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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.
27,433 entries
May 16, 2020 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
Monrovia, MD
A single light (with no distinct color) appeared from the southwest horizon and traveled in a straight line over our location. It looked like and behaved like a satellite but was too low to have been a satellite. It seemed to be at the altitude a plane or helicopter would be, but it did not have blinking lights and did not make sound. It went straight over our heads and continued in its straight line until it was no longer visible at the northeast horizon.
May 16, 2020 · 9:12 PM · LIGHT
Los Angeles, CA
I am a retired aerospace engineer and was a captain in the SAC of the USAF.
May 16, 2020 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Dutchtown, LA
Saw a stationary light in the night sky. Color was changing from red to green. First thought it was an airplane but it stayed stationary too long. Then it made a quick movement across the sky, stopped and moved quickly again. Saw it far on the horizon again stationary. Then a quick move and lost sight of it. Maybe a minute later the object passed quickly overhead as a white bright light and went over the horizon. Never heard any noise.
May 16, 2020 · 10:00 AM · LIGHT
Fresno, CA
I repeatedly see star color and size lights in the sky. Flying from south to north and reversed. Doing complete stops and going the opposite direction it was going. They aren't human. I've seen spiritual figures after I seen the aircrafts.
May 16, 2020 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Kent, WA
1 am in the morning observed Red and white glow, brighter than stars, appeared very high in the sky. Was quiet out that night and no noise of any airplanes. The object didn't move just stayed there. Took a video with my phone but doesn't show up well.
May 15, 2020 · 10:16 PM · LIGHT
San Rafael Swell, UT
A remarkably bright white ball of light flew across the sky, no higher than a thousand feet above us. The craft traveled low, and slowly over the area from south to north on a fixed path. It made no sound.
May 15, 2020 · 9:25 PM · LIGHT
Forest Park, IL
From my 5th floor balcony a single white light, no sound, from the South moving slowly North. Through binoculars I noted no other lights. Not an airplane. No other air traffic due to Covid. Light stopped and moved East and into cloud cover. Saw again momentarily in the cloud break. Sending video.
May 15, 2020 · 6:10 PM · LIGHT
Longs, SC
We were driving towards my house and I saw a weird light moving around in the sky and motioned to it so my boyfriend would look. We slowed the car down and stared at this weird light as it split off into 3, they swirled and circled one another just dancing around in the sky as 2 more appeared. They were light yellow. Eventually they all reverted back to 1 and disappeared. On our way back down the road we looked for them, but it was gone.
May 15, 2020 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
York · United Kingdom
Five dull lights flying through the clouds at speed,rigid v formation which made me believe it was lights from one vehicle untill a couple veared, very covert in appearance but the odd thing was the lack of apparent sound,craft at that speed certainly always make alot of noise,drones maybe?
May 14, 2020 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Bunker Hill, WV
I saw this thing in the sky that that had a really bright light. It was going faster than an airplane, but slower than a shooting star. And it looked like it was crashing to the ground.
May 14, 2020 · 6:45 PM · LIGHT
Sale (Australia) · Australia
two lights traverling west to east in staggered formation thought unusual for satellites so i watch them then saw another two on the same path thought this is strange. within about ten minutes i counted 37 lights in staggered formation traverling east to west ((sic. West to east))
May 14, 2020 · 3:30 AM · LIGHT
Nooksack, WA
My son woke me up early this morning around 3:30 because he had wet the bed. After I got him settled, the dog wanted out so I opened the door to our backyard to let her out. I looked up to see the stars but there were none, except one in the northern sky. The object was blinking red, blue, and yellowish white. I immediately thought it was odd that there was only one very bright star and then nearly immediately saw it glide to the left. I continued watching it and as my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I noticed that it was between the silhouettes of two nearby trees. It continued to move side to side, up and down, dancing between the two trees. There is no way a plane could dance in the sky the way this light did. It continued dancing in the sky until it finally moved too far to the right behind one of the trees and I could no longer see it.
May 14, 2020 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Phoenix, AZ
I was on a roof watching the sky and saw a yellowish circular light appear at the top of the sky and shoot directly into the ground at a very high velocity. This was shortly followed thereafter by another similar or identical light shooting into the earth in the same manner. I have never seen anything like it and it cannot be explained due to the speed and direct trajectory into the ground. The angle at which it entered was 90 degrees with the ground, bee-lining into the planet's crust.
May 13, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Shelton, CT
Extremely bright light stationary in the air not moving. Then vanished out of nowheee.
May 13, 2020 · 3:37 AM · LIGHT
Springfield, NJ
Yellow light floating across my grass as it descended it set off my Ring lights. The image can be seen on the Ring doorbell camera for approximately seven seconds
May 13, 2020 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Manson, WA
I, my daughter, and two of my adult granddaughters were vacationing on Lake Chelan this past week. We'd rented a vacation home there (we were SO over the stay home orders and lockdown and needed a break). Wednesday night we were down on the beach and had built a fire in the fire pit. It was a beautiful clear night and, due to a lack of light pollution, we could see the Milky Way. We were listening to music, enjoying the fire, our conversation, and just being together when we noticed a really bright star that got brighter as we watched. We were facing SE on that beach., the lake was calm and reflecting the lights of the homes across it like a mirror. We soon realized it was not a star, because it was moving slowly toward us. It was quite large and brighter than Venus, which planet had gone out of sight a bit earlier that evening, when we first spotted it. At first it got larger and brighter, then as it moved toward the NE it slowly dimmed and appeared to get smaller and smaller until it disappeared from our sight, as if it had gone into space or just disappeared. It moved quite slowly but steadily. and was in view for about 10 minutes, perhaps longer. We are avid sky watchers and are familiar with satellites, planes, choppers, the space station, and drones, it was none of those; it was much slower than any of those move across the sky and we could hear nothing after turning off the music to check. All of us kept saying to the others "Are you seeing this?" and of course, we all were. I'm not exactly certain what time it was; obviously, it was after 9 PM, because it was full dark and Venus had gone behind the hills to the NE quite a bit earlier. It was before midnight because my daughter headed to bed at midnight and that was at least an hour after the sighting. Nor am I absolutely certain how long it remained in view though it seemed to us to be about 10 minutes, but none of us are very good at judging the passage of time, so it's merely a guess.
May 12, 2020 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Crosslake, MN
This sighting occurred Tuesday May 12, 2020 between 9:30 pm and 10:40 pm from Crosslake, MN. Multiple satellite-appearing lights were observed traveling the same trajectory from SW to NE at approximately 3 to 4-minute intervals. I counted 11 in this timeframe. Only one could be seen in the sky at a time. Their path took them through the ladle of the “Big Dipper”. I used binoculars to see if I could detect for wingtip strobe lights or green/red navigation lights to rule out whether these objects were commercial aircraft. None could be visualized.
May 12, 2020 · 2:30 AM · LIGHT
Hermantown, MN
I went outside to walk my dog before going to bed at around 2:30am. I live in a townhome complex in Hermantown, MN. As I was walking my dog, I heard a sound that I can only describe as ominous. It was like a low grumble/rattle and sounded almost like construction equipment. Confused, I looked around and saw nothing nearby, and due to the time, nobody would be working. I decided to call a friend, as the feeling of something bad about to happen made me feel extremely worried of being outside. As I walked around the townhome complex, I was gazing at the stars, as the sky was pristinely clear. I saw what I assume to be an airplane (a few rhythmic blinking lights moving at average speed). Then, as I scanned the sky, I fixated on what appeared to be an extremely bright star. As I watched this star while talking to my friend, I noticed it was moving. I stopped walking to ensure I wasn’t seeing things, and the object continued to move across the sky smoothly yet quickly headed north/east (toward Lake Superior). The object moved at an upbeat pace, and appeared to be getting smaller and smaller. I walked around the corner, as it was about to be blocked from my view by one of the townhomes, and by the time I rounded the corner a minute later, it was gone. The eerie feeling had left my body, too. The airplane was still visible in the sky. Overall, I was shocked that I saw something so clearly that looked so much like a star. It blended in perfectly to the night sky, only detectable by a still eye. It was brighter than all other stars, however dimmed as it got further away and smaller.
May 11, 2020 · 1:30 AM · LIGHT
Madison, IN
1:30 am Madison,IN I witnessed an ultra bright light. The whitest light I’ve ever seen, traveling toward the northwest sky. I got a very good 5 second look at it, but a tree interfered with my view as it moved northwest toward Indianapolis. Its acceleration was an effortless smooth glide. No sound. Impossible to judge, I would describe its altitude well below commercial air traffic. Its acceleration as twice the speed of a stealth bomber. Fast but not shooting star fast. I’m on the Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati. And I would speculate this object would have reached Indianapolis in 5 seconds, then Chicago 5 seconds later. This too is only speculation, but it did seem to be in the form of a disc. Interestingly, 10 seconds or so after the object disappeared, I witnessed a bright flash of light to the right (East) of where the object was headed. The flash was in the form of a circle. It was unusual in that as an every night sky watcher I’ve never seen anything of comparison. I submit this report as my due diligence to the UFO community. I have researched this subject extensively through the in-depth study of thousands of case files. I am beyond knowledgeable in the history of the UFO phenomenon. But I have never seen anything that even remotely resembles a UFO in my 41 years of existence. I would like to continue my research and study of this phenomenon. Unfortunately, I don’t want to publicize this sighting by reporting it anywhere else, having my name attached to it. However, I did see it, and it was unlike anything I have ever seen before. GG
May 10, 2020 · 11:50 PM · LIGHT
Loris, SC
I was on highway 701, right outside of Loris, SC and saw an orange light coming from my right. I thought it was maybe a plane or helicopter although I have never seen a plane or flying craft with an orange light before. I then noticed 3 more coming along behind it although not in an exact straight line. They were going fast. I decided to roll my window down and my radio off in order to listen for any related noises. I could not hear anything. I did not take video of the incident and did not think to until I was parked in my garage. I went to put down my garage door and saw another orange light heading in the same general direction, which I believe to be west although I could be wrong. I took a short video, around 25 seconds, of the lone light. All of them just disappeared without a trace. I looked at them until I could see no more. They almost seemed to go out like a flame would. The lights were still going straight when they disappeared and not towards the ! ground. I have never seen anything like this before nor have I reported any related incidents.
May 10, 2020 · 10:20 PM · LIGHT
Seattle, WA
3 orange circle lights seen floating above Seattle. 4th orange circle light quickly approved as original 3 faded out. After a few minutes fourth and final light faded out of view.
May 10, 2020 · 11:00 AM · LIGHT
Sarasota, FL
Saw a red light in the distant sky near my neighborhood. It was solid— not blinking and remained stationary. I did not see its source, only its presence. I saw it for approximately three minutes. Also, shortly after spotting it, either a loud airplane or helicopter flew directly overhead of me, heading straight towards the light. Then, my view of both the light and the aircraft became obstructed for a couple seconds and then they were gone. When I went closer to where the light was and where I could get a clearer view of the light, nothing was in the sky at all. The light looked like it could be more a sign of alert but I know of no polls of that height in my area.
May 10, 2020 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Blue Springs, MO
Was on the back deck at my friends house when we saw a red light that I initially thought was an airplane moving in a straight line some distance away and didn't think anything of it until it instantly reversed direction and went back the way it came before going forward again and moved in a kind of T shaped pattern before disappearing behind a large tree. It also changed colors from red to white a couple times but it wasn't flashing. It's difficult to judge but it seemed to be a good distance away below the cloud cover. The distance it traveled and the speed at which it maneuvered such as when it instantly reversed the direction it was going would be impossible for any kind of helicoptor or plane I know of. About twenty minutes later a helicoptor was flying in the opposite direction roughly the same distance from us as the light. Which stuck out to us because of how loud it was and the flashing lights. The ufo was completely silent and it's single light wasn't flashing like the ones on the helicoptor. It also seemed way too bright and fast to be a drone of some kind.
May 9, 2020 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Chandler/Gilbert, AZ
As I was hiking up a hill at Veterans Oasis Park, I noticed an ever-changing formation of lights that at first appeared to be aircraft taking off from Williams Gateway Airport. Initially, they appeared to be a squadron of jets with more seeming to lift off the earth joining the airborne collection. The lights were different sizes, but close together. Then, in 2 groups, they formed similar/identical formations: like the shape of 2 stars, or child's toy jacks; followed by a vertical double-helix-like formation, all the while, smaller lights appeared to coalesce into the bigger lights. within 1-2 minutes, all craft had been subsumed into the larger ones and all disappeared.