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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
August 5, 2017 · 9:10 PM · SPHERE
Niceville, FL
I was outside on the phone with my father, and I turned towards my house. I noticed the object, an orange sphere, moving north east from the Gulf of Mexico, just above tree top height from my location. There was no sound. There were no anti-collision lights visible as would appear on man made aircraft. I was to the left of the object, and the light was a steady brightness as it traveled. It was too slow and to be a shooting star, and left no visible trail as an object entering the atmosphere would do. Now, the area around here is Eglin AFB Reservation, and I've seen helicopters, MV-22 Ospreys, C-130s, and various commercial aircraft at various times at night, and this wasn't any of those. It wasn't a parachute flare, as it was moving horizontally, and maintained a level flight path. My background is military. Former Marine, worked on AV-8B Harriers for a decade. I'm very familiar with how aircraft look at night, and what they sound like at various distances.
August 5, 2017 · 6:35 PM · SPHERE
Woodbridge, NJ
On Saturday, August 5, 2017, between 6:35 and 7:00 PM, I was in my car, facing east on Woodbridge Avenue (about three blocks before you reach Route 9) in Woodbridge, NJ, waiting for a red light. I was looking up at the clear blue sky and saw a misty round orb to the right, about the size of a large grapefruit, held at arm's length. This orb was white, and moved through the clouds toward the west. After a few seconds, a bright flash of light emitted from the center of the orb, and then it was gone. The whole sighting lasted about the time it took for the traffic light to change.
August 5, 2017 · 5:00 PM · SPHERE
Norwalk/Darien, CT
The orb/glowing sphere demented down. Because of the curvature of the highway, we lost site of it behind the trees.
August 4, 2017 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Indio, CA
Outside in backyard looking south and saw a spree shaped bright object like a headlight moving very fast due west in a straight line and then disappeared completely. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 4, 2017 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Greensboro, NC
There is a large sphere beside the moon tonight, as I look through my iPhone camera and video, but it can't be seen with naked eye...zooming in it is not a reflection or lenses failure, it's a separate object...have pictures and a video from different angles.
August 4, 2017 · 7:48 AM · SPHERE
Las Cruces, NM
At least 2-3 times a week I take pictures of the beautiful Sunset here in New Mexico from my front Yard. When I was taking the pictures I did not see anything other than the beautiful sunset. 2 years after taking the photos I was moving all my scenary pictures off my phone and onto a jump drive when I saw what looked like a sphere with little lights. I guess I took another pic not even a second later and the object had moved in distance from where it was in the first one I and you can even see 1 more light on the object.. At the time I took pic, there was nothing about that day and there was nothin and it appears to be glowing. The day I took the phone there was nothing out of the ordinary nor I was intending to capture anything other than the sunset.
August 3, 2017 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Newbury, OH
At approx. 10:15 pm, 8/3/17, my wife saw from her bedroom a softball size orange glowing round orb in the night sky, traveling without sound from south to north, taking about 20 seconds before out of viewable area. She called to me, stating what she saw, and I thought nothing of it, till she saw a second orb same as the other, so I went outside and just saw it as it went out of view. Within about 5 more minutes a third orb came from the same location and I got a good look at it. As mentioned, it was an orange glowing orb, undulating light from bright to less bright, traveled south to north without sound and took around 20 seconds to be out of sight. It seemed perhaps 500 or so feet in the sky, moved in a straight line and seemed softball size. I called the Geauga County sheriff department and reported the scenario. They said no one else had called any thing in. A sheriff vehicle stopped by and I related the above to the deputy again. I am a retired State of Ohio police officer, with over 25 years duty. It was a clear sky with some distant lighting, and the orbs were clearly viewed also.
August 2, 2017 · 11:06 PM · SPHERE
Lewiston, ID
The craft was observed travelling northeast. It maintained continuous light, brighter than any star or other heavenly body. The light was the utmost white, clear and bright. As it moved, and shortly after our noticing the craft, it faded its light to darkness. No movement was then observable through its last known trajectory, and further none could be discerned from point of reference tracking.
August 2, 2017 · 10:40 PM · SPHERE
Fall River, MA
A group of 10 orange orbs suddenly appeared and traveled in a group when we noticed they stopped for a while then went east and dissapeared the suddenly 5 more appeared, but one by one slowly mived same direction, but faster appearing ine by one, then disappearing, no noise, no blinking, just bright orange floating away.
August 2, 2017 · 9:33 PM · SPHERE
Sun Valley, CA
Lasted for 3 minutes. I saw a red orb circle the same area a couple months ago and a couple months before that, i saw a bright white light fly slow over the 405 freeway. Then disappear in seconds. Later, navy says they tested a missle over the valley? It's highly populated. and there was a blue vapor trail that stayed in the sky for an hour or so.
August 1, 2017 · 10:45 PM · SPHERE
Viking, MN
I was returning home from work and I stopped at the end of the driveway to get the mail. As I was walking back to my vehicle a bright light caught my attention. The light was stationary and straight east of me. The only way I can describe the size of the orb is like a golf ball and the stars were pin pricks. It’s like when the full moon is higher in sky instead of when it just comes up as it appears much more larger. I was not scared so I stood and watched for a few moments. It was a large white orb with a glowing halo around it. That night was a bit cloudy and the orb lit up the lowest clouds. It was just barely above them. I could see the different shades of grey in them. It finally dawned on me to get my phone. I tried to record it a couple of times but it would not work. I don’t understand why it didn’t work. I have recorded eclipse’s of the moon before with good results. Once I started trying to record, it began to move north. There wasn’t any noise wha! t so ever. I walked to the front of my pickup which is facing the north. I didn’t realize how close it was to being above me because as I looked down the length of the road it almost was perfectly in line with me. As I watched it get further away I heard a familiar sound. The noise was coming from the northwest. I turned to look and it was a jet. I could see the red flashing light and it traveled at “normal” jet speed headed southeast. I turned back to the north and just glimpsed the orb disappear over the tree line. I wondered if anyone on the plane was seeing what I was seeing. I calmly got into my pickup and drove up to my house. I posted on Facebook asking if anyone else had seen it but no one said they did. I tried to look up my post to see what time I posted it but it did not say. It seemed later than it should have been but I can’t be certain. That night my 2 dogs kept barking and growling all night. Some of co-workers also said their animals were agitated that night. The next day or so later I noticed a mark on my arm like I had blood drawn. But that could have caused by a number of things I guess. Of course this happened when my husband and son were out of town working which they very rarely ever do. If they would have been home at least my experience maybe would have been validated by someone even if no one else believed us. The above paragraph is the second unexplained sighting I have had. It was quite a long time ago so I don’t remember the exact details, time, or the year. I could possibly find out the year as I was not alone. My step-father, my younger sister and myself were returning from a basketball game where my step-was a janitor. My sister and I stayed after sometimes to help him clean up the gym. We turned on the road that brings us to our house and then we seen it. It was the classic disc shaped UFO with lights that went blinking around the edge. I don’t recall the color of the lights but I know they were colored. My stepdad and I looked at each other and he asked me should we follow it. I said of course. I remember being mesmerized and couldn’t take my eyes from it. We followed it for about 3 miles. I remember my sister being scared, crying and telling us to turn around. She was very upset. All of a sudden it just zoomed away. It was so fast that it was almost like it was there and then it wasn’t. My best guess as to when this happened is around 1987. It had to be early winter as it was basketball season. It must have been about 11 p.m. because that would put us in the right time frame a! fter cleaning up the gym. My stepdad told his co-workers about what happened and we received a lot of teasing. But least we had each other and we knew it was real. Thank you for reading my story. It feels good to tell about my experiences without someone looking at me like I suddenly grew 3 heads.
July 31, 2017 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Benicia, CA
Cresting 780 outside Benicia in moving car, All 3 of us in the car saw a house sized sphere with an orange glowing core floating above the area. It was rising slowly in my (driver's) view. The other passengers kept site of the object as I took our exit and said it rose straight up, picking up speed, and went so high so fast that it disappeared.
July 30, 2017 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Las Vegas, NV
The reason it immediately caught my attention was that the the helicopter and white ball of light were way to close together. It was obvious that the helicopter was also curious about the object. The helicopter followed it for about a minute and then slowly dimmed out. Amazing! (( Witness indicates that the date above is approximate. PD)
July 30, 2017 · 4:00 AM · SPHERE
Pikeville, NC
I was first alerted by my wife at 4am who noticed a bright white light that appeared artificial in the shape of a circle or tear drop, it did not twinkle or look anything like a star or planet and was definitely not a plane or helicopter. It stayed in one spot for. Close to an hour and then appeared to gradually slip away. This object was very noticeable and as I said appeared to be artificial light such as from a craft not anything like a star or otherwise.
July 29, 2017 · 10:10 PM · SPHERE
Tobyhanna, PA
Amber/gold round lights, traveling from NW to SE. Solid color, no flashing and totally silent. One light, then approximately 30 seconds later followed by two closer together, and 30 seconds after that followed by another single one. Appeared to be much lower than most planes and in a completely different flight path than any planes observed during our 18 years residence at this location. Vector was approximately half way between horizon and apex of sky, towards the west. All four lights were moving in a straight-line formation. Witnessed by three adults on clear night. Some video recorded on cell phone.
July 29, 2017 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
San Gabriel, CA
Right after the two disappeared, a third one came along and was hovering much quicker in the same direction as the other two, and then disappeared in the exact same spot. We have video footage of this and are curious as to what it could have been. Did anybody else witness this??
July 28, 2017 · 11:25 PM · SPHERE
Lake Worth, FL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 28, 2017 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Hawarden, IA
I saw the craft coming into town, it was a orange reddish color and kind of fuzzy. It kind of wobbled in the air and darted with a great amount of speed then faded out and disappeared. I then noticed it again leaving town, it vanished again after a short time. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 28, 2017 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Meredith, NH
I was driving my girlfriends car when I looked to the right about 400 to 800ft above the tree line I seen a metallic sphere. When I looked at it sound in general stopped. No wind or birds it was very calm. Close to sunset and I told my gf to take a picture of it cause it was so still and stuck in the sky as if it was attached to a solid structure. Then we went by a set of trees and I tryed to find it again but it was gone. Never though about it again until I seen several pictures and videos of the same object. Note :we didn't get a picture until we drove a ways down the road. We had a better view of it right as we came into the clearing.
July 28, 2017 · 6:30 PM · SPHERE
Meredith, NH
It was 2017 wont let me change the date. I remember it was extremely quiet outside and it hovered about 500 to 800 ft above the ground . (Based on drone flying as a hobby looked about that height). It was at a distance of a 1/4 mile from us . Silver in color and very still as if it was a pin on a map. We got a few picture and our view was obstructed for 15 seconds . On the other side when we looked again it was gone. We were in town for a family event . I live in Rhode island. I'm reporting now years later because what I'm seeing in the news looks exactly like what I had seen . I'm a firm believer of the scientific method and have been skeptical . I do know that I've never seen anything like it in my life . My girlfriend was in the passenger side of the car and took the photos.
July 26, 2017 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Coudersport, PA
I observed a red and orange ball of light moving slowly, from East to West, for about 2 minutes. When the ball was approximately 1 mile from town, and about 2000 feet above the ground, it turned to the right. The ball then proceeded to travel North over a hill rising at a faster pace than its East to West movement. The total time was just about 4 minutes and I was able to get a picture and take a minute and a half video. Both are horrible quality, as it was on my phone and very low light.
July 26, 2017 · 12:05 AM · SPHERE
Bellingham, WA
We were sitting on the deck just after midnight. Very clear skies, observing stars. Spotted what appeared to be a satellite, very high up, moving from south to northeast. Observed for several seconds. Object suddenly lit up very brightly, a yellow white light, lasted for several seconds then went back to the pale light it was when first sighted and took a sharp turn west and disappeared. Neither of us have ever seen anything like it. No we weren't drunk or stoned. If I didn't think it was quite remarkable, I wouldn't have bothered to find this website and write this report.
July 25, 2017 · 4:47 AM · SPHERE
Sioux Falls, SD
Red 'orb' moving silently passing over clear sky, then behind the partly clouded sky and out of sight. Moved east from along the southern-central area of town, witnessed further north in the center of town. Looked just like a ball of light, brighter in the center with a dispersed 'fuzz' at the edges. Totally silent with a constant, slow but steady pace. Because of anomalies in the contact information, we wonder whether this is a serious-minded report. We have attempted to contact the source of the report, but have not heard back from him. PD
July 25, 2017 · 1:36 AM · SPHERE
Mount Shasta, CA
I was camping near Red Fir on Mt. Shasta, and stargazing at Bunny Flat, when I witnessed a glowing orb-like light lift off of the mountain above the tree line and faded away - after I returned t my campsite later, I saw a faintly glowing light moving through the forest, about the size of a soccer ball, in the direction of Ascenion Rock, and lost view of it - I did not follow it as it was too dark to go into the forest from my camp site