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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
September 9, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Owatonna, MN
Almost in direct center of night sky west and south of “Big Dipper” bright light which seems to resemble a star but it moves faster in small distances (all directions) for 1-2 second intervals, than satellites passing by object. It is not “a wobble effect.” Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 9, 2018 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Van Zandt, WA
TOOK PHOTO, BUT ALL THAT SHOWS IS WHITE. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 8, 2018 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
St. Augustine, FL
2 star looking lights, same distance away as the stars. Went zig zag, up down and in circles over the Atlantic. They stayed a distance apart. Would stop, then zoom over at unreal speeds, like a drone.
September 8, 2018 · 8:05 PM · LIGHT
Humble, TX
Reddish orange light slowly travelling North to South at about a 65 to 70 degree inclination above the horizon where it stopped and stood still for about 20 seconds, dimmed, brightened, then disappeared. The object was below the anvil of a large thunderstorm complex that was off to my North. I'm an avid aircraft observer and live in the approach path's of Houston's two largest airports so I'm accustomed to watching planes fly over. This object looked, and behaved like no aircraft I have ever observed. I checked Flightradar 24 and ADSB flight tracker and noted no aircraft in the area of the object.
September 7, 2018 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Bellingham, MA
We then noticed another ball of light to the west but this one was white. It made the same type of movements in one small area and eventually after about an hour of gradually moving higher and higher kept getting smaller until it disappeared. In the meantime the orange one was still in the same spot to the southwest making the same small movements but, after about 2 hours began moving slowly to the west at the same altitude. It eventually came to a stop and began moving further away and becoming smaller until it disappeared behind the tree line.
September 6, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Lyman, NE
One large bright light seen in the sky, west of Lyman, Nebraska. Light was seen bobbing up and down, as well as drastically veering from left to right every few moments. Movements seemed random. One smaller light came from the north and joined the larger light in the west.
September 6, 2018 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT
Rio Grande, NJ
What first caught my eyes and ears were the lack of blinking colored lighting of any kind and the absolute silence that came off off it. Well,that combined with the speed and maneuverability of this thing. Very impressive to say the least. Where I live I am pretty immune to a lot of Dover AFB comings and goings. I will add that this was very different. Very different indeed.
September 6, 2018 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Adel, IA
Could hear a plane from the deck looked up and seen it chasing a amber light north in the sky
September 4, 2018 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Springfield, OR
At approximately 23:00, I observed a very bright light speed across the sky at an altitude of what seemed to be about that of typical helicopter altitude would be. It was moving west to east at a very high rate of speed. It was completely silent. It left no trail as a meteor would. The light was solid bright white with not other identifying lights on it. I have worked in aviation for 3 1/2 years. Nothing that I am aware of could move that fast in total silence. It covered a couple miles of sky in about 3 seconds before going out of sight due to tall trees. Other than that there was no obstruction of view.
September 4, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Howard, PA
While on vacation with my family my husband and I were sitting on the balcony and noticed a flying object that appeared as far away as the stars, but it was flying very strangely, unlike anything we ever saw before. It was red and glowing and it flew what I can best describe as a bumble bee pattern. Very random, erratic darting around and zig zagging from place to place. Since it was so far away, the distance it would travel was very far all the way from end to end in the sky. It was flying so quickly it would dart from one side of the horizon to the other side in a few seconds. We sat and watched it for what felt like 20 minutes or more. I was listening to a PBS interview about reporting unidentified flying objects which is why I am writing so many years later. I looked at my vacation photos to verify the date. We are just a normal middle class family with a school age child. We both worked in the medical field at that time. We are now studying for our masters degrees.
September 4, 2018 · 7:20 PM · LIGHT
Deming, NM
On September 4, 2018, at 7:20 p.m. in Deming, New Mexico, my wife and I saw a stationary ball of bright white light in the western sky at about 30 degrees. There we no other stars or planets in the sky because the sky was still too bright. I thought it was a supernova! I ran to our shed and got my telescope, which is pre-assembled and is covered only by a garbage bag, making it always ready to go. As I looked at the white ball with the telescope, it ejected two smaller orange balls of light. They were flying in the area below the white ball. All three objects could be seen with the naked eye. As I was scanning the area near the white ball with my telescope, I saw another object that looked somewhat similar to a Harrier jet. It was stationary and was facing me nearly head-on with one bright white light in the middle of each wing. It seemed to be fairly close to the white ball. We could not see the jet-shaped object without the telescope. I have no way to tell how large or how far away they were. After about a minute or two, the jet-shaped object and the big white ball instantly disappeared leaving the two smaller orange balls. They would alternate between being bright and dim. The orange balls remained flying around in the same area of the western sky for about thirty seconds before fading from view. This whole event seems to me to have lasted only about 3 or 4 minutes. If I would taken the time to get my camera and put it on a tripod so I could take some telephoto shots, I would have missed the seeing the mysterious jet-shaped object. I have since spoken with three other people who saw the big white object and one small object below the big one! They did not have the advantage that I had--a telescope!
September 4, 2018 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
San Juan Batista, CA
It was in the distance very low. 2 large lights. I have a video. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
September 3, 2018 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Melvern, KS
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We have amended the date to what we suspect is the correct date of the sighting, but we have no means of confirming it. PD
September 1, 2018 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Idyllwild, CA
The light were concentrated in a confined area. We were positioned at an altitude in the mountains at 5700 ft above sea level. We were looking west into the stars 250 miles to thousands of mile into the distance. At 45 degrees to the horizon the lights had to be many miles above the sea level.
September 1, 2018 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
Cape Coral, PA
Saw what appeared to be what i think a rocket contrail would look like. 4 in total but not in line or spacing....heading north. No noise just red sputtering flame.
September 1, 2018 · 9:10 PM · LIGHT
Houston, TX
My neighbor walked out of my home after an evening of fellowship,,,, as we were saying our "good-nights" he stopped @ the end of my driveway,,, and said "those bright light are not moving". I joined him and said it must be a helicopter. His reply was "they do not go that high". I asked ((male name deleted)) if he had any field glasses, he said yes and we both went to retrieve them,,,, meeting back within min's @ his driveway. What we both noticed was a cluster of bright powerful lights coming from the S/SW of Houston with the object not moving,,,,but, there was a small cluster of lights moving away in an westerly direction and from time to time return to the large cluster of bright lights. The sky was clear w/o any clouds in the sky. With him having serviced in the Air Force and I in the MARINES we both thought that the object was much higher than a military aircraft, or a commercial airliner, would be flying…
September 1, 2018 · 5:58 AM · LIGHT
Augusta, GA
I walked outside to let my dog out, and looked up at the sky while waiting for her. I saw a rather large light. I thought at first that it was a star, however it was too big for a star, and began blinking red and blue. I thought then, that perhaps it was a plane, as that would not be uncommon. However, the light began to move left to right, back and forth. I attempted to grab my phone to record it, but my phone would not pick the image up. It lasted 2-3 minutes and blinked out. There was no more activity.
August 31, 2018 · 10:20 PM · LIGHT
Prescott Valley, AZ
My friend and I were sitting out back, facing east. The moon had come up over the mountain about 10 minutes previous. My friend looked north and said, "What's that?" Low on the horizon was a moving light. I told him it was a plane (Prescott Airport is behind our location, so they are not uncommon). He said not that one, and pointed to a light above the rooftops in the distance. As we watched, it seemed to bob and drift slightly like someone's hobby drone. I managed to get and extreme zoom steady picture (which had to be greatly enlarged on my pc). It appeared to have 6 red lights and 2 blue/green. It seemed to be changing colors, but it was a distance. On one photo where I moved, it appears as a multicolored streak, showing the different colors. Thinking it was someone's drone, I forgot about it. A couple of hours later I went out to look at the stars before going to bed. It was still there, just higher in the sky. I sent photos to a professor at Embry Riddle Aeronautic University in Prescott. I knew that they had a UAV program. He eventually got back to me and said no body there claims it. I just figured it was military. Watching "Hanger One" made me think of reporting it. I sent photos to the local paper to see if anyone else saw it. They just called to verify I sent them.
August 30, 2018 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
Stamford, CT
Seen from Stamford, CT, but at a distance north approximately 9:40pm EST. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 30, 2018 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Queens Village (Long Island), NY
I had let my dog out in the yard and spotted a very bright light hovering low in the southeastern sky. It had a reddish white glow and no blinking lights. It never moved during the 15 minutes I watched it. I went back into the house wondering what I had just seen. Probable sighting of Mars? PD
August 30, 2018 · 8:25 PM · LIGHT
Redding, CA
we were driving off hwy 299 and saw a bright object shoot overhead then disappear, it was way too low to have been a shooting star, it was blue colored, at first we thought it was an aircraft but suddenly vanished after a high rate of speed. Witness provides no contact information. PD
August 29, 2018 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Virginia Beach, VA
Went out with dog about 9:30 PM. I looked up at the stars because it was a nice clear night. I saw 3 lights flashing way up in the sky in a triangle they were up where cross country jets would fly. I thought it was strange but not a big deal. In a blink of an eye they were in a strait line. In another blink one light was gone and the other two went in opposite directions until I could no longer see them. That was about 30 seconds or so.
August 29, 2018 · 8:19 PM · LIGHT
Ensenada (?) (Baja Norte)(Mexico) · Mexico
Yesterday, evening at approximately 8:17 PM (PDT), I heard our neighbor loudly and urgently calling my wife’s name. When we went outside we were told to come up to the balcony and to hurry. After climbing the steps I could see the line of lights in the sky they were watching. The line of lights were not in motion and I decided to grab my cell phone to shoot video of the event before it ended. With the phone in hand I quickly climbed the steps to the balcony and began shooting video. Facing west we could see approximately 20 glowing objects aligned north to south. They were all nearly stationary with some small movement near the center of the line. A second pair of lights appeared above and to the right (north) of the formation and slowly descended near the formation. Shortly afterward, lights began to go off in place. It was only a minute or two before the lights appeared again in the same formation and location they appeared before. I used the balcony rail to steady my shot but the vibrations of the balcony and movement up or down the staircase were causing vibrations to distort the video clarity. Being fully zoomed in to enhance the view exaggerated the vibrations. I estimate the distance we stood from the formation of lights to be only 2 miles distant or less. The width of the formation was nearly a quarter mile. No sound could be heard but ambient highway sounds may have drowned out our ability to hear softer sounds. I have seen videos of similar events and heard there had been a similar sighting near this area only four months earlier. I felt no sense of dread during the event. I noticed no particular pattern in the pulsations that seemed to affect each light simultaneously. Almost all the event is captured on video between 4 separate clips and a couple of poor quality still shots that I have not posted anywhere online yet. Upon request, I will provide links to the videos captured for your analysis. (( Video link forwarded by witness indicates a row of approximately a dozen white lights that appear to be hovering above the surface of the ocean. Witness does not indicate the exact location of the witnesses, at the time of the sighting. Here is a link to the footage: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IuPg_Q2c0VDPy-cK3BKqruvITj9hcOSQ?usp=sharing PD))
August 27, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Marshalltown, IA
star looking light moving faster than normal or military planes or drones y different directions, faintly caught on video.