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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.
2,379 entries
November 13, 2016 · 3:00 PM · CYLINDER
Ottawa, IL
I Seen a cylinder shaped object in the Northern sky at about 45 degrees, I noticed it because it appeared the sun was reflecting off it, As I was watching it, it seem to fade out then re-appeared maybe 2 miles away only to do the same thing again fading out. When it faded out the first time and moved it was instantaneous. Then I just read about some cylinder shaped object crash in Myanmar three days ago. Maybe some type of space debris. But it was odd then it didn't lose altitude and kind of hung in one place before it moved.
November 10, 2016 · 8:35 AM · CYLINDER
Saskatoon (Canada), SK · Canada
We were driving north and noticed what looked like two bus size shapes with a cylinder in between. It went straight up and then changed direction and dove down at an angle very fast along the horizon. I grabbed my cell phone and started filming as quick as I could and I captured it in film.
November 10, 2016 · 8:34 AM · CYLINDER
Saskatoon (Canada), SK · Canada
This morning we were driving north in Saskatoon and saw an object that looked like two buses stacked on top of each other with a cylinder shaped object between it I grabbed my phone and started filming. It went straight up and then kind of downwards to the west then south west it was way too fast to be a normal plane and planes gone go straight up. It was hard to capture it on the phone as we could all see it with our naked eyes. It took off faster south and disappeared. At :30 in the video you can see it. The sky was clear no clouds nothing like we have ever seen.
November 9, 2016 · 11:58 PM · CYLINDER
Albemarle, NC
Star?? PD
November 2, 2016 · 6:00 PM · CYLINDER
Stara Zagora (Bulgaria), Bulgaria
2 cylinders, which were standing in the calm air, clear sky, at about a kilometer or two from the observer (me), westward from me, at about 20–30 degree above the surface (Bogomilovo, a residential district of Stara Zagora), reflecting the sunset light. They didn’t move vertically in the time I’ve been observed them. From time to time they made jumps (noiselessly) towards the right side of the observer. Time for observation: 5 minutes. They were still standing there after I moved away from the car parking of the Trakia University, from where I observed them.
October 27, 2016 · 9:30 PM · CYLINDER
Bayonne, NJ
While driving on 440 RT south, the light illuminated the entire sky for about 2-3 seconds before shutting off. The object appeared to be of cylindrical shape, the light was emitting from its center and the lights were very strong. At first, I thought it was lightning, but the source of the light was coming from the object itself. After 2-3 seconds, it shut off. And then reappeared within 5 seconds for another 2-3. Did not see the light after that. All of this took place between the Stop & Shop area and Port Terminal Blvd. Lat/Lon: 40.6678177,-74.1049185 Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 9, 2016 · 12:13 AM · CYLINDER
Probable conventionalVence, Provence Alpes Cote d'azur · France
Le 09 octobre 2016 à 00h13 deux témoins sur une terrasse sont intrigués par la présence à plusieurs kilomètres de deux phénomènes lumineux, l'un en direction de la Corse et l'autre en direction de Nice. Montant à l'étage sur une autre terrasse, le témoin prend des photographies de ces deux formes identiques et stationnaires. Les deux PAN disparaissent brusquement. Un seul témoignage sera recueilli. L’hypothèse de deux bateaux de croisières naviguant au large sur des routes maritimes nous semble la plus plausible pour expliquer la nature des phénomènes observés (voir le compte rendu d'enquête). . Cette hypothèse est confortée par : • la détermination, par comparaison avec une photographie faite de jour, de la ligne d’horizon, sur laquelle se trouvaient le bateau PAN 1 et par corrélation pour le deuxième PAN ; • les mesures et calculs de distances, longueurs et vitesses sont tous conformes avec les bateaux et leurs positions sur la route maritime passant au large ; • la disparition brutale des PAN non remarquée par les témoins peut s’expliquer par l’extinction soudaine des lumières des navires, s’éloignant des côtes après leur « salut », à proximité de San Remo. • enfin, la difficulté que le témoin a eu à discerner la ligne d’horizon s’explique par l’uniformité des couleurs du ciel et de la mer, de nuit. Le GEIPAN classe le cas en «B» : observation probable de deux bateaux de croisières navigant au large sur des routes maritimes. [GEIPAN classification B — Bateau]
October 7, 2016 · 1:00 PM · CYLINDER
Douglasville, GA
While driving along at about 30 mph on a two lane black top, I looked up at the clouds that were associated with hurricane Mathew. It was completely overcast except for one small hole that I could see blue sky. A cylinder shaped craft that was the color of the clouds flew through the opening. No wings, no tail. It had vertical lines on the front and back and a horizontal line or lines across the top third of the craft. I would estimate it to be about 3,000 ft off the ground and about 200 feet long.
October 4, 2016 · 10:00 PM · CYLINDER
Greenfield township, PA
Me. And. A. Buddy. Where. Chit. Chatting. On my. Back. Patio. In the evening. Nice calm quiet night. I live. In a rural. Farmland. Area. Nothing but fields. All around. We. Started to. Walk out to his. Truck. As he was. Leaving. And as I looked. Back into. Our. Back pastures We saw. A. Absolutely. Huge cigar shaped. Craft. Very shocked at this in the moment of disbelief. We’ve been outside. Now. For 30 minutes. Heard. Nothing. As it. Came. Over. My fields. It. Had. Very bright flood lights5 evenly spaced but the ones on each end. We’re. Far brighter. Than the others. As we watched. It began too. Moved. In a snake like sweeping. Motion. As if it were searching. The. Fields. For. Something. It slowly sweeped out of. Our Field of Vision. I could determine. Approximately how. Height. And. How. Far. By. The. Tree rows. Forming a frame. To where. The object was. I’d. Say. 100ft or less above the ground. And. 300-400 yds away. This. Was. Silent. And. Was. ! Bigger. Than a blimp. As. My buddy. Went. To snap photo. Phone. Shit down. I havnt. Told. Many. Ppl. And. It. Still has. My. Hair. On end. This. Is. Very. Real. And. We. Weee. Both. Sound. Mind. I’ve recently. Asked. The guy who. Was here. And. My friend. Started. Saying. A different story. Entirely. Like. He had. No clue. Of. What. We. Witnessed. I’d. Like to speak. To. Someone. Professional. I. Need. Help. Ever. Since. They. Know. I know. And. Are close. Very close. To me. Please. With. My. Regards. Thanks
October 1, 2016 · 8:30 PM · CYLINDER
Candor, NC
Over the course of 2 hours, we witnessed 15-20 which were all different than the first craft, they seemed smaller with a triangular shape. The triangle shaped crafts were all like backwards flying triangles all going in the same pattern toward the larger spot light. At times we could all see these crafts zooming very fast, almost like a shooting stars, some leaving a white light trail that was white and some leaving trails that were red. At times some would zig zag and the lights would periodically disappear and then reappear just as sudden.
October 1, 2016 · 6:15 PM · CYLINDER
Fernley, NV
I was driving on Shadow Lane eastbound and felt the need to look up. I saw a cylindrical looking craft emanating a circular pattern of energy. I pulled over to the side of the road at the cross street of Michaelson right before Rosebud, put the car in park and stepped out to take a look. It was not moving...was stationary. It was a lot lower than commercial airplane routes, a lot higher than the helicopters and a bit higher than when the Navy jets fly in at. It grew really bright, then dimmed and disappeared. It was sunset and I was wondering if the sun was reflecting off of it. It was silver and living so close to Fallon Naval Air Station you have to wonder if this is a new experimental craft. There were no flashing lights, no colored lights...it just got super bright, almost blinding, then dimmed and disappeared. There was no sound.
September 29, 2016 · 7:16 PM · CYLINDER
Marietta, GA
September 29, 2016 7:15 PM EDT. I stepped out on my back deck to enjoy a break in the summer heat and heard a large airliner pass by overhead in a north-easterly direction, which is a normal route out of Atlanta Airport. The airliner probably had not reached its cruising altitude but was above 15,000 feet. I could hear and see it very well. As I watched the airliner travel away from me I noticed another craft that was west of the airliner traveling to the southeast and was quite a bit higher than the airliner. The craft looked as if it were descending directly at me in a nose down fashion. The setting sun reflected brilliantly from the craft in a golden color, which made it difficult to know exactly what color it was. If I had to guess the color was probably silver. At first it looked like the International Space Station with two sets of solar panels extending from each side making it look similar to a bi-plane. The reflected sun light radiated around the craft revealing a solid object, at this point its direction of travel was due east. After a few seconds the object changed course to due south as it approached where I was standing. It travelled south slowly away from my position, but the appendages similar to bi-plane wings or solar panels had changed and appeared to be on the west or right side of the object. I called my daughter out to see the object. Her first reaction was “it’s a plane”. I sort of disputed that by saying “where’s the wings”. She said “well it doesn’t seem to have any”. At that point the object was cigar shaped with appendages on its right side. We watched it continue south and I looked away to come inside the house and my daughter said it disappeared. I looked one last time and didn’t see it. Summarizing: the object had physical shape, brilliantly reflected the setting sun producing a gleaming effect, made no noise, had no blinking lights, traveled in very steady manner, changed direction and shape.
September 20, 2016 · 7:45 PM · CYLINDER
Charleroi, PA
9-20-16 approximately 7:50 PM—just becoming dark. Observed initially 4 bright gold/ orange cylindrical objects in sky viewed from hilltop of Charleroi Oakland Avenue and 4th Street looking eastward toward Belle Vernon /Fayette City. They were at random spots in no particular formation, and appeared far away in the sky. Objects were stationary at first, then moved sporadically spot to spot without seeing them actually travel from point to point. Initially I thought it was the setting sun reflecting on a plane, but there would not have been 4 planes at the same area, and they did not move like a plane. Object furthest to the right appeared to quickly become smaller (as if moving further away) and then vanished from sight. Then another object appeared in the same direction closer to the horizon, but brighter in color (brighter gold glowing) –it appeared to rise higher in the sky from the horizon, and then also vanish. When then looking back to where the re! maining original lights were they were also gone. I have never seen anything like this before, and 4 additional people saw this also. I have a picture and 2 short videos on my cell phone, but there is a street light in the foreground and with the dim light the pictures are grainy and do not truly depict what I saw.
September 11, 2016 · 2:00 PM · CYLINDER
Los Angeles, CA
While on vacation in Los Angeles, I was in the front passenger seat as we were driving in the area of South Fairfax Avenue and Venice Boulevard, heading toward Cadillac Avenue, around 2:00 PM on September 11, 2016, when I spotted a cylindrical-shaped object emitting two gold-colored flashing lights in a vertical configuration. The lights flashed intermittently and independently, and the object itself seemed to be just hanging in the clear blue sky about 45 degrees above the horizon. I managed to take a few pictures with my Canon PowerShot SX20 IS camera, and then lost sight of it as we turned a corner. I am not sure what direction the object was in. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Dear Mr. Davenport, Thank you for your message, and I did submit a detailed report to NUFORC yesterday. If you're unable to find it, I can resubmit it. To summarize, I spotted this while riding as a passenger in a car with two other witnesses, and the sighting lasted about 5 minutes. I think we were on or near Venice Boulevard when I saw it, then I lost sight of it as we turned a corner. It was about 45 degrees above the horizon, and there was no sound. Two gold-colored flashing lights emitted from it intermittently and independently from each other. One light was near the top of the object, and the other light was near its bottom. It if weren't for these lights I would probably not have noticed it. The object was stationary. Regards, ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM))
September 10, 2016 · 9:15 PM · CYLINDER
Farmington, NY
looking south at the moon I saw object appear from se at a very high rate of speed, to the nw in a matter of seconds.clear night.it looked like a slim cylinder,bronze or gold in color.no noise,straight flight.no flames or sound.I am out most nights looking at satellites,moon,space station,planets weather permitting.ultra fast cylinder.location,fingerlakes,central new york state.25 miles southeast of rochester,ny
September 7, 2016 · 7:15 AM · CYLINDER
Kuala Terengganu (Malaysia) · Malaysia
Image captured during routine photography, only realised (Later) presence of two cylinder shape shadows floating in the sky on two different site in the photo.
September 4, 2016 · 6:40 PM · CYLINDER
Winnemucca, UT
Looked up towards western sky off of I-80 west by Winnemucca NV. Seen a bright silver oval longated object in sky. It was there for about an 20 seconds then disappeared. Sky was clear.
August 30, 2016 · 5:40 PM · CYLINDER
Fayetteville, NC
Roughly between 15000 to 20000 feet in altitude. One Apache helicopter with radar was seen slowly heading towards the direction of the UFO. Witness provides no contact information. PD
August 23, 2016 · 10:07 PM · CYLINDER
Carver, MA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 12, 2016 · 11:00 PM · CYLINDER
Ridgecrest, CA
Went hiking up in the Rademacher Trail to watch the Perseid Meteor shower. As your eyes adjust to the dark, there was ONE cloud in the sky. Black. It started having what looked like heat lightning and my friend was like ((two words deleted)) do you see that? Is that something to do with your base? (I worked at China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station in the Mojave Desert). I was like hell no. It dropped out of the cloud, glowing bright orange and cylindrical. It was irradiating (I do science work). It was dead silent. If I had my phone on my I'd be rich right now. I have never believed in aliens until that night. I was sober. If you've ever seen an irradiating orange cylinder, give me a shout. ((e-address deleted)) Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
August 11, 2016 · 9:30 PM · CYLINDER
Fort Collins, CO
The brightest, largest light we have ever seen was moving near the ground from East to West at the speed of a jet, flashing every half second until it disappeared out of our sight line.
August 6, 2016 · 8:10 PM · CYLINDER
Elyria, OH
Sitting on back porch in daylight hours saw a pure white wingless long cylinder, slowly traveling south west
August 1, 2016 · 4:00 PM · CYLINDER
Menorca (Spain) · Spain
I never used to believe in UFOs. But a lot of my friends do and they've convinced me and I do believe it now, although I'm new to this, so please forgive me. I was on the way back from town with my dad, Mom and brother. We had seen some Paragliders earlier while driving and they are common on the island, but the there were only one or two. About half an hour later, out my window on the left, I noticed a long, white cylinder in the sky, almost identical to a plane. But it was plane white and had no markings of an airline. I think it had wings and possibly a tail as a plane would but they they were difficult to work out so I can't be certain. It also had one or two lights on the bottom in the center. So I mistook it immediately just for a regular plane. There is an airport on the island but it is nowhere near and this road was a long stretch surrounded by fields. I pointed it out to my family as a plane. But as we drove along the long road, it never moved. It seemed to hover over the fields, it wasn't moving vertically as far as I could tell but was just stationary in the sky. A plane wouldn't be capable of this so I quickly said it can't be a plane, because it was hovering and was too low and horizontal to be a plane. My dad suggested it was a Paraglider, but they were all red or orange and curved, smaller and not at all like this, although white ones may exist I don't think it fitted the profile. We returned home and about 3 hours later, we went out to eat. I'm on holiday, so I'm not really familiar with the surroundings so I couldn't tell you what road it was exactly by name, but I know where it is. It was roughly 7pm (19:00), but I'm not sure of the exact time. I was in the car with my brother and uncle, the rest of my family were in the car behind. As we drove along the road, I was shocked to see it was still in the exact same position and this is when I realised it definitely wasn't a plane or Paraglider. I pointed it out to them and they had a minimal response, probably because it didn't look that interesting. I said it could be a UFO to see if they might tell me it was something they know of to discount that theory. My uncle lives on the island and is interested in mechanics and engineering and if it had been something he knew of and could give me an explanation for, I'm almost certain he would've. I had my phone in my hand and went to take a picture. I zoomed in! and then couldn't find where I was so I zoomed out again but the object was gone. I looked out the window and it had vanished. When we returned home, it was dark. The island has little light pollution so there are many visible stars. As we drove by, I was looking to perhaps see if it had returned but was doubtful I'd see anything because it was dark. But driving by, there was a light, the size of a small star, lower and dimmer than all the other stars and in the same position (as far as I could tell in the dim light) as the craft had been. This part of the sighting I can't confirm because it could've been a star for all I know, I'm not certain. But I definitely saw it in the daylight. The next day, I asked my dad to take me back along the road and there was nothing in the sky. I haven't seen it since when we've driven along the road but it was in the same position for at least 3 hours.
July 29, 2016 · 4:50 AM · CYLINDER
Riverton, UT
I had taken up watching the night sky for flocks of birds, satellites, and meteors. I was just barely able to discern a flying silhouette against the starlight. The Heading North from South in straight trajectory. Dark oblong silhouette that must have been fairly low to be of an inch length to my line of sight. Not impressive. Just dark and fairly fast on a calm night, clear skies. No lights, just starlight. Wind was 0 MPH, temperature was 65 F, dew point 48, pressure at 29.68". I held it in vision for around 10 complete seconds from when I spotted it just above my house heading north steadily cruising. No audibles. Oh well. Prob just a simple thing on a course. But why no lights whatsoever at that lower altitude? I was very lucky to have seen it. My friend next to me could not make it out since there was no way to guide the sight of it. It was only defined against starlight and the suburban night ether. To the grave. It remains an unidentified flying object. Source of the report elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD