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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
July 31, 2016 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Bamber Lakes, NJ
Alternating blue and red lights that at time went all red and then all blue. Craft was due west of our location, in a position just above the tree line. It sped very quickly from side to side, and diagonal, and up and down. It moved so very fast that it took your eyes a split second to re-adjust when it stopped. When it stopped the lights would alternate from blue to red. It suddenly sank below the tree line, and we lost sight of it. We both got into my pickup truck and rode over to Bamber Lake to try to catch another glimpse but it was gone. The lights were very intense in brightness as the light omitted from an arc welder.
July 31, 2016 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Winnemucca, NV
Myself, my daughter, her husband, and my three grand kids, 7, 10 and 11, just witnessed three bright white lights appear in the sky over Winnemucca, NV, at approximately 8:30 pm, as we were looking North. Three just appeared. Two were moving around near each other slowly, the third was to the left, sitting still. All three stayed stationary, not drifting with the wind. A fourth light appeared in between the first three, moving fast from East to West, and disappeared after it passed by the others. The remaining three lights began to go dim until after about thirty seconds were not visible. Moments later a plane or jet came from the South West and flew directly to the same area.
July 30, 2016 · 11:20 PM · LIGHT
Marlinton, WV
For some reason, witness indicates that the date is approximate. Contact information is flawed. Possible hoax?? PD
July 30, 2016 · 11:15 PM · LIGHT
Foristell, MO
My husband and I witnessed what I initially thought was a star, SW of our location, until the star began to move erratically. It stayed in basically the same location but would move in a circle or quickly dart to the right or left. The object was low in the sky but looked to be as far away from earth as a star. We watched it for about 15 minutes. We looked through binoculars and could tell it had red and green/blue lights that flashed occasionally. We do not have anything else powerful enough to have seen it clearly. Twinkling star? PD
July 30, 2016 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Corpus Christi, TX
Blue light. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 30, 2016 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
New Orleans, LA
Too slow to be planes. Occasionally in different formations. Then slowly winked out. Others were taking pics and videos. I watched from the French Quarter.
July 30, 2016 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Deer Park, NY
At approximately 9:15 pm tonight, 7/30/16, my wife and I were driving home from Deer Park, NY. It had been raining most of the afternoon and part of the evening, when the rain subsided, and the skies finally started to clear a bit. Suddenly, directly above me and in front headed West to East, I saw a series of red lights in the sky. It looked like a zig zag pattern that made like a contellation type of pattern... tough to describe! Only it was not a constellation, but rather a series of triangular red and white lights. There were over 20 of these and then gradually it became only 4 and then 0. I called my in laws to run out and see this. They stepped onto their patio and witnessed the same! Both my inlaws and I tried to get an image or fil on our phones, but were unable to do so. The lights were not faint...they were very bright red lights. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Thank you, Peter! Will do! I wrote to Newsday as well in Long Island. Will see what comes up. Regards, ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM))
July 30, 2016 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Tinley Park, IL
I am a 53 yr old female and have seen strange lights in the sky over the years, but nothing like this! I scrambled to get camera and video but could only get some still shots due to memory and low batteries. Over the course of about 15 minutes, I observed at least 25 red orange lights coming over my yard low and silent. They came from the northeast and most traveled Southwest, with a few veering off to the west and south. They would come over one or two at a time. I was so excited, I started flashing some patio lights and in response I believe, one of the craft shut its light off. I could then see that there was a much larger circular shaped dark object where the light had been. Another one shut its light off a bit later and that time it looked more rectangular and flat to me. I was left wondering who was that? Us or them? Is that our government testing things or is that something from a place far away? I waited this year to see if they would come back on the same day but nothing. My photos only look like fuzzy lights, but show the red orange color and I have some shots with 2 lights, time stamps 9 PM to 9:10
July 30, 2016 · 7:16 PM · LIGHT
South Africa · South Africa
me and my brother was sitting ouside looking at stars when we noticed two stars moving at first we thought we were seeing things but then we reliezed that it was two bright white objects fying in the sky and a third one following behind them two but once the third one caught up they all three turned a bright red orange cool and desappeared after a bright flash, they were flying in a way that i guess defy's the laws of physics. as in they were moving up and down and side to side and moved from star to star in a faster time any known crafts
July 30, 2016 · 7:15 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalAthis-Mons, Ile-de-France · France
Le 30 juillet 2016 vers 19h15, un témoin observe depuis sa voiture arrêtée au feu rouge sur la RN7 à Athis-Mons, à proximité immédiate de l'aéroport de Paris-Orly, un phénomène lumineux dans le ciel situé sur sa gauche alors qu'il se dirige vers le nord en direction du carrefour permettant l'accès à la station-service du centre commercial voisin. Le phénomène est décrit comme une forme ronde très brillante, comparable à une balle de ping-pong tenue à bout de bras, apparaissant stationnaire pendant environ une minute avant de se déplacer lentement puis de disparaître très rapidement en ligne droite. Le ciel est dégagé et le témoin indique la présence d'avions dans le secteur pendant l'observation. La position du témoin, située à très faible distance des pistes d'Orly, se trouve dans un secteur où les aéronefs en approche peuvent être observés à faible distance angulaire. L'analyse du questionnaire et du croquis indique que le témoin se dirigeait vers le nord sur la RN7 et observait vers l'ouest sur sa gauche, direction correspondant à la zone située à l'ouest des pistes. Dans cette configuration, un aéronef arrivant vers l'aéroport depuis l'ouest dans la phase de guidage radar précédant l'alignement final peut apparaître quasiment dans l'axe de vision de l'observateur. Le témoin décrit un objet extrêmement lumineux, sans ailes visibles ni feux clignotants. Cette description est compatible avec l'observation d'un avion vu presque de face, les puissants phares d'atterrissage pouvant apparaître comme un point très lumineux dans le ciel et masquer visuellement la structure de l'appareil à distance. Dans ce type de configuration, les ailes et les feux de navigation peuvent être difficilement perceptibles, ce qui peut donner l'impression d'un objet circulaire isolé. La séquence décrite par le témoin (immobilité apparente suivie d'un déplacement lent puis d'un départ très rapide) est également compatible avec un effet de perspective lié à la vitesse angulaire d'un aéronef observé presque dans l'axe de sa trajectoire. Lorsque l'avion se rapproche dans cet axe, son déplacement apparent dans le ciel peut sembler très faible, donnant l'impression d'un phénomène stationnaire. Dès que l'angle d'observation évolue, par exemple lors d'un léger changement de cap ou lorsque l'appareil quitte la géométrie frontale par rapport à l'observateur, le déplacement angulaire devient soudain plus important et peut être perçu comme une accélération très rapide. Les données météorologiques disponibles pour l'heure de l'observation indiquent un vent dominant de secteur nord-ouest de l'ordre de 9 à 15 km/h. Bien que cette direction de vent conduise généralement à l'utilisation des pistes orientées vers l'ouest (piste 25), la vitesse du vent reste relativement faible et la configuration d'exploitation d'un aéroport peut être maintenue ou modifiée pour des raisons opérationnelles. Dans ces conditions, l'utilisation d'une approche vers l'est (piste 06), impliquant des aéronefs arrivant depuis l'ouest, demeure compatible avec les conditions météorologiques observées. Compte tenu de la proximité immédiate de l'aéroport d'Orly, de la géométrie de l'observation, des caractéristiques lumineuses décrites et des effets perceptifs bien connus associés à l'observation d'un avion vu presque dans l'axe de sa trajectoire, le phénomène observé apparaît compatible avec les feux d'atterrissage d'un aéronef en phase d'approche vers l'aéroport. En conséquence, l'hypothèse la plus plausible pour expliquer l'observation est celle d'un aéronef en approche dans le circuit d'arrivée de Paris-Orly, dont les phares d'atterrissage ont été perçus comme un point lumineux intense, donnant au témoin l'impression d'un objet circulaire stationnaire puis s'éloignant rapidement. Il n'a toutefois pas été possible, faute de données radar disponibles pour exploitation, d'identifier précisément l'aéronef. Nous signalons toutefois que la proximité immédiate de l'aéroport d'Orly est sujet à une constante surveillance par la sureté aérienne. Toute observation d'un PAN aurait été traitée comme une anomalie répertoriée. Le GEIPAN classe ce cas d'observation en « B » : probable observation d' un avion en approche vers l'aéroport de Paris-Orly dont les phares d'atterrissage ont été observés presque dans l'axe de trajectoire. [GEIPAN classification B — Aéronef]
July 30, 2016 · 10:30 AM · LIGHT
Ten Mile, TN
Seen 2 light ball shape UFO dancing in circular motion and one disapeared and other went in different direction.two more light ball formation side by side one went up and other went down and in seconds there was a big flash of light in sky.
July 29, 2016 · 9:49 PM · LIGHT
Riverside, CA
At approximately 21:49 (I checked my phone, after the event), while swimming, in our pool, my wife and I witnessed two very large balls of pure white light following one another, about 3 seconds apart. They appeared as two low points of light, travelling South, in a straight line, grew very bright in intensity, then faded rapidly. My wife told me, "I wouldn't have believed you, if I hadn't seen them, myself". These objects appeared to be "in atmosphere" and well above normal commercial aircraft traffic (all air traffic is East West, in this airspace). No blinking, or colored lights. Oddly enough, I've seen single balls of light, on the same trajectory, about once a month, for the past 2 years. This was odd, to see two lights, following one another.
July 29, 2016 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
Clarence Center, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 29, 2016 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Roseburg, OR
Starting at 21:15 hours a light coming from the SW heading NE about 15 thousand feet high.There were no blinking lights or strobes like on Commercial Aircraft. Then a Fast Plane intercepted the light about ten miles past Roseburg we thought there would be a in flight Collision. The jet headed South towards Klamath Falls. Then at 21:30 hours, two lights just appeared above Roseburg, at about 10,000 feet, then the lights went out a minute later they came on and we're moving slow then they went out again then they came on and moved North West and disappeared at about 21:35 hours.
July 29, 2016 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Marlborough, MA
I was looking for the north star with friends when I spotted a star near the horizon line that appeared much brighter than any other star. I began to suspect it was not a star at all because it was flickering/pulsating in a way I had never seen before, and appeared almost reddish. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me and alerted my two friends who were with me, when suddenly we all saw it begin to steadily move up in the sky, at which point we saw another, much dimmer light moving away from the big light and disappear. The light moved quickly back and forth and went in circles in the sky for about two hours, its movements could almost be described as wobbly. We noticed it looked almost like it was reflecting something beneath it, as though there was something bigger there that we couldn't see. Around an hour in all of us noticed that it was getting dimmer, as though it was getting farther away, but it never disappeared. When we left to go to sle! ep it was still out there. Earlier that night while stargazing my friends and I had witnessed a bright flash in the sky that was not a shooting star or lightning. I'm not sure if this is significant or not but around an hour before this took place my two friends and I had taken a walk through the woods and noticed that there were a TON of owls out. I've never heard that many owls before in my entire life. Not sure if this counts as "Animals responding to the event" or not but there you have it. Lastly I noticed this morning that I have a small circular bruise on my wrist that was not there earlier that night. Again, not sure if this is significant or not. I cannot say for sure whether or not time went missing.
July 28, 2016 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Centralia, WA
They are still moving. Different directions. Coming from different ways. They look like moving stars.
July 28, 2016 · 5:55 PM · LIGHT
Milner (Canada), BC · Canada
I was looking towards the back lawn and a rolling rapid white light moved rapidly across the lawn. I saw it very clearly. I don't drink or do drugs and l consider myself rational and sane, educated. I stopped my conversation, as l witnessed this as l was trying to process what l just saw. I am still not certain, but l am open minded, and l do believe in the paranormal. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 28, 2016 · 3:00 PM · LIGHT
Demotte, IN
We were traveling in a car when we saw it out the windows. My father was driving and my mother and I asked him to stop but he only slowed down and then the light was out of sight in about 10 seconds. I could describe the intensity and color of the light as looking like those high intensity headlights with the bluish tint that we have all been blinded by while driving. This was no car though because it was up in the trees clearly visible moving fast along the tree tops in a straight line and there is not a road in that direction. The object emitted no sound.
July 28, 2016 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Howe, OK
I went walking far away from my house across the highway in the back roads to a field. after I turned on my flashlight because it was really dark. I looked up in the tree with my flashlight and I could barley see it but it was a light that got really bright it seemed to me like it was aurora bright. it shined through the tree and i could tell because of my flashlight with in 2 to 4 seconds it disappeared with no sound at all it seemed like. I tried to hurry fast and look passed the tree to actually see it and it could have been a spiral light but im not sure at all really it was some where between 12:00 to 3:00 when i seen that.
July 27, 2016 · 11:15 PM · LIGHT
Hermiston, OR
Light seen flying north towards Washington. As the light started to dim, it shot to the left and vanished. When I first noticed it was moving pretty fast but when it shot to the left it happened in a second. I'm surprised I saw it at the end. Looked like a laser. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 27, 2016 · 10:40 PM · LIGHT
Salt Lake City, UT
Space debris. PD
July 27, 2016 · 10:40 PM · LIGHT
Lindon, UT
Chinese rocket re-entry. PD
July 27, 2016 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
DeSmet, ID
I believe it was around 10:30 pm, the time may be off but it was dark and moonless. What I later learned to be the star Altair (Aquila constellation) caught my eye. I thought it was a satellite - it was moving from the right toward Tarazed and Alshain, and I half consciously took note of how the triangle of the three changed shape as it got closer. I was surprised when it stopped between them… I checked it out again tonight and it is stationary. Chinese rocket re-entry. PD
July 27, 2016 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
La Mesa, CA
While traviling from chula vista to el cajon on the freeway me and my girlfrind clearly seen a bright buleish bright light coming from the left of the sky at a low altitude faster than any other aircraft in our area anyways it ended up sudenly desending and what it apeared to do wadsplit into two flying objects decending together into the side of mt helix you know where the cross is on the moutain we forsure thought it was gonna crash and some explosion was gonna light the sky up but nothing the just went staight into the moutain together at a fast rate .... Weird Chinese rocket re-entry. PD