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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
December 5, 2020 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
Whitewater, WI
Driving into Whitewater from the north on Highway 59. Passenger spotted a straight linear formation of bright solid lights out the window towards the city and rolled down the window to attempt a photo. I only saw about 20 because I was driving, however he claims to have witnessed close to 100. Turning off the road we witnessed the lights go out one by one. The total event took place over the course of about minute and we did not see them again.
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.
December 5, 2020 · 6:55 PM · FORMATION
Leland, NC
Sighting from backyard in Brunswick Forest development, Leland, NC (near Wilmington, NC) Two bright dots in the sky between Mars and Neptune at 6:55pm approximately, December 5, 2020. The dots were aligned perpendicular to the line between Mars and Neptune. They were about the size that Mars appeared, but brighter than Mars. When I first looked up and saw the two dots positioned as they were, it looked like Orion’s Belt. Then I said, “hey wait a minute”, since there were only two stars! As I said that, the two stars dimmed to about the brightness of Mars. They were about an inch apart if I was to hold my hand up to the sky to guess distance. After they dimmed, they simultaneously moved about two “sky inches” from my position up and to the right. Then they rapidly faded from sight without moving location. It was a clear evening, mid 50s temperature, moon had not yet risen above my sight line. I was looking almost due south at the time. The “dots” were about 45 degrees up from the horizon. No sound. Observed by one adult female, aged 46. I’ve seen other craft over the years dating back into the 1990s.
December 5, 2020 · 6:45 PM · FORMATION
Beaconsfield, QC · Canada
Clear night, a formation of 8 lights in single file appeared in the sky. They looked like stars, but then I noticed that they were moving together. I thought they were perhaps military planes, but all of a sudden they vanished.
December 4, 2020 · 6:50 PM · FORMATION
Grants Pass, OR
On Friday, November 4, 2020, at 7:49 pm PST, I witnessed a string of lights rising in the sky at a uniform rate from about 15 degrees above the horizon to about 45 degrees above the horizon due west of Grants Pass, Oregon. When first observed there were 5 or 6 lights equidistant from each other at about a 70-degree angle to the horizon. They started to move up to a point above the highest light and more followed the lowest point. In all about 12 dots of light moved up and disappeared just above the point of the original highest light. The dots of light were like the size of the stars in the night sky at that time.
December 4, 2020 · 6:45 PM · FORMATION
Mc Henry, IL
We were heading west on Route 120 just west of McHenry in Northern Illinois at approximated 18:45 on 04-Dec-2020. Approximately 12-15 white dots in a straight line (resembling lines on pavement) at a 45 degree angle pointing southwest appeared in the southwestern sky. The line did not move and remained stationary for about 3 minutes or more and then all lights vanished. There were no clouds present and it was very clear. We were not able to get a photo, as we were driving and there was heavy traffic. The cars in front of us were swerving as they apparently saw it, too.
December 4, 2020 · 6:20 PM · FORMATION
Longmont, CO
A line of lights was traveling across the sky from west travelling north east. They disappeared one by one (not behind a cloud because they never reappeared). There were around 20 of the individual lights. They appeared to be traveling in a straight line. It’s pretty clear here tonight and we can see stars.
December 4, 2020 · 6:13 PM · FORMATION
Vacaville, CA
Dec04, 2020, 1813hrs. Vacaville, CA. While walking my dog, I looked up to see 75-100 lights moving from West to East across the sky, parallel to HWY 80 in California. Approx 5-10 miles North of it. The lights, from my angle, were the same size and brightness as Saturn is right now. They were traveling at slow speed. They were in-line formation. For the most part, they were almost the all the same distance from one another, in line, for the exception of 4-5 which were above or below the line. They traveled at a speed similar to a small-engine plane. By the time they flew over (approximately) central Vacaville they disappeared one by one, once they arrived to the exact same location in the sky. The Travis Air-Force Base is close-by, and so is the Nut Tree Private Airport. We are used to many different aircraft here, and have NEVER seen this phenomenon. No other aircraft was seen in the sky at this time. This was witnessed by myself(walking my dog) as well as my family(from my house around the corner)
December 4, 2020 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
Granite City, IL
I walked outside in the back yard and looked up and noticed a string of lights approximately 20 or more and they were white in color and in a straight formation. I'm not sure but I would say that they were approximately 40 feet or more in between each of them. I did not hear any noise from them and ran in to get my wife who also witnessed this. I grabbed my iPad and tried to record it but it was unsuccessful. Soon after the lights rose up and vanished out of sight.
December 4, 2020 · 5:46 PM · FORMATION
Laramie, WY
My husband and I were outside with our dog. I looked into the Eastern sky and saw a bunch of uniform lights in a line moving across the sky. I yelled at my husband to look and he said there were 7 lights. They were moving in a uniform fashion toward the north east. There was an equal amount of space between the lights. The lights were pointed east/northeast and moving to the northeast. A very large formation of lights. They were not bright, but equal to the stars in the sky around them. It continued to move slowly across the sky out of sight. It only took a minute, but it was not fast. It was difficult to tell how far up they were.
December 4, 2020 · 5:45 PM · FORMATION
Poplar Bluff, MO
10-15 stars in perfect formation traveling East. My son could not focus his phone to capture video. Amazing to see!
December 4, 2020 · 5:30 PM · FORMATION
Englewood, CO
A saw a few dozen or so single white lights flying slowly in a perfect straight line. Looked about 1,000 ft. in elevation and a few hundred feet apart. The movement was slow at about 20 mph with a heading of NE tracking over Centennial airport. All lights were white and about as bright as the stars in the sky. They made no noise and didn't exhibit any movement besides the straight line track. I saw the trail end.
December 4, 2020 · 6:45 AM · FORMATION
Urbandale, IA
At approximately 6:45pm, I walked outside with my family. We saw at least 20 lights in a line move in unison. The lights disappeared as quick as they appeared. And at 6:47pm they disappeared completely.
December 3, 2020 · 7:45 PM · FORMATION
Gilbert, AZ
Walking on golf course in Seville neighborhood, formation of lights going in circular rotation, too lights disappearing although no clouds. Started with 2 rows of lights and then on row. Hard to explain so I drew it from memory when I returned from my walk. Unfortunately left my phone home. Slow rotation, perfectly spaced out lights in uniform. My dog was off the leash and wasn’t responding strange just wanted to go home before our usual route was over.
December 3, 2020 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
Mountain Home, ID
My husband took the dogs out to potty just before 7 PM MST, when he came back to the house he noticed a strange formation of lights in the sky, like stars but in a distinct straight line. He came in the house to get our little bird scope we have and told me he saw something strange. I thought he may have seen a comet, but when I walked on our deck I saw the same thing he did, a string of around 8 to 10 lights evenly spaced in the southern sky, they appeared to be moving slowly to the east in tandem. We both got a good look through the scope, and then it was gone. Like the lights went out. It looked like it could have been one object by the way it moved but we did not see anything other than the lights. We were unable to get a picture.
December 3, 2020 · 6:42 PM · FORMATION
Phoenix, AZ
On December 3rd, 2020, at 18:42, I walked out of my house in Phoenix, AZ with my dog to go for a walk. I walked about 8 paces down my walkway from my front door and looked up at the sky (as I always do). I immediately saw 4 PERFECTLY spaced lights moving slowly. The lights were white, just like the stars, and there was no trail of any kind. I was confused at first as these lights didn't belong to any of the constellations or normal organization of the stars. Then I realized they were moving. The lights were heading North, Northeast. I was watching for about 10 seconds then the lights started to turn off or disappear 1 by 1, starting with the most Northern light (or the light farthest to the right). There was an airplane flying more North of these lights, heading Southeast, at what appeared to be a lower altitude. It was simply extraordinary. I said I saw 1 or 4 craft because at first I thought it was 4 separate crafts since there were 4 lights. However, late! r that evening, I thought it actually could have been 1 large craft with 4 visible lights since the lights were perfectly spaced and moved with perfect synchronization. The lights (or craft) were directly west of the Cassiopeia constellation (through Pegasus, according to Google Sky). The lights were a bit bigger than the rest of the stars in the sky which made them noticeable as well. So amazing.
December 3, 2020 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
Arroyo Grande, CA
I was meeting up with my daughter after she left work, to drop off my 4 year old grandson. We always meet in a secluded side road off the 101 Freeway and Los Berros Road off ramp. There are very few lights in this area so I told my grandson we should get out of the car to look at all the stars since it was so dark out. As we looked up into the sky there was a "string" of lights traveling fast in a NW direction. I quickly tried to count them and there must have been over 20 lights. All in a straight row; evenly spaced going across the sky. I tried to grab a video with my very out-dated phone, but NOTHING should up when I played it back. The straight "string" of lights looked like a row of cars that were traveling on a one lane highway; equally spaced apart; traveling at a high rate of speed. No sound at all. My grandson said, "That's weird" and I agreed. I am a 69 year old woman and I do not drink or take any drugs and I have never seen anything like that!
December 2, 2020 · 6:50 PM · FORMATION
Joshua tree, CA
We had just got home around 5:50 pm. As I got off the car I looked up and said the stars are shining bright tonight. As I continued to look I noticed a formation of lights that suddenly appeared from the east moving northwest. I said look what is that and my daughter, her friend, and my fiancé came back to see and we just stared. There must have been 20-30 of them one right after the other appearing and then disappearing. They looked as if stars where on an escalator. There was no sound of any kind.
December 2, 2020 · 6:05 PM · FORMATION
Chatsworth, CA
We witnessed 8 lights flying in a straight line/formation from west to east over Chatsworth CA. The lights were “white”, could have been mistaken for stars, satellites or commercial aircraft, except that they were moving together, exact same speed, and maintained spacing. Cassiopeia was the most distinct constellation in our view. They appeared to move toward Cassiopeia, west to east, then disappear in a coordinated manner upon reaching it. After they were gone, there were 2 “Free moving” lights — one which crossed through Cassiopeia from North to South, and another which was east of the constellation, yet also moving north to south.
December 2, 2020 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
Watsonville, CA
I was looking at Mars and I was also watching a satellite passing by. I always do, but all the sudden a bunch of lights start to passing by. From my location, they were coming from South to East, about 70° or so above the horizon, there’s a lot of them,too many to count,I see them appear and disappear. it’s a short travel. I calculate that the whole thing lasted about three minutes. from the moment I started to see them,it took me about 30 seconds to decide if I go inside the house and take my cell phone, so I did run inside the house took my cell. My recording is almost two minutes long, so I think altogether it was more or less three minutes. I was looking at my recording but I cannot see anything other than Mars, however I’m very happy that today, I find out, throug the Internet, that other people saw the same thing, that’s just great to know!. The experience to me it was disturbing and exciting. Thank you for Reading my message:)
November 25, 2020 · 6:17 AM · FORMATION
Tucson, AZ
At this time I went outside with my dogs and I looked at the sky when I saw a weird light formation along the sky looked like a tail of a comet but on a formation maybe was the space staton? I will also like to know if someone else saw this formation?
November 25, 2020 · 5:40 AM · FORMATION
Los Banos, CA
When we were driving down Wild Duck Rd in Los Banos, CA to get to our duck blind I saw a flash in the sky and then a trail of space dust left behind, shortly after I saw multiple shooting/falling stars. Once we got to our parking spot I saw a V shaped “star formation” made up of “5 stars” I looked away for less than a minute to check my phone for the name of the constellation and when I looked up at the same location again I no longer saw the V formation instead I saw 3 lights that looked like stars moving apart from each other each going different directions. One light was moving east, one North and the other South. The sky was very clear so I tracked them until they were no longer visible. The other 2 lights remained in the sky around the same area where I spotted the V formation and had lights that flashed around it kind of like Christmas lights except they were only red/lwhite colored they were no longer visible as the sun came up.
November 25, 2020 · 5:30 AM · FORMATION
Boneta, AZ
Large string of lights in formation traveling north to south, above the mountain range over the Eureka Springs Cattle Company/Ranch Boneta). Lights were solid, white, star size and flew at a steady pace across the entire sky. Never seen anything like it. Based on the altitude and the terrain it would have to have been a mile long (estimate).
November 25, 2020 · 5:15 AM · FORMATION
Corona, CA
Saw what I first thought was a trail left by a meteor entry. It didn't dissipate and moved at a speed similar to a satellite to the south. I watched approx 10 lights in a perfect line formation for about two minutes before losing sight of it to the south toward San Diego. I am a retired Police officer and have been a private pilot for over 25 years. I have never seen any known crafts move at this speed with no sounds in such a perfect formation.