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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.
11,675 entries
February 15, 2023 · 11:10 PM · SPHERE
Troup, TX
Around 11:10pm I saw a bright, one orb-like white light in the sky. First thinking it was a plane, but it didn’t move in just a straight line. The orb made various movements (forwards, backwards, circles, diagonal) in the sky and left a trail of light behind it. The brightness of the object faded in and out randomly/inconsistently. The brightness of this orb-like object was brighter than the stars surrounding it. After five or ten minutes, it completely vanished as though someone had turned off a light-switch.
February 15, 2023 · 7:00 AM · SPHERE
Crittenden, KY
I was observing the sky while driving down the interstate, the sun had already came above the horizon and I noticed this bright orb in the middle of the sky, it did not have the shape of a plane but I continued to keep an eye on it to try and see the telltale signs of blinking red lights which are usually on planes. The object had no blinking lights and I thought for a second that if it was a plane maybe it was heading directly towards me and that's why it didn't seem to move. It wasn't long after that thought the orb disappeared and reappeared some distance away from its original position. It started to climb in an angle at a rate of speed to quick or a plane. Once it reached a certain altitude it stopped again and vanished. Not vanish as in it took off or left my line of sight but vanished right out of thin air, like it was able to turn on a cloaking or camouflage system instantly.
February 14, 2023 · 11:08 PM · SPHERE
Tacoma, WA
I probably have 20 videos of Atleast 10 different Orb sightings one video where the orb was below the cloud cover and appearing and disappearing.
February 14, 2023 · 6:35 PM · SPHERE
Gardiner, NY
I went outside to gather kindling and looked up at the sky as usual. In the northern sky, I noticed a string of evenly spaced lights traveling across the sky from west to east. The lights were orbs, somewhat dim, perhaps due to light pollution, and were going across the sky as if pulled along by a string, like a trail of lights moving across the sky. I ran inside and called my husband out. They were still there when he came to look. He stayed outslde, and I ran inside to grab my phone to film it. By the time I returned, they were gone. My husband reports that they just faded and then disappeared. It was already dark at night. The sky was clear at the time and several stars were out. There did seem to be a dim line connecting the lights, but I couldn't be sure. I can't actually say how many there were because there were so many going across the sky, single-file. The orbs were white light all shaped and sized the same. My husband and I live in a rural area alongside a river. Many cows and fields around. The lights came from the direction of a ridge in the northwest that borders our skyline. There was no sound associated with the objects. I am a writer/artist. My husband is a retired plumber.
February 14, 2023 · 3:30 AM · SPHERE
leroy, MI
My initial thought was we are for sure at war with somebody and there are jets or something fighting in the skies over Michigan
February 13, 2023 · 6:15 PM · SPHERE
Portland, OR
I have a photo of the craft but like I said my friend was on the Casco bay bridge in Portland Maine and saw the unknown object he doesn’t really want to report it so I am doing it on his behalf The object is white and very bright it looks like a balloon. The moon was in the back of him so it couldn't be the moon and it was dark I wouldn’t say it was the sun either since it was dark and it moved around it was one object as well
February 12, 2023 · 8:06 PM · SPHERE
Effingham, IL
I walked outside and looked up and saw 2 bright orange spheres in the sky over my neighbors house. I stood there for about 8 seconds questioning what I was really seeing. They were very bright and moving really quickly towards the northeast. I yelled for my girlfriend to come outside to check out what I was looking at. When she arrived outside one of the spheres blinked and disappeared the other one did the same about 3 seconds after the first one disappeared. There were multiple aircraft in the sky and none of them were traveling at the speed that these orange spheres were traveling. There was zero noise from these 2 objects. They were moving at least 10 times faster than the commercial planes in the sky. They were flying fairly close to each other but the distance is difficult to determine about how high and close together they were.
February 12, 2023 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Huntington, WV
Moving East to West. Three-hundred feet long, three-thousand feet high, speed about five-hundred mph. Craft transparent with no outline — background stars shown between all the lights. Could have been a "light show" only, with lights held in fixed relationship to one another by unknown means, only appearing to be attached to a rigid object. Made no sound. Just before it/they would have disappeared behind the roof overhang of my house, the lights melted away, as though entering heavy cloud cover. But there were no clouds; it was a starry night! [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
February 12, 2023 · 6:36 PM · SPHERE
Fairchilds, TX
My roommate and I were outside doing chores. She stayed by the burn pile while I went to my work shed maybe 10 yards away? I heard her yell my name and tell me to “come over here” When I got close, she pointed to the sky. I turned to look and saw three, very bright & large, ‘orbs’ in the sky. They stayed stationary and kept their circular shape as they cycled through colors. They were lined up at an angle. The middle one was slightly above and to the right of the bottom one, and the top one was slightly above and to the right of the middle one. * * * I had seen objects in the area many years ago and watched in anticipation to see if they would do the same as the ones before. The top one started fading away and I realized my phone was in the shed. I ran to get it and when I came out, the bottom one was all that was left and had started fading but, I got a short video of it. I’m in an extremely small farming community and the night sky is much clearer than in the city. My background: 20+ years in college for ‘Early Childhood’ and working with/teaching young children. I ‘retired’ from that about 6 or 7 years ago( at about 40 yrs of age) to start a business (resale shop), and I now own/operate another store. I had about 3-4 beers while I was enjoying the beautiful day and had been working in the yard. My roommate has had some mental health issues in the past (due to drug addicted parents) in the form of suicidal tendencies. But, she is a strong, intelligent, and a focused small business owner and does not cause drama or worry for me. (I’ve had my share of ‘crazies’ here and had watched her for over a year before I reached out to help and allow her to move in) She had been working at my store for me and had only one or two beers when the incident occurred. You may contact me if you need to.
February 12, 2023 · 6:35 PM · SPHERE
Section, AL
Standing in back of a friend's yard and we saw what looked like 2 white lines turned into string of lights into what appeared to be a sphere from a different angle and then it appeared the lights were coming from the middle of a saucer shaped ship that moved a little further before lights turned off completely
February 12, 2023 · 5:19 PM · SPHERE
Columbus, OH
I was driving and witnessed a shiny object floating on air moving very different not plane nor helicopter …. Took my phone out to video tape and called 911
February 12, 2023 · 3:00 PM · SPHERE
Manhattan, IL
Observed brightly shining traveling south away from position. Thought it was another spy balloon. Took out phone and began recording. While watching, the orb appeared to have disappeared. Later review of the video showed orb did not dissappear, but rather flew away at a high rate of speed, following a arched trajectory.
February 12, 2023 · 3:30 AM · SPHERE
Portland, OR
2/12/23 330 AM. I was driving home from a bartending shift and I saw a bright round white light moving through the sky horizontally and then disappear. It was about 20 feet above the highway lights. It had no streak or fire qualities and moved smoothly before vanishing. At the same time above a green overhead freeway sign (by steel bridge on 1-5 northbound before exit 302a) there was an object hovering 4 feet above sign that was the size of a slightly flattened basketball (slightly elliptical in shape, looked like a metal shell encompassing a round light similar to moving one. It also had It had 2 teardrop shaped lights pointing toward the middle circle of light. (The points of the teardrops pointing at an angle towards the circle, all glowing like it was lit within) it was hovering and saw it really well in street lights. It had no blades or propellers or moving parts. At that time the alarm on my phone started going off. I never set an alarm for 330am yet it went off as this was all happening in a span of 3-5 seconds.
February 11, 2023 · 7:02 PM · SPHERE
Jenks, OK
Coming home from dinner with my wife, turning into our neighborhood and saw a green glowing orb heading down 33rd west ave very fast. It takes a sudden right turn and heads east and vanishes.
February 11, 2023 · 4:00 PM · SPHERE
Belcher, LA
My husband and I were in the car and saw a blindingly bright round or possibly oval shaped orb hovering in the sky. It was hard to tell what shape it was because it was so bright. I thought it might be a drone or a helicopter with bright lights but it was daylight and I don't see how either of those could make that kind of light. We kept our eyes on it the whole time and it just disappeared.
February 11, 2023 · 4:00 AM · SPHERE
Lincoln, NE
It started in early December. Stuart, Iowa at 4am. I noticed 3 lights that looked like stars. They would move slowly one direction to another, dimming and brightening in sequence, going different directions, usually horizontal, but sometimes doing strange S maneuvers. Sometimes it's one, or two, up to three. I drive trucks for work on the same route, so I saw them every morning. After January 1, my route changed. I saw these things in the exact same spot, 200 miles west in York, Nebraska. Then at my home in Lincoln, Nebraska. I checked flight radar and satellite trackers to find nothing. Given the distance and angle, they have to be out of our atmosphere. But what would maneuver like this?? I found a video matelast month, where two jetliners reported exactly the same thing to ATC. The objects were high above the planes, which adds to my conclusion. The video even played the ATC controller questioning someone above her that also showed nothing on radar. As of this morning, it's been at least two months of this. I took some night mode shots with my phone, but they're only 3-5 second shutter. I brought out my big camera and set to a 10 second shutter and managed to capture two of them in one shot. It's driving me legitimately crazy seeing them every single night with no explanation. My coworkers have also witnessed them.
February 10, 2023 · 5:33 PM · SPHERE
Grain Valley, MO
I was out back having a cigarette. I was looking directly East into the clear blue sky when I noticed the sun reflecting off something flying in the sky. I've had sightings out here before but not in daylight so I immediately pulled my phone out to film it and zoom in to get a better view. We have a small airport in our city so I wanted to make sure it wasn't a plane or helicopter. I zoomed in and could not make heads or tails of what the object was or even the shape and it wasn't making any noise. Behind the object, higher up in altitude, you can see a commercial plane and the two look nothing alike. The object travelled from South Southeast heading North Northwest and after a few minutes vanished from sight. The whole sighting was maybe 2-3 minutes total with 1 minute of it filmed on my phone.
February 9, 2023 · 3:23 PM · SPHERE
Escondido, CA
I was flying my drone for a contract in a residential neighborhood. I had my drone above a house at about 50’ AGL. While I was looking up at my drone at an upward 70 degree angle toward the east, I saw an extremely small spherical white object with no other distinguishing features moving eastward in a straight line smoothly and rapidly at the same altitude. My estimate is that the sphere was at 2000’ AGL and moving at about 500 mph. I continued to track it with my eyes until I could no longer see it for about 30 seconds. I expected to hear sound from the object but I did not. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to record photos or videos. If I looked away I assumed I would lose sight of the object.
February 9, 2023 · 10:30 AM · SPHERE
Creede, CO
@ 1030am ,Feb.09,2023. Noticed a metallic object that appeared high in my line of sight. Nearly at the top of my windshield and driver's window. Driving a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado pick up truck. Object appeared to be traveling at an oblique angle from the west.Southwest of Bristol Head tower face to south east towards Pagosa Springs. I was at mile marker 34 traveling west towards Creede. The object appeared to have a frontal appearance of a jet liner. Even though it was traveling left to right. When I pulled over, I was using a Vortex Solo monocular. 8x36 power. The object was now to my right and in front of me. Object never displayed length. No wings,no rudder, and , no tail section. I was only able to watch for a few seconds before the object went behind a single cotton ball shaped cloud. No other clouds in the area. Just this one. I thought I would observe this object as it exited the cloud. Object never showed itself. Up or down or left or right. After a minute or so, the cloud broke up and completely disappeared. Still no object . The whole time,the object never made a sound. Even when it was in front of me. Object left no contrails. Object was high,but,not that high.I am at @ 9300 feet elevation. Creede is @12 miles east of this location.
February 9, 2023 · 3:45 AM · SPHERE
Montgomery, AL
We were flying from DFW to MCO when we heard chatter on guard about some flying objects circling in the east. They said to look about 30 degrees up on the windshield and to the east. We did and we immediately spotted them. They flew fast and flew multiple directions. They would come close to each other then split off in various positions. They looked the size and color of a satellite yet they flew very odd patterns.
February 7, 2023 · 1:30 PM · SPHERE
Augusta, ME
Two round orb-like glowing objects came straight down from thin clouds. They hovered there for 30-45 seconds then went straight back up into the clouds. There was a plane flying as well but way ahead of the orbs.
February 6, 2023 · 7:28 PM · SPHERE
MOORESVILLE, NC
Adult white male, age 65, taking night sky pictures from his front porch. Facing east / northeast. Turquoise / greenish orb seen in the north east, moving up and closer into the east. Successive picture captures the change in altitude and appears moving closer. Path seems to be consistent, not erratic. Within a few minutes orb is gone.
February 6, 2023 · 7:15 PM · SPHERE
Memphis, TN
I was sitting outside during work in a parking lot with a group of 3 other friends. It was dark and I was facing west talking to 2 friends who were facing towards me. All of a sudden, fairly low in the sky I see a large green orb appear. It then darts westward over the Mississippi River and then blinks and disappears. It moved so fast. The other friend who was next to me stated that he saw a light pop up out for the corner of his eye and saw a green ball going through the sky. It seemed to low and fast to be a comet.
February 6, 2023 · 10:25 AM · SPHERE
Brantford, ON · Canada
While sitting on my balcony, spotted 5 silver sphere's, that looked like balloons. They appeared very high in the sky, and were moving from North Brantford, to my sighting, in the East end of Brantford. They were in no particular order, but all moving in the same direction. There was also, one sphere, that looked as though it had a string attached, pulling another sphere, that was not far underneath it. Their movement was smooth, in one direction, and it took about 4-5 minutes, until they were out of sight. I was hoping to catch them on my phone, but they were out of sight, too soon. I will be making several more trips out on my balcony today, trying to capture an image or video, if I see these again.