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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
April 14, 2016 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Lakehurst, NJ
While driving to work for midnight shift, as I entered the restricted area where I work on Joint Base, McGuire, Dix, Lakehurst a conjoined three contingent base on the East end of Central New Jersey. The Lakehurst side is Navy and we are 100% Air Craft Carrier Support, building and retro-fitting catapult launch valves, arresting cables use to capture jets as they land, and helicopter landing lights use specifically for carriers which uses lasers to judge height of copters vs. carrier decks in the roughest of seas. As I traveled down the taxiway (our road to the restricted work area) shared with towed aircraft - the F-35 Joint Strike Force Craft, a $350 million fighter jet we are trying to retrofit landing gear for it to successfully land on carrier decks without damaging landing gear - a real and very serious problem. Outside of F-35s and F-18s and a few C-130s, there is no other air traffic in our area. On this recent night I was driving North at 40mph, it was very clear and starry out. From behind and off to my right a bright light was flying across the sky: I thought it was a meteorite entering the atmosphere. But as it moved better into my view, beyond my moon roof and into my front windshield view, it STOPPED in the sky - fully lit and completely stationary. It was up a few thousand feet, had dashed across as fast as a meteor and the instantaneously stopped. I parked the car at the side of the dark road, seeing all the sky in this dark area. I watched the object stay in place and shine as a planet does, not blinking as a star does. Then it just disappeared as if the light it produced was turned off and it seemed to no longer there.
April 14, 2016 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Millwood Community to the outskirts of Andrews, SC
We were on the way home back to Andrews, I usually go through Millwood, because I feel like that's a short cut to get home. Anyway....we got in Millwood I was driving I seen a white orb pop up in the sky to my left then it split off into 2 orbs turning an orange color, the front passenger said it split into 4 orange orbs I didn't see that because I was driving. Well the whole time we were in Millwood the orange orbs continuously kept popping up so we pulled over and looked up in the the sky and seen and heard jets. At first when we seen the first white orb there was no jets in the sky thats what really freaked me out. The orange orbs kept popping up all the way until we got into Andrews. We stopped at a church in an area some locals call spring gully, and seen another white orb really far away in the sky cut a loop in the sky then it turnt orange and the whole time jets were always near the orbs. I don't know what it was but it was freaky.
April 14, 2016 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Holland, MI
I saw a bright spear (sic. Sphere?) that would vanish out & reappear. Stay for about 30 seconds heading towards Lake Michigan.
April 13, 2016 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Louisville, KY
Approx 21:40 4/13/2016 bright white/clear orb. Object was about 42° upward. About a few mile high. Object traveling SE 136°. Observation of the object from NE 32°. Unable to determine speed. Aircraft began to come into sight, Object maneuvered and quickly lost sight. Unable to triangulate. Object was not ISS.
April 13, 2016 · 7:10 PM · SPHERE
Albuquerque, NM
This evening, at approximately 7:10P Mountain Time, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, my husband and I were in our backyard and noticed 5 spheres above us, very high in the sky, traveling West to East. They would change formation, from a backwards L-shape to a spoke-n-wheel shape. They seemed to be going higher (vs lower) and eventually could no longer be seen. I was able to snap some pictures and at one point, it looks like one of the orbs had a trail. These bright orbs were together and seemed particularly bright because of the position of the sun setting. Photo suggests to us that objects were balloons. PD
April 13, 2016 · 11:00 AM · SPHERE
Lascar (I-25; MM 62), CO
Two beach ball sized spheres, one glowing yellow, one glowing orange side by side on the ground in a field with about 5-6 cows who were looking at the objects. Drove past them on I-25 at mile marker 62. Came back about 2 hours later and they were gone. No cattle in view either.
April 12, 2016 · 9:05 PM · SPHERE
Tappan, NY
Heard a helicopter flying by while in my house which is unusual. I looked outside and it was really low and loud. I could see that it was flying side by side with a small light. Looked like an Orb was flying along side it. They were heading east toward the Hudson River then made a right turn South toward Manhattan. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t part of the aircraft as it moved independently at various positions next to it and it was positioned about 20-30 yards away from the helicopter. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 12, 2016 · 4:19 PM · SPHERE
Muscatine, IA
I was driving in Muscatine towards the Mississippi River due east and noticed a reflection in the sky and noticed it was a sphere object and then focused in on the object and noticed 4 more of these in the sky. These 5 objects started to move in a formation that resembled the number 8 simultaneously. At times, one would disappear and reappear.
April 11, 2016 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Summer Lake, OR
We were fishing Ana Reservoir and camping for one night, when I looked to the east and saw two bright orange orbs rotating around each other. By the time I got the attention of my friend, there was only one orb left. The light from this object was unlike any one would typically see from stars, satellites, or aircraft. It was very bright and had a glow all around it. This orb then appeared and disappeared erratically, moved incredible distances (20 miles or more) in seconds, and moved through the partly scattered clouds for about 45 minutes. An estimated distance to the object would be 30 miles based on the clouds it was near. This experience was awesome and now the second time my friends and I have seen objects that defy common physics and technological limitations we face on earth.
April 10, 2016 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Mount Dora, FL
4/10/2016 10:00pm Central Florida My wife and I witnessed 6 red orbs flew across the sky in perfect alignment, 10 seconds apart, no sounds and incredible speeds. I was only able to video 2 of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XV2ISDzcX0
April 10, 2016 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Lakeside, CA
I was watching the sky from my bedroom window and a orange round illuminated object proceeded through the sky from left to right in a jagged manner until it was out of my sight.
April 9, 2016 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Portland, OR
One of us thought "chinese lanterns," but when new ones would appear it was at altitude, so no way for the candle to be lit. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 9, 2016 · 12:30 PM · SPHERE
Renville, MN
I was outside video recording chemtrails, & when I turned the camera back to center there were all the sudden 6 silver orbs just under the large chemtrail. They were moving in a small space & circling around one another. Because I had a very old camera & I had to fiddle with it, I didn't even see when they disappeared. So I don't know if they flew away, vanished, or just went under the chemtrail.
April 6, 2016 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Nineveh, IN
Me and a friend were watching tv and the sky over the water was lit up then we saw these four bright yellow spheres lighting up and then they would turn the lights off. They moved up and down very slowly with lights and then without. The lights were very bright. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 4, 2016 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Bremen, GA
Direction was coming from south and disapeared from plain sight and not horizon sight, but nearly straight up perfect clear view ablsoltly no explaining how it just vanished no sound from dot/shpere but eventully heard the large aircraft later becuase of its distance and alltutide. Dot/sphere was in full view about 3 minutes and just gone large plane did not change speed or directipn and was completly visible until it was over the horizon or field or view witch was 10 to 15 minutes straight north.
April 3, 2016 · 5:23 PM · SPHERE
Tyne and Wear, Dominican Republic
I was sitting on the beach looking out to sea when I saw a dark sphere way out on the horizon, it caught my eye because of the speed it was going. It flew from the horizon in seconds over the top of me. It stopped immediately for about a second and then disappeared at an unearthly speed out of view. I told the people I was with but was just scoffed at. I saw something I could and still cannot explain
April 2, 2016 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Allentown, NJ
Right on Iron Bridge in Allentown, NJ, me and my 2 friends were parked on this road due to having to fix a flat tire. Me and my one friend spotted this very large glowing orb in the sky. Next thing we notice it disappeared. Then seen 3 others appear. We looked up at them and they started to move very quickly. They were right above the tree line in the sky. These lights all stayed in the same line. Before we have even seen these objects in the sky we were out in this old abandoned boy scout camp ground near crying bride. We all seen this flash of light strike in front of us. It left a huge outline of a person's body. My one friend seen a skeletal form in the streak of light. We ended up getting a flat as we were driving out of the camp ground. That's when we spotted all these weird lights in the sky. There were two that kept flying back and forth, one stayed right above us moving very slowly at first and then just hovered above us. We could hear them giving off a loud almost kind of roaring sound. The one that stayed above us was glowing green. Not to mention as they got closer to us the lightning kept getting closer to us and it started to hail out of no where. One was off in the distance and a beam of light struck down from under neath it. It flew extremely quick right towards us, it had an almost teal colored zigzag light on it. This UFO must have been the size half of an airplane.
April 2, 2016 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Avondale, AZ
At Phoenix International Raceway after the nighttime Indy races on Saturday, April 2, 2016, we all saw three bright orangey-yellow orbs flying low over the parking lots and race track, moving in separate directions. One flew straight up into the sky and disappeared, while two Orbs stayed to linger longer and everyone in the parking lots trying to leave after the races saw these orbs for about an hour. No noise was observed at all. One Orb stayed in one spot for long time then, like a light switch, turned off! Most exciting end to a weekend of the first Indy car races at Phoenix International Raceway.
April 2, 2016 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Port Townsend, WA
Saw two orange round lights in eastern sky over the Water. Moving in tandem from north to south, slowly With no noise. The one on the right slowly faded out And disappeared. The other did the same within a Minute or so. (( The source of this report was at the same location as the other witness, who also reported the same sighting in Pt. Townsend, WA, for the same time and date. Also, please see
April 2, 2016 · 3:55 AM · SPHERE
Wasilla, AK
Moved across at a steady speed into the dark woods where they kind've hovered around in one area. I got spooked & ran inside. The weather was warm, about 46 degrees Fahrenheit, & cloudy skies. Witness provides no contact information. PD
April 1, 2016 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Troutdale, OR
Two very bright lights hovering over East Vancouver, Washington. I can see this from Troutdale, Oregon.
April 1, 2016 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Reardan, WA
April 1st around 9:00pm, my sister and I were driving on Highway 2, going west from Spokane, WA. We reached the small town of Reardan, WA, and we were nearing Cedar Street on Highway 2, when we both noticed a white orb above, move or wobble across the night sky. Reardan Grain Growers Elevators are located straight ahead of us on the right of Highway 2 and we were about 4 city blocks east of the elevators. The white orb wobbled and seemed almost even with the silhouette of the elevators. Then shot directly straight down and disappeared. Startled at what we saw, we took a right and drove around the elevators near the railroad tracks and saw nor heard anything. When we went back onto Highway 2 to continue west, we saw several cars pulled over on the side of the road. The driver was talking to the other driver. We wished we had pulled over and asked if they had seen what we saw but we were in such confusion that it was hard to wrap our brain around it. What was most unusual about this experience was the size of the white orb, how close it was to us, how fast it moved straight down and how silent the whole experience was. If my sister had not seen the same thing I would probably have denied myself believing what I had seen. ( The source of the report is well known to NUFORC, and we hold her in very high regard. We suspect that she is an exceptionally reliable witness, and that the sighting occurred as she describes above. PD))
April 1, 2016 · 8:55 PM · SPHERE
Portland, OR
At roughly 8:55pm, Friday, April 1st, 2016, I was standing in my backyard looking up at Polaris to the north and Orion to the S/SW, admiring the clear sky and beautiful weather of the evening. Suddenly, I noticed a very bright and solid light originating from just to the right of the star Saiph, in the Orion constellation. The direction of travel was S/SW to N/NE. It was travelling quickly enough to be thought of as a low flying plane, only there were no position or navigation lights or even a strobe light to be seen. Just a perfectly solid bright white light that did not change in shape or luminosity as it changed its position in the sky. There was no sound at all. Quite surprisingly, it looked as if the light was drifting ever so slightly to the east, in the same way a gliding bird might be moved by wind currents. This took the object directly above me. There it slightly paused for about 1 second as it changed direction and moved in a very straight line directly to the East. I called my wife and we both watched the light, which continued to make no sound and show no other lighting other than the constant bright white light, until it got smaller and smaller and disappeared into the distance. About 10 minutes later, I returned to the backyard with my Sony A7000 fitted with a 55-210 zoom lens, set to maximum zoom. Within one minute I saw a faint object flying directly South to North, exactly from where the original sighting began by Orion. I recorded video as I watched the dim object suddenly grow in brightness (and apparent size, but hard to know if this was just a function the increased glow). The object was constantly in and out of focus, as the Autofocus struggled to keep up. Again, about 10 minutes later, I returned to the backyard…this time with the camera set to manual infinity focus…and I saw a small faint object moving from the North/Northeast toward the Southeast. I started recording and called my wife to come back out. I had no tripod with me. The object all but disappeared and had been blindly pointing the camera, by hand, at the blank sky where I had roughly last seen it…when suddenly, it flashed in brightness and we could see it rapidly “expand” and “contract” after each flash. Most flashes were very bright, but others were more subtle and undulating. This did not last long. Perhaps one minute. This last sighting occurred in the same portion of sky that the initial object had disappeared in to. I continued to watch and record the sky, but it never flashed again, and I saw no other objects in any other portion of the sky. I have video of the last two sightings. The last sighting is the best quality due to the manual infinity focus, but they both lacked a tripod so it is unfortunately very shaky.
April 1, 2016 · 8:45 PM · SPHERE
Spokane, WA
Clear night. Could see a lot of stars & a few aircraft flying in area. Out in backyard with my dog. Looked up in sky & noticed far up in sky a very fast moving white colored circle shape moving north. It seemed to suddenly appear from the southern part of sky. It was not aircraft. It was too fast & moved unlike a plane.