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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

February 5, 2015 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE

Martinsburg, WV

A glowing blue sphere streaking diagonally toward earth in the east.

February 5, 2015 · 6:43 AM · SPHERE

I was getting ready for the day, when I looked outside and saw a patch of sky on the western horizon that was bright as day, but the sun was still behind the mountains so it was dark everywhere else. Then I saw a black, perfectly round orb, about the size of a dime from my perspective move across the sky. It was only visible for about 10 seconds.

February 3, 2015 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE

Wendell, NC

Went back inside to tell my parents to look at it, came back out and it was gone, came back out and it was back. Stayed again for another 3-4 min. And was gone again. Then came back with a horizontal light beam like a spot light that was a long beam of light.

February 3, 2015 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE

San Tan Valley, AZ

Approximately around 20:15 PM on 2/3/2015, while setting up my telescope mount to align to the star, Sirius, for a imaging session of the Cone Nebula in the constellation Monoceros, I noticed a bright amber object in the eastern sky, about 35 degrees up from the horizon, and 30 degrees north of the star, Sirius. The object was visible before its first movement, and remained stationary for 5 seconds . The object then projected a beam about one half its diameter that extend out about 5 degrees. It then moved to the end of the Beam. It remained stationary for about 2 seconds. It then displayed another beam approximately 5 degrees and then vanished. I went in the house to get my night-vision camcorder. After returning from the house with the camcorder, nothing was in the sky. I was out several times to check on my imaging setup and never noticed anymore activity. The imaging session lasted for about 3 hours. It is important to note that I have been imaging objects in the sky for over 10 years. Objects such as the moon, galaxies, Comets, star cluster, ISS, planes, jets and nebulas. I am familiar with what a satellite looks like, as well as a meteorite or comet. This was not a Chinese lantern, comet, flare, meteorite etc. PS: The object was moving upto the right at about 15 degrees and the beam it projected was very linear unlike an arching/tapering trail of a comet or meteorite. The beam was also consistent in width; it did not taper.

February 3, 2015 · 9:30 AM · SPHERE

Anderson, CA

The 3 of us were at Walmart, and right next to Walmart is some sort of factory that always has white smoke coming from these giant pipes. I wanted to take a picture of the smoke in the sky, and so I did. But when I went back to review, in the picture it looked like some sort of orb of light was shooting out and away from the white smoke. There was another orb of light inside or behind the smoke, it looked as if it was not moving. There was also a beam of light coming from the top of the smoke. We suspect that the stripe of light that appears to be radiating from the top of a column of steam is a lens flare, caused by the camera's being pointed at the Sun, but we cannot be certain. PD

February 2, 2015 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE

Melbourne, FL

I noticed 2 orange balls floating over the ocean off the coast of Melbourne, Florida. One of the orbs disappeared about a minute before the second one disappeared.

February 1, 2015 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE

San Jose, CA

The moon was bright and it was a cloudless night. I was in my hot tub just looking at the stars and there appeared a round red fiery light with red flame-like flares coming from the sides of the UFO. It was traveling in a straight line from the West going East. It was the most spectacular thing I have ever seen in the sky. As I watched it travel across the sky, I was wishing I had my camera. To my great surprise, right before the UFO disappeared, another UFO came into view following the same path as the first one. It was exactly the same, flying the same speed and everything. I yelled louder and louder for my wife to come outside. She came outside half dressed to see what I was yelling about. She saw the UFO and was greatly amazed also. She went back into the house and got her camera and started taking shots of the UFO’s. I went into the house also and got my camera so I could try and get some shots. I was able to shoot about 50 shots but only some came out. I do have some interesting shots even if they are not great. My wife took about 10 shots and some of hers came out good also. It was very amazing because the UFO’s kept on coming out of the West. As soon as one got about three-quarter of the way across the sky another one would show up. There were a total of 9 or 10 UFO’s that flew over my house. At one point it appeared that one of the UFO’s stopped and the other one that was following started catching up. One of the craft appeared to be higher in the sky as they got closer to each other. The closes they got together was about the distance of two moons apart, then they move on and disappeared. At one time I could see three UFO’s all in a row traveling the same path then one would wink out and the the next one would disappear and so on. It seems some of the craft had different spacing that others. They were not all the same distance apart as they traveled across the sky. This happened between 8:30 PM and 9:00 PM on Sunday February 1, 2015, above San Jose, California 95111 USA. In general the UFO’s were a round shape. The craft was round and the red fiery like flames were toward the front on both sides and also toward the rear on both sides. The UFO’s came out of the West (Pacific Ocean), they were traveling almost due East (East Coast) The first 5 or 6 UFO’s all had a “halo” of red-flame-like-flares coming from the front sides of and the rear sides of the round body of the craft. All craft followed the same course West to East and also about the same path (a straight line across the sky) There were no commercial planes in the sky that I could see during this time The moon was very bright it seemed I almost needed sunglasses The red glow of the craft got brighter as they came from the West and when they were three-quarters of the way across the sky they were the brightest. When they passed the three-quarters mark they started losing their glow and soon winked out and were gone. It seem they all disappeared in about the same part of the sky My photos were taken with a Nikon D800 with AF-S Nikkor 23-120 mm 1:4 G ED lens about 50 photos My wife’s photos were taken with a Nikon Coolpix P510 Nikkor 42X Wide Optical Zoom ED V 4.3 - 180mm 1:3-5.9 lens The craft had different distances between them As I looked to the South the crafts were traveling West to East below Orion’s Belt and below the moon’s position in the sky I will submit Photos as soon as I figure out how (on February 4th, 2015)

February 1, 2015 · 8:00 AM · SPHERE

Fountain Hills, AZ

I took a picture of the sun raising over Fountain Lake with my iPhone 6. When I posted the picture To Facebook, I noticed the blue/greenish orb to the south of the sun. I am not aware of any tall features in that area of the park that would reflect the sun, so thought I'd send it to you. We suspect the small green orb is a lens flare. PD

February 1, 2015 · 12:30 AM · SPHERE

Plantation, FL

I was sitting on the back porch, when I saw a red light floating across the sky. I didn't think anything of it at first because my house is right next to the airport. However, as it got closer I realized it was not an aircraft from the airport. It was flying relatively low, and it was completely silent. It floated over the house and then disappeared. Two more floating in the same path came by within five minutes. I saw three total. I wasn't able to completely focus on it as it flew over. It appeared to be a red glowing orb that twinkled.

February 1, 2015 · 12:20 AM · SPHERE

Miami, FL

O O O O O O As I'm walking my dog to the backyard of my apartment, thought a plane caught my eyes, but its wasn't a plane...(just like above). It was the glowing orange, at steady speed coming from north, to southwest. I was speechless, but figure I should report. Maybe it'll help to know where they are heading from last time you seen it. Date is approximate. PD

January 31, 2015 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE

Lancaster, CA

Strange orange-yellow hovering not in formation but grouped together, then slowly each one dimmed away, came back slowly dimmed again, no flashing, blinking,or sound.

January 31, 2015 · 7:25 PM · SPHERE

Evanston, WY

At 7:20pm MST, I looked outside towards the west of town, and saw a white orb. The light was over the rooftops of the houses nearby but was probably about 5-10 miles away. I jumped in the car and left Evanston heading southwest when I realized there were two orbs...the original one higher in the sky, and a lower one. Both orbs were moving southwest and a slow speed at first, then faster. I gave chase in my car, and stopped at a lookout ridge about 8mi southwest of town. The lower orb was gone behind the distant mountains at this point, and the higher orb stayed in the lower sky for 15 minutes. It was orangish in color and brilliant. The higher orb eventually went below the distant mountain range. They were heading in the direction of Ogden, UT. I tried to take pics with a digital camera, but due to the dark sky, it picked up the ORB out of focus.

January 31, 2015 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE

Winnipeg (Canada), MB · Canada

as i was driving over the saalter bridge at this time i notyiced a bright bright star and seemed red and it was moving thought ok maybe it's a plane, but as i looked closer there was no flashing light and it was bright read so i was thinking if its a ufo it would nove direction as i thought that it went from moving forword like a plane to striaght down and as i told my father theres a ufo he didnt want to hear it .. i tuned off the street but i posted a stauts and others seen it as well Witness provides a minimum of contact information. PD

January 31, 2015 · 5:30 PM · SPHERE

Yorktown/Jefferson Valley, NY

Disappeared behind the hill within seconds. Moved faster than anything I've yet witnessed. I am not a believer in UFO's however this was one of my more obscure experiences. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

January 31, 2015 · 8:05 AM · SPHERE

Palmer, AK

At approximately 08:05 on Saturday January 31st 2015, looking out our kitchen window we noticed a sphere with an oscillating white light, like a light inside a bubble, hovering over, but beyond, Bald Mountain Ridge, west of Government Peak. The sphere maintained a constant altitude while it slowly moved in an eastward direction. At approximately 08:22 the sphere began to descend and at approximately 08:25 the sphere went out of sight somewhere behind Bald Mountain Ridge.

January 29, 2015 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE

Dekalb, IL

Me and 3 friends were exiting an apartment, and all of a sudden a quiet boom echoed over head. Over us came a huge burst of light. It looked like a meteor, however it was covered in blue-yellow flames. It flew overhead for near 5 seconds, then disappeared over the horizon.

January 29, 2015 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE

Pacific Grove, CA

On the evening of Thursday, January 29, 2015, at about 8 P.M., we saw orange lights over Monterey Bay from our oceanfront house in Pacific Grove, CA. The viewing lasted about 15 minutes. First, two bright orange lights were seen from our window, heading east from the ocean into the Bay. We went out to our balcony to get a better view, and an additional 4 lights in a vertical diamond formation came into sight. All lights were bright, steady (no flashing), and moving slowly and silently. They were at a low altitude –maybe 200-500’ above the water. The first two lights appeared to come together (possibly one moved in front of the other so that only one was visible…), then, after a few seconds, the(ir) light rapidly moved north across the Bay and faded. The other 4 lights began to fade as they began to move north. After the orange lights were gone from sight, we could still see tiny dim lights (of red, white, and blue) moving erratically around each other, apparently on the far side of the Bay. At least two small private planes flew near the lights during our observation. It would be interesting to know the observations of the pilots.

January 29, 2015 · 3:30 PM · SPHERE

Hampton Beach, MA

Upon turning the corner from boys heads to Hampton Beach, I notice a sundog in the sky. I immediately pulled over and took three consecutive pictures in fast succession. Upon returning home I looked at the pictures on my phone of a sundog and noticed there was something else in my photos. When I zoomed in I could see there was a ver in the light of the Sun dog, but then suddenly it's changed altitude instantly and appeared up above the Sun dog in two consecutive pictures. I have these pictures in remarkable quality, if interested.

January 28, 2015 · 11:50 PM · SPHERE

Columbiaville, MI

Round, apparently spherical in southwest night sky. Brighter and larger than any other object in the sky other than the moon. Pulsating silver, with blue, red, yellow and green streamers floating away from it. Observed with binoculars, it had grid-lines all over the silver area and pulsating colors were more visible.

January 28, 2015 · 7:15 PM · SPHERE

Scottsdale, AZ

Around 7:15 PM, 4 others and I witnessed 2-3 glowing orbs over Mesa/Salt River Reservation in Arizona. As I watched in awe, it looked like energy was charging up and the orb was flashing various colors, then my camera got blurry and the focus stopped working. It almost seemed as if it were some sort of energy like pulse. The orbs aligned into triangular formations as well as a line. Previously to starting video there was 4 orbs that moved fast across the sky in a way that I could only say compares to a star realigning In the sky. At the end the orbs grew closer and combined into one orb that ended up fading out and slowly grew harder to see. I don't know what this was, but I have never seen ANYTHING like it before. In person the light coming off of it was powerful.

January 28, 2015 · 6:30 PM · SPHERE

Holyoke, MA

Both objects were small, orblike, and flashed in alternating red and green, similar to past sightings in area. From the ground (after exiting car) topmost orb seemed to hover from left to right. Observer is a university student, does not drink or take illicit drugs, is sound of mind and has no history of hallucinations or serious mental disorders.

January 28, 2015 · 6:08 PM · SPHERE