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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.
12,058 entries
January 29, 2023 · 7:23 PM · TRIANGLE
Monterey, CA
I looked up and saw three dimmed lights working their way across the sky. I asked the three people who I was with if they saw it, two also did. There were lights on it, but the strangest part was that they seemed to be dimmed. We watched three dimmed lights in a triangle formation, with the outline of a triangle, glide smoothly and silently across the night sky. The triangle disappeared behind a cloud shortly after.
January 29, 2023 · 1:48 AM · TRIANGLE
Lynnwood, WA
I took a couple pictures of the moon very low in the horizon early in the morning of 1/29/23. At the time I did nor notice anything unusual in the sky. When I looked at the pictures later that day I noticed a triangle/wing shaped object in the photos. In the first photo the object appears smaller and headed NW. In the second picture the object appears large with more definition and apparently headed SW. My camera takes a number of frames leading up to the final photo so there are a number of frames with the object moving in the sky.
January 27, 2023 · 10:16 PM · TRIANGLE
Aiken, SC
I was staying at the Hounds Lake Inn. In Aiken SC. The night I saw like 5 or 6 ufo’s ? way up high by the full moon. Night was very clear. I was on a hill top golf course with my French Bulldog I started talking to them. I told my self they were probably satellites my dog did feel uncomfortable and wanted to go back inside. The Strange thing about my story is that the next day I was driving to Hilton Head, SC and I found a photo on my phone. I don’t remember taking. I think they were following me. It freaks me out.
January 25, 2023 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Myrtle Beach, TN
I could see three lights two side by side one in the middle a little lower
January 23, 2023 · 8:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Archdale, NC
I've seen multiple a few weeks ago, no less than 7. Tiny silver specks came from underneath them, both times. I saw one in the woods across from my house and it was completely silent. Fog rolls in and a sewage smell is definitely apparent.
January 23, 2023 · 1:50 PM · TRIANGLE
Gustine ( about 5 miles west of Gustine), CA
was watching an airliner on an unusual south to north path that was putting out a large jet trail when I caught sight of a triangle object traveling west to east under the airliner’s elevation. It stayed visible for about 15 minutes then disappeared. It was light grey with white lights , this was without any optical aids.
January 19, 2023 · 7:39 PM · TRIANGLE
Plouhinec, Bretagne · France
Le 19 janvier 2023 vers 19h50 un témoin depuis son domicile sur la commune de Plouhinec (56), observe vers le sud-est un PAN en forme de triangle isocèle. L'ensemble de la surface inférieure du PAN est éclairé de lumières de couleur jaune uniforme. Ce PAN est affecté d'un faible déplacement vers la gauche et se trouve, visuellement, sous des fils électriques passant devant la maison. Le témoin tente de capturer le PAN en photo, sans succès. En effet, sur l'écran de visualisation, en lieu et place de l'image du PAN, se trouve une couleur bleu ciel, jamais observée auparavant avec cet appareil. A cet instant, le PAN n'est plus remarqué par le témoin, se trouvant masqué entièrement par l'appareil photo. Lorsqu'il abaisse cet appareil afin d'observer de nouveau le PAN à l'œil nu, il constate que le PAN n'est plus présent et que l'écran de visualisation de l'appareil redevient normal. Le témoin a transmis son observation au GEIPAN deux mois après les faits, permettant la réalisation d'une enquête de terrain par deux experts le 13 mai 2023. L'enquêteur principal a ensuite mené de nombreux échanges avec le témoin pour approfondir le recueil de données, aboutissant au prêt de l'appareil photo original. Une campagne de tests techniques a ainsi été conduite la semaine du 31 juillet 2023. Les résultats de ces tests figurent en annexe 1 ( voir le compte rendu d'enquête). L'étude de la carte CNOA* et des données du site spécialisé « ADS-B.NL » révèle qu'aucun trafic aéronautique pouvant correspondre au PAN, n'était présent au moment de l'observation, dans l'azimut du phénomène. L'analyse effectuée à partir de l'ensemble des données recueillies conclut que : - Le témoin a pu restituer avec précision les différents éléments relatifs à l'apparence et au comportement du PAN, sans jamais se contredire aussi bien entre le QT, que lors de l'enquête terrain et des échanges ultérieurs. - L'observation, bien que brève, fait état d'un phénomène dont les caractéristiques sont difficiles à rapprocher de phénomènes connus. Nous avons toutefois exploré l'hypothèse d'un drone, potentiellement d'origine militaire. Cependant, l'apparence du PAN comme sa présence dans la zone d'observation restent incompatibles avec cette hypothèse. Par ailleurs, les dimensions possibles calculées pour le PAN, en tenant compte de la surestimation faite par le témoin de sa taille apparente, impliquent que ce drone devait être d'une certaine envergure et se trouver à proximité du témoin - soit à environ 15/20 m pour un drone d'environ 50 cm à 1 m. Une telle proximité amènerait d'autres contraintes (survol interdit, perception du bruit...) qui n'ont pas été validées par l'enquête. - Divers épiphénomènes relevés par le témoin ont pu, pour la plupart, trouver une explication logique et/ou ne pas avoir de lien avec le PAN. Nous pouvons citer par exemple : -- L'existence d'un décalage de l'horloge interne de l'appareil photo pour lequel nous avons démontré qu'il était déjà présent au moins depuis pratiquement 18 mois. -- La présence d'un artefact trouvé au sol par le témoin, constitué de brindilles disposées en triangle, est notée. Bien que le témoin semble lier cet élément à son observation de manière indirecte (envisageant la reconstitution d'un tiers, enfant ou autre), aucun élément objectif de l'enquête ne permet de confirmer ce lien. - Une analyse assez poussée de l'appareil photo utilisé par le témoin, et ayant présenté de manière inopinée un écran bleu lors de la tentative de photographier le PAN se conclut ainsi : « bien que nous ayons pu, lors de nos tests, recréer un écran bleu très similaire à celui observé par le témoin, sa génération pendant l'observation nécessite une succession de fausses manipulations qui paraissent inenvisageables dans le contexte et/ou l'existence d'au moins une image bleutée en mémoire, qui, bien que théoriquement possible, s'est avérée en pratique être impossible à restituer lors de l'observation du PAN ». L'apparition de cet écran bleu, jamais observé auparavant sur cet appareil en possession des témoins depuis une dizaine d'année, reste pour le moment inexpliquée. En conclusion, l'étrangeté résiduelle après enquête demeure importante au regard de phénomènes connus. L'hypothèse drone largement explorée, n'a pu être consolidée. Le dossier d'enquête a été présenté en comité d'expert du GEIPAN (en dernier lieu le 03 Décembre 2025) lequel a souligné que, selon les critères du GEIPAN, la consistance* du témoignage demeurait moyenne en dépit d'une enquête poussée et la parfaite collaboration du témoin. En particulier, plusieurs éléments rapportés, considérés comme annexes à l'observation, semblent donner lieu à des interprétations qui n'ont pu être reliées au PAN. En conséquence, le GEIPAN classe de cas en « C », phénomène non identifié par manque de données objectivées. CONSISTANCE : Selon les critères du GEIPAN, la consistance est la quantité d'informations considérées comme fiables et objectivées, recueillies pour un témoignage. CNOA aujourd'hui CAPCODA : Centre Air de planification et de conduite des opérations et de défense aérienne (Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace). IPACO : logiciel d'analyse et de traitement d'images du GEIPAN (IPACO.fr). [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations compte-tenu de l'étrangeté élevée]
January 17, 2023 · 4:35 PM · TRIANGLE
Madison, MS
We were driving home from my son's swim lesson. We finished up at 4:15, so I assume this was at 4:30 ish driving home. I looked up and saw a dark, triangular shaped object that at first I assumed was a drone. As I looked closer, it was much different/larger/higher up than a drone. I want to say there were lights on each of the "arms" of the triangle but cannot be for sure. It moved extremely steady for a windy day and was not moving at an extreme speed, not slow either.
January 14, 2023 · 3:55 PM · TRIANGLE
Bellingham, WA
I took 3 photos. I left after taking photos for a min and returned to find it gone
January 13, 2023 · 9:40 PM · TRIANGLE
Hahira, GA
My son was driving home on a rural hwy in Lowndes County and witnessed a lone object hovering ahead. He pulled his vehicle safely on the side of the road and began filming the object. As he was filming, the object darted off like a bolt of lightening.
January 12, 2023 · 5:12 AM · TRIANGLE
Dobson, NC
Left my shop walking to my house and heard a unfamiliar off and on swishing sound, looked up and saw a triangular shaped aircraft gray metallic color, three red lights centered underneath and one white on each outer point. It didn't make a jet engine sound but a slow pulsing sound that was I was almost unable to hear, I watched come and go over my land in a straight line. When it passed over the tree line I couldn't hear any sound at all. I had my phone but was so surprised I didn't even think of taking a picture. not sure if I saw an experimental military aircraft or what but glad I saw it.
January 11, 2023 · 2:33 AM · TRIANGLE
Newberg, OR
This particular object started as what I thought to be a star or planet, but it moved laterally and stars don’t do that to my knowledge. I felt it was aware I was observing because I asked it to give me a signal it could see me or knew of my existence. It as if on que, would blink blue and than green and red. Here is the REALLY strange part, this craft had many many little ones that came out and started to float in a synchronized fashion. Like a show. It became difficult to determine that these tiny objects because they were so synchronously in tune that they moved as of a single object, had I not seen them before they took place in formation, I would of thought it was a single massive unit with the lights being windows? This perfect formation and movement leads me to believe that these are not humanoid but possibly AI? These craft moved perfectly with one another after in formations, there are errors, as it is to be human, but this was something to be hold. This fleet moved in formation for about 3 to 4 minutes I would guesstimate before each of these lights went out one by one. That was one of a few of my experiences. This is the second time I’ve seen a triangle craft, the 1 st time was as a security officer in Portland Oregon, it was a million more times more intense as this because I had a couple witnesses see it as well( I believe they called the police and lost their minds, never seen a man fall apart so fast, it was embarrassing Frankly) but this was a low altitude HUGE triangle, larger than a bus, and had three lights at each point and a red light in the center. This thing sped off at a rate that would kill any human, something visiting us that is far beyond our capabilities. Sorry, this is uploaded to be for a single story, but have several. Also have another story with a witness that can collaborate my story, we both witnessesd it at the same time. Completely silent, it was my very first sighting. Flew right over our heads at maybe 120-130feet over our head. Typical description of others I’ve heard. Two bowls stacked and a full metal color. This thing gave you a electrical feeling, like static electricity I guess? I had hair back than and remember feeling it stick to my collar and I remember getting quite the zap after reaching for my car door handle. We got inside and locked the door and promised we would never say anything to anyone, five minutes later we were telling all our friends. I still am in touch with him today. He can verify this information if you need.
January 7, 2023 · 9:12 PM · TRIANGLE
Wichita, KS
It starts with me going outside around 9:13 P.M. (I know exact time due to video timestamp) to smoke by the river in my backyard. On the way down I see something catch my eye towards the north and I see an orange light in the sky. Ive been outside a good bit at night and I have never seen an orange orb like that in the sky (not mars or venus). It wasnt blinking either, which made me think it wasnt an aircraft. I pulled out my phone and started filming the first orb. It begins to move upwards at a slight angle for a few seconds, and then a second orb appears. The first orb fades (not sure if I get it on camera) while the second orb moves up. The second orb goes to roughly the same spot as the first, flickers gently, then fades back into the night sky. The video has a lot of noise which is unfortunate, but I assure that there were no trails coming off of the orbs. These orbs were tens of thousands of feet in the sky, and traveling vertically. It is important to note this was a clear night, there was almost no cloud coverage whatsoever, and certainty not in the direction I was looking (north). Upon taking a screenshot of one of the videos and zooming in I can see that one of the orbs has three light sources in a triangular pattern. This is what led me to believe that it is a triangular shaped UAP, but could also be a chevron in form. I was the only one to witness it from what I can tell. As far as how I felt during the whole thing, I would say surprisingly void of much emotion. Initially I was trying to debunk what it could possibly be, but then accepted Ive no idea and pulled out my phone to record. I wanted to take in as much information as possible, I just stood there and stared seeing what they would do and where they would go. It kind of just felt run of the mill in a way? I do want to disclose that this was a couple weeks ago as apparent from the date, but the details are still fresh in my mind. It helps that I also have the video to jog my memory as well as show what I saw. I did not initially report it because I wanted to see if something was on the news or if someone else perhaps saw thae same thing and it was debunked. Seeing as its important I will always give some details about myself. I am a 22 year old college student who also works a part time job as a technicians assistant. I am one to frequent being outside at night and especially looking towards the stars, even using an app to help memorize locations of planets and constellations. To put it one way, I do believe that there are things that we do not fully understand as humans however, I am not quick to assume these things either. If I see something unfamiliar in the night sky I am much quicker to pull out my phone to see if its rocket debris, a planet, etc. before I assume its a UAP. This has happened before and every time Ive found something to explain it, but this one I could not. This looks different than anything I have seen before, and I am convinced these objects were UAPs. Video 6501 is the first, 6502 is the second, and image 6504 is a screenshot from 6502.
January 6, 2023 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Greeneville, TN
A friend and I were driving east/Northeast on Andrew Johnson Highway when we saw two lightsts in the sky at a red light near businesses in the eastern part of town- coming into Greeneville from the Afton area, that turned into three lights. The lights were not flashing. They did seem to move. There was no noise. There were other cars around at the time. It was approximately 9 PM on January 6, 2023. We were able to see the craft for about another minute. It seem to be moving east in the sky slowly. After the object had moved on slowly, we observed what was maybe a helicopter with red and green lights, heading toward the direction of the triangular craft but not following the craft closely.
January 6, 2023 · 3:00 AM · TRIANGLE
approx 1000 nm north of Kauai Hawaii, CO
I’m a airline B787 pilot. We were flying at 38,000 ft at approx 1015Z over the Pacific about 1000 miles north of Hawaii. The other pilot and I witnessed on several separate instances, 3 or 4 distant and very high altitude lights that looked like stars in the night sky. They would appear out of the darkness in the same spot of the sky, become increasingly bright, and would circle around each other. 2 of them appeared dimmer and smaller than the third, which appeared much brighter. They would accelerate and change directions rapidly at seemingly incredible speeds, then they would fly apart, the brighter one would stop momentarily, and the they would disappear until doing the same thing again a few minutes later. We saw this happen several times. I captured the last “event” on my Ipad video. Approximately 15 minutes after all of this occurred, I noticed what I thought was Venus (which I thought to myself I didn’t see it before as it was blocked by my cockpit window post). As I looked at what I thought was Venus, it appeared to be moving very slowly. Over a matter of seconds it then moved away from us to the south and ultimately dimmed as it moved away and disappeared towards the horizon. Initially when I first saw it, it appeared to be just a stationary planet until it began its movement. This was not the typical motion of a orbital satellite. I’ve subsequently expanded numerous frames of my video, and with a magnifying glass could clearly see a greenish luminescent glow from the trailing edge of the triangular shape of the brightest object. In my video the brightest object made a sudden acceleration straight downward (or away from us), it stopped, then disappeared.
January 2, 2023 · 7:09 PM · TRIANGLE
Near Hagerstown, MD
I've seen this regularly since early December; always first seen in East in approximately the same location. Seen about 6, 8 and 11 PM times when I take our dog out. Seems to follow an orbit that is near parallel to that of the moon. Been seen behind the moon at about the same distance, except December 29 sighting when it was slightly ahead of moon a short distance at the 6 PM sighting, at the 8 PM sighting it had moved ahead of the moon a distance about 5 time the original sighting distance. Among the December viewings were: 1.a partial view of the under side which showed the 3 lights forming an equilateral triangle. 2. the same time what I considered an angular side view showing a long lite silver looking shape with a dark raised outline with sloped sides, set back from the visible. edges. 3. Jerky short distance movements. This not too high in the sky. Visible stars in the sky are just pin head spots in size compared to the unidentified UBL my definition for Unidentified Bright Light. There was a period in December when it was not visible. No phone calls please as I am deaf. Visibility may last until it goes over the Western horizon; I am not out looking for after about 11 PM. It seems to be in an orbit.
January 1, 2023 · 1:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Port Charlotte, FL
No blinking lights no sound moving slow to the North and was on New Years Eve. During distance fireworks with smoke in the sky they came over
January 1, 2023 · 12:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Hyattsville, MD
We all recorded but i got the best video.
December 31, 2022 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
cartersville, GA
there wer 20 grouped up when they dissapeared one was straggling towards me.
December 31, 2022 · 10:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Navarette, Santiago Province, Dominican Republic
I am a NYC-born and raised current law student on vacation with my parents and my wife in the Dominican Republic. While down here, I regularly look up at the sky and star gaze given that there isn't much light pollution. Last night, however, on New Year's Eve while everyone is drinking and celebrating the New Year, I look up and see a dark-colored triangle with equidistant lights in each corner flying directly overhead from my parent's balcony. Some of the things that have me convinced I saw an extraterrestrial UFO is one: the craft was silent; two: there was no trail of smoke or anything that appeared to be propelling this craft; three it was flying fairly low (maybe 1 to 2 thousand feet above if that) and was crossing relatively slowly as if It did not want to draw too much attention to itself; four: it effortlessly picked up speed as it passed, it disappeared from my line of sight in maybe 4 seconds; five: Instead of pulling out my phone and missing it I tapped my wife to confirm that I wasn't hallucinating and she too saw the same thing (P.S. Neither one of us drink); Six: perhaps the most compelling reason in my mind is that despite looking directly at this craft the size of a jet it looked blurry as if it had some kind of stealth-invisibility shield straight out of a movie, it was a clear night so I know it wasn't a cloud beneath it and the surrounding sky appearing completely normal yet this blurry looking triangle was flying above us. I know if I was not already looking up I without a doubt would have missed it. I don't know what kind of military aircraft the D.R. has but, I know for sure it's not this. I've always been skeptical about UFOs but after what I saw I'm mostly frustrated that ALL governments are not disclosing what they know. We deserve to know what's out there, we pay our hard-earned tax dollars and they use it to train our military and purchase/develop high-tech machines to observe and study this phenomenon and they turn around and hide from us? I don't care what kind of implications knowledge of ETs will bring we need to know.
December 31, 2022 · 8:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Vero Beach, FL
I was just outside on a clear night talking on the phone and saw out of the corner of my eye what I initially believed to be a shooting star. Once I focused on it I was in disbelief. It was a definite triangular shaped craft flying slowly and silently from the north to the south with very dim amber lights that I could visibly see on three corners. It was too large to be a drone (probably from my vantage point 40’ wide) and made absolutely no sound.
December 31, 2022 · 1:19 AM · TRIANGLE
Flushing, NY
I live near 2 major international airports: JFK and LaGuardia airport, I see and hear jet airplanes fly by daily. I have never seen anything like this before. This aircraft had 3 large steady white lights on the underside of it. 2 of the lights which were perpendicular to direction of travel were closer together than the other light. These 3 large lights instead of being points of light were about the size of a quarter from my perspective which means these lights were very large and this aircraft was very close to the ground. The other light which was furthest away from the other 2 lights were in the direction of travel, which leads me to believe the aircraft is triangular, but because it was night I could not see the shape of the aircraft. I am used to seeing passenger jets at night they always have 1 red, 1 green, and a flashing white light which I can see from the underside. All of these lights are typically small and at night appear as points of light. This aircraft had none of the usual lights I see on the underside of passenger planes. Another extremely odd thing is the aircraft was flying extremely low. Other than when I am right next to an airport I have never seen an airplane this low. This is a residential area and the planes have to fly a minimum altitude much higher than this aircraft. The other extremely odd thing is this aircraft flying at extremely low altitude made absolutely no sound. Planes flying overhead at much higher altitudes than this aircraft was flying would make a huge sound. I have been to military airshows, and also have seen F35 or F22 flying overhead in my neighborhood, they make huge sounds. The time we saw an F35/F22 (I am not sure which one it was) fly overhead at low altitude, I thought every single window in my apartment was going to shatter. With this aircraft sighting tonight, if I did not happen to be looking in the sky when those lights were overhead, I would have never have known that this aircraft was there. It was that quiet, no perceivable sound was being emitted. The last thing I would say it was flying at incredible speed. If I had my cellphone in hand with my camera ready to take a picture, I doubt it would have be able to catch it. Overhead I had about 40 degrees of field of view which it flew threw my field of vision. It went through those 40 degrees in less than 1 second. Regular passenger aircraft probably would have covered that distance in 2-3 seconds. I am not expert in aircraft, but I am an enthusiast of military aircraft. I also was an astronomy, physics, engineering major in college, and I live next to 2 of the busiest international airports in the world. I would say this is something which I cannot explain. This was either a top secret stealth military aircraft or alien technology. The 2 things that make me think this is alien technology is the speed and the proximity to the ground this thing was flying. I am not sure if we have the technology to make an aircraft go that fast and yet make no perceivable sound.
December 30, 2022 · 7:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Chandler, AZ
Outside with the dogs, looking up and saw a light going back and forth. Looked like a spotlight, but it was going very fast. It stopped moving to reveal 3 lights in a triangle shape and then immediately changed direction going perpendicular to the original back and forth trajectory. Was out of sight in seconds after it changed that direction. Was cloudy, seemed like lights were illuminating the clouds from above. It was close to a small airport, but I could see other planes below the clouds perfectly fine. The lights were way higher up than the planes in the area.
December 29, 2022 · 8:47 PM · TRIANGLE
Siler City, NC
3 red lights flying in unison st exact distance away from one another. Flew behind tap trees then about 6 minutes later flew back again in the exact location they flew by prior. Many ufos seen in this small rural town almost every night.