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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.
2,257 entries
August 30, 2016 · 7:59 PM · FLASH
Hyrum, UT
Then a single jet intersected the point where the flash occurred. The jet looked too be military and was traveling in a northerly direction. We have corrected the data above. PD
August 27, 2016 · 8:20 PM · FLASH
Lawrence, KS
Date: 27 July, 2016, at 820pm, The location is Lawrence, Kansas, stopped on Clinton Lake dam to view Venus and Jupiter at dusk. I was taking photos of an interesting cloud bank with a new iPod touch (I don’t carry a cell phone), the first time I had ever used it for photos, hoping to get some really interesting photos of lightening. The photo is oriented looking east from Clinton Lake Dam, back towards the city of Lawrence, Kansas, seen in the background. I accidentally took movies for several of them, since the photo app on my ipod is new to me. 10 seconds into the 17 second digital movie is a flash of light that crosses from mid-level left traveling to the upper right corner of the movie. I saw this also with my eyes at the exact time of the event. I got home quite a bit later and downloaded it into the computer. I have seen something like this one other time on Clinton Lake Dam, only the light traveled much slower then.
August 24, 2016 · 9:45 PM · FLASH
Whitehall, NY
At about 9:45PM last night (8/24/16), my family and I were driving home to Glens Falls, NY, on our way back from vacation in Maine. We were driving towards Whitehall, NY, at the time we saw it we were just outside Whitehall. I'd say 5 miles or less. So, I was just driving along, when at the above stated time out of my left side view looking out the windshield of my car I saw a streak of light. That at first glance looked like a shooting star. It didn't take me long to realize that that was not what I was looking at. There was something about the way it was moving that made me look again a little deeper. Now for context this whole thing lasted just seconds but, you know when you spot something. Out of the corner of your eye that actually inside you peripheral far enough were you get a good enough look at it. To the point that I'm driving forward focused on the road but can see the light moving in to my course of vision. that's what happened. So, I saw this light and it registers after just a second this is peculiar. So now is when I shift my view or focus out that side of the windshield to actually see this light that was acting funny.. so, this light moves into view, the first thing that didn't jive was the speed at which it was moving. Much too slow to be a shooting star. Then, I noticed the streak of light was thicker than it would be if it were a shooting star. Then, of course, i saw a shape in front of the streak. This is the hardest thing to describe I can't remember a shape per se as much as the color which was the same bright, white light as the streak but separate from it. (if I had to say a shape it would be oval or tear drop shaped) so now, the streak came in to view streaked for a few seconds as if slowing down cause then it paused (or stopped dead) for a moment. This is when I new we had just seen something extraordinary. The following thing that happened was a flash of light and it vanished. It shot off in some direction so fast I couldn't even see it. and that's when I turned ! to my wi fe and said what the hell was that!? Did you see that? She said she saw it and that it was strange but she is a skeptic by nature, so she just blew it off. And I can't stop thinking about it, please tell me someone else saw this too?
August 18, 2016 · 10:30 PM · FLASH
Layton, UT
At approx 2230 hours, myself and my nephew was on our porch, facing west, and all of the sudden, my nephew looked up into the sky and was freaking out. He could barely speak, he was so excited!! At seeing this craft which was strobing very brightly and the colors that where changing very awesome to behold!! The colors that where seen was silver blue red and yellow and green. Interesting to note that when we where looking at the object and talking about it, the craft then proceeded in a northern direction towards Hill AFB, which is less than five miles from my house, and disappeared very quickly. No sound at all. Where this craft was in the sky would have been close to civilian air traffic corridor for flights in bound to SLC, Utah. The overall sighting didn't last long about 20 seconds. It was like it was saying hello, here I am, and zip...gone. Most amazing sight I have ever seen!!
August 16, 2016 · 11:40 PM · FLASH
Bremerton, WA
My boyfriend and I was driving home from work and we saw what looked like something Falling at full speed from the sky. It only lasted for about 3 seconds. It looked to close too be a shooting star, and it was falling straight down. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 16, 2016 · 10:00 PM · FLASH
Orange Park, FL
While on my way to retrieve my laundry, I looked up at the sky to admire the stars. For a split second, a small ball of light raced a crossed the sky. It left a trail of light behind it that disappeared, just as fast. It seemed closer to the ground than a plane would be. It was white and circular in shape, brighter than the stars and moon in the sky. Witness does not indicate a date of the sighting, so we have assigned one arbitrarily. Witness elects to remain anonymous, and provides no contact information, so we are unable to confirm the date. PD
August 16, 2016 · 9:00 PM · FLASH
Paphos (Cyprus), Cyprus
Kissonergas, Cyprus: On two consecutive nights, 18 & 19th August, separately, my son and I saw the same activity. Looking out over the sea, looking into the sky at the stars, with no light contamination. There was an orb that shot across at a horizontal to shore line. As soon as it appeared it disappeared. Almost like a streak...Both were approximately 20:00-21:00. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 16, 2016 · 5:30 AM · FLASH
Boise, ID
We were standing outside talking, and then a flash of light caught our attention and we looked in the sky and saw a blueish green light that flew away into the stars at a very high speed. After what appeared to be a ship flew away, it left a green light glowing in the sky that seemed like a trail.
August 12, 2016 · 3:00 AM · FLASH
Wilburton, OK
Have seen them before haven't ever been able to locate a source.
August 10, 2016 · 11:35 PM · FLASH
Gastonia, NC
Two bright red separate flashing simultaneously balls of light flying in formation, low, with no sound. Heading N to S direction and slowly moving. Husband/restaurant owner for over 40 years. Age 56 Wife /Real Estate Broke and mother of three. Age ((fifties)) Two sons, ages ((deleted--thirties)) and ((deleted((twenties)). ((deleted--older)) is a full time professional ((deleted--works in biological field)); ((younger is a full time student at the University ((deleted)), and ((deleted)) at Park City. We are average very normal, God-fearing people, who love to star watch, and none of us have ever seen anything like this EVER! Son , ((name deleted)), has video of this sighting on his phone.
August 9, 2016 · 11:00 PM · FLASH
Portland, OR
A co-worker and I were outside having a smoke and looking for Perseid meteors, when I spotted what I thought was a satellite. The "satellite" was heading in a north to south direction and traveling at a typical speed for a satellite. It looked yellow/orange-ish, like most satellites do. A few seconds into viewing the object, it flared, increasing greatly in brightness and then dimming. I am aware of what satellite flares are, so I was not surprised at this point. The object continued to dim and then a bright white/green flash appeared below (?) the object, about the diameter of a quarter if held at arm's distance. About a second or two later the object dimmed out of view completely. If it wasn't for the anomalous flash in the vicinity of the object, just before it disappeared, I would assume what I saw was just a flaring satellite. I'm pretty sure whatever it was was outside of the atmosphere.
August 7, 2016 · 7:45 PM · FLASH
Hatton City (Sri Lanka), hatton city, Sri Lanka
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 4, 2016 · 2:00 AM · FLASH
Rosedale, MD
I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MARYLAND.. but have always been a believer my adult life. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 30, 2016 · 1:20 AM · FLASH
Hutchinson, MN
In the wee hours of the morning of last Saturday (July 30, 2016), while out stargazing, I saw something odd which I am unable to explain. 1. The object was traveling with a bearing of about 5-20° east of straight south. 2. The object flew nearly straight overhead, somewhat near the star Vega, sometime between 1:10-1:30AM local time (6:10-6:30AM GMT). I was stargazing at the latitude and longitude 44.795614 N, 94.377516 W (https://goo.gl/maps/FB4yDsR8GYv). 3. The object was moving at a speed similar to an airplane. 4. The object's light blinked 3-4 times, but at a seemingly lower frequency than a typical airplane. Also, while planes typically have a very short duration flash, this object had much longer flashes (1-2 seconds, probably), with the light being lit for about the same proportion of time as it was unlit. 5. I did not hear any propeller sounds, indicating that either that the object was relatively far away or that this was not a plane/helicopter. 6. The light also seemed brighter than a typical airplane's light, although I can't be entirely sure. It was certainly brighter than every star in the sky. 7. After the 3-4 blinks, there were no more blinks (and this is on a wonderfully clear night; it's not possible that it was obscured by clouds, as I could still see the stars along the path it was flying) From all this information, I am able to deduce that it was not a satellite, as satellites don't blink like this. It is presumably not a typical commercial or private flight, even though there is a small airport roughly 4.5 miles north of where I was, because the lights stopped blinking, and that is presumably prohibited in nighttime flights. I have not heard of any plane crashes nearby, which I expect I would have, had this been a plane that went down in flight.
July 29, 2016 · 2:00 AM · FLASH
Columbia, SC
Flash appeared like a starburst. It was like a gateway opening and closing within seconds. A lot like a craft in a movie slowing from light speed. I was left in awe.
July 24, 2016 · 11:00 PM · FLASH
Port Townsend, WA
I kept watching because it seems to me to be unexplainable. Going to look again this evening. I did well in astronomy at University so I know the difference between an airplane and a meteorite.
July 24, 2016 · 9:20 PM · FLASH
Antelope, CA
I saw a flash, as bright as perhaps the size of 50 small stars combined. It flashed in a white blue color. Unmistakably huge. Not less than 15 minutes later, I see this same vivid blue white color zoom from my right to left low in the sky, and disappear within a very short amount of distance, again within less than 1 second.
July 23, 2016 · 12:00 AM · FLASH
Richmond, KY
Soon as walked out door in county a big blue flashing light caught eye. Moving fas for the horizon, it paused, dashed right, then left at very high speeds then continued out of sight over a tree horizon.
July 23, 2016 · 12:00 AM · FLASH
Maple valley, WA
I just got off of work about 12ish and as soon as I got home I noticed a repetitive flash that was lighting up the whole sky . It only last on second but changed brightness about 6 times per second if not more . It was completey silent an didn't stop until about 3 . I starting search for answers an ended up driving on black diamond high way. Out of no where a ring of fire apeared in the air this also was on a glimps of a eye but so bright an impossible to miss . I was very glad that there was 4 other people with me that witnessed the same thing . Honestly you will never know the truth an this is the last time I speak I just seen a post before mine that saw the same silent electric high voltage of some sort .
July 22, 2016 · 1:00 AM · FLASH
Oakmont, FL
We were outside in the backyard a repeated flashes of light was happening in the sky to the east of us - very large very round, this was not lightning. it was happening in the same place. over and over. There did not seem to be a pattern of the flashes. Also, the flashes seemed to be sort of circular shaped. VERY big in the sky. I remember thinking the flashes of light looked pink. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
July 21, 2016 · 10:30 PM · FLASH
Bozeman, MT
While sitting on my balcony, I saw a flash of light to the left of Ursa Major. It looked like a star, white with a reddish cast to it. I glanced at it, thinking it was a star. It brightened – looking like a brighter star – before disappearing completely. It stayed stationary, and did not move. I only saw the single flash. There were no more after that.
July 20, 2016 · 4:23 AM · FLASH
Fayetteville, NC
A red and blue flashing light seen, thought at first to be a plane, but it moved in jerky motions. The object would travel forward a short distance, then move up and down, taking an abrupt sideways movement. It reminded me of how a bumblebee moves from flower to flower, then hovers staying within a certain zone. It would continuously move in the same type pattern. You could see a small trail behind it as it moved about. I watched for a while before going back to bed. In order to have a witness, I woke up my 18 year old son. He and I both looked at it together before I went back to my room to watch it some more.
July 12, 2016 · 9:45 PM · FLASH
Kingman, AZ
All of a sudden a spotlight appeared high in the sky and only lasted one second. This was definitely not an aircraft and was high in the sky like where the stars and satellites were. We both saw it it was very bright, and we both immediately said what was that.
July 11, 2016 · 1:32 AM · FLASH
Blue Star Memorial Highway, NJ
I saw two flying objects, appearing as flashes every couple of seconds. I was heading home with my mother and just had gotten on the road. I was up and awake and looked ahead only to see flashing lights. When I picked my phone up to record the phenomenon, it does, although it was at 78% approximately. There was a dark grey/bluish light surrounding the object. It wasn't stable in the least bit and was quite frightening. My car slowed down although my speedometer reported I was pushing 55 mph. My mother was tired and wasn't paying attention to the road but I had gotten 12+ hours of sleep so I know I couldn't have been mistaken. I recall briefly looking at the dashboard to check what time it was only to realize I'd lost nearly 7 minutes. It's not much, but it was terrifying. My family says I see things no one else does, so maybe it was a trick of the light, but I swear I know what I saw.