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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.
9,368 entries
August 26, 2019 · 12:56 PM · FIREBALL
Warren, OH
Near military airbase, high in sky, object explodes & crashes to the ground, followed quickly by military jet
August 25, 2019 · 11:17 PM · FIREBALL
Bradenton, FL
I was out on my pool lanai, looking up at sky, talking with my brother on my phone, when I noticed an object in the sky that was just still, it was like a vertical rod and just stayed above the pine tree line. I kept my eye on it and just dismissed it as some refection, although I knew that was not possible. I then noticed after about 6 minutes it just disappeared. A few minutes later, what looked like a fireball traveled across the top of my lanai screen I could not believe my eyes I told my brother what I was seeing was unreal and could not be possible. It looked like a miniature meteorite or shooting star, but they don’t travel horizontal across the top of a high pool cage screen. It wobbled a bit and traveled on a steady course and disappeared out of my line of vision. It did not have a trail behind it but looked like the back of a rocket, no noise at all. Very strange and unsettling. I would say it looked like a “flame” around a ball. We live on 10 acres. It was very unsettling.
August 24, 2019 · 8:24 PM · FIREBALL
Cocoa, FL
Wife left pool to get phone and head to front yard to take a picture of object. Within a minute, a second object appeared on the same trajectory. I then when to front yard and informed wife that a second object was about to appear over the house. I went inside and grabbed a digital camera and managed to take one picture when it was lower on the south west horizon.
August 18, 2019 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Rockbridge, VA
I was driving, and then out of the corner of my eye is a red-orange circular orb falling to the ground. It lasted for only about 3 seconds, but fell straight down.
August 16, 2019 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL
Purvis, MS
Bright white light appeared just above tree line. The entire area lit up with a white light. The object moved straight up with accelerating speed. It was very fast and disappeared as it reached directly above us. The object had a domed shape and left a long white tail. There was a blue/green atmospheric ripple in front of the object. Smoke trail was left behind after the object disappeared. Entire sighting of object was about 10 seconds. Smoke trail lasted about 30 seconds.
August 15, 2019 · 9:11 AM · FIREBALL
Lakewood, WA
orange and yellow ball, no sound, seemed to be tad smaller than a golfball size at arm's length.. moved much slower than a plane....traveling sw to east lost in the trees slight angle down.. Time may be wrong. We suspect an evening sighting, but cannot be certain. We will attempt to contact the witness. PD
August 11, 2019 · 5:10 PM · FIREBALL
Perkins, OK
Headed towards the ground at a slight angle really fast. Had a trail/tail behind it. Went down till I couldnt see if from trees blocking view. Was going so fast it seemed like it would have hit the ground, but trees obstructed our veiw.
August 11, 2019 · 1:50 AM · FIREBALL
Palm Springs, CA
I saw a bright orange light appear in the sky, quickly descend towards the earth in a straight line and vanish before reaching the earth’s surface. The object was circular and the size of a dime. While it was in the distance, I could tell the flying object was in Earth’s stratosphere. It appeared the UFO was 20-30km from the ground and exploring the mountains in Palm Springs. I was staying at Sparrow’s Lodge (E Palm Canyon Drive) and was facing South/South-West at the time of the sighting. To me, the most bizarre thing about the sighting was that the UFO was moving quickly towards the earth. I suppose I always imagined UFO’s beaming back to space, not towards us.
August 7, 2019 · 9:00 AM · FIREBALL
Dayton, OH
Saw 5 fire-orange balls of light flying through our neighborhood.
August 5, 2019 · 9:25 PM · FIREBALL
Syracuse, NY
My husband and I were watching baseball and saw lights moving in the sky outside the window. They were slow-moving, red, fireball looking lights, traveling in pairs and moving slowly without sound. More kept appearing. Our neighbor came outside and observed them as well. This continued for about 15 minutes. I have never seen anything quite like this in the night sky before - larger than stars and noiseless. Very strange. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 5, 2019 · 3:00 AM · FIREBALL
Waverly, IA
This ball was bright green, it was so fast as if trying to escape the storm and it was not falling from the sky like an asteroid, nor was there any impact in town which would have sounded like a bomb had it come down and struck something. This was traveling parallel to the boulevard that goes out of town above the electrical wires by approx. 12 feet. I was afraid to tell anyone, and I couldn't think of what calling the police would accomplish. I found about this site just recently. I don't know what I saw, but it seemed intelligent or intelligent driven based on its trajectory and speed and size. I'm wondering if I'm alone in seeing something like this. It doesn't seem to match any other descriptions I've seen on television or heard of on radio pod casts. I'd like to feel there's some normalcy to what I've seen.
August 3, 2019 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Louisville, OH
Looked like a flaming ball shooting fireballs off it then it turned and sped off to the South, no way it was a plane or meteor
August 2, 2019 · 3:40 AM · FIREBALL
Boise, ID
Around 3:40am I was standing on my porch and out of the corner of my eye I saw a flash of orange light over the tree line coinciding with the Boise foothills. For a moment I though it was a lighthouse just by how bright it was, obviously that’s impossible, it just gives you an idea of how forcefully bright this light was. It resembled a ball of bright fire in one stationary place. When I finally realized how strange it was and ruled out any other type of craft or car headlights, I kept staring and saw a very bright fire-like object light up after about 10 seconds of staring, it occured in the same place over what would be the Boise foothills. It looked exactly like a flame except that it became very bright then dimmed until it disappeared. Between its appearance and its disappearance during the sighting that I directly saw, I’d say it appeared for probably 3-4 seconds before dimming and completely disappearing. The strange thing is (as if that wasn’t strange! enough) a shooting star occured directly after it burned out. Both flashes were in the exact same spot and the shooting star was significantly higher in the sky. The best way to explain it would be a circular or oblong, controlled orange/yellow/red fire in the sky. Extremely bright.
August 1, 2019 · 4:45 AM · FIREBALL
New Johnsonville, TN
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 31, 2019 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Chattanooga, TN
While driving down the highway last night, a single bright orange fireball arose vertically over the tree line in the horizon. It glowed brighter and brighter and seemed to increase in size. Once it reached the middle of the sky it began swiftly moving to the right and vanished. It was me, my brother, and my sister. We could not believe our eyes. We could not figure out what it was. As soon as it appeared, it vanished. It left an eerie silence in its wake. Later that night, after I went to bed, I vaguely recall waking up and seeing crazy lights flashing in my window and a hearing a strange rumbling noise. I tried to fully wake up but I couldn’t, it was like I was stuck in a haze. I finally snapped out of the “haze” when my dog jumped on my bed and started wining. I assumed there was a thunderstorm (I thought what I had experienced was lightening and thunder and my dog only whines during storms) but when I checked the weather it was crystal clear.
July 31, 2019 · 9:40 AM · FIREBALL
Millbrook, NY
When we used the app and looked into the phone, it didn’t come up as anything. We looked back to the sky and it had vanished. Mad weird. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 30, 2019 · 12:01 AM · FIREBALL
Southlake, TX
A small, white light entered the atmosphere and flew from left to right for approximately 1 second. It looked almost like a comet (shooting star) except that is not possible, as there is extreme light pollution and only one star is visible in it. It was also too close to the ground to be a commit. 3 people observed the object.
July 27, 2019 · 10:40 PM · FIREBALL
Bellevue, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 27, 2019 · 1:30 AM · FIREBALL
Lexington, OH
Sighting 1 of 2. On July 27th my wife and I were stargazing hoping to see some shooting stars in field just south of Clearfork Reservoir near Lexington, Ohio. The location was perfect with very little light pollution along with clear skies. At approximately 1:30 am I thought I saw what would have been the brightest shooting star I have ever seen entering Earth’s atmosphere, originating from the southwest on a bearing of 045 and 30 degrees above the horizon. The object continued to get brighter and just as I was expecting it to flame out the speed immediately slowed to that of a commercial jetliner and the brightness of a normal star. It continued along a straight line for 5-6 seconds before instantly accelerating to full speed and previous brightness as it left Earth’s atmosphere. To be clear, the object flew in the same path and was visible for approximately 7 seconds in its entirety. I am a former pilot who from The Ohio State University flight school. As a pilot, it is imperative to understand what you are seeing and normal phenomena. I honestly thought this would be the only time I wouldn’t be able to explain a sighting only to be proven wrong, two months later. 2 0f 2 to follow
July 25, 2019 · 9:15 PM · FIREBALL
Surf City, NC
Reddish orange orbs appearing several miles off coast and at least 2 thousand feet above sea and higher. Sometimes one light would appear then a pair side by side similar to the December 2018 sighting in outer banks. Lights appeared intermittently for about an hour.
July 23, 2019 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Grand Terrace, CA
Looking to the east, toward the banning pass, Mt. San Jacinto area, I saw a glowing orange orb like a fireball hovering constant in the sky. While other air traffic with flashing lights passed, the orb stayed in place and began dropping what looked like flares of the same color straight down out of it. Dozens dropped out and they disappeared as if disintegrating toward the ground. The event lasted about a minute, and the orb then faded from view.
July 23, 2019 · 3:10 AM · FIREBALL
Atlantic Ocean (departed from Bayonne, NJ)), -
I’m a passenger on a cruise vessel, which I won’t name, departing from Bayonne, NJ, and heading to Bermuda. At approximately 03:10, which could very well be 04:10, due to the one hour time difference, I was on my balcony, at which time I noticed a fluorescent green circular object penetrate the oceans depths and rise to cloud level. This object had what appeared to be amber yellow/orange flames around the object. The flames emulating the outer surface of a circular saw, and glistened as if burning. At first, I chalked it up to a military exercise, but wanted to inform you of what I noticed. I am still on the ship which reaches port at 08:30 on 07/24/2019. Thank you.
July 22, 2019 · 9:01 PM · FIREBALL
Oshkosh, WI
At one point they seemed to have “collided” and formed one object. They broke apart shortly after and began a decent to the earth. One was turning on and off, almost looking like it was dipping in and outside of the clouds. One disappeared and the other continued a zig-zagged decent behind the tree line. We have the entire encounter recorded.
July 20, 2019 · 10:03 PM · FIREBALL
Bethany Beach, DE
Orange glowing ball hovering over the Atlantic Ocean for about ten minutes. Seemed to be changing size and slowly moving. Eventually, it moved quickly and disappeared.