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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.
13,832 entries
August 24, 2018 · 11:15 PM · CIRCLE
Saint George, UT
Solid red light moving quickly across night sky, then turning back and moving quickly the other way with brief white light, then red again. No flashing lights, just solid color. No sound. Then disappeared off to my right out of sight.
August 20, 2018 · 9:36 PM · CIRCLE
Blacklick, OH
Six bright lights noted in the sky in the shape of a "L". They moved in sync and ducked behind storm clouds. These lights were unlike anything I have seen previously. They were a deep orange and were not blinking as a plane would.
August 19, 2018 · 7:20 PM · CIRCLE
Hyattsville, MD
Black/dark gray sphere seen by man in Hyattsville, MD On 08/19/18 while I was walking my dog at Heurich Dog Park, (address deleted)) Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20782) around the 19:20 hrs. I spotted what looked like a dark circle on the South West horizon, (it was a cloudy day, with gray clouds on the sky) the object wasn’t traveling, it was stationary, after a few minutes the object started moving to finally disappear; it made no noise. Don"t have a clue what is was.
August 18, 2018 · 10:45 PM · CIRCLE
Vermont (45 minutes from Quebec border), VT
Incredible... just as was the case 2 years ago... Driving home through very dark mountains, with no other vehicles in site... a “motorcycle” headlight suddenly appeared in my rear view. This time, it didn’t give the impression of speeding up right on top of us, but was “suddenly” behind us, maybe 250 feet? Reminded kids of what we experienced in 2016, and insisted that the light behind us was indeed a motorcycle... we chuckled... But NO motorcycle or vehicle of any kind ever passed us??? We heard no sound, there were no roads to turn off? Whatever it was, just vanished.... again. Very eerie... Beginning to wonder WHY this happens to us... but very fascinating and spooky at the same time? Not sure what it was, but you get a sensation and feeling, when you know something is not right...
August 18, 2018 · 8:55 PM · CIRCLE
Orlando, FL
I was looking at stars in sky and saw a bright red/orange circle object fly from low like maybe ground to the sky. Then I saw another then total of four up in sky not moving. 15 minutes later one flew far away from sight then another then another until they were gone. My neighbor came out and saw them also and saw them.
August 18, 2018 · 7:20 PM · CIRCLE
St. Augustine, FL
I assumed it was an airplane, but it did a full 360° turn and then disappeared. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 18, 2018 · 11:35 AM · CIRCLE
Los Lunas, NM
Mid day very high over Los Lunas. Sliver in appearance, The object was stationary for a long period of time. The object was observed by myself and wife over a 20 minute time frame. A cell phone picture was taken, however, distance is to far for identification. The background was sky blue with several scattered clouds.
August 17, 2018 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
Tulsa, OK
Driving South down i-69 around 10:00 seeing this shaped object silver and metallic floating next to the highway I saw for at least 2 minutes cars are pulled over in amazement also saw with three other people.
August 17, 2018 · 7:30 PM · CIRCLE
El Paso, TX
Casually walking outside and glancing up three persons saw these objects one of those three ran inside grabbed her iPhone came out and took these two photographs. Possible high-altitude balloon. PD
August 17, 2018 · 5:07 PM · CIRCLE
Gates, OR
On the afternoon of 08/17/2018, a neighbor called me and, during our conversation about unrelated business, told me to take my phone outside, look up and tell him what I saw. I told him that I saw the moon, the sun and blue sky. He suggested that I look to the east, and, there I saw a circular object, suspended and absolutely motionless, high in the sky. Me neighbor said that he had been watching it, while working outside, for over an hour. It had not moved during this hour and he asked me what I thought that it was. I told him I had no idea, and went back into the house for my point and shoot camera, as I didn't think the optics on my phone would render a decent image. I was not able to 'zoom out' far enough to get any surrounding mountains or trees into the shot to give some perspective of size, etc. I observed this object for approximately 20 more minutes, until I had to leave for work. During the time I observed an aircraft flying at about 20,000! feet as it passed well above and to the west of the object; I would estimate the object's altitude to have been about 8,000 to 10,000 feet. There was no sound, other than that of the aircraft. I did not get a photo of the plane and the object in the same frame. It was a breezy, warm summer afternoon, the sky was clear and the temperature was about 90 degrees. The object was toroidal, or donut shaped, with a solid appearing outer rim or edge. The center of the toroid was diaphanous, nearly clear. There also appears to be, in the center, some 'structural', bar-like elements, which were about the same brightness as the outer rim. I showed my photos to several people and at least one suggested that it may have been a balloon; this seems unlikely, as it remained absolutely stationary for well over an hour and, as I mentioned, the weather was rather breezy. Also, it did not look like a balloon. My wife and daughter arrived home after I had left for work; I texted my daug! hter and asked her to step outside to see if she could see the! object. By this time, the object was no longer visible. I have not had an opportunity in the meantime to discuss this sighting with my neighbor.
August 15, 2018 · 10:15 PM · CIRCLE
North Highlands, CA
Driving south on Watt Ave, at the I-80 Light Rail Station my 15 year old great niece noticed 3 white, circular lights in the sky, clumped together moving slowly. As I was doing the driving, I was unable to look immediately. When I was able to glance over, I saw one of the lights very, very fast zig-zagging in place and then an airplane or helicopter moving very, very fast in the direction of the 3 white round lights. We looked for the 3 white lights and they were gone. This was over a 10 -15 minute time frame.
August 15, 2018 · 5:00 AM · CIRCLE
Grant, FL
At approximately 5:00AM, in the middle of August, I saw a perfectly circular object directly due north of my home in the exact direction of Cape Canaveral, approximately 45 miles away. The object was immediately noticeable because it was very bright. The object appeared white, to silver-white was completely stationary. The sky was clear and cloudless with normal humidity for an early morning. In the first few seconds, I could see that the object wasn’t a rocket launch, or even a SpaceX booster return. It was the wrong color, didn’t move, and didn’t vary in luminosity, shape, flicker or twinkle. It was appropriately 4-5 the width of Venus, and about the same magnitude when Venus is low in the sky, and at its most bright. It also was not an aircraft landing light. That was obvious after watching it for 3-4 minutes and the object remained in the same location, didn’t change intensity, and was too uniform in appearance. After watching the object for about a full minute, I thought to get a picture but, I didn’t want to lose sight of it, and I was positive I would see it do something that would explain what it might be. After looking at the object for about 4 minutes, with no change in position or appearance, I knew I was seeing something I had never observed before. After about 4 minutes, the object began to dim in a very slow and measured way. It took about 30 seconds to a full minute before it completely went dark, still maintaining position of about 30 degrees above the horizon in the same exact location where I first noticed it. It was during this slow dimming that the object appeared to be just slightly less bright in the center that gave it a slightly spherical appearance. During the entire time I saw the object, I didn’t see any other aircraft in the area or hear any other sounds. Expect for a few low magnitude stars, this was the only object, in the direction I was looking in. Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
August 14, 2018 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Sausalito, CA
My wife saw the small "planet-like" light first as she looked almost vertically overhead. I (her husband) looked up a minute or more later and also saw it hovering in the clear, dark sky. To both of us it seemed to adopt a fixed "central" or "home" location above us but would then very rapidly disappear and reappear in a new location that we estimated to be about six inches (on a ruler held at arm's length) away where it stopped for about 2 seconds. It then returned to its "central" location again for another 2-3 seconds before flitting away in another direction to a new location at the same angular distance as the first. This went on for around five minutes. If all of the object's/light's positions were connected with a line it would have been an approximate circle with a diameter of about 10 inches (on same ruler) or about 18 - 20 deg. arc. How did it disappear? Over some minutes the "central" position seemed to drift toward the south (it continued its symmetrical disappearing-reappearing act)where it eventually dimmed out completely. It seemed to be at a pretty high altitude, was whitish or silverish, between a star and a planet in angle (no shape could be seen), it was completely quiet, and we saw no airplanes in the sky at any time during the sighting. The object's brightness never changed and it left no visible trail or contrail. Winds were off the ocean and very clear (of smoke) that night. We know of no earth tremors either just before, during, or after the sighting. We reported it the next day to Dr. Haines by phone.
August 14, 2018 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
Myrtle Beach, SC
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 12, 2018 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Dublin, GA
Traveling from Macon towards Savannah on I-16 Approximately 45 minutes past Exit 54, Time is 11pm at night, for those few minutes I was the only one on that particular section of highway. I notice three dull yellow lights in my rear view mirror , about two miles behind me. One of the lights then closes on my car extremely fast. The light is not a perfect circle , but a circle none the less. It’s a dull glowing yellow. It gets to within 10 yards from my bumper , then just starts to slow down. Once it drop back to 50 yards behind me , it just disappears -gone -nothing . I was watching my rear view as it just vanished . The other lights never advanced. I slowed down, but I never saw the light come back - it was just gone. There was no exits, no where for it to have gone - but it did . It made no sound . There were no signs of brake lights or turn signals that a motorcycle would have had at that time of night. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 12, 2018 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Daytona Beach, FL
2 very bright red circles in perfect formation headed out to sea followed by 4 single ones crossing sky. All of them faded and disappeared at same spot.
August 12, 2018 · 6:18 PM · CIRCLE
Edmonds, WA
I was at a festival down by the waterfront with a friend in line to get food, I decided to take a few quick photos. Did not see the object until later on my phone. You can see a bird flying in the photo, a good reference point, and a man eating something, so you know the object moved quickly. It went up and a bit North over Puget Sound. Also, I took all the photos together, within seconds of one another.
August 11, 2018 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Chillicothe, OH
We heard others from a distance say something about a meter shower, but this object just stayed in one place. It seemed to dim and fade away, but then started to brighten back up to full color. From the eye it looked a bright orange color, but in the video looks like a bright multi color. And then something else happened and you can see it on the video but I really don't know how to explain it. Like it blows up but then seems to come right back to shape.. Please have someone call me back and share this with cause its REALLY SOMETHING TO SEE!! I promise this is no joke. I have a few videos of this object and and there was 5 of us fishing and watching it.
August 11, 2018 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Morristown, TN
The object is orange-ish red in color and looks to emit fire or gas of some sort around it. We suspect that the object may be Mars. PD
August 11, 2018 · 7:00 AM · CIRCLE
Minnetonka, MN
8/11/2018 7 a.m. I was driving east on Cedar Lake Road between Cty. Rd. 73 and Hwy. 169. The Sun was this gorgeous orange ball low on the horizon. Then it started to move. I realized at that point that the sky was heavily overcast; there were thousands of feet of clouds between me and the real Sun. Whatever this thing was it was lower than the clouds. I can't say how big it was; large enough for me to mistake it for the Sun for a moment. It didn't move aerodynamically; it bounced around on the south side of the road before crossing over and quickly descending behind the trees on the north side. It was in view for 1-2 minutes. It didn't change size, shape, or color. It was featureless; just a perfect circle of bright orange. I checked the local papers and the Internet, but haven't seen any reports from anyone who might have seen it. I have no idea what it was. It didn't have the ephemeral feeling of reflected light; it seemed very solid. It did nothing that frightened me; it just wasn't supposed to be there.
August 10, 2018 · 3:30 AM · CIRCLE
Burnsville, MN
Got home from work around 3:30am. Decided to unwind on my back deck. Happened to look up while Star gazing. While doing so I happened to spot three very bright circular objects moving slowly across the sky in a triangle formation like nothing I’ve EVER seen before. These objects proceeded to hover over my house for about five minutes while I watched in PURE confusion, giving what I was witnessing. They all would move slowly back and forth over my house. If I had to guess these objects were just inside our atmosphere or right above it. Then one by one they took off and disappeared literally in the blink of an eye! LITERALLY! Like speed of light fast. But before they took off/disappeared they would slowly move back and forth before they did. I haven’t come forward until now giving how talking about something like this, or even claiming to have witnessed they unexplained, usually brings scrutiny and skepticism. Folks also would’ve thought I was crazy or super tired. But I wasn’t, I was way too wired to be tired. I was also sober as a whistle. I also didn’t know how to report something like experienced or that you even could. My regret from that night was being in too much of a shock to pull my cell phone out to record. I still don’t believe what I saw myself still to this day.
August 8, 2018 · 9:30 PM · CIRCLE
Bradford, RI
At approximately 21:30 I was outside on my deck. I happened to look up and noticed a bright light moving towards me from the shorelines direction. I ran inside and grabbed my phone and recorded the craft until the object faded away.
August 7, 2018 · 8:44 AM · CIRCLE
Boise, ID
I climbed to the top of the foothills by lucky peak to get a picture of Boise. I snapped 3 pictures in 1 minute and the middle picture had 13 grey circles in the sky only of over the city of Boise. Some were larger than other but they were all slightly blurry. They were moving incredibly fast.
August 5, 2018 · 9:45 PM · CIRCLE
Nea Peramos (Greece) · Greece
STARTED WITH DARK ORANGE COLOR BECAME BRIGHT AND FADED TO ORANGE AGAIN AND DISAPPEARED. SPEED WAS HIGH, COVERED QUITE A BIG SPACE IN A MINUTE. WAS BRIGHT LIKE A CAR HEAD LIGHT NO OTHER COLORS. SLOWED DOWN IN SOME POINT. MOVED LIKE A DRONE BUT IT WAS EXTREMELY HIGH AND BRIGHT. MOVED WAS SMOOTH WITH SLIGHT WAVING.