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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.
13,832 entries
January 17, 2015 · 3:40 PM · CIRCLE
Costa Mesa, CA
At first, I thought looks to be balloons, but I've seen balloons, and this was not any type of balloon or balloons I've seen before. There were 5 surrounding the bigger brighter one and moving around and away from the bigger one and at times the smaller ones would move closer the chase the other ones away and move above the a 7th one came right through the middle as if they were playing they would move into a triangle.
January 17, 2015 · 7:20 AM · CIRCLE
Columbus, OH
Slow flying object that looked like a ball of fire. Orange w/ red mixed in. It came low across the sky, stopped momentarily, shrunk in size, and accelerated into the distance and out of sight. Witnesses elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 17, 2015 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
Hampton, NH
On the above date and time I observed 25 small lights under some control from my front yard I took a video. They hung in the air rising and falling. They then proceeded to the north in a slow manner.
January 16, 2015 · 9:30 PM · CIRCLE
Lowell/Tyngsboro/Nashua, MA
Since it's so close to where LGH is, I assumed maybe it was medflight but as I got closer I realized the depth perception wasn't right. These lights were actually lower and closer so had to have been a lot smaller than helicopters. They were all in a row until I started getting closer and then one shot all the way across the water to the other side of Lowell and hovered, one shot towards Nashua, and the other one I couldn't find. The rate in which they travelled was nothing that I've ever seen. My boyfriend and I left a restaurant in separate cars. He was about five minutes behind me and he told me that he saw the same thing. I tried to take video but my camera wouldn't focus. Witnesses elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 16, 2015 · 8:20 PM · CIRCLE
Venice, FL
Sighting occurred the night of January 16, 2015, above a housing plan called "Circlewood," off of Englewood Road in Venice, Florida. I had gone to my car to retrieve a book I wanted and as I returned I saw the object hovering and gliding around low in the sky. The sighting occurred from about 8:10 till 8:30 PM. The object was round and bright red with a bright yellow spot in the lower right section. The object glimmered or pulsed in brightness. Visually in size in appeared to be about one-sixth to one eighth the size of the full moon. Since the trees and houses blocked my view of it as it went behind them, I estimate that it was at least 1000 feet away, perhaps a quarter mile or even half a mile or more, so it seemed quite large. Its movements were very strange in that it seemed to float, totally silent, in various directions at various speeds, mostly at moderate speeds. It went upward in a straight line, floated both left and right, reversed directions easily, descended below the tree line, then quickly ascended to its previous position and again moved around the sky silently. After observing it for two minutes or so, I realized I had my cell phone, and began videotaping the object. After videotaping for a minute or two, I ran into the house to get my girlfriend. She came out and together we watched the object for another three or four minutes, videotaping with my cell phone again, until the object descended behind the trees and houses toward the ground away from us at good speed. It descended toward the north. At that point, it did not return so we went inside. Several times over the next hour I checked the sky and did not see it again. Two videotapes were made of the object. The cell phone video does not do justice to its actual visual size in the sky. However, its gliding, floating movements are well recorded.
January 16, 2015 · 7:15 PM · CIRCLE
East Mesa, AZ
We have amended the time above, in order to reflect an evening sighting. Witness elects to remain anonymous, and provides no contact information, so we are unable to confirm the time of the sighting. PD
January 16, 2015 · 1:00 AM · CIRCLE
Westminster, CO
I was driven to my mother in law's house with my girlfriend from downtown... We where driven west on 104th, when we see 3 circle white lights going northwest... It was about 1000 feet in the air... It was was going fast. When I told my girlfriend to look, there was colorful lights (white, yellow, blue and red) in the back of it.... We both said that was not no shooting star.... When we were looking at it, the lights just turn off....
January 15, 2015 · 1:11 PM · CIRCLE
Whittier, CA
On 1/15/2015, at approximately 1311 hrs., while standing in the backyard of my residence in Whittier, California, I happened to look up, and facing to the north and about 11 o’clock, with clear blue sky and no clouds, I began to observe what appeared to be a flock of approximately 20-25 geese traveling due east in a V flying formation from my left to right side at approximately 1,500-2,000 feet in altitude. As I continued to watch I tried to identify exactly what type of birds I was observing. While squinting, I was able to make out white wings with black on the tips. As I continued watching their flight I began to notice several oddities, (1), the flight seemed to be moving at a speed too fast for geese in flight, (2), I also noticed that the wings on all the objects were not moving at all during the entire flight of the formation, (3), there wasn't any noise as they passed directly overhead, (4), I did not observe a head, neck, or tail to the bird/object, but then noticed that the main body of the objects were perfectly round with a silver translucence color such as a balloon. My next thought was just that, a string of balloons with wings held together by a string. As I continued to watch the formation it was starting to become obscured by the house roof, so I immediately walked to the front of the house and resumed watching the formation, when at this time the entire formation stopped and ‘all’ the objects broke from the V-formation and began to do random irregular circular movements in all directions. At this moment I briskly walked about 15 feet to the front door of the house and yelled to both of my daughters (19 and 16 years old) to come out to see what I was watching. Upon both daughters stepping outside and standing next to me I pointed out the objects still doing random movements while still in one spot. While this continued I ran into the garage and grabbed my small binoculars from my roll along tool box and returned to the driveway next to my girls and started viewing this event th! rough them. About 30-45 seconds later, all the objects stopped their respective random movements and began moving again due east and formed back into a V-formation at their original speed of approximately 125-150 mph. As all three of us watched them travel eastward, I then observed a private aircraft (Cessna) appear from a northeast direction flying towards us and then began a hard left turn, exposing the full underside profile of the plane which then leveled out and headed directly towards the objects in the V-formation. As the Cessna approached the main V formation 2-3 of the objects from the right side of the V-formation broke off and began traveling due south with the Cessna, making a corrected turn to the right and pursuing the 2-3 objects which seemed to be a little faster. About 10-15 seconds went by as we watched the main formation starting to disappear to the east when I tried to relocate the Cessna and the 2-3 objects I then observed the objects make a 90 degree left turn a! nd resume heading due east in the same direction as the main formation with the Cessna also making a steep left turn in pursuit. Within approximately 15-25 seconds both the plane and objects had blended into the horizon. In disbelief as to what I had just witnessed I went into the house and sat at the laptop and pulled up a phone number and made two attempts to call Fullerton airport, both calls went to voice mail. I called Riverside Airport and spoke to the airport manager which showed some interest. I also called Whittier police dispatcher which had no calls of the sighting. I called ABC news, nothing. I called Whittier Daily news, nothing. At this time it seems only my girls and I had seen this event to date. It was at this time I returned to the laptop and began any searches of sightings and came across the Nat’l UFO Reporting Center which advised me to follow up with a written report of the incident, as well as my daughters. Please be advised that a drawing of the objects sighted will be made available. At this present time, I would not mind having contact with a representative or Peter Davenport. Sincerely, ((name deleted)) Retired Calif. Peace Officer. Drawings of objects reported will refer to this report as #1951. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and we found him to be both objective, and sober-minded, in his description of the event. We suspect that he is an excellent, and reliable, witness. PD
January 14, 2015 · 11:46 PM · CIRCLE
Halifax (Canada), NS · Canada
There was no audible sound, the sky was very clear, the object moved slower than what a plane would need to keep airborne. I do have a photo….it was taken with a Nikon D700 with a 24-120 lens - the image was at full zoom. I wish I would have gotten the when it was above. Normal air traffic flies over Halifax on a dedicated NE route. This object was flying in an unusual direction. It was heading 80 degrees east from my position.
January 12, 2015 · 6:30 PM · CIRCLE
Harrison, OH
While running an errand this evening at the local grocery store, I noticed 2 dark orange balls of light in the night sky. Since we have an airport in our community, I suspected it was a helicopter or other air craft at first, that changed direction maybe suddenly (?) I suspected the two balls of light were the lights on either end of a plane, or either wing... or nose and tail? That was not the case. The two balls moved in a fashion that made me suspect the plane (or helicopter) must be spinning or about to crash... then, as the balls twisted around in mid air, the seem to be interacting with each other somehow. (Truly having a panicky moment then, as I realized it was not a plane, and it was NOT a crashing plane. The two balls then skittered off, far enough apart that I knew they were not one plane, and then sped up.. Seemingly propelled by something. The entire thing from start to finish only too a few minutes...but the time I stopped panicking enough to think I should get out my cell for a video, they were gone. I'm an educated rational, sane person.
January 10, 2015 · 10:15 PM · CIRCLE
Spokane Valley, WA
It was a partly cloudy night and my husband was taking the trash out to the garbage can when he spotted 4 orange circular lights in the sky flying straight up into the air. They were traveling at a very fast rate to the south southeast of my location. The airforce base and airport around here is to the west of where I live. After some time of going straight up, they began curving slightly towards the left and started gradually disappearing. They were moving so fast that by the time I ran inside to grab my phone to record video, there were only 2 dots left. There was no sound, but my husband said he thought he saw black particles beneath the dots which made him think fireworks, but there were no explosions or sparkles of light normally associated with fireworks.
January 8, 2015 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Tomahawk, WV
Hovers about 1,000 foot off the ground and has 2 bright large headlights. It is circle and it might be a drone but I don't know for sure. It has been spotted for 3 nights now. Makes a soft humming sound. Medium sized aircraft. Flies very quick and sometimes hovers.
January 8, 2015 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Hot Springs, MT
Went outside to look at stars since it was a clear night. I noticed a orange red light that seem to be rising in the southwest sky. It appeared to be rising up from the direction of town. I live in a little town population 500. These was airplane lights heading east to west that seemed to pass over this light. It rose up then headed north for a few seconds then it to turned and start heading east. It would stop for a few seconds then start to move again, actually headed right in my direction. It was reddish orange with lights that seemed to be rotating. I watched it for a few minutes then came inside to get a pair of binoculars, and when I went back outside, it was gone.
January 8, 2015 · 5:50 PM · CIRCLE
Visalia, CA
Red and white flashing lights flickering simultaneously in what appeared as a half circle. Moving south east.
January 7, 2015 · 1:00 AM · CIRCLE
Folsom, CA
Since November 16th of 2008 I've been watching objects in the sky pose a stars is what it seems. During the same time each night, these objects it seems turn multi color light on which are blue, green, and red and it zig zags and dances around. There is one red light that is on top of all of these objects and looking through a telescope and binoculars it would seem that these so called stars are in our airspace. If its a clear night I can show anyone who would like to see them. The best time is between 7:00-8:45 PM is when the lights are on. Again, I've been watching these objects every night since 11/16/08. On 11/22/08 a News 10 Sacramento helicopter was covering a high school foot game and try to get close to one of these objects and it got further and further away from the helicopter. It was since explained a few days later that it was an airplane with lights doing advertising which is not the case. I went online and the video of the helicopter chasing this object has been removed from every site it was on and only a still picture of what they chased is there.
January 3, 2015 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Hughes Springs, TX
On 01/03/2014, at approximately 21:05 hrs., I was asked by my wife to come outside to see what was going on in the Southeast sky near Hughes Springs, Texas. From my back porch I immediately observed approximately ten red/orange objects or balls of light hovering in the sky. The flight path of the objects appeared to be traveling from a Southward to a Northward direction. The objects did not appear to produce any sound. I would estimate the objects distance to be approximately five miles from my location. The Northern most three or four objects of the group of ten objects made a 90-degree turn to the East, with the rest of the group following what appeared to be the exact same flight path. As the last of the group executed the 90-degree turn, approximately three minutes had passed, I noticed a second group of approximately fourteen to fifteen more objects following what appeared to be the exact same flight path as the first group. At this time, I had walked down the steps from my porch to get a better vantage point to capture the event on my phone camera. I watched in utter amazement as the objects traveled at what appeared to be a slow rate of speed. The whole event lasted approximately eight to ten minutes. I could not be exact as to the time as I was somewhat excited over the spectacular light show and the precision of the flight path of the group. Due to the precision of the 90-degree turn, and the absence of engine sounds, I do not believe the objects to have been fixed or rotor winged aircraft. The weather conditions at the time were very light clouds with a high ceiling and zero wind. The wind direction and speed was verified by the lead meteorologist at the Shreveport, LA, National Weather Service, KSLA-TV in Shreveport, and Weather Bug Station in Mt. Pleasant. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be exceptionally sincere, and serious-minded, in his description of the objects. He does not believe the objects could have been so-called "Chinese" lanterns, or sky lanterns. PD
January 3, 2015 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Hughes Springs, TX
Upon stepping off my back porch I immediately saw red lights in the Southwest sky that were traveling Northwest in a line of succession and getting brighter as they got closer to our area. As they each got to a certain point in the sky they started getting dimmer, appearing to head East, then the lights succinctly disappeared. I did not count the number of lights I saw, but I would say I saw more than a dozen.
January 3, 2015 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Columbus, IN
South of sr 46 west of I-65. Looking west saw an orange ball of light. It skimmed the treeline headed north, then Started climbing. Started going almost verticle. No sound except, "What is that?" Have seen these orange balls quite a few times but never with another witness.
January 3, 2015 · 10:05 AM · CIRCLE
Loudoun County, VA
I, retired from THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE with a TOP SECRET CLEARANCE.
January 1, 2015 · 12:30 AM · CIRCLE
Boise, ID
Driving home from New Years celebration from downtown Boise, my family witnessed several round red lights above Boise. They were patterned but disappeared within a minute or so. After seeing the first set of these objects, another set of 3 more appeared out of thin air over Boise, they too disappeared within a minute or so. Approximately 15 red circular lights were witnessed.
January 1, 2015 · 12:20 AM · CIRCLE
Chilliwack (Canada), BC · Canada
I looked up out our glass door from our bedroom and saw a Orange circle it was so Bright slowing moving to the left I yelled omg what is that, my Guy got up looked and was shocked as we watched it move slowly across the sky for 25 seconds then disappear.
January 1, 2015 · 12:20 AM · CIRCLE
San Jose, CA
Red bright object following straight pattern.... Stops in middle of trajectory .. Than it fades out, re-appears ahead in the sky by a huge distance before fading out completely Witness provides no contact information. PD
January 1, 2015 · 12:10 AM · CIRCLE
Odin, IL
we have pictures of the tem from a cell phone none very distinct.
January 1, 2015 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
Redlands, CA
The date that this event took place is january 1, 2015. I had just came back from a get together with my family. Me and my dad were the first once to arrive at my house. Then my sister arrived with her baby girl from our get together. She took out her baby girl out of the car and came inside the house. She was trying to put her baby to sleep. Afterwards, my sister went outside to get something from her car. Then she said, she saw an orange circle down the street do south of my house. My sister said it was really low and then it went up to the sky. She got scared. The orange circle past up my drive way and headed to the mountains. Then, my sister came inside the house and told me to come outside. She can barely speak. She said it was urgent! At first it was me and my sister that went outside. When I saw that orange light of circle in the sky, I told my sister that its just a plane. But as I started to focus more on the flying object, it did not look like anything I've ever seen before. I was very shocked. My dad came out of the house to see what was going on. This was around twelve thirty something cause I didn't check the time. I told my dad to go get my tablet. When I got the tablet, I started to take pictures. Then video. As i was recording, my dad yelled out to me, theirs another one coming from the south! I aimed my tablet to capture them on video. Then another one was coming from the same direction. Then I starded taking video again cause to more were coming from the same direction. They all headed to where the other flying objects were. I capture at least 4 flying objects coming from the south and headed towards the mountains. I got 2 pictures, and 3 videos on my tablet. Then I told my sister to go get her camera so she can record the flying objects. We stayed outside for a couple of minutes to capture them on video. Then we went inside our house. Finally, when everyone was asleep, at 3:26 a.m., I went outside to see if they were still there. They were, and still in the same position that we saw them. My dad counted to see how many flying objects we saw and he said 8 in total.