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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.
13,832 entries
May 21, 2016 · 8:50 PM · CIRCLE
Murfreesboro, TN
On 05-21-15 at 2050 hours, I observed multiple orange circular objects in the atmosphere traveling at high rate of speed, and what I judged to be 1000 feet or slightly more in elevation. The objects grabbed my attention because they appeared to be on fire, until I observed several more, consistently coming from the Northeast part of the sky, and flying over to the Southeast part of the sky crossing the full moon before dimming out. I observed these objects from a residential area on the West side of Murfreesboro, TN, with one other witness. In addition, I could hear multiple other people in the area making noises every time the objects would fly over. I could not see those individuals, and did not make contact with them. The objects flew in a line formation, and then transitioned into a close triangle formation. They gained altitude extremely fast, which I was unable to judge the speed, and they slowed down at times to a near stop in the middle of the air after traveling extremely fast. Over a period of forty five minutes to an hour I observed twenty or more of these objects flying over the clear night sky. There was no sound, no visible beacon light, no visible wings, and no observed aircraft spotlight. The entire object was a bright orange, and no matter which direction it went it remained as such. There were two aircraft seen in the same area during the event one flying at or around the same altitude, and was clearly heard and known to be a plane with definable wings I could see with the moonlight, and beacon lights. The other was harder to hear and was flying what appeared to be higher than 30,000 feet, and I could see its beacon’s flashing. Neither of the two planes was flying in the manner in which the twenty or so objects were. Originally, I suspected they were meteorites or asteroids because they appeared on fire. However, they slowed down changed formation dimmed out and then got brighter. They appeared to be in a controlled flight pattern. I recorded video of this incident from the very first one I saw all the way until the last in two video segments. The video shows everything I have described, I zoomed in to 8.0 power for close ups of the objects, and I also caught the objects passing by the moon multiple times. I contacted the Murfreesboro Police Department, and the dispatcher stated that there were no reports of any strange objects in the sky at the time I contacted them.
May 20, 2016 · 11:30 PM · CIRCLE
New Berlin, WI
At 23:30, moon was full. Two witnesses observing the full moon noticed a large (1cm at arm's length) deep orange-red circle moving slowly and steadily from 270 degrees to 90 degrees. The lights did not modulate, fade, change or blink. The object was larger than an aircraft. No noise was noted. This was in a rural area and noise pollution is minimal; visibility is quite good. The object did not deviate from its course, change speed, appear to move closer or farther away. The transit of the object was too slow to match a typical satellite, was in the wrong part of the sky for solar reflection and was a color that witnesses have not seen on aircraft, meteorites, satellites or any other common phenomena. The object took no less than 3 minutes to transit 90 degrees of the sky. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 20, 2016 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
New York City, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 20, 2016 · 1:00 PM · CIRCLE
Pittsburgh, PA
It Was A Bright Light. It Would Move Sporadically. There Were Also Multiple Other Small Dim Lights That Would Move Very Fast In Multiple Directions. It Was As If The Smaller Dim Lights Were Going Back And Forth To And From The Main Light As Bright As A Star.
May 19, 2016 · 9:50 PM · CIRCLE
Knoxville, TN
On the night of May 19, 2016, I observed what I thought was a satellite moving cross the sky until the object ceased moving in the approximate region of the stars Altair and Tarazed. The object then began moving in a random zig-zag motion while staying in the same region of space. I observed this for approximately 30 minutes before getting my camera to film and video tape the object. Over the course of three hours I watched and took approximately 30 pictures and 10 minutes of video before clouds moved in and obscured my view. The object is circular and orange in color. When magnifying the image the object takes on the color spectrum ranging from orange, yellow, green, and purple.
May 19, 2016 · 10:30 AM · CIRCLE
Skokie, IL
No wings on this aircraft and no sound. It was saucer shaped. Flew south to north direction over Golf road, near Skokie Blvd. Then object shot straight up in sky at great velocity and disappeared.
May 17, 2016 · 12:13 AM · CIRCLE
Galloway, NE
DRIVING NORTH ON PARKWAY. AT MILE MARKER 38. SAW BRIGHT GREEN BALL COMING TOWARDS CENTER MEDIAN OF PARKWAY. JUST 60 FEET ABOVE THE PARKWAY IT WENT WEST. STRAIGHT DOWN THEN TO THE LEFT, NO LINEAR FLIGHT. MUST OF BEEN 60' ROUND.
May 14, 2016 · 10:45 PM · CIRCLE
Schaumburg, IL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 14, 2016 · 10:35 PM · CIRCLE
Lafayette, NJ
Red round lights in a strange formation went across the sky. They we're red/amber in color, moving slowly and then finally faded out. We have video, not great, but we did our best.
May 14, 2016 · 3:00 AM · CIRCLE
Ashburn, VA
Was getting ready for bed and then looked out to see the stars. I noticed one star was very bright and then started moving. I then noticed a flashing red light. At first it looked like it could have been a plane, but the way it was hovering proved that it was no such thing.
May 13, 2016 · 9:50 PM · CIRCLE
Puyallup, WA
2 round bright red/orange lights..coming from southwest. Separate at first the first circle apppeared and then a second circle approached quickly and they paired up and moved north east in unison. the first light then appeared to go up in the sky and disaPpeared, followed by the second light approx 8 seconds later. No sound and in the camera recording and pictures lights appear to be white.
May 13, 2016 · 9:20 PM · CIRCLE
Duck Key, FL
My husband and I were outside at 9:20 and observed 6 bright glowing orange lights moving very slowly and without any sound across the sky. The lights glowed orange but there was no flashing as you would expect with an airplane. They were initially in 2 triangle shaped patterns. Then one completely disappeared. Next the remaining lights began to move more quickly and 2 lights approached each other appearing as if they were touching. Then the lights were obscured by a tree. We ran out to the street to see around the tree but all of the lights had disappeared. We searched the sky for several minutes but did not see the lights. My husband was taking a video with his phone but when we tried to look at the video, nothing had been recorded. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 11, 2016 · 5:10 AM · CIRCLE
Bobcaygeon (Canada), ON · Canada
coming home from work I had to stop to open the gate on my property. when I open the gate, I was facing towards the east when I saw a bright object in the sky that was heading west moving very slowly. I watch the object for about two minutes when the object was directly above me at an altitude about the same plane I notice there was a satellite way above the object moving in a south to north direction. the object move too slow to be a plane and made no noise. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 11, 2016 · 4:00 AM · CIRCLE
Bellevue, TN
At 4:00am this morning, I took my dog outside to go to the bathroom and I saw a bright light in the sky that was darting across the sky when all of a sudden it took a 90 degree turn. I totally freaked when all of a sudden I saw another and another. A total of four. Last night the entire sky kept lighting up and the news called for hail and thunderstorms which never happened. Something crazy is definitely happening.
May 10, 2016 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Prescott, AZ
I was up in Prescott on a camping trip. I was looking up at the stars and saw a few passenger planes. I noticed something that seemed much higher than the aircraft I was seeing. I had to strain my eyes to see it. I thought maybe it was a meteor or something. I pointed it out to my gfs sister and we just watched it moving slowly across the sky. Then it made a 90degree turn and we were both confused. I knew it wasn't a commet at that point. I watched it for another minute then it dissappear. Not sure where it went.
May 6, 2016 · 11:30 PM · CIRCLE
Buffalo Grove, IL
It was dark outside, no clouds and then all of a sudden as we were sitting in his my friend's backyard a flying object in the distance appeared. First, the immediate thought was a plane, but this object had multiple colors that a plane does not have. White, green, some blue, and some red. It was flying a lot lower than an airplane would. As we ran to the street for a better view, we saw this object had a circular shape and we were 100% sure. Listening closely, there was a noise coming from it (low whistling noise only heard when silent). Was moving very slowly and eventually we lost track of it, but not before getting a clear view of it being a complete circle shape which automatically eliminates the possibility of it being a plane.
May 6, 2016 · 10:10 PM · CIRCLE
Cocoa, FL
Cocoa, Florida. Friday May 6th 2016. Time 22.10 Looking south in my back yard I saw 3 bright orange circles at about 45degrees. They were in a triangular formation. One shot down to the southern horizon approximately to the ESE two others together headed due west and disappeared. By the time I had gone into the house to get a camera it was too late, no sign of anything.
May 6, 2016 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Round Lake, IL
I was just looking at the stars in my back yard on 05/06/16 at 21:00 Hrs. In Round Lake, IL, a suburb Northwest of Chicago. My yard is facing the West Sky. I saw what I thought was planet or bright star that was traveling from the south heading in a straight North to slight North West direction. The object was in my sky view for about 10 seconds. I thought it could be the Space Station. There was no flashing lights, just solid white. I could also see aircraft in the area and it was much larger then the planes. It was located at approximately a 90 degree angle up from my standing posistion in the West Sky. To reference the location, I checked sky map and when I point my tablet up it would be coming from the location of the Cancer Constellation as high up as the top star in this area. Also, M44 is about the same height up from my view. I checked space station info, and it's not going to be in the area until Sunday. I did not hear any sounds and I did not see it lose any altitude. I have seen meteors before coming down at an angle, this was not losing altitude it stayed in a straight line heading straight North to slight North West. I am not an expert but am I am a retired Police Officer and I have observed many things over the years at night. I have not seen a Planet sized object traveling very fast across the sky before. My contact information is included, Sincerely, ((initials deleted))
May 6, 2016 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Janesville, WI
Witness provides no information. PD
May 6, 2016 · 1:30 AM · CIRCLE
Tamarac, FL
Extremely bright orange ball of light quickly ascending into sky, leaving a slight trail as it rose. Continued ascending for about 120 seconds, growing dimmer as it rose to about 40,000 ft (best guess based on other aircraft in vicinity.) Did not disappear completely until travelling behind extremely thick cloud cover. Made a very quiet humming sound
May 5, 2016 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
Westminster, CO
We saw a large orange ball or globe shape last night going from south to north just east of the Front Range in the Westminster, CO area. It was between Westminster and Boulder, CO. It moved very quickly to the north making NO sound. It was lower than the top of the mountain range from my home near Sheridan Blvd. and highway 36. A neighbor and myself and I watched it until it was out of sight heading towards Ft. Collins, CO.
May 5, 2016 · 1:00 PM · CIRCLE
Rogersville, TN
The Object is circle and the color is gray and one part was shiny and was coming out of clouds. It must have been moving at speeds of lighting cause I didn't see it by looking in that direction it was later seen in the pictures. It shows the object in 2 pictures and it's just unidentified..
May 5, 2016 · 1:45 AM · CIRCLE
Batavia, IA
Looked like an extra bright star. But through binoculars I could see there was a bright white light in the center with several lights around the outside edge forming a circle. The object would turn a little, and it would turn oval. Then a couple of times it looked like something was partially in front of it. Something black that blocked part of itself and you could see no glare. There were 2 like this and possibly one other farther off that was a blinking white haze. They were hanging out trying to look like stars. This was in the south sky and I know for a fact they weren't stars or planets.
May 4, 2016 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Panama City Beach, FL
seen two different objects that night, first was over the gulf of mexico, approx. 8 miles from coast,glowing orange ball, appeared, disappeared then immediately reappeared approx 300 ft to right, appeared again and another appeared to the left then both immediately blinked out, second object appeared very soon afterward, moving from southeast to northwest at very high altitude, tremendous speed crossed the sky in approx 10 seconds, moving at a very erratic pattern, almost like jumping across the sky,a few minutes later what appeared to be same object moved back across from northeast to southwest moving the same altitude, speed and erratic behavior,