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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.
4,558 entries
March 4, 2020 · 7:50 PM · FORMATION
Tracy, CA
12 lights traveling in formation behind each other moving west to East. Dimmed after a certain point. Additional 2 traveling different directions.
March 4, 2020 · 7:40 PM · FORMATION
Delavan, WI
saw 7 orange liluminated lights in the sky over, or near Delavan Wi. Flying perfectly spaced apart, at the same distance from each other, going in the same direction.. and at a very, very high rate of speed. They were all in a perfect line heading due east and disappeared at the exact same time. was like a perfectly executed military drill... at night... I've never seen anything like it.
March 4, 2020 · 7:40 AM · FORMATION
Half Moon Bay, CA
I saw numerous what looked like satellites moving at satellite speed moving in a straight line from the south west to the north east. There were first two moving in the same path only a few seconds apart. Then a little further north were many more some of which appeared to be following the same path and equidistant from each other. At one point there were at least four of them equidistant following each other visible at the same time.
March 4, 2020 · 6:13 AM · FORMATION
White Cloud, MI
Woke up this morning at 6:10am. Always look out my picture window. Today was clear not a cloud in the morning sky. Seen what appeared to be a satellite heading Northeast. But then there was another and another all in an evenly spaced line very high in the atmosphere. No red or green marker lights like planes use.I counted 20+ objects.No sound.
March 3, 2020 · 7:15 PM · FORMATION
Mount Olivet, KY
Orange circular objects glowing very brightly for 4-5 seconds then fading out 1 in the front 2 in the middle and 1 at the end in a diamond like formation seen in various parts of the sky.
March 2, 2020 · 5:45 AM · FORMATION
Madras, OR
I saw the strangest thing, was outside at 5:45am it was still dark and I noticed what looked like a satellite passing quickly overhead, I didn't give it much thought till I saw another behind it then another. Counted at least 27 solid white lights moving quickly in line some closer to each other but most spaced evenly. No colored lights no flashing, all were just solid white. Travelled from west by southwest to east by north east above madras oregon. May have been more then 27 because I only stared counting after I realised there was several. Out of the 27 counted, one was flying parallel but slightly north of main line, and aproximatly two were travelling directly behing another one which was in the evenly spaced line. I Watched for about 5 minutes till I didn't see any more.
March 2, 2020 · 5:25 AM · FORMATION
Harrisville, UT
March 2, 2020-As usual, I got up to go to school, (work, I am a public school teacher). I usually go right to the glass door that faces the north-east side of Mt. Ben Lomond, toward Eden. As I looked up toward the mountain horizon, I saw a string of about 7-9 medium-size ‘stars’ moving all in one direction, in an irregular formation, with one, less bright light, trailing behind. I saw them for only 8-10 seconds until they went over the horizon. I looked at the clock ad it was 5:28 a.m. I am an amateur astronomer and this was definitely irregular and out of place.
March 2, 2020 · 4:55 AM · FORMATION
Sheboygan, WI
My husband and I were walking the dogs 4:55am looked in the sky to the east towards lake Michigan saw 6 bright lights in a diagonal formation then the 3 bottom lights went out then the 3 top lights went out.
March 1, 2020 · 11:00 PM · FORMATION
Berlin Boro, NJ
They looked like stars moving or satellites in a single line formation around 5:30 am east coast ...these star looking dots were heading north . Some in group of twos for example I will use the period on my keyboard to show the formation - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Again all in a single line . At first I thought it was a satellite just flying across the early morning sky but then I saw more star looking dots right behind the first one I saw . I had enough time to run inside, grab my cousin and show him the end tail of these dots
March 1, 2020 · 5:40 AM · FORMATION
Tenafly, NJ
Now - on feb 8th i reported a formation of 40 or so starlights. These flew one after the other at approx 5 fingers distance from each other. Read that these could have been satellites from the space X launch back in 11/2019. The time was the same 5:40am-5:55am. If that is the case - i’m surprised that they would come closer as time went by as opposed to further away from each other. Besides - should satellites change direction?
March 1, 2020 · 5:31 AM · FORMATION
Asheville, NC
formation appeared from no where. Clear skies. Jetting out from darkness and in formation, solid light with no blinking. Formations of 7 to eight and shortly after 2, then 7 and 1 and back to 7 or eight. Vanishing shortly after. More followed. This lasted approximately 12 minutes.
March 1, 2020 · 5:30 AM · FORMATION
Norris, TN
Witnesses; retired scientist and journalist Event: Ten lights in a straight line equidistant from each other, just south of the constellation Cygnus and as bright as Deneb, traveling slightly north of east. They disappeared as they approached the horizon.
March 1, 2020 · 5:20 AM · FORMATION
Pine Grove, PA
Started at 5:20 am to 5:30 am. Sky was clear.Able to see the stars etc. no problem. Objects came from South west and traveled Northeast.Traveled about the speed of the Space station when it crosses the sky.Could tell they were at a pretty high altitude but could easily see the light. Not as bright as Venus,maybe the brightness of a star that was a little further away .They all traveled the same path,but not together.First 2 came singly. Then a cluster of about 5. Then another cluster of about 10+. Then a cluster of about 7...Then a few stragglers of 1 each.The clusters were not in a straight line.Spread apart a bit.Never seen anything like it.Wondered if anyone else reported this or seen it. I've watched the news and Weather channel for a couple days.No reporting of it..Rural area.
February 28, 2020 · 5:45 AM · FORMATION
Victoria, TX
Well, around 5:45 AM, I went outside and the sky was completely clear, not a cloud as it was a very cold morning at 35 degree Fahrenheit. I live out in the country so little light pollution and you can see thousands of stars, even the galactic arm in the summer with your naked eye. As I'm headed towards my storage building I see the movement in the sky. There were a long line of bright, non-blinking lights moving across it. ,They appeared to be very high and moving slowly from 212 degrees SW to 41 degrees NE (using my compass app). There must have been in excess of 50 judging by their separation and how long they were appearing and moving beyond my line of sight due to trees. They line covered the entire sky from the point where they were appearing to the point where the were out of sight. They were going in line, but not straight rather, staggered but not in any kind of formation or pattern. It eventually slowed down to where they were appearing from the same point but every 10 seconds or so and then slowed further to where only a couple could be seen in the sky at a time. Those stragglers were not going the same direction though, they were appearing from the same point, traveling across the same line as previously but climbing and eventually disappearing overhead, they just got smaller and smaller until could not be seen directly overhead, which is why I deduct they were climbing. It would take them about a minute or so to go across the sky, so these were not shooting stars, moving too slow, very bright steady white light. A few other also appeared to the west at about 280 degrees but were moving from about 9 degrees N to about 175 S. Really weird. Never seen anything like it. I"m retired USAF and an aircraft aficionado, these did not look like planes. Just bright white, non-blinking lights. Took a video but too dark, took a photo towards the end when they were thinning so I could capture it, but they had been many more before that, so many that the whole frame of the picture would have been filled across with them Let me know if anyone else saw it in the Victoria, TX, area, share this and see if others saw them.
February 28, 2020 · 5:44 AM · FORMATION
Freer, TX
then behind the line after all formation was gone 2 more lights continue to follow.
February 27, 2020 · 5:45 AM · FORMATION
Antelope, CA
At 5:45am PST near Sacramento I went outside looked up at the sky and witnessed an on going stream of lights that looked like stars moving slowly across the sky north to south, they were evenly spaced, in a perfect line no pulsing light just a very steady light. I went inside grabbed my camera and recorded it for over 38 seconds but my phone shows nothing but darkness. It wasn't satellites nor was it any kind of plane. it actually looked like a line of stars moving slowly across the sky. I saw at least 40 of them
February 27, 2020 · 5:00 AM · FORMATION
Arvada, CO
On the morning of February 27th I was leaving for work at 5 am. I looked up and saw what I first thought was a satellite moving from the northwest to the southeast. But then noticed another moving in the same path behind the first some distance back, then another behind that moving in the same path, then another. I began counting how many I saw continue in this fashion until I reached 34 total, all following in a straight line on the exact same path approximately equidistant from each other. Of the 34 I counted all but about 4 followed the same path. The other 4 were moving in the same general direction but on a different path a ways outside of the main path. Also they all seemed to be traveling slightly faster than you normally see satellites moving. I stood there watching this event for somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes. I witnessed this from my home in Arvada.
February 26, 2020 · 5:55 AM · FORMATION
Ashland, KY
Looked like stars lined up in a row. Looked like they were coming from the atmosphere. Very consistent spacing and speed. Headed North East towards Wv
February 25, 2020 · 9:30 PM · FORMATION
Strathmore/Porterville, CA
I was out at night and noticed what I thought was a star to the east (MAG 72 DEG). But, it was twinkling different colors. It was very high, appearing to be over the sequoia Nat'l Forest. It was hard to make out with binoculars, but did have some sort of spherical or cylindrical shape, and numerous colored lights. I saw nothing listed on the local Aeronautical Chart. Saw the lights again tonight. The first observation was actually 3/10/20. I saw the lights again on 3/27/20 and 3/28/20. I took some long distance photos. They almost looked like balloons with lights, and were constantly changing the objects shape. The lights did not change location or altitude.
February 24, 2020 · 6:00 AM · FORMATION
Medford, OR
What I thought was the space station (very slow bright light across sky) turned out to be about 20 evenly-spaced lights, travelling in formation, faster than an aircraft but not as fast as a shooting star (as a shooting star passed in the other direction as I was looking up). Looking at other comments, this may be Starlink satellites?
February 23, 2020 · 10:30 PM · FORMATION
Stockton, CA
Formation of light that slowly disappears into the the night.
February 23, 2020 · 9:45 AM · FORMATION
Denver, CO
Boomerang formation slowly cruising East towards Santa Fe Ave. As it passed nearbyit seemed to have lights in a stealth fighter shape but seemed almost cloaked. Thought it could be birds but the sky looked blocked out and movement was slow and steady
February 23, 2020 · 5:00 AM · FORMATION
Williston, VT
I went out to my back porch around 5am. It was a clear starry morning. I glanced up and saw what could’ve been a satellite (60% brightness from zero to Venus). Then a second one 2.5 inches behind the first at arm’s length. But then I noticed a third, fourth, fifth; all moving in a precise straight lined procession due East. I woke up feeling quite groggy about a half hour before and thought I might just be feeling dizzy or something. I glanced toward the Eastern Horizon and could then see that the procession continued moving in a steady traffic in a perfect straight line. I swept my eyes in disbelief from the horizon to the edge of the roof above me. Heading from West directly East ,yet more continued at uniform speed in varying sizes and brightness. The flight trajectory of each light stayed on precise course but each individual unblinking silent star-like light wobbled slightly. More and more continued.At a single sweeping glance one could take in up to t! wenty five to thirty lights at once from my rooftop to the horizon. As they proceeded forward , mostly in single file but occasionally with a smaller light or lights keeping pace and flanking a single file larger light. The brightest lights were at 80% of what one would see looking at Venus. From the edge of my porch roof looking up at the steady stream coming from the West , a minimum , at conservative estimate , of ten to twelve newly appearing lights would appear per minute . I went inside feeling rather confused...I wanted to wake everyone up. I grabbed a terrible quality cell phone /video device and started whispering into it as I focused the video camera up at the procession for about two to three minutes but stopped because I felt it was not picking up the star-like lights in the dark predawn sky. The Eastern sky was starting to show the lightened approach of sunrise. I went inside after literally seeing 150 ; minimum within a fifteen minute period. I felt that this! was a spectacular event and so I went inside, turned on the m! odem ,an d my computer and then went back out on the back porch. The procession continued in its precise straight line showing the brightest lights still as they approached directly into the brightening Eastern sky. At that time I watched the last in line following the long trail of moving lights. No more continued. I went back inside expecting perhaps to see others posting reaction or even news headlines about this event. It was truly a spectacular procession like some mass exodus out over the sea from a “Star Wars” movie. With decades of experience closely watching many other jets , airplanes , satellites , natural phenomena I could estimate from the perspective and speed of the straight lined procession that the lights were less than ten miles up. It was truly a spectacular display.Had it been going on all night ? I only caught it in mid progress after an unknown amount of time since commencement. There could have easily been eight hundred visible lights ( who knows how many very ! small ones only viewable through binoculars?) per hour all in that perfect straight line travelling due Eastout to sea if they had been as uniformly spaced and paced within my fifteen minute count ( overall viewing approx. half hour ).
February 22, 2020 · 9:18 PM · FORMATION
Yankton, SD
Formation of 6 objects flying silently in a chevron pattern from south to north. Objects were flying at low altitude (about 100 meters or so) following walnut street pattern. Objects were changing flight pattern from tight V to side by side. Objects were emitting low dim lights. Objects flight path was south to north along high way 81. Objects stay away from the highly lighted main road.