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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
May 19, 2014 · 2:45 AM · SPHERE
Westwood, CA
I had just gotten into bed, around 2:40am, and was looking out my window of my room on the 9th floor of my building. I usually sleep with the curtains closed, but this time I left one side of the curtains pulled open. (From my window I look north onto the south side of the Hollywood Hills.) On this night, which had been clear to partly cloudy, it caught my attention that the clouds appeared to have a warm hue and I found it odd that I could make out the shapes at such a late hour. I figured that the clouds were lower than usual and thus reflected more of the city lights. This was the reason why I was staring out my window for about five minutes while in bed rather than trying to fall asleep. Around 2:45am I saw what appeared to be a satellite pass into my line of sight at about 20 degrees above the horizon traveling from west to east. About 1 second after appearing within my vision, it stopped abruptly, roughly above the North Hollywood area. This was not a helicopter. It was not blinking red and blue lights. I initially thought it was a satellite but its intensity varied greatly to that of a very faint star and it mostly emitted a bluish white light. For the next 2 or 3 minutes the light would flicker/fade in and out irregularly. At times, I could not tell if the light was moving while it faded in and out or if there were one or two OTHER lights on either side of it also behaving in a similar manner. The sky quickly became overcast around this time as clouds blew in from east to west. When these clouds finally passed, I woke up my roommate, but only to point out what where obviously stars. The strange light was nowhere to be seen. While I was looking at this object move erratically, I thought that perhaps my adrenaline and excitement were causing my eyes to shake. I would repeatedly look away from the object to focus on the lights of buildings, street lights, and radio masts, scattered along the Hollywood Hills. These appeared quite normal and steady. Of course, as I got back in bed after about 5 more minutes of scanning the sky, I continued to look out my window. As I did so, I witnessed a cloud/ cloud-like object form from a small silver orb into a curved-rhombus shape and dissipate right before my eyes all within 1 minute. I have never seen a cloud behave this way and my heart was beating incredibly hard at this point and I began to feel very disturbed. I am hoping that other witnesses can confirm what I saw.
May 18, 2014 · 8:33 PM · SPHERE
Atlanta, GA
Went outside because we noticed a police drone hovering outside over midtown just off our balcony over peachtree street northeast and 11th st. As we were on the balcony we noticed in the much further distance to the south/southeast very high in the sky 2 then 3 then 5 black sphere shaped objects moving way to slow to be planes. They also had no lights or anything on them like we can see from the planes circling heading to and from the airport. They continued to move very slowly in the same direction. Two we lost sight of then remaining three held a perfect triangle shape until a third seemed to disappear in a clear section of the sky and the last 2 moved behind a cloud and then were gone. Objects were to far in the distance to pick up on my camera. Exact points in the sky can be referenced from buildings and towers in the same direction of the sighting
May 17, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Milton (Canada), ON · Canada
Driving to the store with my mother and we see a bright orange orb moving very strangely just above the horizon. It changed direction very fast from East to West and seemed to be getting closer and farther to our vehicle. Stopped the car and got out, and the orb proceeded to go south faster than anything I have ever seen until it was gone in about 1 second. There were starting to go off but this orb was way higher up and farther away in a different direction. The way it moved made absolutely no sense it would switch direction instantly. I don't think I will ever forget what I just saw.
May 17, 2014 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Cary, NC
The UFOs were "orbs" the color of orange. There where 9 of them in groups of 3 in triangular shape. Then 3 disappeared, leaving 6 behind. Then another 3 disappeared with 3 left. Then the 3 remaining stretched out to cover the size that the original 9 took up. Then finally they disappeared too.
May 17, 2014 · 12:15 PM · SPHERE
Inver Grove Heights, MN
I looked out my kitchen Window and saw a round 40 to 60' sphere. It was flashing bright red, then light red with a yellow fire surrounding 1/3 of it. I then went outside on my deck and watched it flash more brightly, then it sped up and disappeared while traveling N to NE at a high speed. It started at about 20 degrees over St. Paul and disappeared over St. Paul Park at about 35 degrees. Total time watching 20-30 seconds. No wind, clear sky, no noise or jets seen in the area. Temp 42. Full Moon to the South. I have been watching airplanes and the space station for years. I have seen a MD-80 Engine snuff out during daylight and the plane had to turn around and for a landing at MSP. I thought maybe a airplane had engine problems so I went out on my on the deck, to maybe call 911. This object made no noise and was very quick in the upward movement it made. Very strange color changes. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
May 17, 2014 · 9:45 AM · SPHERE
Emerald Isle, NC
As they moved towards convergence, 2 faded to black then the third then the last as if to go to deep space Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 17, 2014 · 5:04 AM · SPHERE
Gardendale, AL
Approximately at 0504 this morning I stepped outside to smoke a cigarette and noticed a really bright light. I initially thought it was a star then I noticed it moving. After I started watching it I then noticed that there were 2 more objects sitting relatively close to the brighter one. I stated to move away from my apartment building to get a better look and the object started moving away from my sight and behind a tall group of pine trees. I positioned myself at an angle to continue observing the object when without sound it shot across the sky towards Huntsville. I turned to go back into my apartment when I realized threw light had returned at a much lower altitude and moved just above a tree line about 100 yards from where I was standing. I told my wife about the sighting when she woke up. This evening around 21:40 we were both outside smoking and saw a very similar object dancing around in the sky but it was much further away than the 3 I saw this! morning. This isn't a hoax or sham, nor is it an attempt for attention. I spent 10 years in the military and have seen some strange things out at sea but I have never really been an up close witness nor was I a solid believer until today.
May 17, 2014 · 12:03 AM · SPHERE
Trexlertown, PA
Out looking at Saturn and mars, noticed a red and white blinking orb above and left of the moon. Moved slowly left and right then hovered. Changed to solid red and shot up in a diagonal pattern, stopped, would drop down, stop, drop down, moved right then quickly to the left. Went back to basically the same area i started to see it at. Then dropped down close to the horizon, then was gone.
May 17, 2014 · SPHERE
Probable conventionalSaint-Esteve, Poitou-Charentes · France
Le 17 mai 2014 (et non le 17 mars indiqué par erreur dans son témoignage) un témoin et sa femme sont intrigués par un phénomène lumineux dans le ciel. 5 à 6 boules rouges apparaissent venant du NO et se déplacent vers le SE. Une seconde vague d'une quinzaine de boules identiques est observée. Leur déplacement lent est silencieux. Ce témoignage est typique d'une observation de lanternes thaïlandaises : boules oranges se déplaçant lentement en ligne droite à basse altitude, selon le vent un soir de week end. Le relevé METEOCIEL sur Perpignan (météo confirme bien le vent de Nord-ouest faiblissant. Le GEIPAN classe ce cas "B" : observation très probable de lanternes thaï. Etant donné la faible étrangeté de de cette observation, le GEIPAN n'a pas recherché les auteurs de ce lâcher. [GEIPAN classification B — Lanterne thai]
May 15, 2014 · 8:55 PM · SPHERE
Byron, GA
Stepped out garage door taking out the garbage, noticed a low flying sphere with a slight wispy tail, moving at extreme speed crossed from east to west horizons in approx. 5-8 seconds running in complete silent. (Robins Air Force Base is near my location and the light was moving from that direction to the west.)
May 14, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Vancouver, WA
We heard a loud helicopter over our house so we proceeded out the back patio door and looked up saw a red orb/light maneuvering strangely disappearing and appearing in different locations almost instantaneously. Trying to follow behind it was a military Comanche helicopter with very little success...
May 14, 2014 · 5:30 AM · SPHERE
La Habra, CA
He recorded the orb with his cell phone. I have video, which I can email to you. Witness provides no contact information. PD
May 13, 2014 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
San Diego, CA
While walking my dog as I do almost every night I witnessed an unexplainable, for me anyway, event in the sky. It was what some might call a fire ball or orb of light, but there was something else going on as well. Before I continue let me say that I live near a military air station, as well as a smaller but busy local airport. I am accustomed to seeing all manner of aircraft, both at night and during the day, such as; Osprey (with the rotors up like a helicopter), giant military transport planes, light/personal aircraft, small personal jets, fighter planes, and helicopters of all kinds. I know very little about aviation but this was nothing I had ever seen before. This event happened in the eastern sky, and appeared to be fairly close. It lasted about 10-12 seconds total, but was already happening when I looked up. At first I thought what I was seeing was a meteor falling and burning up very close to the ground. There seemed to be debris falling and burning up in the sky like something breaking up. However, after maybe half a second or so, I noticed two things. 1) It was not falling but stationary. 2) The brightest point of light was at the top. At that point I thought maybe a firework. The debris, for lack of a better word, was almost “dripping” from the ball/orb of light. It seemed to have a liquid quality to it. Not at all like what you would associate with a firework. It almost looked like burning/melting plastic being poured or dripping/falling into the night sky. I then thought maybe it was a lantern burning up and the dripping was just thin paper on fire and swirling around, and the ball/orb of light was the heat source for the lantern. But the ball of light remained stationary and the “liquid fire” kept falling; so much that it would be hard to believe this was all paper from a lantern or that the lantern would even be able to maintain its elevation while loosing that much of its structure. The same would go for any aircraft. It was just so much fire. It also did not seem to be consistent with what I have witnessed as a flare. At this point it has been maybe 3-3.5 seconds. The origin of the “liquid fire” began to glow very bright and appeared to grow larger. It also, at this point, started to pulse alternating between a dimmer light red-orange color and a full, bright true-orange color. The “liquid fire” increased in volume and also seemed to pulse along with the ball/orb of light. It stayed this way, very bright, for a couple of 2-3 seconds and then the dripping “liquid fire” stopped. The ball/orb grew even brighter and more well defined. It pulsed a couple more times; finally sticking with the red-orange color, and shot off heading east at a very high rate of speed. I could see it for 3-4 seconds before it was too small to be visible anymore. There was no sound that I would say could be attributed to this event. This is in a suburban area and near a highway so there is ambient noise. However, it is also in a valley and air traffic is usually amplified not muffled or masked.
May 13, 2014 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
North Myrtle Beach, SC
At approximately 9pm EDT, while observing a full moon over the ocean from my balcony, 3 orange-red lights materialized to the right of the moon, staying in place, as another materialized in the 7 o'clock position, and then another in the 9 o'clock position. A second sighting occurred over the ocean within the hour, however, just before, I noticed 5-6 strobe-like lights high in the sky just before the 2nd sighting which made me believe it may be military exercises. The strange thing about it is that every video I have seen of military flares, does not match what I witnessed.
May 13, 2014 · 4:00 PM · SPHERE
Riverdale, UT
At approximately 16:00 hours today, or a bit after, I was walking through the lot where I work, and, as I am accustomed to doing, I looked skyward, and noticed a round white sphere in the sky! At first, I thought it might be a balloon, but it seemed to be just a bit too large for that! I say that, because, though it had some distance to it away from me, I would say it was maybe about the size of a popcorn kernel held about a foot from my face! I watched it for some time, and also got the attention of someone I work with, to view it as well! Came to find out, 2 others I work with, had already seen it! I stated previously that I thought it might be a balloon, but, after watching it for a few minutes, I watched as it turned to the left, and it had length to it! So, at first I thought it to be spherical, but that observation has changed now, to be close to cigar or cylindrical in shape! Distance at that time, would be approximately 2 miles distant, and about 1500-2700 in elevation from my location! It was moving at a slow rate of speed, but increasing in elevation. There were high thin clouds in the area, at about 4-6000 feet above! I watched it for a while, but was busy with other things, though I tried to keep sight of it as much as I could! My vision is okay, but one witness stated that he has 20/15 vision, and he knows that it was not a balloon! And he saw it long before I had! Hill AFB is close by, to the south! I wonder if they saw it on radar!! I have witnessed things in this area before, and have made reports! And I know others who have seen things as well! One of the witnesses to this event, stated that he sees objects quite often in the area! One thing of note, as I was watching this...object, it did make a sudden move, and seemed to increase in elevation of I would say, a couple of hundred feet, in just a few seconds!
May 13, 2014 · 4:00 PM · SPHERE
San Jose, CA
On 5/13/14 at approximately 1600 hours I observed an object in San Jose, Ca, near highway 237. The object was a sphere or orb, white and semi translucent. The object appeared no bigger than a soccer ball. The shape was very clean, not distorted, a perfect orb or spherical shape. I first assumed the object to be a plastic bag or seagull but the object stopped in midair in what appeared to be 15 – 25 mph winds heading South by South East. The object was at an altitude higher than a six story building but lower than the aircraft taking off at the nearby San Jose Airport. Several commercial aircraft, 2 or 3 mostly 737s were visible during this time. The object moved in an erratic behavior dropping 50 – 60 ft and then climbing vertical another 50 – 60 ft. The object moved right to left in a 50 yard area and then suddenly headed south and vertical in an upward motion at a speed much faster than the surrounding aircraft, birds, or insects that I observed. Another way to characterize the speed, I have worked closely with F-18 Hornets and have never seen them capable of travelling at this speed. I doubted my observation several times thinking it could be a plastic bag, a bird, a drone, an insect, or even a piece of flying pollen. None of the above items match the flight characteristics that this odd craft showed as it seemed intelligently controlled, capable of stopping and moving about in any direction, at any speed despite the winds. There were no visible clouds, no light shining on the windows of the building that I observed the object through. I have never seen anything like it. There was no visible propulsion system, jet intake, propellers, or anything that would indicate the power source this craft used to move about. If I had not been staring where I was at that exact moment I never would have seen it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 12, 2014 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Myrtle Beach, SC
For the past three nights 5/12/2014 to 5/14/2014 There have been numerous orange glowing orbs all across the ocean sky. They have appeared just after 9:30pm est. Some lights were scattered and appeared randomly, others have been in formation. Not sure what they are but I am excited to check again tonight 5/15/2014.
May 12, 2014 · 9:20 AM · SPHERE
San Diego, CA
My friend and I went out for an evening walk after dinner. We went walking outside on the street and we noticed a small blue light in the sky in the direction about 51° NE above the the Big Dipper handle 32° 43 N. 117° 4 W. Then their were five circular blue like crafts were moving in a circular oval clock wise direction diameter of the circulation 15 miles at a high rate speed. Then two of the craft stopped then flashed two white lights (like a cramra flash) both went opposite direction north and south. The other three stop in mid flight and two left orbit; until the one craft headed north pass by the other craft and it followed in East direction Northeast direction. After looking on my maps the third craft was heading over towards the sentiee or USMC Miramar air station San Diego. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 11, 2014 · 11:30 PM · SPHERE
Portland, OR
I was outside having a cigarette, when I looked up to see an orb that was very orange-red. I thought it was a plane at the first instant, but knew something was off immediately after. It had slight changes in trajectory. At one point, I saw some things either break off or drop from it, though the detail was impossible to ascertain due to the sheer luminosity of the object, and how faint the objects falling from it were. I watched for a few minutes, dumbfounded. My friends couldn't figure it out either. What was strange, is that the sky beforehand did look strange at sunset and moon rise. there seemed to be very distinct lines in the sky that seemed otherworldly, toward the east. It was like watching sun rays at dawn, but it was running from north to east.
May 11, 2014 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Hawthorne/Gardena, CA
At around 10 pm me and my friend saw some type of aircraft flying in sight from my backyard. It was a bright green orb with 4 red dots on the back. This object was flying in patterns no man made air craft on planet earth could. The ufo was scanning the aircraft on the LAX flight route just where the planes go in for the landing. Every time a plane flew by the UFO scanned each plane. This whole ordeal lasted 10 minutes
May 11, 2014 · 10:45 PM · SPHERE
Newport, OR
On 5/11/14 at approximately 23:45, I was soaking in my hot tub facing South. The Moon was 2 days shy of being full yet there was still plenty of stars to see on that clear night. I noticed a couple quick flashes directly under the Moon and quickly came to the conclusion it was a satellite. Then, I saw the object heading East and knew right away it was moving too fast to be a satellite. After about 3 seconds, the object shot 90 degrees and suddenly stopped. I thought to myself, "way too fast to be anything man made yet too slow to be a shooting star or other space garbage." Not to mention, it didn't 'burn out'. At that moment, I knew it was not of this world. The object moved up and down and then headed to a bright star. I later learned from my phone app, Google Sky Map, the star was Vega located in the constellation Lyra. I could barely see the object as it seemed to closely orbit Vega. About three minutes later, the object headed North and I lost sight of it. The whole sighting was as if I was looking at a dim star/satellite that was moving at different speeds. All I can think of is how fast that object must have been going to travel the distance it did in such a short period of time. Also, if it was a craft of some kind, how could I see it with the naked eye? My only conclusion is it travelled through some worm hole? Maybe it wasn't a craft but a form of energy? I am reporting this in hope that someone else saw it too. Very interested in if anyone has any thoughts on what I saw also.
May 11, 2014 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Muscatine, IA
My aunt and her husband called my mother. My mother called me. Here is our descriptions: red-orange looking big sphere with smaller one close behind it moving northwest from Memorial Park Cemetery towards The Palms. The smaller one sling shot around the larger one and was in front and then slowed a bit. For as low as it was (probably 1000 feet) it made no sound. We followed until out of site.
May 10, 2014 · 11:25 PM · SPHERE
Covington, LA
I am hessitant to report anything like this, because it just seems weird to say what I actually saw tonight. I stepped on my back porch to smoke a cigarette, and noticed an orange sphere in the sky. I thought why would someone be lighting a flare over a neighborhood, and then the second sphere came into my view and I thought flares don't move like what I'm seeing. Then a third object came into view, then a fourth one, and then a fifth one. At this point I was taken back for a minute, because there was no noise of any kind. The objects moved horizontally without any of them slowing descending as a flare would. This is when I knew that I was witnessing something that was out of the norm. All I want to know is what was it. If any one else has had any similar experiences in Louisiana please make post. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 10, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Davison, MI
Standing in my driveway I noticed an orange/red sphere moving across the sky, assuming an airplane. However, it was traveling from right to left, which is not the usual flight pattern, & it was silent. Then another sphere, exactly the same size, color, & shape appeared, traveling in the same direction & at the same speed. A 3rd sphere appeared, following the same pattern. I called my wife out to take a look & she watched as the 3 spheres crossed the sky at a casual pace, staying the same distance apart from one another, until they simply disappeared, one by one.