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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.
139,459 entries
October 13, 2023 · 7:42 PM · LIGHT
Spotswood, NJ
Swarm of 12-15 lights with a slight orange or red glow flying at a medium slow pace to the southwest. All lights were flying at the same speed but at different altitudes. They were flying low over the horizon, from my perspective they were just above the tree tops to about 35-60 degrees moving left to right. There was no sound that I could detect that I could attribute to the lights. There were no blinking lights. There was a slight twinkle to the lights similar to the kind of atmospheric disturbance one sees with stars. A few others were standing in the street watching. I captured video of the phenomenon but cannot seem to attach it to this form. If you would like me to send the video please contact me.
October 13, 2023 · 7:40 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedTurnerTown/Overton, TX
We are a crew of two, in a EMS unit (ambulance) heading westbound on 64 approaching turnertown when a large light appeared about 200 feet above the tree line. We reduced speed as we observed it speculating what it could be, we can confidently rule out any conventional aircraft (helicopter, planes) and we were assuming a possible meteor. As the light appeared closer it appeared to be shrouded in smoke but not leaving a trail. We lost sight of it briefly before turning down a county road when it came back into view, it was a clear bright light/orb and now nearing the tree line when it made a abrupt 180 degree turn and starting flying now westbound, then vanished. Even more curious when it completed such a maneuver it left behind a very distinct smoke ring that quickly dissipated. This was just as the sun just set over the horizon and it was generally dark. We then pulled over, got out of the ambulance to observe the sky with no further sighting. No sounds such as propulsion or bangs were heard. We as a 911 EMS crew frequently observe and land helicopters and are aware of different aircraft. We are objective and non-assuming but through our own observations cannot explain this with anything we are familiar with especially once the object made a direct 180 turn, at speed and vanished. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:36 PM · DISK
IdentifiedHastings OK, OK
I was sitting outside and saw a strange lighted object in the sky traveling from the northwest to the southeast. I recorded it and put it on my YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/I7AX7jqgGRo?si=CSipesRLNYs5FD-7 Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:36 PM · OTHER
IdentifiedNoble, OK
Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:36 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedSandia, TX
On October 13, 2023, my daughter and I sighted a bright light heading in a southernly direction. First thought was an airplane with its landing light on. As the object got closer it was engulfed in vapor, and then it appeared the vapor traveled in front of the object in a perfect circle. It continued across the sky never changing directions but still ingulfed in this vapor. It went into the clouds, and we lost sight of it. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Reflection - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · SPHERE
Texarkana, AR
I thought it was a star until I saw slight motion and realized it was hovering over my neighborhood. I was sure it was a helicopter in a cloud but it didn’t move like a helicopter and there was no noise. I stood paralyzed because I couldn’t make sense out of it, I grabbed my phone and got one picture was trying to record it as I ran down my street following it, it was moving across the sky, not away from me. It disappeared. I’ve lived here for 11 years and I’m familiar with the air traffic and I watch the stars at night from my back yard. Not a star, not a plane, not a helicopter, not a drone, not a balloon. Ive never made a report.
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
Clifton, TX
On a cloudless night while sitting on my back porch watching the sunset, a ball of bright diffused white light passed from west to east at the general speed of a jet but without any blinking lights and no noise. It was much lower and brighter than a high flying jet. At one point, a donut shaped plume could be seen moving out in front (not behind) of the light ball. As it passed overhead, the diffused light in front could be seen but the light source was no longer visible. I have a one minute video. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Possible]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedPerrin, TX
I stepped out on my back porch which face is south. I looked up into the sky to the west and saw a Fuzzy bright light traveling at a higher rate of speed from west to east. At one point it shot a cone of mist or vapor out in front of it. There was no clouds in the sky and other aircraft near it, or not fuzzy, or as bright, nor traveling as fast. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · SPHERE
Fort Worth, TX
Bright fixed, white light with gradient of same color coming from center. Brighter than star, believed it to be Jupiter/Mars. After 2 minutes, began traversing slowely from 1 o’ clock orientation of the highway to the other side in sight of all the vehicles driving home westbound on I30. As light was traversing, encircling gradient of light become more diffuse and larger in diameter, and brightness of middle waxed and waned, like a revolving light, but aura maintained intensity. Lastly, a slightly visible cone-like projection of light was passed from the object, shaped like that of the cone that comes off an aircraft when breaking the sound barrier, but moved ahead of the craft with increasing distance. The middle of the objects focal light then dimmed with the aura/gradient of light remaining, followed by the aura fading from the sky. No trace of what was seen remained in the sky. Never have I seen such a thing as this, but don’t believe it to be a helicopter or airplane due to the quirks of the focal light changing in relation to the gradient of light and the pace of movement in relation to the intensity of the light, most notable the visual cone of light/air/material emitted from the object in the same orientation as the object, moving at a greater speed than the object, and dimming away from visibility. Many, many witnesses on I30 westbound to Fort Worth between exits to Fielder Rd and Cooks Rd at 1935 (7:35 PM); drivers on the highway traveling home. Airplane in the sky at 10 o’ clock during event with flashing red light, highly notable as an aircraft, distinctly familiar and very different in quality to the object of light seen. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Possible]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedSour Lake, TX
Around 7:30 pm 10/13/23 my wife and I were driving west on Hwy 105 towards Sour Lake, TX. I saw a really bright light that looked like it was moving south but thought nothing of it other than it reminding me that the eclipse was going to be tomorrow. I grabbed my phone to look up what time it was supposed to be. At that moment my wife asked me what that light was so I stopped looking up the eclipse and was watching the light because it oddly traveled a good distance telling her it wasn't a planet because it was moving and not an airplane because it had no blinking lights. While we were both watching, it seemed to have a blast ring come off of it then just disappeared. It was already dark out so we didn't see a shape only the light and we were driving so no sound was heard. Only the "blast ring" before it disappeared is what really made me go, "WTF?". It was very clear and distinct. I wish I would've thought to catch it on video. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedRichardson, TX
Glowing ball travels across the sky, blows smoke ring in front of its path and fades into the clouds after 40 seconds of visibility Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · CIRCLE
Identifiedround rock, TX
We were outside of a restaurant and we spotted a large ball/circle of light we almost thought it was the moon but knew it wasn’t when we saw it moving pretty fast. It then shot a circle of air or gas in front of itself while also moving forward. Later it split into 2 different crafts while still moving it was also COMPLETELY silent. No sound at all. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedEureka Springs, AR
Walking to the car, my mother and I both noticed a very bright light flying from west to east to the south of us. It was low in the sky and seemed maybe only a mile or two away. At first we thought it might be a helicopter, but we realized quickly it was a solid light with no blinking signal lights and no apparent shape other than the orb of light. As it flew, it emitted what looked like a plume of light/fog/smoke into the direction it flew, and then the single light seemed to break into two. For a minute or so our view of it was partially obscured by a large tree (unfortunately this is where I stopped filming). We watched it emerge from the other side of the tree, then it suddenly disappeared. A murky cloud seemed to be left in its place, which continued moving at the same pace and trajectory, but shortly thereafter the cloud disappeared too. It was a perfectly clear night, we saw plenty of stars and not a single cloud in the sky. We heard no sound from the orb. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalWichita, KS
We saw a (1) bright slow pulsing northern like star with a constant plume or atmospheric vapor surrounding the object, descending downward as we drove westward on KS-96 at 7:30 - 7:35p on October 13th, 2023. Right before it took off it emitted a large halo plume that appeared to be cloud height. This is currently being reported as a spaceX launch, but if that’s true, the object didn’t appear to be more then a couple thousand feet in the air. The additional spotting(s) in Oklahoma and Texas were reported later than 7:30p (closer to 8pm there) so that has me wondering if we all were seeing the same thing at the same time, or was this same aircraft being spotted later since we saw it dart off to the east? The light was a warmish white color and pulsated brighter at times, but the plume surrounding the light gave it a very “God-like” radiance. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedDallas, TX
There was lighted orb in the sky, it emitted a circle of energy that went out horizontally from the center of the orb. We took out our phone and took a picture and a video. Video was started after it had emitted the energy. It then went way out into the distance looking like a star Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · OVAL
IdentifiedIrving, TX
I think I saw an UFO around 7:30pm in Las Colinas Irving on the lake Carolyn. This is what I saw: I saw a big smoke (smoke appeared suddenly) like cloud spreading and I saw something a shell shaped object in the center of the smoke. The smoke was spreading widely and disappeared. Once the smoke disappeared or cleared the smoke around the object in the center it started traveling straight towards left (when I am facing the smoke). It looked like a star or light when it started traveling. This happened above the lake. Not only me there was another older couple 3 feet away from me they also saw what I saw. I felt like something (UFO) suddenly came from above then released/created a smoke around it then once the smoke was cleared and disappeared it started traveling like a light. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:34 PM · CHANGING
IdentifiedAustin, TX
Fuzzy light moving rapidly through sky on clear evening then slowed and a ring of smoke appeared … continued to be fuzzy and moved in different direction Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:32 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedAustin, TX
Orb light with haze around it Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:32 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedPflugerville, TX
My wife and I saw a bright circle in the sky similar to a star, except it was brighter and formed a perfect circular shape. It appeared to be moving very quickly. It released smoke or gas in the air, which was released in a circular form, similar to someone blowing a ring a smoke from a cigarette. It was flying higher than commercial aircraft at the same time. It was moving southwest from 78660 at approximately 1930 on 13 October 2023. My fear was that it could be releasing hazardous toxins in the air. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:30 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedSmithdale MS, MS
My name is ((name deleted)) 601-((number deleted)) Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedDallas, TX
It was like a sphere light I thought it's a helicopter but it was not It came closer as seen in video and I couldn't figure out how far it is. I could easily estimate the planes distances from love field airport but I couldn't even estimate its distance. I didn't see any iron or any attachment. It was just light. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedPaden, OK
My family and I had just finished dinner outdide on a cool, clear autumn night. My son had just pulled out his night vision goggles to look for coyotes and other night creatures. I had been wanting to look through them myself. As I said this I suddenly noticed a large light in the northwestern sky, which was a little hazy. I thought it looked strange. Not a normal airplane or other aircraft. Bigger, solid light. I pointed it out and my wife and son saw it too. As it flew just west of my property, it suddenly spewed some sort of illuminated "material." My wife and I were shocked. It then vanished from view. Never seen anything like it. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:03 PM · SPHERE
Green Valley, AZ
My wife and I observed a brightly glowing orb 1-3 feet in diameter moving slowly (30 mph) from east to west about a hundred feet off the ground at 7:04 PM. Immediately after passing overhead it suddenly disappeared, seemingly jetting into infinity without making a sound. Streetlights and night lights are restricted in our area due a nearby telescope on Mt. Hopkins making night viewing optimal. We are accustomed to watching for aircraft in the night sky on a regular basis and frequently use the "Flightradar" app on my iPhone to identify aircraft and helicopters in our region. At first glance we thought it was a drone, but a complete lack of noise and the round, brightly-glowing orb shape with undefined edges were unfamiliar. The floresent 'glow' it gave off was as bright as burning posphorous, much brighter than a floodlight or car headlight. It was difficult to determine the exact height above the ground because we were uncertain about the diameter of the sphere. We are accustomed to viewing, satellites, planets, meteorites, aircraft of all types. Most of our lives we have lived in the presence of coyotes. Just before the orb appeared, we heard the loudest outburst of multiple coyotes howling ever experienced.
October 13, 2023 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Sonoita, Arizona, AZ
I wish I had a camera. My brother-in-law and I both witnessed a bright light flying across the sky from east to west at a very rapid pace. My background is unmanned aerial systems for the United States Army. His background does not relate to the event. The light was white, and the object emitted no sound. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. And I witnessed rocket launches in South Korea. I know what a high-speed rocket looks like I know what a normal aircraft looks like and I know what high-performance aircraft look like…this was not any of those things. Shooting stars don’t fly that low.