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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.
4,558 entries
January 28, 2021 · 6:58 PM · FORMATION
Tucson, AZ
In southwestern area of Tucson, near cross streets of S Tucson Estates Pkwy & W Bopp Rd, due west spotted what appeared to be initially 2 orbs, white/orange in color, then went to 1, then expanded to 3 orbs. Object(s) appeared to be heading in a south or southwest direction. All orbs stayed on a horizontal plane, saw up to 4 – 5 orbs. Possibly 1 craft by the way it was moving on a horizontal plane and rotating. No sound, movement was quick, no light trail or tail seen. Then vanished into the dark. Lasted about 30-60 seconds. Appeared orbs emitted from it, but remained close to the group.
January 28, 2021 · 5:10 PM · FORMATION
Suffolk, VA
It was January 28th 2021 about 5:10 PM it was Twilight and I was heading down Godwin Boulevard in Suffolk Virginia and I noticed in the North Western sky there were about 4 to 5 vertical white solid lights and about 20 feet between this one there was another 4 to 5 vertical lights and they moved extremely slowly just above the tree line, keeping an even distance between the other and itself. As I was driving I looked around trying to see if someone else was seeing what I was seeing but I'm not sure if anyone did. So I was watching these two vertical light rods is the best way to describe what I was seeing moving slowly together in the sky, just over the tree lines. I drove through two to three lights watching this happen before pulling off into the Bojangles parking lot and coming around the building to see if I can capture some video. It literally disappeared within that two second time frame. I cannot find any natural explanation for it. It was strange but what made this stranger was A month later (almost to the day) I saw something in the same area but quite different from my first sighting. I made sure to document what I saw. After doing some research I ended up finding this site and I wanted to share what I witnessed hoping maybe someone else has seen anything similar.
January 21, 2021 · 6:30 PM · FORMATION
Charlotte, NC
During an evening walk, my son and I noticed two reddish bright lights in the sky south of us. The lights were moving faster than any plane but about the same altitude as a jet. The distance between the lights was possibly a mile or more but moved in perfect synchrony. They moved in a north easterly direction for about 30 30-45 seconds then disappeared. About 15-20 seconds later the lights reappeared due east of us for a moment then disappeared again. No aircraft I've ever heard of could move that distance so quickly.
January 20, 2021 · 7:40 PM · FORMATION
Conway, SC
As I am driving east on Hwy 501 in Conway, SC towards Myrtle Beach, SC, 7:40 PM, a large formation of bright orb like balls formed a perfect elliptical shape. It rotated and maintained that shape while seeming to rotate along a perfect path. These orbs were about the distance of a low flying helicopter. Much too large to be drones. As it rotated, each orb disappeared one by one and it was gone.
January 19, 2021 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
Ft. Walton Beach, FL
On Tuesday 01/19/21 at approx 19:00 hours I was walking my dogs when I saw a strange light in the sky. It was stationary and hovering in one spot. It had colored lights that flashed. I then realized there were more and they appeared to form a circle over the area of Eglin Air Force Base. I have been here for four months and never seen this anomaly as I walked my dogs at night . It has been 1.5 hours since I first noticed them and they are still in position. As I’ve watched them I’ve realized that there are two different kinds. The major circle is formed with the larger ones with colored lights. However , there are some smaller ones that are white lights and could almost pass for stars. However their light constantly dims and brightens . As I was taking photos they would dim and be in some photos but not others .
January 19, 2021 · 6:40 PM · FORMATION
Dallas/Irving, TX
We live in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Around 6:40pm on 1/19/21 my wife and I were driving South on 121 tollway around the I35E intersection. We are used to seeing planes coming in for a landing so seeing lights in the sky is normal. This was abnormal. It was overcast so visibly was lower. We saw 12-15 bright lights that appeared to stay in the same place for about 15-20 minutes as we drove 14 miles. They were not flashing and had no apparent tail lights we could tell. The lights remained bright as we drove even as our point of view changed.
January 10, 2021 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
Brooklyn, NY, NY
I was in my backyard looking at the planet configuration of Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury in the southwest sky on January 10, 2021 at approximately 6:00 pm. Suddenly I saw what appeared to be 3 or 4 glowing orbs in a straight line covered by a cloudy haze. The object appeared for a few seconds moved swiftly in the direction between Jupiter and Saturn in the sky and then disappeared.
January 7, 2021 · 7:34 PM · FORMATION
Holly, MI
Driving my usual route down I-75, approx. 7:30pm on a Thursday night, early January 2021, I noticed flashing lights within about a 1/2 mile radius. The lights were steady, smooth and rapidly changing form, though remaining within the confines of a circular formation. I figured it was a Ferris Wheel and my next thought was why on earth is there a Ferris Wheel event happening in rural woodlands-Holly on a Thursday night at 7:30? I felt destined to get my phone out and record the event and the two minutes of footage are what immediately follows my suspicion that I'm not looking at anything to do with a county fair. The lights end up flashing triangles then pentagons then 12 pentagons that come together in the formation of a cube...as a former teacher and scholar I had countless sleepless nights and ongoing research behind my extraordinary (albeit) Experiential Truth. I have it all on video and would like to email it to whom it may concern. (My email is virgomoontarot444@gmail.com , or I can be reached, openly, lovingly and willingly via phone 248.762.7924) I would love to pick the brains of fellow open minded-curious individuals; I have unmistakably caught footage of something beyond my comprehension.
January 5, 2021 · 10:00 PM · FORMATION
Bristol, CT
While taking my dog out quickly in my yard I saw in the sky about 13-15 strange lights in the sky, they were very large and dull in color as though they were high above the clouds. 10-12 of them were white and flying extremely fast in sync with each other making swirly shapes together, these lights would disappear for a bit and re appear every so often. Surrounding these white moving lights were three black stagnant dim lights in almost a triangular shape surround the white lights that consistently stayed present. After watching this for a few minutes I returned inside and about twenty minutes later checked again to see the formation now flying over the whole neighborhood. It almost reminded me of a very strong light show that a Las Vegas casino would have but this was in a very small residential area with no possible way of having any lights this strong.
January 5, 2021 · 1:00 AM · FORMATION
bristol, CT
I WENT OUTSIDE AT 1 AM TO SEE IF IT WAS CLEAR ENOUGHT TO SET UP MY VIXEN 120MM F/8.3 REFRACTOR TELESCOPE, IT WAS CLOUDY THEN I NOTICED THE LIGHTS , THERE WERE 14 OF THEM TRAVELLING IN A BIG FIGURE EIGHT PATTERN IN THE SKY LIKE "FOLLOW THE LEADER" BUT THEY WERE IN GROUPS OF TWO, I WENT IN MOUSE AND GOT OUT MY EDMUND SICIENTIFIC HELIUM NEON CLASS 3B LASER AND HOOKED IT TO THE 220/120V INVERTER AND FIRED A BEAM IN THE SHY AT IT, THE LIGHTS DISPERSED AND WENT AROUND THE BEAM BUT MAINTAINED THEIR FIGURE 8 PATTEREN,, AND WENT AROUND THE LASER BEAM. , I HAVE DSLR PHOTOS OF IT ON MY NIKON D200, HAD TO SET IT AT ASA 100, AND FIRE OFF -1.3 SEC SHOTS THE LIGHTS WERE A STEADY SPEED I ESTIMATE THEY WERE GOING 500MPH TO COVER THE DISTANCE THEY DID IN A FIGURE EIFHT PATTERN
January 1, 2021 · 7:02 PM · FORMATION
Fort Myers beach, FL
There was an orange ball floating over the water and then began moving east towards the land and crossing that barrier. Moving in an uneven direction, bouncing back and forth. After about a minute of being on land, four or five more orbs started dancing around circling each other. I have videos
January 1, 2021 · 12:10 AM · FORMATION
Tucson, AZ
Just after New Year's Eve midnight, our group of five was outside. One member of our group looked up at the moon and exclaimed: Look! She pointed toward the moon, which was full and bright in the southeast. We all looked up. At first, we were silent. Then we started saying many things like: I see it! Do you see this? I can't believe it! This is not natural or man-made! The formation had 40 or more lights. The lights were spread out in a vertical band, ranging from below the moon down toward the horizon. Each light was a separate sparkle made of short, thin, sharp, crisscrossing, radiating lines. Each sparkle was small relative to the overall formation. Four out of five in our group saw different colors among the sparkles. The fifth in our group (me) had coated eyeglasses and did not see the colors. The sparkles did not look like stars. Each sparkle would be in the same spot for about 15 to 30 seconds, then fade. But the approximate number of sparkles in the formation stayed the same for most of the time that we observed it. Then the sparkles started to fade and disappeared entirely over one or two minutes. The overall formation stayed in the same general area but constantly shifted slightly as some sparkles faded in and others faded out. The overall shape of the formation was resembled a geometric kite, with more sparkles at the top closest to the moon, and with fewer sparkles ranging down along a kite tail decorated with knots. The overall shape of the formation, though, was not distinct or familiar, and it did not maintain a consistent shape. The formation was visible for about 10 minutes and then the number of visible sparkles started to fade. Within a minute all of the sparkles were gone. I photographed and filmed some of the event with my iPhone, but the formation does not seem visible on my phone or on my desktop. While we were watching, someone in our group said it was like plankton glowing at night in the sea. Four of us had seen pictures of glowing plankton and agreed there was a similarity. The major difference was the sparkling characteristic of each object in the formation versus the glow of plankton at night.
January 1, 2021 · 12:05 AM · FORMATION
Albuquerque, NM
The most bizarre site I have ever witnessed in the sky and I am 55.
January 1, 2021 · 12:02 AM · FORMATION
San Diego, CA
My girlfriend and I left the Bay in Pacific Beach, SD, where we were watching fireworks. As we walked back to our Apt. (7-8 blocks away) I noticed multiple lights next to each other. I was sure it was not a planet/star, because it was too bright. It looked like a cluster of balls that formed and would inform. I pointed it out as it drew my attention, but started walking away as I was originally unsure if it was just fireworks or some type of natural phenomenon. As we walked, the object(s) would move ahead of our line of sight, as well as backward. Eventually the lights seemed to follow our direction - seemingly blocks away, but so bright Orange I wasn’t sure. As we approached our home, I saw the lights dip below the buildings. We went down our back alleyway and saw them (it looked like they were 3 blocks away). As I pulled out my iPhone to take a picture, the lights flashed like fireballs and flew out of our sight line. I was able to snap 1 photo before they could no longer be seen.
December 31, 2020 · 11:10 PM · FORMATION
Palm Springs, CA
five orange lights , round, about the size of the letter O in a persons normal handwriting but up in the sky , of course,. The first four were in line ,or formation, one behind the other. They were coming in from about 30 degrees to the west, or to the left, from where North is on the compass. And then we saw the 5th one. It had been lagging behind and was flying faster than the 4 so I“m assuming it was trying to catch up. They were silent, flying about as high as helicopters do. Then one by one they went dark. Lasted about 3 minutes. It was 11:10 or 23:10 military time no clouds in the full, moonlit evening sky. And even with binoculars we could not see the shape of the aircraft.
December 31, 2020 · 9:02 PM · FORMATION
Seattle, WA
While sitting on my roof I noticed something bright through the trees. It slowly rose up out of the tree line, and appeared to be an inverted “V”, made up three equally sized and spaced balls of light, which the were excessively bright. It continued to slowly rise up until It quickly disappeared.
December 31, 2020 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Edmonton, AB · Canada
Three orange lights travelling North in the formation of a triangle. Two of the lights suddenly zipped away out of sight leaving one light to continue moving slowly until out of sight into the clouds.
December 27, 2020 · 7:15 PM · FORMATION
Hensley, AR
I noticed what I thought was a satellite in the sky above my house,my daughter pointed out that there were several others.they were moving from east to west and more kept appearing from the east and traveled west and south west. This went on for about an hour or more.some were in V shaped patterns and some that were in a pattern that resembled kites with a tail. We literally saw hundreds of these lights were in the sky at the same time. Most were white in color but there were maybe 20 that were brighter and appeared to be a little larger with an amber color. I made phone calls to several people in west little Rock and they were visible from there as well.
December 19, 2020 · 10:35 PM · FORMATION
Oakley, CA
Oakley, California, Saturday, December 19, 2020 @ 22:35 hrs. (Pacific) – An Uber driver traveling east on highway 4 bypass, witnessed 15 bright amber lights flying west in formation at about 1000 feet elevation over the city of Oakley, California. They were magnificent as they flew in a pattern of a long string of amber lights, one after the other, at close proximity to the driver within a mile away. They came as close as a half mile away. The string of lights were separated by a trio of lights in a triangular pattern, with 6 lights to the front and 6 lights trailing. All the lights were identical bright amber. There were no red or green directional lights, no red beacons, and no bright landing lights. They kind of had the luminosity of military flares in the night sky. But, these weren't flares, as they were clearly lights. They moved with the behavior of small airplanes. But, if these were planes, why so many, flying in close formation, without directional lights? As the driver turned south on the freeway, they could be seen in the rear view mirror turning to the NW, still in formation. The sighting lasted about 30 seconds. Can anyone explain what they might have been?
December 17, 2020 · 6:58 PM · FORMATION
Pottstown, PA
Over our home in Pottstown, I saw this triangle shaped formation far up in the sky. It wasn't very lit up. At first I thought it's bird's or a cloud. Then it happened again, coming the other way, then again, but they would form a line or go into a circular type shape. This went on for hours, back and forth, high in the sky. My videos and pictures are terrible. Even with my high zoom mirror less camera
December 6, 2020 · 6:24 AM · FORMATION
Bozeman, MT
A line of objects in a straight line approximately 20 of them going north east we watch them break off And you figure rates and fly in separate directions
December 5, 2020 · 7:10 PM · FORMATION
Fairfield, ID
25 craft following in formation across the sky and disappearing into a dark object that blocked out the stars. We tried to video tape the siting, but my wife's phone malfunctioned.
December 5, 2020 · 7:03 PM · FORMATION
Huron, SD
To the west of Huron, SD at 7:03 PM a diagonal line of around 12, evenly spaced lights were mocingat the same pace across the sky, toward the North. They slowly, one by one, disappeared and were no longer visible at 7:06 PM.
December 5, 2020 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
santa fe, NM
I was walking home and through the sky I noticed a diagonal stream of twenty or more slow moving orange-ish lights blinking quickly in a sequence of farthest down to highest up as they descended west and eventually over the horizon. Occasionally they would seem to blur together and flash brighter. I don't know how long they were there before I saw them. Another man from my neighborhood came out into the street to get a closer look.