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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.
4,558 entries
January 1, 2022 · 4:50 AM · FORMATION
Tybee island, GA
We were watching for shooting stars and out of the west an “>” formation strip of light with a cloud like orb around it from the west then went slightly south then East over the ocean. It was silent and left us silent. It moved slowly but a little faster almost airplane speed. Then 30ish minutes later an even bigger aircraft of the same formation cane from the west and moved East slowly and silent. More visible. It was unexplainable. Thought it was a bird or a military ship but the movement was like none other.
December 26, 2021 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Manchester, TN
Objects appeared to be flying low and at an unnatural rate of speed. They made no sound and glowed brighter as they flew over. One object from the rear of the formation on the right side of the right formation my left rotated with the lead object. When the object rotated it got brighter and the lead object that rotated to the rear of the formation dimmed down. I can not determine exact size or shape of crafts. I can say that the objects appeared to fly low because of their size. Size compared to that of a vehicle. Best I can explain it was like watching a boat approaching the shore line being level with your eyes and then flying overhead then disappearing from field of view. We see planes flying south west from Nashville all the time at about causing altitude so they should have seen these objects on radar.
December 26, 2021 · 8:15 AM · FORMATION
Lake Frederick, VA
I saw what I took to be an airliner with the kind of red light you'd expect to see on the fuselage. It was headed south. It was lower than normal for flights to and from Dulles Airport 65 miles to the East, I looked up expecting to hear the sound of the jets but there was none. The craft then turned to the West and as it did it changed configuration from what I thought was an airliner into a formation of 20 or so round disks. The formation was kind of like a triangle with one of the disks spearheading the pattern. It was a tightly held formation. They all stayed together going in one direction. The disks were silver in color but also appeared to be opaque as if you could look through them, but not quite. The disks then disappeared into the atmosphere. They did not soar upward in doing so. I questioned what I had seen or what I thought I saw and even now am unsure I saw what I saw. I saw the craft through the small branches of a tree. I was on one side of the branches and the craft was on the other, so whatever I saw or thought I saw was not visually right in front of me, but rather something I saw off in the distance. I am not claiming it was a UFO. I'm not sure what I saw. There were no other aircraft in the area when I saw this. I am not asking to be contacted by an investigator but if one does that's fine.
December 25, 2021 · 12:30 AM · FORMATION
Los Angeles, CA
Around 12:20am on 12/25/21 I was on the phone with a friend outside my house in Los Angles, CA. I was looking up at the beautiful sky with intermittent clouds overhead. That's when I spotted the "orbs" in a loose formation heading west, northwest. Maybe 8-10 of them, but as they got closer to the clouds 9 became 6, which became 4 and they went into the clouds. I could see them being lost as they traveled upward(I'm assuming). I told my friend what I just saw and said I wish I had filmed it. I tried to understand what they were - Helicopters? Not a chance, they moved too smoothly around each other. Planes? forget it, no way. Drones?? That seemed like the most likely answer, but they were WAY up there and would drones move like I saw? If I knew the height of the clouds, I could easily figure out the distance from where I was and they size of the objects. They were red, it was Christmas, could it be some sort of filming for a movie? I live in Los Angeles, you never know. I told my friend what I saw and that it was unlike anything I've seen. I kept talking and looking and the orbs came back! In a different pattern, but they were back moving in the same direction. I got off the phone and filmed. I happened to have hanging lights up in the direction I was filming, but there is ZERO chance this was any type of lens flare. And there they are on my phone.
December 24, 2021 · 7:15 PM · FORMATION
Bettendorf, IA
I witnessed four non flashing red lights, traveling in a line formation from north to south, not obscured by any clouds. The lights traveled at a constant rate of speed and as they approached my location suddenly disappeared. I took pictures, and the pictures reveal more lights than I visualized. One picture I took was a live capture, revealing erratic movement in multiple planes. There was no noise. I originally thought they were drones until they disappeared. The lights disappeared one by one as they reached the same location overhead. The final light was larger than the previous three lights. I am a physical therapist I was taking my dad home from Christmas Eve dinner. I am a non-drinker.
December 20, 2021 · 2:45 PM · FORMATION
Baltimore, MD
On my way home from my dr appt. I was goin to the light about to get on highway 695 to essex. I was at the red light lookin around scanning my surroundings like normal. I looked up to see the red light thinking its taking a long while to change. At that moment something weird caught my eye as i looked up. I seen three ufos or something, unsure what it was. It was in a line of 3 formation on a downward slope. The first few pics i couldn't see it well. Then i zoomed and got a few good ones. They looked like they were not even moving, just hovering there. The moved slightly down. The bottom one disappeared. 2 were left, hovering but the formation shifted. They moved slightly, but still hovering. I got to the following light, still watching them. As i was getting on the essex ramp, they all disappeared. They kind of looked like illuminated cylinders floating in the sky at an awkward angle. I thought they were meteors or something.
December 15, 2021 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
Bella Vista, AR
45000 feet thought it was a starlink release then seen others going west it literally covered 1 quadrant of the sky all following a lead brighter blue light aircraft kept on coming lost them in the cloud cover
December 14, 2021 · 10:30 PM · FORMATION
Dallas, TX
When my eyes made the craft out, I realized how huge the thing was and called my cousin and friend. We hear plane jets in the city, but this one never stopped, so I went running outside. Once I made the ufo out in the sky, I called out the others. There were two other ships in the middle of the V-Shaped formation and the UFO was flying North/Northeast. It couldn't have been planes since the lights flew so perfectly without desynchronization. All of the lights blinked at the same time, about 3 long apart . If you look up, raise your elbow to the sky and measure the sky from elbow to knuckle that's how big it looked right above me but in a "V" formation.
December 14, 2021 · 2:00 AM · FORMATION
Kill Devil Hills, NC
Stargazing while the geminids were going on and saw a formation of lights; a triangle and a line flying in parallel from the north to the south tracked across the horizon it crossed in a matter of seconds, and had a feeling that it might've been bending light around it as if it was a single craft.
December 11, 2021 · 6:45 PM · FORMATION
Huntsville, AL
Me and my father were driving south from Hazel Green, Alabama towards Huntsville, Alabama around 6:45 P.M central time. I looked out of the passenger window of my father’s truck and I noticed a cluster of amber colored lights that were unorganized in their grouping. Whether it was one object or seprate objects grouped together I am unsure. The cluster moved from east to west.
December 7, 2021 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
esko, MN
my brother and I were driving home one night and saw 4 bright orange lights hovering in the sky. 3 of them were in a triangle formation and on the right was another stray they seemed to be nonmoving they disappeared after a couple of seconds and we both described it so each other perfectly so we both saw it for sure and they were hovering roughly 500 feet from the ground at about 1/2 mile away we were both in high school and completely sober
December 4, 2021 · 6:30 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedHilliard, OH
My eldest daughter was visiting my in-laws with several of her siblings, when they spotted approximately 3 dozen lights flying across the sky in a tight, linear formation. Other lights circled around the formation in every direction. She took two, short videos of the event. Then, after the formation of lights disappeared in the distance, another cluster of lights appeared about 10 minutes later. Before she could shoot video of those lights, they shot off in every direction at a high rate of speed. None of the objects made any noise. Some of the lights travelled in rapidly changing directions, and when they dispersed, it was nearly instantaneous. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 4, 2021 · 6:30 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalLancaster, PA
My 3 nephews were outside around 6:30 exploring our backyard, which is a big field. Suddenly 2 of them heard a loud thud, then, lights across the street started turning on and off, and when they looked into the direction of the thud, they saw a line of white lights, equally spaced apart, slowly cruising across the sky, they immediately sent one of them to get me, he was panicked, and told me not to even put on my shoes or coat, and just run outside, I immediately thought somebody was hurt, so panicked, I ran outside, they then pointed me in the direction of the lights, and for about 10 seconds, I saw the formation, I was in utter shock, and thought it was an airplane, but then I took into account the complete silence and how low the lights appeared, and realized that was impossible. I then realized I should be recording, so I pulled out my phone, as soon as I got up my camera, the lights slowly dissolved into the sky, as if it did not want to be seen. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
December 4, 2021 · 6:30 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedCleveland, OH
Star lit night. I was looking at venus and jupiter. I saw what looked like an interrupted contrail illuminated by the stars. Looking closer it was a series of lights moving in unison. I snapped a picture and tried to video, but the lights just disappeared. The picture shows the lights in a line You can blow the picture up to see it better. I didn’t want to change the original by blowing it up myself [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 4, 2021 · 6:30 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalAlexander, NC
At approximately 6:25 pm Eastern Standard Time in Alexander, NC I witnessed a series of 25 to 30 lights traveling in a near straight-line formation. These unknown objects we traveling from the west, towards approximately 60° - 77°east. I quickly called to my 16 year old son, his friend and my wife to share in the sighting of this phenomenon. These objects stayed in view for about 3 minutes as the slowly faded into the distance. This was absolutely the most amazing thing any of us had ever witnessed in the night sky. The lights were a solid white color the entire time of our sighting and there were no flashing lights. They were traveling at a steady pace similar to the speed of a commercial aircraft. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
December 4, 2021 · 6:30 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalPottstown, PA
My wife and son called me out side because there was a strange line of moving lights that seemed to be atleast 2 football fields long. They were higher then an airplane and there were around 30 individual objects (lights) traveling at different speeds within the linear formation as some seemed to slow down and speed up to not hit another light . The lights were almost the same color as stars but had a blue tint. They traveled across the sky for atleast a minute while we were calling out across the street to neighbors and another gentleman to verify they too could see it. The lights appeared to be traveling upwards and then almost all at once disappeared. I tried to listen to see if I could hear sounds but I could not. The sky was clear of any clouds my view was not obstructed at any time. I immediately came in to look up where to report it. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
December 3, 2021 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedHiddenite, NC
Long line of lights (maybe 12 or more) moving from the west, coming over a farmers field. Lights were white, solid, no other colors noted and it was moving slow, perpendicular to the ground then whatever this was changed course and started to move north, slightly angled, moved over a tree line and then disappeared. Whatever this was, it was low and I really couldn't make out any shape due to the darkness outside. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:15 PM · FORMATION
Williamsburg, OH
Was out in front yard smoking the line of things came west to east not down got over my driveway and disappeared I took three pictures on phone
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedMarshall, AR
On the back porch, Is noticed a craft with multiple craft trailing it. Couldn't tell if it was a military aircraft or not. There is a picture included. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedPhoenix, AZ
Several of us watched set of round white globe shaped lights move as if connected across the sky in a straight line at exact same altitude. A couple of the lights appeared almost semi transparent on the sides. No sound audible. Altitude difficult to guess but each round light about size of car light if 3 blocks away. Lights did not sparkle more of a consistant glow. Group of lights stayed in consistant row next to each other as they moved at same height across the sky. A neighbor in the area watched too..and another couple down the street were looking up watching. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedAfter Asheville headed towards springville, AL
I looked out the window and saw a line of light in the sky. As we got closer it was several hundred feet or more in the air. The line was not one solid light but about 20 shaped lights in a straight line. Appeared to be letters but I couldn’t make out what they were. The lights did not blink or flicker or change. There was no movement. Once we passed the lights and I was looking back at them but still in close range, they disappeared from the right side to the left. I tried to video and photograph but the light wouldn’t pick up on my phones camera. My husband (driver) also saw the lights. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedQuincy, IL
We were grilling food in the backyard at approximately 6:15PM when we noticed a string of lights moving across the sky. It was silent but stayed in the same form of a line. After a minute it disappeared completely!! [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedCedar Creek, TX
Three adults and a few children we’re looking straight up 20 miles east of the Austin airport when they noticed from the west to the east that this very tall sand connection of 20 TicTac shaped building structure like a skyscraper or a long row of lights. It appeared that these objects were flying in synchronicity together or possibly connected in an extremely and abnormal quick way. There were no sounds, and no propulsion smoke. The adults had to look straight up to see it. An airplane was much lower in the background leaving Austin in a south-southeast direction. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedSparta, CO
During helicopter flight at approximately 1000’ AGL, the pilot saw a strange object that had symmetrical lines while under night vision goggles. The object was very far from the aircraft and moved quickly and flew over top of the helicopter while in flight. One of the crew members were able to take a picture of the object and were later informed by a friend on the ground in another location that they saw the same object and were able to get a video of it. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]