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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.
9,112 entries
January 17, 2016 · 8:30 PM · OTHER
New York City (Manhattan), NY
Observed in the sky, on a mildly cloudy day. It resembled a bright white cloud moving opposite direction of the other clouds. When I pulled out binoculars I observed 4 orbs rotating around the cloud as it moved across the sky. Also had lights or some sort of metallic reflection emanating inside the cloud almost as if it was electrically charged.
January 17, 2016 · 2:56 PM · OTHER
Mineola, TX
Event Date: 01/17/2016 Event Time: approximately 14:56 Central Time (GMT – 6:00) Location Coordinates: 32°37'55.0"N 95°27'34.0"W Location Name: Mineola Nature Preserve, Wood County, Texas Weather Conditions: 52° Fahrenheit, clear with scattered thin high altitude clouds, a light breeze, and with wind gusts up to 13mph. Object description: The object appeared to be oblong in overall shape but irregular similar to a potato. It appeared to be silver blue very much like the moon seen during the daytime. Its apparent size was slightly smaller than your thumbnail viewed at arm's length. It appeared to be blurry or hazy like an object viewed through the atmosphere at great distance. This is in contrast with the commercial jets seen at the time that were in sharp detail and white in color. This object made no detectable noise, made no condensation trail, did not appear to be burning in any way, and was very obviously at an extreme altitude. While visiting the Mineola Nature Preserve out on foot, me and one other family member we were watching the local aircraft. There was a small Cessna aircraft and a biplane flying at low altitudes, intermittently performing aerial acrobatics. This location is approximately 100 miles East of the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) area and other commercial aircraft were traveling from West to East leaving the major airport hubs of the DFW area at midrange altitudes as they climbed towards but have not reached cruising altitudes. As we could easily hear the engine noise from the commercial aircraft, we would look up at them pass nearly directly overhead which is when we spotted the unknown object. At approximately 14:56, as a commercial aircraft passed almost directly overhead traveling East South East we spotted this object traveling North. As we watched the object it progressed from almost directly overhead to the north. It became difficult to see as it reached an inclination of about 35° above the horizon. The time it took to travel from approximately 90° above the horizon to 35° was between 15 seconds and 20 seconds. Immediately after loosing track of the object I checked the International Space Station (ISS) tracking website (http://www.isstracker.com/) to rule out the object as being the ISS. The website showed the then current position of the ISS as being over the Northern section of the Red Sea Moving North East. Conclusion: After waiting a few days to see if this object was reported by any news agency I decided to see if I could calculate the objects speed. Knowing that I can not accurately determine speed without knowing its altitude, I calculated this objects speed using two potential altitudes. These two altitudes were 35,000ft for a possible commercial or military aircraft and 200 miles for something passing at an orbital range. With the 35,000ft altitude, I came up with a minimum speed of 1,700mph up to 2,500mph. With the 200 mile altitude, I came up with a minimum speed of 51,300mph and a maximum of about 68,000mph. Given that there was no sonic boom and that the object was hazy and indistinct in a perfectly clear sky I believe that this object was outside of the atmosphere and passed very close to the Earth. The downside to this belief is that any object that could be seen during the day at that distance with that apparent size would have to be very very large.
January 17, 2016 · 11:47 AM · OTHER
Joppatown, MD
I saw this object while viewing the ISS live feed, taking several screen shots. If you look close you can see a smaller craft in front of it and a trail through the clouds behind it. I sent the images to NASA, asking what it was, and they responded by giving me a different email address to send it to, but they did give me a case number. I have re-sent the images twice to the new email they gave me, but have yet to hear anything.
January 16, 2016 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Amery/Star Prairie, WI
Saw big lights bigger than a shooting star white light, scattered through the sky about a 100 miles apart of each other had sparks off the side of them, going from Amery, WI, to New Richmond. Went through Star Prairie, the first one we saw looked like it bounced off of the atmosphere but it was under the clouds, looked like sparks coming off the edge of what ever it was, the other ones seemed to go across the sky but they were the same size, and the same brightness and were low like the other 2. we were the only ones on the road till we were about 2 miles out of Star Prairie
January 16, 2016 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
Greensburg, PA
Driving on a dark night when in middle of town my passenger and I saw 3 lantern shaped lights hanging in the sky above the top of the trees, then suddenly start to ascend further up into the sky and then disappeared behind the dark clouds of the night sky. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 14, 2016 · 1:00 PM · OTHER
Jerome, AZ
Nothing visible to naked eye. 4 objects appeared in photo taken atop the mountain side town of Jerome, AZ. Each has same pattern of dots that glow like lights underneath. 4th object seems to be at side view angle. Appear to be boat shaped, pointed at one end, squared at the other end,bowing out at the sides. The four objects appear to us to be LED lights, perhaps reflected off the interior of a plate-glass window. Perhaps ceiling lights?? PD
January 14, 2016 · 7:20 AM · OTHER
Bradenton, FL
I was driving from Clearwater to Cape Coral for business, early on the morning of January 14th, 2016, and headed southbound on Interstate 75. It was a particularly clear sky that morning, I recall, as I had been on the road before the sun had even begun to rise. About 10 minutes after getting over the Sunshine Skyway, I kept thinking I noticed something out of the corner of my eye, to the SW of my present position. Because the Tampa airport is so close, MacDill AFB, and many private air fields, I normally wouldn't think twice about anything in the sky; but it seemed unusual. The road took a slight bend, and the treeline disappeared, allowing for a much more clear view towards where I was noticing something. I then saw what I would have to assume was 2 lights? It was too far from me to decipher much, and I was going 70 mph, but it seemed stationary. Considering that perhaps my rate of travel was off-setting the stationary appearance of the object, I moved into the right lane so I could slow down to see it more clearly. The object moved in a pattern that formed a small vertical circle, but did so very quickly. Judging by the distance, it was atypical for anything I have seen to date. It did this several more times, while intermittently flashing light(s) so bright, it seemed difficult to tell if it was so bright that it appeared blue, or was alternating more than one light with various hues. It then moved about 25 degrees to the south in what seemed like the blink of an eye, before vanishing so fast that it left a silver hazy streak behind. The streak disappeared within a second or so, but as a first time observer of an object such as this, all I could do was close my mouth. I have never experienced anything remotely close to this, nor have I been aware of any manned/unmanned craft capable of such precise movement, at such a high rate of speed. I am more than happy to come forward, answering any further questions with regard to the subject. Thank you for your time and attention towards this matter.
January 13, 2016 · 8:11 PM · OTHER
Mecca, CA
It was my friend and I in my backyard we where talking. It was a cold clear night sky, you can see everything. I have a thing of always looking up in the because you never know what you might see. Well, back to the point. I was looking at the sky looking southeast I didn't see anything that got my attention, so I turn around to talk to my friend. As fast as I turn around to talk to him, something inside of me told me to turn around again, so I did. As soon as I turned around, there was these bright light in sky. I mean way to bright to be a star, plane, flare and etc.. So that light got my attention real quick so I asked my friend was that light there right now he said no I said thought so. So we start looking at it then these one its by it self in the sky and another one just appears out of no where. We didn't see any tail like you would see if it's a flare going up. At this time my phone is inside charging, so I run inside to go it. Come back outside, start recording it my phone had a little bit of charge, so I recorded a little video with my phone. Then my phone died. Tell me what you think. Thank you
January 13, 2016 · 4:20 PM · OTHER
Phoenix, AZ
While waiting for the light rail in downtown Phoenix, I looked up and saw a small speck (whitish dot) in the sky above but slightly northwest of Phoenix. Altitude was hard to judge, but could have been from 15,000MSL to 50,000MSL(?) ((not knowing its true size, it is very hard to determine altitude. But it was not low. By my eyesight it looked as if it was one or two (or maybe three whitish dots).)) It did not move as an aircraft would, it stayed within a very small area within space. I took two pictures with my phone (not video though) and when expanded there showed three whitish orbs (very small) in two different formations. This was all against a clear blue sky.
January 12, 2016 · 10:30 PM · OTHER
Lafayette (14 mi. E of), LA
I saw at least 12 lights in the shspe of a half triangle. It was moving from west to east pretty quickly. I kept adjusting my eyes because it looked like birds in the "V" formation, except the right side was shorter on lights. I am still trying to understand ehat it was. As it faded in the distance a plane was following it. The plane had a flashing light so I knew what it was. I ran back to my truck and jumped on google and twitter using key words hoping someone in the area saw the dame thing. It was also very silent. If I had not looked up while walking my dogs I would have never known.
January 11, 2016 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
Raleigh, NC
Odd light, thought it was a satellite to be honest, but ive seen many before and this one was odd. Seemed to be moving at a fast pace, flashed very brightly for a couple of seconds then continued to go and began to fade faster and disappeared and reappeared much further then the previous place. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 8, 2016 · 2:30 AM · OTHER
Birmingham, AL
During the early morning Friday, Jan 6, 2016, I woke up, looked out of my bedroom window, and saw an object that looked like a silver chandelier. I said to myself there are no flashing lights. This is not an airplane. What could this be? I know I could not get this sight out of my head. I'm physically challenge and could not get out of my bed in time to see what had happen next. "Sorry".
January 6, 2016 · 3:00 AM · OTHER
Carolina Beach, NC
Description and date of incident: The photo was taken on 1/5/16 approximately between 2-3AM Eastern Standard Time. Location: The ocean horizon of Carolina Beach, North Carolina, in front of the boardwalk. The red-amber colored lights blinked off and on all night long until the sun came up (no craft, just lights). Note: This picture was taken on a tripod, as well as, time exposed due to nighttime visibility. I tried using a cell phone but it would not work because it was too dark. I can rule out any identifiable structures (boat/other) related to the lights seen. I'm not sure what this is? The lights appeared separated but together (no identifiable structure associated with it) at the same time and followed a sequencing of left to right and then right to left repeatedly until the sun came up.
January 4, 2016 · 8:30 PM · OTHER
Orangevale, CA
The object was inverted triangular in shape, but changed to a long [vertical] tail, almost like a comet would leave. It changed colors from red to purple to blue and green. It pulsed as it changed colors. It was in the North East sky, at approx. 30 degrees from the horizon. Our sky was overcast, and there was a very light rain. Local TV stations have received numerous reports, but are unable [at this time] to advise.
January 4, 2016 · 12:00 AM · OTHER
Stanardsville, VA
My wife alerted me to what first appeared as a bright star around midnight. The star was toward the South. As we watched, the star appeared to brighten and then dim repeatedly. We also both separately observed the star move in a zigzag and slight circular pattern. The star appeared to be slowly moving South. Sirius. PD
January 2, 2016 · 9:30 PM · OTHER
Spring Hill, TN
I was driving through the parking lot of my apartment complex, headed home, and I was on the phone, driving slowly. I looked up and saw lights in the sky directly in front of my vehicle. There were four objects, three in a perfect triangle formation, and the fourth was like a tail, the whole thing looked like a kite. I got off the phone and turned on my camera video and drove to keep up with it, filming it out the window as I drove. I took three videos. It moved silently, quickly. Each object had red lights in the middle of the vehicle. I couldn't tell what each individual object was shaped like as I was driving and filming. It moved over the top of my building and then the objects in the triangle formation just disappeared. When the fourth object got to that same spot, it disappeared.
January 1, 2016 · 10:30 PM · OTHER
Ridgewood, NJ
I went outside to walk my dog and noticed an unusual light heading in my direction from the west. I live under a flight path to LaGuardia Airport and I accustomed to see airliners flying over head frequently. As this object approached I knew immediately it was not a normal airliner. I went back in to my house and asked my wife to come outside to observe the object with me. After a minute or so she returned to our home because she was frightened. Unfortunately, I didn't have my cell phone with me to record any images. Anyway, the object steadily approached at about 30-40 miles per hour at treetop level. When it became closer I was able to clearly see it. It was about 50 feet in diameter and a torus shape. In other words "donut" shaped but without the hole in the center. A clear dome was centrally located on the top that was about 15 feet wide and 15 feet high. The light from the object emanated from the dome and was red and orange and is easily described as fire or lightening in a bottle. It reminded me of a Chinese lantern but of course many magnitudes brighter and larger. There were windows clearly visible all around the periphery of the object equally distant from the top to the bottom. The windows were rectangular in shape and I would estimate that the size of the windows were about 2 feet high by 3 feet wide. My guess is that there were probably about 16-20 windows total since I was able to see about 7-8 from my perspective. The color of the body of the object was gray to black. The object made no sound at all (if I had not gone out to walk my dog it would have passed by and I would have had no idea it was ever there) and exhibited no normal means of propulsion. There were no propellers, no helicopter blades, no jet engines, no wings, and no lights at all on the bottom. At a point almost directly in front of my home the object turned and flew off to the north at the same rate of speed as it approached. It disappeared in to the distance and I never saw it again. I reported my sighting to the local police department and asked if anyone else had reported anything, however, the dispatcher said there were no other reports. I regret this account is old, however, I did not know who to report to at the time. I hope this report is useful and I just wonder if anyone else ever had a similar report.
January 1, 2016 · 9:00 PM · OTHER
French Creek, WV
I am a chef and avid outdoorsman. I have witnessed other objects but never paid to much attention to lights in the sky. I was made into a believer while driving on the WV Scenic Highway I saw a disc and a cigar one after the other for the blink of an eye. This object was huge and had several multicolored what looked like marker lights with an object or part of the ship coming off the side marked with lights. I said to myself is that the space station and watched it disappear behind the clouds.
January 1, 2016 · 7:45 PM · OTHER
Fuquay Varina, NC
Last night as I was stopped at a stop sign, I saw the lights hovering low to the ground about 100 yds away across the field. It rose up and as I turned right it followed me from across the field for about two miles. I tried to film it but the video didn't save. I lost track of it when it went over the top of my car as I was stopped at another stop sign. Then I lost it. There were other aircraft in the area but not that close. Maybe it was a drone, but it freaked me out. It had two large white lights on each side and a light bar in the middle. It was moving about 45 miles and followed me just above the trees but still across the road and about 100 yds away. It was more rectangle shape than anything with bright lights. I felt like I was being observed since it seemed to follow my every move.
January 1, 2016 · 12:30 AM · OTHER
Bremerton, WA
Around midnight on Dec 31, 2015, witnessed two cigar shaped objects bright red on each end white in middle. Hovered for 20 seconds then flew at very high speed towards north east and blinked out.
January 1, 2016 · 12:15 AM · OTHER
Las Vegas, NV
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 31, 2015 · 11:00 PM · OTHER
Saint George, UT
One by one they vanished. Clear night.
December 30, 2015 · 7:10 PM · OTHER
Ocean Shores, WA
Our family rents a house every year which is located near the southern end of Ocean Shores, Washington. My son and I were outside down by the channel, enjoying the night sky. He was laying down on a bench, looking up at the stars and I was looking out towards the east over the canal. He noticed a red, blurry light, which was moving quickly from the west to the east. Since he wears contacts he thought it was just something to do with his contacts, so he said nothing. A few seconds later I saw a large, red, fuzzy ball, moving at extreme speed, coming from the north, headed southbound. It made a extremely sharp right hand turn and flew south of our position, but parallel to us headed west out to sea. We both looked at each other in disbelief for a few moments couldn't say anything. I can tell you that the amount of see that it took in the turn would've certainly cause the human out from the g forces.
December 29, 2015 · 1:00 AM · OTHER
Cottonwood, AZ
Spectral rainbow multicolor. Purple, greenish, blushing. Looked like a Kershaw multicolored knife.. Zipped back and for at these sharp 33-45 degree angles like triangle track. Shot striaght up. Only lasted a few seconds less then a minute shot straight up no sound at all. Buddies just out coyote hunting. Dad, me, brother, brother in law. Looked car sized like my Subaru. I think only about 1/2 mile a way. Moved so fast for such little time couldn't find it in my scope for a closer look. No time for spotter scope or cell phone. I don't think it was more then maybe 20-40 feet in the air. It's so dark out there. No good way to really figure the height. Not very high up. Zip zip zip poof up and gone. We decided if we see it next year at that hunt we are gonna bring it down for you. We are all hunters, pretty decent shots with some good high fire power. So next year we are gonna take a few black tip/ armor piercing rounds. We will get you some solid proo! f of a ufo craft and maybe a alien body also. Heard you on Heather Wade MITD. My wife told me to report it. Talked to my brother. We decided to now Hunt UFOs and not be UFOs hunters 😉 Background of the group. Life long family of hunters, dad is an old retired USN p3 orion pilot. I am a nurse, brother is cpa and brother in law works for railroad.