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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.
9,368 entries
September 3, 2023 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
IdentifiedKissimmee, FL
I have seen these more than once in the last couple of months. One sighting there was 2 fireballs. All sightings, the fireballs fly in the same direction up away from earth from north to east Starlink-103 (6-12) LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
September 3, 2023 · 9:25 PM · FIREBALL
Gambrills, MD
We saw a bright white and blue light with very long bright tail and no noise. Thought it was a firework at first but then realized it was too high and didn't hear it go off
August 31, 2023 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL
Van Nuys, CA
We saw a blue UFO about 40 degrees up from horizon, moving fast across the sky going around 5 degrees in the upward direction from the horizontal coming from the east with a lingering jet trail. It could have been shot from the ground at an almost horizontal angle.
August 26, 2023 · 9:44 PM · FIREBALL
IdentifiedSeguin, TX
9:44 PM 08.26.2023 We were swimming in our pool and looked up to the west and saw a bright light flying to the East with a huge white cloud around it. At first glance it appeared to be a plane flying through the clouds or meteor or something of the sorts falling and then we realized that there’s not a cloud in the sky. I jumped out to grab my phone to film it and as I was looking down to it my husband said, “It’s gone.” it just vanished. Nothing to the East like a meteor dissipated or like lights went off for a moment. It just vanished. No we don’t do drugs. No we aren’t drinking. Please tell me someone else saw this??? Falcon 9 Starlink-101 (6-11) SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 26, 2023 · 8:25 PM · FIREBALL
Albertville, AL
I noticed it was moving very fast and then started recording the quality of the video sucks but you can see the orange blob and how fast it’s moving. I would really like to know if it was some airplane or a UFO. Also it’s very hard to see in the video but it crossed in front of an obvious airplane and that’s how I could tell the orange bright orb wasn’t like that of an airplane. The airplane had flashing red and blue and white lights, the UFO looked as if was on fire.
August 22, 2023 · 2:33 AM · FIREBALL
Long Beach, CA
At 2:33 am pst, as i was going to my bathroom on the second floor, i looked out my window saw a ( fire ball ) with trailing red and orange flames moving from WNW to SE. I thought it might be an aircraft with flaming engine or maybe some kind of space junk, i estimated my sight was 45 degrees horizontal plane. This object was moving in a horizontal direction for about 11/2 minutes before the flames went out. After the flames went out there was a small bright dot with a faint glow behind it that continue for 3-5 minutes moving SE. But after this, a lower orange ball of light appeared well below about 10 degrees horizontal plane, that appeared to circle for 30 seconds and disappeared.
August 17, 2023 · 8:18 PM · FIREBALL
Nashville, TN
i observed what i thought was an asteroid or meteor falling to earth in donelson, tn near the bna airport. the closer it came to impact i braced for an expected load sonic boom seeing as in relation to the two aircraft that were landing at bna airport at the time dwarfed in comparision of this thing. then it pause and three triangle shaped bright lights two green and one white came on and it changed its direction at a 90 degree andgle and had a green smoke trail and dissapeared shortly out of the atmosphere, truley unlike any thing that ive ever witnessed in my entire life.
August 15, 2023 · 10:36 PM · FIREBALL
Kyle, TX
Later after the spotting like 2 minutes it got really close and we saw how big it was , it was a triangle with 3 lights on the corners , I have one picture where u can kinda see the 3 dots , if needed please contact me.
August 13, 2023 · 3:05 AM · FIREBALL
Frontenac State Park near Lake City, MN
My fiancee and I were sitting at the entrance of the Frontenac State Park Campground at 3:05 AM CST, photographing the perseids meteor shower facing mostly NE over the Mississippi River. We both observed an extremely bright ball of blue light (it lit up the sky for a brief moment) appeared in the sky, SE of our location. It traveled a short distance, traveling horizontally with an upward trajectory, lasting 2-3 seconds, before emitting an intensely bright light and completely disappearing from view. It left behind a trail, resembling smoke/clouds, which was light in color, that lasted approximately 10-15 seconds before it dissipated. No sound was heard during the event. The sky was very clear with very little to no light pollution from surrounding cities.
August 11, 2023 · 9:06 PM · FIREBALL
Fayette, NY
We saw a red fireball moving slowly across the sky while driving north on 414. It was low and initially it thought it may have been a drone with a red light but after I pulled over to look closer it looked like it was on fire. I took one picture with my phone camera and another one with an actual camera (I'm on vacation here) before it was out of view/range to see or photograph. It lasted about 1 minute total.
August 10, 2023 · 11:13 PM · FIREBALL
Probable conventionalCaro, MI
((name deleted)) [NUFORC annotation: Meteor - Probable]
August 10, 2023 · 5:50 AM · FIREBALL
Kansas Coty, MO
I thought it was a jumbo jet crashing. Broke into several pieces that maintained fire. Looked to go to the ground. Maybe Overland Park, KS?
August 9, 2023 · 9:15 PM · FIREBALL
Fayston, VT
While letting my dog outside before bed, I had a very clear view of the stars over the mountains. A bright white star/ meteor like object moved across the sky from south to north. In the eastern sky. This object was moving so much faster than a satellite that there is absolutely no comparison. The object then began to slow down while in the center of my sky view. It then turned from bright white to bright yellow and changed direction to easterly. I could not sense any altitude change from my observation point. After slowing and changing direction it moved eastward for about 4 seconds, then was no longer visible. This is the third object like this I have seen in our crystal clear vermont night skies in three years the other two came from a westerly direction then slowed and turned northward. The air was absolutely still and no sound was ever noticed. I am a professional pilot with many years of viewing aircraft and satellites in the skies. These were something different.
August 7, 2023 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Texarkana, TX
star gazing,saw object ,.watch untill it disapired.about 30 sec. clear sky
August 6, 2023 · 10:48 PM · FIREBALL
IdentifiedPort Charlotte, FL
Object changed colors red stationary to orange moving with a trail or tail behind. Trail dissipated on stopping. Moved with intent up stop right sped up stopped then went out. Thought it was a light on a tower until it moved and stopped Thought it was a comet as the tail grew Thought it was an aircraft but illumination went off and it stayed in one spot Color was not constant. SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-8 mission from Cape Canaveral [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 6, 2023 · 10:37 AM · FIREBALL
Palm Beach Gardens, -
Was driving from home to lock up my place of work as the other employees forgot their key, on the way I saw it, called the employees and told them to go outside and look up. They saw it with streams coming off similar to a meteor but we probably watched it for 10 minutes exist until it fading moving farther and farther and getting smaller until it was out of our horizon. One employee got video. I have my pp and I'm 100% sure it wasn't a plane or military vessel. It looked natural. Plane was near us but far from the object and not anywhere near the same speed. I have been checking daily hoping to see another report or explanation, but no luck.
August 6, 2023 · 1:48 AM · FIREBALL
Wilmington, NC
Just before 2am on 8/6/2023 I spotted 9 objects in the sky to the Northeast of Wilmington NC. I first spotted two objects, one trailing the other from West to East. The speed of the objects made me think they may have been some types of Satellites as their speed matched other known Satellites and the ISS track speeds. The appearance seemed to suggest one of two things, either sunlight reflection off of a Satellite solar panel or the emission of thruster gases. The objects were moving too slow to be Meteors. Upon checking my security camera playback, I noticed that there were multiple objects traveling in the same general direction (West to East) that I had not seen before or after the two objects I saw with my own eyes. Some of those objects were traveling across the path of the previous objects (going South to North). They were in the same general location in the sky looking Northeast from my location. I have previously seen multiple similar events over the last year and made an attempt to validate these objects with known Satellites but no data matched the events. The brief flash of light on these objects had a fade-in/out effect and an average duration of 5 to 7 seconds. They never maneuvered, moved only in a straight line. I have also seen these object events towards the North-West direction and some have recorded seeing these types of events off the coast (over the ocean) in broad daylight over the last several months. The objects emitted no sounds or sonic booms. Am unable to upload the event video due to the file size. Here is a link to my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFEnJToRlBQ [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
August 5, 2023 · 9:11 PM · FIREBALL
Mayodan, NC
2 orb’s floating silent that looks like balls of fire 100 feet above my home.4 live photographs were taken which clearly shows hundreds of extraterrestrials floating around the objects. 3 seconds of video on each photo was recorded, body movements changed from picture to picture.This makes my 38th encounter in 3 years, photographed all encounters with extraterrestrials in the majority of the pictures taken.
August 2, 2023 · 2:13 AM · FIREBALL
Dayton, OH
looked like a greenish yellowish ball of fire falling down in an angle
July 30, 2023 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Cedarburg, WI
I was recording a lightening storm on our patio because it started to become more frequent and aggressive and caught something come out of the storm
July 29, 2023 · 10:59 PM · FIREBALL
Waterford, CT
When viewing a mostly clear sky and bright moon, a fireball craft darted from left to right above the tree line but far below the clouds. This phenomenon was to the right of the moon. The fireball was orange. Moments after the sighting a man in his underwear was disoriented and approached the observers from behind. The man said he was a navy seal.
July 28, 2023 · 10:35 PM · FIREBALL
Gulf Breeze, FL
On Friday, 07/28/2023 at approximately 10:35 pm, my wife, a family friend, and I were in our backyard and had just gotten out of the pool. From our home’s backyard observed, we observed a large red/orange circular fire/plasma ball in the sky at about the cloud level in the night sky. That evening was warm, mostly clear with a few clouds and the moon was very bright. No rain, lightning, or thunderstorms in the area at all that day. I first noticed the large (size of a small airplane or helicopter) object located southeast (towards Navarre, FL) of our home because of its brilliant bright red color and because it was not moving. The object was larger than any other object (other than the moon) in the night sky. The red and orange color appear to look like a fire ball /plasma without any defined edges and a haze around the edges. The object made no sound. It hovered in place at this height for about 10 seconds. Then the object slowly began moving south towards the Gulf of Mexico, at the same height, for about 5 seconds then it just slowly faded away. I confirmed with the other witnesses that it did not go behind a cloud, but in fact the object had just disappeared. It appeared to leave a momentary trail of light as it moved but that may have been my eyes adjusting to the brightness of the object against a dark sky, I am not sure. The object appeared not to produce any smoke or vaper trail. Moments later, I observed another similar object or the same object approximately 2 – 5 miles directly south of my location. This object was slowly moving south towards the Gulf of Mexico. However, this object was now much, much lower (approximately 500 - 1000 feet above the tree line). If it was the same object, it would have had to had moved at an incredible speed to go from the original position and height from where it disappeared and then moments later reappear at the lower height and new position in the sky. We continued to observe the object for about 5 – 10 seconds as it continued south and then just faded away. Our home is located in Gulf Breeze, FL (near the Midway area) off of Soundside Drive. We see a lot of military aircraft, private, commercial aircraft and satellites in our skies. This object was unlike anything I have seen before. We did not observe any solid object or aircraft producing this fire ball. It appeared at all times to be a large fire /plasma ball with no definable edges, with no navigational lights on it and it never made a sound. No photos or video recordings were made of this sighting. My wife is a teacher at a daycare and I spend 30 years in the military/reserves and 23 years in law enforcement. These facts are true to best of my recollection.
July 19, 2023 · 9:15 PM · FIREBALL
Probable conventionalHumboldt, AZ
I videoed it and took a picture [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
July 18, 2023 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Boston, MA
I was sitting on my porch watching the sunset and I saw a bright ball of fire come down and then quickly go back up. It disappeared with no trace. I kept looking to see it reappear or to be recognized as a plane. The shape it made was like the letter U. Reminded me of a shooting star in color and brightness.