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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.
13,832 entries
September 23, 2019 · 7:00 AM · CIRCLE
Reading, PA
It was right before 7am when I was at work and went outside to look at the sunrise. This is when I noticed a small dark circle moving slowly around the clouds. I ran to grab my phone, and proceeded to record the object. At first the ball was not moving and was stationary in the sky. It began to move slowly and change direction a few timeS. At first I thought it was a drone, but it was too high and was a perfect circle. A nearby plane around the same distance away also put into perspective of how big the circle really was. As the circle began to go away from me, it began to speed up and moved away rather quickly. I was left stunned and confused, because I have no idea what this could be.
September 23, 2019 · 6:00 AM · CIRCLE
Pikeville, KY
Me and my kids were waiting on the school bus to from 0640-0645. The sky was clear. No clouds. We were looking at the stars and then we seen what appeared to be a large bright circle moving across the sky. Faster than a plane, but not a shooting star. We tracked it for approximately 10 seconds. Then it disappeared without a trace. It was bright white. Had no other colors on it. And looked slightly larger than the North Star.
September 22, 2019 · 7:20 AM · CIRCLE
Piedmont, CA
I was outside and looked up at the moon and noticed what looked like a bright star meandering west to east. I thought maybe it was a satellite catching the rising sun, but it started moving laterally to its direction of motion. Maybe a balloon, but it was a bit early for that... Object maintained movement direction, but occasionally stopped and hovered, then continued on its way. At one point I looked away and had difficulty relocating the object, but finally caught a glimpse of a very tiny dot that then seemed to disappear in a whisper of smoke. Very strange, especially given its luminosity. Probably a shiny balloon but felt compelled to report. The longer I looked the more floaters appeared in my eyes, so it became pretty futile.
September 22, 2019 · 1:30 AM · CIRCLE
Hackettstown, NJ
So it passed by at about 22 degrees above horizon moving west to east no sound. Red ball no tail. Traveling in straight horizontal there was a plane traveling before it at a speed of 13 to 14 seconds, ufo was behind it traveled same space in 3 to 4 seconds
September 21, 2019 · 11:13 PM · CIRCLE
Gallipolis, OH
((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESSES)) Saturday 9/21/2019 11:13 PM Gallia County Fairgrounds ((deleted)) Gallipolis, OH 45631 While enjoying our campfire at Gallia County Fairgrounds, listening to the coyotes in the valley, we both saw a small, dim, white light appear above the tree line to the south of our campsite. It began coming towards us, getting brighter and brighter as it approached. My husband had been shining his strobing flashlight at various aircraft flying overhead just prior to its arrival. I began to worry that this was a plane or helicopter that was going to attempt a landing in our vicinity. It cleared the tree line and dipped downward, traveling across the field and straight toward us. It was moving slowly and stopped several times on its approach. It kept getting brighter as it came close, a brilliant white light in the shape of a circle, the white of an LED bulb. It hovered approximately 50 yards maximum from where we were sitting. It appeared as a flat, circular, one dimensional, brilliant white light that looked almost like it had been cut from a piece of paper. It hovered for about 8 seconds before shooting off to the west at a phenomenal speed. At this point my wife bailed and escaped into the RV. I noticed that all of the animal sounds had quieted. Dead silence ensued. Unsure of its intentions, I reached for my 45 caliber handgun on the picnic bench next to my chair. I was unable to lift the gun as my arm seemed to no longer function. Panic hit me at this point. The object quickly shot off to the west, dimmed and was gone. The next morning, I surveyed the area, took some photos. I estimate that its diameter was 20 feet or larger.
September 20, 2019 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
Kerrville, TX
While walking my dog, I noticed a circular ball of light that seemed to have a glow around it that was revolving as it moved. It appeared to be moving like a shooting star at a much slower speed. It moved in a straight path for a few seconds and was at its brightest when I first noticed it. Soon it began to move erratically; it appeared to stop in place for a few seconds then move in a different direction with speeds alternating between fast and slow. The strangest part is its altitude also spiked very fast and when it went higher the light seemed to disappear until it was in a new position in the sky. I live very close to Mooney airport so I am familiar with aircraft, but the planes I see have more than one light, usually two in front and one in back, also they don’t have glow around them. I have seen a couple planes with headlights but none that emit light similar to the spinning of a lighthouse. I got the sense from it’s behavior that it was searching for ! something. I asked my brother to check it out, but the time it took for him to walk two feet from under the porch into the yard, it disappeared from the night sky. I walked to the back of my house and noticed very bright flashes of white and blue light coming from the trees on the right side of the woods in my neighbor’s backyard. The diameter of the light looked to be about 7ft and maybe a foot or two off the ground. There was no noise and the flashes seemed to overlap each other. In just 15 seconds, there were probably 25 flashes.
September 20, 2019 · 8:04 PM · CIRCLE
Rand, WV
Very slow moving circle of light. Flew way to low & close to the mountain top to be a plane. One circular light large and bright - didn’t blink at all. Moved slow and would even stop in one place for a couple of minutes then move on.
September 20, 2019 · 7:30 PM · CIRCLE
Richmond, VA
On a clear night, we were sitting outside having a beer at Hardywood West Creek, when my boyfriend, dad, brother, and I noticed other patrons looking up at the sky and pointing at it. When we got up from our table, we saw that they were looking a very white, bright light moving across the sky. This thing was moving much faster than a plane and was not blinking. In about 3 - 5 minutes it had crossed over us and then was out of our line of sight. There were about 10 - 15 others who saw this, and they too were stumped about what they had just seen.
September 20, 2019 · 1:00 AM · CIRCLE
Bismarck, ND
Observed a round craft with blinking lights, then seen a black rim of light, this craft went into this black space and disappeared. After that all I seen was stars where this object was.
September 19, 2019 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Staten Island, NY
Bright white light. Round. No blinking lights to identify as an airplane. moved slowly across the sky then turned in an upward position and just went straight up towards the stars. It disappeared into the night sky. There was no clouds.
September 19, 2019 · 8:50 PM · CIRCLE
Patchogue, NY
The object was hovering for over 40 min making no noise. It would move slow. Then it starting spinning And moving faster and then would change colors and go back to white. We do have video
September 19, 2019 · 8:23 PM · CIRCLE
St. George, UT
Looking to the southwest a ball of intense white light lifted up from the ground and flew low in the sky to the east. I went inside and got my phone and started filming it. It was flashing white, green, red and blue and made a swishing sound.
September 19, 2019 · 8:22 PM · CIRCLE
Fortuna, CA
I was outside waiting for a friend to come to my house when I saw about three orange lights come over a mountain side. As the objects went up higher more followed behind in a line. Each object made maneuvers from left to right while still staying in a line. They simultaneously stopped and started blinking. The first object slowly disappeared, and the object next in line would move into the same position and disappear. They all preformed the same movement until the very last object had vanished.
September 19, 2019 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Palatine, IL
Looked up at the stars and saw a bright white light moving across the sky not very high, I am guessing 10,000 feet, I grabbed my binoculars and could not see it any better than with my naked eye. No blinking lights and no sound that I could hear. Also, when it disappeared it was like a dimming light that just went out. This was my second time seeing this, I didn’t report the first one a few weeks ago.
September 19, 2019 · 7:45 PM · CIRCLE
Kelso, WA
perfect circle, bright white... brighter than all other aircraft / stars in the early night (just got dark outside) sky. other planes were in the air... this was much much brighter, and had absolutely no blinking lights on it. it flew in a straight line from west to east. as it disappeared from our view behind treeline, i noticed 1 fast moving jet flying toward its direction from my north/nw (maybe from seattle) the object flew straight...at same speed probably abiut 100 mph+)
September 19, 2019 · 4:30 PM · CIRCLE
Cold Spring, MN
UO Sighting Thursday Sept 19th 2019 Calling this a “UO” sighting as it I cannot say the object was “flying” and entirely different than any UFO report I have heard about. Left work at 4:00 as usual and came home to change clothes and go for a run down at the ROCORI track as has been my routine for the past number of years. Probably left my house around 4:30 and jogged across the picked oat field and towards the practice fields on the northern part campus. Lots of sports activity this particular day with football games/practices of various-aged kids etc. with a game taking place at the farthest NW field adjacent the ball field and Co Rd #50. At least one bus parked there. Proceeded with my run/workout routine which consists of push-ups, sit-ups, stretching, mixed between a series of laps around the track. 1200M, 1600M, 800M, 400M, 200M, 100M. I always time the runs all but the 100M just in case I happen to run a personal best. The entire routine takes probably a bit less than an hour as I generally always clock 12-13 minutes for both the 1200M & in-between workout as well as the 1600M & in-between workout. This day was perfectly clear with blue sky, hardly a breeze (if any) and zero clouds that I am aware of. At least not a one in the SW-NW horizon that I (and others) were fixated on for the next few hours. In finishing either the 1200M, or 1600M, I laid down on my back in lane #7 at the SW main finish line (as typical) and did my sit-up routine. Upon finishing, while still on my back & head to the North, I noticed a white dot (as it appeared) way up high in the sky which I first figured was a pelican or eagle or seagull as over the years I have seen white birds soaring way, way, up high wile stretching. However this “bird” was not moving much if at all. Again, this is broad daylight, blue sky at 4:30-5:00pm. Definitely the only feature in the sky aside from the sun which was further W of the object. If memory serves the sun was a tad and higher on the horizon than the object from my perspective but not much. As far as how obvious this object was in the sky I would say not obvious at all unless one was looking in the right direction. Who looks up into the skies anymore anyway… As I watched the object on my back it appeared to slowly travel back-&-forth N & S slightly a few times however my heart was pounding from my workout so uncertain if it was due to that. Being utterly baffled as to what it was I laid there longer contemplating it being a drone copter that someone at the school was flying. After a few minutes of ponder I got up to continue my workout and onto more laps hoping like heck the thing would not just disappear leaving me frustrated. On the next set of laps I cannot remember if I was able to focus/see it as I rounded that SW corner but as I finished the laps and again laid down to do sit-ups…it was still there! At some point as I laid there I made a conscious effort to determine it’s location in the sky and definitely remember noting 3. One being directly over me (possibly a tad south). The other being directly above the school. And the last being a bit to the West of the school. Again these are only from my perspective having no clue how high or big this thing was. Following my workout (cannot remember if I finished it all or not being a bit occupied) I noticed 2 young boys (ages 5 & 3 approximately) playing at the south end of the bleachers. I desperately wanted someone else to see this thing so walked over to them asking if they wanted to see an “alien spaceship”. As any boy would they said yes and put their eyes in the direction of the sky I was pointing. I really no idea if they saw what I was seeing but the older boy did say “I see it” and was looking I the right direction. The younger said he saw it too however was looking the wrong way. At this point I was getting desperate to find another adult to confirm this object so headed out the south end of the fencing as it was the only gate open to the track. I kept searching for an adult or older student however nobody happened across my path and I didn’t want to appear too crazy having no shirt on, all sweaty, and pointing to the sky at “aliens”. As I headed back North towards home I came across a bus where the female driver was inside reading a book. I hesitated at first but gingerly peeked in the open door and said…”This is possibly the strangest thing you’ve been asked but I’m seeing something quite odd in the sky and am wondering if you would also take a look to confirm I am not going nuts.” Or a version of it. Her comforting reply was something to the affect of…”My folks live in CA and see weird things in the sky all the time so nothing surprises me”. She put down her book and grabbed her smart phone and struggled her way out of the bus as she had some struggles standing/walking. We walked south through the thin line of trees at the S side of the parking area and as I pointed she immediately saw it and said…”Well that’s weird.” I could not see any movement however the object seemed to be moving slowly from SSW to WSW as I needed to keep looking more West each time I needed to re-find it in the sky. She then put her phone up to either photo or video. It is somewhere around 5:30 now. At this point I was wanting to get home to my son and get his eyes on it as well so jogged back across the oat field, up to the house, into the workshop & grabbed my binoculars which are Bausch & Lomb 7x35 Zephyr. Here is where it gets weird… In my backyard I found the object even further West and should mention it never seemed to change in size, color, brightness, speed, or anything. When I put the binoculars up to it I was quite startled as I can only describe it as a bright, full, Mini-Moon” however was not too convinced of it being the moon as I knew the moon phase was already past full. I then ran upstairs to tell my son to grab his smart phone and come outside where I passed the binoculars over to him. His comment was pretty much same as the bus drivers being…”What the heck is that thing…” No doubt at this time I am ranting about it being a planet of some sort so we both grab our smart devices and start searching for visible planets, stars, etc. He then proceeds to map the thing with his smart phone as he has an ap for stargazing. I found dialogue on it possibly being Jupiter as Juipter is/was bright in Sept. however it kept mentioning we should see it along the horizon at dusk which further confused me as it was no where near dusk when I first saw it and we were still 2+ hours from it. I’m then trying to convince myself it is the moon as it looks exactly like it with gray shaded features and however much smaller and brighter. To describe the brightness I say it looked like a strongly back-lit, semi- opaque, piece of perfectly round, white plastic. Kind of like some of the LED overhead lights we have today however with the moon(ish) gray shadings. With my son’s ap, he finds the moon is on the other side of the globe. He then says…”I’ve got it…It’s Arcturus!” and shows me the screen which I cannot argue with except…There is no way we should be seeing surface features on a star! With my binoculars, any star is going to look like a pinpoint of light…not a moon. As we banter back-&-forth about possibilities and questions he lies on his back in the grass to steady his elbows and snaps a couple photos through one lens of the binoculars. I take some video with my pad as well making certain to video the surroundings to pinpoint the thing at a later date. After approximately 20 minutes of searching internet and looking through binoculars my son gives up and I jump in my vehicle with binoculars and head to a friend’s farm a couple miles away as I had called him to see if he was around and could see what we are seeing. Which he could. On the way I call my wife who is at work and ask her to go outside and look as well which she does with at least one co- worker. As I get to his property he immediately walks
September 18, 2019 · 10:23 PM · CIRCLE
Apache junction, AZ
I saw it on 4 different nights it moved across the sky like it was following me until my brother and I drove towards it and it started flying away from us. It did a 180 and it was gone. The entire time that it was in view I felt like it was trying to speak to me in my mind. One night it was close to the Superstition Mountain north east of where I was standing. Another night it was above the city of had to drop in on the 60 Freeway flying across the Neighborhood towards the Superstition Mountain.
September 18, 2019 · 9:10 PM · CIRCLE
Thornton, CO
At first it looks like a very bright star in the sky, but then it started flickering white and red lights. It stayed stationary in the sky for 2 minutes and then slowly started to dim. It began moving parallel heading Northeast until the light became so small and red that it diminished.
September 18, 2019 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Atlantic City, NJ
There was a white light in the sky over the ocean, I thought it was a plane but it had no blinking light it travel for five minutes in the sky and then disappeared. It was very light clouds in the sky over the ocean.
September 18, 2019 · 4:30 AM · CIRCLE
Van Buren Township, MI
When I got as close as I was going to get to the lights that’s when it hit me that I was looking at a UFO. There were five bright lights in a perfect circular pattern hovering stationary right off the interstate. I quickly pulled my phone out and took the best picture I could. The objects stayed in the same spot for as far as I could see until I got off the interstate. I called my coworker who starts his shift an hour after me and takes the same way to work. I describe to him exactly where and what I saw and asked if he seen anything, but he said that he didn’t see any lights in the sky around that area.
September 18, 2019 · 4:00 AM · CIRCLE
Near Pittsboro, IN
I had just left Loves Truck stop off of exit 61 in Pittsboro, Indiana, On I-74 heading west. Once I got a few miles down the road. Somewhere near mile marker 50, I saw a round ball of light racing down from the sky. I thought it may have been a shooting star, except it made a slight turn to the right and shut its light off. Their was nothing obstructing my view and it simply vanished.
September 17, 2019 · 11:38 PM · CIRCLE
Weston, CT
I saw and photographed one perfectly round bright white light in the sky between the trees . It didn’t move. I have never seen this before or since. It appeared for several minutes without changing or moving.
September 16, 2019 · 4:00 AM · CIRCLE
Lake City, FL
Round bright light flashing red, white, blue and green traveling southeast at a slow rate of speed, wobbling back and forth visible for 45 mins. Viewed with binoculars you can see thousands of Lights in that object.
September 15, 2019 · 8:17 PM · CIRCLE
Lakeville, MA
My husband was sitting on the couch, we were watching tv when he noticed a bright light outside usually where the moon would be. It was too early for the moon to be in that position and this light was too bright. We went to our porch and got a closer look and video. It was a bright whitish blue circle, could have been octagon shaped. It stayed over the tree line for almost a minute moved slightly to the right, stopped, and then moved off quickly behind the tree lines. We live on the 3rd floor, so we ran outside to the car and tried to follow, but it was gone.