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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.
2,379 entries
August 11, 2023 · 6:40 PM · CYLINDER
NW Austin, TX
I boarded American Airlines flight# 4244 from Austin to Albuquerque. Flight left late. We took off around 5:16pm. I was seated on the outside seat looking out the next seat window in front of me admiring and studying the interplay of light and dark on the cloud formations below us. I am a amateur painter and was studying the clouds and how to paint them. When suddenly within my field of view, I was seated on the starboard side of the my plane, Seat 21D. I saw this large white cylindrical object at our same level. It was flying in the opposite direction traveling extremely fast. I saw NO markings, windows, cockpit windows. I saw no tail fin, wings nor engines. No propulsion trail nor engine on rear like a rocket. Yet it was shaped like a rocket but flying perfectly horizontal and in the same plane as my flight. Hard to guess how far away it was. But it was close. Perhaps a ½ mile or less. (?) As it past from one window then to my seat window, I immediately popped the slide shade up to see the object speedily passing before my eyes. The sighting was no more than 3-5 sec. But, I saw the object. It was as if a plane was flying with out its wings and tail fin and no markings or windows were seen. The shape was cylindrical. Is the best I can describe. I’ve uploaded a pic of the clouds. The Object was going too fast for me to react by taking a photo. It looked at my watch it was 6:41pm when I saw the object. I turned around to see if other passengers were looking out their respective windows and sadly no one in my vicinity witnessed what I saw. When we landed in Albuquerque. I asked the pilot if he witnessed seeing a cylindrical object flying in the opposite direction on our starboard side. He said No, he saw nothing.
August 11, 2023 · 2:45 PM · CYLINDER
Glastonbury, CT
Moving west to east high altitude no noise looked reflective and as if spinning possibly still in orbit or slowly falling out of orbit
August 11, 2023 · 8:50 AM · CYLINDER
Newburgh, IN
My family and I saw 6 fire glowing objects traveling NE about 50 mph, about 600 feet in the air all traveling the same path. It’s hard to say the shape because of how bright they were, but I would say cylinder. There was no noise and they traveled at the same speed. It was around 8:50 pm and the sky was mostly clear with some clouds.
August 10, 2023 · 7:43 PM · CYLINDER
Sevierville, TN
Was grilling on porch of the cabin we were staying in when something caught my attention flying overhead with no sound! Called my wife to come look at the object and she commented that there was no sound, wings or lights. I snapped a picture of the object and never heard any noise, Conn trail or source of propulsion. The object was cylindrical in shape about the length of a Jumbo jet. An airplane followed in the same trajectory North to South a few minutes later and I could definitely hear the engine of the small plane and not sure what I had witnessed.
August 6, 2023 · 12:21 PM · CYLINDER
Powhatan Point, OH
I am the Manager at my local public pool and while was sitting in the Basket Room (Office) checking the radar it sounded like our splash pad shut off, so I looked out the door and saw what looked like a BRIGHT glowing Tic Tac zooming across the sky. So I ran back into the basket room and grabbed my phone to get pictures and video. THEN I looked on the pool security cams to see if I caught it... I DID.... This thing made no sound and was not a balloon. This thing was on a straight path and moving FAST.
August 4, 2023 · 8:25 PM · CYLINDER
Lexington, SC
When standing in my backyard, having previously seen UAP at dusk into evening, I gazed up to the 100% clear blue sky and noticed a shiny, peanut shaped aircraft with no wings cruising across the sky from east to west. It was traveling at approximately 5000-10000 feet altitude and transversed the entirety of the visible sky. Speed was constant, but there was a noticeable field surrounding the aircraft that appeared to be shaped as if gravity were bending around it in the direction it was headed. My wife was on the phone and I yelled for her to get out there immediately and when she came outside she was able to observe the craft as well. Took pictures, but as usual, they’re blurry.
August 3, 2023 · 9:35 AM · CYLINDER
New Braunfels, TX
My wife and I saw 2 white cylinder/cigar shaped objects flying at an unknown distance, height, and speed flying in a straight line away from New Braunfels, TX (general Northern direction). We only looked up due to a small plane flying a bit low to the reginal airport. Saw the 2 objects and they were not flying "fast" but were moving under their own power. I was able to get a picture of one (before they were obstructed by the building). [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
August 1, 2023 · 10:00 PM · CYLINDER
Chico, CA
Was scanning night sky hoping to take videos of meteors using Nikon D500/500mm telephoto lens. Observed bright object. With my finger on video button, I could only capture about 0.5 seconds of the object that was travelling at very high speed (velocity). Have observed the International Space Station (ISS) a number of times, even directly overhead; this object was not the ISS. The speed of this object was impressive. Subsequently, I edited the video from 16 MB to reduce the file size. I have attached the shortened portion of the video which is included in a powerpoint slide file. The original video data shows the video speed to be 30 frames per second. I used some very basic image filters on enlarged images of the object to get a better sense of the object profile. Frame 6 of the PPT slide file gives what appears to be the profile of the object. I am an amateur photographer and environmental scientist; just being curious about what I observed.
July 30, 2023 · 2:14 PM · CYLINDER
Bloomington, IN
Shiny silent cylindrical appearing object flew over my home. I recorded it and zoomed in and it was not a jet or aircraft we would see. My husband saw the same thing a day prior but I’m this day we both saw it
July 28, 2023 · 6:05 PM · CYLINDER
Boaco, Boaco Department, Nicaragua
Craft hovered overhead for a couple seconds then appeared to 'scan' us, afterward it flew off rather quick
July 23, 2023 · 12:00 AM · CYLINDER
Everett, WA
Object appeared through thinning clouds
July 22, 2023 · 8:59 PM · CYLINDER
Crab Orchard, KY
While fishing at the lake I seen two planes flying overhead so I thought I would catch them on my I phone, as I zoomed in something flew at great speed past my sight in view at great speed and moved erratically at top of screen and was gone, after looking at the video we seen another object in the picture also. [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Possible]
July 17, 2023 · 9:17 PM · CYLINDER
Brooklyn, NY
I was sitting on my roof with my neighbor and we saw a bright light. As it got closer, we realized it was not a plane, helicopter or jet. Just fast moving bright object. Hard to get a decent picture.
July 16, 2023 · 9:40 PM · CYLINDER
Artemis · Greece
- Cylinder shape with bright white line across its bottom. - Moving slowly from West to East in light North wind. - Sighting happened just after nightfall, object's shape was barely discernible against the sky's last twilight. - Object located 8.3 km away from the Athens International Airport, at approx. altitude of 1.5 km above ground. - Estimated size was (much) larger than an airplane, with no wings, exhaust, blinking lights, or noise present. - The usual air-traffic to-and-from the airport was flying much higher, and didn't seem to notice or get bothered by it. - Faded in the distance after approx. 4-5 minutes. - Two eye-witnesses. Didn't catch any photos/vid because we were too busy trying to figure out WTF was it that we were looking at.
July 14, 2023 · 8:30 PM · CYLINDER
Probable conventionalBickley, KENT · United Kingdom
Cylinder [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Probable]
July 12, 2023 · 11:36 PM · CYLINDER
Fairview Park, OH
Tic tac object. Color and as bright as moon. Was width of a dime at arms length. Moved north to south at 40 degrees above horizon as viewed from skylight window in 4 seconds but had definitive edges with a slight hazy aura around it. No noise or aircraft sounds. Unmistakable tic tac shape. Followed ten minutes later by another object having a red light centered in a hazy white round blob. This moved first north and suddenly reversed direction to south-south east. Size of blob similar to first object and observed for about 6 seconds. Hopkins airport is near but these objects had NO running lights, wing surfaces or other shapes indicating convential aircraft. We are professionals in journalism and military history in our early seventies and have written many articles and op Ed's for large area newspapers. One of us has won 2 awards in journalism.
July 11, 2023 · 9:15 AM · CYLINDER
Vancouver, WA
July 11, 2023: 9:15 am -9:30 am; I was at my home, in my backyard. Looking out toward the west: I spotted a great white egret bird flying and was amazed at how high it could fly. Then, I saw an unusual floating shining cylinder shape (I used my bird watching binoculars... it isn't that powerful but I can tell it is a cylinder shape, standing upright and has reflection's "wings.") It is much farther up above the marine low clouds that have been broken up since this morning. Sometimes it stays still and then moves away. It moved near the moon and floated southward then it stayed there for a while, then it moved more north until I lost vision because of clouds and then sunshine. I was trying to find it again by looking northeast where I last saw the cylinder object. A little later, 6 military jet planes, flew in rows from west to east (northern side of me.) I think it was F-15s. That was at 9:50 am. As of 10:00 am, I still do not find the shining cylinder and more fluffy light clouds are appearing to block my viewing. Photos taken with my iPhone 11. Not the best with the zoom. I took a picture when it was shining the most. My gut tells me that it was some kind of spy drone.
July 10, 2023 · 10:00 PM · CYLINDER
Attalla, AL
They seemed to be chasing each other in a circular motion. There was 5 small crafts that appeared. This continued on for at least 35-40 minutes. The bottom of each craft had 4 red and white lights in what seemed to be rotating. They each had what appeared to be a green light going out the top. It was quite spectacular to watch. It appeared as if they were playing a game of chase with each other. I wish I had recorded the event but it was so amusing to watch that I just couldn't pull myself away from watching them.
July 9, 2023 · 12:00 AM · CYLINDER
Sanford, FL
Spotted a white glowing craft in various areas of sky while watching launch go up. Was cylindrical/ saphirical when zooming in on camera and had two bright lights with prism-like Aura around it.
July 7, 2023 · 8:53 PM · CYLINDER
Roseburg, OR
Long cylinder shape moved from north to south across the eastern skyline in Roseburg, OR. It was visible to the naked eye in the daylight. We saw it for about 4 minutes. We failed to get a photo as we were hoping to use our telescope to get a good image and it moved out of our sight at that time.
July 5, 2023 · 11:00 PM · CYLINDER
Milton, VT
At just about 11pm I saw a UFO. It was the most brilliant thing I've EVER seen. That thing zipped around the Milton area, towards where the fire works were and the dog park is. It cut across the sky with a brilliant white rooster tail, then it would hop across the sky without a tail. It would very quickly appear, then disappear in the blink of an eye. It looked kind of tube like, with no rhyme or reason about which end the tail came out of. This all happened in about 15 seconds, then the craft zipped across the sky heading towards the lights I believe were coming from Essex Junction or even Burlington with a very long tail. I now can rest easy, I KNOW that UFO'S exist. I'm shaking like a leaf as I type this, I'm still in shock. SERIOUSLY, WHO do I call to report this? VTANG? The Burlington Airport? The media? And there is no possibility it was a drone, or even a group of drones. Or fireworks, satellites, or even Starrlink. It was a UFO. HELP!
July 5, 2023 · 9:15 AM · CYLINDER
Ocean springs, MS
Observed a silver reflective cylinder moving slowly south about 1500 ft. Was driving so not able to hear it if it was making a sound.
June 27, 2023 · 7:05 AM · CYLINDER
Rapperswil, CANTON O · Switzerland
I looked out the window of my 5th floor apartment on June 27, 2023 at 7:05am European Time and there was a dark cylindrical mass in the sky (dark grey, black). It was about 2km away from me. It looked a bit like a big bell. It was not moving. I sensed that it was just hovering in one spot. The day was cloudy but bright. I watched the dark object with my two children and my husband for 12 minutes or so. It never moved the entire time. I had to get my kids' bags ready for school, so I left the window. When I checked on it five minutes later, it was gone. Disappeared. There is a commercial hot air balloon that flies in different parts of Switzerland owned by Vitogaz that is a similar shape and is grey and red. What I don't understand is if it was a hot air balloon: How did it completely disappear from such a height so quickly, and why did I get such a weird vibe from it. Balloons don't move quickly. It would have had to have plummeted to the ground. I have video from 7:09 and then at 7:26 when it completely disappeared. I’m used to seeing hot air balloons in our area. This did not act like a hot air balloon, and it wasn’t in the location that the hot air balloons usually fly. It was closer to me. Usually they stay farther away on the horizon, and I can always see all the colors on the balloons from where I live. This object had no colors. After seeing this in the sky I was convinced it was not normal. I googled to see if anyone else saw anything and found this report in Lausanne in July 2020. https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1315827/UFO-sighting-video-Lausanne-bell-UFO-real-aliens-news?int_source=amp_continue_reading∫_medium=amp∫_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target The report here is very much the same as my experience, except I didn't have trees for the object to possibly hide behind. There are also many reports that these sighting are just the Vitogaz balloon. I really don't believe this. And why have other people in Switzerland been alarmed by similar sightings as well. It just seems like something isn't right with all of this. I'm not satisfied with it being a commerical balloon for all the reasons I listed above. I have shown the footage to a few local friends who agreed that it just doesn't seem right. I hope all of this information is helpful, and I hope this event isn't dismissed as another balloon sighting. I believe it really needs to be looked into further.
June 25, 2023 · 7:00 PM · CYLINDER
Long Beach, CA
It was nearing sunset and the moon was nearly full and out in the sky. I saw a cylinder shaped craft cross in front of the moon and travel south towards Seal Beach, California…until it disappeared into the midair. There were no clouds in the sky. It was moving very slow. It had no lights flashing on it. It had no sound. It had a shadow on the bottom and was very shiny on top. It was right above Long Beach Harbour in, Long Beach, California.