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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
October 10, 2015 · 7:45 AM · SPHERE
Pingree Grove, IL
I was driving north on Rt 47 on the way to the Ford Dealer in Huntley, Illinois. As I approached the intersection of Rt 47 and and Rt 20, I saw an orange, round ball in the sky directly west. It was flying low enough that I could tell it was not a balloon (there was no basket and the shape was completely spherical), and it also was not a weather balloon. The sky was clear, and there were clouds in sight. As I passed under the bridge at Rt 47 and Rt 20, the orange object appeared in the sky directly north. It had apparently moved quickly, as it was not in the west anymore. It seemed to be perfectly still and observing. It made no noise. I tried to take a picture and clearly saw the object in the viewfinder of my phone's camera. However, when I went to view the picture later, the object was not there. I showed the pictures to a second person, who was also able to confirm that the orange sphere was not visible.
October 8, 2015 · 10:19 PM · SPHERE
Poplar, MT
Went outside to dump trash in can by the road and heard the dogs starting to bark. I threw the trash in the can and turned to head back when I saw several dogs all looking in the same direction barking. I looked up and grabbed my camera out of my jacket immediately to snap this photo. I maxed out the zoom and got this just before it headed away rapidly. I estimated the center mass at 10-15 feet in diameter. The object was approximately 500 yards south and 500 feet off the ground. No wind. Very cold temps. Moving at 5-10 mph at first then very rapidly accelerating until gone from sight. Yellow or orange in color. No sound from object over dogs barking.
October 8, 2015 · 7:33 PM · SPHERE
Texas City, TX
I saw a light yellow sphere of light appear in the night sky then traveled away at a high rate of speed, then it just vanished.
October 8, 2015 · 4:00 AM · SPHERE
Park Ridge, NJ
Couldn't snap a picture of them with my telephoto....because it just refused to zoom strangely. but, after they left the area (they were overhead), was able to videotape them. Posted here: https://youtu.be/BwvLAKJfz-o
October 7, 2015 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Calgary (Canada), AB · Canada
Around ten thirty in the evening on October 7, 2015, there was a light blue light or orb that travelled quite quickly and quite low in a south east direction over Calgary. There was significant cloud cover and no stars could be seen at all. This object moved much faster and lower than a satellite normally would, it was fairly close to the ground. It followed the generally route of aircraft leaving the Calgary airport but travelled considerably faster than an aircraft. A police helicopter was circling the area right after the light appeared.
October 6, 2015 · 7:00 AM · SPHERE
McDonough, GA
I saw two bright flash orbs that weren't moving at first but then moved quickly in different directions. One was flashing different colors the other one was solid white. This is not the first time I've seen these orbs. I have seen them several times in the last year.
October 4, 2015 · 11:20 PM · SPHERE
Rio Rancho, NM
Possible advertising lights? PD
October 4, 2015 · 8:45 PM · SPHERE
Louisville, KY
On 10/4/15, at approximately 20:30 EST, a bright white orb moving to slow to be an aircraft was observed in the area. At first observation the object looked to be the ISS in orbit but as it moved closer to the area it became very obvious it was too low to be orbiting. The object was inside the atmosphere and much lower to ground. The object made no sound. The object was observed to be twice the size of the ISS at closer range comparatively. The object was observed to be at a range of approximately 1/2 mile away and an approximate altitude of 3000 feet but no more than 4000 feet. The object was observe at an angle of approximately +40° to +42° traveling from the southwest at approximately 230° moving north at approximately 21°. These numbers are based on a positive upward bubble. The event could not be triangulated. After 1 minute of straight steady movement in the sky toward the area it came into clear sight. The object covered the same distance moving away as it did coming toward the area. After it cleared the area moving away it maintained its steady speed and altitude for approximately 30 seconds. The event seemed to last less than 2 minutes. As the object was moving away from the area it swelled, retracted, maneuvered and moved away at an extreme high rate of speed. The object left a short black streak in its wake before leaving the Earth's deep orbit. The object achieved greater than light speed due to an observable black streak or absence of light. The event did not cause silence of animals nor insects. The event did not cause a feeling of emptiness or parole. Only the fiery spheres cause this type of event on the ground. Based on this observation, it was a different species than the red fiery orbs. The red fiery orbs move at an altitude of approximately 1000 to 2000 feet and much slower. I have observed 4 of the red fiery orbs over the past 2 years. I only include that because you are most interested in the red fiery orbs. The silence on the ground and the feeling of emptiness and/or parole seems to be a natural defense. I have watched the trail of sightings of these red fiery orbs reported so I felt it not necessary to do so. The fact that this seems to be a different species, I felt more compelled to report the event. I felt as if it was looking for something very specific. On a most personal note, I felt compelled to stay with it and keep watching. I actually ran to clear the trees to keep watching. I experienced a feeling of extreme enthusiasm and deep curiosity like a child would. When I observed the object moving away from the area at an extreme high rate of speed I had a feeling of almost sadness. Something close to abandonment. The feeling was almost opposite the red fiery orbs. I have also observed other objects maneuvering in the sky in different states in the US. The past 20 to 25 years I have observed several objects but in the past 2 years I have observed almost as many. Activity of these objects has increased almost exponentially.
October 3, 2015 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Apache Junction, AZ
My wife and I came outside to watch the space station go over. Afterword we stayed out to look at the stars and look for satellites. We saw three satellites. We were about to go back in the house when my wife said there's another one. We watched it for about five seconds. Then behind it and a little to the right a light appeared. It looked like another satellite. It caught up with the satellite and paralleled it for about two seconds. Then it took off and left it behind it was moving about twice as fast as the satellite. I watched it for about six or eight seconds until it started to fade out.Never saw anything move that fast.
October 3, 2015 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Armona, CA
At around 8 o’clock in the evening, the sky was dark and I noticed a bright yellow light in the distance toward the West, just over the horizon. What I first considered to be a bright star, this light happened to catch my eye when it appeared to be moving! I thought to myself, “Okay, it’s a plane, but I’ll watch for the blinking red and green lights just to be sure.” It was heading East from the direction of the Lemoore, CA, Navy Base (NAS), which is close to 15 miles West of me. There is always heavy air traffic in this area due to the Navy Base. As I watched this light come closer, traveling at the altitude of what appeared to be that of a single-person prop plane, it reached my proximity in about 30 seconds from a distance which I calculate to be about 5-6 miles away. As it reaches my proximity, I notice that this bright light begins to slow down SIGNIFICANTLY. It has NO blinking lights at all; not red, not green, NONE. At this point, the bright light covers about a half-mile in distance in the same time (30 seconds) that it took it to travel the 5 or 6 miles toward my location. It never came to a full stop, just a slow cruise. NO noise was admitted by this object as it slowly hovered nearby. After these 30 seconds, the bright light begins to speed up again in the same direction previously being traveled. About 5 seconds after picking back up speed, this bright light began to shrink (not dim) as it appeared to be moving rapidly away and out of orbit until I could no longer see it within 4 seconds of its initial ‘shrinking’. And without any noise being admitted, it was gone. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 2, 2015 · 11:25 PM · SPHERE
Cannon Beach, OR
An Orange Sphere of intense and steady light – My wife and I were at Cannon Beach, Oregon, for the weekend. At 11:25 PM PT, Friday, October 2nd 2015, I was looking due west over a row of beachfront motel units. I noticed a very bright, steady, orange light out over the ocean. The moon was not in the hemisphere, and there were no noticeable clouds. The day had clear skies. Winds were calm. When I opened the sliding door, I noticed that the light was slowly moving towards the east, towards the shore, at an even speed and steady altitude. I would guess it was above a thousand feet. The light was not a pin-point, but a distinct round shape. I looked for a cowling shadow or surface reflection, but could see none. The round light was intense, but not like a searchlight, there was no beam effect. There was no strobe or flutter effect, either. I was able to catch a smartphone video of 56 seconds. The video shows some strobing, but that is mostly due to the auto-focus of the phone trying to maintain focus on a light source in the dark. At 3 seconds in I zoom to maximum, hence the greater distortion and apparent change in size. At 31 seconds the light moves behind the row of motel units where we were staying. The jostling is me stepping out onto the patio deck to capture a few more seconds. I could not tell how fast it was moving since there was no background reference. From the angle shift (+30 degrees at first sighting, facing west, to +60 degrees south-southeast) and the duration, someone with trigonometric skills could roughly figure out the height and speed. There was no sound, above the sound of the ocean waves. The engine roar sound on the video seems loud, but to my ear it was a distant rumble of surf. Helicopters make a distinctive sound at the beach, whether Coast Guard or otherwise. This was not the light of a helicopter or conventional plane. There were no other lights, no navigational lights, and no other bright lights in the sky for the next half hour. Earlier in the day, around 5 PM PT, my wife and I had seen two drones flying near Haystack Rock. They had very small white beacon lights and moved in irregular patterns and changed altitude from time to time. The video isn’t very good, but it is a few seconds (56 seconds) of 'interesting' light.
October 1, 2015 · 7:30 AM · SPHERE
Fishers, IN
The object with the naked eye was star-like with emitting beams. Once we looked at it with the telescope it was a grey orb totally circular. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 1, 2015 · 4:00 AM · SPHERE
Pasco, WA
Video played back captured 2 ufo sphere s /orbs /crafts zooming out of a larger craft hidden in the clouds!
September 30, 2015 · 7:25 PM · SPHERE
Birmingham (UK/England) · United Kingdom
I was on the way to work walking uohurst lane north, I saw an orange fire in the sky a ball of fire like a chariot, then others followed it I saw a humanoid male they were flying lowas I was walking one raised up a little but I offered no challenge I carried on another saw me and it went a cross shape as a shining jewel it seemed friendly they were in a glowing fireball going in the direction of the airport I had the most wonderful experience there was a lovely prescence
September 28, 2015 · 9:47 PM · SPHERE
East Setauket, NY
To Whom It May Concern: I was traveling east on NYS Route 347 Nesconset–Port Jefferson Highway and, as I approached traffic light to make a left onto Belle Mead Rd on way home from school I noticed at first 5 orange orbs in the sky. They were very bright, more than anything in the background and more than street lights or anything else in my view. They moved in a random way at first like up, down, left, right. Some would approach each other, and then go back to a position where they were all traveling in same direction, which appeared north; this was toward my left. There was absolutely no sound from them or their movement. Once I realized I was seeing something I never saw before, I felt the lack of ability to explain it. I then started to snap pictures with my cell phone. I took five in total. Two while approaching the traffic light, and when said traffic light turned green I turned left which was the way home and they were still moving north. Once driving I tried to snap more pictures and zoom in with cell phone; I managed to get three more pictures. There were definitely six or possibly seven bright orange orbs. They almost flickered, like different parts or points within the same “orb” were brighter: Orange to darker orange –red, as they were very easy to see in the sky. This was while I was moving and so where they. They were above the trees and power lines and appeared far away, yet brighter and so pronounced they felt close. The size of each individual orb relative to me, is the size of the diameter of a pen cap if held at arm’s length. They were very fast as they went past my line of sight over the trees and I continued to drive home. After a split second I thought of attempting to follow them somehow, though I was confused and not actually sure what I had witnessed. This all happened in about 2 minutes time. This led me to search for information and this is how I found this site. So many people have seen things which sound as if they are what I have seen. I cannot un-see this, and have continued faith that there is some explanation and all is well in the world.
September 27, 2015 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Boulder, CO
Saw an orb moving over the skyline very quickly over the front range/36 in Boulder, then the orb split into two orbs. First yellowish orb vanished after it split into two orbs about 5 seconds later. The second orb, which was more reddish in color, vanished after about another 7 seconds. Both maintained a straight flight path parallel to the ground and moved very quickly. The sky was clear when the orbs just vanished. No fast flying plane engine sounds were heard
September 27, 2015 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Huntington, NY
One of the orbs veered off to the west, again disappearing in to outer space. The objects made no sound. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she sounded to us to be quite sober-minded. We suspect she is highly reliable as a witness. PD
September 27, 2015 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Boston, MA
I was taking pictures of the eclipse and, when checking my pictures, as we were sitting there, I noticed a green planetoid looking object in the picture near the moon. I took more pictures and noticed the sphere was moving around the moon. It was not visible to the naked eye but both my camera and a neighbor's camera picked it up in pictures. It didn't give off any light itself, but light from the sun reflected on it so that it could be seen.
September 27, 2015 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Rexford, NY
Before the moon was shadowed by earth, my camera (only) picked up this green orb, moving erratically. I have many more photos and two videos. I am reporting this because friends in CA captured this orb without knowing it, as did a friend in NY and CT, and it's very obvious it's not a camera flaw, since we all have different phones. I can't believe more people aren't discussing this - perhaps because it couldn't be seen with the naked eye.
September 27, 2015 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Narragansett, RI
About us: I have lived in R.I. all of my life, and am in fairly good health. My friend has also lived in R.I. all of his life, is self-employed and is also in good health. We both go to the beach quite often as we live only 10 minutes away. On the night of Sunday, September 27, 2015, my friend and I went to the Narragansett Town Beach on Route 1A, in the state of Rhode Island, at approximately 8:30 p.m. to view the lunar eclipse taking place. The moon was perfectly positioned out over the ocean for this viewing. The parking lot for the Narragansett Town Beach was a little more than half full of cars. There were not as many people at the beach as I had anticipated. My friend and I easily parked, and found a nice place on the sand to spread out our blanket. We choose a spot between the South Beach Pavilion and the entry to the Town parking lot. We laid back, used rolled up blankets as pillows, and viewed the moon, and the stars, and watched the lights from boats in the Atlantic Ocean, and saw the lights from planes flying overhead in the night sky. We pointed out somewhat faint and unspectacular shooting stars to each other; we saw 4 in total that shot a seemingly short distance across the sky, out over the ocean, and very soon disappeared. After laying back in the same position for so long, I felt the need to move to a new position. The moon was only approximately ½ way into the eclipse, more or less. I did not check a clock when I was moving, so I can only judge the time, after my arrival to the beach, based on the approximate lunar eclipse progress. And so I sat up and turned, and as I did, I turned my head and torso towards the general direction of the parking lot as I moved. The parking lot was behind us, and towards our right. A gold orb in the sky caught my attention. Amazed, and jumping up to kneel in the sand, and without taking my eyes off the orb, I alerted my friend to the orb. Pointing in the correct direction, I said, “LOOK AT THAT! A GOLD ORB! DO YOU SEE IT? DO YOU?” He responded, “That’s not a plane. Could it be a drone?” I said, “ITS GOLD! DO YOU SEE GOLD?” He replied, “Yes I do.” We had brought a red amateur telescope with us to view the moon. He said, “Try to see it with the telescope.” I grabbed it, and tried to see it, but this was not so simple for me because I have no experience using telescopes, and this is just a cheap telescope my grandmother was getting rid of, and gave to me, which I had never used. Second, despite even the large size of the moon, trying to find the moon with this telescope and set the telescope in place, so we could take turns viewing, was hard for me and my friend. I quickly stopped searching through the telescope for the gold orb for these same reasons, and continued to watch the last few moments of the orb with my naked eyes instead. I observed the orb for approximately 2 to 3 minutes. It appeared to be a nearly perfect sphere. It was glowing the color of gold. The center of it was the same color intensity as the edges of it. It was uniformly colored. It did not change color. It appeared bright, like it was emitting light. The emitting light was uniform across the entire orb. The very edges of the orb along its fringe were well defined. I don’t know if the visible edge of the object was the object itself or if that was the edge of the light, either way it seemed fairly well defined. It did not appear to be lighting anything up around or beneath it that I could tell from where I was. It made no sounds that I noticed, but there were other people at the beach talking and watching the lunar eclipse, and the beach waves make their own sound, so these sounds may have interfered with my ability to detect additional sounds. I do not know if it was rotating, there was nothing discernable visually to me that would indicated that it was rotating or spinning. It was flying steadily and smoothly across the sky, neither slowing down, nor appearing to speed up. It traveled along in a horizontal path. It seemed to fly in a nearly straight line. It seemed to be flying in a linear direction. It did not seem to change course as it flew, except it might have gone on an ever so slightly more westward path than a northward one as it flew along, but this slight change in direction would be very difficult for me to be certain of without a compass. It seemed to be going towards the North, North-west. It did not appear to go higher or lower in the sky. It was coming from my far left towards the general direction of my right, as I faced it. I was faced towards Route 1A with the Atlantic Ocean and the moon at my back. The flight path I saw the orb take appeared to begin towards the left side of Lake Canonche! t, past the general direction of Little neck Pond, towards the general direction of Pettaquamscutt Cove, until it flew out of my view. It appeared, from where I was, to be much larger than a star, and much smaller than the moon. I do not know how big it was or how far away it was. The best perspective I can offer is if I held up a softball, positioned it at arm’s length, and lined it up next to the flying gold orb in the sky, both the softball and the gold orb would have appeared to be nearly the same size if you stood next to me and then took a photograph. Some limitations of my observation are: I wear glasses, but did not have them on at the time. I am near sighted, with a astigmatism, but feel only a small improvement in my vision when I wear glasses, so small that I often go without them for just about everything. My friend does not wear glasses and has good eyesight.
September 27, 2015 · 9:18 PM · SPHERE
Brookfield, WI
Me and both my parents saw 3 yellow glowing orbs that were traveling to the north during the lunar eclipse. All 3 appeared when the lunar eclipse near completely full. They were traveling west slowly and took a sharp right to the north west and disappeared within 45 seconds. They were within a half of a mile from our porch in the beginning, and disappeared within 45 seconds at least 10-15 miles away from our porch with a steady incline.
September 27, 2015 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Collinsville, CT
First I need to preface this with the following statement; I don't think that we should all be naive enough to think that we're the only life in the known universe, but I certainly don't believe every alien story ever told. I think most of those people were drunk, stoned, or just attention seekers. I'm reporting this not as a function of attention seeking or to feed the fire of mass hysteria, but because I genuinely saw something I cannot logically or definitively explain. It was the night of the 2015 Supermoon and I was driving home from a family members residence in Norfolk. I was watching the sky the whole time but when I was driving through Collinsville, just before I got to the bridge, I saw two dark orange orbs in the sky. Size wise they were much smaller than the moon but much larger than a star. If the moon was a basketball, these would be golf ball size. I cannot believe I'm even typing these words but it looked like they were just flying around, maybe looking for something.. I could come up with a million conspiracy theories, but that's just what they would be.. Theories... No proof of anything. I did Google some orb experiences from the Supermoon night and there's some video on YouTube showing a light. I don't know if it's what I saw but if he's in the same area then it could be. There were people on the bridge when I was driving home, so they may have seen it as well.
September 27, 2015 · 8:22 PM · SPHERE
Colorado Springs, CO
Event occurred while outside to view the supermoon/lunar eclipse. Large stationary orb spotted and began to move slightly. Orb then shot up quickly, disappearing into the clear sky. The light was very bright and spherical with no apparent features to discern from. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 27, 2015 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Webster, NY
Multiple orange orbs going in and out of the atmosphere in a synchronized formation, eventually disappearing one by one