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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
May 6, 2017 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Camp McGregor, NM
Report appears to us to be consistent with the sighting of Venus. PD
May 6, 2017 · 4:50 AM · LIGHT
Mojave (Canada), BC · Canada
Possibly Venus. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. We could not find a city named "Mojave" in BC, Canada. PD
May 4, 2017 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Lawrence, KS
I was in my room in my apartment watching Dave Chappelle on Netflix, when I heard a helicopter overhead. It sounded very low and powerful, so I figured it had to be military, and I-being a total nerd-had to run out to the parking lot to get a look. By the time I was out my door and in the parking lot, I had just enough time to watch a small orange ball of light being chased by what I assume to be a Blackhawk helicopter (because of size and sound) disappear behind the rooftops of the buildings east of me. This struck me as bizarre because I saw something similar some months ago in the same general area (skies south of Lawrence, I live on the south side of town, not far from Baker Wetlands). The light was small and orange in color and was about 50-100 yards ahead of the helicopter. It made no erratic movements but was travelling at a fair clip as the helicopter was tracking it at almost the exact speed and it was moving pretty quickly. As such, I have my doubts that this could've been a paper lantern (though the color and intensity of the light were similar to one) and the distance ahead of the helicopter rules out a refueling boom. I'd give the altitude of the two objects to be between 500-1000 ft agl and the speed! of both to be about 100 kts at the time I saw them. Also of note, I saw another object in the sky in the general area at the same time, though it may not have been connected. This object seemed to be an aircraft judging by the red and white lights it had on it, but it hovered in place for a moment until the lights slowly faded out with no apparent change in location. The direction I was looking toward would be about a straight line to KCI, so I wasn't immediately suspicious, but--having seen plenty of air traffic heading to and from KCI on that flight path--this didn't look like anything I'd seen before (no landing lights). I mention this because it was odd and because the previous sighting of a few months earlier of the same kind of event had 2 helicopters chasing the light instead of just one. Maybe this was the second.
May 3, 2017 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Norman, OK
In western sky looking outside my window at about 30 degree angle from horizon, I first saw a very bright solid light intermittently through light moving clouds that was not moving. About one minute into observation, first a smaller circular bright light shot from main larger circular bright light to immediate left at fast rate downward zigzagging sharp angles, then instantly disappear. Then almost immediately, 12 smaller circular bright lights zoomed at high rate of speed from the larger bright white circular light at same fast speed outward in straight directions equally spaced around the center light in an octagonal like shape. All lights remained same luminous and did not move for about 4 minutes. At about 5 minutes after initial sighting, the 12 smaller lights circled around the larger light at high rate of uniform speed returned to the larger light at same precise moment. Within few seconds the now original bright larger light without moving instantly disappeared.
May 2, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Kennesaw, GA
There is some sort of aerial craft that shows up at dusk and lights up at night. It is then joined by a second light and slowly changes position throughout the night. I`m viewing the craft from Bells Ferry and 575 and it is in the southern position.
May 2, 2017 · 1:00 PM · LIGHT
Edmonton (Canada), AB · Canada
Saw a couple of lights over the years.....but the main reason I am writing is why don't you provide an avenue to attach pictures........and I can't believe most people would not have pictures to prove their sighting....otherwise it is just hearsay.....don't get me wrong, I believe in UFOs, but just reading reports is not very convincing for the rest of the population. Thanks ((name deleted)) in Edmonton, Canada Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 1, 2017 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Lawrenceville, NJ
Around 9 PM, I was cooking dinner on the stove with my friend. To the left of me was the fridge, and to the right of me is a window on the adjacent wall above the sink. My friend was in front of the stove, I was about three feet behind him. He was turned slightly toward me, when this occurred, but he is colorblind, so he saw the brightness of the flash but not the brilliance. It was as if a straight beam of brilliant blue light flashed in from the window in a horizontal line in front of him, 2 feet above the counter, from the window towards the fridge. It was so bright, I was unable to regain vision for a second after it happened. I could swear that I heard a grinding noise in my ears when it flashed, but that may have been from shock. It was not one consistent color blue, there were shades in it, and it had some orange tinges at parts. It was the most beautiful light i have ever seen but if i didn't know any better, I would swear that for that few seconds, a seam in the universe ripped. I have had two other sightings earlier this year that were the same, but different from this one. I am at work, but will try to report them later. I do not know if what I saw was UFO related. But it is not my first encounter that I have said.. and I trust my instinct. We searched the yard. Checked the stove and all the lightbulbs that were on. It was not electrical. There was nothing in the yard signifying anything else.
April 30, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Engen/Vanderhoof (Canada), BC · Canada
Although my actual strange and unexplainable experience took place almost three years ago, I hope it's not too late to report it and that the information may be useful or helpful to you or others. At the time I was living in my small motorhome/RV which I had set up in the backyard of a friends 5 acre countryside property. I had it parked right behind the small house my friend and his disabled wife lived in so I was able to plug in to the house for electricity, water, etc. We lived about 30 km from the nearst small town and the closest nieghbors were maybe 300-400 meters, so it was quiet and on a clear night there wasn't any artificial light pollution for star gazing. As well most of the trees at the front of the property, where the house and motorhome were situated, had been cut down and lawn planted so we had a good view from horizon to horizon. On the night of the event, I was outside of my RV so I could get better cell phone reception as I was having my weekly phone conversation with my daughter which lived an hour and a half away. By this time it was approx 22:00 and completely dark with a gorgeous clear view of the night sky, I noticed two stars in the eastern part of the sky that seemed to be moving 2-3 inches, from my point of view, to the west and then back to thier original position. This happened a few times in a 2 or 3 minute span, so I told my dauhhter that I would call her back in a couple of minutes so I could concentrate on them and see if they were actualy moving or just my imagination. Within 5 minutes of watching them they had started moving around at distances that confirmed my suspicions, and it wasnt just 2 star but now there was 4 then 5 then 6 and so on, I couldnt believe what I was seeing!! There were stars from all areas and all over the night sky moving across the sky, zig zagging, some just moving in a staight line, some darting everywhere, and all at different rates of speed. I seriously thought I was having some kind of medical issue with my head or eyes or something, as I had never in my life witnessed anything abnormal in life such as ufo's, ghosts's, etc. I ran into my friend's house and told him what I was seeing and to come out and look, as well I picked up his disabled wife in my arms and carried her outside, I wanted as many people as I could get to see this so that maybe people would believe me. Well to make a long story short all three of us watched this show go on for approx. 2 hours and ended up counting over 30 stars at one time moving great distances across the sky, as for the 2 initial stars I first noticed they ended up coming very close to us, it's hard to say for sure but they were'nt more than 300-400 meters off the ground and 10-15 km away from us as the crow flies, they just slowly were cruising along at the same altitude and stopped what i believed was over a nearby indian reservation for 10 mins or so then slowly cruised on and then lost sight of them behind tall trees. I know how this sounds and I did make several calls as this was taking place but everyone I spoke with claimed it was cloudy in thier area and thought I was making some kind of joke. That's my ordeal and to this day I still don't know what to make of it because I didnt see any type of crafts, all they were was lights that looked exactly like stars and except for the two that came close all the rest looked as if they were in space just as if they were normal stars but moved like the were being operated by someone or something. Thanks for listening and if anyone else has ever seen anything similiar please let me know? Cheers (( Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)
April 30, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Eatonton, GA
Driving north across a long bridge on Lake Oconee multiple lights were spotted high above and spread out over the lake. When we drove under them they appeared to disappear. We looked back and they were gone.
April 30, 2017 · 1:45 AM · LIGHT
Mansfield, MA
I work overnight uber driver on duty without passenger on I-95 north (highway). I saw huge green bright light drop down as faster then forward to zoom become disappeared.
April 29, 2017 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Newport, MI
We were driving back to Detroit from Ohio, and along 75 north, a bright white light appeared in the West skies.. It got slightly bigger as it seemed to get closer to the ground. It lit up the cloud and tunrded it bright white, where it then looked like a disk. After it did that it seemed to have literally just dissapeared. A few seconds of still watching the sky in shock, it appeared again and it got closer, had pushed thru the clouds, and appeared to have blinking lights of some kind. Literally it shot off after about 3 minutes of it moving thru the sky
April 29, 2017 · 8:10 PM · LIGHT
Coconut Creek, FL
I was on our patio watching a movie on my laptop, when I noticed a bright white appear over the trees on the other side of the lake. I thought it was just an airliner taking off. Not giving it any more thought I continued to watch the movie. A few minutes later I glanced over to where I saw the light and noticed it was still there. It was bigger and brighter than before. I stopped the video so that I could observe this light. It didn’t move at all. It was hard to make out the shape, but if I had to guess I would say that it was circular. The light was to high and to bright to be a street light and the moon was crescent shaped and pale yellow. I got my cellphone and took a photo of it. About 30 minutes later, it was gone. I was watching it and it just disappeared.
April 29, 2017 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Kealakekua, HI
I saw 3 very bright lights in the sky all lined up. The lights were very close to land. The lights looked like stars but they appeared to be blinking. I was not afraid when I looked at them. In fact the lights were like giant diamonds in the sky but again very close to land. I tossd & turned for almost an hour & got up to use the restroom. When I returned, all 3 lights were gone! There is only black sky now. Wow! I have talked to people recently on Big Island, Hi, who have reported sightings. I think I definitely saw something unusual.
April 28, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Olympia, WA
Over Sylvester Park. Cloud cover, no stars out. Straight line of lights, First on left reddish other lights white. Two similar, about as high as most large planes. Not moving. About as long as my straight index finger in size when I held my finger up to measure. Watched on and off for half an hour. Told someone else I know who also saw the one on left I pointed out to her. She wasn't all that interested, commented, "They must be looking at us, observing all here in the Park". A large event in Olympia." Procession of the Species" the evening light event. This wasn't something projected into the night sky, I stopped watching on and off to watch the parade and left. Don't know how long the two straight lines of light lasted. Very bizarre. Like Orions belt but closer together. I was tempted to ask others what they thought of the objects, but only asked someone I knew to look at it. I didn't think to try and photograph the two objects. I've lived in the medical field all my life. Only saw UFO objects back in the mid fifties as a teen with a boyfriend. A fleet of craft came into view, flew across the sky, and vanished, as if into a slot. Both of us saw the same objects.
April 27, 2017 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT
Miami, FL
A single point of light was observed traveling from north to south, passing through the zenith after about 20 seconds - it was very high in the sky with relative brightness similar to planet venus. Event happened at around 8:45pm on April 27, 2017. There was also an airliner in the vicinity, traveling from north to south.
April 26, 2017 · 10:29 PM · LIGHT
Bradenton, FL
There were several lights that continues to flash like planes but were not moving. From Bradenton looking Southwest there were about 7 visible
April 26, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Rochester, NY
Two lights heading south from Lake Ontario (we were on the west side of Culver in Sea Breeze). Lights were about the size of ISS and faded to nothing as they made there way across the sky. They stayed equidistant from each other the whole time. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 26, 2017 · 4:07 AM · LIGHT
Vienna, OH
My wife and I were coming back from a late night trip to the store. I noticed the sky was clear as we exited the car in our driveway. We decided to stop and stare at the stars, when she spotted a light flying high in the sky. It was the size of a star, but flashing and moving faster than any plane we've ever seen in the area. She lost it behind a very small strip of cloud, but not before I managed to spot it. However, when it came back into view, it was flying the complete opposite direction of what it had been. The cloud was far too small for it to have turned around without us seeing it. The light flickered a lot as it moved back across the sky. I watched it for five minutes, before it suddenly disappeared in the middle of clear sky, as if it just vanished. It was at this time my wife noticed two more lights appear in the sky. They were the exact same size, same color, and same brightness. They were parallel to each other and just a little distance away from eac! h other. She saw one begin to glow, then the other, alternating. Both lights were stationary at this time. At this time I noticed the other light reappear in the exact same place it had been when I'd lost it. At this point, i got too uncomfortable, and we went inside. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 25, 2017 · 11:45 PM · LIGHT
Clearwater, FL
2 or 3 bright green lights going from west to east. Faster than a plane. Like round moving colors. No sound or anything. Then suddenly gone.
April 25, 2017 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Rigby, ID
Saw two lights flying one in front of the other, thought they were satellites until the bigger of the two slowed, and the smaller light seemed to converge with the big one before turning and heading a different direction at a much faster speed.
April 25, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Parsonsfield, ME
It was around 9pm, my dogs were in easy as well as my Guenny ((sic. Guinea)) hens, it is unusual for the hens to be out and about at this time, I went outside and saw one red light. zooming wildly, no apparent pattern. I watched it for many min. there was a great yellow/orange flash and then there were two red. Lights, behaving in the same manner, dancing with each other along the horizon of the White Mts. This went on for many more min. A second flash and they were gone.
April 25, 2017 · 8:40 PM · LIGHT
Bradenton, FL
Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 23, 2017 · 10:20 PM · LIGHT
Iota, LA
I walked out the the door to my home, located on the south of the house, and noticed a bright red flash in the west. I stopped and looked at it, and saw it was actually flashing almost like a strobe, but without any noticeable pattern. The colors were white, red, and green. It was approximately 30 degrees up from the western horizon.I went back in the house and retrieved a set of binoculars, and proceeded to watch it as closely as I could. Meanwhile, my wife and daughter had heard me running around looking for the binoculars, and followed me back out to see what I was making such a fuss over. After realizing I could not identify it with the aid of the glasses, I got my iPad and opened the Planet app, which allowed me to see where Mars, the other planets, and the stars were at that time. They were nowhere near the object, according to the software. I watched it for a while, then went back into my home to sleep. My wife and daughter had preceded me. By that time, it had dropped down in the west below the tree line, so I could no longer see it flashing.
April 23, 2017 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Chappell Hill, TX
On Sunday evening, April 23, 2017, around 9:30 pm, I went outside of my home to check on the horses. I live in a rural area of Texas, and have very little light pollution, so I can normally see a night sky filled with stars. The dogs had been barking quite a bit that night, so I went outside to check to see if something was amiss. I was outside for a few minutes to make certain that everything was alright with the animals and to quieten the dogs, then turned to go back inside the house. Before I went completely into the garage, for some reason I turned and looked back at the sky. The sky was very clear that night and I do not recall seeing any clouds – only stars. I was facing the northeast, at the time, and saw a very bright, single light moving slowly across the sky, parallel to the horizon (i.e. sideways, tilted slightly upwards). This was approximately the speed of a single engine prop plan – based on what I could tell. This was a single light and it did not have a tail, so it absolutely was not a meteor, meteorite, or falling star. We see a lot of those in the sky, but this light was 2-4 times larger than most of the ones that I normally see. The light was moving east to north, again, very slowly and I observed it for several seconds - possibly even a minute. Suddenly, the light disappeared completely. It didn’t fade, as a meteor or meteorite does, it was like someone turned-off a switch and everything went dark. There was nothing in the sky to block my view and this light was well above the trees. Also, there was absolutely no sound at all, so it obviously was not a plane, drone, or helicopter. I continued to watch after the light disappeared, but it never returned and there was never any sound. Everything was still extremely quiet, except for some cows about 1 mile away and my previously rowdy dogs were now completely silent.