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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
August 8, 2023 · 1:45 AM · SPHERE
Bothell, WA
I like to watch Seatac air traffic from my deck. About 2 am I was sitting out there looking at clouds and a light caught my eye WAY up high. Moving at a pace like an international flight, west to east. But it was too high to be commercial jet so thought it was a satellite. Until it stopped. It kind of moved around a bit before becoming stationary. Weather balloon? Are they lit up and look like stars? Got my camera, iPhone 14pro plus and started recording. Saw a flash to the right of it, which was really odd, but nothing else interesting. Looked back at the video to see if the flash showed up and zoomed in a bit and oh man. I could see more flashes around it. And it looks like the orb is flashing, or is emitting energy or something. It was just weird then really started doing flashy stuff (you’ll see) that’s freaking not normal. No clue what it is, but it’s really weird. Saw something similar the end of June. Thought it was one of the planets to the west, but it was too bright. Decided it was a jet coming in from the ocean. It just stayed there, so I thought damn, it’s way out there. Then it turned like it should, I could see the red lights on the left side. Ok good. It’s a jet. but it just stopped. Huh? Then it traveled rather slowly from west to east. From just above the horizon to almost overhead. Then stopped. Looked like it moved around like in a square but then thought my eyes were tricking me. It just sat there. I watched it for about 20 minutes then went inside thinking “that was not normal”.
August 7, 2023 · 9:20 PM · SPHERE
Clearwater, FL
I was driving southbound on Missouri Avenue in Clearwater, Florida near the Clearwater/Largo city limit. To my slight left, I saw a bright red glowing orb come down from the sky in a rectilinear fashion, then subsequently rise back upward again in the same manner. Sort of like an elevator. From the naked eye, it didn't appear to have a trail like an asteroid would. It happened very quickly and as I was driving, so unfortunately I was unable to capture the event and even if I could I don't think I would have been able to capture it quick enough.
August 7, 2023 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
Glace Bay, NS · Canada
Craft like orb , entered the water from space straight down ... in a manner that defies anything entering our atmosphere ....the angle was unnatural ….no waves on the ocean ,I look up I see a red and green orb come straight down ….enter the ocean about 10-20 km off shore ….no sound as it dipped into the water and it continued until I couldn't see it anymore … no sound , no smell, no vibrations, I have eliminated anything at the time as natural …one might argue the marker buoys off the coast of glace bay harbour but….I am a sailor and I have never saw anything like that …..it seemed to be able to slow down itself just before it hit the water ….when it entered the water the water did not slash ….I know what paraflares and regular flares are ….this wasn't it
August 7, 2023 · 6:06 AM · SPHERE
Cottonwood, AZ
Leaving work noticed silver/black sphere traveling north west in cottonwood
August 6, 2023 · 10:43 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedFort Mccoy, FL
SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-8 mission from Cape Canaveral [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 6, 2023 · 10:40 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedTarpon Springs, FL
Driving along Keystone Rd in Tarpon Springs there was a bright red orange light that kept growing brighter. It was not moving and was larger than a planet. It had what appeared to be a tail that grew up bit longer as it got brighter. I watched it stay still for about 30 seconds and it started to dim real fast into a white dot and disappeared. Very odd. SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-8 mission from Cape Canaveral [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 6, 2023 · 9:51 PM · SPHERE
Milton Keynes, BUCKINGH · United Kingdom
4-5 glowing disks in sky one by one slowly they disappear
August 6, 2023 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Carlisle, PA
I was looking across the field that’s in front of my house, and right above the mountain range (Appalachian mountains) were 3 red dots that appeared to be in the formation of a large triangle. The lights were moving slowly and independently of each other. I quickly went back inside to grab my mom to show. By the time we went back outside (only a minute later) one of the lights was gone. We watched the last 2 lights slowly move and then fade away, possibly as result of there being heavy fog and clouds rolling in. In total it lasted maybe 10 minutes or so. We had tried to take a video, but couldn’t capture it in time. I am 24 years old and frequently observe the sky and like to take pictures of the moon and stars, but I’ve never seen anything like this before. The map image included shows exactly where we were standing. The small red dots indicate roughly where I saw the lights.
August 6, 2023 · 9:15 PM · SPHERE
Rocklin, CA
At first glance I thought it was a satellite. The object was glowing with no flashing light. As the object grew closer I noticed it had an additional light following just above it but dimmer. 10 seconds later as it got closer I noticed it was being followed by a flashing light, approximately 200 to 500 feet from the first light orb, as the orb was directly overhead the flashing light vanished and the orb continued on a straight path through the sky.
August 6, 2023 · 9:09 PM · SPHERE
Fallbrook, CA
The craft had a very bright light on it which is clearly visible in the video. At the end of the video whatever was illuminating was no longer luminous. If there is a way to use my gyroscope data to show how I was orienting my phone that would help. Personally my best theory is it was a fighter jet but I have never seen or heard one in my area over the last 5 years [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
August 6, 2023 · 8:20 PM · SPHERE
Ridgefield, WA
Observed for several minutes. Looked away then could never find again. Way too bright for star or planet. Was not yet sunset. Steady light maintaining steady position. Looked for it until Longview
August 5, 2023 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Crediton, DEVON · United Kingdom
2 obes hovering 3 to 4 miles from our house and they travelled towards Crediton after 15 minutes of just hovering, fly to the left of Crediton into a cloud which light up all around the orbs , they stayed the same distances apart all the time and no noise
August 5, 2023 · 9:25 PM · SPHERE
Auburndale, FL
I was in my garage at 9:25pm I looked outside acrosss the street and noticed the neighbors house being illuminated with what I thought where head lights and almost shrugged it off but it quickly got brighter I walked outside and looked at the entrance of my neighborhood that faces lake Ariana to find a gold glowing orb floating above the lake more than 3 football fields away. It got brighter and as fast as it appeared it disappeared. I saw one similar 5 years ago in Brandon Florida in heather lakes, I’m sure I’m not the only one to have seen this recent one, lake Ariana is surrounded by neighborhoods it was bright enough to light up my side of the lake like a miniature sun
August 5, 2023 · 8:12 PM · SPHERE
Sunland, CA
What looked like a bright star in the day lights caught my eye.I thought to take a pic, but didn’t… then I backed up to take it. This was the same spot my friend saw 6 lights hovering/floating over the mountains ridge. When I looked for the star, it was gone! I literally had a conversation with myself about what I was looking at… I said it was a star… but feeling to return and photograph it drew me back. And it was gone.. SO, it wasn’t a star!
August 5, 2023 · 7:52 PM · SPHERE
Wasco, CA
An orb of light hovering overhead. Seen from Wasco, CA.
August 5, 2023 · 3:11 AM · SPHERE
Kew, VICTORIA · Australia
I went outside at 3:11am - 3:36am. I noticed a white blob shaped object in the sky not too far away. It didn’t look like anything else in the sky and I had never seen anything like this before. It was flitting around, changing size quite often. It would get bright and then go dull. It was like it was hovering and slowly moving towards where I was, but extremely slow. It seemed to have two prominent lights and then several others that would go on and off. When you zoom into the photos I took you notice the different shapes. It always stayed a white colour. To the naked eye it seemed like it was just floating but in the video you could see it jumping around quite a lot. I did not notice that with just the naked eye. Sometimes it disappeared for a few seconds then would return. I have several photos and 3 videos.
August 4, 2023 · 11:45 PM · SPHERE
Damascus, MD
My grabbed my arm as we were outside our home smoking and poined out a bright orb in the sky that seem to hover then come at us all at once and looked like some sort of wild bomber plane or something and it didn't sound like a normal plane it had the sound of a vacuum was spectacular and mine blowing to see
August 4, 2023 · 9:42 PM · SPHERE
Bradenton, FL
emitted beams like a Star but closeup
August 4, 2023 · 9:39 PM · SPHERE
Alpharetta, GA
Not much else.
August 4, 2023 · 7:45 PM · SPHERE
Hesperia, CA
I was in my front yard and it slowly hovered over my neighbors house. It stopped for a few above our street. I ran in my house for my phone and it was gone when i got back.
August 4, 2023 · 7:45 PM · SPHERE
Albert Lea, MN
I was at work out in the front parking lot and on the edge of some dark storm clouds moving in 5 very bright balls of light just appeared out of nowhere and was not a plane or anything they just sat in a line for about a minute or 2 and vanished somehow instantly I also took a video I would like to share of this from my work truck.
August 4, 2023 · 3:50 PM · SPHERE
Pensacola, FL
While driving home from work on 08/04/2023 at 1550 CST I observed and caught on dashcam a golfball sized orb that descended from between the two overpasses I was stopped under while waiting for a traffic light to change. The orb appeared as a very bright golfball sized sphere that decended from above the two overpass at approximately a 45° angle in an unwavering fashion not common to natural objects like insects. This felt like it was being controlled. As the orb decended to the height of the guardrail a few feet away it changed course and moved horizontally as it continued moving towards the railing. I observed the orb as it passed between the metal railing and the concrete wall just out of view of my dash camera. Traffic begain moving and I was not able to continue observing the orb.
August 3, 2023 · 8:32 PM · SPHERE
Pacific Palisades, CA
As I was closing windows, I saw these orbs of light, moving at an amazing speed. They might have been oval, I'm not sure. I see planes over head all the time and launches from Edwards and military bases near by with some frequency. I have never seen anything like this.
August 3, 2023 · 7:55 PM · SPHERE
Gurabo · Puerto Rico
I noticed a single bright dot while looking west at the sky.The dot was moving at cloud height to the south continued east.