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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
November 3, 2014 · 11:45 PM · SPHERE
Ashburnham, MA
Pulsating orbs of light. Blue, green, red, and whitish lights that almost look like electricity running through. Pulsating. Clearer view through binoculars. Formation from one orb into three orbs. Staying in one area. Two of the orbs disappeared then after taking a flashlight into the sky turning off and on repeatedly, it flashed back a few times then it disappeared into the sky.
November 3, 2014 · 6:20 PM · SPHERE
Durham, NC
Driving home. Looking into the west/northwest sky. It was dark already, I saw a rapidly descending object spherical in shape--it was yellow/orange and shot sparks 3-4 separate times as it was descending--then I lost sight of the object. I was almost certain that something would have crashed or fallen from the sky and it would be on the news. I have seen nothing. Other drivers on NC-147N seemed to see it too and hit their breaks-not finding any reports on the news or anything though. It was definitely different from any meteor shower/aircraft/shooting star that I've observed before.
November 3, 2014 · 6:20 PM · SPHERE
Kennesaw, GA
My daughter and I saw an intense pure unblinking solid white orb streak along the Western side of Route 575 headed N parallel to Route 575 as we drove to Exit 4 on the northbound side, in Cobb County, just south of the Cherokee County line. It was quite low in the sky, roughly at my 10:00, very bright, self-illuminated, and moved in a straight line apparently north, and apparently parallel to the ground. It moved at a constant speed, exhibited NO deceleration and apparently never deviated from its straight-line course. It was shockingly bright against the dark sky. It disappeared behind the tree line across the road after a few seconds. It left a very slight after-image or light trail in its path, which may have been a visual artifact due to it being so bright against such a dark sky. It moved way faster than an aircraft, but seemed too slow for a meteor. It also appeared to be quite large, even at a perceived distance of several miles. In the distance, it was about two mm in diameter, and round. My view of it was perfectly clear and vivid. I was driving 60-65 mph and it blew past us like we were standing still. It was over way too fast to get a photo. My daughter, who was playing with her phone also caught it out of the corner of her eye. It was bright enough to get her attention even though she was playing a game on her phone. She looked up and asked what it was. I was in the car with the radio on, windows up at highway speed and the object was at a distance, so I cannot make any report as to sound or lack thereof.
November 3, 2014 · 2:40 AM · SPHERE
Oxnard, CA
In the night sky hovering just above the ocean water, there was what looked like a big orange sphere which almost resembled what a sunset looks like only it was slowly sinking into the water at a much slower rate than a typical sunset... Through my binoculars I could see it was a glowing orb that slowly disappeared into the ocean.
November 2, 2014 · 3:30 PM · SPHERE
Olathe, KS
I just want to know what it was. See the pics.
November 2, 2014 · 12:30 PM · SPHERE
Weston, CT
Similar to a shooting star or extremely low altitude meteorite, or object burning in atmoshphere....it was not a reflection, it was not an aircraft.
November 2, 2014 · 8:20 AM · SPHERE
Petersburg, KY
I was taking a picture of the fog over the water. The sky around was clear and bright blue. Nothing but pure blue sky was visible however, when I looked at the picture there was a huge glowing bright orb like object. My husband and I both looked and saw nothing before and after taking the shot. Just clear blue sky. I have no idea what this could be.
November 1, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Sheridan, WY
I think they were space craft by the maneuvers they did in the sky. They where round in shape as observed. Bright yellow white in color. Two sighted first. Then three. Others flew up to them. Others appeared I think it was. . Some faded away either leaving the area or turned there lights off. One proceeded to fly northwest. The first ones where heading north. Also one dropped down to make all appear in an L shape. My sister seen them after getting off of work last night. She is going to write down what actually occurred. She has a photo of one. Poor shot I guess. She drove to a darker part of town to view objects better. Objects seemed to be in the sky just on the edge of Sheridan to the north. The craft ran silent. I found my sisters story very exciting.
October 31, 2014 · 11:56 PM · SPHERE
Shelton, CT
Every few seconds, all four objects would traject dead center, and then return to original position. Probably advertising lights? PD
October 31, 2014 · 7:15 PM · SPHERE
Oklahoma City, OK
I had departed my place of work at 7pm Oct. 31 and Halloween evening. I had noticed that there was a half moon in the very dark South East sky. I drove North from SW 74th on Santa Fe street towards SW 59th and about half the distance I suddenly saw a very bright very white spherical object seem to move very fast at a descending angle of about sixty degrees towards the East. It lasted about three to four seconds and then vanished. I thought it could not be a meteor because it was so bright and white and I have seen many meteors in my time. It may have been something that crashed but lost its brilliance before doing so. Just a few hours earlier I was taking to a man about the year 1958 and I had said that that was the year that the Russians had managed to launch a satellite into Earth orbit … it was called 'Sputnik'. But the next day (Nov. 1St today) I looked it up on Wikipedia and found out it was launched in 1957 and fell to Earth in 1958. Anyway! it seems like an odd coincidence that I would even have the discussion about the first satellite, __ and then just hours later see this strange brilliant white object move in the dark sky. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 30, 2014 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Dover, FL
We had orb lights here above our house in Dover Fl. for over 2 hrs this past Thursday night. They would circle the home then pull in together and spread out again around the whole house. This went on from about 8:15 until 10:10. pm. My father and I thought we should see if they would stay focused on the house or if they would follow us down our long drive. To our awe they followed us down the drive and then back up to the home again. At first there were 4 orbs then 5.. They stayed at that number until we started praying and calling on the name of Jesus thats when the weirdest thing happen... They turned into 8 or 9 orbs all bright white...It's like they needed to call on more help. We watched them for about another 10 minutes or so and then went into the house. They had been over our house for so long we were getting really bored with them. I think they knew we were over it cause the next time we looked out the door they were just gone... As fast as they cam! e they were just gone. We have had other sights of really strange things here were where at. Our house is tucked into the woods and there is hardly no city lights of any kind so we see a lot of sightings here. We have seen teardrop shooting lights also really bright lights that change in color but never anything like this past Thursday night. We all couldn't believe our eyes and there was so many of them. It's been 2 nights now and there hasn't been anymore lights so far.
October 29, 2014 · 7:59 PM · SPHERE
Auburn Hills, MI
Witnessed in the Eastern sky 7 bright red spheres in a configuration similar to the Chrysler Corporation corporate emblem. Balls or spheres were intense with a dark red color and were seen for approximately 5 seconds before "winking out". Two aircraft were observed at low altitude(500-1000 feet) flying from North to South during the observation.
October 29, 2014 · 12:00 PM · SPHERE
Sacramento, CA
About 12 noon I saw a bright orb from my front yard about 5 thousand feet above the south end of executive Air port in Sacramento, I had my wife bring my binoculars to me and when I got the orb focused in I saw a large brushed aluminum ord just sitting there in the sky,after watching it for about 10 minutes there was a Large bright red flash/explosion what appeared to be about 50-100 feet below it then a trail of smoke directly Below the orb, The orb appeared to have a protective field around it because the flash occurred below it,The orb just sat there stationary, an all white no marking large Lear jet flew underneath It & continued going east, I thought to myself someone just tried to shoot this orb down or the orb was starting some sort of propulsion system up hense the red flash & smoke, there was no sound the whole time I watched it even the red flash made no sound when it happened, the orb sat there for about another 10 minutes then moved steadily and silently off to the north east until it went out of site, My wife & son watched this event with me,they were amazed at what we saw..
October 28, 2014 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Indianapolis, IN
At 8:00 pm I let my dog outside. I looked up to the north east sky and seen a red ball of light with a white halo around it. It looked like it was going to Land but then Rose straight back up into the sky very quickly That caught my attention. I told my wife to come quick and look. We both watched as the object moved back and fourth through the sky. It headed to the ground like it Was going to land, but went straight up into the sky moved left and right very quick and without changing altitude. then it went below the tree line. We waited for a few minutes and went back into the house.
October 28, 2014 · 6:15 PM · SPHERE
Tucson, AZ
A white sphere slowly descending straight down from the sky. It was way to slow for meteor and hand no flashing lights like a helicopter it would speed up a little then slow down like it was lowering itself from the sky. It continued this for a minute until it went behind the tree's . This was in the south eastern sky from the Sabino Canyon Area.
October 28, 2014 · 7:00 AM · SPHERE
Mescalero, NM
It looked like a silver reflecting, blinking light and would be in one spot and stay blinking. Then the light would go out and come back as an orange light in the same spot then it would move around the sky in different directions. It would stop, then break into three orange lights, then go back into one orange light, then disappear. This happened with more than one craft/light at a time. There were unmarked helicopters flying that I saw and I could hear.
October 27, 2014 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Marco Island, FL
Myself and 2 friends were sitting on the balcony facing NW while noticing a light that hovered above the Gulf of Mexico and was changing colors. ever so slightly in the gradation. Turning white then blue then red then green. Pulsating. Thought maybe it was a boat except it was bouncing slightly then went backwards then forwards. Slowly. Boats don't have these lights, it was almost plasma like the way it changed. A white orb flashed once. Like a signal... The light that varied in color came from NW and continued South for about a half hour. Almost like it was looking down on something. Maybe following something. Since June 2014 I have witnessed several events that prompted my contacting you. I'm in such awe with knowing that what I am seeing isn't familiar I finally deem it worthy.
October 27, 2014 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Sahuarita, AZ
Both objects were a sphere in shape that looked like a bright star. The "star" moved in a deliberate path towards the southeast, from the west. Despite the SE motion, the object seemed to effortlessly move/shimmy from left to right. There was no red light associated with the bright white; there was no jet noise. The first object faded out after traveling SE for approximately 2 min. After the first object, an F-16 came from the same spot where the first object was originally spotted; from the direction of the copper mine. A visible white and red light was accompanied by jet noise. Shortly after the jet flew east, another object like the first appeared in the same spot in the west, in the direction of the copper mine. The object was just as bright as the first but the light dissipated approx 5-8 sec, after traveling in a NE direction. Approximately 3-5 min after the light disapated, two F-16s appeared where the objects originated from the west. This time the jets were traveling significantly faster towards the east.
October 27, 2014 · 6:55 PM · SPHERE
Tucson, AZ
My wife and I were driving West on I-10 near Houghton Rd. exit when we noticed an array of twinkling lights hovering just SW of Tucson, Arizona. It was a clear night and we counted at least six white lights that were flickering at what seemed to be a much faster rate than ordinary commercial or military aircraft. My first thought was that maybe Tucson Airport (or possibly Davis-Monthan Air Force base) was experiencing some kind of incident on a runway causing air traffic to backup and circle in a holding pattern. This was not the case. Soon it was clear that these lights were not "flying" but hovering in place. Not too long after the shimmering lights had appeared, a larger, bright orange light materialized beneath them. Then things got a bit stranger. The large orange light appeared to split into two distinct orbs, each retaining the same shape and color of the original. In a matter of seconds the two lights merged together again into a single orb before vanishing along with the twinkling background lights. At this point my wife was more concerned about my staying on the road because I was starting to swerve in and out of my lane. The best that I could tell is that at least some of the twinkling lights flew into the larger orange light. I couldn't believe what we were seeing. As I exited Houghton Rd. we parked to see if the activity was still continuing. We saw nothing. As I started driving North on Houghton I looked into my rear-view mirror and saw the orange light appearing once again. It did a repeat performance- split in two and then melded back into one light before vanishing. Then that was it.
October 26, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Old Fort/Morganton (between), NC
UFO above I-40 Between Old Fort and West Morganton, North Carolina At 10 pm last Sunday night, October 26, 2014 I was driving I-40 east-bound on my way home to Rocky Mount from a weekend checking on my elderly mom in Hendersonville, NC. I left at 6:30 pm, took 26 west in heavy traffic to Asheville by 7PM, and then took 40 east. I came over the Black Mountain Pass and stopped at the Old Fort McDonald’s for a quick break and was back on the road about 8:00 pm. It was dark by then. I drove east on I-40 for about half an hour, when suddenly I noticed above me and ahead of me the thick edge of a brightly shining luminous white disk hanging in the night sky. It was very high up, but right over the road. It did not move. The dashboard clock said 10 PM! What!???? I was between a steep mountain ridge paralleling the road on my right, to the south, and a hillside to the north. Both sides of the road were heavily wooded as far as I could see in the dark. I could not see any houses or lights anywhere. I looked for a mile marker, but didn’t find one. The object was amazing. It was as if I Iooked straight on to the side of a doughnut, then lifted it up to about an 11:00 position. I could see the brilliant white light and the thick wide curves of the right and left sides. I drove under it a few minutes later, with some trepidation. I thought the object might be a reflection of some sort off the windshield, so I opened the sunroof completely, sliding the glass back all the way. Looking up thru the open sunroof, I could see that it was a perfect white circle with three very bright green circular lights under it, quite pretty. They looked exactly like the three circular razors on the head of an electric Norelco razor. Neither the white object nor the three green lights beneath it appeared to spin, move, or rotate, though. There was no sound or vibration. It was not a balloon. What was it? The atmosphere was clear and not misty or foggy, so there were no perceptible light beams through the air. There was not wind that night. I thought it might be a house on the mountain to my right. However, the mountain was very steep and I could see the darker ridge line lower down to my right against the sky, farther away. There were no lights on the mountain. So the brilliant light was not coming from anything on the mountain itself. It was above me and not over on the mountain. To my left was the west bound lane and heavy woods and trees and another steep slope whose top I could not see for the trees. There were no lights to my left either. Above me, there were no clouds in the sky. The object was against a starry sky. The moon was up that night, but it was to the south-southwest, according to the moon app on my cell phone, and it was out of my vision range, south of the high mountain ridge to my right somewhere. The bright object was definitely not the moon or any planet. It was way too big for that. The light was brilliant, but not blinding. If I put my hands up and held them about a foot apart, that’s how big it appeared when I first saw it, as I approached it. Looking up through the open sunroof, I heard no sound and did not feel anything. The object was completely still in the air, not moving, not rotating, just hovering up above and very slightly off to the side, to the right/south of I-40. It was lower than the mountain ridge to my right. It was closer to the road than to the mountain. As I drove under it, I was a little scared, but nothing happened. I would say it was at about the 1:00 position above the highway. There was no other traffic around me on the east bound lane. Since I was looking up, I didn’t notice if there was any traffic coming toward me on the west bound lane.I passed a small unlit exit on my right leading downwards to the south, but passed it too quickly to catch the number. Then, I came into trucks and had to take my eyes away. When I looked back, I couldn’t see the object anymore because the road curved. I came up to the Morganton exit, several minutes after I saw the object. I don’t know how to explain the missing time between 8:30 and 10:00 pm. It doesn’t take an hour and a half to drive between Old Fort and Morganton! I was driving between 65 and 70 miles an hour, so I couldn’t have fallen asleep. I left Asheville at about 7pm, and Old Fort about 8:00, so I should have been past Statesville by 10 PM. My dashboard clock is accurate. I will be 67 this month. I am a retired school teacher and live near Rocky Mount, NC. I don’t smoke, drink, do drugs, or mess around. I have backpacked around the world twice and am an avid hiker and trekker. As a teacher, I am rational, objective, and factual. I don’t believe in UFO’s. I have never seen one. However, I try to keep an open mind and entertain possibilities without judgment. What did I see? And what happened to me in the missing hour and a half? Perhaps I made a mistake? I think I will make the drive again soon and double check the time and my position. I know that steep mountain ridge, just not sure exactly where it is. I tried to check on Google Earth, but it does not give elevations, so I could not tell exactly where I was. Surely, there must be an explanation. Photo? My phone was dead and charging, but it would have been dangerous to do while driving, and I didn’t feel safe stopping that late at night in such a location. Frankly, I MUST have seen a UFO, what else could it have been? Yes, I have lost time twice before that I know of; once at twelve years old and once in India in 1976. I have no explanation. I experienced a great sense of urgency both times, but don't know why. “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.” Hamlet, Scene V -W. Shakespeare. Thank you.
October 26, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Old Fort/Morganton (between), NC
UFO above I-40 between Old Fort and West Morganton, North Carolina. At 10 pm, last Sunday night, October 26, 2014, I was driving I-40 east-bound on my way home to Rocky Mount from a weekend checking on my elderly mom in Hendersonville, NC. I left at 6:30 pm, took 26 west in heavy traffic to Asheville by 7PM, and then took 40 east. I came over the Black Mountain Pass and stopped at the Old Fort McDonald’s for a quick break and was back on the road about 8:00 pm. It was dark by then. I drove east on I-40 for about half an hour, when suddenly I noticed above me and ahead of me the thick edge of a brightly shining luminous white disk hanging in the night sky. It was very high up, but right over the road. It did not move. The dashboard clock said 10 PM! What!???? I was between a steep mountain ridge paralleling the road on my right, to the south, and a hillside to the north. Both sides of the road were heavily wooded as far as I could see in the dark. I could not see any houses or lights anywhere. I looked for a mile marker, but didn’t find one. The object was amazing. It was as if I Iooked straight on to the side of a doughnut, then lifted it up to about an 11:00 position. I could see the brilliant white light and the thick wide curves of the right and left sides. I drove under it a few minutes later, with some trepidation. I thought the object might be a reflection of some sort off the windshield, so I opened the sunroof completely, sliding the glass back all the way. Looking up thru the open sunroof, I could see that it was a perfect white circle with three very bright green circular lights under it. The three green lights clustered in the center together, quite pretty. They looked exactly like the three circular razors on the head of an electric Norelco razor. Neither the white object nor the three green lights beneath it appeared to spin, move, or rotate, though. There was no sound or vibration. It was not a balloon. What was it? The atmosphere was clear and not misty or foggy, so there were no perceptible light beams through the air. There was not wind that night. I thought it might be a house on the mountain to my right. However, the mountain was very steep and I could see the darker ridge line lower down to my right against the sky, farther away. There were no lights on the mountain. So the brilliant light was not coming from anything on the mountain itself. It was above me and not over on the mountain. To my left was the west bound lane and heavy woods and trees and another steep slope whose top I could not see for the trees. There were no lights to my left either. Above me, there were no clouds in the sky. The object was against a starry sky. The moon was up that night, but it was to the south-southwest, according to the moon app on my cell phone, and it was out of my vision range, south of the high mountain ridge to my right somewhere. The bright object was definitely not the moon or any planet. It was way too big for that. The light was brilliant, but not blinding. If I put my hands up and held them about a foot apart, that’s how big it appeared when I first saw it, as I approached it. Looking up through the open sunroof, I heard no sound and did not feel anything. The object was completely still in the air, not moving, not rotating, just hovering up above and very slightly off to the side, to the right/south of I-40. It was lower than the mountain ridge to my right. It was closer to the road than to the mountain. As I drove under it, I was a little scared, but nothing happened. I would say it was at about the 1:00 position above the highway. There was no other traffic around me on the east bound lane. Since I was looking up, I didn’t notice if there was any traffic coming toward me on the west bound lane. I passed a small unlit exit on my right leading downwards to the south, but passed it too quickly to catch the number. Then, I came into trucks and had to take my eyes away. When I looked back, I couldn’t see the object anymore because the road curved. I came up to the Morganton exit, several minutes after I saw the object. I don’t know how to explain the missing time between 8:30 and 10:00 pm. It doesn’t take an hour and a half to drive between Old Fort and Morganton! I was driving between 65 and 70 miles an hour, so I couldn’t have fallen asleep. I left Asheville at about 7pm, and Old Fort about 8:00, so I should have been past Statesville by 10 PM. My dashboard clock is accurate. I will be 67 this month. I am a retired school teacher and live near Rocky Mount, NC. I don’t smoke, drink, do drugs, or mess around. I have backpacked around the world twice and am an avid hiker and trekker. As a teacher, I am rational, objective, and factual. I don’t believe in UFO’s. I have never seen one. However, I try to keep an open mind and entertain possibilities without judgment. What did I see? And what happened to me in the missing hour and a half? Perhaps I made a mistake? I think I will make the drive again soon and double check the time and my position. I know that steep mountain ridge, just not sure exactly where it is. I tried to check on Google Earth, but it does not give elevations, so I could not tell exactly where I was. Surely, there must be an explanation. I have reported the incident to the Superintendent of the Burke County Sheriff's office. She told me that she would report it to the airport management for Burke County Airport. Photo? My phone was dead and charging, but it would have been dangerous to do while driving, and I didn’t feel safe stopping that late at night in such a location. Frankly, I MUST have seen a UFO, what else could it have been? Yes, I have lost time twice before that I know of; once at twelve years old and once in India in 1976. I have no explanation. I experienced a great sense of urgency both times, but don't know why. “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.” Hamlet, Scene V -W. Shakespeare. Thank you.
October 26, 2014 · 7:45 PM · SPHERE
Mount Laurel, NJ
My friend and I were driving North on the NJ turnpike near mile-marker 34 in south Jersey at about 7:45 in the evening on October 26th, 2014. We saw a glowing green sphere suddenly appear above the treeline. It just popped into existence. It then dropped in a steep angle behind the trees and out of sight. The total length of the sighting was under five seconds. The weather was clear, it was full dark, and we both saw it within a second of each other and almost simultaneously said, “Did you see that?! My friend is a business woman with years of Wall Street experience behind her. I am a Registered Nurse. We are both natives of New Jersey. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 25, 2014 · 9:48 PM · SPHERE
Watkinsville, GA
Multiple circular orange/reddish orbs flying North to South, to the East of Watkinsville, GA. Random intervals and at different altitudes. Sometime groups of 2-3 and sometime singular. Flew in a straight line without any sound. As the first ones disappeared more showed up and followed the same trajectory. Took a video.
October 25, 2014 · 9:26 PM · SPHERE
Bozeman, MT
Two round objects that were bright red in color, flying low. One turned north then we saw the second one and is was following the same pattern and turned north as well. There was no noise, at all associated with their flight. We have amended the time above, to reflect an evening sighting. PD