The catalog
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
July 4, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Alexandria, VA
My friends and I were messing around on the local middle school field, lighting fireworks (it was the Fourth of July). But then when we were about to leave we saw the craft. Even though there were fireworks and planes we saw the craft far above them. It appeared off to our right moving up into the sky and started moving to our left. As it moved we all noticed it and saw that it was not blinking nor did it have any actual shape, nonetheless it move at a relatively fast rate. Then it stoped and moved upward and faded. Witness provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Hilton Head Island, SC
At first white object passed by spinning with white lights on the side. The white light then turned orange and was floating and gently moving in the sky having static motions (jumping) from side to side and kept moving in the same position for almost half an hour before it faded out.
July 3, 2018 · 10:40 PM · LIGHT
Beavercreek, OH
Totally red light, not blinking with a slight Buzz like a drone. Very high altitude changing direction sporadically.
July 3, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Auburn, WA
These lights have been appearing nightly for at least two years, beginning at about dark, in the sky either over western Auburn, or slightly farther west. They are not conventional aircraft. They do not have any red/green running lights, they are much brighter usually, and often they flash brighter, systematically. They are composed of what appears to be either one, or as many as 3-4, bright white lights. They hang in the sky for several hours usually, sometimes moving short distances to the left and right (as viewed from east of them, on Lea Hill Road in Auburn), sometimes moving farther to the north. There are normally three or four of these objects which appear at once. The normal air traffic in the area can be seen passing in front of them, and it seems to ignore their presence. Sometimes the objects appear to flash red or blue. They are almost always present for at least 2-3 hours, and sometimes have been present as late as 3 AM. I am a professional UFO author, a witness of at least a half-dozen sightings of alien spacecraft during my life, and an abductee as well. I am not likely to misidentify conventional craft as a UFO. I am familiar with most types of military craft, including stealth craft and exotic craft. I do not know what these craft are, but they cannot be conventional aircraft in my opinion due to their configuration of lights, motion in the sky, presence in the same location for so many nights, and the fact that they are clearly brighter than conventional aircraft’s white lights. They should easily be spotted by radar from Auburn airport, Boeing Field and Seatac. As to the possibility that they could be drones, I tend to doubt that idea. There is no reason that I can think of for drones to take up the same position in the sky, night after night, for literally years on end, when there is nothing of particular interest happening in or around Auburn that anyone would have reason to go to so much trouble and expense to observe. They clearly are unconcerned about being seen, and usually just hang in the sky, moving short distances roughly north or south and then returning to where they were initially. Could they be some type of alien craft? I cannot answer that question, I only know they appear to be distinctly different in appearance to conventional or military aircraft I am familiar with. Someone surely will be able to identify them, from Seatac or Boeing ATC centers. Whether they will do so honestly is another question. It seems noteworthy that NUFORC has received no other reports about the alleged, nightly sightings. We will encourage the witness to obtain high-quality photos of the alleged objects. PD
July 3, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Scottsdale, AZ
Two Blue lights appearing in the low sky East of phoenix (From Scottsdale they were in the direction of Mesa). Both lights blinked and moved around each other in a circular pattern. They remained in that general direction for 1.5 hours. They appeared to have bursts of light a couple times. They were pointed out to us by a neighbor. We had company at our house and we all went outside to witness. We took photos and a video. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
July 2, 2018 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Erie, PA
The witness works at a bayside outdoor bar as a doorman. He was collecting cover charges from patrons as they entered the bar and appreciating the bayfront skyline, most notably the Port Erie Bicentennial Tower which dominates the skyline view of Dobbins landing which is the name of the district that the bar and tower are situated in. He first noticed the object because he believed that it was a Lifestar medivac helicopter taking off from Saint Vincent Hospital which is near the place of the sighting. It began blinking different colors alternating between red, green and then blue and white at random intervals. It stopped and hovered in mid air and then began making bizarre right angle turns and wild oscillation in altitude before beginning lazy swoops over the bay and then heading over to Presque Isle across the bay before coming back towards the bar. (out of respect for his employers he will let them remain anonymous) it moved from NE to SW, circled the tower a few times and then began to sweep back and forth over Dobbins landing. His immediate reaction was to observe it and conjecture what it could possibly have been. It was too small and too quiet to be a helicopter, but the range was too far for a civilian drone and the night was too dark to be taking drone photography. He attempted to point out the craft to a leaving patron; who was unfortunately too intoxicated to take notice of the craft. The craft then traveled up above State Street proceeding to the S and then ascended above the cloud cover and dissipated into the cloud cover or was obscured by the light pollution of the city. His immediate reaction was to tell his friends and immediately try and write down everything he had seen in complete detail. He communicated this via a smartphone to three of his friends.
July 1, 2018 · 9:55 PM · LIGHT
Colorado Springs, CO
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 1, 2018 · 9:35 PM · LIGHT
Colorado Springs, CO
Okay. Seriously just saw a group of seven bright lights off in the distance in the sky, and then they came more overhead. Then a couple more followed the group as the group began to move from the east, to the northern part of the sky (my hubby says he thinks the direction they moved was more westward). They were moving erratic and in a group almost as though they were dancing. They hung around above us (all we could see was lights... almost as though they were stars moving around fairly quickly) for a couple minutes as they were moving across the sky from east to north. Is there a place to go to find what military operations are going on tonight in the sky? Did we see drones? What was that? It was around 9:30-9:35pm Mountain Standard Time. There was no sound that we could hear coming from these moving objects in the sky.
July 1, 2018 · 12:30 PM · LIGHT
Brunswick, ME
In summer of 2017 or 2018, leaving from Pleasant Street in Brunswick, Maine onto 295 and going north to Topsham for lunch. I noticed a large number of lower flying airplanes. There were several passenger planes as well as what looked like jets. Which is not completely foreign as Brunswick has a decommissioned naval base that does still do training, but typically not with jets. The planes seemed to be doing turns and going back and forth and not just flying through. While returning to Brunswick south on 295 roughly 15 minutes later, I turned onto the Brunswick off ramp that merges with Pleasant street. It is a sharp U turn off ramp, as you drive and before starting to turn there is a small field on the left that is lower than the roads so more like a valley; that is surrounded with pine trees. There is no access to field unless you’re pulling over on the side of the freeway and walking into it. The trees and guard rails block and vehicles from pulling into th! e field. Hovering maybe 30 feet over the valley was large, maybe the size of a school bus silver bright light. I didn’t see any actual physical object just a bright blinding light. The light seemed to be moving slightly up and down as if it was hovering. The light also seemed to thin towards the outer edges. I only remember a fragment of the moment; I don’t remember much before pulling back into my works parking lot. Just the blinding light, I don’t remember passing it or pulling away from it. I do remember looking back up into the sky and seeing that it was a clear day with few clouds. The section I saw the light by the freeway does not have any buildings in view. Even during winter when trees are bare. There are no towers with lights and the river that runs near the freeway is not in view of that section.
June 30, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Louisville, OH
2 very bright craft white light then faded away Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 30, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Pawcatuck, CT
Myself and my witness were on the deck around 23:00 hours. Out of the West, we seen a bright light come accross the sky, then burn out. Shortly after another came (got that one on cell video)then vanished. We saw the same event last year around the same time of year.
June 28, 2018 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Pleasanton, CA
We stopped and took some photos and a video clip. One of the lights slowly flew off into the west. The lights were most likely between Pleasanton and Fremont, CA. at an altitude much lower then commercial airliners, but wouldn't be out of the ordinary height for a helicopter. The witness has submitted two high-quality night photos, showing an almost full Moon, and four much smaller lights in a triangular formation. We do not know what the lights are. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and found him to be quite serious-minded. We suspect that he is an excellent witness. PD
June 28, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Lancaster, PA
Beam of vertical bright white light fell from the night sky it appeared to be about 10 feet wide and it came down the excact same width for about a mile when it got down to maybe 3 miles to the ground it flashed and made a egg shape at the bottom of the perfect beam light. And went out to maybe 30 feet out the egg shape closed in on its self and then the beam of light disappear form the bottom up.
June 27, 2018 · 9:55 PM · LIGHT
Corbett, OR
I went outside to take out the trash and as I turned around to go back inside I looked up to the Eastern skyline and noticed 3 intense red lights perfectly lined up in a row at the northern edge of the eastern horizon. The 3 lights were very intense but small like pinpoints. The center light would blink and fade out and as it would fade out the two outer lights would blink in response. As it blinked in this back,and forth pattern, it moved south (from right to left) across the horizon, dropping in elevation slightly. Once it reached the southern edge it got closer to the treeline and the object began to shimmer slightly. It reminded me of the way that it looks when you look off into the distance on a really hot day and see the heat radiating from the ground distorting things and creating a "mirage". When this shimmering happened, you could see the outline of what appeared to be a disc like aircraft. It makes me think that it was using a cloaking device that failed to work properly as it got too close to the trees. We are in a rural area that is dead quiet at night, and this object produced absolutely no sound. In addition, the lights were not spaced close together like that of a plane, but were much farther apart. If you were to hold your hand out at arm's length up to the sky, the distance between the two outer points of light was about the distance between your thumb and pointer finger (4-5"). My husband tried to take a picture of it, but his camera phone would not cooperate and only produced a washed out photo that appeared to be taken in bright sunlight when it was actually almost dark out.
June 25, 2018 · 2:37 AM · LIGHT
Plainfield, IL
On June 25, 2018, at 2:36 AM., I received a FaceTime call from two of my friends. They immediately exclaimed that one of them had seen a UFO and that “they’re are aliens out here”. I told them to record it for me and to promise me that they were not lying or fabricating any details, my friend who is the one who witnessed it named, ((male name deleted)), claimed he was not lying and seemed anxious but ultimately agreed to record it. Two minutes later at 2:38 AM, I received a Snapchat video of a bright red light with a white light in the center, which stood still. ((male name deleted)) recorded the footage in a secluded Walmart parking lot behind the store which was right next to the field where he claims the UFO was hovering. He claims that it would disappear and then reappear in the same spot but only did so once. The video shows ((male name deleted)) out of breath, saying “ - I’m alright” to the other person present who did not witness anything, before continuing to hyperventilate. The caption on the! Snapchat video said, “It moved after this bruh”. Although the 8 second video is short, it does show the unexplained light. Now I live near where the location that they are talking about and there are no cell towers in the area where the UFO was sighted, and that would give off such a light. He claims it was definitely not any commercial aircraft like an airplane or helicopter. The video depicts a bright red light with a white light in the center. Upon sending me this video, ((male name deleted)) claimed that when he looked back up it had disappeared without a trace, as if it had disappeared within the blink of an eye. No entities were seen despite the comment about aliens, that was just his belief as to the origins of the UFO. I screen recorded the video so that footage is in my possession. I told him I would go to the spot in case there was any trace evidence, but was unable to do so due to work. We haven’t received any storms, only intense heat from a recent heatwave that had struck the Midwest, but besides that there is no indication that any trace eviden ce would disappear as a result. I will update on any future findings, such as increased electromagnetic activity in the sighting location, along with any types of abnormal radiation that may have affected plant life or any animals. I am okay with my name being displayed as I encourage others to contact me about their sightings as well. ((male name deleted)) agrees to have his name displayed also. ((male name deleted)) was questioned about the encounter thoroughly and assisted me in the creation of this report. Anyone wishing to contact Colin or the other individual who had accompanied ((male name deleted)), can be contacted through me personally. - ((author's name deleted))
June 22, 2018 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
New York City, NY
June 22, 2018, my wife and I had an after-dinner stroll along the promenade in Long Island City, New York. We took a seat somewhere between Long Island City and Hunter’s Point Ferry landings to rest and enjoy the view of Manhattan on the other side of the East River. At 8:30, or so, we spotted an object with a pair of red lights hovering above the skyline. The lights were a little too bright for me not to think it was odd. I joked that it was a UFO, without really putting too much stock in it. Still, there was something so strange about its brightness and its steadiness, like a snapshot in the sky, that I could not take my eyes off of it. The object made a vertical jump, held for a second, and then shot across the sky 3 to 5 miles toward the southern part of Manhattan in about 2 seconds, and that was when my jaw hit the ground. From where we sat, neither of us could determine the exact height of the object but it appeared higher than the Chrysler Building - a lot higher. My wife argues that it was probably a trick of the eye and that whatever we saw was in reality closer to us. She believes it flew lower and above the river’s edge. I disagree. I trust my sense of perspective. I can compare structural sizes and their spacial relationships as good as anyone. I can tell the difference between far and near, high and low, and I am convinced that what I saw was way up in the sky and away from the river’s edge! My wife said it was a helicopter. But after a real helicopter flew by, she clearly saw the difference. The helicopter’s lights were not as bright as the UFO’s. The helicopter was noisy. The UFO was silent. The helicopter wavered as it hovered. The UFO was as still as a statue. She said then it was probably a drone. I countered with the following: a drone has height restrictions. Again, the height and distance of what we saw could be argued, but you’ll never change my opinion. The UFO was at least a few thousand feet over the skyline and further west of the East River. After YouTubing videos of drone in flight at night, I can say that the behavior of a drone compared to that of the UFO is much different too. Like helicopters, drones are subject to air buffeting. They’re not perfectly steady. Their movements are not clean, sharp, symmetrically perfect like what I saw in the UFO. Describing the UFO’s movement was like someone using a right-angle straight edge on a laser pointer. It moved in two perfect straight lines, cutting over abruptly in a 90 degree angle. Also, like anything else in movement, drones display acceleration. The thing my wife and I saw did not show this. One moment it was there, the next it’s shooting across the sky. No acceleratio! n! It was amazing. One more thing: I don’t think the NYPD would allow anyone to fly a drone in an area crowded with helicopter traffic. Just saying. I wish I had recorded it, but I didn't really expect anything odd to happen. When it did, it happened too fast.
June 22, 2018 · 10:00 AM · LIGHT
Grand Blanc, MI
This wasn't the first time I have seen activity and this… unnerved me. I shut the blinds. A few weeks earlier driving home from a park in Flint, both the driver and I saw a beam of light and took photos. The photos are not too clear as they look faded from the sun’s brightness so we did try to adjust the contrast and it did show up better. Unfortunately all we had was a cell phone.
June 21, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Chandler, AZ
This is the second incident where I've seen the same occurrences. I saw a solid white dot racing through the upper atmosphere of the night sky. I thought it could've possibly been a satellite until I saw another one, then another at the same time. I went and grabbed my binoculars and my high powered telescope and my daughter and I continued to scan the sky. I tried to keep up with an object with my telescope but it was extremely fast. I couldn't make out a shape but it was a brilliant, white, solid, light. I yelled for my boyfriend to witness what we were seeing and he saw the same things. They were way too high to be an airplane or drone. If they didn't slow down, speed up, change direction and sometimes completely just vanish, I would think they were just satellites.
June 19, 2018 · 12:11 AM · LIGHT
Saratoga Springs, NY
Bright light that dims and brighten. Disappears when passing by aircraft fly by then reappears after plane passes. Seems to dance slowly from side to side.
June 18, 2018 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Brighton, CO
UFO Report June 18, 2018. I live in Brighton, Colorado, and tonight I was home on my front porch which faces west watching a heavy rain and small hail storm at about 9:45 PM, which occured about half an hour after the first heavy hail storm which contained literally golf ball and larger sized hail, which I have heard of and seen pictures of, but never in person until tonight. While observing the completely overcast night sky to the west, I saw a single white light at about a 35 Degree elevation directly west of my location. It didn't pulse or flash or change color. It didn't come closer or move further away or up or down or to one side or the other. It remained visible for 2 to 3 minutes in the same place. It only seemed to "wobble" or move slightly in a random manner and increased and decreased in apparent brightness until it slowly dimmed and completely faded from view and did not reappear. I don't know what it was, but I know what it wasn't. It wasn't a fixed wing airplane because it didn't move. It wasn't a helicopter because no helicopter could operate in, or just below, the clouds in such weather. It wasn't a star or planet because the sky was completely obscured. We live about 12 miles straight distance from DIA (Denver International Airport) where I work for a major airline. I am very familiar with the aircraft flight patterns over my house. This light did not conform to any flight pattern I would expect to see. I am an aircraft mechanic and private pilot with over 30 years experience working on and flying in aircraft begining with obtaining my private pilot's licence in 1987 and flying on Navy P-3 Orion sub hunter aircraft in 1989. I have seen several "anomalous" "things" in the sky over the years but have never felt so compelled to report them as this time because there is no "prosaic" explanation I can think of to dismiss this.
June 17, 2018 · 8:01 PM · LIGHT
Hatillo (Puerto Rico), PR
I was looking at the night sky as there is such good visibility due to almost no light contamination. All the sudden, looking south I see these 4 lights which I thought they were stars, started to move in such a a way that it was obvious they were not stars. Circular movement all around a few stars for about a minute and all the sudden disappeared. I have seen similar lights before but never 4 of them moving at the same time. Witness elects to provide no contact information. PD
June 16, 2018 · 9:58 PM · LIGHT
Washington, DC
Took a photo of the waxing moon June 16, 2018, and notice ufo in photo.
June 16, 2018 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Sparta, TN
Small bright speck of light about the same size of a star light flashing streaking through the sky stopping doing a erratic circle then shooting back towards where it came from a Nother a Radick circle then shooting off and light dimming and gone
June 15, 2018 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Frederick, MD
10pm (6/15/2018). Bright star/planet low on the Western horizon @ 30 degrees above horizon). Realized it was moving in an erratic circle. Began filming to confirm.