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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
April 19, 2020 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Lakeville, MN
Watched a series of lights move across the sky tonight. Appeared to be satellites at first, but they kept coming wave after wave. Lights came from south / southwest sky moving northeast. Lights all followed same line of direction, spaced apart equally in single file line (this was continuous for several minutes. Spacing was almost perfectly apart). But witnessed a couple lights moving in parallel with each other, and one light appeared to change direction, moving 90 degrees from the others. Continued to see lights throughout the evening in same direction, but usually just a single light, followed by another without any pattern.
April 19, 2020 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Boucherville (Canada), QC · Canada
Sporadic crossing over each other flying. Not in formation at all and moving fast and zigzagging
April 19, 2020 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Mississauga (Canada), ON · Canada
Was putting the garbage bins out... being in covid19 lock-down.. the sky is very clear. I'm a frequent flyer, so can look up and know what aircraft and flight is leaving my local airport. I also know what the ISS looks like as I've tracked it a few times. Its follows a trajectory. This was different. I looked up to scan the sky. There was one bright static light... and smaller lights that came across it. You could see them stacked up from the west coming in towards the east. Now I know what a jet liner at 40,000 feet looks like. This was not that. They came in and circled the brighter object, and then scrambled and went away to come back again. No real pattern... just loops. probably 15 minutes of me muttering WTF and trying to capture a video on my iPhone. But too far away. I grabbed my teenage soon to verify and at first he said.. its a satellite... but then the doubled back and circled. Satellites don't do that. I'm honestly confused as to what I saw?
April 19, 2020 · 9:05 PM · LIGHT
King County, WA
We witnessed what appeared to be lights traveling evenly spaced. At first we thought satellites however the speed and number of them led us to question that. Looking for answers.
April 19, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Vankleek Hill (Canada), ON · Canada
Sitting in the hottub to look up at 20+ star-like objects (first assumption satellite) flying EQUAL distance behind one another up until last 5 unknown objects. Every single one would also light up spot light style when passive a certain point in the sky *assumption of entry of atmosphere*
April 19, 2020 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Leaf River, IL
First walked out , clear only evening star in sky , saw 1 very small light moving SW TO NE across sky ,then another right behind it , and another, all within 5 seconds distance. Then saw 2 next to each other moving much slower, in same direction.
April 19, 2020 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Beloit, WI
Watched a speeding ball of light traverse the sky from one horizon to the other, east to North Western direction. No blinking lights, definitely faster than satellite movement.it changes direction a slight bit as it travelled. And seemed to skim in and out of the atmosphere.
April 19, 2020 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Page, AZ
Husband, mother-in-law and I observed lights that seemed to "appear" just below Venus or M1 then traverse SW to NE and disappear. Unlike Starlink formation, these lights moved separately and were widely spaced out, with 1-3 minutes between lights continuing for appx. 1 hour. They all appeared to follow the same path at same speed. There was one instance of two lights appearing a the same time and moving at the same speed in the same direction. We have video.
April 19, 2020 · 1:00 PM · LIGHT
Sister Bay, WI
Object 6 lights all in the same line, decending 2 the horizon, all light remained same brightness but only altered brightness in random sequence. Object descend right over the north radio towners in sister bay 3:15 am.
April 19, 2020 · 4:40 AM · LIGHT
Las Vegas, NV
Husband and I went out to look at line up of Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and the moon. Looking up and west saw a "star" that was moving, then blinked and then a second "star" flashed bigger and brighter. Lights only white. No color. Stars blinked about 3 times each before going out of site over the house while moving East. Ran through house to see if we could see it again on the other side and we could not. There was no sound.
April 19, 2020 · 4:30 AM · LIGHT
Meeting Creek (Canada), AB · Canada
I woke up at approximately 4:30 am on April 19, 2020. I was staying with my family in rural, Alberta approx. 50km south of Camrose. I decided to look at the stars while I was up. I looked into the southeast sky. In the sky, quite high up, I noticed a light. It looked about the same size, shape, and colour, of a typical star—small and white. It was travelling in a smooth, gentle arc to the east. Behind this light was another light, following maybe 4 seconds behind. This second light followed the first taking the exact same trajectory and maintaining the exact same speed. A third light then followed. At this point I left the window to wake up my father. When I returned to the window, small lights were still travelling in the same manner, making no deviations to speed or trajectory. I counted at least 12 lights. The lights all came into my view, or materialized, at the same point in the sky and then passed out of my view. I only saw three of these small lights in the sky at any given time before the east most light left my field of vision. The lights gave off no noise and all travelled in the same, perfect, trajectory at the same speed. This uniformity seems impossible to have been obtained by human aircraft. Additionally, travelling restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 crisis make so many planes travelling at once unlikely. When the last travelling light left my view, I noticed three lights in the sky where the travelling lights had materialized. The two lights closer to the horizon moved erratically towards and away from each other in jerking motions entirely different from the smooth movements of the travelling lights. The third light, which formed an approximate equilateral triangle with the two lights below it, occasionally moved but primarily stayed stationary and blinked in no specific pattern After watching these lights for a few minutes, I observed a large object travelling through the sky. I believe it also materialized from the same point in the sky as the others. This object had three large yellow lights on it’s bottom and flew from higher up in the sky to just above the tree line before leaving my sight. The object flew silently. The next morning I google searched UFO sightings in Alberta and noticed a report on the National UFO reporting centre from an engineer in his 50’s living near Calgary, Alberta. This individual, 2 months earlier, appears to have witnessed travelling lights similar to, if not exactly the same as, the travelling lights I observed. He was able to ascertain, through his work, that no satellites were present at the location of his sighting.
April 19, 2020 · 1:45 AM · LIGHT
Newman Lake, WA
Unusual Light and Object Sighting at Newman Lake Washington The moon was in the 19% visible Waning Crescent Phase but there was no moonlight for the moon was covered by clouds. It was dark outside. There were no house lights on in our house or on the outside of our house. It was dark. However, our neighbors all had yard lights and outside house lights on. Our big dog was in the house with me. The perimeter of our property is all fenced with cattle panel fencing. The one gate adjacent to Starr Rd is padlocked so it cannot be opened without a key. On the south side of our house is a 10 acre flat cleared pasture, with one horse in it. My big bedroom window is on the south side of the house that looks out into the pasture. I woke up at 1:43 AM Sunday morning and looked out my bedroom window (of which I do often). I saw a wide band of subdued light. The band of light was shining west to east, parallel to the house. The light started on the west side at the small cattle shed and east to about 50 feet into our neighbor’s pasture. The band width of light on the south side began in the middle of the pasture and stopped about 500 feet from our house. On the south side of the band of light in the middle of the length of the band was a vertical object. It looked tall and slender and white like it was lite up. Our chain link fence that goes around our yard and orchard begins approximately 10 feet west of the bedroom window. On the corner steel post that faces the pasture was a round bright light on the top of the post on the east side of post. As with the band of light in the pasture, the light on the post did not move or dim. I stood still in the window for about 10 minutes, just analyzing what I was seeing. It was not poachers; it was not fog or car lights or a spotlight. There was no noise or movement anywhere. I decided to open my bedroom window so I could see the scene better. When you open the window, it makes a loud screeching noise. I opened the window and within seconds, zap, the band of light in the pasture and the light on the fence post were gone. Both lights left at the same time. There was no noise. It was very dark outside again. I stayed awake Sunday night to see if the light would come back, but it did not. I was the only one to see this strange occurrence.
April 18, 2020 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Cassopolis, MI
One red and one white light together above the tree line with a bright center larger than a star but smaller than the moon. Every time I tried to take a picture the lights would go out and then come back on. I even tried to take a video but it moved and the lights went out. It just stayed there hovering for a very long time otherwise. It seemed as if it was far away and at least the size of a plane.
April 18, 2020 · 10:06 PM · LIGHT
Salem, IL
Went outside and there was a light pretty high up over our tree line (from our view) this light has been here for a while and before was accompanied with an air craft that flew significantly lower and closer to us that we assumed it was a drone and that the big one was a planet. Last night it was in a slightly different area in the sky. I said "get theres that light that i guess is a planet (laughing because I got called crazy for saying it was a if I watching the area) and i looked away for about 5 seconds after saying.this to my fiance and he said yes I see it. But as we looked back 5 seconds later we both notice it was gobe. This was very big and white light so bright youd swear it wasa planet. And then boom. Gone. As we are looking for it wondering how it just dissapeared...it came back in a very slighlty different spot to thw right. No colors flashing. It disnt really twinkle or flash. Then it got super dim amd looked like a pin for light like a no! rmal star. Then itd get brighter and dim again but more frequently but still slow enough there was no fast flash in between. Then we noticed very far away was two more but these two were grouped together and seemed to be communicating with flashes. No other colored lights. Just super white. As we looked back to the original main huge dimming light we notice it was going up and very far away to where we couldnt see it no more. It made motions the whole time that i call swimming in the sky. It loomed like the motion fish make to swim but also going up and down back and forth farther and closer.no sound associated with the craft. After that main big one dissapeared we notice one of the others also dissapeared but the other stayed. We went inside and a few minutes later I went to look out my window and seen that the last one had gone too. I have a 49 second video. But its hard to tell. And im slightly shaky from nerves so tonight (4/19/20 i intend to set up a spot so the camer! a is steady and as it gets dark i want to see if it comes back! or more come back. Also....last night we went out again after it all and there was nothing else but the hazy fog like clouds were eerie and one spot was even squiggly like a far away galaxy would appear. Probably not related to what i seen but it added to the spook. ( we are being watched) odd time with the covid19 that sightings are increasing ! I woke up with a long scratch on my leg and its still welped like it had just happened. As soon as i opened my eyes my mind went to the pain. Creepy!
April 18, 2020 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Santa Rosa, CA
We saw and counted about 100 extremely fast moving bright lights in the sky. There is no way there were a plane or satellite. There was zero sounds or noises. The speeds were unbelievably fast. We saw one light coming down were we were gathered. It was actually completely metallic chrome silver but in a spherical shape. We all could see what look like humans wearing plain colored clothing but they looked too perfect and they were smiling at us. We all think they were aliens.
April 18, 2020 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Cincinnati, OH
I saw a giant hovering bright sphere in the sky. Had green light on the sides of it, and once in awhile a red flashing light. Also was beaming a light out of it. There was a round aura around it. I called family members and they were mystified, too! My niece thought she could see light spinning around it, but I didn’t see that.
April 18, 2020 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Eastport, MI
At 10 o’clock at night I went outside to grab something from my car. I looked up in the sky and saw 3 white lights in the sky, they were all heading towards each other, one was heading south, one north, and the third was traveling west. At first I thought it was 3 satellites, but then they all started moving east. I then moved to get a better view as there was a tree blocking part of my view. Once the tree was out of the way I saw two more lights traveling east as well. They all seemed to be going a similar speed, about the speed of satellites I’ve seen, but I’d never seen so many satellites at once. I stood there and kept looking, and more lights kept appearing from the west and traveled east, at what appeared to be similar trajectories as the previous lights. At this point and went back inside and got my brother, who came out and watched the lights with me. They kept appearing from the west and heading east. Sometimes one at a time, sometimes two. Some were faster than others. Then my mother came out and witnessed the lights. All in, their were probably 12-14 moving lights in total. I don’t know if it was a series of satellites we saw. Their were no flashing lights, but at one point one light grew brighter for a second then returned to its normal appearance. At the start, the lights appeared frequently but as time went on their was a longer break between appearances. This lasted about 20 minutes, and I would like to know if there were any satellites or other known vehicles in the sky at the time this happened. I would appreciate an explanation if there is one.
April 18, 2020 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Edmonton (Canada), AB · Canada
Was outside in our back yard. Late dusk. Looking up I saw 2 lights heading against one another, perhaps satellites. Then within seconds I saw 3 lights very high, in space I think, travelling Northeast and very fast. They were evenly spaced apart and offset. I knew this was unusual. I ran to get my wife to witness but when she came out they were gone. I waited outside to see if anything else would happen and then an entire fleet began crossing along the same path. Even as I write this they are still moving across. I think there were about 12 in total that I saw.
April 18, 2020 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Bonners Ferry, ID
We notice it moved in large distances across the sky in a split second. For example one moment it was in one spot and the next in a totally different, with no trail to be seen. At one point we witnessed it make a very defined 90ﾟ turn, And followed by a second 90 degree turn back to the original area. It appeared as though it were falling from the , but was continuing to move from place to place. It appeared to be a bluish white in color.
April 18, 2020 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Mankato, MN
Lights that look like a convoy of ISS's moving from southwest, to northeast evenly spaced at first, then gradually spaced farther apart. Saw at least 10-15 lights go over in about 5 minutes, then about 29 minures later, another single light went over. Stopped observing about 21:40 (9:40pm).
April 18, 2020 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Nampa, ID
procession of white lights, faint dot as they appeared in southwest sky and got brighter as they got closer heading northeast, nearly perfect line-up and spacing, flying higher than commercial airliner, no flashing lights, no sound
April 18, 2020 · 9:05 PM · LIGHT
Janesville, MN
A trail of star like lights moving from the W. They were in a straight line and equally spaced apart. One of them moved parallel from the group closer to the end. There were a few lights that where to the side and a smaller distance away from the main line. There were four observers in my group.
April 18, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Milbank, SD
I was taking my dogs out and I was looking up at the sky at the asteroid light and night sky like normal. I notice single white lights equally spaced apart, no sound from them for being so high in the sky, moving from the West to the east at a fairly decent speed. I called my wife and son out to see it, because it was something strange in the night sky. I counted 10 at that moment and as I looked to the east I noticed more lights heading the same direction and then vanished.
April 18, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Wahoo, NE
On a motorcycle ride one witness saw light formations evenly spaced and moving rapidly across the entire sky before disappearing. They rushed home and alerted me and a few others. I grabbed my phone and filmed the even live on Facebook. They just kept appearing proximal to the direction of Venus when facing west. Dozens of small star sized lights continued appearing for about an hour. During one live video a light appeared to brighten and come toward me when my feed was interrupted. I started a new video when clouds began to roll in from the north and a humming sound began. There was a sudden very strong gust of wind and it became very cold. We continued to watch for another half an hour and witness many lights darting between gaps in the clouds. We heard strange noises during this time including humming and very soft crackling sounds like tiny rain drops falling. I am happy to provide the video that most clearly captured one of the lights.