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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 8, 2017 · 10:03 PM · LIGHT
Lock Haven, PA
Craft appeared suddenly from behind a small cloud in the sky. Star-like/satellite-like figure moving north east originally regarded as a satellite before making an abrupt stop. The object continued to move making two more abrupt stops before suddenly zipping off and losing light towards the east. An airplane was observed 30 minutes after the craft sighting, and looked nothing alike. A satellite was observed 15 minutes after the craft sighting and kept a steady path, much dimmer as well.
June 8, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Marietta, GA
I was taking the trash out, and on my way inside, I was looking at the moon and the stars. There were some clouds but not many. I then saw what I thought was a dim satellite flying across the sky, and within seconds, it went black, when suddenly a very bright flash appeared, and the object flew off at an incredible rate of speed in a different direction. I have never seen anything like this and I'm hoping by posting this someone else will come forward who saw it also. I could not tell what shape it was because I could only see what appeared to be one light. It was not flashing which is why I thought it was a satellite. No satellite has ever moved like that though. I immediately ran inside with goosebumps on my arms and told my wife, and then called my brother to tell him what had just happened. The entire event only lasted a few seconds but I will remember that forever. WOW!! I'm not sure what I saw but it was amazing.
June 8, 2017 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Paulden, AZ
Last night, on Thursday night, at approximately 9:45 pm until 10:00 pm, 6/8/17, my neighbor and I were sitting on my front porch, enjoying the clear cool evening. We noticed some strange lights to the South South East of our area fairly low in the horizon. At first we noticed four white lights moving slowly up and down separately from each other and within about 2 minutes the number had increased to seven. This lasted about 15 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. After about 15 minutes the lights started moving in a southwesterly 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 would like to know if anyone else had seen these as well? This appeared to be a similar situation from what I have heard and seen of the Phoenix lights years back.
June 8, 2017 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Hamilton (New Zealand) · New Zealand
Last night on 08/06/17, at around 8:15pm, I saw 4 lights hovering in the sky and I went to get my partner to see them with me, less than a minute later another one flew in, then another one, then a final 7th. The four that were flying were hovering there, and the others were moving in from the side trying to catch up. I Stopped and asked my partner and I myself listened as one was coming in and seemed to be the closest. We listened intently as I realized they could be helicopters but we could not hear anything. Then when the lights were all together which moved and looked like helicopters flying together, one started blinking then faded out. Then another one started blinking and faded out one by one until they all blinked and faded out. Some only blinked for a little while, while other blinked for longer until they all faded out. It was one of the more strange incidents in my life. There was also a plane high up in the sky (Much higher than these Flying objects as the blinking red light that you see on A plane was much smaller and it flew like a plane.) The color of these lights was: I saw yellow, my partner saw red.
June 8, 2017 · 4:45 AM · LIGHT
Dayhoit, KY
Yellow/Orange round light, hovering just above mountain top, random intervals of extremely bright to very dim. Also seemed to have two smaller round lights to each side and occasionally 1 to 3 bright white flashes appear around it. Shape of craft I selected was "Light," but more like energy or fire. When at its brightest it would outshine all stars and artificial lights and once the morning fog and dew came and blocked the stars, could still be seen under the mist, above mountain slowly moving South to West.
June 8, 2017 · 4:00 AM · LIGHT
Baltimore, MD
So, I had prepared to bed, I noticed one blazing and shining object away from me just two or three blocks. My backyard is so opened air placed and my apartment is on the 16th floor. That light had been there when I realized. So, just I had watched for 1.5 hours and then went to bed, but still light was in the sky and a little bit came towards my building at the time of the drawn and the sun popped up. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 7, 2017 · 10:48 PM · LIGHT
Bellmore, NY
White object flying about 2 miles high. White bright light. As it was moving west, it climbed up, and the light disappeared. It start it at 10:48 pm, and lasted it for 4 min..
June 6, 2017 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Missoula, MT
My and I were fishing right after sun down when we started to look up into the sky and saw a star looking object very far off zooming across the sky. Then suddenly, a bright star looking object at a closer distance, in the opposite direction appeared to be getting bigger and was approaching us. Immediately I started video-taping the object as it came right over head, hovering for a few seconds, then abruptly changed course. It went past a star in the sky and then got smaller and smaller disappearing a few minutes later. The object appeared to be changing in brightness and even color in a slight manner. The object was much closer to us than the video made it seem, and it made no noise when it was overhead, which made me nervous. This took place at the Beavertail Pond out-side of Missoula, Montana. I am a law school student here in Montana and have never been into UFO's or much of a believer, but this incident has really shaken me up. The link to the video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbrFFiGQUHQ
June 6, 2017 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Borrego Springs, CA
While driving east on S22 in San Diego county, passing by the Borrego Valley Airport, myself and another party in our vehicle witness a series of perhaps 6-8 lights appear in the sky ahead of us. As there was no proper perspective, the lights could have been far away or maybe as close as five miles. This is an unknown. The lights were as bright as headlights and white in color. (The other witness thought they were "yellowish".) They appeared to be moving slowly from south to north together as a unit so I assumed they were one object. The lights faded, blinked out, or shut off in a few seconds. I have witnessed many flare drops but they last much longer than five seconds. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) No, Peter, I have seen many, many military flare drops. At first, I thought this was possible but the sighting was too short of duration for flares. Flares last many minutes. The lights appeared before us on the higway and disappeared in 3-5 seconds. Also, the location (in or about the north Salton Sea area) is not a usual military training ground. However as you suggested, they could have been farther away, perhaps over the Chocolate Mts., which IS a restricted govt "bombing range." Still, the short duration and the appearance that they were traveling south to north makes me dismiss that. The other witness says that I posted the wrong time. She said it was more like 8:15 pm, not 9:15, as I reported. That could be correct. She also assumed that they were over Font's Point, a spot about 5-7 miles from our observation site, but I informed her of the perspective issue. We just could no tell. Five miles, or 25 miles? I also have some experience with viewing sky divers, as our airport (Borrego Valley) hosts the Canadian Army paratroopers twice per year. They specialiize in night jumping, BUT they do it to practice in the dark. THEY do not use flares. They are all about surprising the "enemy." As I said there were 6-8 lights in a straight row. Unlikley that jumpers could execute this so perfectly I researched the local news, MUFON, and the web in general, and have yet to see another report coinciding with mine. I also have a small ad hoc group of local buffs. We call ourselves the Dessert UFO Group, DUG. No members reported anything. I assume that you did not get a second report of this? As I have told you in the past, I observe the sky nightly and have become accustomed to what aircraft, with their landing lights and position lights look like. This was not that. The desert sky was clear so I think I can dismiss any atmosperic interference with my vision. Another mystery along with so many others. ((END ADDENDUM))
June 6, 2017 · 4:00 AM · LIGHT
New Salisbury, IN
We all said of no are the they going to collide as the lights were getting very close together, then as they were close both began to fade out and then just disappeared. We all thought the sight was very strange. We continued to watch, but no plane or light reappeared after the even occurred. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 5, 2017 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
As I was walking East through the parking lot, I happened to glance up amd noticed an odd formation of red lights. I assumed it was an airplane, however, it did not move. After approximately 10 seconds, the lights blinked a number of times and then continued to remain on. This back and forth blinking continued for about 90 seconds, after which the lights disappeared completely.
June 4, 2017 · 2:50 AM · LIGHT
Hamilton, MT
ON 6/4/2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 0250 HOURS, I HAD PARKED TO GET OUT AND STRETCH. I OBSERVED TWO VERY BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THE SOUTH SKY, AT APPROXIMATELY A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO ME. I LOOKED AT THEM AND WONDERED WHAT STARS THEY WERE. AS I KEPT LOOKING AT THEM, I REALIZED THE OBJECTS WERE MOVING SOUTH VERY SLOWLY. I BELIEVE THE OBJECTS WERE VERY FAR AWAY AND SEPARATE, AS THEY APPEARED AS STARS. I NOTICED, AS THE OBJECTS CONTINUED SOUTH, THAT THEY WERE MOVING IN PERFECT UNISON. THE OBJECTS THEN BEGAN TO SERPENTINE LEFT AN RIGHT IN UNISON AND BEGAN TO SPEED UP. THE LIGHT THE OBJECTS WERE PUTTING OUT THEN BEGAN TO DIM. THE OBJECTS THEN SEPARTED AND ONE WENT UPWARDS AND SOUTHEAST, AND THE OTHER UPWARDS AND SOUTHWEST. BOTH OBJECTS THEN WERE OUT OF VIEW.
June 3, 2017 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Benson, AZ
Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 3, 2017 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Amboy, IN
It looked like a odd shaped circle that was moving side to side to side, but not moving forward it was just hovering below the moon. It was a bright white light. This is the strangest thing I've ever seen
June 3, 2017 · 11:10 PM · LIGHT
Montoursville, PA
The 4 lights would take to box shape then line formation. Several times 2-3 of the unknown objects would disappear below the horizon and within a few moments reappear without trace to extreme heights and back into a formation without movement again. The unknown objects would converge on one another at very rapid speeds and then disappear for a moment, then reappear back into a shape. Please note that our view has zero obstructions, no trees, no hillsides, no city lights, no cellular towers. The objects gave off a reddish orange glow. Again, we are very familiar with this area and unlike anything we have ever seen. There were no planes or helicopters flying in the area. The objects were visible for over 20 minutes. They completely disappeared into the night sky approximately 23:35. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he sounded to us to be quite sincere and sober-minded. We suspect that he is an excellent witness. He is former military. PD
June 2, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Adrian, MI
One lighted object was seen in the distant southeastern sky. Object was observed zig-zagging back and forth before descending straight down. Event lasted approximately 15-20 seconds. This was observed on 6/3/2017 around 10pm. Event was caught on a video via smartphone.
June 1, 2017 · 3:35 AM · LIGHT
Mountain Top, PA
Was looking in the night sky at stars and seen a light moving from north to south. Light was only white and there was no flashing lights indicating aircraft. Thought it at first to be a satellite due to the speed it was moving but it was only white and not changing colors like satellites I have seen before. I looked on-line to verify it was not the space station and seen that it was not supposed to be passing over at that time. I watched the light go from north to south for about 30 seconds, and then it went into a cloud and did not reappear.
June 1, 2017 · 3:33 AM · LIGHT
Land O'Lakes, WI
Maybe 2 weeks later a very similar event occurred I remembered thinking as it was happening I have to remember things, I studied things, I saw the same things but I forced myself to stay longer at the window, to the point my wife woke up, asking what I was doing, I said I think the neighbors were up for the weekend, then I just went back in bed.
May 31, 2017 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Saint Peter, MN
I am a retired medical assistant. Last evening, I was taking photos of the sunset from the end of our property, along the county road. Upon turning around to walk back to the house, I noticed the moon just up over the trees across the road, so took a photo of that as well. This has become a routine for me to do after I let the dogs out and give their meds, each night at 9. It is also part of my exercise strategy to lose weight by doing something fun. As I continued to walk home, I noticed immediately- a very bright light straight south in the sky, under 45 degrees or so (I am not the best at calculating that). and guessing it to be under 5 miles away. At first I figured it was a plane going to the small airport a bit more to the West. However, the lights did not change direction, there were no red or green ones visible to me like they typically have, it was too big to be a plane, and there was no noise. Then I noticed it was bobbing around a little, l! ike a pulsation type movement. My next thought was that it was Venus rising, but thought I surely would have noticed it while letting the dogs out before, and it seemed a lot bigger than a planet or a star. A sudden excitement came over me as I realized this was most likely some sort of UFO! For about 3 minutes I stood in wonder watching it, until I remembered I had my camera in my hand, so I took a quick photo. Unfortunately, I was in such a hurry to run back to the house to have my housemate come out and see it, I only took that one shot. Movement often blurs and I am not the best at night photography, so figured a photo would not turn out well. By the time we got back out to the road, it was gone. The photo shows 3 apparent lights, right next to each other, perhaps touching.
May 31, 2017 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Sacramento, CA
We immediately noticed ANOTHER STAR headed in another direction where it mimicked it's....duplicates actions, and another one would catch our attention, at times we would observe two u.f.o's displaying similar actions at a time, throughout the night until daylight faded away the last visible star. Periodically one of the "airplane" objects would appear usually headed west/east, of approxamentally THIRTY to FORTY U.F.O's. Throughout the night we observed, only one set of lights (accompanied with the sound) were familiar to us as a jet.... Our necks hurt. NOTE: SEEMED AS THOUGH THE CONSTILATION URSA MAJOR A.K.A "BIG DIPPER" MAINTAINED A STEADY POSISTION LOOKING NORTH.
May 30, 2017 · 11:25 PM · LIGHT
Provo, UT
I was walking my dog at the condominium complex at approximately 22:25 where I live and saw in the eastern sky what appeared to be a stationary star that started to glow with increasing intensity and brightness for 10 seconds then quickly faded until it was no longer seen amongst the other stars in the sky that night. I wonder if there were any telescopes that captured this anomaly in the eastern sky that evening? Heavens-above.com indicates that no "flare" from an Iridium satellite should have been visible, at the time, and on the date indicated by the witness. PD
May 30, 2017 · 10:20 PM · LIGHT
Las Vegas, NV
Yes. Very simple. I live in the middle of Las Vegas, NV – never seen a UFO before. Last Tuesday night (6-30-17) I stepped out onto my balcony and saw a muffled helicopter chasing one white dot at very high speed due East, then both objects darted to the North, heading straight towards Nellis AFB. I made a quick report to 911. Dot moved like a UFO; the chopper moved more like a fighter plane. I wasn’t going to do this report until I heard you with George on Coast last night. Thanks. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
May 30, 2017 · 1:45 AM · LIGHT
Birch Tree, MO
I was camping on my land in Birch Tree, Missouri. I was asleep in the RV, it was 1:45 AM, Tuesday May 30, 2017, when I was suddenly awake. I did not know immediately why I had woke up, but as I lay there, looking out of the window I noticed a very large, very bright star above the trees. It was about four times larger than the other stars and bright like a stadium light. I had all the windows and blinds open that night to allow the breeze to keep me cool. I watched the “star” thinking that I had never seen one so brilliant before, and suddenly four lights came out of the “star.” I watched, stunned, as these four lights began blinking or pulsing and flew around the early morning sky. The large light, which I had thought a star, stayed higher in the sky, but the four pulsating lights flew lower, closer to the ground. The where perhaps 100 feet or so above the earth. They were whitish in color, not as bright as the original but they were blinking or pulsating, not sure how to describe it, and flying not randomly but back and forth like they were searching. I was paralyzed with fear, not wanting them to know that I was there. Suddenly, in a fraction of a second, everything around me flashed very bright then dark again. I quietly get up and close all the windows and blinds, hoping to go unnoticed to the four flying “orbs.” They were not really round, rectangle box shaped with rounded corners. I laid back down, so I could peak under the curtains and that is when I noticed the blinking round light inside of my RV. I was really doubting my own eyes at this point. It was above me in the corner of the RV. I was hoping that there was a hole in the roof. I looked around me and everything inside was very dark except the glowing round light in the corner of the ceiling in the RV. This whole thing had been going on for about twenty minutes. I was more frightened than I could ever remember. I felt helpless against these lights. That is when the RV moved, I was hoping a bear had pushed against it. Then I heard the clawing and scratching coming from the left rear (across from the round light). I was again hoping that it was a bear, armadillo or very large mice trying to get in. I finally just snapped out of my motionless state and grabbed one of the headlamps that I had close by and turned it on. The round pulsing light was gone, the noise stopped and everything appeared normal. I at 2:00 AM telling them what I was seeing. My mind fought to find rational reasons for what was going on. I turned the light back out around 2:30 and laid back down. I peeked under the curtain and saw the large “star” still in the sky. The round light that was inside my RV did not return neither did the scratching noises. I had my two cats with me, one of them hid and the other stayed with me and was very nervous. I have no Idea what time I finally fell asleep. I have heard about UFO sightings but I had never thought that they would be so frightening.
May 28, 2017 · 10:50 PM · LIGHT
Wonder Lake, IL
Observed orange lights rising from west to east and continue to gain altitude moving east. As an orange light would rise another would follow. This continued for approx. 1 hour. This could have been going on before we started seeing the lights. Tried to use binoculars (8x 20x40) could not distinguish shape.