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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
July 1, 2017 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Sinking Spring, PA
Went outback An saw what seemed like an odd star constellation that appeared to be brighter than the rest of the stars out, forming a perfect triangle, then the three lights slowly disappeared one by one
July 1, 2017 · 1:00 PM · LIGHT
Rancho Mirage, CA
I was sitting on a wall one day at a gas station a few years back when something caught my attention. I looked up at sky towards the hills and seen a star like object in sky yet it was too close to be a star so thought drone at first. It was still for a couple minutes then suddenly started moving slowly around and around making like a sideways 8. It did that for about another couple minutes until it split into two it seemed because suddenly two were making the sideways 8 synchronizing with each other around and around. The whole event happened for about 10 mins then it was gone disappeared? I didn't think of it as a ufo at first I wasn't really into stuff like that until the years passed and seeing things as such on media or YouTube I realized it was a ufo!
July 1, 2017 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Imlay City, MI
My dog woke me around 2am with much barking. So i got up to let him out. However, she would not go out when i opened the back door. In fact, she acted scared. I thought that there were some coyotes. So, i went out on tge back deck to have a look. And, i saw 2 small red lights flitting around about a foot from the ground of a farm field that is next to my property. Then, they just disappeared.
June 30, 2017 · 11:15 PM · LIGHT
Lansing, MI
It stopped and hovered then shot straight up in the sky, but not too much higher I could still see it, and sat there for a few more minutes. I tried to record it on my phone, but didn’t realize that the record button didn’t turn on. I did, however, record it leaving. It started to move in one direction, as if it was leaving. This time, it flew slower than when it first came into sight.
June 30, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Friant, CA
When we got to the dock, we sat down for a few moments to wait for the other people to leave so we could sit at the very end. Eventually they left and we sat on the end. Just looking into the sky discussing our relationship problems no more than two minutes into the conversation we notice a light flying smoothly through the sky, not fast like a jet and not slow like a airplane.. It just glided vertically through the sky and before we knew it, it zoomed up into the sky horizontally and just disappeared. As it zoomed up to disappear it didn't just move at a crazy speed; it's almost as if it just faded up into the sky. We could depict what it was, we were so shocked we couldn't bring our minds the the thought of us actually sighting a ufo. Crazy part is, you'd think we'd be so shocked and tell our family, but its as if the whole moment slipped our mind cause we never brought up... I'm a strong believer so how could something like this just slip my mind til this year of 2018? How did I not instantly react and pull out my phone? It's like being stuck in the moment made us forget what was really happening… Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
June 30, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Friant, CA
We decided to walk down to the dock and do the same. When we got to the dock we sat down for a few moments to wait for the other people to leave so we could sit at the very end. Eventually they left and we sat on the end. Just looking into the sky discussing our relationship problems no more than two minutes into the conversation we notice a light flying smoothly threw the sky, not fast like a jet and not slow like a airplane.. It just glided vertically through the sky and before we knew it, it zoomed up into the sky horizontally and just disappeared. As it zoomed up to disappear it didnt just move at a crazy speed its almost if it just faded up into the sky. We could depict what it was, we were ! so shocked we couldn't bring our minds the the thought of us actually sighting a ufo. Crazy part is, you'd think we'd be so stoked and tell our family, but its as if the whole moment slipped our mind cause we never brought up… i'm a strong believer so how could something like this just slip my mind til this year of 2018? How did i not instantly react and pull out my phone? It's like being stuck in the moment made us forget what was really happening… Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
June 30, 2017 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Lancaster County, PA
Driving into the Shady Maple parking lot, and saw three orange lights emitting from something hovering off in the distance that seemed to have a dark haze emitting from it for a few seconds, until it disappears into thin air.
June 30, 2017 · 9:00 AM · LIGHT
Boerne, TX
We saw a v shape light in the sky the hovered for several minutes before disappearing.
June 30, 2017 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Baltimore, MD
I was camping overnight during summer camp in tents. I got out of my tent in the middle of the night to look at the stars, and noticed a brighter object near the horizon. It looked just like a planet, but brighter, so I originally thought it was Venus, until it moved towards me quickly. I thought it could have been a shooting star, until it sped at great speeds right over me, sometimes slowing down, in a zig-zag motion. Then, when it was around 2/3 of the sky, I heard a VERY loud sonic boom, followed by an explainable sound. It was like a plane, but higher pitched, mixed in with a siren. It quickly disappeared in seconds. Clearly, it was traveling at extreme speeds, and only about a few miles above the ground. This happened around Baltimore. I was surprised to notice that no one woke up. My father had also experienced a very similar event many years ago, only the object was too far away to hear.
June 29, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Sonoma (Fetters Hot Springs), CA
At 10 pm, while taking out the garbage, I looked up at the sky and saw a curiously bright orange light approaching from the southwest. I ran inside to get my wife, and we both observed the light for a couple of minutes. We saw it slow down, change direction, and hover in the sky. It appeared to be at a higher altitude than any recreational drones I’ve ever seen, its movements were definitely not consistent with those of an airplane, and we did not hear any helicopter or aircraft sounds. It had a fiery, and slightly flickery or pulsing, orange glow and didn’t seem to have any blinking lights like a traditional aircraft. While it was hovering, I took a short, blurry cellphone video, then I ran in the house for five seconds or so to get a better camera. When I returned, it had vanished.
June 29, 2017 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Sonoma, CA
Very bright orange planet like light with slight orange tail in the North, North-West sky noticed high in the sky at 9:50 pm. I watched the object for 30 seconds or so and noticed it was moving very slowly East. A tiny red light was visible from the tail area. It was brighter than all other stars or planets, and 50% bigger than Venus. Did not look like the space station, which is smaller, moves much, much faster and which appears closer to earth. Went inside to grab camera and binoculars, light was still there, but began to slowly fade away. Red light plus slight shadow of a solid object were the last parts to be seen. We have quite a bit of air traffic in the area, and this looked nothing like an aircraft.
June 29, 2017 · 4:30 AM · LIGHT
Milford, CT
I saw at 430 am on 6/29/2017 4 round balls of bright white light in the sky. the balls formed a perfect square. As they faded,another 4 balls light up forming another perfect square on the bottom left of the original square.These balls were smaller in size.They slowly faded as well.There was one last ball that appeared , but it never became as bright as the other 8. Then all were gone, no sound,just dark sky.
June 29, 2017 · 4:25 AM · LIGHT
Hampton/Newport News, VA
Around 4:25, saw 9 green lights in a pentagon like formation in the sky. The lights turned into an orangey red and faded into a fuzzy blue. Captured photos then went to work. Lights stayed in sky while driving but could not see them when closer to Norfolk.
June 29, 2017 · 4:23 AM · LIGHT
Brookville, PA
PRELIMINARY REPORT, ON BEHALF OF EYEWITNESS: A professional, long-distance truck driver telephoned the Hotline to report a sighting of a large "cloud" of multi-colored lights, that appeared to be moving across the sky, but which were being obscured by a large cloud in the morning sky. The witness reported that he was unable to see the source of the light, but that it was quite dramatic in appearance. The witness volunteered to submit a written report, once he is off the road, and has access to his home computer. Rocket launch from Wallops Island. PD
June 29, 2017 · 4:20 AM · LIGHT
Silver Spring, MD
I was looking out the window of the fifth floor of my condo, at a cloudy sky. I saw a bright semicircle of light, engulfed by clouds. Suddenly, four round lights appeared, arranged, as if they were spaced on a large, perfect square. The semicircle of light was to the top right of the four lights. The lights looked as if they were the size of a dime, from this distance. The size of the square looked at is it were two inches from this distance. They were shining through the clouds and were bright and colorless. The location was 124 degrees SE. The only other light, visible to my far left, appeared to be Venus, and was also covered with clouds. I watched the four round lights slowly fade and another set form below them, of the same size, bur slightly overlapping the fading lights. I searched for my iPhone and took three pictures. By then there was only light traces and one more bright light. The square configuration was already faint, when I took the pictures. only two, showed the light but I will enclose all three, in case they can be enlarged. Rocket launch from Wallops Island. PD
June 29, 2017 · 4:20 AM · LIGHT
Silver Spring, MD
I was looking out the window of the fifth floor of my condo at a cloudy sky, when four round lights appeared, arranged, as if they were spaced on a large, perfect square. The lights looked as if they were the size of a dime, from this distance. The size of the square looked at is it were two inches from this distance. They were shining through the clouds and were bright and colorless. The location was 124 degrees SE. I watched then slowly fade and another set formed below the, of the same size, bur slightly overlapping the fading lights. I searched for my iPhone and took three pictures. By then there was only light traces and one more bright light. I can make the pictures available for study, if you give me the email address. The square configuration was already faint when I took the pictures. Rocket launch from Wallops Island. PD
June 28, 2017 · 11:05 PM · LIGHT
Hendersonville, TN
Clear night. Very bright non-flashing red light going from north to south moving approximately twice as fast as the usual satellites that my wife and I see at night, as we sit out on our deck watching for them. We generally see from two to three each night. Also, the red light was much brighter than the brightest planet. Even brighter than the space station. Really couldn’t estimate the altitude though. The night before, we witnessed what looked like a close call of a meteor and a satellite. We were watching the satellite when a meteor flashed right in front of it. A millisecond apart. Of course we couldn’t estimate the difference in altitude between the two. It was just something that we had never seen before.
June 28, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Portland, OR
Then black hawk helicopter landed on downtown Portland building "federal building" then took off with bright search light towards light. Then it was joined by another helicopter that gained altitude towards the light. Black hawk came back landed again on building and took off again. All of a sudden, lights reappeared in formation just to break up again. I do have video of this as well along with my brother's video. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he corrected the date. He sounded to us to be quite sincere about the alleged incident. PD
June 27, 2017 · 10:40 PM · LIGHT
Cambridge, MN
Helicopter that sounded and was moving fast got my attention in the northern sky watch it approach and thought wow he's moving fast but then I saw a single dot of light ahead of it maybe 1000 feet or so that was small and could tell there was no flash it was just a solid white and moving very smoothly watched for total of about 20 seconds after seeing the dot and then lost sight due to the woods behind my house. This helicopter was either following another military vehicle that was some type of top secret thing or this was a a a freaking UFO. Source of the report provides no contact information. PD
June 27, 2017 · 9:57 PM · LIGHT
Leupp, AZ
I was driving back from work on a pretty inactive highway. I was texting my girlfriend and I would occasionally look around at the sky then all of a sudden, I looked to my left side and saw 3 lights connected to each other of fairly big size, just sitting still in the sky. I looked at it and said "what is that?" 2 to 3 seconds later, it completely vanished as I was still looking where it was.
June 26, 2017 · 12:10 PM · LIGHT
Ballwin, MO
I saw a very bright low light traveling north at a high rate of speed then turned and headed east, up and away, quickly accelerated out of sight. Object was silent.
June 26, 2017 · 12:20 AM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalBesancon, Franche-Comté · France
Le 26 août 2017 entre 0h20 et 0h25, un témoin observe, depuis la fenêtre de sa chambre, deux lumières rouges qui l'intriguent au-dessus du Fort de Bregille à Besançon. Tout d'abord fixes, ces lumières se déplacent ensuite lentement avec une intensité diminuant brusquement. Aucun bruit particulier n'est entendu. Un seul témoignage est recueilli. Le témoin observe sur une minute un vendredi soir deux lumières rouges se déplaçant lentement et s’éteignant. Les photos transmises par le témoin permettent de confirmer l’orientation de l'observation à l'Est et le mouvement apparent des PAN Nord/Sud. Ces éléments sont caractéristiques de l'observation de lanternes thaïlandaises : - couleur compatible : rouge, - trajectoire compatible : déplacement lent de haut vers bas, compatible du vent, - météo : pas de précipitation, d’après le relevé météo joint de METEOCIEL à Besançon le 27 au matin entre 0h et 1h, le vent est très faible et variable en direction donc compatible d'un déplacement Nord-Sud, - description : la luminosité a fortement baissée (extinction de lanterne), - vraisemblance : le vendredi soir en début de week-end et en été est un jour très propice au lâcher de lanternes. L’étrangeté résiduelle de l'observation est faible et la consistance du témoignage permettent un classement du cas. Le GEIPAN classe le cas en B : probable lâcher de lanternes. [GEIPAN classification B — Lanterne thai]
June 25, 2017 · 11:32 PM · LIGHT
Courtenay (Canada), BC · Canada
It caught my attention because it looked to big to be a star sitting on the horizon in one spot. My camera wasn't cooperating when I tried to film it. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 25, 2017 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Long Beach, CA
In the SSW about 45 degrees up, I noticed a white light about as bright as Venus appears in the morning sky right now, which is very bright. I'm not sure exactly how long it had been there, but the last time I looked at that part of the sky was about 15 seconds prior to when I noticed it. It was about 1 1/2 hand widths to the left of Jupiter and a little higher up. Perfectly stationary. As soon as I trained my binoculars on it, it dimmed to a faint star-like light, and through the binoculars it looked just like a star and continued dimming until it was no longer visible. I continued watching that area of the sky for another 10 minutes and didn't see anything else that was unusual.