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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 22, 2017 · 5:15 AM · LIGHT
Pocatello, ID
Just getting to Pocatello on the freeway look towards the west big bright light above of the street lights I was a passenger watching it, when we was going around the curve two-face it I was fixing to ask the driver what is that it's faded into the clouds
September 22, 2017 · 4:30 AM · LIGHT
Tijuana (Mexico) · Mexico
On September 22nd, I observed at +32.496951, +116.981692 (approximated location from my point of view) at the time of 4:30 am a very bright light. The light was very very bright a very faint green and sometimes red light turned on twice, only twice. Farther away, when these lights turn on, all of the sudden, dot lights in the distant sky started to appear circle around and disappear. The light stayed in the same spot for 20 minutes and then moved at an unbelievable speed. It seemed to me that it came in my direction in a blink of an eye, and then went back to the same spot. My point of view was at +32.492915, +116.989052. The topography on this location is like a valley, hills on both sides, there are many antennas (heavy DUTY antennas) from hill to hill. If you look to the west, you are able to see Coronado and San Diego.
September 21, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Elkton, MD
Me and my girlfriend was on I-95 heading north to west Springfield ma. When we both saw something in the sky to the east it was a bright light for about 5 mim when we try to take a picture of the bright light is was gone we both are still trying to figure out what it was
September 21, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Lake City (near), CO
One evening I woke up to an extremely bright light shining into my tent. It is abnormal to see anyone in back country that time of year, but occasionally I come across bow hunters. I began speaking that I was in tent, it was not vacant. (I've had people mistake me for a friend they were trying to catch up with as well). But no one answered. The light stayed there, lighting up the entirety of the interior. After a couple minutes I was fully awake. I thought maybe it was the moon, but them remembered I had seen the moon earlier before going to bed. The moon was not that bright and in a different area of the night sky. Confused I continued to speak to what could only be a bright flash light coming through the fabric. I explained there were "other great tent sites with flat/cleared ground just up the trail. After a few attempts with no answer I decided to go out. The light was too bright to ignore. When I walked out of the tent, all the ground was illuminated with bright white light. There was no sound, none at all. In front of me, maybe 30 yards and 30 yards up was a very bright light. No shape to it. The light was brighter in the center and faded out as it hit the ground. I am an intelligent and well educated, but I did not know what I was looking at. I still cannot properly explain it. The light was well above the few trees and was silhouetting the trees in front of me between myself and it. I stared, just curious. There are no roads near me for miles. The moon is to my left and fairly high in the sky by this point. It lit the clouds and silhouetted the mountains across the saddle. The light was slightly to my left. It lit everything around me. I have little fear and walked towards it slowly. I was very confused. I didnt ask any questions, not even to myself other than, "what the heck". I got closer and only see light with darkness behind it. No real form or shape, just light. After several minutes with no noise, it moved back away from me and to the left. It went very very slowly over maybe 1,500ft of a saddle. The light became dimmer and dimmer as it moved but still visible. After maybe two minutes it resembled a dim flash light. Then 1 second later it was out. I was left looking at the silhouetted mountain and was fully back in my typical mountain darkness. I stared and listen for a several minutes longer. I was completely perplexed. I originally walked out of my tent expecting to see a person or two with very bright headlamps, maybe back country rangers. But I saw nothing but this hugely bright light coming from above the few trees there. I had picked the campsite because of the beautiful view yards from the ridge where I could see the valley of Apens changing.. I still have a photo of my view from earlier that afternoon looking out from inside my tent. This completely perplexed me. With very little moon light I made it to my tent and decided I wouldnt tell anyone. What was there to tell? There was zero sense. I told my wife when I got down eventually. I think it was an after thought over dinner and wine one night. Now after her asking about it again, the memory came right back. The memory of it and the feeling I had then of complete confusion.
September 20, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Sahuarita, AZ
My dog wanted out and all the dogs in the neighborhood were barking. Saw an orange light, like a roman candle, appear above the west horizon and fade out. Then a bright shooting star. Then a white wisp of light shot across the yard like a ghost. Then to the right of the Milky Way in a dark patch of sky, I saw a light flash and thought it was a plane high in the sky. I waited a couple of seconds and it appeared again in a different spot, then it appeared in another spot and kept doing that but was confined to that one dark patch of sky. It didn't progress across the sky as a plane would have. It must have flashed for a few minutes like that and then nothing. Later I saw a couple of jets from Davis Monthan AFB flying back to base. Also saw a sputnik (as my Granddad used to say) before I saw the strange lights.
September 20, 2017 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Saint John (Canada), NB · Canada
My partner and I were driving home on the main highway when we saw two orange glowing balls of lights just over the Irving Nature park, in the swampy area. At first we thought it was the top of a tower that we didn't realize was there before, but then one disappeared. The other floated there for aprx. ten minutes. We drove to the Irving Nature park to check it out and did not see any towers or lights in the sky. It had disappeared by the time we had got there.
September 20, 2017 · 7:43 PM · LIGHT
Bristol, CT
Small, white light/dot seen moving slowly up in a vertical motion. It paused above a cloud for around ten seconds then shot straight up out of view. At least 10 jetplanes were seen that night in the area, including one military. Seen during a High School marching band practice by one member. We have amended the time above, in order to reflect a nighttime sighting. PD
September 20, 2017 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Baraboo, WI
I walked past some trees and didn't see it again, after I had a clear view of where it was. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 20, 2017 · 6:53 AM · LIGHT
Normal, IL
White/yellow ball of light that started high in the sky and slowly moved down toward earth. Did not land. Faded out slowly as it got closer. No blinking, just a steady bright light until it faded out. Looked almost like a plane in holding, but it was nowhere near the airport.
September 19, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Little Falls, MN
Directly above. Thought it was a satellite until it stopped and moved almost opposite direction. Would stop periodically and change direction. This repeated for about 10 minutes above me. Then b-lined it northwest and made a L-turn west where it finally came to a stop and would move around and stop again and again like it did when it was above me. During this whole time it was changing colors from green, red, white, and yellow. Also noticed 3 different aircraft moving towards it when the clouds started coming. My girlfriend saw it with me, I called my parents and they saw it. I also called my brother who lives almost a half hour away and he didn't know what to think when he finally saw it after my directions on finding it. It was about in the 8 o'clock direction from the big dippers handle. It was very high in the sky. Like I said I thought it was a satellite but clearly it was not. I lost sight due to clouds moving in. I did take pictures with a 30 second shutter speed when it was out on the west until the clouds moved in. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
September 18, 2017 · 10:21 PM · LIGHT
Lehigh Acres, FL
Notice three strobe like lights in sky,it seems to be a bit higher than the tree line, maybe a bit higher. They seemed to go past us like a helicopter or something of the like. Notice the light is still visible as if it slowed to our pace. We decided to follow in our vehicle. After following for about a minute, we stopped the truck and noticed it was still the same distance from us as a few moments before. It seemed to stop as we stopped. A car turned down the street and then it just vanished. We have 2 videos one of which shows an orange light a second above our vehicle. We had also observed a strange animal on the road a few minutes before this all happened. Sort of like a monkey, it was on all fours, and stood up and ran on 2 legs. however there is a monkey farm not too far from that location.
September 18, 2017 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Indian Springs/Las Vegas, NV
First craft was a light traveling east from Indian Springs towards Las Vegas on the south side of the 95 south over mountains. Traveling slow and high, light seemed to change colors and get brighter at times. Military fighter gets in pairs would approach from opposite sides and cross right by craft as if they were investigating. Those would leave and 2 more would fly by to also investigate. Followed all the way along the 95 to Vegas where is flew out over and past the strip, there were also other floating crafts/lights in sky above vegas. Then we saw 2 small triangle shaped with rounded edges flying one behind the other traveling very fast with yellow green and orange colored lights one color to each corner of craft. Also craft was flashing read it three times, then white three times. Crafts flew almost straight up then leveled out and turned and disappeared out of view. Saul crafts again 10 minutes later traveling much slower and only flashing white with no red and flashing at much slower intervals.
September 18, 2017 · 4:00 AM · LIGHT
Burlington, NC
Witnessed a blinking light that moved very fast. Flashes from white to blue to pink for approximately 20 minutes then it disappears. I have two videos I recorded of the event. I can't explain what I saw; maybe someone can.
September 17, 2017 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Tulare, CA
Approximately 10 bright red lights vertically in the sky towards the foothills. Extremely bright at first and faded dramatically in the first minute, then they began fading in and out alternately in the same spot for the next few minutes. Before leaving there were only 4 lights left that were fading in and out. We saw the same exact thing about a week ago at about the same time.
September 17, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Clarkridge, AR
Then two white and red lights appeared and quickly moved westward to disappear. Certainly not traditional aircraft and void of all sound.
September 16, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Henderson, NV
While outside at a concert at Lake Las Vegas, a solid red light appeared from the north. There were no other lights on the craft. It seemed stationary. A minute or so later, 2 more red lights appeared and they all remained stationary in a triangular formation. Many people looked up verifying this was an unusual occurrence. One craft went to the west then seemed to just disappear, meaning you could not follow its direction. The other two craft seemed to get smaller then they too just disappeared. In other words, it did not track across the sky. I did take a picture. The light comes out white, but when I enlarge it, the shape is a thick oval.
September 16, 2017 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Austin, TX
I first noticed a single red light in the northwestern sky, about midway between the zenith of the sky and the horizon. The light was steady and barely moving and was immediately unusual. The light then began to move to the west quite quickly and steadily. It continued like this, but in an unusual flight pattern, not like the normal ballistic trajectory of commercial aircraft. My immediate thought was that it was a helicopter. It would move west, then appear to pause (perhaps moving away or towards me) and then continue moving again. It was hard to gauge its distance, but I’d say it was 10-15 miles away. If that is true, then it was moving far faster than any helicopter I’ve seen fly at that distance. As it approached the western horizon, the red light changed to a white blinking light. This light was blinking regularly, so once again I thought it must be a helicopter. But at the speed it was going I began to think it was a fighter jet. It was just about at the horizon when it nearly disappeared and immediately another separate red light appeared just to the right of it. This red light was steady and even brighter than the first. The second red light began to move to the north as the first was nearly gone. The second red light was moving toward the north and just suddenly, what I presume to be the first light, reappeared now as a red light with a white blinking light. The two began to make their way northeast irregularly; sometimes moving steadily, sometimes pausing or moving away from me. The first red light seemed to now be following the second, and when they were moving laterally, they were moving quite fast. The only thing I know of that could move that fast at that distance is a jet fighter. But the maneuvers between steady lateral movements were far too acrobatic for a jet fighter. In less than thirty seconds, the two lights—both with a steady red light at what I perceived to be the front, and a white blinking light at the rear—cruised to the northeast and then quickly approached the northern horizon. Through trees I saw them pausing at the horizon as red lights and then disappearing below the horizon, not to reemerge again.
September 16, 2017 · 5:40 AM · LIGHT
Tampa, FL
I was driving across the Gandy Bridge heading towards Tampa, when I saw a long green light traveling in a diagonal moving towards the Tampa side and then it just disappears like turning off a light. It was green and cigar is shape. I could not tell size or distance and I'm really good at that. Former land surveyor.
September 16, 2017 · 1:16 AM · LIGHT
Philadelphia, PA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 16, 2017 · 1:15 AM · LIGHT
Bel Air, MD
It was late. I was outside on the side of my house. I was smoking a cigarette when I noticed a bluish light...it was bright enough to make me notice. Then in a matter of a second the light was coming from above the trees. It was so bright I had to squint my eyes. It lite up the two trees that were directly in front of me. I got up out of the chair I was sitting in and leaned over the porch balcony and nothing was there. It was dark again. I saw no cars coming in or leaving my development. It scared me.
September 15, 2017 · 11:20 PM · LIGHT
Vicksburg, MI
11:20pm. I decided to stretch my legs and I looked out my window to see if my father was going to arrive home. No one drove by, I could only see the light of my neighbor's house, but then I see a few blinking lights passing by. My first thought was a plane, until I saw it go in front of trees. Planes don't go in front of trees that you're fifty feet away from. It was composed of several lights, such as; red, yellow, orange. I could not see it's shape, but it simply hovered above the road very fast and went upwards, and it's also important to note that it was not an area that planes travel. No one plays with drones in this area, it's a busy road and nobody would be flying something they paid so much for over a road they could accidentally drop it on and have it get run over. It flew in front of dark trees until I saw it disappear out of my sight. I was only 20 feet away from the road. My best guess is that it was about the size of a smaller car. I wanted to chase after it, but mosquitoes are grossly overpopulated and the pine trees suck to walk on, and even if I went and grabbed my shoes, it would be out of sight and gone. I'm a very scientific person and I ruled out all possibilities of what it could be besides UFOs but this is my last resort. It hadn't caused me trouble and I'm a young guy, going on this site and seeing the last reported sighting on the home page was in my general area freaked me out a little.
September 15, 2017 · 7:45 PM · LIGHT
West Des Moines, IA
Walking out of a store, I noticed a very bright light, thought it was a plane as it was coming from the direction of the airport on the south side. At that time it was very low on the horizon and it was orange moving in a northwest direction. It was very bright, it didn't seem to be moving too fast and will guess it was a lower altitude than usual for a plane but possibly similar to a helicopters altitude. Unable to assign a shape to it except it may have had a cross or a + sign in the center of it. It was bright orange possibly a slightly red orange. It made no noise and the event lasted 30 or 45 seconds. It passed directly overhead. Have had telescopes in the past and many years ago saw an object very high in the night sky with binoculars in northern Minnesota that I couldn't identify, realized later it was a geo-stationary satellite .
September 14, 2017 · 6:00 AM · LIGHT
Pearl Harbor, HI
3 bright white lights horizontally in line with eachother seen hovering in one spot high above Pearl Harbor area for around 5 seconds and then suddenly disappeared.
September 12, 2017 · 6:12 AM · LIGHT
Elmwood Park, IL
Looking from my bedroom window to the west, I saw 6 sparkling lights in the sky. At first I thought that they were possibly airplanes, satellites, or twinkling stars, but they were bright and close enough together not to be planes. They were slowly moving downward in a southern direction. Two of them slowly faded away while holding their position, while the remaining four kept moving in a southern direction until I couldn't see them anymore. I've never seen sparkling lights in the morning sky moving in such a curved, symmetrical pattern. Interesting to watch, but odd.