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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.
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January 15, 2020 · 5:30 PM · CIGAR
Chula Vista, CA
this ufo stayed on one course, but had this really intense glow to it. It was glowing so much that I couldn’t tell what kind of shape the object was for most of the encounter. What I found kind of odd though was that as I I’m staring at this glowing object, there was another aircraft of some sort not far behind it (Keep in mind the sun has gone down) . The 2nd object blended in with the night sky so good that if it wasn’t for the red flashing light that this craft had, I wouldn’t have been able to see it at all.
January 14, 2020 · 3:58 PM · CIGAR
Issaquah, WA
I was in Issaquah, Washington, standing outside the passenger side of my car, finishing a business phone call. I was in the south parking lot of Gilman Village, a boutique shopping center. The GPS coordinates are 47.538391, -122.040947. My elevation was 108 feet. The time was 3:58 p.m. PST. Cloud cover was about 70 percent. Light snow was falling. A reas of blue sky were scattered around the south and north. The sun was not visible. The temperature was 31 degrees. The wind was from the SW at 7 mph. Near the end of my call I started staring at an area of blue sky in front of me, directly to the south. After maybe 30 seconds I saw the object. I didn’t see it arrive, I just suddenly noticed it. I finished my phone call and looked at my watch - 3:58 pm and 25 seconds. The object was charcoal gray and cigar shaped. There was a very slight bulge in the center, on top and bottom of the object. At arm’s length it was about 9.5 millimeters long. It just hung in the blue sky, motionless. A couple of small clouds drifted past the object, one just above it and one directly at it. When the cloud reached it, the object was inside the cloud for about 3 seconds. A full layer of cloud cover was gradually approaching this area of blue sky. The cloud base was at 2450 feet, so that may be an approximate altitude for the object. According to the log law calculation, at 2450 feet the wind speed was 17 mph and the temperature was about 23 degrees. The object’s direction was directly South of me. I was looking up at it at a 45-degree angle from the horizontal. Paragliders, small planes, hobbyists with drones and bald eagles are frequent sights in Issaquah. The object wasn’t a paraglider - no colorful rectangular parachute and no person hanging in a seat beneath it; it was 23 degrees up there with a 17-mph wind, too cold and windy to paraglide; and it was motionless. It was not a small plane – no wings; no engine sound; and it was motionless. It wasn’t a hobbyist drone –at the apparent size it should have been close enough for me to hear the buzzing whine; a drone would not likely be covered by a cloud at 2450 feet altitude; a drone would not likely be flying while it was snowing; and there would have been visible movement caused by the wind velocity, whether it was a 7 mph or a 17 mph wind. But it was motionless. It was not an eagle – even in warm air with updrafts there is always some movement of the eagle's wings or body; if it was trying to stay aloft with a 17-mph wind hitting it, obvious movement would be necessary, but it was motionless. After about 3 minutes and 20 seconds he object suddenly began to move, traveling to the Southeast. It appeared to move at the low end of the speeds I see single engine propeller planes travel near Issaquah, around 110 mph. It obtained that speed instantly from the moment it moved, no acceleration. It traveled in a perfectly straight line, totally smooth, exactly at the horizontal, no change in altitude. The object headed southeast on a line that would take it barely south of Tiger Mountain, a 3000 foot mountain on the southeast border of Issaquah. The trajectory would have taken it over the Cascades near Snoqualmie Pass, and then over the city of Cle Elum. After the object traveled for about 5 seconds a stand of fir trees blocked my view. I ran to a clear area, but by then the object was gone from my view. I am a trial attorney. I have a bachelor's degree, a master’s degree and a law degree. I have lived in the Seattle area since 1995.
January 9, 2020 · 10:30 AM · CIGAR
Dunnellon, FL
Dunnellon, Fl, approximately 10.30 a.m. 1/9/2020, in the neighborhood of THE WOODLANDS. Object sited above SW 102 ST. RD and U.S. 41. Object was rectangular shaped, silver/metallic in color, with a dome(?) below it. Object moved in the northerly direction, silently. I took 2 photos, one of the entire object in full view before it disappeared behind the tree line, and the second picture of it moving past the tree line. The second pic only shows the "nose" of the object appearing from behind the tree line and a small portion of the "lower" dome(?) Upon reviewing my phone pics, on the second pic was in my phone. Encounter occurred 1/4 mile from S.W. 102 ST. RD and HWY 41. I then turned left on S.W. 102 ST. RD. to find the object. An object this size would have been easily spotted OR seen OR heard along 102 ST. RD. Yet I found no trace of the object anywhere along 102 ST. RD or within the neighborhood, although I drove around for five minutes looking for it. I have emailed five pics of the object to ufocntr@nwlink.com.
January 7, 2020 · 6:20 AM · CIGAR
Wahiawa, HI
Around 0620 a line of lights was seen moving across the sky moving from North to South of oahu. The lights did not move independent of each other but looked like it was either in a tight formation or all part of a single object. They lights moved until no longer seen behind clouds. There is video evidence.
January 7, 2020 · 5:57 AM · CIGAR
Abilene, TX
It was up and down about an inch long that slowly fell. I took a photo of it.
January 7, 2020 · 5:45 AM · CIGAR
Murfreesboro, TN
This morning at about 5:45 AM CST I observed a very long and thin object with no apparent wingspan or lights. I am in the central Tennessee area. This object appeared to not be going very fast. It came from the Northeast heading Southwest. It was difficult to determine its altitude but seemed to be at the normal cruising height for commercial aircraft, but could have been higher. When I say that this thing was long, I mean extremely long. If a commercial jet would have been flying next to it, it would have taken 30-40 of them nose to tail to even come close to its length. I have seen no reports from others on this and was just wondering if anyone might have seen it or something like it at other times. I believe the only reason it was noticeable to me was because the sun had not come up yet but the object was capturing the sun because of its altitude and giving off a reflection to make it visible from the ground. It took about 2-3 minutes to cross from the Northernmost point of my visibility to the southeasternmost point of visibility. Never seen anything like it in my life. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
January 6, 2020 · 4:48 PM · CIGAR
High Point, NC
High Point North Carolina before crossing the bridge. Witnessed lights before crossing the bridge and after crossing another person pulled over to record. Light, thin, cigar shaped different lengths.
January 6, 2020 · 4:40 PM · CIGAR
Concordville, PA
I was leaving work when I looked up in the sky and saw a round silver object and a cigar silver shaped object up in the sky. The round object was to the left of the cigar shaped object. They both just stood there, silent, hovering. I watched as a couple of airplanes flew by in the distance above and below these objects. I pulled out my camera and the circle object disappeared. I put my camera down and the circle object reappeared to the right of the cigar. I managed to film a little bit of it on my cellphone. The round object would disappear, then the cigar shaped object disappeared. I put my camera down and they reappeared. It lasted for about a half hour before both disappeared. I did a search on the internet to see if anyone else saw what I saw and found an old report almost exactly a year ago in the same city of a sighting in Concordville with a round and a cigar shaped object. I am a paralegal and this is the third sighting that I've reported to Nuforc. I do not know what it is, but I am curious and fascinated and just want to know what it is! I've ruled out airplane because I saw a couple fly by. I've ruled out drone because the hovering crafts did not look like them and no sound and they disappeared to the naked eye and reappeared. Amazing!
January 2, 2020 · 7:00 PM · CIGAR
Mentor, OH
Approximately two weeks ago (today is 1/16/2020) my wife and I were traveling East on Route 2 in Mentor, Ohio (Northeast Ohio near Lake Erie) after dark approximately 7 PM. As we passed by the 615 exit, we both noticed that on the south side of the highway, our right, there looked like what we both thought was a low flying blimp just above the tree line. I kept my eye on it for about 10 seconds, then said to her, “hey look at that blimp, I wonder why that’s in town there are no sporting events or reasons to be around.” What we saw appeared to be a wide bank of lights that was white in the middle and Green on one end, and Red on the other end like normal aircraft markings. If I had to estimate size, I would say 20 feet wide or larger. I thought it was a blimp because the whole light panel was quite bright, and the object was slow moving or stationary. I can’t say if it was moving, or if it looked like it was moving because we were, but it was clearly very wel! l lit and low visible through the top of the trees. As we got near the Heisley Road exit, right when we would’ve been under it, the lights just turned off and we couldn’t see it anymore. The windows were up so I don’t know if there was sound, but when the lights went off, it was just gone, not flying around with the lights off. I thought it was strange because in my mind if it was a blimp, or low flying known craft, there is no way it’d be legal to be flying with lights off. There are a few local airports but this was not a plane that was on its way to land with extra lights on. I was going to just write this off as weird, but I’ve been hearing about similar “drone” sightings going on around the country so I decided this was now worth reporting. One detail I remember is that when the lights turned off, it was similar to when you turn off football stadium lights off. You could see them dim out over a few seconds rather than just immediately disappearing like an LED.
January 2, 2020 · 3:25 AM · CIGAR
Mattituck, NY
Me and my longtime GF saw a Large grey cigar shaped object the size of a battleship which appeared stationary over Mattituck Airport at approx. 15:25 on Jan./2/2020 while driving westbound on rt.25 we were watching stay in one spot as we were driving until the tree-lines obscured our view, when we past the tree-lines we looked at the same location and it apparently had vanished.
December 31, 2019 · 2:00 PM · CIGAR
Lake Wales, FL
While driving from Lake Wales to Vero Beach the object was in the air about at the 5 story level. It was to the north of highway 60. It was a clear and beautiful day. The sighting was at 2pm in the afternoon. ((names of two witnesses deleted))
December 31, 2019 · 3:00 AM · CIGAR
Kingston, TN
My friends and i went out to smoke om a game break... We live right by the lake. We all noticed a cigar shaped craft really low on the water. At first we thoight was a boat. Then it began to rise into the air to am estimated 60 ft height. Then we noticed another cigar shaped craft come into view in the sky and lower into a hover over the lake. The craft stayed in position over the lale for 10 to 15 minutes then began am ascent to match the other crafts height. We all noticed water coming off the craft even though it clearly didnt touvh the water. Which lead us to believe these craft were collecting water. After 2 or 3 minutes the craft started lighting up in alternating color of green,red,blue. They then bagan ascending slowly at first then just vanishes into space too high to see or just gone.
December 22, 2019 · 7:00 AM · CIGAR
Deming, NM
I was driving eastbound on I-10 in New Mexico. the sun was rising I noticed a large black spot in the southeastern sky. It's shape was somewhat round but seemed kind of like a blob. The object did not change position at all for the next hour or so other than where I saw it in my windshield and then passenger window. This object was far away and seemed to be quite large.
December 20, 2019 · 6:45 AM · CIGAR
Evans Georgia, GA
Possible jet with cigar looking Sharp no lights and bursting light speed.
December 20, 2019 · 6:00 AM · CIGAR
Savannah, GA
I looked out of my bathroom window and saw a cigar-shaped object with a comet-like contrail following behind it. I called my family out to the balcony to see it. After a few seconds of everyone seeing it, it stopped making a contrail, hovered for a moment, then quickly landed.
December 19, 2019 · 5:04 PM · CIGAR
Point Harbor, NC
Witnessed 10-16 lights when while on the bridge at 17:04 only caught 2 with my camera while driving. The lights came down like something burning up in the atmosphere but then they made 90 degree turns. The lights made different movements. No sound from air craft, weather was clear and this occurred at dusk. The lights disappeared at different times. Whole event a few minutes I pulled after the bridge I pulled off the road and captured the remaining two lights. The light was consistent throughout could not make out any objects.
December 11, 2019 · 7:25 PM · CIGAR
Coosada, AL
my sister and i were driving home from basketball practice on the interstate and we saw a silver flash of light fly through the air at a high rate of speed and lasted around 5 seconds. this was too close to us to be a shooting star but too far away that we could specifically find out what it is.
December 10, 2019 · 12:00 AM · CIGAR
LaVeta, CO
We were sitting in our living room in La Veta. Approximately 6:30 pm looking east out of the window. When a craft descended at roughly a 35 degree angle. We believed it was going to crash into the town, It was a cigar shaped craft. At first we thought it was a military craft prior to its appearance we heard what sounded like military aircraft. We then saw the lights, one large light at each end of the craft. As quickly as it appeared it disappeared.We went out with binoculars.The Sky was overcast.
December 7, 2019 · 6:35 AM · CIGAR
Henrico, VA
Saw a side ways cigar shaped thing hover west of Short Pump Virginia. It stayed in same area and position for about 20 minutes with white lights either blinking or moving around the shape. Then it just disappeared.
December 2, 2019 · 5:45 PM · CIGAR
Norwich (UK/England), NORFOLK · United Kingdom
Me and my friend(name deleted)), were in Hickling on the evening of the 2,12,2019 that date will stay ingrained in my mind forever! We left our mates house in Hickling at 5.35 pm got to a place called Ingham at 5.45 pm, that's wen things get really odd. We was going down this hill behind these houses on the way back to Robins house which is in a place called East Ruston which is about 15 minutes from our location, some how we ended up about a mile away facing back the way we was coming we lost 30 mins but have no memories wot so ever of were we went, wen we appeared at the bottom of the road I was laughing and Robin was screaming, we was in a trance like state, Robin went to speed of in panic but wen he put he's foot on the excellerator something had put the jeep into nutrell. We preceded to go over the road to turn back round to carry on the way we was originally going, then we saw this very very bright light come down the road at very high speed, it came next to the vehicle would say about 15 foot away from the drives side, it was like a flying ciger with red white and blue lights which were spinning round it, I remember the noise was like a humming type noise. We then left the area and went back to Robins House, wen we got in I noticed Robin had mud on the back of he's jeans in a from top to bottom like he had been dragged along, in the morning wen I woke up i had pain around my ribs. Were we went I have no idea I have sat down thinking for hours and hours but cannot recall a single thing of the time we lost yours sincerely ((author's name deleted))
November 30, 2019 · 8:00 PM · CIGAR
Hornell, NY
Very irratic in sky I thought it was a aircraft with a engine fire but the altitude changes made it impossible to be man made. danced around the sky for quite some time before going over horizon in south east sky, very bright
November 29, 2019 · 8:40 PM · CIGAR
Wilmington, NC
7-8 elongated objects flying in straight line North to South along coast of North Carolina. Mid-level clouds above the objects.
November 24, 2019 · 8:20 AM · CIGAR
Canyon Country, CA
sitting in backyard looking up noticed a steady light that looked like a satellite, nothing blinking.I told my wife sitting next to me that I see a satellite. just then the light faded as if to be travelling away from the sun. aas the light faded I noticed it was actually a much larger object and much closer than a satellite. it was travelling in a northbound direction. It had an elongated appearance.
November 19, 2019 · 8:00 AM · CIGAR
San Francisco, CA
We witnessed a blimp like object that appeared to be circling the Oakland airport area. It was massive. Had some sort of black unknown text writing and possibly had people below. My girlfriend and I observed from our patio overlooking (with binoculars) and have pictures to support. It had a red blinking light on the bottom and looked very strange. We've lived here for over 3 years and have never seem anything like it. Our view is of the entire east bay and we can see the Oakland airport on a clear day. However, this stood out. To start, we've never seen anything like such described. It was huge and from first glance all white. It was easy to dismiss as a normal blimp but in retrospect we've had a change of thought. Like I stated, we've never seen anything like that before. It stood out. And the next day I remembered how strange it was to observe. So I googled every type of search that would pull it up. Found NOTHING. I mean NOTHING. I find it incredibly hard to believe that everyone in SF didn't comment on it and also take pics. If it was just another blimp why would it not be mentioned online somewhere. Which leads me here. I can't find a single picture online of this. I believe it was probably an emergency landing and not intended to be seen. It might have been some sort of military craft. Hard to say. Like I stated, it was easy to pass off as a normal blimp. And sadly, we didn't watch longer to see how it landed. I tried to film it but from our distance it only look like a large white spot. The picture are better. But what we saw in the binoculars is the most compelling. The writing was not legible. It looked like symbols. And it was far from what you would think was a promotional blimp. If was a normal blimp, we would've seen it before. And the black out of it online makes me believe we weren't supposed to see it. I think it could be a weather modification blimp that malfunctioned and needed to make an emergency landing. Hope you can provide more insight. I'm not sure how to send the picture but will if your interested. Thanks for being here. Hope your not the MIB haha