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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
June 16, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Great Falls, VA
My wife and I were heading out to get some late-night ice cream when a string of bright orange-white lights in the sky froze us in our tracks. The reason I stopped the car was because the lights were so bright, there were so many, and they were moving in a strange way. We both jumped out of the car and I proceeded to run down the street to get a better look. Six balls of light emerged from behind the tree line at the end of the road and rose together to form a straight line. Upon closer examination, I could see smaller blinking colored lights on each larger circle of light. I wouldn’t be able to say exactly how far away they were, but I would guess a few miles. These were not commercial airplanes. Instead of flying in one path like a plane or helicopter they traveled straight up, in curves, and close together, at times seeming to almost touch, to form patterns. I took a picture that shows three of the lights in a triangle with one light alone at the bottom. We watched these lights drift away out of view, and when we drove to the end of the street we saw another light rise from the same tree line. I looked up weather balloons online and they don’t look like the lights we saw and don’t move the same way. I don’t know much about how satellites get into space or if there was any military or government activity that night. I do live near major airports and military bases. One thing is for sure, these lights were very strange and I have never seen anything like it. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 15, 2017 · 9:55 PM · LIGHT
Paulden, AZ
Last night, on Thursday Night, at approximately 9:55 pm, until 10:05 pm, 6/15/17, my Wife and I took our Dog out before calling it a night. I also contacted my parents who live about 4 miles East of me and they also saw the lights. I called my neighbor that was with me last week and he also saw them this time as well. We noticed some strange lights to the South South East of our area fairly low in the horizon. At first we noticed Eight white lights moving slowly up and down separately from each other and within about 1 minute the number had increased to Ten. This lasted about 10 minutes. The lights looked to all be individual and moved slowly in an up and down pattern as well in opposite directions. They also got brighter and dimmer as the event was happening. The lights appeared to be about 20 to 25 miles in the distance and looked to be over the Prescott Valley to Dewey cities from our position in Paulden. This was very similar to my report from last week exce! pt the lights appeared to be getting bright to dim much faster. At approximately 10:05 the lights started to fade and headed in a Southerly direction and slowly vanished from our view. I did take a couple of photos with my cell phone camera and I will try to forward with the report. I am a bit more skeptical about whether or not this could have been some sort of a military operation since it was so similar to what I saw last week? Although the white lights had no sign of navigational green or red lights that one would expect of aircraft.
June 15, 2017 · 5:15 PM · LIGHT
Chula Vista, CA
This incident occurred in Chula Vista, CA, between 5:00pm and 5:36 pm. My Daughter and I are in town to assist my Mom after a surgery last week. My Mom’s Neighbor invited my Daughter and me to take advantage of their swimming pool while she and her Family went out of town to go camping. So we decided to do just that. In her yard she has a lounge and as my Daughter and Niece were enjoying the pool I decided to lay on the lounge to relax. As I was laying in the lounge I noticed a plane flying really high in the sky. My Mom regularly has planes fly fairly low while waiting to land at Lindbergh Field. This plane was definitely cruising much faster and much higher than other planes. This was when I noticed a faint white star in the North Eastern sky as I was lying facing North. It was clearly above the plane that flew by. The star was faint enough to lose the image of the star in the ocean of blue sky in So. Cal if I looked away. I used a palm tree to pinpoint the faint white star and kept staring at the star because it seemed to elongate then turn into a pinpoint, but I figured it was because I was literally staring at this star in the sky and my eyes were playing tricks on me. I decided to open up my star app on my phone, my Daughter and I love to use it up where we live in Auburn, CA. The star app showed the tail end of ursa major or ursa minor I don’t quite remember which constellation. In addition I am not sure if the app was calibrated properly. Another plane flew by, again high in the sky, but not in the path of the star, which I thought was strange because I first saw the star because of the flight path of the first plane. Then I considered the current plane is probably flying from a different airport to a different location hence the different location of the star in the sky. I continued to stare at this star when all of a sudden a red round light appeared right next to the star. Appeared is not the correct explanation it faded into view. This red light pulsed and faded into itself. The size of the round red light was smaller than the size of a round sewing pin when it was wide open and it disappeared when the pulse collapsed in on itself. I sat and stared at this pulsing light that was way above the next plane that flew by. It circled around the white star all the while pulsing. At that time I thought I was seeing things. No way could a red pulsing light be so high up in the sky circling around what I thought was a star. So I called my 11 year old over and asked her to lay with me. We use specific words to pinpoint stars in the night sky regularly so I directed her to the faint star in the sky. She said, “Oh my god Mom! I’ve never seen a star in the daytime before. Is that a planet?” Then she said in a concerned tone. “Mom, what is that?” I asked her to describe what she saw. She said, “What is that pulsing light? Mom? What is that light circling the star?” She had a little fear in her voice. I said to her I was not sure what we both were seeing and that I’m glad she saw it too. We both laid there and watched this pulsing light slowly move around the star one last time and then it moved east. A tiny little pulsing red light expanding and collapsing in upon itself about 12” to 16” in the sky and then poof. It was gone. I continued to watch that star for an additional couple of minutes and then I realized. The faint star had moved North East in the sky about 6” toward the palm tree. After thinking about this incident for the last couple of days I realized that stars move from East to West in the sky and that star moved East so slowly that I didn’t realize it until after I stopped looking at the star and took one last glance up. What I saw was not natural. It was not a meteor. It was not a plane. I have no idea what we saw.
June 14, 2017 · 9:46 PM · LIGHT
St. Louis, MO
Moving South to North, when object turned and went 180 degrees (going South again). STOPPED. Started blinking bright yellow, and quickly descended toward the ground. A minute later a jet went slowly over the object's flight path (South to North). Could not judge distance of object, or distance in sky. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 14, 2017 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Walsenburg, CO
I was on a camping trip near the base of the San Juan mountains just north of Walsemburg, CO. Around 12:30-1:00 am, there were 3 small lights, the same size of the stars off in the distance. At first only one was moving, slowly and towards the earth but directed north. I didn't notice the other two until it abruptly disappeared. That's when the second light started moving at the same speed but in a slightly different direction. Again it disappeared abruptly and that's when I noticed the third light do precisely the same as the other two-slowly move in a slightly different direction and abruptly disappear. These did not resemble a satellite as they moved from a similar point of origin, traveled only a short distance-separately-while the others were still-then all disappeared. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 13, 2017 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Colorado Springs, CO
Flashing red, white and yellow lights in the SW sky, moved erratically. Quickly zig-zagged, climbed and then flew in a relatively straight path across the sky, but then stopped. Hovered for maybe 10 seconds and flew back across the sky toward where it just came from. Very weird. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 12, 2017 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Springfield, MO
At approximately 10:30 pm CST (guessing because I forgot to check the time but the moon was about 20 degrees above the horizon), my girlfriend noticed a light coming from the south. It was not a blinking light and had no other lights with it. The light had a fiery color to it (white to orange to red) but was completely still except for its track across the sky. It was completely silent and moving fast. I watched it as it disappeared to the north. I must have been pretty high because I was able to watch it for about 2 minutes, before fading out completely. Just as it vanished, my girlfriend said another one was coming. Exact same light with absolutely no sound and moving at the same speed; the only difference was this one was veering off to the north-west. Going outside to check again right now. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 12, 2017 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Lapeer, MI
Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 12, 2017 · 9:10 PM · LIGHT
Siliguri (India) · India
It was drizzling around 9 pm, when I notice a white flash light from my bedroom window. At first, it seems like a lightning, which was extra flashy, and illuminating more than normal, but when the same was repeated again, after a duration of 10-15 seconds, I went to my drawing room balcony and noticed the same light, which was not the thunder lighting for sure, as it was very flashy. It was coming right from the top. I didn't dare to go to terrace, but shared the same with my spouse. We waited for 10 minutes at the balcony, but the same was not repeated again. It was unusual, as after lighting, there is always a sound of clouds bumping, but this was not the case here.
June 12, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Donora, PA
Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 12, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Maxton, NC
While driving to my grandparents home in the country a couple years ago I saw lights above me that followed me as I traveled down the road. I got an eerie feeling and started to freak out a little. I am just now searching for ufo sightings in that area. The lights seemed to have appeared out of nowhere and followed me until I pulled in their drivewaym I was the only car on that street. I wish I could provide better details on the sightings but as I said this was a couple of years ago but wanted to post to ensure that Maxton residents were aware.
June 12, 2017 · 12:00 PM · LIGHT
Minnetonka, MN
Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 11, 2017 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Toronto, KS
On Sunday night, 6-11-17, I was observing the sky while on vacation at 11:00pm. I was looking directly overhead when a green light appeared on the eastern horizon. At first I thought it was a shooting star because it disappeared but reappeared an instant later and disappeared again. This object continued to do this as it traveled from one horizon to the other. The distance was covered in about 3 seconds. There was no sound. I could tell that it was at a high altitude. I thought it could have been a meteror bouncing off the atmosphere but it could not have been because it had very defined straight lines in the shape of a rectangle. Inside the rectangle was a black straight line. This object covered thousands of miles in a matter of seconds.
June 11, 2017 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
San Leandro, CA
I saw at around 23:00 a strange object circling over San Leandro that had lots of red and green flashing lights. It made a strange buzzing noise and kept circling lower and lower. I noticed whatever it was circling for about an hour and then it suddenly disappeared. Source of the report elects to provide no contact information. PD
June 11, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Massillon, OH
Seconds after I noticed a blue light with a with a smaller red light attached to its upper left side which was traveling N to S, the object changed direction abruptly to W to E. The object "turned on a dime," which immediately made me rule out that it was an airplane or helicopter. I followed it from left to right behind some trees, until it emerged in an opening. At this time the object came to a complete stop and began to flash a white strobe slowly at first and then faster. I thought the reason the strobe increased in speed is because the object new I'd spotted it and that's when I retreated in to my house. There are only two explanations to what this could have been, a drone or something, etc.. Also, I couldn't really tell how far away it was because the lights were the size of airplane lights. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 11, 2017 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
Mount Laurel, NJ
Looking downward while fishing, I noticed a very bright reflection in the water. Being quite familiar with this location, I immediately looked up to where this object was traversing the sky. The object was the size of a green pea at arm's length, and was a brilliant green color. It had a thin yellowish white outer edge. A twinkling star holds the closest resemblance. It traveled from the north northwest to the south southeast. The object traveled downward at a steeper angle than any meteor I have ever seen, and at a slightly slower rate of speed. There was no tail, streak or sound. Conditions were clear with blue skies. The sun had just dipped below the trees on the western side of the pond, but the taller eastern trees were still illuminated with sunlight. It was behind those trees that I lost sight of it.
June 11, 2017 · 11:15 AM · LIGHT
Lapeer, MI
Their was some clouds so I waited to see it again but never saw it again. Never saw lights like this in the sky. Did any one else see it ? Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
June 10, 2017 · 10:09 PM · LIGHT
Shelbyville, IN
I was looking up at the night sky at this red object in the sky it was a light I thought it might be a airplane then it zipped to the right then it blinked blue and red lights didn't zipped off to where I could not see it no more this all happened within 30 seconds I think they are trying to tell me something I am in constant contact with these beans and I think they're trying to communicate with me
June 10, 2017 · 11:00 AM · LIGHT
Croton, IA
My friend and I were driving through the country and stopped to use the restroom on the side of the road. As we were getting back in the car we saw a bright light in the sky. Of course the stars were out but the light got bright enough for both of use to look up at it. As we look a smaller light blasted off/zoomed from the larger light off into space.
June 10, 2017 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Nanaimo (Canada), BC · Canada
Three flashing lights in the sky. not moving. not flashing any particular colour. steady rhythmic/pulsing kind of flashing. two were closer together in proximity and the other was further away. witnesses were viewing in a city from an apartment building. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 10, 2017 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Rabbit Valley, CO
Saw a very bright and fast solid white light moving from west to east. Stopping and going, moving left and righ,t then disappearing before the eastern horizon.
June 9, 2017 · 10:35 PM · LIGHT
Hebron, KY
I was at work taking some trash out to our dumpster. It sits in the back lot of our shop. After throwing my trash in the dumpster I looked up in the sky because of how clear it was outside. Almost straight above me, I saw a bright light moving across the sky. I thought how cool, must be international space lab. One of my co-workers was out painting and I called him on our work radios and told him took look up to the sky. At that point this object had traveled about an arm’s length across the sky. All of a sudden this light started to wobble. Then the light got smaller and smaller and then totally out of sight in a matter of a couple seconds. I am thinking that when I saw it wobble it started accelerating into space. Never seen anything like it. I hope someone else seen it because it was amazing.
June 9, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Morehead, KY
And explain how any man made construction just fades off in the distance really fast. Funny thing was, it looked like it was heading straight towards the full moon tonight. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 9, 2017 · 3:55 AM · LIGHT
Derry, PA
On my way to work, using a side road to hit a major highway, off to my left there were orange-ish lights in the sky. I stopped, and went in reverse then stopped to make sure what I was seeing was real. I pulled out my phone and recorded for a few seconds, looked at the lights for a bit longer then took off down the road as not to be late for work.