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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.
27,433 entries
June 7, 2023 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalMilan, IN
While star gazing on or around the 7th of June, my husband and myself witnessed multiple (what looked like stars/satellites) bright objects coming from behind the north star. At first we thought it had to be satellites since we see many sometime multiple at the same time but, the moving object(s) would come from behind the star, go to the right, get bright and then disappear. This happened at least 4 times. They all went right but, did not follow the same exact path. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
June 7, 2023 · 8:20 PM · LIGHT
Panama City, FL
I was walking my dogs down our driveway, eastward, toward the bay, and I noticed two large, bright, colinear stars above the tree line. They were relatively close to each other, about the width of my palm held at arm's length, and to my eyes, they were identical in size and intensity. Then I realized the star on the left was actually moving. Slowly, it drifted down, diagonally to the left, and then it disappeared completely. I kept watching, trying to figure out if a cloud had obscured it, or if it had really vanished, noting that the star on the right remained entirely visible. The left star reappeared in different spot, slightly above and to the left of the last position. It did not move, but the light from it seemed to pulse/flicker. It stayed in that position for a few seconds, and then disappeared again. The star on the right remained static. In a few seconds, the left star reappeared, this time, much less bright and smaller, as if it had quickly traveled away from me to the East, it seemed. Its position had lowered to about the midpoint of the other two positions. I lost it soon after because it blended in with the other stars at that point. All of the different positions would fit behind a post-it note held at arm's length, so the movement was noticeable only if you were paying attention. I have no idea how close or far away it actually was. I immediately checked a Flight Radar app, and there was nothing even remotely nearby. We do have AF bases in the area, but I've never seen anything that could emulate a star. When I walked back up the driveway, I did notice a very low, very long, slender streak of cloud below the two stars, so it's possible that the pulsing/flickering was a result of a thin cloud passing in front of it. This cloud covered a much wider area than the distance between the two stars, so I feel like if it drifted across the left one, it would have also changed the appearance of the other. The star on the right never changed.
June 6, 2023 · 7:33 PM · LIGHT
NEW BRITAIN, CT
I noticed an orange orangey, red colored star shaped object in the sky. It look like a craft that had five arms per se to the naked eye with a picture revealed so much more later that evening. My brother called me to inform me that there were UFO sightings in and around the very area that I noticed this craft, that were reported in the news .
June 3, 2023 · 9:41 PM · LIGHT
Bellevue, WA
I was in the passenger seat with the window down, and I was taking a photo of the moon. I saw a bright light flash by as I took the photo. As seen in the photo, there is no lamp post where the light shines onto the bridge. 2 photos- one without the light (different location on the bridge) and one of the light I saw pass by as I took photo.
June 3, 2023 · 9:37 PM · LIGHT
Independence, MO
9:37 pm, sun has set, clear sky. A light travels into my view, my chair is facing north I'm looking to the left, (west) I see Venus and more south a light travels into my view heading north. I thought it was a satellite but it was slightly faster or lower then what I normally see from satellites. It was a light blue color or white. The intensity of the light changed as it moved north. I saw it go completely dark or invisible before it lit back up further along in the sky. I stood up to follow it's path and tried finding it with binoculars but it went dark for the 2nd time. I'm facing straight north, standing and looking for movement in the dark sky and I see a very bright streak of light shoot straight down to the ground. It looked like 2 parallel white lights beaming straight down and a red light that was more dim than the two parallel white lights, the red light was on the right side of the 2 white lights. I honestly gasped and thought a plane had gone down at a very fast speed and for a moment expected to see or hear an explosion. No sound other than normal chirps and birds. If I was forced to give a prosaic explanation it was an odd satellite that was lower and faster than others plus a meteor falling from the sky. I can't get a prosaic explanation to fit into what I saw. I think it was one object moving north, changing in visibility, then got to it's location and shot straight down. I felt frozen for 5 mins looking at the sky trying to figure out what I saw and what I should do. I felt compelled to report the sighting, it was not a trick of the light or something I think I saw. I know I saw it, I was amazed and shocked.
June 3, 2023 · 8:36 PM · LIGHT
Marana, AZ
My son and I were looking in the west sky though a star gazing app on the phone to identify planets. We saw a blueish green light appear from nowhere. We thought it was a satellite, but it wouldn't register on the phone app, in which satellites have before. We witnessed the light traveling west to east for about 16 to 20 seconds, then it disappeared.
June 2, 2023 · 10:55 PM · LIGHT
AKRON, OH
I was outside with my dog letting her use the restroom. It was a clear night. I was sober. I was admiring the stars. While observing the stars, object entered view and gained my attention. Once observed directly, dim light moving in a straight line from left to right from behind tree branches. I thought it was a satellite based on it moving straight and in a consistent speed. Object then started to light up, becoming brighter and brighter still moving straight from left to right in the sky. Object then started becoming more dim again, dimmer than when it first entered view but was still visible. Object suddenly dipped "down" in the sky. Still very dim but tracable with the naked eye, made a maneuver never observed before, it accelerated at an alarming rate. It moved from its downward to the right dip, directly into an upward to the right turn, shifted suddenly northeast in the sky from my perspective and was out of site. I stood in disbelief of what I witnessed for some time. It wasn't a plane because it cannot perform that manurver and it had no flashing lights that would identify an airliner.
June 2, 2023 · 4:14 AM · LIGHT
Mattawan, MI
Bright blue green plasma, colored lights, in the sky while driving down I 94 east in between Paw paw, Michigan and Matawan Michigan. Lights were dimming then getting bright, then flickering, then getting bright then staying bright. Looked like lightning that lit the sky up longer than normal. The color of it was very odd. I’ve never seen the sky that color before and the closest thing I can compare to it is lightning, but it was way different.
June 1, 2023 · 9:10 PM · LIGHT
Lexington, KY
Bright object similar to iss but iss not visible my location during sighting. Object visible every few days around 9-930 pm. Object takes a different orbit per sighting. Also China space station not visible during sighting. Object brightness I think is reflection from sun.
May 31, 2023 · 10:32 PM · LIGHT
McAllen, TX
Saw this tonight
May 31, 2023 · 9:39 PM · LIGHT
Victorville, CA
I had to upload as three separate videos for errors with the size of the videos. So hopefully that’ll be enough but these videos are all from one continuous video I just couldn’t upload the full thing. I went to my backyard for a smoke and noticed a light moving in the distance, so as I would go to check it out it got followed by two more, then three, then so many I lost count, I don’t know if I’d be able to upload the full video being it’s almost 3 mins long, when these things are in the air animals like to go nuts you can hear dogs barking all around. Honestly the things I’ve been seeing this past month or so has been so beyond bizarre I’m kinda left with no other option but to report these. I’m reporting two videos today but I’ve got hundreds more…
May 31, 2023 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Kitchener, ON · Canada
Just after 3am, I was on the balcony of my condo, gazing at the night sky, at first nothing kept me looking. I had turned my head to chat with my boyfriend, until at the corner of my eye a bright flash resembling one from a camera caught my attention, as I looked in that direction, I quickly had focused on a star size light (south east) moving faster then any man made aircraft but slower then a meteor, it travelled up and down covering large distance in the sky, heading (north east). At times becoming faint then becoming clear. I followed it too see it flash a second time then quickly it had travelled past the point where I was unable to see this portion of the sky due to the way my building is faced.
May 31, 2023 · 2:29 AM · LIGHT
Rio tercero, CÓRDOBA · Argentina
I was lying down studying, and next to my bed, I have a window. Out of nowhere, the UFO appeared. It was something similar to a ball of energy about the size of a car or even larger. It flew in a straight line at a low altitude, about 40 or 50 meters from the ground. It had a color mixed between blue and white and seemed like something out of a movie. I didn't hear any noise of turbines, nor helicopter, nor drone. I don't think it was something from this planet. After what I saw, I went outside my house and climbed onto the roof, and nothing was visible, just the starry sky. There were no clouds, there was no wind. I don't believe it was something from this planet; it could be a meteorite that entered the atmosphere and disintegrated, or it was something much more complex. During the day, I didn't drink alcohol and didn't consume any kind of substance that could cause hallucinations. Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. Original report in Spanish: Estaba acostado, estudiando para un examen y Vi por la ventana una bola grande de luz de color azul y blanco que volaba a baja altura Estaba acostado estudiando y al lado de mi cama tengo una ventana, de la nada apareció el ovni, era una algo similar a una bola de energía como del tamaño de un auto o más grande. Paso volando en línea recta y estaba a una altura baja, como a unos 40 o 50 metros del suelo. Tenía un color como mezclado entre azul y blanco y parecía como sacado de una película No escuché ningún ruido de turbinas, ni helicóptero, ni dron. No creo que halla Sido un algo de este planeta. Luego de lo q ví, salí a ver afuera de mi casa y me subí al techo y no se veía nada, solo el cielo estrellado. No había nubes, no había viento. No creo que halla Sido algo de este planeta, puede ser un meteorito que entró a la atmósfera y se desintegró o era algo mucho más complejo. Durante el día no bebi alcohol y no consumi ningún tipo de sustancia q me haga alucinar. Jamás me pasó algo igual.
May 30, 2023 · 12:23 AM · LIGHT
North Miami, FL
Every time I tried to take a video and zoom in, I’d lose focus. This wasn’t happening any other time besides when I tried capturing footage of the strange light. It was NOT THE MOON AND NOT A PLANE OR DRONE! A plane did fly by in close proximity immediately as soon as I noticed the UFO.
May 29, 2023 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalSpringhill, FL
I was outside on my back patio and looking up at the moon. I also noticed a circular cloud to the left of the moon, which I thought looked different. Just then, a line of white lights was coming in from the right flying towards that cloud quickly. They flew in a line formation. I counted 10. No sound, no flashing lights. It happened so quickly and then they disappeared. No other clouds in the sky besides the circular one. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
May 29, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Lake Havasu, AZ
Sitting outside with my Husband. We both witnessed the ball of light and watched it travel East. It was not an aircraft as it was moving too quickly, no blinking lights and then quickly became smaller before disappearing this was all within a minute or less.
May 29, 2023 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Tyrone, GA
Very bright light -- brain initially went to Venus. Knew it was not a weather balloon cause I work for the NWS and those are non-reflective...and launched right at 23Z, which is not when the sighting occurred (2130Z). Object was drifting at high altitude towards the northwest. Observed it for a few minutes, noted that it was definitely *not* a plane (we are 20 miles southwest of KATL). Attempted to view it using my 8" aperture telescope. I caught onto it briefly and all I could get was a rather small but very bright dot. It then drifted behind some cumulus clouds. Some very thin high cirrus was present. The object's brightness rose and fell a few times, but it wasn't always clear if it was a change in reflection angle or high cirrus obscuring the object. My wife was outside with me...she also saw it. My 8 year old son came out, saw that I had the telescope, briefly tried to see it, but couldn't get sight of it. Her guess was some kind of drone. My guess was cynically another one of those "Chinese Spy Balloons" like I saw on the news a few months ago, but who really knows. I'm mostly filing this report to figure out if anyone else saw that cause I'm just really curious what I was just looking at. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
May 28, 2023 · 2:24 PM · LIGHT
Levittown, NY
While relaxing in our backyard my wife and I were observing a passenger jet flying approaching us from east to west. While observing the jet I noticed moving pinprick of bright light very much higher than the jet. The jet passed and I observed this object flashing at first very bright and then dimming (it was still lit,but dimly). I pointed this object out to my wife and she observed it,as well. We both agreed that this was not a mylar party balloon which we had seen together many years ago. The. object continued to move, apparently slowly eat to west. we both agreed that it seemed to be moving too slow to be flying. We observed no contrail and heard no sound. As I said,the object was very tiny and we assumed it was very high not low and small. We were able to watch it as it moved east to west, directly overhead and then into the wester sky. We both agreed we had never observed something moving in this way or displaying this kind of bright light dimming and flashing bright again. I did take 2 picture and about 20 seconds of video, but nothing showed up when I looked at them. We both felt this was something perhaps apps explainable but unique.
May 27, 2023 · 10:25 PM · LIGHT
Clinton, NJ
White star-like light, silently traveling from North to South in a straight, steady line; no ISS in the area at the time [NUFORC annotation: Satellite - Possible]
May 27, 2023 · 10:17 PM · LIGHT
Snow Shoe, PA
8 friends sitting around the camp fire, we have a view of an overlook. We witnessed a big bright orange round light appear out of nowhere to the south of us, it then came across the sky right over top of us. It made no sound. It left no plume or trail. It then continued quickly away in a sharp turn North and we lost sight of it from there. It seemed to have a glow around the object. It seemed like a bright light but there was density to it almost like a bright round craftoving very swiftly and smoothly. It also feels very mentaly weird to us all in that it almost feels like we are supposed to forget about seeing it. We were so in shock we didn't capture much, one member of the group did get a video of it, however it was on snapchat and I don't believe he saved it. The other photos are the orginal photo taken at 10:17 pm the enlarged screenshot and the short clip of the motion photo video mode. The flicker is from an overhead tree. The light in question did not blink. It was a solid object the entire time.
May 27, 2023 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Callicoon, NY
I was in a hot tub with three friends. The object caught my eye as soon as it cleared the home that was adjacent to me. My first thought was that it was a bright fireball, and I instinctively shouted to my friends as I pointed, "look"! All four of us followed it with our eyes as it raced across the sky in a seemingly straight line all the way to the hills that were to our southwest. This all occurred in about eight seconds. I must admit that my sense of time was skewed; I was so transfixed on what I was seeing that the duration of the sighting might have been anywhere between six and ten seconds long. What I do know is that it was a white-blue or white-green object and it was exceptionally bright -as bright as fireballs, yet it NEVER dimmed or flared up. Its brightness remained consistent during its entire trip over us. In addition, it didn't break apart and it didn't make a sound, or at least any sound that we could hear. There's really no way for me to know how large it was, as its light output obscured what was actually there. This was much too fast to be a satellite of any kind -even low-orbit satellites. It wasn't the ISS, which was definitely over the Catskills that night. However, the times of the ISS fly-over and our sighting do not align. More importantly, I've seen the ISS several times. This traveled much faster and was brighter! I've run several scenarios through my mind, trying to think of natural or man-made things that this could be and I ruled out several. I am left with three options: 1) It was a military craft with technology far more advanced than any jet-fighter I've ever seen, 2) it was some craft that was launched minutes earlier and was streaking over us, above the atmosphere, 3) it was an unidentifiable object. Earth/Space/Astronomy teacher, high school.
May 27, 2023 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Griswold, CT
I was on my way home from Norwich coming up route 165 and when I got near Pachaug marina and campground, I saw this amazingly bright light soaring through the sky, not too high up. When I got near the fields there were two other cars pulled over and the man asked me if I saw the light too? He then said it didn't make any noise. Crazy.
May 27, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Ruidoso, NM
Time is approximate (full dark, just past twilight). Sitting together on rock with 16 YO son facing south after cleaning a couple of trout, while two younger sons continued to fish. Flicker of green light (possibly a laser pointer) in tops of trees to SW part of lake drew our attention. As we looked up and to the SE we noticed a pair of “stars” close together—less than a finger’s width at arms length-approximately 20-25 degrees above the horizon. The pair suddenly began to move apart, one on the left to the SE, the other to the NW, about the speed of a satellite crossing the sky until out of sight. A few minutes later, but closer to the zenith overhead we observed similar behavior from another pair of “stars.” Partial moon was up west of the zenith and Venus was super bright further west. No images.
May 27, 2023 · 3:20 AM · LIGHT
Barrington, NH
Outside having a smoke. Saw a bright light heading south right along the big dipper's handle. Brighter and faster than a satellite. Blocked by tree shortly after end of handle. 2 seconds later, another one just appears mid handle and heads East for about half the handle's length and quickly fades, thought I saw very dim altered direction/speed. That was it. Seen/reported unusual lights of this sort before. This was unique. I could swear there was a small bit of red next to the bright white light. Definitely faster and brighter than satellite.