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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.
139,459 entries
November 9, 2023 · 6:45 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalBatavia, IL
Standing in the Wendy's parking lot looking westbound over the Chase Bank parking lot at approximately 6:45 p.m. on November 9th, I witnessed 19 lights in a straight line appear out of the dark sky slowly float eastbound. The line of lights slowly changed brightness like the dimming of a dining room light in different sequences and then in gradation from one end to the other in a repeated pattern. As the single line of lights traveled eastbound overhead and higher into the sky the 19 lights starting at the most northern point started to dim out of existence until the last light went dark. This display of lights occurred for approximately 5 to 10 minutes. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
November 9, 2023 · 6:28 PM · UNKNOWN
Probable conventionalJoliet, IL
We were on the way home my wife and two children, the lights appeared in the sky, we talked about it, took a photo and kept going home to look up what it was we might have seen. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
November 9, 2023 · 6:25 PM · CIRCLE
Gulf Shores, AL
While traveling South on the Foley Beach Express, we observed at first one orange circular light in the southern sky. This orange light would appear for about 10 seconds before slowly fading. A short time later we observed two orange lights in the same position. These lights appeared then faded in about 7 second intervals. After their third appearance, these lights faded and did not reappear. These lights did not seem to change position at any time. We estimate their location to be somewhere over the eastern side of Gulf Shores, Alabama.
November 9, 2023 · 6:15 PM · FORMATION
Little Rock, IL
It appeared fixed in the black sky for 15 seconds. I was driving and couldn’t pull j er due to traffic. I rounded a bend and it appeared in a different area of the sky at the same elevation. It’s possible it was in the same location and just appeared to move due to orientation of the road but I don’t think so. Then it simply disappeared
November 9, 2023 · 5:58 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalWestminster, MD
A straight line of lights were moving slowly across the evening sky. Never saw anything like it. They all moved in a line following one another, some were solid and others were blinking. Only lasted maybe a few minutes if that. Their were many and not a small amount again moving in a straight line, slow! [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
November 9, 2023 · 4:30 PM · CHANGING
Orange Park, FL
My mother and I saw several objects in the sky at approx 430pm this afternoon November 9, 2023. It was about 80° with mostly clear skies and some stratus clouds way up. They were heading about 30°N and flew across half the sky for about 30 seconds while we watched from the dock. Waaay high up - they went into super high stratus clouds towards the end but we could still see them through the clouds for a bit. I saw 2 aircraft with no wings - but there was something folded over on the sides. And they were big enough that we could see that detail from that high. I saw the 2 aircraft flying in perfect formation, but one of them kindof twisted and looked like there could be two craft on top of each other, then they merged again. They gleamed white in the sunlight. There was no trail behind them and absolutely no sound. Mom agrees that we have absolutely no idea what they were. My father was an engineer for the Air Force and designed several planes, including working on the B2 stealth bomber, so my mother and I are both familiar with different aircraft. We currently live near NAS JAX and are used to seeing all sorts of aircraft, but these were like nothing we have ever seen.
November 9, 2023 · 9:45 AM · DISK
Topeka, KS
Sighting was viewed from my back yard. Visible just above the tree line looking to be but only a few city blocks away was one reflective black UAP. It zig-zagged about left to right and up and down for several minutes I'd say about 4 or 5 minutes. Then it just disappeared NOT zipping off but just diapering, poof gone!
November 9, 2023 · 6:45 AM · DISK
Elkin, NC
On my way to work I saw off to my right a silver metallic disk like craft rising vertically from the ground. It seemed to be half a mile away rising from an open field. I watched it until the nearby woods obscured it. Once I got clear of the trees I stopped to look for it but it was gone. The disc was flat with a slight bulge in the center top. I could see the sunlight reflecting off the outside. I drove back and forth the same way the same time over several days trying to see if it was caused by the rising sun but I never saw anything like it again.
November 9, 2023 · 5:45 AM · SPHERE
Phoenix, AZ
I randomly just wanted to look at the stars and watch the sunrise.. it looked like a star at first, but it was moving, and no sound came from it, and I was confused because it moved from one point of the sky, to another point of the sky really rapidly in the blink of an eye. It got slightly brighter as it moves towards the south. There were no other lights on this orb and not a visible craft. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
November 8, 2023 · 9:32 PM · CHEVRON
Longview, WA
Another party and I were outside discussing the stars. We simultaneously noticed the craft above. The craft made no noise and was traveling at a low speed in the sky. It was almost the color of the the night sky, although a few shades lighter. Said craft then traveled southwest towards downtown and blended in with the lighter pitch of the city lights. The event was approximately 45 seconds in duration at approximately 2132 hours.
November 8, 2023 · 9:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Fredericksburg, VA
Around 9 PM yesterday evening I saw a somewhat low-flying aircraft that was a rectangle shape and had green lights on the underside in the shape of a half oval at each end of the rectangle speed across the sky above me. It was loud and I could hear it coming towards me. It sounded almost like a tornado and I heard it in both the sky and the trees. I went inside and around 9:20 I heard a loud aircraft and felt my house shake, so there may be another one flying around, or the same one.
November 8, 2023 · 8:30 PM · CHANGING
Probable conventionalMiddletown Township, NJ
My attention was caught by a blinking light that presents on the left, top portion of my (attached) video. The light was blinking but also bouncing around in space in a localized area in about one second intervals and with no seeming pattern or succession. Then a lower second UAP appeared on the bottom right hand side of the video and it looked like it had "white exhaust" intermittently spewing from it, which did not appear to be completely attached to the UAP. Then, when I slowed down my video and took screenshots of different frames of the video, it looks like this (bottom) UAP was rotating in space doing multiple somersaults causing the UAP to "shapeshift". This UAP first ascended slowly and then eventually swooped up higher into the sky more suddenly like it had gained momentum. I took zoomed in photos of some frames in the video that show more detail. It looks look "a mothership" spawning UAP's. It looked like the UAP would split into two or something would spawn from it which started out as a single light being spawned and later turned into two lights. If you have access to technology where you can view the video slower frame by frame it might show more related detail. Due to the quantity limitation of submitted pictures, I wasn't able to post a picture where it actually looks like the UAP turns into a pair of lit up "skis" that are two straight lines that start ascending higher, the UAP turns into a ballish shape and then it turns into the pair of "skis" again as it swoops up seemingly toward the blinking light. Sidenote, if you ever need a remote employee there I would love to be considered! [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
November 8, 2023 · 8:23 PM · LIGHT
Everett, WA
After dropping off a friend at his house in northern Everett, WA, while still sitting in my car, I saw the objects through my open window towards the south. There were three bright white lights in the sky approximately 35-40 degrees above the horizon. The three lights were in a non-equilateral formation and slowly moving independently of each other. They were much brighter and larger in the sky than any star, planet, or satellite I have seen. Based on the brightness and apparent distance, they seemed too close together to be landing lights on three separate planes and too far apart to be lights from a single plane. They also did not resemble flares in any way. I watched them for about 1-2 minutes before pulling away and for some odd reason I did not think to take a photo or a video. Once I got home, I saw on Facebook that 2 other people who live in the area saw the exact same objects and one of those people took a good video of the objects while driving in the same area that I had been in when I saw them. After thinking for awhile at home, I remembered that about 30 more to an hour before the sighting, I had been sitting in a church in downtown Everett, WA and I had heard the sound of a distant military jet. It stood out to me because I am in that area a lot and I have never heard any kind of plane in that area before. Some additional information about me: - I have spent many years enjoying recreational astronomy. I am familiar with stars, planets, etc. - I have previously witnessed many satellites in the sky including StarLink satellites. - I grew up right next to an airport with flights coming and going directly over my house just above the tree tops. - I have spent years educating myself about the space and aviation industry. I am pretty capable of identifying aircraft and rocket launches. Note: Attached photos are extracted from a video taken by another nearby observer within minutes of my sighting of the same objects.
November 8, 2023 · 8:08 PM · SPHERE
Wimberley, TX
I was walking my dog in the Woodcreek North neighborhood with my wife around 8pm. We heard a LOUD helicopter flying overhead which is common in the area, but this one was much larger than any I have seen and a lot louder. It was too dark to make out if it was military or not, but my hunch is that it was. Way out in front of the helicopter was a glowing orb (amber in color) just flying, not blinking. The helicopter was in steady pursuit but not gaining on it. We watched for a good two minutes until both were out of sight. The objects were probably about 1,000 feet in elevation.
November 8, 2023 · 7:11 PM · SPHERE
Wellington, CO
Driving south on 4910 E County Rd 64 and suddenly a light appeared several hundred to thousand feet above me. My windows were up and I was unable to hear anything audibly. Also, there was no visible lights leading up to this point and I had been on the road for 1/2 mile, since the nearest exit (278). The light instantly travelled in the straightest of lines thousands of feet to a couple of miles before turning off or disappearing. All of this took place in less than 2 seconds. I've seen hundreds of shooting stars and this was nothing like it. I jokingly told myself it was a farmer with a drone observing his fields. After dinner, I found articles talking about the mystery lights in Eastern Colorado that people have been reporting. I've only lived her for 2 months, so I had never heard of such. One of the articles mentioned this web site and I am her to make a report. There is no way this was a shooting star or a drone based off of current known technologies due to the speed it traveled.
November 8, 2023 · 6:29 PM · FORMATION
Seattle, WA
I don’t think they were airplanes, but there were many lights above the horizon moving individually. It wasn’t close to the airport, and there were planes I could see around.
November 8, 2023 · 5:38 PM · RECTANGLE
Lakewood Ranch, FL
Between 5:35pm and 5:38pm on 11/08/2023, I noticed an airplane flying across the sky. It was to the Northeast of me and was flying South-Southwest across the sky. It appeared to be a commercial Southwest brand airplane. I then noticed a smaller object in the sky that was maybe the size and shape of a matchbox held far away. It was glowing white in color, with a slight bright yellow hue to it. As the plane appeared to be flying Southwest, the object appeared to be flying towards the plane from the Northwest in a Southeastern direction, and appeared to almost intersect with the airplane at one time. It looked like they crossed the same point in the sky from my eye line, but the object appeared to be much further away than the airplane. Not more than a couple minutes later, I noticed another bright object of similar shape and color flying in the same path as the previous object. They both appeared to get smaller as they flew into the Southeastern sky until they were no longer visible. I had eyes on each for less than a minute with a clear blue sky and no cloud blocking the view. At 5:45 I noticed I spotted the third object flying across the sky from the same origin and direction as the previous two objects. The difference was I didn’t notice any lights coming from it at all. It appeared to be black or dark brown in color. I could see it in full view when it was directly east of me, and I could not notice a single light or anything. It was flying too high, too fast, and too far away to be a bird, but that is the best way to describe it, almost like a triangular sparrow disappearing into the horizon. It followed the same flight path as the previous objects I had spotted. The closest object I can compare the black object to in shape and size would be Batman’s black bat-shaped throwing knife he shoots out of his suit. About the size of a small pocket knife but more triangular in shape. Each object was observed with light still in the sky just before sunset. I did not notice any trails of light or smoke behind each of the objects.
November 8, 2023 · 5:26 AM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalCoconut Creek, FL
I came out this morning around 4:20am looked up and saw a bright light shining to the right of our moon, it seemed strange at the time because it was brighter than the actual moon which was only a quarter of a the moon shining this morning. Watched it for 1 hour no movement so I decided to take a photo. When I zoomed in I saw the imagine posted. Thought it would be interesting to share. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
November 8, 2023 · 4:28 AM · SPHERE
Hartford, CT
The object seemed to drop straight down from high above the sky. It seemed closer to me at first, but as it slowly moved & rotated,& its lights began to rotate & flash, it became clear the object was massive & just seemed closer. Each large bright white light rotated in various directions. It had 2 beams of light that darted around downward & turned on & off. After about 20 minutes, it began to lift up farther into the sky & then swooped upward. It then shot straight up into the sky towards the atmosphere & disappeared.
November 8, 2023 · 12:40 AM · OVAL
Chicago, IL
I was walking my dog down the sidewalk, around 12:40 am. I’m not sure of the exact time, but it was at some point between 12:30 and 12:50. The light was oval-shaped, but it was more like 2 curved lines that didn’t quite meet at the north and south ends. I was startled by how fast it was, faster than a commercial airplane. Within less than three seconds, the light was past my point of view. It also seemed too close to the ground, maybe a bit above the cloud line, to be a satellite. It was fairly cloudy, but not overcast, and all I could see of the object was the light. It was also quite windy, so I’m not sure if it made any sound. The light itself was a soft white, with a hint of yellow. It reminded me of a ring light, in terms of its brightness. It moved straight from north to south, until I couldn’t see beyond the tree line in the neighborhood. I’m not sure of its exact size, because I couldn’t tell how far away it was, but I would guess about the size of a plane. As for my own background, I’m a 30 year old woman. I wasn’t tired when this occurred, since I’m used to being up late, and I was sober.
November 7, 2023 · 12:20 AM · OTHER
Firth, NE
My wife and I were getting ready to go to bed, and she was at the kitchen sink getting some water when she looked out the window and saw a very large object with extremely bright white light in the SE up above over our neighbors farm. We went and got the binoculars, I could see it was disk shaped and it had one large white light in the center and 2 or 3 smaller lights to the left & right next to the large middle light. There was also occasionally a very small faint white-blue flashing and faint reddish flashing lights too. It appeared to hovered and would very slowly move up and down and east and west several times. I watched it until 1am then went to bed. She watched it until 2am then went to bed with it still there in the sky.
November 6, 2023 · 11:19 PM · SPHERE
Greensboro, NC
On Thursday, November 6th, 2023, I was asleep around 11:00 pm when I was awakened, unknown if this event is what woke me up. Because I was awakened, I went to the restroom, which is connected to my bedroom. The toilet in the bathroom has a window that is able to see an open field, my driveway, the main road, the house next door, and the construction site that is in front of my house. While using the restroom, I noticed what I thought to be movement at the construction site, which is lit up by a pole light. Because my phone camera is better than my eyes, I went to go get my phone that was sitting beside my bed. I came back into the toilet area and started recording the construction area in case there was actually something there that I couldn’t see or in case there was some vandalism going on, which I would check with the site manager in the morning. (Video #1 - 6:21 minutes). Meanwhile, on the northern, left side of my bathroom window these purple orb lights started going off and rotating in a circular motion. There were 3-4 in a cluster, plus 1 in the sky. These purple lights would actually black out and disappear, but then when they would reappear, there would be a fewer number of them, and they would be split apart and closer to my camera. By the time the video is over, you can see these purple, orb-like lights actually shooting electricity between them, almost like sharing energy in order to maintain its presence. Once the lights have narrowed down to only two existing lights, you can see that the purple lights turn to white and then there is a single red light. Eventually, you can see that these lights disappear altogether into the pitch blackness of the night into the same direction that they came from. (Video #2 - 10:19). I have contacted the local police department and the local FAA office, which tell me that these two videos should be reported to you in particular because they are unaware of any device that matches this criteria. They have these videos sent to them through email.
November 6, 2023 · 10:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Blairsville, GA
I am a police officer and deputy sheriff. While on duty after dark, near the top of my windshield (frame of view) I witnessed movement in the sky (southbound direction of view). Upon concentrating my focus, viewing through the low light, I was able to make out a triangle craft, with 3 dim green lights per side (just bright enough to assess size, shape, and movement). The craft moved to my right (westbound). Due to tree coverage, I lost sight of it quickly, to which I never located it again, maintaining visual contact for less than 10 seconds. While it appeared very low, it is difficult to determine distance, size, and speed, given the relationship between those factors. I did not hear any noises, however I was at speed on the roadway inside a vehicle. I am privy to what helicopters and airplanes look like in the sky, frequently working alongside medical flight crews in the area, and where nearby airports are, making me somewhat familiar with common areas of the sky in which low air travel is common. This was unlike anything I had ever witnessed. It should also be noted, that within approximately one hour of my sighting, I responded to a call from a homeowner reporting hearing something running outside of his home, to which he stated did not sound like an animal. The callers’ residence was in the direction from which the object came when I witnessed it, as the crow flies, in a heavily wooded and forested area. There were no other similar or relevant calls, and no reported sightings through our 911 center.
November 6, 2023 · 8:30 PM
Identified[Aero] De Monastir (Tn.99351) Vers Orly, Autre · France
Le 6 novembre 2023, lors d’un vol Monastir-Orly, aux alentours de 20h30, un pilote de ligne, accompagné de ses copilotes, observe des points lumineux aux intensités variables, décrivant des trajectoires distinctes et des vitesses variées, accompagnés de brefs éclairs. L’observation dure environ 1h30, jusqu’au début de la descente vers Paris. Ce type de phénomène se reproduit par la suite au cours d’autres vols. D’étrangeté faible et de bonne consistance* (plusieurs témoins, mais témoignage unique, pas de photo du PAN mais témoignage assez complet), ce cas s’avère être une observation de flashs de satellites Starlink® (voir le compte rendu d'enquête). *selon les critères du GEIPAN, la consistance est la quantité d’informations considérées comme fiables et objectivées, recueillies pour un témoignage. La description du PAN correspond de manière cohérente à ce type d’observation. Une analyse réalisée à l’aide du logiciel Stellarium confirme que le PAN est situé à un angle de 45° au-dessus de la position apparente du Soleil, alors que celui-ci se trouve entre 30° et 45° sous l’horizon. Cette configuration est constatée pour l’ensemble des dates d’observation rapportées. Ce type d’observation, dans une configuration d’éclairement similaire, a fait l’objet d’une analyse détaillée dans une actualité dédiée sur le site web du GEIPAN et que l'on peut retrouver précisément dans la page : Nouveau phénomène expliqué : les flashs de satellites Starlink. Le cas est classé "A", observation de flashs de satellites Starlink®. [GEIPAN classification A — Flashs Starlink]