The other witness watched the objects for several minutes. A separate object was seen in the sky during this sighting, it was a LifeFlight helicopter according to the witness who had stayed to watch. After the LifeFlight helicopter left the area toward the west, the two large round blinking objects soon blinked out and did not reappear. There was no sound associated with the blinking large objects although the LifeFlight helicopter had made normal helicopter sounds. Moon was not in the sky at time of sighting, had set around 3 pm and was due to rise after 11 pm. Witness is 62 years of age, does not drink alcohol. He did not have his glasses with him, but could see the round objects quite easily because of their brightness and large round shape. He thought it appeared like "two full moons" even though he knew it was not that, and even though the moon would have been in the southern sky so he knew that was impossible. He doesn't believe he had any problem of "double vision."
September 7, 2023 · 7:45 PM · SPHERE
algerian territorial waters, Algiers Province, Algeria
A glowing orb above the sea moving at a consistent speed above the sea color seemed to switch between yellow and red, no trail no thrusters it seemed very similar to all the footage of flying orbs shared from other parts of the world direction of movement almost 90° east and about 200-300 meters altitude above sea level.
September 7, 2023 · 5:41 PM · SPHERE
Maricopa, AZ
A flying white/metallic orb seen flying south at a rapid rate passed over our home. Airline radar indicated no active flights in the area at the time. Unable to get a photo, the orb was extremely reflective once at a higher altitude and moved in strange ways until disappearing.
September 7, 2023 · 5:45 AM · SPHERE
Chester Springs/Eagle, PA
These definitely were not aircraft of any kind. The two orbs simply drifted towards my home and went overhead as they continued on a southeastern path. Upon moving to the front yard to continue my observation, I saw that there were other UFOs which had apparently flown over my home before I noticed those coming from the northwest and back of my home.
September 6, 2023 · 8:45 PM · SPHERE
saucier, MS
I was looking into our new telescope when my wife said what is that? I turned around and saw a dozen orbs or spheres approx. 20 feet in diameter and very bright in perfect formation traveling from west to east at approx. 150 mph. and 1000 feet from the ground. The craft appeared less than a mile from our view point. A small airplane was seen traveling at a greater height heading south westerly and may have also seen them. the lights continued across the sky to the east and then dimmed and vanished completely within plain view. My son came outside and we then observed about 6 other bright lights very high in the sky two of them in close formation as they would sometimes become very bright then vanish entirely. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
September 6, 2023 · 6:58 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalTwentynine Palms, CA
I noticed a tiny, rectangular cloud in the SW, about 40 degrees above the horizon in an otherwise cloudless sky. The cloud was strange looking, so I took a photo and instantly noticed a very bright, round object appear some distance to the left of the cloud. This object disappeared, and I looked away for perhaps 3-4 seconds. When I looked back, a short, vertical contrail or cloud was fully formed in the same area. This trail was roughly 25 times the length of the small rectangular cloud that was still apparent and intact to its right. I began to take photos of that area of sky, when another bright object appeared briefly to the left of and above the trail. After this object (#2) vanished, another tiny vertical, rectangular cloud appeared some distance beneath that object’s location. The cloud seemed to reverse-fade into existence fully formed, rather than spreading forward as a contrail would do. I called a neighbor who quickly began watching, too. We were discussing the odd trail and tiny rectangular clouds, when another bright object appeared near the trail (#3). Neither of us could switch back to our camera screen fast enough, so there are no images of #3, and no associated cloud or trail formation appeared. After the first photo, #7268, the number sequence skipped to #7272 and then continued in the proper sequence. I’m not sure if photos were taken and are missing, or if the sequence simply skipped those numbers for some technical reason. I was using an iPhone 12. There are 8 photos, but I was only allowed to upload 4. For reference, the first photo shows the first tiny cloud above and to the right of the telephone pole. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
September 6, 2023 · 11:00 AM · SPHERE
Portland, OR
Slowly moving and hovering over the City for the last hour.
September 5, 2023 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Antioch, CA
Walking my dog in school baseball field a bright white orb it looks like a floating planet catches my eye I look up and it's on top of my head I start flicking my lighter it stops hovers on top of my head with no sound bright now turns bright red this is at 9:00 at night it notices me it stops for about 3 minutes it's just floating over my head I'm watching it it's watching me and then it starts to float North towards Sacramento county then I go into the light it comes back towards me and it hovers over my head again bright red then it turns back to White then a jet started coming so the Red orb goes to the South and turns green stops and turns bright red and starts floating towards the Antioch bridge but now it's all red with green on the bottom and it floats towards Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield but right before this I seen bright white orbs they look like floating planets a planet floating brighter than anything in the sky get bright but when I show that I see them with my flashlight or get under a street light they stop and turn their lights off like a child then disappear then reappear and keep floating every evening I walk my dog for the last 3 years and every night I see the same things floating orbs brighter than anything in the sky Orange orbs that float on top of my house stop I'll get my neighbors and it'll just sit on top of the house and about an hour they float away and sometimes White orbs when I'm walking will follow me to my house but after a while you get used to it even people in my neighborhood when I'm walking say to me look up and see that in the sky and I say yes and they say the same thing we see them everynite and one neighbor pointed it out to me one night and it stopped right on top of the school and me and the neighbor watched it as it eventually floated away but she said that they follow her too Antioch is a hotspot but tonight it was different it was so bright bright red and a dark black sky and when it turned white you didn't know the difference between a star or a planet but when it turns back to red you knew it wasn’t normal then it noticed the jet turned white and floated South opposite direction stopped turn green then back to red floating towards the river so far it's the best thing I seen until tomorrow I don't understand how every night no one else sees these bright things floating hovering in Antioch right next to Travis Air Force Base and nothing is ever recognized on the news nothing I mean these unidentified hovering objects in the they're floating in the airspace that jets are in and Travis Air Force Base should know these things are floating right over there base I've seen so many everynite for the last 10 years I am not shocked scared or even pay no mind now for the fact that I know them and they know me they know where I live they know I walk my dog and I think that they know I am no one to fear but what I seen tonight was worth letting the world know that Antioch is the place to see things I was never going to talk about everything about Antioch but what I seen tonight it should be known
September 5, 2023 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Stonesfield, OXFORDSH · United Kingdom
Looking toward the north west at an elevation of about 60 degrees. A bright orb that was stationary and I thought was a planet, but then realised it was in the wrong place. It then moved at a fast rate in a downward direction for about 10 degrees and disappeared.
September 5, 2023 · 5:30 AM · SPHERE
Winnemucca, NV
Got a zoomed in photo of a bright object before it just vanished. When viewed with a spotting scope it appeared to be a sphere with a ring through the center.. imagine the Death star from star wars.
September 4, 2023 · 9:35 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalWestfield, MA
https://youtu.be/C3RZIiwLTSM?si=P96O1gSie_czxbCX https://youtu.be/2QlqWVSDCJM?si=bcyty0VKMQv9k38F [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
September 4, 2023 · 9:18 PM · SPHERE
sykesville, MD
they have been living in my house for weeks. It has attactched itself to me I see them and feel them EVERYWHERE I GO. I have orbs always with me that I see with my actual eyes and I have videos on my home camera showing orbs. It is affecting ALL of my electronics and my LIFE. It also communicates with me through my phone my tvs and my radio. Things will dissapear and then reapear. My son has also seen orbs. I have several videos showing orbs in my house that I have also sent to several ppl that have also seen the orbs in the videos.
September 4, 2023 · 9:15 PM · SPHERE
Margate, FL
I was letting my 2 dogs out in our backyard (normal nightly routine) around 9:15pm. It was a clear evening. I was looking up at the sky while waiting and I saw 3 light spheres in a row very high in the sky moving extremely fast. The size of the spheres were very similar to the stars. Moving from the North to the South West. They stopped in the southwest direction scattered amongst each other and vanished in different directions. The timing of the sighting was around 30 seconds or so. I am still in awe of what I witnessed. I have seen the International Space Station, satellites and space junk in the sky over the years but absolutely nothing like this ever! The speed of the light spheres was incredible. I didn't have my phone.No video or photos.
September 4, 2023 · 8:52 PM · SPHERE
Salt Lake City, UT
My girlfriend and I were sitting at a pool when I jokingly said hey look a ufo thinking it was a plane. It was orange though, no flashing of green or red lights like a plane or a drone. It was traveling slowly then seemed to stop and hover after 25 seconds, hovered for 5 and then just disappeared in the clear sky.
September 4, 2023 · 8:40 PM · SPHERE
Boswell, PA
Objects were a bright orange and a commercial airliner was above them to the west. Both were undefinable in shape but light of them was brilliant and they moved with speed and then hovered for minutes before changing direction East. A literal right angle turn. Most obvious thing was their brilliance and bright orange color .
September 4, 2023 · 6:46 PM · SPHERE
Arvada, CO
After seeing a different black sphere-shaped UFO moving North 8 days prior, I made it a priority to start walking with my phone. Sure enough, 8 days later I looked up and spotted a fast East-moving black sphere that I could not identify. Clearly not a drone, plane, helicopter. Object flashed fully red a few times, before disappearing into the distance. No clue what it couldve been. This one was clearly spherical, whereas the one 8 days prior seemed mostly spherical, but with additional detail around the sphere. Video does not show the red flashes, but to my naked eye it was clearly doing so.
September 4, 2023 · 4:01 PM · SPHERE
Denver, CO
Three or four white spheres making irregular flight patterns in broad daylight. They were very high altitude, and not glaringly obvious to peripheral vision. At one point I observed them in a ring formation, with one sphere making smaller circular motions within the larger one. They left my view in an erratic fashion. They were moving too quickly and irregularly to be balloons or other floating debris, and they were seen clearly enough to determine that they were not drones, planes, or birds. the video attached shows the only video that captured a sphere definitively, and it can be seen changing course and leaving to the west.
September 4, 2023 · 1:00 PM · SPHERE
ROCKVILLE, MD
I was at the pool during the day and heard f15s flying above the sky so I decided to look up and see if I could see one. This was not uncommon as there was a lot of air activity due to large events north in camp david and in DC so I assumed the fighter jets were just extra security (very common to see government helicopters around the area and hear fighter jets above. When I looked up to see if I could see them, which I knew would be unlikely, my eyes caught a white object flying straight in the sky at a fast speed. I Initially thought it was a seagull and was intrigued at the sight of a seagull so far inland as it is very uncommon. After 5 seconds of observation of the object moving extremely fast in a perfect straight line, I saw a traditional large aircraft above it and was shocked at the speed difference but thought it was because the object was closer to me than the jet. Then the object continued at a rapid speed on a direct straight line and after about 15 seconds it just disappeared. It could have been less than 15 seconds but it was as if time slowed down. There were no clouds nor sun glares it just seemed to vanish. I looked around but all those at the pool were not paying attention (not a surprise as I love planes and look up whenever I hear one) I tried for days to rationalize that it was a bird but I knew deep down it wasn't in the days that followed as I monitored the speed of birds in the air and nothing met this velocity. The object was white, almost a tic-tack type shape, and was flying at extreme speeds before just disappearing
September 4, 2023 · 11:22 AM · SPHERE
Denver, CO
This my wife and I's third sighting of an orb in this area in the past 4 months. This was a silver orb moving steadily and silently approximately 1,000 to 2,000 feet above ground level from south to north, with gradual ascending and descending movements. It also appeared to either emit light or reflect sunlight irregularly, even though it was a cloudless, bright sunny day at that time of day. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
September 3, 2023 · 11:48 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedZephyrhills, FL
I was driving due east my I looked up at the moon to admire it and saw an orange orb hovering/ flying under it. It’s was flying south west direction. It’s looked like it was on fire, 1 main orb and 3 perfectly spaced slightly smaller orbs directly underneath. It was floating southwest slowly for 30 seconds idk if it was horizontal because of my angle but it ended up higher in the sky because it was moving slightly towards me but more south, which is why it’s above the moon in the picture. Then it changed color into a blue and quick white and moved faster but not super fast, kinda like went warp speed but not very far, as it broke up into more pieces but only a small distance. It became a single orb not any color after that and went back to an idle speed . I lost track of it after that since I was driving. Starlink-103 (6-12) LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
September 3, 2023 · 8:53 PM · SPHERE
Jenner, CA
Wife, daughter, and I stargazing from our campsite. I work in sales at a large multinational investment bank and wife is Oxford post-grad Product Manager at a public utility. I saw what at first believed to be Orions Belt, distinguished by it's bright 3 star center, until I had a vertigo effect and realized the 3 solid bright white (not yellow) orbs, which looked like stars, were moving. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, I asked my wife "are you seeing this?". My wife and 5 year yo daughter seeing it too. If they had not moved, they would otherwise look like 3 bright stars in the sky, such as part of the Orion Belt constellation. They moved quickly, in a straight line, each orb equally distanced from the others, faster than the speed of the international space station flying overhead. No noise. No trail. We lost our vantage point in the trees, so we moved, and expected to see the 3 lights in the next clearing but they did not return. This was the most bizarre thing we have ever seen, and likely ever will.
September 3, 2023 · 6:08 AM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalOakley, ID
I videotaped it moving up thru the trees and up to the sky. It would flash in my direction.Almost blinding me at times. It took 7minutes to come from the middle of the trees to the sky. I zoomed in repeatedly and even showed the sky and stars in comparison, as it was like nothing else in the sky. It appeared round very very large and bright. When I zoomed in you could see objects spinning around it and glowing rainbow like colors at one point when I zoomed in it went to a rectangle shape that is yellowish. When it was in the trees there was no land near it or past it. It was at least 40 to 60 foot above land in the trees, then slowly moves thru the tree line and then above the trees. It eventually went farther up into the sky and got smaller and smaller as if it was moving further away. There was no one around that area and it was just as the sunrise was happening. Venus rising [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
September 2, 2023 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE
Seminole, FL
I saw an orange ball drop down out of the sky behind the neighbors roofline. And at the same time saw a bright white light drop straight down behind some trees. We were inside so didn't see where they came from. It was dusk so could still see light from the sky and these were very bright.