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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
November 18, 2018 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Mount Pleasant, MI
In the western sky right around dusk, i saw 2 paralell rectangular lights in the sky. They moved like shooting stars with tails and disenegrated. I thought at first it was a shooting star. But shooting stars arnt 2 rectangular lights. Also there was a hekicopter in the sky right for a couple hours before and after just sitting hovering.
November 17, 2018 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Franklin, NC
While looking to the northeast on a clear night we saw a small, white light which we at first thought was a stair. We then observed that it was moving in circles and erratically while staying in basically the same location. There was no wind and nothing, i.e. trees, between us and the object. We took several videos on our phones.
November 17, 2018 · 7:15 PM · LIGHT
Anchorage, AK
At one point they all went out. Then one blinked back on and lit up the sky. Then another blinked on. I watched while the weird rumble continued. After about 10 minutes, all blinked out and the rumble stopped. Witness submits a very nice photograph, showing five bright white, or yellow, lights, positioned against a dark nighttime sky. PD
November 17, 2018 · 11:00 AM · LIGHT
Troy, MI
I heard a loud noise above our house & the neighbor's house ... crawled out of bed to look out my window and saw a bright light leaving from above our house heading north going higher and higher with an extremely LOUD noise and bright light bigger than car but smaller than a airplane from what I could see.
November 17, 2018 · 1:30 AM · LIGHT
Beavercreek, OR
Opened SkyView app to ensure these were not star formations, discovered what I thought was one flickering light hovering over the tree line was actually two, you could see the bottom one hovering below the first light, they stayed like this for about an hour, possibly cylinder shape considering I never see them separate completely.
November 16, 2018 · 5:45 AM · LIGHT
Gresham, OR
Walking between 5:30AM to 6:00AM on 11/16/2018. I saw a very large bright light in the Eastern sky. It did not move. I first thought it might be an airplane with their landing lights on, but it did not move, and was far away. The airplanes from the PDX airport are now flying East this time of year because of the airstream. I saw 3 airplanes flying toward the east sky at this time. This light was very large. I stopped to stare at it several times to determine what it might be and if it was moving. After 10 minutes into my walk it disappeared. No sound was heard.
November 14, 2018 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Pittsburgh, PA
Coming home to the North Hills (West View) area of Pittsburgh. Noticed bright, fiery looking balls in a mainly linear formation directly above and to the right of where I was driving. At first thought they must be some sort of radio towers, but they were very bright and appeared to be flickering. The lights (approximately 6 ) were in a horizontal line, except for two, that were in a vertical formation to the other lights as shown below: * * * * * * They appeared to be stationary, and since I was close to home, I looked for them when I got out of the car but they were gone. Asterisks' orientation to one another did not survive the transfer from our report form to our database. Original shows four asterisks in a straight line horizontally, and two of them oriented vertically in the center of the formation. PD
November 14, 2018 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Redfield, IA
I looked into the sky to the west of the moon and I saw a bright star that was white and seemed to turn reddish, too. I thought it was a planet since there were no other stars. Then suddenly it faded away, I saw something dark just as the light went away, and then just blue sky. There were planes in the sky and I could see their bodies because of how the sun was shining in them still. I could see exhaust trails from the planes, but this light had no trails, no illumination from the sun. It was way to high in the sky to be a helicopter. I couldn't believe I saw it two days in a row; I tried to pull over and record it, but just as I did, it faded away. I'm going to look for it again tomorrow!
November 14, 2018 · 4:45 AM · LIGHT
Walden, CO
I turned down my driveway and it’s about a mile long, this thing was so close I called my dad to come outside because I was frantic. My dad saw it, and it almost landed in our back field. Then we ran inside and locked the door and watched it for about an hour or so from our kitchen window. But also less than a week ago my friends and I saw a green object in sky moving oddly and fast. There was four of us in the car when we all saw it.
November 12, 2018 · 6:00 AM · LIGHT
Woodstock, NY
It was a light moving at a steady clip. There were no green or red lights or a strobe like a plane would have.
November 11, 2018 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Cutchogue, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 11, 2018 · 8:00 AM · LIGHT
Ardonia, NY
Solid white/blue speck of light seen flying in the sky while driving on route 87. The light smoothly flew at a fast speed, then suddenly changed directly (90 degree like angle), and accelerated suddenly away at an incredible speed. The acceleration made it seem the light was an object that "beamed away" (left a quick trail). The sky was very clear that early evening, with very little clouds and an overall clear night sky. 1 light/object was observed by 2 people in the car. We thought it was a shooting star, but realized it was in the sky too long, and the light was bright and consistently bright. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 8, 2018 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Columbus, OH
I kept driving to try an get closer but never seemed like I could. I turned back around to go home heading west, and all of a sudden the second light for part me. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 8, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Salisbury (Canada), NB · Canada
There was 3 white lights lined up in a row in the sky. I thought I’d was Orion‘s Belt, until they started to move. They would move into a "V" shape, then a straight line. Don’t think they would be helicopters since they where so close together.
November 8, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Hacienda Heights, CA
At night, parked at a target while in my car about a week ago I Seen a bright blue light flash across sky like a shooting star and disappeared. I thought it was my eyes playing tricks, thought it could just be a shooting star, but tonight while sitting in my car and looking at the night sky, I saw a similar light about the size of a star/circular. It was white light this time, shoot across sky and disappear... they both reminded me of shooting stars, very fast almost blurred. Not sure, but I doubt shooting stars are that visible in LA with all the smog. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 8, 2018 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
Initially, there were 4 flashing lights of equal brightness in the western, slightly north-western sky at abut 45 degrees from the horizon. We were viewing these lights from the far east side of Tucson. What was odd was that they stayed completely stationary for a few minutes. Three continued this way while one approached another and then stopped flashing. Eventually they seemed to retreat into the distance and the flashing became fainter. As they faded, they gave the impression that they were reflecting pulses of light rather than emitting flashes because of how the light seemed to scatter as if reflecting off a surface. It was sort of like they were retreating into a haze. It reminded me a little of the footage I have seen of the lights above Phoenix. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 7, 2018 · 9:09 PM · LIGHT
Olympia, WA
Noticed 3 lights appeared to be over right side Employment Security Bldg, (to right of DOT) on East Capitol Campus. After watching them a minute they seemed to drop down behind trees. A few minutes later I saw one light then two then another. They stayed there for a bit then disappeared. This happened repeatedly for about an hour then I didn’t see any more. They were quite low and not headed for the airport. All I could see were yellow lights, round lights and they appeared one at a time. They also blinked off or sank low, one at a time.
November 6, 2018 · 10:25 PM · LIGHT
Fort Collins, CO
I was able to follow it easily in the sky until it passed behind a dark cloud coming in from the front range.
November 6, 2018 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Amity, OR
2 lights traveled from SW to NW in clear evening sky, well above commercial aircraft path also visible at same time. The lights followed each other and they would light up bright for about 1.5 seconds than fade out as they left a trail to the next flash and so on. These lights traveled relatively slow, but since their altitude was relatively high, it's difficult to determine actual speed. Both lights faded as they traveled off to NW. No sound was audible.
November 6, 2018 · 5:36 PM · LIGHT
Santaquin, UT
Was driving south on I-15 towards Santaquin and noticed what I could describe as stadium lighting in the sky. Bright LED lighting. I'd guess 6 individual sources of light. Couldn't see a body or anything with it, just the lights. The brightness of the lights is what caught my attention and the size. I initially thought wow, those are the brightest and most lights I've ever seen on an Aircraft. But then I noticed it wasn't moving. It was just still in the sky. So after watching for a few minutes, I decided to grab my phone and attempt to record it. As I did so, it was gone.
November 5, 2018 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Roswell, NM
Three lights in the sky over western Roswell, New Mexico, flashing lights in sync appeared to be amber in color, lasted for about 35 seconds to 1 minute. The lights were round in shape, bright, but not overly bright.
November 4, 2018 · 10:25 PM · LIGHT
Middletown, CT
Witness noticed a bright light that first appeared to be a plane descending over the Middlefield hills while looking out the front window atop a Durham ct hill. Witness was located south of it, facing north. It moved slowly in a downward 45-deg direction towards the west, paused, and descended again slowly straight down. It paused again, then spun as if it was a centrifuge. Lights dimmed and disappeared. Guess at location would be, near Wadsworth State Park or further north. It was unusually bright. (MUFON CMS).
November 3, 2018 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Laporte, IN
I was running to the store real quick and foolishly didn't bring my phone. I saw a minimum of 8 orange lights over the tree tops as I was walking to my car. I didn't think much of it and pulled out into the road and drove on. As I neared the top of the bridge on our road I noticed them again, as it's a rural area and it was quite dark. I stopped my car and got out. I was mesmerized by 8 orange glowing, drifting lights. Slowly moving west in no particular pattern. I was awestruck as it looked like 8 orange glowing Para-sails in the sky. I imagined it was a group of people flying them and just out having fun. Then I realized it was dark, it was 38 degrees. These were no Para-sails. I literally stood there mesmerized as they drifted west and then disappeared into some heavy cloud cover that was moving in. This was my first experience with anything like this but it wasn't frightening. It was almost magical. I don't know what they were but I can't imagine anything man-made that would create what I saw. I would estimate the height to be probably 3000 feet. Very strange. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 3, 2018 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Oakhill, NY
The object moved from left to right, then went up over the clouds and disappeared.