The catalog
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
February 20, 2016 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Suffield, CT
Strange orange constant glowing light, coming over from the mountain top of West Suffield area, heading towards Southwick, Congamond Lake area, when suddenly disappeared. I looked around to see if I could see where it would have gone, if it were a plane or helicopter and there was nothing. I saw other planes far off in the distance and all had flashing white and red lights as normal. (So concluding what I saw was NOT a normal aircraft that I have ever seen before)
February 20, 2016 · 6:45 PM · LIGHT
Hanover, PA
Have video footage of second set
February 20, 2016 · 4:20 PM · LIGHT
Peoria, AZ
As we were driving east down cactus off to the left we saw a set of four lights moving fast. Too close for planes or helicopters. They moved in formation and made a sharp turn and headed east. We tried to take pictures but they were blurred out by the street lights.
February 20, 2016 · 4:00 PM · LIGHT
Emmett, ID
Sighted off the highway over the hills between Gem and Ada County. First appeared as a diamond of light, but upon getting closer, looked to be spherical with lights along the side. It just hovered there. The radio station went fuzzy for a moment as our car passed it, and then all was normal. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 19, 2016 · 10:05 PM · LIGHT
Newtown, OH
I was driving west on SR 32 tonight in Cincinnati, Ohio (east of the city) around 10:05 pm.. I saw from my front window a very bright whitish light streak that stopped for a second in front of the car. It then took off very rapidly and stopped again, then did the same thing a third time. It maintained the same altitude, in a straight line. I thought I should report. There had to be others that saw it and I'm hoping to talk with someone who did. This is my 4th encounter with UFO's since I was a young boy of 20. (I'm 62 now.) The others to follow were not as extreme as the first. I've had this overwhelming knowledge that they know who I am where I am and they let me know it once in awhile. I think about my first experience everyday. I've told few people my story because many people don't believe in them. BTW: I couldn't determine how far it was from my car so I really don't know it's actual size. Personal information about witness deleted. PD
February 19, 2016 · 9:55 PM · LIGHT
Florence, AL
6 lights flying in formation coming from Tennessee River from what looked like Oneil bridge heading northeast. Lights were not flashing like normal aircraft and formation started to break up as rear lights seemed to drop as lights in front seemed to rise. Lights looked like possibly helicopters, but have never seen 6 helicopters flying in any formation over Florence, AL, at 10:00 pm....EVER!!!!!! Lights were moving northeast at a faster speed than you would associate with helicopters but were too low to be mistaken for airplanes, not to mention that there is no military base for aircraft anywhere near this area.
February 19, 2016 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Kingston, IL
I was driving down five points road in Kingston, IL, and I looked in the sky towards the east and saw five glowing lights. I thought they were planes at first, but they were hovering. They started to scatter and disappeared one by one. Source provides not information about sighting. PD
February 19, 2016 · 7:32 PM · LIGHT
Santa Rosa, CA
My husband and I watched 4 orange lights fly slowly and quietly towards us over a fairly busy intersection. As they ascended the lights turned off and they were gone, this happened one at a time. It was at 7:32 pm, on 2/19/16 and it was dark. I did take 2 videos with my phone.
February 19, 2016 · 6:51 PM · LIGHT
Estrella (west of Phoenix), AZ
At dusk, a group of lights appeared on the southern horizon. We were in the backyard on a mostly clear evening. We originally saw 13 lights, as time progressed, the lights began to disappear one by one, until they were gone (5 minutes). The lights initially appeared in two groups, one group of 11 and one group of 2. We stood at the same vantage point the morning after our sighting and verified that there were no distant mountains in the view nor other possible reasons for lights to appear at that location. We have lived at this location for close to two years, and have never seen a similar grouping of lights. We have 5 pictures from two different cameras that show a couple of different light combinations. Unfortunately, when I went to get a third camera with an even more powerful zoom capability, the lights had disappeared.
February 19, 2016 · 6:43 PM · LIGHT
Avondale, AZ
I posted the videos on YouTube and had some comments that they had seen the lights from Prescott, and Scottsdale. https://youtu.be/W4VXnG5HnlY
February 19, 2016 · 9:00 AM · LIGHT
Madisonville, LA
Was on tchefuncte river and three orange lights with one red blinking in formation but got over town you can see the silhouette of one large craft, the size of an aircraft carrier if not bigger. After flying over the town, watch it fly over the swamp heading towards bedico, Ponchatoula area. No noise whatsoever coming out oc this object.
February 18, 2016 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Glens Falls, NY
At 10pm last night, 2/18/16, I observed two points of light jumping around a small portion of the sky. A red light at 2:00 o'clock and a white light at 8 o'clock if we use the clock face illustration. When I first focused my binoculars on them they immediately exchanged positions -the red went to the 8 o'clock position and the white to the 2:00 position. Then they began do jump back and forth like for 30 to 45 seconds. I could not tell if the moved between the intervening spaces or if they disappeared and re-appeared. It was happening too fast to adjust my eyesight. At one point the white light seemed to the circle the clock face. I had to look away after 45 sec or so because it was straining my eyes. I couldn't track one light without it becoming the other, but they seemed to return those same clock positions, and pause for a second or two. This was the ultimate in watching erratic lights in the sky. I don't know what the point of this activity would be, other than to attract attention and "show off". I looked away again and looked back and the red light seemed to be lower in the sky, and the white light was higher, as if the clock face moved 15 degrees higher in the sky. I went back and forth to the window for about twenty minutes and the 2 lights were still there, but "dancing" more slowly at the end. I stopped watching before they disappeared. Up to last night I had only witnessed white lights like this--the color red was new to my skywatching. I had the "feeling" I would see something in the sky last night when at around 6pm, I looked outside and saw it was a clear sky. I've had that feeling before, and saw lights those times, too.
February 18, 2016 · 6:44 PM · LIGHT
Chandler, AZ
From Apache Junction, two clusters of bright orange lights could be seen approximately over the Chandler area. One was higher than the other, and the lower was about level with the mountain. The objects appeared square in nature, though the lights shimmered in a random fashion. Soon after spotting them initially, the lower faded away, and minutes later the other one did the same. They faded away slowly, as if they were turned off. An image was captured, though low in quality, it clearly shows multiple sources of the same orange light.
February 18, 2016 · 6:10 PM · LIGHT
Salem, NH
I was walking up my driveway whilst taking up the trash barrels with my friend and we witnessed an extremely bright ball of light suddenly flying southwest over my home in Salem. We both stopped dead in our tracks and I scrambled for my cellphone to take video. Typically if I see a plane or a satellite, I don't bother even looking for more than a moment as they are very common in my area. However once what i thought to be a satellite at first slowed down then stopped I had to take a closer look. Just as i began recording the video the object starting moving as if it never stopped. There were several small aircraft in the night sky and they're were on their normal flight paths. It was clear and there were many stars. Just as the main object started to fade in the distance the object which was just a brilliant white ball of light disappeared over methuen ma just a few miles in the distance but not before a smaller and less luminous object appeared directly above me and my friend. This object flew quickly over head and was heading south of Salem. I've seen simular objects before mostly satellites, however these objects were not characteristic of a satellite or high altitude aircraft. I've been an observer for 18 years and wouldn't report anything that i felt was typical. After the second object appeared it faded off into the distance. I checked this site to see if anyone else had any sightings in New Hampshire and they did. Not exactly the same as what i saw but ufos have a funny way of changing their appearance. So their sighting may or may not be related to mine. Here is a link to the video taken that evening. I hope it helps: https://youtu.be/g_eCM9OErdo We have looked at the video, and it shows a white speck of light, moving around the Moon, in the night sky. We are not convinced that it is an authentic UFO. PD
February 17, 2016 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Philadelphia, PA
Reminiscent of planes or Chinese lanterns, but not quite like either. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 17, 2016 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Chicopee, MA
I was standing outside, facing West, and observed 2 round whitish yellow lights, one right behind the other traveling east. There was light cloud cover, so I couldn't see anything other than the lights which caught my attention because they were moving much too slowly to be an airplane or helicopter. Both objects were completely silent. My cell phone totally shut off and my daughter said the tv stopped working. Lights in the house also seemed to flicker and dim for the few minutes the lights moved over the neighborhood. I live close to Westover air reserve base but everything that ever flies by makes some sort of sound, these didn't. Within 1 minute of me first observing the lights I could hear the helicopters start their engines over at the air force base. Within 3 minutes of the helicopters starting they were flying over my house more quickly than I've ever seen, headed in the same direction as the lights. They were totally black military helicopters, which I've never ever seen fly at night. Usually, they're only used in training during the day mostly on weekends as that's when the reservists train. The lights caught my attention at first because of their slow speed and silence, my suspicions were confirmed as soon as I saw the black helicopters proceeding so quickly, as if on a mission, travelling the same exact route that the lights went in.
February 17, 2016 · 6:08 PM · LIGHT
Yonkers, NY
Looked like a comet descending out of cloud ceiling very bright star -like and white. Size of dime at arms length away. Initially descending at approx 40 to 45 degrees east to west. Large round white ball with thick white tapering trail at least 6 times the length of the object. After 6 seconds object made a turn toward north and bright lights seen like an aircraft. But it suddenly disappeared while I watched! object, trail and all! Comet?
February 17, 2016 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Tulsa, OK
i was outside playing basketball when i noticed a circle light went by in a half circle motion so o stopped and seen it again than i counted how long until it did it again and i did that three times just to verify my answer and it was 6 seconds it was about 1:00 a.m when it happened than it stopped going around i didn't see it anymore than me and my witness heard a car alarm go off and it was in the area of the light so i said lets go inside to be safe cause that was a UFO.
February 16, 2016 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Casa Grande (near), AZ
On Coast to Coast Am just now, Peter Davenport said reports of lights near Phoenix area were reported, and may be flares from nearby military test range. I have seen very bright pairs of white lights 2 nights this past week, on 2/16 & 2/17. I am a truck driver and regularly drive between Tucson & Phoenix on my graveyard shift. This took me driving west on I-10 between 9:30pm & 10:30pm on both those nights. On the 16th, I looked to my left around the McCartney Rd exit near Casa Grande, AZ, to see 2 very bright white lights. As I have seen strange things in the night skies many times, I looked to see if there were any blinking lights to show they were aircraft, and I saw none. I looked again maybe 20 seconds later and one of the lights was gone. After this I payed close attention to the remaining bright light for 3 or 4 more minutes and saw it quickly fade away to dim then gone. I assumed this was a flare from test range beyond the mountains in the direction I was looking. The next evening, around the same time, I again saw 2 bright lights next to each other in the sky around the same area of I-10. Curiosity had me pay greater attention to both then the previous night. After maybe 5 or 6 minutes, I again saw one dim then quickly go out, but maybe 20 seconds later flared back bright again for maybe 10 seconds, the instantly out again, and within 2 to 3 seconds, the 2nd light disappeared almost instantly. These again, I assumed were military flares, which is why I did not report them to you here. I am only now doing so, as it was mentioned on C2C. Your reports may have come from Phoenix, in which case they would be reported to south, instead of west, of Casa Grande. Feel free to contact me if any questions or clarification is needed.
February 16, 2016 · 6:45 AM · LIGHT
Kasilof, AK
Light appeared in the trees just off the main highway. Brilliant blue/green light. Similar in color to the Northern Lights. Object divided into 3 lights, quickly disappearing to the north. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 14, 2016 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Santa Fe (on ranch), CA
Was looking at the stars and saw a moving light that looked like a star, thought it might be a satellite! But light was moving from left to right and making s-shaped movement and turn and appeared to cover great distances. Light then looked like it was getting farther away and eventually became to faint to see, went straight up out of site.
February 14, 2016 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Ran home Santa Fe, CA
Was looking at the stars and saw a moving light that looked like a star, thought it might be a satellite! But light was moving from left to right and making s-shaped movement and turn and appeared to cover great distances. Light then looked like it was getting farther away and eventually became to faint to see, went straight up out of site.
February 14, 2016 · 8:20 PM · LIGHT
Orlando, FL
I was walking a dog in a neighborhood in Central Florida around 8:20pm. I looked up and saw a light in the sky. I almost dismissed it as an airplane, but looked again and realized there were several lights all very near to each other. When I later counted there were nine in the photos and video. The lights were reddish/orange and did not change. There was no noise that would usually be associated with aircraft and they were moving very slowly. They were only visible for a couple minutes before disappearing behind clouds. I did not see them reappear after that. I was able to get two photos and a short video of the lights. Having spent several years in the USAF, I have personally witnessed aircraft that is capable of hovering and flying at very slow speeds, but I’ve never seen this many flying so close together in this kind of formation. I am aware of a government facility of some kind nearby that is not on maps. My husband and I made a wrong turn shortly after moving to the area and came upon a guarded gate. We were told to turn around immediately or risk arrest, but when I looked on the map on my phone, the facility was not there. I’m not sure if these lights could somehow be connected to the government facility we stumbled across, but these certainly did not appear to be normal airplanes.
February 14, 2016 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Eugene, OR
Enjoying a Hot Tub in the evening noticed a distant white light traveling from south to north watched as it turned into a orange glow continually traveling at a good speed. Than i noticed what appeared to be a parachute and object dropped down into the Valley of Eugene. Went inside house to share sighting with Friend than came out to notice a bright orange Glow descending down from the sky seemed to be different than the first object than lost sight as it went behind some trees. Probable hoax. Date is flawed, and we have changed it. Source elects to remain anonymous. PD