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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.
12,058 entries
November 11, 2014 · 8:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Allen, TX
Observed low flying craft with no or dim lights - at first glance looked like a hangglider - in shape and distance from ground. Made no noise, moved slowly, Hard to spot against night sky. Dark gray. Was pointed south, went inside, came back and located it still headed south, but in a different position. Unsure if this was second object or same object had moved. Came back out approx. 3 minutes later and could not locate a 3rd time. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 11, 2014 · 4:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Lake Worth, FL
As my eyes were still adjusting to morning's darkness, I witnessed a dull yet fully illuminated amber-colored object over head maybe, 700 feet above. It appeared to be undulating. Flying east to west. My immediate impression was it felt/looked unnatural/foreign. It wasn't a meteor because it didn't fly in a straight line. A little sporadic-like. Very odd object. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 10, 2014 · 11:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Cold Springs, KY
Noticed 2 bright lights hovering in the sky. As I got closer and on the side of it I noticed blue and red lights that were dimmer. It hovered stationary for about 20 secs then very slowly started to move North West. You could hear a humming sound coming from it which I recorded.
November 10, 2014 · 10:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Portland, OR
Around 10:45pm, I was biking home from work(Alberta area). My rout home takes me through the top part of Irvington neighborhood. The very first thing I noticed was flying very low, like a helicopter and was very loud. But it did not look or sound like a helicopter. It had very bright red lights on top that were glowy and vibrant. White lights on bottom. It was moving fast and I followed it for a couple blocks out of my direction and it disappeared from my sight behind houses. I allowed it to get away and continued biking home. Once I reached the very top of the hill near Alameda, I decided to stop because it's a good place to see the sky. I wasn't assuming I had seen anything extraterrestrial, more that it was truly bizarre. I was only standing at the top of the hill for less than a minute when straight ahead of me (facing south) I saw a very, very bright light. I thought it was a satellite. It was staying in one place and not seeming to move at all. It was s! haped like a hat almost, pointed on top, similar to a triangular shape. I stared for a very longtime, then noticed to it's left was the same object, slightly lower. Meaning there were two. I started filming and trying to take pictures on my iphone that are hard to decipher due to all of the other lights around. I also called my boyfriend to tell him what I was seeing. After almost 15 minutes they started moving in a west direction, pretty quickly. So they were not stars. Definitely not planes. (At least not the usual commercial flying planes). Last night (11/14/14), two days later I was driving home with my boyfriend, when straight ahead in the sky, we saw the exact same two shapes on the exact same place moving the exact same way. We both watched together as they stood in one place for a long time, then began movingn together in the same direction out of sight. This was all from Irvington Neighborhood. I am reporting 3 different sightings in this post. 2 on the same night. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 10, 2014 · 10:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Reno, NV
My girlfriend and I had just arrived at her house when we exited my car and noticed a set of lights in the sky and looked up towards the west portion of the sky looking towards the Sierra Mountains. We were around the Raley's supermarket off of Keystone drive. We saw a "v" shaped arrangement of lights moving relatively slowly, the same formation that geese take when in flight. After about 30 seconds the lights became dimmer and after 10 seconds the lights were completely gone. I tried to get my camera out but the lights had completely disappeared by then.
November 8, 2014 · 6:30 PM · TRIANGLE
La Quinta, CA
On 110814 I was vacationing with family (wife and child) in La Quinta Ca. After spending the day hours in downtown Palm Springs we returned to our rental in La Quinta, Ca. We changed and headed for the pool. We rode our bikes from our home to a pool located near the main gate of the community. We swam in the pool and then moved to the hot tub. While in the hot tub, we relaxed and stargazed, as we often do while we are there. I began looking west towards the Santa Rosa Mountains admiring the numerous stars in the night sky. We talked about how dark it was compared with home for same time of evening, it was around 1815 to 1840 hours. We chatted about how many stars were visible and how pleasant it was out. A movement in the sky next to a 2 palm trees which line the interior SW corner of the pool landscaping caught my eye. I thought at first it must be the shadow of a large bird flapping its wings. It took a second for me to realize it was not bird in flight. The object was not just behind the palm tree but in the sky beyond it. It occupied the airspace between my location and the mountain. As it moved across the sky from behind the palm tree I saw it was large. Its size made it difficult to judge its actual dimensions (I would guess as large as a commercial airliner) or its altitude in the sky. Frankly, its appearance confused me so could only base my observations by comparing it to the mountain and palm trees. From my vantage point it was as large as the top of the palm tree fronds (not its actual size but the object was in the distance and still looked about the size palm tree top) This palm tree is about 40 feet tall and the object was about the same size in the sky. Its altitude seemed to be no more than the height of the mountain that runs adjacent to the community on the far west side. When I first noticed the object it seemed blurry. (I use the term blurry only because I can not properly describe what was happened to the surface on the triangle for the first moments until it became clear/focused). It moved into a clearing passed the palm trees at an angle just in front and above me. There were no obstructions between myself and the object. It was literally right in front of me. The night sky was my backdrop as it moved across the sky. It was a large equilateral triangle. Its height was far less in comparison to its length of its sides. (I could not see the top and saw nothing protruding above it) The outside of it was darker than the night sky but it blended into the sky above it. The object itself was black and seemed shiny when it was at its most focused point (meaning the shape was blurry and then came into focus). I could make out the outer edges of the triangle and also the whole body as it blocked the stars in the sky it passed in front of. I could not make out any surface details. Each corner of the triangle housed a round light. The lights were not small beacon lights but quite large. The round lights were not extremely bright and seemed a muted yellow even dim. The lights did not pulsate or flash like airplane beacons either. It also appeared clearer to me the more directly in front of me it was. It continued across the sky until it was NE of me. It passed behind more palm trees at which point I lost it in the sky and could no longer locate it. The object made no noise and seemed completely silent. The aircraft moved from the SW towards the NE across the sky. It moved slowly but never stopped, slower than a C130 at an airshow slow. The entire aircraft slowly rotated on its axis. I believe it rotated counter clockwise. It did not change direction or altitude. Its movement across the sky seemed effortless. It seemed to float in the air like a raft would float on the water but light like cottonwood seed fuzz. A smooth movement like a ball bearing rolling across a glass top table. Its movement was very different than any plane, helicopter or balloon I have ever seen. Smooth, slow, light and effortless. During the time I was watching the object, I attempted to point it out to my wife and young son. Neither were able to see it and they told me I was quite excited while pointing toward it and not making much sense to them. I described to them what I saw; "a large triangle with three round lights in the corners slowly rotating as it moved across the sky." Important things about this siting. This was a calm night with little to no breeze. This particular community proximity to mountain makes flying a plane, helicopter too dangerous/not possible especially at night without lights. The community has only ground lighting. The community is far away from city lights. The community is flanked by the Santa Rosa Mountains to the west blocking all light pollution from the west. The community is also far away from urban areas and is quite quiet, especially in the evenings. The object was much lower than any plane I have witnessed above the property. Most planes I have seen are flying at cruising altitudes far above the mountains. The helicopters I have seen are military and also fly well above the mountains. I believe we had a full moon on the 8th but the moon starts low at the horizon line until it moves upwards into the sky later in the evening. Also reported to MUFON.
November 5, 2014 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Antrim Township, MI
I noticed two very bright yellow lights slowly approaching from the Southwest at a low altitude. I decided to stand on the porch and continue watching and as it was almost above my house it slowly turned towards the east. When it was almost over my house I could see four more solid yellow lights along the back end of it so was able to make out a distinct triangle shape. Since I live in a busy flight path I was trying to find any sort of sign it was a normal aircraft such as other flashing lights yet I didn't see any. I could hear an engine which sounded similar to a diesel engine on a freight train locomotive.
November 5, 2014 · 8:50 PM · TRIANGLE
Dearborn, MI
I went out to walk my dog, and noticed strange lights in the sky - they appeared to be 3-4 solid red lights with green flashing lights on the side or forward of the red lights. I stopped to observe, it looked like it was hovering around my neighborhood (I could hear a slight "whirring" sound. It was a bit lower than a helicopter would fly and moved quite fast. It started moving towards the west, hovered there, then came back east, above me, and continued. I shined my flashlight towards it, but obviously it was too far above me to have any reach. I could see airplanes traveling much higher (I am near a flight path). It is not possible that this was a persons drone. The range it traveled was too far, and it was very dark outside. I am an Engineer. I have asked others in my neighborhood if they saw anything, but so far haven't found anyone that also saw it.
November 5, 2014 · 7:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Holmes, NY
Exiting route 84 westbound at exit 17, I came to a stop at the end of the ramp and looking right (north)I saw two bright red lights, about 10 o'clock high, that I first assumed were planes. It being unusual to see planes traveling that close together ( as the brightness and size of both lights were identical) I watched a moment longer and noticed that they were stationary. They were definitely hovering. I naturally assumed they were helicopters, though the red lights were unusual compared to other helicopters I've seen at night. With that thought I pulled slowly onto a side street where I could watch the lights, and confirmed that they were not moving. At that point, three bright white lights in a triangular formation replaced one of the red lights. in other words, the red light went out as the other lights came on. The triangle and the other red light began moving together, quite as if they were connected, yet at this time they were still a short distance apart from each other. The remaining red light went out and was replaced by the same pattern and brightness white lights as the first object. They then moved together, very, very close, so that if you drew two triangles of three dots each, the two would "share" the center dot. They started to move west, at first quickly, then they paused in place for a few seconds, then extremely quickly they went west and soon were lost from view. They appeared to be rising in altitude as they moved, but despite this they were lost from view due to my position in a valley of sorts between hills. During this sighting I lowered my car windows to hear any jet engine sounds, but I heard none. I did notice other aircraft, much higher, and much more typical of commercial planes. I've seen military fighter jets travel in that close a formation, but never outside of an air show, and not at night. If these were military, they have to be of the variety that can hover, and then speed off. Certainly military planes exist that can do so, but I think those are rare enough that the sighting deserved to be reported here.
November 5, 2014 · 2:45 AM · TRIANGLE
Zachary, LA
I was on my front porch looking at my phone when I suddenly hear a low rumbling noise that began to slowly get louder. At first being near Baton Rouge with our chemical plants, I thought the noise was the plant kicking up their flame stacks to burn more chemicals. Sometimes at night they do this and you can hear it for about 30 minutes to an hour. I walked out to get a better idea of which direction it was coming from and immediately noticed a group of flashing lights in the sky. I knew this couldn't be airplanes flashing in the distance because of first off the lights were in a triangle shape and they were all the same distance from me. Also the lights were flashing in ssequential order from left to right in perfect timing. I watched as the sound got louder and then noticed they were all moving together towards northwest from original location I spotted it in. The lights lead me to believe instead of 5 different objects, this was one very large object. As! large as my town half of my town of Zachary Louisiana. Roughly 4 miles across. As it moved away I ran and woke my mother to have a second witness. My mom does not believe in UFOs and she was also convinced it was one large triangle. As it got further away the rumbling stopped and also the front light became solid and stayed on until no lights were visible. I would LOVE to know if anything was reported on Radar being I live near Baton Rouge airport. This also means I am used to flashing lights from planes and also study passing satellites and orbiting rocket bodies using a sky monitoring app for satellites in the sky. Lots of cloud cover tonight but clouds were very high. I did not see any single planes tonight though. These were the only lights. I always see strange objects because I watch the skys. I have seen more than one anomalies in the same direction from my front yard. But this was the first ever hearing anything and first triangle craft or at least formation.
November 4, 2014 · 11:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Urbandale, IA
2 objects. saw what i thought was a very large gray/blueish bird. couldn't see the body or head, just the glimmer of the wings i think, but i couldn't figure out what it was. from my 5 o'clock what looked like a light weight object almost glided by. it was silent with no vapor trail. low altitude, fast. out of view in seconds. was a longer triangle shaped. with lights connected with what looked like lightbars. 3-4 lightson each side with 1-2 at the back/base of object. there was a lighter haze/shimmer around the triangle, in the shape of a larger triangle. you almost see through it but you could tell it was there.
November 4, 2014 · 12:20 AM · TRIANGLE
Gonzalas, LA
While driving I witnessed a bright light which I thought was possibly a star. As I drove closer I realized it was a hovering object over the trees. The object was black, approximately 50ft across with red lights toward each end and a white light in the center and was about 400ft in above the ground over the trees. The object stayed motionless as I drove past it. I’ve lived close to close to airports all my life and distinguish between various craft however this was unlike any craft I’ve ever seen. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
November 3, 2014 · 6:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Jeffersonville, IN
Stopped and tilted upward then shot upward and disappeared. The whole sighting was less than 3 seconds. No sound at all.
November 1, 2014 · 10:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Bangalore (India) · India
I am a Doctor working in a Government Hospital in Bangalore, India. On First November 2014, I was on call duty. I received an emergency call from the Hospital. My father drove me on bike from home to the Hospital. After attending the patient, we headed home. My father was driving the bike and I was sitting behind. Distance from Hospital to my home is about 8 km. About 3 km from the Hospital on West of cord road I Observed an unusual sighting. On the cord road, we were driving on the left side, on the right side there was a temple. At about 10.45 pm, I observed a sighting around here. There were three intense bright golden/amber coloured lights in the sky. They were in a triangular formation. They were moving very slowly in a Horizontal plane. They were very intense oval shaped lights. I have not seen such light before. The lights seemed to waiver. My father continued to drive. I told him to stop the vehicle. We stopped before entering the Toll gate Underpass. Underpass is constructed below a major intersection. It connects cord road to Vijayanagar. Underpass is about 250 meters. We stopped before entering the underpass. I took out my phone and started taking pictures. I was still seated on the bike when I recorded. I noticed that the three lights in triangular formation were moving very slowly in a horizontal plane. Suddenly and very rapidly one of the lights shot up into the sky and disappeared. Seconds later the other two lights also shot up and disappeared one after the other. I have taken pictures of the three lights in triangular formation. Subsequently another light of the same nature appeared. I have taken video of this. A passing by car ,seeing us recording stopped briefly and proceeded again. Another light appeared behind the first Light in the sky. They were also moving slowly in a horizontal plane. Me and my father started driving again. We entered and exited the underpass. After exiting, I noticed that Of the two lights, the first light disappeared. In its position but much nearer, I observed an object. The object was somewhat triangular in shape with blunt edges. It had a dark/black surface. The surface seemed to be uneven/wrinkled. Second light was still visible and had not disappeared. I reached home and narrated the events to my husband. We circulated the images and videos to some known people on Whatsapp. Nobody has replied. Probably they think its a prank or a hoax or a joke or fire crackers. It cannot be a firecracker as there was no sound or blast noise associated. It was initially moving Horizontally and later abruptly shot up. Fire crackers cant do that. It could not be a plane or a helicopter as it was quite close and no sound was heard. My Husband is a UFO enthusiast. I am a Sceptic. I did not believe in such things. This incident has made me to think in terms of UFO's being a possibility. Also, it has made me realise that others do not believe you when you have witnessed a genuine sighting, much the same way I would disregard UFO videos on you tube which my husband watches. When I first saw the lights, I knew it was unusual. It was intense. I Thought of calling my husband but didn't have time to do the same. I didn't know how to use my phone to capture the photo and video. I had been using a small non Android phone for 10 years till 2-3 days earlier. MY husband bought a smartphone which I have started using since 2-3 days. Somehow I managed to take pictures. I wanted to zoom in and record, but I didn't know how.
October 31, 2014 · 10:58 PM · TRIANGLE
Charleston, SC
I was driving on the James Island Connector towards James Island at 10:58 pm tonight (Halloween). I was in the left lane (the fast lane) and I got a sense that somebody or something was watching me. Not in a bad or unsettling way, just had a sense I was being watched. I then noticed a craft of sorts that was at about the 11 o'clock position from where my car was (that is to say it was on my upper left). I was in disbelief what I saw! A car behind me was driving very close to me, annoyed that I was going slow, not realizing what was in the sky. The lights on this aircraft were not too bright, about the same brightness as the lamps on the Connector. There were four lights all together- one on top and three on the bottom. The one on top was a little bigger than the other three. I was seeing this in the dark, but I could make out a pitch black background of the aircraft- it was a triangular shape. When I got home, I asked my husband what he thought it could be,! for we have a military base close by to us. He thinks I am making up this entire story. I hope you believe me that I am not telling a tall tale and I know what I saw. I am not under the influence of drugs or alcohol when I saw this. The craft was fairly low, that is what initially caught my attention. It was about the distance away from the highway as a kite would be that was flying in the air. The craziest thing about it was it seemed not to be moving- it seemed to be stationary. I did not hear any noise. If you have any other questions for me, I will try to answer it.
October 31, 2014 · 8:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Allen, TX
On October 31, 2014 at about 8:15 p.m. in Allen, Texas, I saw a triangular shaped object in the air about 400 to 500 feet above Highway 5, near Stacy Road. The object was traveling from the North going South. It was as wide as a house. It did not have any lights on it. I know it was not a flock of birds because it was a solid object and the underside showed a whitish gray color throughout the triangular form…not just the V that you normally see with a flock of birds. There was no wings flapping like you would see with birds. The object seemed to glide easily through the air at a consistent speed and was traveling quite fast. Additionally, the object made no noise. It was completely silent.
October 31, 2014 · 11:45 AM · TRIANGLE
Honolulu, HI
At above time I looked out a window into the N.E. sky from Alewa Heights area. Naked eye observed what appeared to be a very bright star not see in that sky before. It appeared to "sparkle and flash". Thought it was an incoming plane or military helo. After ten minutes it hadn't moved. I got a small pair of binoculars 8x23 (365 ft. at 1000 yds). Zero'd the light which appeared as a straight blue line, with flashing yellow light oscillating from one end to the other. As I focused it became an elongated triangle, constant clear bright blue outline with multi color flash bursts of yellow, light orange and greens all along it's outer outline. It was very brilliant, stationary, and clearly outlined in shape. We "spotted" for an hour and a half, until clouds obscured it.
October 30, 2014 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Ossipee, NH
I was driving North on Route 16 when ahead of me I saw 3 triangle shaped lights just above the tree-line. They were much bigger than surrounding stars or an airplane. The one in the middle and as higher and the appeared to be in formation. I'm not sure if they slipped below trees or disappeared. A few miles further up the road I saw them again this time they were to the west over the Ossipee Mountain range. Again, I lost sight of them. This time I turned around to see if I could see them again. The 3rd sighting was just as I was nearing the intersection in West Ossipee. Each time I was only able to view them for a few seconds. I couldn't find anything serious in the area to explain this occurrence. The first time it looked like tunes of light formed each side of the triangle.
October 30, 2014 · 12:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Nortvale, NJ
Looking east southeast is line of hills that separate me and Hudson River. I witnessed a white light rise up from behind the hill horizontal through the low lying cloud cover. This is just south of the Tappen Zee bridge. From a standing stop it jumped about two miles in the blink of an eye to the north. I leaned into the window to get a better look at were it had stopped. I watched it rotate on its axis then shoot off to the north at high speed. When it stopped I could see it had three dull white lights in the shape of a triangle. Since this is such a highly populated area I wondered if anyone else saw this?
October 29, 2014 · 9:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Northglenn, CO
Triangular object, grey in color and dim blue lights- one at what appeared to be the leading tip and 3 each, evenly spaced on either side down to the following edge. Moving from SO to NO. Absolutely noiseless. No good reference for size or distance from where it was viewed.
October 28, 2014 · 10:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Santa Fe, NM
I saw an orange wing shaped object come and go silently last night. Around 10:15 or so. It was like a plane flying overhead, but totally silent, and kind of transparent. I couldn’t tell if it was 100 feet or 50,000 feet above me, as it was ghost like. Burnt orange, with some brighter spots, but really it happened so fast I didn’t get a great look at it’s physical construct beyond knowing it was wing shaped and orange and ghost like. Transparent and fuzzy. It came and went in a matter of a few seconds, flying north to south. Seemed like it was gliding on a very straight path. Just an amazing occurrence. I saw this thing! But what I say not exactly sure.
October 28, 2014 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Urbandale, IA
It was just about 10 o’clock last night and I was relaxing in our hot tub star gazing. Out of my peripheral vision I thought I saw movement and focused my eyes to that location. It was then that I noticed a faint outline or almost translucent triangle object moving overhead. It was traveling straight south and seemed to glide without making any sound and was moving quickly as it was out of my sight within a minute or two at the most. There were no lights on this object or if there were they weren’t turned on, and it almost seemed to blend in with the night sky. We are located in a newer development so there is still a lot of wild life like duck; geese etc. so I first thought maybe it was just a large flock but with no sound as it moved it almost seemed ghostly. I have seen this exact object once before in our old home, once again just outside in the hot tub looking up at the sky, but it was traveling due east at that time. In both instances it was there and ! gone within a minute or so, I wasn’t even sure if I could have snapped a photo if you would have been able to see anything. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 28, 2014 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Cloudcroft, NM
We saw 3 separate craft of white lights in triangular shapes that were rotating slowly. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 28, 2014 · 8:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Bangalore (India) · India
me my wife our two children were on our terrace after our dinner as we purposely went to watch UFO because of our earlier experience on 26th october which was the first sight me and my wife had on our terrace. but on 28th night we saw it four times. First one was very clear to naked eye but was not so bright. rest sightings were very dim group of lights passing very fast on sky. even changing shapes. i tried to click some pictures on my mobile but was not able see clearly as the lights were so dim.