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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.
11,675 entries
September 1, 2018 · 7:39 PM · SPHERE
Fort Collins, CO
At first they sat in the mid atmosphere (plane height) slowly moved away from each other. Get about twenty minutes, the left craft went very high, and eventually left out sight. Thought craft took a longer time to leave the atmosphere.
September 1, 2018 · 7:39 PM · SPHERE
Fort Collins, CO
At first, they sat in the mid atmosphere (plane height) slowly moved away from each other. Get about twenty minutes, the left craft went very high, and eventually left out sight. Thought craft took a longer time to leave the atmosphere.
September 1, 2018 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Fort Collins, CO
Two individuals came to our home to pick up a chair that we were giving away. I was sitting inside the house, my mom, my brother, and the two guests were outside loading the chair onto the vehicle. My mom claims that she looked up and saw these two fairly bright lights in the air. She came in and told me to come outside, and I looked up and I saw them too. They were parallel to one another near perfectly, and looked like they were getting closer to one another. They'd be horizontally parallel, then somewhat slanted but still parallel, and then vertically parallel (they cycled slowly between these). We watched them for a fair bit of time. I ended up going inside, and my mom and brother watched them for a while longer. At some point, I went in to the backyard, where my brother was tending to the grill, and still watching the lights. They had grown much farther apart and ascended higher into the atmosphere and were harder to see. I do have both video and pictures of this. I plan on sending the pictures in, if the video is asked for, I'll provide it as well. My mother also has pictures and I think video.
September 1, 2018 · 5:00 PM · SPHERE
Elgin, IL
I was at work and was told to go out and grab shopping carts. We had a storm coming and there were big dark clouds in the sky but it was still daylight out, so what I saw was clear. As I was grabbing a cart from the very back reaches of the parking lot, I looked up and saw in the sky a black sphere-like object in the distance. It wasn't moving up or down, further or closer it was completely still. And it was right by a rain cloud,so it couldn't have been a helicopter or plane. It was close enough where I could tell it was only a black object that was completely stationary. If it were anything else I was close enough to tell any details that would make it anything different. I stood and stared at it for a minute or two, but I was working so I couldn't watch it for any longer so I'm not sure if it disappeared or flew away. For all I know, it's still there. I doubt it, though I will make another report if I see it again soon. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 1, 2018 · 7:00 AM · SPHERE
Jefferson, CO
Camping...In Jefferson, Colorado. 3 spheres, 2 in hazy white light and one black sphere. The black sphere chased after the hazy spheres. They would move across the sky and the hazy one’s would disappear and show up a short distance but the black sphere would continue on its track. We watched them go across the sky. I was astonished. Have several photos.
August 31, 2018 · 3:11 PM · SPHERE
San Rafael, CA
Date: Friday 31st Aug Time: 3:11pm Altitude: 15-20 feet Appearance: Small dazzling orb size of a softball. Almost transparent, like a bubble but defined Weather: Sunny, clear, daytime Activity: Seemed to hover I called the CHP and they suggested it was a drone. No visible propellors. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 30, 2018 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
Lincoln City, OR
Sitting at the dinner table, my chair is the one facing the window, so I was the only one who saw it.. an orb looking white light appeared out of nowhere, traveled across the sky, then disappeared.. appeared from the east and traveled toward the west.. seemed to be traveling at a fast pace..
August 25, 2018 · 8:33 PM · SPHERE
Plain City, UT
High altitude object observed nearly overhead, facing north, shortly before dusk and displayed a single, quick flash of light. It then proceeded ENE over Mount Ben Lomond while changing the pattern and length of the light. The pattern would be a slowly brightening and dimming flash, lasting about three to five (3-5) seconds and then disappear. It would reappear in random 4–6 second patterns, but traveling a higher rates of speed with each observed flash. Appears to move like a satellite at times, but then its movement changes from how any observed satellite travels.
August 25, 2018 · 12:20 AM · SPHERE
Livermore, CA
I will do my best to describe. I looked up in the sky around 12:30AM to the South of my home. I saw the moon, then saw what I thought was the planet Mars to the southeast. Orange. As I was simply observing, "it" quickly moved South then East within seconds and disappeared. I went on to my deck to get a better view but it was gone.
August 23, 2018 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Charleston, SC
My wife and I saw two red-orange glowing orbs over North Charleston, S.C. They were some distance apart horizontally, but the same exact height in the sky. It was just before 8P.M. so it was still light outside. They were below the cloud line, so not very high in the sky. They didn’t move at all. They were so still, I can’t even say that they looked to be floating, more that they were just fasten to the sky. The light they produced was from the entirety of the orbs. I mean it wasn’t something with a red light on it, that would have looked different. They were glowing. We were about to get off the interstate when my wife noticed them, as we got off it we went below the tree line and couldn’t see them anymore. We drive this way quite often at around the same time and have never seen anything in the sky where these two orbs were. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 22, 2018 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Bellingham, MA
I have seen these lights several nights this summer and the pics that I am sending were taken on 7/29/18 8/5/18 and 8/9/18. On the night of 8/22/18 I was sitting on my back porch and witnessed 2 orbs in the sky, an orange one in the south and a white one to the South West. They looked very similar to stars but after watching closely for about 15 minutes I saw that they were making movements up, down, left and right. I watched them for more than 3 hours. They were still there when I went in for the night. Also, while observing these lights I saw another orange orb move quickly across the sky from North to South. I am a 40 yr old single mother of 1 boy. I waitress for a living in a fine dining restaurant and I have had an interest in ufology for a long time now.
August 22, 2018 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Fruitland, UT
Driving westbound on i40, light orange orb paced my vehicle right outside my passenger window for about 10-15 seconds during a thunderstorm
August 20, 2018 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Quinault, WA
I was in White Creek Basin, above Enchanted Valley in Olympic National Park. This was during a stretch of time exhibiting very bad air quality due to forest fires. When we reached the basin, skies were relatively clear but a lot of smoke had rolled in by dusk. Well after dark I looked up at the ridge we were camped near and was excited to see what we thought was a moon rise. We watched as the glowing orb rose behind the ridge, but before it was all the way over the ridge it quickly descended (unlike the moon). About 20 minutes later, a little to the right of the original sight, the same thing happened. This time it was more orange (we thought the orange-ness of it was due to smoke), but it came up – not all the way over the ridge – and then quickly back down again. There is not a trail on top of that ridge, and the glowing orb was way too big to a headlamp anyway. Both times it really did look like a moon rise, but it definitely wasn’t the moon. Upon investigation, it was too late at night and in the wrong direction of the moon.
August 19, 2018 · 2:00 PM · SPHERE
Pyramid Lake, NV
It still was too far away to identify, but definitely looks like a white balloon or 2 white balloons together. I've been watching for about an hour and it has not moved. I did see what looked like a white bird circling the area as if checking it out. Probably a stork or seagull. No sounds, lights, or color change. We suspect that the object may have been a high-altitude, helium-filled balloon. We have posted several other similar reports, since July 11, 2018. PD
August 18, 2018 · 9:10 PM · SPHERE
Brodnax, VA
Two brothers returning from hunting spotted star sized objects in the upper atmosphere conducting aerial acrobatics for thirteen minutes before stopping and disappearing from plain site.
August 18, 2018 · 1:30 AM · SPHERE
Long Beach, CA
I saw a bright orange light in the sky traveling slowly south and it made a right turn towards west then the light started turning off slowly and a large sphere object kept going and spinning.
August 18, 2018 · 12:30 AM · SPHERE
Sudbury (Canada), ON · Canada
DETAILED EXPERIENCE: It was a clear, summer night in Sudbury, August 18, 2018. It was around 12:30 AM. I had left a friend's house at was riding a bicycle. I was heading East on Auger Street. There was no traffic on the road and the neighborhood was very quiet. I was riding in the middle of the road, and looking up at the wonderful starry sky. I was looking toward the north-east part of the sky. As I was looking up, I seen a glowing sphere appear out of nowhere. It appeared about 30 degrees above the horizon line, and was directly facing me. It was perfectly round. At my distance from the object, I couldn't tell if it was a sphere or a flat disc. I assume it was a sphere like craft. It glowed quite bright with a red-orange color. It didn't really pulsate, but it didn't stay completely constant either. It had slight fluctuations, like dimming and brightening...a slight twinkling effect. Approximately 20-25 seconds lapsed after it appeared. At that point, 7 other crafts exited, or ejected from the original orb. This happened instantly. In one second, they exited and traveled to another part of the sky, and stopped instantly. They stayed somewhat in the vicinity of the primary craft. In my estimation from my ground perspective… Maybe 100 kilometers apart. They moved to my left, with a northerly trajectory. Again, from my perspective, maybe 35-40 degrees. The smaller craft all stayed in close proximity to each other, but in no particular formation. They hovered somewhat still for about 20 seconds. At that point, all the ships flew off instantly, to the exact way-point. I also noticed they seemed to travel along a curved flight path or trajectory, as if bending space. After they disappeared, I didn't see nothing afterward. I stayed there for about another 10-15 minutes, and went on my way. Of course, it was exhilaration. I've always believed we are not alone in this cosmic domain. Witnessing that event reinforced my beliefs, and satisfied my opinions relating to how man can travel far in an instant. The key has always been hidden in the conquest of using space itself as our vehicle. This is what will give mankind the capabilities for true space exploration.
August 16, 2018 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Spindale, NC
We were standing behind a bar at about 7:30 PM and noticed this light fixed in the sky. It never moved until two hours later when it slowly faded away (It also turned red where it had been whitish blue at the first sighting.) At first we thought, "Whatever it must be a tower or something." Then when we came back outside so my friend could smoke we saw it still. After being out their for 15 minutes we saw, at a directly opposite position in the sky, another light that was an orange color and was also fixed. It was still daytime when we saw them and it was dark when they faded away.
August 16, 2018 · 2:30 AM · SPHERE
Union, SC
I was headed home around 2:30 am on Hwy 49 south, when I notice a large sphere object to my left side moving slowly at an angle from the sky, it last no more than 10 seconds as it disappear over the tree tops.
August 14, 2018 · 9:20 PM · SPHERE
Marietta, GA
I went in my back yard around 9:15 pm to check and see if the Amber light that has been in the Southwestern sky for the last several nights. When I went to look it was there along a ball of light in my front yard (southeast), one directly south above a tree and there was a light directly above me, In addition to those orbs, crafts, lights, or whatever you want to call them, I witnessed an orange/Amber ball of light float above the tree that already had an occupant and then it disappeared (this was the south side of my yard). After that, I started feeling a little nervous and began to go back inside and as I was about to walk in I took another glance at the object in the South East and a light floated down and past the object in the sky. and floated along to the Northeastern corner of my yard behind the trees. I took several photos and videos of the event with my cell phone so the quality is not that good. I forgot to add that there was a weird horn sound on one of the videos that I took and last night while taking it I didn't notice a sound but it was recorded. My phone was also malfunctioning a bit saying that there was a strange magnetic field. A little while after I went inside I heard helicopters. I would really like to know what is going on. I live about 8 miles from Lockheed Dobbins. I assume there is a lot going on. What I don't understand is how no one else seems to notice or see them except for a select few people.
August 14, 2018 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE
Glenrock, WY
Just past sundown observed very bright white light in same area of western sky as normal Venus, but it was far too high. Upon checking with binoculars, it was a spherical object white in color with dark markings in middle. It almost looked like a miniature version of the full moon, however the moon was crescent and visible near the horizon. Object moved slowly from west to east across southern sky before eventually disappearing. Object had intermittent bright white lights blinking on body. Speed was very slow, not a normal aircraft or satellite speed.
August 12, 2018 · 1:00 AM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalEntremont-Le-Vieux, Rhône-Alpes · France
Le 12 août 2018, lors d'une soirée d'observation astronomique, deux témoins sont intrigués par l'observation, d'abord à l’œil nu, d'un déplacement silencieux de deux groupes de phénomènes lumineux ressemblant à des "étoiles". Avec un télescope, ils observent ces "lumières" qui s'avèrent être "de belles boules bleu-gris avançant rapidement sur une trajectoire ascendante". L'observation dure une dizaine de minutes avant de disparaitre. Un des témoin tente de prendre une photo avec son téléphone portable, malheureusement la photo reste inexploitable. Nous avons démontré au fil de l’analyse (voir le compte rendu d'enquête) que l’ensemble des données des témoignages correspond à l’hypothèse d'une confusion avec deux groupes de lanternes thaïlandaises. Les éléments confortant cette hypothèse sont les suivants : - forme de boule, les lanternes étant observées à une certaine distance, - luminosité faible à moyenne, ressemblant à celle d’une étoile scintillante, les bougies alimentant les lanternes vacillant sous l’effet du vent relatif provoqué par leur déplacement, - couleur blanche ou bleuâtre, compatible avec les couleurs possibles de lanternes, même si ce ne sont pas les plus communes, - déplacement silencieux, - durée d’observation allant jusqu’à 15 minutes, - période (en été), jour de la semaine (nuit du samedi au dimanche) et heure (de nuit) particulièrement propices aux lâchers de lanternes, - déplacement linéaire constant et légèrement ascendant, tout à fait compatible à celui de lanternes se déplaçant en l’absence de vent ou en présence d’un vent faible. Par ailleurs, bien que les données relatives au vent en altitude ne soient pas consolidées, elles restent favorables à des lâchers de lanternes se déroulant dans conditions optimum. Nous avons enfin tenté de situer le point de départ du lâcher de ces lanternes, et proposé un lieu cadrant totalement avec l’hypothèse (endroit locatif entouré de prairies propices aux lâchers de lanternes, se trouvant dans une vallée encaissée entourée de crêtes montagneuses formant un couloir favorisant le déplacement des lanternes). Il n’a toutefois pas été possible de démontrer la présence effective au jour et à l’heure de l’observation d’une célébration locale justifiant l’utilisation de telles lanternes. Le GEIPAN classe cette observation en B comme une probable méprise avec des lanternes thaïlandaises. [GEIPAN classification B — Lanterne thai]
August 11, 2018 · 2:15 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalDomessin, Rhône-Alpes · France
Les témoins se trouvent vers 14h15 sur la terrasse d’un jardin à Domessin (73) lorsqu’ils observent de multiples petits objets blancs évoluant dans le ciel, uniquement visibles dans le halo du Soleil. Un seul témoignage recueilli. D’étrangeté faible et de consistance* moyenne (deux témoins mais un témoignage unique, absence de photo du PAN), ce cas s’avère être une observation probable d’insectes, de pollens et/ou de poussières, passant dans les rayons du Soleil (voir le compte rendu d'enquête). *selon les critères du GEIPAN, la consistance est la quantité d’informations considérées comme fiables et objectivées, recueillies pour un témoignage. En effet, alors que les témoins sont à l’ombre, ils observent les PANs dans le halo du Soleil. D’ailleurs ces derniers ne sont visibles qu’en direction du Soleil. La couleur des PANs et la durée de l’observation sont cohérentes avec cette hypothèse. La mention par le témoin d’une traînée « blanc argenté » accompagnant les PANs fait particulièrement penser à de petites araignées utilisant la technique dite du « ballooning » pour se déplacer dans les airs. Malheureusement, l’absence d’autre témoignage et de photos du PAN ne permet pas d’analyser plus en détails le cas et de confirmer formellement l’hypothèse. Le cas est classé « B » : observation probable d’insectes, de pollens et/ou de poussières. [GEIPAN classification B — Insecte]
August 9, 2018 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Clearlake, CA
Stationary object reflecting sunlight. Got dimmer with sunset estimated elevation at 1000 to 1500 feet. No sound just hoovered in place for over an hour. It was near the fire that was burning here in Northern California.