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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 1, 2023 · 8:50 PM · SPHERE
Marion, IL
While doing runway inspections spotted crafts to the west toward the town of carterville/ Carbondale moving horizontally to the north then upward into clouds. There were 7 total objects but my camera only could pick up 2 of them the rest could only be seen with the naked eye. No air traffic on local freq or on ADSB Weather METAR at the time reported METAR KMWA 020155Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM SCT050 OVC060 24/24 A2985 RMK A02 T02370235
July 1, 2023 · 7:08 PM · SPHERE
Denver, CO
This was a metallic orange orb moving steadily and silently as low as 500 feet to over 2,000 feet above ground level from west to east, with gradual ascending and descending movements. It also appeared to either emit light or reflect sunlight irregularly, even though there was steady sunlight coming from the west. It was visible for many miles, and as it moved eastward it ascended to an altitude and location consistent with the routes flown by commercial and military aircraft in the Denver International Airport vicinity.
June 29, 2023 · 3:00 PM · SPHERE
Ukiah, CA
On my back porch and sense it or something and looked over my shoulder and saw it coming and so I ran out across Leslie street into the field and it glided over my head in silence and very low and with a red light revolving around it and as it went into the distance I can see faint red hazey beams red in clouds mist. The clouds were moving in the same speed as the jet black orb.
June 28, 2023 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Chepstow, MONMOUTH · United Kingdom
Night time, around 10pm. Warm evening so we had the curtains and windows open. Clear sky. Notice bright light through the trees. Thought it was the moon. Then I saw the moon. On closer inspection; It wasn’t the moon. It was to low. Far brighter, 30-50% larger, seemed closer. It was more reflective than the moon. Almost shimmery? Warm white, very bright. But despite being so bright didn’t cast any beams of light, so not a spotlight? It wasn’t moving, was hovering in space. Close over our house. Was not a flair or lantern or drone. We live in bulwark that sits above the main town and have good visibility other than the trees. Furthest away it could’ve is been over the river wye, which is around 200ft away, so over the water? Tell Partner, they go for a closer look and it disappears into nowhere. Just vanishes. We both saw it though, whole event lasted 30-40 seconds. It made no sounds. Area was very calm and still during sighting. We are familiar with the aircraft that fly over, usually daily- it was no plane or helo, and there was nothing on the flight radar or flight tracker groups that suggested it was an aircraft. We were and are still perplexed by what we saw and cannot explain it.
June 28, 2023 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalLynn Haven, FL
I have a habit of looking up every time I go outside, so I noticed the bright Mars/Venus bright spot to the West and the moon almost directly overhead. There were no other lights or stars visible yet, and the sky was totally cloudless and clear. On my way back in, approximately 3-5 minutes later, I noticed that another bright star had appeared in the West, to the left of Mars/Venus. It wasn't quite as large or bright as Mars/Venus, but it was unmoving. I watched it for just a few seconds, and then it disappeared. I don't know if my eyes were playing tricks on me, but as I kept watching the Western sky, I felt like I was seeing small flashes of light in the sky, intermittently and randomly scattered around the area. When I watched other areas of the sky, I didn't have this experience. This went on for just a minute or so. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
June 28, 2023 · 12:43 PM · SPHERE
Puyallup, WA
Was driving and saw a silver sphere floating in the sky ~ 3 foot diameter. The sun was reflecting off of it, seemed to be floating or coming towards me about 10 seconds, and then quickly veared down and to the left behind a treeline. Once I got closer and passed the treeline I couldn't see/find it anywhere. I was on 512 driving towards the South Hill Mall exit about 3 miles away from it when I spotted it in the sky to the left of the freeway.
June 27, 2023 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalWoodford, VA
Just to add a little context, we live in the middle of an old corn field, surrounded by other cornfields. Very rural. Pic is taken from my back porch, camera facing east. The only cities are north (Fredericksburg VA approximately 20 mi) and south (Richmond VA approximately 40 mi). I reside in Woodford VA, which is in the county of Caroline. There's an army base (fort ap hill) in bowling green va. But that's west of my house. Around 20 mi or so. The camera is facing Spotsylvania, Louisa, ect. All rural areas and to the east. We do get commercial flights that fly over, but they always fly at very high altitudes. I can't think of any commercial airports that are within 50-60 miles of us. And none in that direction. Closest are Richmond and DC ( north and south). There were commercial aircraft in the sky, but I did not notice any craft racing towards it or anything trying to "investigate". I have to note that the picture is exactly as it was taken on my phone. HOWEVER I think my phone did like an auto adjust/ focus. The reason I say that is this was taken somewhere around 10-1030 pm. The sky was much darker and the orbs/lights were dimmer….or more faint. So the camera kind of amplified everything. On the bottom pattern, the image makes it appear as though it could be a spot light of some sort (which it def could be) but in person It looked as though the lights were shining downward. The top row of lights didn't appear to have any sort of beam. The objects weren't racing around the sky. In fact, they initially appeared as though they weren't moving at all. However over the course of about 5-10 mins the pattern did change. They almost lined up parallel..but then the bottom row became almost one with the top. When the pattern of light was disappearing, they appeared to vanish upward. Or so it appeared that way. One last note. In today's local newspaper, there was an article about UFOs in Virginia. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Probable]
June 27, 2023 · 9:20 PM · SPHERE
Northglenn, CO
When the orb went out of view I took about 10 seconds to reach a new view spot and it had vanished!
June 27, 2023 · 9:03 PM · SPHERE
Key West, FL
Walking back to our rental along Seaside Dr, I randomly looked behind us towards Cow Key. I saw two orangeish-yellow orbs/lights/circles slowly move up in the sky. They paused, and I don't know how to explain it better but they turned to look at each other. Then moved towards each other and crossed paths. Then darted off in opposite directions and vanished. I immediately yelled to my husband to look. He then saw a blue orb thing dart off from east to west in the same area.
June 26, 2023 · 9:40 PM · SPHERE
ravenden springs, AR
I watched as this super bright white light started shooting across the sky, at first it looked as if it had a tail, I watched it for about 30 or 40 seconds before I had to try to break away and grab my phone and get a picture. Which I did. And my wife saw it too.
June 26, 2023 · 12:10 AM · SPHERE
Milton, ON · Canada
Huge blue ball of light fell from the sky to the ground no explosion that I could see. During lighting storm.
June 26, 2023 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Porthmadog, GWYNEDD · United Kingdom
We were at a cottage in a remote rural part of Wales. It was around midnight and raining. I was using my night-vision binoculars to look for nocturnal wildlife before heading to bed. The binoculars emit an infrared light which illuminates the immediate area and is displayed on a screen. I noticed that the image on screen was showing some kind of interference, with horizontal lines across the display. When I looked into the field at the front of the cottage, I saw a sphere emitting or reflecting a very strong infrared signal to my binoculars. I lowered the binoculars and looked directly in the direction of the object. It was raining and, in the absence of any light other than that from the cottage, it was too dark for me to see anything. I looked again with the binoculars and the sphere was clearly visible. I quite honestly felt incredibly spooked. I walked back into the cottage, told my family I'd seen a UFO and they laughed at me. I convinced myself the binoculars were faulty and went to bed. Next day, the binoculars were working fine. There was nothing visible in daylight that could explain what I'd seen. It is a significant source of regret that I didn't record what I'd seen. All I had to do was press the record button but I was so spooked it didn't occur to me to do so. Looking back, it was difficult to gauge distance but I think that the hill behind the field is about 150 m distant. My sense is that the sphere was about 10-15 m away which would put its diameter at about 1m. If the sphere was on the opposite side of the field, my estimate is that its diameter would have been more like 7-10m. There was no sound emitted by the object and no visible means of support. It was just floating above the ground. As the image was an infrared signal on a monochrome screen, I don't know the colour of the object. I don't subscribe to aliens whizzing about the planet, but can find no rational explanation for what I saw. The area is overflown by military aircraft from Anglesey but the location is civilian with no MOD connections I'm aware of.
June 25, 2023 · 9:31 PM · SPHERE
Jersey City, NJ
Full spin lasts 3 seconds, pretty small, like the size of the stars spinning near the moon, there were 5 airplanes chasing the object, i saw some of the stray cats come out from their hiding spots, i went to get my binoculars but it was gone by then, my neighbors also witnessed it. White colored, the 2 middle ones that are visible would become bright and then as they rotate become dim in synchronization with the orbit. Also, I would like the investigator to send mail or an email, please contact soon, thanks. Do not call, or arrive at the house.
June 24, 2023 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Longview, WA
Blue Light was flying straight from northerly to easterly direction nearly colliding with another object that was a blinking white light traveling in the opposite direction then the blue light object turned into a white light and continued on toward Columbia river. NO SOUND
June 24, 2023 · 3:23 PM · SPHERE
Parker, CO
I saw a shiny, metallic orb flying in a straight line several thousand feet above a neighborhood. It was clearly a spherical object and not an airplane or helicopter. I tried to better position myself but when I looked back up 2 seconds later, the orb was gone. In the video I made, I noticed there was another, similar object flying in the opposite direction. There were no flares, lights, emissions or sounds, at least from what I could tell. It looked like a shiny, metallic ball flying in a straight line at relatively high speed. I have a video of the incident as well.
June 24, 2023 · 4:09 AM · SPHERE
Joshua tree, CA
At around 4 am my partner and I were sitting by our fire looking at the constellations and saw a white orb floating with the wind that was low. It was bright and a yellowish white. It was floating south west to north east. We live in north Joshua tree. Near the military base. It was going direct south west to north east. It was going with the wind but also like it was heading to the coordinates. Directly towards the base. We are close ish to the base
June 23, 2023 · 3:00 AM · SPHERE
Savannah, GA
I woke up around 3 a.m. Unable to sleep and uneasy, I went outside for some fresh air. I have a second-story porch, which faces northeast and overlooks a neighborhood lane. While sitting on the porch, I heard my neighbor's dog yelp and whimper. This sound drew my attention to my neighbor's yard, approximately 100 feet from where I sat. A few seconds after the whimper, I saw a bright blue light hover momentarily, then shoot up into the sky as fast as it appeared. The dog's yelping solidified that it was not a sleep-deprived hallucination but a cause-and-effect situation. Also, the blue light stood out to me because of a story my mother-in-law always tells. She grew up two houses down from where the dog yelped and often commented about a blue light she would see as a child across the street in the cemetery. She said she would often see it drifting through the tree line and disappear as quickly as it appeared.
June 22, 2023 · 11:30 PM · SPHERE
Rockport, NB · Canada
Orbs of light seen over the bay of fundy.. they were flying in sync then started doing an up and down formation keeping the same relative distance apart. My husband first noticed them thinking they were the Elon musk starlight’s satellites but nope they started moving up and down travelled across the sky then disappeared after 20 mins
June 22, 2023 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Yucaipa, CA
I was star gazing tonight at 9:20 and noticed 5 white orbs criss crossing the north Eastern part of the sky. There wasn't any sound, the white orbs were traveling at a high rate of speed then would disappear. I've seen the the white orbs numerous times over the past six months but this is my first reporting about it. A lot of Military planes and helicopter's fly through this area in the foothills of Yucaipa Ca just before Big Bear Ca. Is there a relation?
June 21, 2023 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedDEERFIELD BEACH, FL
The lights seemed like they could be white and red and moved slowly around in a way that appeared like flashlights - sometimes facing towards us and other times circling around the other side where you could see a lighthouse type beam. It did not move in a manner like a balloon or ship that we know of. Just hovered steady in place - never moving from it's appearence in relation to the moons position but... after about a half hour all of us 3 witnesses agreed that as the moon got lower in the sky (like over the top of the homes on the street) the object seemed to be dropping down at the same rate - very slowly. We did not stay to watch it move more or disappear but in the morning it was gone. I have witnessed another object in the sky similar to what this looked like but it was much closer - just above my town of Keyport, NJ and then over the lower NY harbor area but next to Keyport. It was a round vessel that also hovered and had lights on it - like nothing or any technology I've ever seen - it first moved slowly along the coast so I followed in my car and lost view of it - then when I was in the clear to see it - it was gone. This object reminded me so much of that one in Keyport but that was over 12 years ago when I lived there. Anyway - I don't believe this was a planet as you mention and one of the other neighbors mentioned with his app. This clearly had lights moving around or some kind of flaring or beam going slowly around it.I took a bunch of pictures but I could actually see it better with my eyes then the pictures depict. The Images orientation should be with the moon to the right and the UFO on the left. The bright light next to the moon in the photo is Venus. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Certain]
June 20, 2023 · 8:41 PM · SPHERE
sarasota, FL
During sunset the metallic orb/sphere moved very smooth throughout the air and slowly went higher in the air then disappeared in the clouds. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
June 20, 2023 · 3:08 AM · SPHERE
Berwick, PA
I saw a green orb go past my window at a very fast speed and totally quiet and very bright I jumped up to look at it and it was just gone I got really freaked out checked the internet for meteor and green lights and nothing popped up but it was a shooting star the way it was moving was not a meteor it looked like it was depending at a very shallow angle but going faster then any airliner
June 19, 2023 · 11:30 PM · SPHERE
Commack, NY
The object was quite high, circular, and white. It was not a planet, as it visibly moved as I watched it. It also made several maneuvers in a zig-zag way and changed direction very quickly, faster than an object of any significant mass.
June 19, 2023 · 9:50 PM · SPHERE
Vancouver, WA
I saw these two orbs floating and seemingly moving in coordination. Eventually one began moving at a different trajectory. They just didn’t look like anything I’d ever seen before. I have a video that shows them pretty well if you want it