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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.
8,980 entries
June 28, 2014 · 10:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Valdosta, GA
I believe that I saw a meteor crossing through the sky tonight. The object in the sky had a fireball appearance with a tail that looked like a Fourth of July sparkler! It was completely amazing! I am still in shock! The object flying across the sky was only in my view for approximately 10 seconds but it was truly amazing! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 28, 2014 · 6:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Gadsden, AL
6 large jet aircraft flew over gadsden,Al moving southeast.noses were lined up pretty close but side to side they were in 3 groups.2 on left,3 in middle and one lone far right. They were 20,000feet plus flying over the loud layer and sound was extremly loud. Could not make out what type of aircraft as by the time I realized it wasn't just a single commercial jet flying low but 6 individual Con-Trails they were too far away to see. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 24, 2014 · 10:28 PM · UNKNOWN
Seattle, WA
Two orange illuminated objects went from west to east over the puget sound. Illumination increased dramatically and objects slowed down to near stop. Second object disappeared, first object turned south and slowly faded away. Observed objects via binoculars and did not see any sign of aircraft strobe nor red/green navigation lights. Bright orange illumination that was twinkling/flashing. The fact that the object slowed down and changed course made this really odd, in addition to the one object disappearing and the other fading away. At the same time an aircraft was lined up with 13R centerline on approach while traveling over Magnolia neighborhood.
June 23, 2014 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
North Myrtle Beach, SC
These lights were moving very rapid without sound. When the lights went out of sight over the ocean not 2 min later I saw in the opposite direction still over the ocean three bright reddish lights with a yellowish effect. This light seemed to be moving towards us but went out. I feel that if it was moving that they would fade out but these went out like a light blub. Later moving south one flash of the same color. Nothing else was seen that night. I will be looking tonight though. Background: 37 year old male. Christian. Dad and husband. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 23, 2014 · 9:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Gila Bend, AZ
All objects were orange bright lights. We were driving eastbound on I-8 around Gila Bend, AZ when we noticed a single orange light to the south. It appeared to be about 5-10 miles away and approx. 2-3000 feet up. At times we could see the background of the mountains silhouetting from the orange glow of the light and it also appeared to have a smoke trail coming from the light. The single light stayed up for a few minutes, then disappeared. within seconds, it reappeared, then a second orange light appeared at the same altitude. It also appeared to have a light smoke trail coming from it. Then about 5 tracer lights shot from the second light and disappeared. Then within a few seconds another round of tracer lights appeared but came the sky towards the light. Then the two lights faded and a single light appeared and then second light and then a third light. Within a few minutes they all disappeared. My nephew said he could make out a shadowy figure aroun! d the orange lights, but I was driving and wasn't able to stare at it long enough to make it out. Observers were Me and my wife ages 53, my wife's sister and her son, ages 43 and 15. All of sound mind and body. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 21, 2014 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Bensalem, PA
I was driving with my friend on I-95 south heading to Bensalem,PA and we saw these bright red/orange orb-like lights in the sky lined up moving very slow, and more started to appear everywhere, I remember counting how many there were and at one point there were probably 25-30 of these lights. After about ten mins they just disappeared and when we were heading back home, they appeared again but this time there was 7 of these same lights but closer and bigger and brighter, moving at the same pace in a straight line above us and lasted about 15 mins and just disappeared,, it was wild...
June 20, 2014 · 9:40 PM · UNKNOWN
Gloucester, MA
Event: Extreme bright flash of white light (9 seconds) - right rotation to light reduction and fade out (1 second) No vehicle observed. Directional appearance: Straight on then right rotation to fade and finish. No residual light visible after event. Dimensions from my vantage point: Start: 1 MM to include aura Middle: 4 MM to include aura End: Not visible light or aura (Event did not occur again) Position: Southwest, 85 deg angle off horizon. No trail or any form of propulsion observed. Personal Consultion: Possible refective surface from satellite. ISS not in area at time of observation. Purpose of entry: FYI for any who may have witnessed it.
June 19, 2014 · 11:06 PM · UNKNOWN
Lakewood, CO
We were driving down Garrison, and right before the overpass, an object passed going from east to west. It was bright and something my friend and I had never seen before. It was really bright with white and blue lights. There is no way to describe the shape. A bunch of parallel lines emitting bright lights.
June 18, 2014 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
College Park, MD
Flashing light in dark sky from different directions.
June 17, 2014 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Kure Beach, NC
After dusk, when the sky was darker, but not totally black, we saw an orange light (single) come on and fade out gradually over a duration of a few seconds. Then about 45 seconds later, a second light came on towards the south of the original (same pattern/duration). Then it started about 5 minutes later even further south. Again, seeing two (but this time one of them had a double vertical light). 15 minutes later they were spotted north (double the area they were at previously). Only this time there were three of them. One was a single light, one was a double light and the last had three horizontal lights (like square window shapes - while the double was verticle circles). Then a few minutes later, they showed back up around the same area, but the three lighted one was much closer to us. They were way out over the ocean, had no streak marks like a flare or firework would. We thought they could be military craft, but they didn't "fly" right.
June 15, 2014 · 9:15 PM · UNKNOWN
Waldorf, MD
Travled very fast headed south to north. No sound. We assume an evening sighting, and have amended the time above. PD
June 15, 2014 · 5:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Illawarra (Australia) · Australia
I was on my laptop when my brother ran in and told me to come quickly, so I ran out and he pointed up at a large craft with flashing red & white lights all over it. It was moving faster than a commercial jet and it made no noise what so ever. We were staring at it for a good 10 seconds before I looked over and noticed 2 more of the exact same craft, approximately 2-3 kilometers away and travelling at about the same altitude. The 3 craft began to disappear behind our neighbours' house, so we ran into the front yard to observe them. That is when we noticed the 4th craft. It was an extremely bright white light (brighter than any star I have observed in my life, and a tad larger) that just stood in the one place. As the other 3 craft came near it, they started descending behind a mountain. We watched them disappear out of sight before looking back at the bright light, after a minute or so this light just faded away to black. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 14, 2014 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Chester Springs, PA
My county was having a block party so fireworks were in order at the end of the night. My house is close to the fireworks and up higher from where they were being set off so we could see them from our house. It was me, my brother, and my dad for the first few minutes watching the fireworks. After a while I started to get bored with them and ended up looking to the right in the sky. Immediately I saw a weird dot that seemed to be made up of different colors. I told my dad and brother and they saw it too. At this moment it was just staying in a single place, not moving left right up or down. After a couple minutes my dad ran in the house to get my mom and a pair of binoculars. He came out with the binoculars and we each took turns looking through them. It gave instant clarity to what we were looking at. What I saw was four separate lights shaped in lines; unfortunately I couldn’t make out a shape, only the lights. If I were to guess I would say that it was a d! isk. They almost looked like a crosshair in the sky with each line being a different color. It was hard for me to see the colors but what I could make out was white, red, green, yellow/orange. The thing is though is that at least one of them changed colors because I know I saw blue/purple at one point. After another couple minutes using the binoculars my mom came out. I had the binoculars at this point and almost right after my mom came out the colors starting slowly spinning. I stopped looking through the binoculars and saw that not only did it start spinning but it also went from multiple colors to all white, then all red. As it was doing this it started moving down and to the right until we lost sight of it behind a tree.
June 10, 2014 · 12:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Cleveland, OH
http://youtu.be/HsvDbZRnySM Link appears to be either flawed, or non-functional. PD
June 8, 2014 · 10:15 AM · UNKNOWN
Orlando, FL
Looking out the window, I noticed a very bright flashing light in the sky, about a mile maybe a mile awa,y with a dimmer light about twice that distance and to the left of the brighter light. Both seemed stationary and there was no engine sound, but it was a good distance off. After a minute or two, both lights came closer and a third light appeared as the first to came closer. Over the next several minutes all three had passed my field of vision. The lights were in the south western sky from Hiawasee Road, about a quarter mile north of Conroy-Windermeir.
June 8, 2014 · 12:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Eastsound (Orcas Island), WA
Our cabin on Orcas Island looks north toward Canada, to the west is Vancouver Island and other smaller BC islands to the northwest. On June 8th, at approximately 12:30 AM, while talking to my daughter, from the large picture window, I noticed an extremely bright object moving east across the sky. The night was calm, very quiet, and mostly clear. The moon was waxing gibbous with illumination at approximately 65%. Upon seeing the object, I instinctively ran to the deck for a better look. My daughter followed and we woke up her beau from his sleep-to-snore fest and he also observed. Simply stated, we were blown away. We began to run down every possible scenario of what the object could be and nothing fit. So in awe, we watched as the massive, brightly shining object moved east across the sky and eventually out of range. The object was not in the distance, in fact, it flew just above us. It is hard to describe the nature of its shine - imagine Venus, at her brightest dropped to 15,000 ft. and traveled from west to east across the sky. It seemed to emit beams (atmospheric illusion?). The bright shine was so dramatic that that it made it impossible to discern its form but it was not round, if anything, it was oblong. It did not blink or twinkle and the form, beams and all, did not change as it moved across the sky. The object was shinning silver tones with golden hues and the "beams" appeared to have gold tones as well. As was the night, the object was dead silent - Orcas Island is surrounded by water so that ruled out one convenient explanation. Also, unusual was that the object did not fly in a continuous straight line, it would also move laterally and also in a squiggly manner. The movements were subtle yet discernible. The sighting lasted apx. 2 min. and then it flew out of visual range. We work hard, like a beer or two, do fun things and keep it clean. We reject cults and simplistic, knee-jerk answers to complex problems. Ages 20-50. We have spoken via telephone with the witness, and she seems to us to be quite eloquent, and sober-minded. We suspect that she is an excellent, and highly-reliable witness. PD
June 7, 2014 · 11:05 PM · UNKNOWN
Sumner, WA
Saturday evening June, 7th, 2014, I went out to dinner by myself. I got home around 11pm. It was warm, clear sky with visible stars. I think I saw only one thing in the sky. It was about 11:05 pm. I was sitting on the patio having a smoke while the dog and cat sat with me. I noticed what I figured was a plane come from the east. I figured it was a small plane from one of the homes near Lake Tapps or Buckley area as it was flying pretty low. I did not hear a plane sound though. It was cruising at a pretty good speed. I grabbed my binoculars and could see a green light at one end and a red at the other which again is what made me think it was a small plane although I could not actually see a shape. I set the binoculars on the table in front of me and looked back to the sky and could not find it again. That seemed strange cuz it was not flying ‘that’ fast and the sky was clear. I searched and searched. Grabbed the binoculars again but still could not find it. I put my cigarette out and suddenly seen a flashing light coming in my direction now and it had a beam emitting from it. It was a weird beam in that I could see it coming from the object and followed its trajectory but it fazed out in the middle of the trajectory and it could hardly be seen as it aimed closer to the ground. The object went right over my apartments but the beam seemed slanted and then they were gone. I’m not sure what it was but as it passed over the apt. it hardly made a sound.
June 7, 2014 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Simi Valley, CA
Bright red object hovering in place for approx 15 seconds, then fast speed, then hover, finally faded out.
June 6, 2014 · 11:02 PM · UNKNOWN
Racine, WI
I was headed NNE on Wisconsin Hwy 32, just north of the Kenosha/Racine border, approaching Racine at 11:02pm. I spotted two strong amber lights, roughly 1040 above the horizon, and slightly to my right. They were several degrees apart and appeared to be approaching me very slowly. While the lights were not consistant with FAA regulation aircraft lights, the lights, which were always a precise degree apart, appeared to be lowering in altitude, as if a craft were about to make an emergency landing. The (craft) appeared to be between 300 and 500 ft altitude during the incident. I immediately pulled over to observe closer and at a presumably safer location. The craft then stopped its decent and began to move in a northwesternly direction (away from Lake Michigan) and increase slighty in altitude. Also, the lights appeared slightly closer together, indicating the craft pitched into a different attitude. Unfortunately at this time a police car pulled in back! of me. The craft continuted out of sight but I was unable to track it further as I had to explain to the officer what I was doing pulled over to the side. I continued on my way home after the Officer ran a 28 and dismissed me. I am an Air Force Veteran with many years in Civil Air Patrol Search and Rescue. I am considered an expert in worldwide aircraft identification and aerial phenomenon.
June 5, 2014 · 11:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Blackwood, NJ
It started with one unknown sizable bright object flying in circles through the clouds with wings that flapped like a bird. However, the path was not consistent as the formation of the circles changed. After 3-4 minutes as second joined in and the two chased one another in play. Definitely not a light show as far as I could tell as I've never seen anything like it before. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 5, 2014 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Tuscaloosa, AL
Saw a device with 3 blinking lights that didn't make any sound. It flew perpendicularly to the sky very slowly and then gain speed and disappeared, always in a perpendicular move towards the sky.
June 5, 2014 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Palm City, FL
I stepped outside and was looking up at the stars. I noticed one appeared to be moving. At first I thought it was a plane but it was moving way too fast. Then it occurred to me that it was the space station. After it went out of sight I checked the location of the ISS and it was no where near by.
June 5, 2014 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Dormont/Pittsburgh, PA
My wife and I were on our deck last night around dusk, watching airplanes go by (we see planes on their way to the Pittsburgh International Airport). Out of nowhere I noticed an orange sort of glowing form in the distant sky, heading Southwest. It seemed very unusual, so I kept my eye on it, for about 2 minutes. Then, out of nowhere it stopped and immediately started heading Northeast! As it reached the middle of the sky (from our point of view) another similar glowing object appeared and the 2 of them crossed paths, and headed in different directions, where within a minute or so they disappeared from my view. This first encounter lasted about 5 minutes or so total. I stayed outside until it got darker while my wife went inside. Not too long after 9 PM or so I noticed a ball of white, dim light (maybe a teardrop shape?) moving horizontally across the sky, just above a distant tree line. The object then stopped completely, started pulsating white lights for about 10 seconds, then headed out of my view. All 3 of these objects were too far away to make out their shapes, but I would guess either cylinders or teardrops. And although they all pulsated orange and white lights, they also had a very solid aspect to them, like a craft. Not sure how to explain that. One of the greatest things I've ever had the chance to witness. I've always believed in this stuff, but have never seen anything first-hand! Wow!
June 4, 2014 · 6:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Lindenhurst, NY
I was sitting at Well Wood docks in Lindenhurst, NY. I was just chilling by the water waiting to pick up someone I saw a few planes fly by, until I saw a large black thing coming close to where u was. It got closer then it was in view I couldn't exactly see what it was but not plane or helicopter and def was not ballon it looked like a shape of man and device over him, or man on cross yes I know it sounds crazy but 4 other people saw it and was shocked it was floating till it stopped mid air rotate came back towards us then stopped floated the turn direction moved north I followed looking to see what it was but it was at least 100' feet up i followed about mile then it changed direction headed west where 2 other people said what is that we watched it hover and head west over Montauk hwy till it was gone I took pictures I even got in tuch with local news who said send pictures other people had call it in pictures aren't great sine took it with my iPhone