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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.
3,437 entries
September 25, 2019 · 2:30 PM · CIGAR
Cooke City, MT
On the 25.09.2019 at 14:30 My Wife and I were driving from Coke City/MT towards Yellow Stone on High Way 212. As the road was long and straight, I asked my Wife to take a photo of the long straight road ahead. On the Sunday 10.11.2019, around 15:00 c.e.t. we were processing our photos to decide which ones to include in our holiday album, which we noticed a dark object in one of the photos. When compared with the second photo of the same view and taken only a few seconds after, the flying object had vanished. The object seen was dark, long in shape, but had an aerodynamic shape overall. The flying object is seen above a mountain ridge, which is covered in some pine trees but there also bare rock. The road is straight with Pine trees on each side. There is a pick up ahead of our vehicle, which travels a short distance between the time the first and second photo was taken. The flying object is definitely not a conventional aircraft(Helicopter or plane). Is not a smudge or dirt on the car windscreen.
September 21, 2019 · 6:30 AM · CIGAR
Oakdale, CA
I saw a plane when looking up to the north, it was to right side in the sky with contrails going south. Then I noticed a cigar shaped object to the left of the plane with no contrails. Looked silver in the sky. I tried to get my phone out of my pocket to get a video and then is shot away. Time was around 6:30.
September 20, 2019 · 3:30 PM · CIGAR
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
Friday September 20, 2019. I looked out my window in Brooklyn, NY, and saw a very clear trail of exhaust in the sky. Out of curiosity I stood by the window observing and marking the time down. I happen to live in an area where airplanes regularly fly on a few set routes and I have gotten to know their pace/speed and general flight paths (severe weather permitting). There are also frequently helicopters flying slightly lower in the sky than the planes. The craft leaving behind a clear and consistent trail was moving at a remarkable speed . I almost felt as if I'd miss the entire event altogether. The craft showed a clear and low starting point and moved upwards into the sky and then proceeded to stay level at a certain altitude but moved rapidly from West to East. When it reached a certain area which I believe was over Queens, the trail abruptly stopped and the silver object leading it vanished. I continued to watch for its reappearance but it did not resurface. At this point I then saw another identical object do the exact same thing from the exact same starting point. This happened a total of 3 times with completely identical stories. The entire time was about 30 minutes but the individual flight for each was under a minute and the craft must have traveled miles during this time. The trails left behind were still strong and did not disappear or fade at all for at least an hour. As I mentioned earlier, I am also near airplane flight paths and the difference in speed between the two was too great to ignore. I also observed several, at least 3, black helicopters which seemed to be monitoring and following this event. One more craft started from the same point, this is a 4th, and was the same color and size and shape but instead of going West to East, it traveled upwards (North). The details are identical to the above statement but it happened about 30 minutes after I observed the first three which occurred pretty much one after the other every 10 minutes. I did not see any lights, I did not hear any noises or witness anything aside from what I have listed above.
September 19, 2019 · 7:00 AM · CIGAR
Orange, TX
was searching youtube. when this was found
September 17, 2019 · 7:55 PM · CIGAR
Nashville, TN
While sitting outside stargazing watching heavy plane traffic, I noticed a craft thin and long with 3 amber/orange lights with no visible strobe. It was moving west to east at a "normal" speed. When the craft was exactly due east of my location - and I had determined it defiantly did not have strobes in a blink of an eye changed direction to going straight up increased speed and vanished in less than a second.
September 10, 2019 · 12:00 PM · CIGAR
Everett, WA
I looked east outside my window and saw two cigar shaped objects in the distance above the cloud line rising up what I can say is disappearing into the sky.
September 9, 2019 · 7:00 PM · CIGAR
New Franklin, OH
On September 9, 2019, in New Franklin, Ohio. about 7pm my daughter and I saw, what at first we thought was an airplane. It had caught our attention because of how wide it was. We realized it didn’t appear to have wings. It was moving from the west, heading east. It was pretty high up in the air but very visible. It was silver and shaped like a cigar. It was traveling at a very steady, fast pace. We were able to see it fly as it flew the length of the sky. There did not appear to be any windows. The sky was very blue and clear at the time. We could not hear any sound or see any visible exhaust.
September 9, 2019 · 6:45 PM · CIGAR
Lakewood, OH
I would like to preface this account to state that everything happened so quickly that I can not say with complete certainty what I saw. The account below will be on the long side, but I am attempting to be clear in what I know for sure and what is a little hazy. The experience was very surprising and almost surreal. After thinking about the experience for the past week and talking with several people about it, I remain confident that what I saw is not explained by any object that I am aware of (bird, plane, helicopter, drone). In the early evening of Tuesday, September 19, 2019, I was out for a walk with my five-year old son. We were outside in part because there were thousands of dragonflies in our front yard and the yards nearby. I have never seen anything like that. When I got home from work, I had noticed quite a few flying around. Over the next hour or so, they became more and more numerous. Around 6:30pm, I took my son outside to see them. We then went for a walk down to Lake Erie. As we were walking back to our house, I kept looking around at the dragonflies which were everywhere. At 6:45pm (+/- 10 minutes), we were several hundred feet west of our house in a relatively open area. The sky was clear, with very few/no clouds. As I looked up in the sky, I saw a moving object in the south sky. I immediately noticed its very fast pace. I could not associate it with anything such as a plane, helicopter, or bird. My first thought was that it was a drone, based on its apparent size and distance away. We see small drones in the area from time to time, but they usually move somewhat erratically, slowly, and always seem to have blinking lights. As I tried to process what I was seeing, I realized that it was moving as if it was an arrow shot from a bow. There was absolutely no deviation from its course. I noticed no lights. The object appeared to me to be gray and elongated (in the direction of travel). I saw no exhaust or trails. I attempted to listen for a sound, but heard nothing discernible. When I first spotted the object, it was slightly east of due south. It was traveling east/north-east. I would say that it was at an angle of approximately 20 degrees above the horizon. There was no obvious change in its elevation during the time that I saw it. I followed its path until it disappeared from my view just north of due east. There are condo towers east of my neighborhood. They are approximately thirty stories tall. I lost sight of the object when it passed the towers and my sight of it was blocked. After it had passed, I tried to process what I had just seen. I sat down on a bench in our front yard with my son to continue watching the dragonflies. Approximately several minutes later (maybe more), I heard the noise of a large helicopter. Very soon a Chinook helicopter appeared from the east heading almost due west. We see one or often three Chinooks heading east or west out over Lake Erie (1000' north of our house) not infrequently. This one was probably less than 200' north of our house. I haven't seen one so close before. My son and I watched as it passed over, and I rushed to get my phone in camera mode. I was able to snap a photo of it when it was about to disappear behind some trees several hundred feet west of me. Since seeing this, I have tried to figure out what it was that I saw. The speed that it was moving was much greater than anything that I have seen before. I have watched the International Space Station pass over, and this traveled across the sky much, much quicker. My best estimate is that it traveled about two miles during the time that I saw it (5-10 sec...I can't be sure).
September 7, 2019 · 6:00 PM · CIGAR
Hudsonville, MI
While taking a walk with my wife, we saw a slow moving large Cigar shaped craft moving west. It stopped and turned north into a cloud. It looked like a blimp but there were no lights, and I have never seen a blimp turn on a dime the way this did.
September 4, 2019 · 10:21 PM · CIGAR
Alex Frasre Bridge (Canada), BC · Canada
I was traveling on my birthday from Vancouver to Surrey when i saw a strange light in the sky hovering then it made a few fast manouvers up and straight down and started flashing as if it was charging up then i pulled out my phone and as soon as i did this it followed us making crazy maneuvers and stalls and then it was gone.
September 4, 2019 · 7:30 PM · CIGAR
Trenton (Canada), ON · Canada
White cigar, tic tac shaped object moving at a steady pace west to east. Thought it was a plane till it was over me an didn't have wings.
September 3, 2019 · 7:15 PM · CIGAR
Bowling Green, KY
The object was shiny metallic in the shape of a vertical tic/tac or cigar. The sun was setting and it traveled across the sky heading south/southwest. At first I thought it might be a plane making a turn , which would account for its elongated shape, but after several minutes with neither a change of direction (if it were a jet in a banking turn) or a change in shape/orientation....that’s when I realized it had to be something else. I immediately got online to find the location of the space station, it was located near Australia at the time. I guess there is a chance it may have been a low orbit satellite reflecting the setting sun, no way to verify that. My dog barked his head off the entire time it was visible.
August 31, 2019 · 12:34 PM · CIGAR
Philadelphia, PA
I saw a oval/cigar flying object on my way home from a football game. I captured a video of it too. It appears to be flying and spinning at the same time. It appears to be shiny, having a somewhat silver appearance. I believe it was just one craft.
August 30, 2019 · 12:00 AM · CIGAR
Fort Lauderdale, FL
UFO came out of the clouds stayed still for 4 minutes bright orange in color. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 24, 2019 · 3:30 PM · CIGAR
Kent, WA
Watched until it went behind a tall tree line; did not see it come out of the other side.
August 21, 2019 · 7:08 AM · CIGAR
West Warwick, RI
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 21, 2019 · 12:00 AM · CIGAR
Coco/St. Cloud (between), FL
I was driving to Coco, Florida, on Nova Rd south of St Cloud, FL, approximately 25 miles when I saw a cigar shaped object that seemed to be just above the clouds. I thought it was a plane at first but it started glowing orange like the sun it was small light then grew bigger to a real bright light. It took off like a gun shooting very fast projectile all this took about 2 minutes.
August 18, 2019 · 7:00 PM · CIGAR
Kahului, HI
Was driving up country from the Kahului airport in Maui when I looked out the window and saw what looked to be an airplane, but it was moving really fast. I began to point it out to the others in the car when it shot out some exhaust or something and then just disappeared!! Not into clouds or anything , but literally it looked like in star trek when they go into warp speed and disappear!! Wondering if anyone else saw this? Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 17, 2019 · 3:36 PM · CIGAR
Winchendon, MA
8/17/19 3:36 pm In the sky above Stoddard Pond, Winchendon, MA 01475. As I was sitting on my sofa looking up at the sky, I saw large clouds. I noticed, which appeared to be a small black DOT. I have seen airplanes crossing most often West to East. I have seen helicopter flying. I have seen a drone fly by. I have seen many birds, bats, bees, geese flying over the Stoddard Pond. This small black DOT was first stationary in the south sky, which caught my curiosity. As my eyes were locked on this DOT it began to move heading northwest to our house! But maintaining height. After 5 seconds it suddenly changed direction and turned 90 degrees and sped toward the West. Within 2 seconds, it disappeared from my view. By the time I rushed over to the sliding door it was completely gone. When it turned the DOT became like a hot dog - still black. It happened in complete silence. I told my wife, who was sitting next to me but she could not find it probably because of where she was located due to the window casing. At the exact time this object shot off to the west our house security alarm system was triggered. I tried to shut it off by entering the code which worked for 30 seconds, but it came back again and again. Finally, I shut it off by turning off its electrical circuit breaker. This never happened before. I have never seen any object fly so fast. And in total “Silence”.
August 16, 2019 · 8:00 AM · CIGAR
Clanton, AL
Seen white plane, cigar shaped going across sky headed southwest.
August 15, 2019 · 11:00 PM · CIGAR
Tiburon, CA
54 year old father driving with his four year old son south along Tiburon boulevard saw a bright red and orange cigar shaped object pass silently approximately 80 feet over his car. The object looked to be about 24 feet long and 3 feet wide and was glowing violet or purple along its shaft and was brighter red-orange at the end, which appeared to be slightly wider than the rest of the cylinder. The object moved in a straight diagonal path from the Tiburon peninsula at approximately the Hilarita neighborhood at the level of the Saint Hilary School directly over Richardson Bay toward Sausalito and the Golden Gate Bridge. As the object passed over the 2016 Kia Sorento SUV, the satellite radio cut off for a second, the dashboard lights flickered and the motor lost acceleration. The father kept watching the object as long as possible but lost sight of the object over Richardson Bay. He then proceeded to drive south along Tiburon Boulevard through downtown to the end of the peninsula between Tiburon and Angel Island where he looked for the object but saw nothing. He waited at the parking lot across from the Caprice Restaurant for approximately three minutes watching the bridge lights of the Golden Gate Bridge with his young son while the car remained idling and parked with the the car windows down. Suddenly, there was an extremely strong downdraft of wind that moved the trees in different directions as well as a loud whooshing sound. The father immediately closed the car windows and drove out of the lot, returning toward Tiburon downtown. At this point, he realized the entire town was now dark and later learned that a blackout had occurred across most of the county that lasted more than an hour.
August 12, 2019 · 9:31 PM · CIGAR
Pearce, AZ
Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
August 11, 2019 · 3:00 AM · CIGAR
Brigantine, NJ
Around 3am, I saw a "glimmer" but not light or a star, etc.. Cigar shaped, completely dark object flew fast, north to south, directly overhead. No sound, no lights...like a silouette or reflected moonlight bc you could see its form easily. Could not tell height or size only it was probably large and moved at a rate as if you'd see a helicopter fly by, for example. I watched it for about 10 seconds until I couldn't follow its path due flying over Atlantic City (lots of city lights, etc). It was not a plane of any kind and much too fast for a blimp although its dimensions could be explained as such. Not a doubt in my mind that this was a craft and would be near impossible to see if not just happening to be looking at stars in the exact location of its "flight path". Will absolutely be looking more in coming days. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 9, 2019 · 9:10 PM · CIGAR
Macomb, MI
On the evening of August 9, 2019, I observed a cigaresque craft travel very slowly at an extremely high altitude passing across my view of the moon. This was at approximately 9:10 p.m. The craft disappeared into the clouds after roughly 6 seconds and only a few seconds later, a commercial airliner was traveling a perpendicular path to the cigar craft at a lower altitude at regular-plane speed.