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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.
9,368 entries
August 31, 2014 · 8:55 AM · FIREBALL
Stayton, OR
Was walking by high school and in the sky was a fire ball shape. It was was going faster then any jet I ever saw, and bigger and brighter
August 31, 2014 · 1:35 AM · FIREBALL
Montebello, CA
I saw a fast moving orb going southeast over Montebello before I watched it grow a tail and get brighter as it moved before disappearing. Approximately two minutes before the fireball appeared I saw two big blue flashes in the sky within five seconds of each other.
August 30, 2014 · 9:20 PM · FIREBALL
Fallbrook, CA
I had just gotten into bed and just turned on my side looking out window. I saw a very orange fireball, then it blew-up. Everything was very fast. I thought a plane exploded but there was nothing falling it just went dark like the sky. It was a distance away but it was bigger then a plane would be at that distance. I was struck by the vibrant color. There was a little yellow around it as it seemed to explode. No sound. Retired real estate agent.
August 30, 2014 · 8:20 PM · FIREBALL
Mukwonago, WI
My son and i were traveling south on hwy 43, 2 miles from the Mukwonago exit, when just to the south of us, and almost directly over us, appeared the most brilliant deep red solid light was traveling east. We pulled over on the freeway in amazement at how close and ever so slowly the object was moving it was approximately 3 or 4 thousand feet high. It was moving at such a slow pace if it was any slower it would have been stationary, as it moved farther away it blinked 3 time and was gone. When the object disappeared once again there was a plane that would have been directly in front of it on the course it was traveling. This was not a plane, a light in a bag, or firework we have seen the identical light 2 month prior my son has a great picture, which we will be sending to Mr. Davenport. Everyone traveling south on the freeway had had to see it. AMAZING!!!
August 30, 2014 · 8:20 PM · FIREBALL
Mukwonago, WI
It was about 8:20 at night. It was a clear drive home on highway 43 south. Right before the ramp to Mukwonago a very dark red light appeared mid sky. It looked the exact same color as other reddish ufo's ive seen in the past. It was traveling quite fast but it was only about 2,000 FT in the sky. It just kept coming for about 2-3 minutes without any interruptions! Then, of course, came the part when the object disappears. And what is the reason for this? There is usually a quite logical explanation. The craft does not want to be seen. As above with this theory, came an airplane coming out of Mitchel Field Milwaukee. This airplane was coming at the object at a fairly good distance but a general area. The craft immideatley started flickering in and out and of course like all reports the object disappeared. Was this the end of the night? No. Awkwardly, came a bright white light looking like the spotlight of the front of an airplane at night just like it. It was also in the flight path from the area. Right when my father pointed this object out and looked at it for about 10 seconds it just sat there; it was moving before he told me to look at this "thing." What it took for this object to disappear is nothing but telling me to look. This happens also quite frequently in looking at these objects. Once one or more people see it it tends to know and disappear out of thin air. This all happened in a time frame of about 5 minutes pulled over on Highway 43. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he sounded quite sincere and sober-minded to us. PD
August 29, 2014 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Port Charlotte, FL
Fireball shaped object that moved like a normal aircraft or helicopter. Video and zoomed in camera picture showed fireball, which then changed to 6 randomly flashing lights as it moved away toward the west. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
August 28, 2014 · 11:30 PM · FIREBALL
East Northport, NY
We suspect that the sighting was a nighttime sighting, and we have amended the time above, to reflect that possibility. PD
August 28, 2014 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL
Sayville, NY
At approximately 8:30pm last night I was standing in my back yard in Sayville, on Long Island, New York with 3 other witnesses having a conversation. I happened to be facing south with my eyes just starting to drift upward when suddenly I saw a ball of light fall from the sky leaving a trail behind it. The object was blue-ish in color and large as to say it must have been closer than the stars and possibly even in the neighborhood. I stopped what I was doing and said “ woahh did any one just see that, that definitely wasn’t a shooting star, it looked like something just crashed.” It happened that this object fell directly over the Great South Bay. I was very shocked by what I saw because I have been a bit of a star gazer for quite some time and I know what a shooting star looks like. After about 2 more minutes of staring up to see if anything else occurred, I shrugged it off and walked in side to do something. I returned to the back yard approximately 6 to 7 minutes after the sighting, my uncle had been still gazing in that direction in curiosity, when about 30 seconds after I returned he said, “There is something else over there.” I looked and I saw a flash of light skip twice on the sky in the area where the other object had crashed or fallen, I was even skeptical at first and said, “No, that can’t be related. It’s probably fireworks, or something, searching for some explanation,” when all of a sudden, the object seemed to have finished what it was doing in that area and began to make abrupt evasive seeming maneuvers across the sky. However, it wasn’t just one long flash of light, the best way I can describe it is it was like a rock skipping on water, using some kind of propulsion mechanism which must have been the light that we saw each time it appeared, and with each burst of light the object was propelled tens of miles (from my earthly perspective, and it may have been much longer given the distance that it was into the night sky) In approximately one second at a time, beginning its r! etreat f rom the scene of the first object by making an abrupt left turn then headed north and the light appeared about 5 or 6 more times before vanishing into the sky about 60 miles or so in about 7 or 8 seconds, or you might say the light appeared once every second of its journey from point A to point B where it disappeared. I live close to MacArthur Airport, and I see planes all day every day, and every kind of plane there is, I also worked at a Skydiving facility with seasoned pilots and worked around planes so I have a good sense of what we are capable of in aviation, so a few things I know is that this was not a plane or any known human aircraft, there were multiple commercial airliners in the vicinity to compare it to and this was traveling many times their speed. This was also too close to the airport for this not to have been picked up on by radar, something crashed or fell into the Great South Bay, and something seemed to have gone to recover it and then tried to escape without being seen, or is it possible that this was the same object recovering from its crash landing and the reason I say that is because it looked as if when the craft was traveling away from the scene it was using some kind of propulsion system thus creating the light that we saw each time it moved another handful of miles across the sky, but it’s obvious that whatever energy or propulsion system that it was using is not one that is known to the public, because one thrust sent it very far, also being that it was not just one constant light, it felt as if possibly the craft was struggling to escape, however on its final thrust it just vanished into the sky. The observers consisted of two women in their 50’s and a man in his 50’s as well as me a 25 year old. The other male observer and I have knowledge of technology, assumed ufos, and the night sky. I have observed the sky for many years, I have witnessed many meteor showers, including a shooting star that night, we also saw a satellite pass later that night, and the sky was very clear and cloudless, stars were extremely visible, meaning we had many known objects to compare it to. I live in an area which is close to Fire Island, which is an area that is well populated with tourists and parties and these objects had to be visible and most likely seen by other people there. I will add that last week I also witnessed similar lights but much higher in the sky coming from the exact direction that this object disappeared into. I can not say if it is related but it was very similar although this incident was much more intense and much closer. Thank you.
August 28, 2014 · 5:05 AM · FIREBALL
Sherwood, MD
Bright orange light in southeastern sky rose vertically from about 5 degrees elevation to about 15 degrees over a period of about 5 seconds. Brighter than Venus and slightly brighter than aircraft headlight. Color was orange not white so it is not likely to be an aircraft takeoff. At the 15 degree position the light brightness diminished to a very faint point for about a second and then the point light disappeared. No blinking or running lights were seen after the point light disappeared.
August 27, 2014 · 8:50 PM · FIREBALL
Kenneth City, FL
I was in my back yard taking the dogs out before going to bed. I looked to the north and a glowing red/orange ball of light caught my eye, just coming into view from behind the tree in front yard. The object was moving slowly to the south, very silent, with a flickering like flame look inside a clear sphere. As the object continued to move slowly to the south, a second one came into view separated but running parallel. They continued moving south in unison. I ran inside to get my partner as another set of eyes. We came out and the objects were now directly overhead. They started picking up speed and altitude. One started changing color to green/blue an takes off faster and changes direction slightly to the southeast. The other then starts to pick up speed, still heading due south, starts changing color to the blue/green like the other. Then both objects fade or blend into what looks like a group of stars to the south.
August 27, 2014 · 8:15 PM · FIREBALL
Red Hook, NY
As I went for a short walk at dusk, I saw an orangish redish fireball move from one side of the sky to the other, in a straight line, not too high and lower than an airplane. It started out dim and flickering a little, and then grew brighter and brighter as I stared at it, until it was a bright fireball. I thought it might be a floating paper lantern, but the light got too bright, and perfectly round, and it was moving too fast and too straight. There were no sounds. As soon as I realized what it was, I ran back to the apartment to get my boyfriend and his daughter. Since he had already seen one with me before, only his daughter came out with me. She saw it with me in the other side of the sky, through the trees, where it had been heading, and now a little lighter orange and flickering a bit again. And then it disappeared. I ran up ahead to see if it continued on towards the horizon, but it was totally gone, just like our first sighting a few weeks ago in Cassidaga, NY, on or about July 27th (unreported).
August 27, 2014 · 8:12 PM · FIREBALL
Montreal (Canada), QC · Canada
First, I’m a French Canadian, so my English is kind of limited. On the night of August 27th, 2014, I went to see my friend, who lives in Ahuntsic (Montréal). It’s near the Dorval Airport, so we always see things in the sky, but this time, I was alone and I saw a little light in the sky who has changed in a bigger shape, but the shape wasn’t squared. The form change (I took a picture). It’s the second time I see something in the sky, but the first one wasn’t like this. I didn’t report it cause up to day, I’m not quite sure it’s was a UFO. But this time, it was pretty unsual.
August 26, 2014 · 1:00 PM · FIREBALL
Hickory, NC
Was traveling northbound 127 merging onto hwy 321 when we noticed a ball of fire that appeared very close to the ground and had an erratic smoke trail to it of what almost appeared to be like a plane was crashing and the pilot may have been trying to get control! It was a very distinct fireball and I went back to take a picture of it but it was gone! Never seen anything like it and I know others in this vacinity had to have seen it too!
August 25, 2014 · 10:11 PM · FIREBALL
Aliso Viejo, CA
In the beginning I saw one orange light hovering. There was no way it was any aircraft, it did not seem to be moving. Then another one appeared to the right of it. This one almost looked like there was another one directly below it. Then about 5 minutes later the original light started to flicker and then went out. Another 5 minutes passed and another light appeared to the right. After another 5 minutes the light before that one flickered and dissapeared. Then another 5 minutes passed and the last one flickered and disappeared.
August 25, 2014 · 8:35 PM · FIREBALL
Massillon, OH
While riding my bicycle along the towpath in Massillon, Ohio, August 25, 2014, at 20:35, I witnessed what at first looked like an orange fireball to the east moving north. The object glowed and seemingly pulsed for a few moments but then went black. It was still visible, so I continued to watch. After a few minutes it started glowing again and then went black again. Soon after that, I lost sight of the object, but curiously what looked shooting star flew in the direction of where the object had been. About 10 minutes later, as I approached my home, I witnessed another object that was bright white in color flying slowly but somewhat erratically, again in the eastern sky. I lost track of this object quickly because of tree cover. Here is a link to the video of the first object that I captured on my iPhone 5. Unfortunately I stopped filming before the shooting star appeared. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7SLiKNydxM&feature=youtu.be
August 24, 2014 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Fort Pierce, FL
I walked out my front door and looked up into the sky around 10:30PM. There were 3 small red flaming objects moving toward the northwest flying over my house. They were all moving together but did not appear to be a single object. I opened the door and told my wife to come and see the objects. She came out the door and saw two of them and a fourth one that came flying in the same direction following the other 3. Neither my wife nor I heard any plane or motor sound as they passed overhead. They appeared to be very low in the sky like they were flying about twice as high as the nearby tree tops. As they moved off in the distance, They did not fade away as expected, but one by one just disappeared as if they were being turned off.
August 24, 2014 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Amherst, MA
Two glowing orbs seen moving quickly and inter-weaving over tree tops.
August 24, 2014 · 3:00 AM · FIREBALL
Madison, CT
was going to work at three in the morning . at my back stairs i looked up and saw a streak of light. At that time also saw a jet flying in almost in the same direction. Looking just above the tree line observed a fireball shaped thing. It moved around in many directions . up, down, speed off sideways at a very fast speed than return to same spot and hover moving around just a little bit. I am seeing a pattern forming here. Seems that these objects appear while there is no moon. I have tried to video this but lack the proper video tools to document what is going on here . this is a real case and should not be ignored. I have seen this once before. Same craft same area just about.
August 23, 2014 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Newnan, GA
I was outside with my Friend talking around 11 pm on 8/23/2014 on the east side of Newnan, GA, when a streak of light grabbed both our attention. It then flashed brightly and quickly faded away. This was the strangest thing I have ever witnessed. No sound at all came our way so it was not lightening or anything real close to us. My wife happened to be driving a few miles away at that same time and said she saw the flash of light at that same time, but thought it was lightning. I have seen hundreds of shooting stars over the years, but none ever brightly flashed like this.
August 23, 2014 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Kent, WA
Around 10 pm tonight I went out to grab something from my jeep.I noticed approximetly 5 bright orange lights in a wide cluster and 1 off to the east of them. At first I thought they were floating or hovering until I realized they were getting smaller but not moving off into the horizon. Whatever it was headed straight up and out of our atmosphere like a missle or rocket.
August 23, 2014 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Ottawa (Canada), ON · Canada
I saw at 10pm eastern standard time about 8 glowing orange fire balls hanging in the Eastern sky over Barrhaven, Ontario, which is located just south on the outskirts of Ottawa. They formed a formation similar to the Big Dipper but the square was on top and the handle part was hanging lower like a tail. I ran into the house to get my wife so that she can see them as well. Once I got back outside approximately a minute later there were only two balls left that hung there for another minute. The fire balls slowly disappeared like a light bulb going off set on a dimmer switch. I'm a salesman in the electrical trade and my wife is a immigration officer for the government.
August 23, 2014 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Auburn, NY
Saw seven objects that appeared as fireballs traveling at a slower velocity than a meteor. Two of the objects witnessed appeared to have mass and could see the red-orange glow reflecting off the rest of it. Seven of them appeared over the span of about twenty minutes, coming in from the east south east and heading west north west at about a 30 degree angle. At one point in their travel they seemed to veer towards the north and blink out either due to cloud cover or some other reason.
August 23, 2014 · 9:25 PM · FIREBALL
South Kingston, RI
Two large fireballs traveling together horizontally across the sky from north to south. Faded into distance. We have changed the time, in order to reflect an evening sighting. PD
August 23, 2014 · 9:15 PM · FIREBALL
Aurora, IL
We kept looking but did not see nothing else.