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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
July 11, 2023 · 10:05 PM · SPHERE
Lakewood, WA
A few minutes prior (~9:55pm) there was a power outage in Lakewood, Wa, that eventually lasted over a hour. Within the first 10 minutes is when I saw it. I was sitting in my upstairs room sort of facing my window when I noticed a light moving from south to north past the window. When I turned and looking it was a pinkish purple orb that was rapidly moving at a slightly downward angle (~ 5 - 10 degrees) past my window. I didn’t see where it went after that.
July 11, 2023 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Hubbardston, MI
While we were visiting friends in a very rural area in Michigan, we went outside after dark to see the stars, when to the north we heard the unmistakable sound of a Blackhawk helicopter flying north to south about a half mile east of our location. As it a got closer to our location we noticed a small (10' diameter) faintly glowing orb about 1/4 mile ahead of the helicopter at the same altitude (less than 2k feet). The helicopter and the orb were traveling at least 100 mph. The skies were completely clear and crisp. We observed them for over 1 minute until they traveled over the horizon to our south-southeast. My friend has lived in this area all of his life and has rarely seen any military aircraft, particularly one flying so low. The object in question made absolutely no sound. I worked for the DoD for 12 years and lived near military bases all my life and I'm very familiar with Blackhawk helicopters as well as the many other aircraft in the inventory - the orb was something I've never observed. For what it's worth, the many cicadas and crickets that are normally chirping, went completely silent during this incident and did not resume for at least 30 minutes after.
July 10, 2023 · 11:45 PM · SPHERE
Tacoma, WA
This is the second video I have gotten this week. Lots of footage pleaser see it.
July 10, 2023 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
St. Thomas, ON · Canada
it was flying regularly until i turned my camera to show the “stars” and when i turned back it had turned itself into the orb with w a ring around it. it then proceeded to shapeshift, and change colour once video is slowed down frame for frame on video…. pretty compelling evidence. the video is 100% unedited, i asked a couple of my friends who are pilots if they have seen anything like this before and they said no.
July 10, 2023 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Rockville, MD
A white colored orb with a very slight blueish tint, light had the same color as car headlights on newer cars. Did not seem to fly faster than planes but moved strangely. The best way I can describe it was as if someone was slowly moving a computer mouse and that orb was the cursor. Eventually the orb dimmed and I couldn’t see it but looked like it was about to go upwards before completely dimming. Couldn’t be a drone - I can tell because of how fast and strangely it moved when behind clouds. No way a regular plane. Not a satellite. Maybe…a helicopter? Even that’s iffy. Maybe some military tech? There’s a decent amount of air traffic in the same direction, but most planes don’t fly like that No pics. Phone was upstairs. Sorry, I know. I did get my phone after it vanished to check the direction I saw the UAP. It was exactly 0 degrees North
July 10, 2023 · 8:04 PM · SPHERE
Scotch Plains, NY
Saw three small bright objects moving in one direction
July 10, 2023 · 5:23 PM · SPHERE
McNeal, AZ
The summary sentence about does it Peter. I've reported to you up in Washington, had enough winter. I'm the guy who lived on the 100 acres on the Spokane Rez, seeing you from time to time at our little favorite grocery in Davenport. Glad to send you a morsel. There was no sound Peter, silent, I'm guessing 3,000 feet, lightning all over the place.
July 10, 2023 · 12:10 AM · SPHERE
Skiatook, OK
I saw two bright orbs dart across the sky. They both moved faster than any plane I’ve seen but slower than a shooting start. They were flying west bound.
July 9, 2023 · 2:45 PM · SPHERE
Silverstone, SUFFOLK · United Kingdom
I didn’t see the object at the time but upon reviewing my videos I noticed it come through the shot at extremely high speed. Interestingly it was whilst the Red Arrows aircraft were performing prior to the Formula One GP getting underway. The aircraft are in the background of my shot but this object seems to be moving at several times the speed of the airplanes at least. I’ve taken screenshots of the object from the video and it seems to be metallic at it’s reflecting the sunlight on one side. There are no wings, no tail, and there was no sound at the time. There is also no obvious sign of propulsion, no trail of any kind. Genuinely cannot say what it is! On the video, the object enters from top of shot at 3 seconds and is out of the frame by just before 5 seconds…
July 8, 2023 · 11:40 PM · SPHERE
South Saint Paul, MN
I was outside in my backyard I happened to look up and seen a bright object high up in the sky, it was not a plane or satellite or shooting star because it proceeded to come around my area 4 more times, on the 4th time I got video it’s grainy but you can definitely tell it’s moving
July 7, 2023 · 1:49 PM · SPHERE
Glenella, MB · Canada
As best I can tell from my photos, the object was moving in a NNW direction. It appears to have stopped for an instant, then continued on very quickly.
July 6, 2023 · 10:12 PM · SPHERE
Forest City, NC
In the backyard, saw one orange orb cross the night sky in seconds. Then saw multiple aircrafts, at least 5, appear behind the orb and seem to be following said orb before disappearing. It seemed to happen within 45 seconds total.
July 5, 2023 · 8:59 PM · SPHERE
Emerald Isle, NC
The orb was seen coming from the direction of the ocean and was headed towards the sound (land). The object was illuminated in an orange glow until right before it started to go across the sound. The object could still be seen when the light around it went out and it appeared to be round in shape (sphere). It made no sound at all. After the sighting we heard a lot of military aircraft in the area flying low. This could have possibly been a coincidence since there is a marine base nearby, but there was more activity on this night than others.
July 5, 2023 · 7:38 AM · SPHERE
Grand Prarie, TX
Traveling east by car. I was admiring the beautiful shape clouds to the right because mostly the sky was clear & blue. It was then that the object caught my eye in the clear area of the sky, high above beyond airplane space away from the white puffy clouds. The object appeared shinny like a metal reflection then it disappeared. Seconds later it seem to come out again around the same area of sky without movement.
July 4, 2023 · 9:38 PM · SPHERE
Fresno, CA
After watching the video it seems to me the green object ejected three white objects. The green object seem to be frightened when an airplane flew by. [NUFORC annotation: Drone - Possible]
July 4, 2023 · 6:30 PM · SPHERE
Orange, VA
At first I thought it was drones up for the fireworks in town, but this is a small town and there wasn’t anything special going on for the holiday weekend as far as I was aware. It was 5 rounded orb craft with lights off in the distance about 1.5 miles from my location off to the SW. From what I could see they were white/silver round balls with a black stripe running down the middle (horizontally) They were scattered and in no sort of pattern, I did not see them arrive nor did I see them depart. They were not moving the entire time they hovered about 300-400 ft. from the ground. My wife didn’t really believe me at first but I said if they disappear in a few minutes it might be UAP/UFO related and then sure enough gone without a trace. I had looked out the window previously and did not see anything like that but it was a bit cloudy on this evening. I am very interested in our solar system and what is beyond I am always scanning the skies day and night so this is a rare moment for me. The entire situation lasted roughly 10 minutes, unfortunately I didn’t have my telescope properly prepared for such an event. In the image provided I have shown the radio tower in the SW direction from my house. I hope this wasn’t just drones and I’m sorry I didn’t take any pictures.
July 3, 2023 · 10:10 PM · SPHERE
Knoxville, TN
On July 3rd 2023, while sitting in my backyard hot tub, I saw something I've never seen before. It was at 22:10 EST in Knoxville TN. The sky had some thin patchy clouds, about 15% coverage. I noticed a rapidly flashing white light, strobe-like, to the North, near Polaris. It was above the clouds and I could see it thru a patch of thin clouds as they passed beneath it. Suddenly, from its stationary position, it moved E at a very high rate of speed, accelerating instantly, moving out from behind the wispy cloud I first noticed it in to a clear spot in the sky. It traversed approximately 45 degrees (from 000 to 045) in approximately 1 second. It then stopped instantly, was stationary for another second and then immediately moved W at the same speed at a 90 degree angle from its initial trajectory, with no observable turn. It was as though it stopped and then rotated 90 degrees and accelerated again, stopping after it transited approximately 35 degrees to a second position in the sky. Again, it stopped immediately with no apparent deceleration. After holding stationary for about one second, it accelerated again at the same apparent speed back towards Polaris (000 degrees). Once there, it stopped again as before and after one second it again appeared to rotate 90 degrees and accelerated to the west (270) until I lost it behind my house. It made no sound and the white strobe flashed the whole time at the same intensity. It was behind thin clouds when I first noticed it; after that it was in clear skies. The whole encounter took approximately 1 minute, maybe less. Its overall path approximated a right angle triangle, until it went west. I'm a retired Navy Commander, and Systems Engineer and have seen many different lights at sea in the sky at night, as well as from my backyard; satellites, the International Space Station, meteors and various aircraft, all moving at various speeds. I have never seen any object in the sky move at the speed this one did. It moved across the sky almost instantly, covering a 45 degree arc in about 1 second. I would estimate it traveled 3-4 times faster than any aircraft I have ever seen.
July 3, 2023 · 9:50 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalJackson, WI
Shortly before 10 PM I let the dog out to do her duty. Several neighbors had firework displays going on, the closest maybe a quarter mile away. There is minimal light pollution in the area. I looked up at a small constellation of stars and noticed a small silver orb appear close to one of the stars I was looking at. It wasn’t moving particularly fast, much slower than a satellite would. It was at a very high altitude. As I watched it, it slowly faded after traveling a short distance. Then another appeared following the exact route the previous one had just taken. After traveling about the same distance, it too disappeared. Then another would appear, do the same thing, and fade out. I called out to my wife who was out on the porch and I told her where to look and pointed to where I was seeing the objects. She also witnessed several of the objects, and agreed it was very peculiar. They were not planes, flares, or satellites. They all appeared on the same vector and path one after the other, almost perfectly spaced distance wise. As one faded, another would appear. There were approximately 10 to 12 objects total, and the total viewing time was around 5 to 7 minutes. My wife managed to get video of the last two we saw. Very bizarre experience, I will be watching these reports closely to see if anyone else saw the same thing. With it being the 4th and all, hoping with all the eyes to the sky someone else may have saw them as well. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
July 3, 2023 · 12:20 PM · SPHERE
Lava Hot Springs, ID
My girlfriend, my seven year old daughter, and myself were staying at my friends cabin in Lava Hot Springs Idaho. During the afternoon after my daughter and I got back from a four wheeler ride to go fishing and we went inside because a lightning storm had come over us. My daughter and I went to the balcony to observe the storm and when the clouds had passed over us to the East my daughter pointed out a very strange looking group of flying objects that were very close to the edge of the storm. At first I thought it might be a flock of birds but after seeing how far away these objects were given that they were hovering just above the next mountain range over it became clear to me that these objects would have to be extremely large to be viewed from such a distance. When I looked at the cluster of objects with a pair of binoculars they looked metallic when the sunlight would hit them just right. There were no wings, no navigation lights, and no propulsion equipment. These were indeed metallic orbs I was looking at. The group of objects hovered and fluttered in a very random pattern. I called my girlfriend over, she was inside working on her laptop at the time. I didn't say anything to her about what I thought I was looking at, I handed her the binoculars and told her to look at the objects. She seemed pretty stunned when she observed them, she saw very clearly that these objects could not be explained by any conventional explanation. They stayed there for quite some time, maybe 15-20 minutes give or take. The objects eventually started heading North East until they were beyond my vision from the view point I was standing at. In the video I noticed that there were also multiple rogue UAPs flying around. The first one can be seen starting at the 0.29 mark, when it comes out of the clouds and moves quite fast in a Z pattern descending towards the ground. This object eventually went bellow the tree line and out of site, it's possible it could have made a landing somewhere in the valley. At the 0.46 mark you can see another rogue UAP come in from the right side of the camera and it ascends for a little while until it starts to level out and fly straight heading towards the cluster of UAPs that can be seen off and on throughout the entire 59 second video. I stopped filming the video because I did not know how well my camera was picking up the objects and wanted to get a good look at them before they disappeared. Now after watching this video on a widescreen monitor and a stretched out 1x1 aspect ratio or a full screen stretch (this video was filmed in portrait mode so proper adjustments need to be made to see everything) I noticed that there was way more happening than I had initially observed. I truly do feel like me and my family witnessed something very incredible and out of this world. I put a dropbox link below to ensure the full resolution of the video can be seen. This will be my second encounter with UAP's and this is the first time I have observed them in broad daylight. I do hope that someone will look at this video very thoroughly, thank you for your time. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tm3d0gfuc93gsmm39wtkw/Screen-Recording-2023-07-26-at-3.11.46-PM.mov?rlkey=ig95vbmlhb5v9rdc6hp7pins3&dl=0 Objects are visible at end of video.
July 3, 2023 · 10:26 AM · SPHERE
Timnath, CO
Please note, the image is only to convey the location. I was unable to capture the actual objects, and I think the marks in this photo are a reflection. Someone else must have seen this since it was broad daylight, close and right above the road. My friend who was driving was as surprised as I was when I pointed them out. They were like three circle or spherical shapes flying in kind of a triangle shape. She says she saw something that looked like it could have been connecting them, so it could have been one object. They did not look ordinary, whatever they were. It was too hard to see if they could be drones, or birds. I tried to get a video but sadly must have hit the stop button when trying to zoom in. I did snap a picture of the location. Strangely—while I thought I was recording the video—I could not see them on the iphone screen, though I could see them in the air still. I may have just zoomed in too far. I did get a picture of the road so the exact location can be determined and I'm hoping maybe someone else saw it / recorded it, or can check if there was drone clearance or something in the area.
July 3, 2023 · 3:45 AM · SPHERE
Portland, OR
I’m a licensed attorney and actively practicing law This wasn’t a plane, satellite or shooting star. I was awake, my wife was told immediately. She was also awake beforehand.
July 2, 2023 · 9:35 PM · SPHERE
Vandergrift, PA
I thought it was odd so I took a video of it from inside my apartment. I tried to run outside to continue but when I went out there it disappeared behind the storm clouds.
July 2, 2023 · 7:05 PM · SPHERE
Montgomeryville, PA
There was an urgent tornado warning happening, so my adult son and I went out in the backyard to take a look at the sky. There was darkness to the west where the storm was approaching, but as is typical with this kind of storm, relative calm on the other side of its front. There was an obvious object off to the southwest, very distant with a vapor trail, descending from the sky, quite far away. I immediately pointed it out to my son because it seemed odd, and we watched. The object was bright -- at some points, extremely bright. It did not have the appearance of a plane, but rather, a tiny ball of light at the tip of the vapor trail. It's hard to tell if it was falling or not; for a time I thought it was a meteor. I wondered if it was the sun reflecting off something metal (like a plan) but the flare was so bright, it exceeded any expectation of sun reflection, even though that in itself can be quite bright. While watching, I noticed a different object, much closer but high in the sky, and a bit to the right (closer to the storm off to the west). This object was NOT moving -- it was more stationary; it gave the appearance of floating. It seemed metallic and round; that's about all I could make of it. My son also acknowledged seeing the object when I pointed it out. Then it went away -- I couldn't see it, but he could. He continued saying he could see it, but I couldn't find it anymore. But I could still see the original trailing one. Then we both remarked that our eyes seemed to be seeing all sorts of strange things; we figured it was from staring into the brightness for too long. But, it must be said that this 2nd floating object was very distinct and not a remnant of brightness or anything like that. In the checkboxes below, I'll say that the object emitted other objects, in this respect. (i.e., the bright one with the trail, and the separate floating object). Eventually the trailing thing also just sort of dissipated, and it was over. I think it was about 2 minutes or so of observation.
July 1, 2023 · 9:12 PM · SPHERE
Woodridge, IL
My husband and I were sitting on our patio and suddenly we start seeing these pulsating, red and orange orbs flying over our heads. It looked like fire in the sky. At first we thought they were drones. But they kept coming we knew they couldn't be. As they flew over us, we saw they were all flying to a specific location. Our experience was amazing.