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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
December 16, 2022 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Bathurst, NEW SOUT · Australia
My partner woke me up at 3am telling me he saw stars move. While looking out the window, we saw one star slowly move toward the centre of town. It has the same luminosity as a star, and it looked quite far away. Laying back in bed we talked for around 30 minutes, he had his back turned to the window. When suddenly a ball of light shot across the window, it's distance would only have been a few metres. The shape was ball like, and it shone brightly but it appeared to be some sort of artificial light similar to led asnothing around it was affected by the light. Shaken we did not look out the window until 20 minutes later, when we noticed three other bright stars had disappeared.
December 15, 2022 · 9:18 PM · LIGHT
Birmingham, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
There was bright lights at least 5/6 on each of the 4 UFOs. But when they dashed away it left a dirty yellow trail almost like a aeroplane but 1 trail for each of them and dirty yellow.
December 14, 2022 · 8:21 PM · LIGHT
San Angelo, TX
My son & I were coming back from youth group night & were north bound on loop 306. All of a sudden we both noticed a huge glow in the sky- it was so bright & appeared to be green. We both noticed it hovering & then saw it head west & in a flash- it was gone. No trace was left behind. It appeared to be close to Goodfellow Air Force Base. We noticed an abnormal amount of AFB action in the sky after this.
December 13, 2022 · 9:55 PM · LIGHT
Baltimore, MD
I was driving home from worked & I felt a light over me but it was really quick . As I look up I see what looked like a light beam of bright pretty turquoise colored light going at the speed of light basically across the sky & just disappear. Y’all prolly think I’m crazy but I seriously freaked out and now I’m asking Jesus what else exist in this world . I know what I saw & wish I could explain better . Never seen anything like it & I’ve been alive 30 years . It didn’t even have a certain shape from what a saw . Pretty color though . Deff caught my attention . Usually I wouldn’t bother to report this cause it’s Baltimore & random things just happen all the time but I’m curious if anyone has ever experienced what I saw or mabey has evidence , just to confirm I’m not crazy or at least not alone ..
December 13, 2022 · 8:47 PM · LIGHT
Savannah, GA
The craft looked like a spec of light, circular. It was very bright for being small and disappeared shortly after I saw it. It flew horizontally across the night sky. It was only in the sky for 5 seconds, but it was clear to see while it was there. First time seeing a UFO, very cool! So excited and ungrounded with excitement after that happened that I got two flat tires on the way home. No regrets. Still, from now on I am going to stay grounded bc seeing one wasn’t worth the $700 expense. Also, I am not miraculously enlightened. Nope. Maybe they will explain to me further so I don’t keep wondering about. No need to be so shy right? Anyway yep. That’s all the info I have for you. There were not lights on the object, THE OBJECT WAS A LIGHT.
December 13, 2022 · 5:57 PM · LIGHT
Hercules, CA
The Red Light reminded me of a spot light that you would see when a helicopter is looking for something below but it differed because it was bright red and it did not appear to shine downward or move in any direction. It suddenly appeared and stayed steady and red and the same size for approx a minute and then disappeared without appearing to get smaller as if it was moving further away. I did not see any other lights of any other color around it. The sky around it appeared/remained dark.
December 13, 2022 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Phila, PA
3 to 4 Brilliant glowing trails of light in Eastern sky at around 2 pm
December 12, 2022 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Prince George - Vancouver, BC · Canada
While flying from Prince George to Vancouver British Columbia at 25,000 feet above sea level approximately 9 PM Pacific time on December 12, 2022 myself and another Pilot witness a white light appear in the western sky above the horizon. It appeared to be stationary, and after approximately 10 seconds, it turned orange and faded shortly disappearing. It reappeared after approximately five minutes as a bright white light again, fading to orange and disappearing. This happened approximately three or four more times. I’ve seen many satellites in the night sky, and none of them have appeared as this one appeared. I have no idea what it was and I’ve never seen anything like it.
December 12, 2022 · 8:40 PM · LIGHT
woodsville, NH
at 6 pm, i heard 2 very loud helicopters fly over headed sse. which was unusual in itself, i've lived here more than 20 years and am familiar with the flight patterns of commercial jets and the small aircraft from the nearby town airport. i live in a very rural area with no military bases close by. at 8:40 pm i again heard the sound approaching from the sse this time and went outside to see a large helicopter being accompanied by 2 small lights, 1 in front roughly 100 ft. and the other in back and to the side. i've never seen anything like it. i was in the Navy in a P-3 squadron and have seen many types of aircraft.
December 12, 2022 · 6:45 PM · LIGHT
Belgium, WI
Sighting: Belgium, Wisconsin 12/12/22 at 6:45pm My son, 13 years old, and myself, both with a clean bill of physical and mental health witnessed a phenomenon. We left our home in the Country driving west (near Lake Michigan) while it was dark. I suddenly noticed unexplainable bluish/white lights in the sky. They were zigzagging around the sky at speeds that made them appear 100 ft away to 100 miles away in milliseconds. The hair on my neck stood and I had goosebumps! I said to my son, “Please tell me you are seeing this too?” , “Please tell me I’m not crazy.”, he replied, “Oh my god, what’s going on?”, “They are following us!” We both starred, seeing 7 in total. They followed along side the car at times and at one time flew from behind and over the car. At this time I actually grabbed a hold of my son’s coat and just felt I needed to hold onto him. I’m was truly scared as it felt like we were surrounded. It was as though they were playing with us. At times they came together almost appearing to dance- choreographed- they’d swirl together and then disburse across the sky. At one time they all came together and then faded. Then 3 or 4 would be aside or in front of us again. We were both freaking out with disbelief at what we were seeing. We could also (at times- when they were further away) see beams going down to the earth from the lights (they could have been anywhere from 50 to 100 ft off the ground over the fields). While moving together at a distance they looked like little lights (tinker bells). When closer they looked like bluish flying clouds around a cylinder. My son tried to record the event, however, to further our astonishment at what was happening, they wouldn’t show on the video or camera. As though you look in a mirror and see no reflection. As we exited the Country roads and neared town, they disappeared. We did not see anything further on our way home. We can’t explain what we saw. It was truly amazing and I believe unearthly. Terrifying and beautiful at the same time.
December 10, 2022 · 8:40 PM · LIGHT
Harrisburg/Camp Hill, PA
Hard to describe in detail, but I do have a video (poor quality) but if brightness is adjusted you can see the lights
December 10, 2022 · 3:04 PM · LIGHT
Springfield, OR
Noticed the lights after taking the photo. We had christmas lights on in the house, but were unable to recreate any sort of reflection on the sliding patio door (photo was taken from inside the house). Photo was taken from the east side of Interstate 5 looking north toward the coburg hills.
December 10, 2022 · 8:42 AM · LIGHT
Fort Lee, NJ
Many Moving lights . Please see video
December 10, 2022 · 5:15 AM · LIGHT
Creswell, OR
Was walking to my car, to leave for work. When I looked towards the backyard I suddenly seen a green “laser like” light shoot from the sky. Lots of overcast so I was unable to see where the light was projecting from. Lasted for about 2-4 seconds the first time, making a very fast, circular motions, hitting the back neighbors cow and the next door neighbors tree. The second time it hit my back yard, then disappeared. No circular motion the 2nd time, just a solid green light.
December 10, 2022 · 4:00 AM · LIGHT
Liberty Hill, TX
TX I was walking in a nnw direction looking down, because it was dark. The ground lit up orange i looked up immediately and saw 2 streaks of bright orange streaks that left an imprimt like camera flash or welder arcing. What i saw seemed to be a craft going from still to 100 times faster than anything im aware of. I have watched the sky over 35 years and seen some amazing meteor showers of defragmenting fireballs, but this I have never seen except on Startrek after they initiate hyperdrive. this was around 4am in the NNW sky of Liberty Hill TX
December 9, 2022 · 9:44 PM · LIGHT
Springfield, OR
I stepped out on our patio to lock our garage door in preparation for going to bed. I looked Eastward and immediately saw a very strange, blue-colored light, hovering over and behind trees next to the McKenzie River. It was raining out, so I knew that this object had to be below the cloud deck. I snapped a couple of pictures with my new iPhone 14 Pro Max (raw mode), then immediately went inside to grab my Luna Optics night vision binoculars. I returned to the patio and went to turn the binoculars on, and found the batteries were dead, even though brand new. I returned inside, grabbed my auxiliary battery brick, and powered the binoculars using the external battery source. I have been around aviation for my entire life, and I knew this was not like anything I had ever seen. We have a large hospital immediately to our North, and I enjoy watching the lifeflight helicopters flying in and landing on the hospital roof. This was not a helicopter, and was not a drone, which I see flying over the river often. I had enough time to check all of my flight programs for aircraft in the area, and there were none. I called 911 to report this sighting, just so there would be an official log of it. I tried calling our local airport control tower but could not find a number. I did access the airport's weather data and found that the cloud ceiling was 7000ft. I took approximately 8 minutes of video using my phone and night vision binoculars. The "6005" video is a video I shot of the moon and clouds after this sighting, to show that the wind and clouds were moving in the opposite direction of the object's movement. I love watching the night sky, and my wife and I sit for hours every evening during the Summer watching satellites and aircraft fly overhead. We are very adept at identifying aircraft types, and are very familiar with space stations, StarLink, etc. I have a library of reference objects that I have recorded with my Luna Optics LN-G3-B50 binoculars, so am very familiar with the appearance of most flying objects at night. PLEASE contact me for a link to the 7 minute 1.3gb video file that I have. Your site won't let me upload it, and I don't want to shorten/modify it.
December 9, 2022 · 5:28 PM · LIGHT
Moscow, ID
While walking and looking at the moon to the east of the admin building myself and my friend Yasiman saw a very bright brilliant light at first I did not think anything about it until I saw it move vertical and horizontal very precise and very quick. I was listening for the fam noise of drone and did not hear anything , the Moscow -Pullman regional Airport is about 7-9 miles away to the north west of this location. The video I am submitting is about a minute after initial sighting (the light is not the reflection that is moving sporadically) and as I walk toward the west and stop then you will see it move vertical and then it moves horizontally as I follow it east back into the trees (which you will see it through the trees for a brief second. We walked east after the video and the light was no where to be seen when we got to an area that had a large clearing . I am a masters of architecture student at UI as is my friend Yasiman Dadras. We had just completed our final review for our studio architecture class.
December 9, 2022 · 1:15 PM · LIGHT
Payson, UT
Traveling southbound on I-15 in Utah County, Utah, I suddenly noticed a bright silver light in the sky around 1:15 in the afternoon. Although there were some clouds in the sky here and there, the area where I saw this light was absolutely clear. The light was probably at a height equivalent to what we would expect from a small airplane’s typical flying altitude. This light then faded away completely. I carefully kept my eye on the area where I saw the light as I continued to travel on the freeway, moving closer to the location of the light. Then the light faded back up, literally out of nowhere, as there was nothing visible to the naked eye in the sky where it appeared. This fading in and out of existence happened probably 3 or 4 times and then it completely discontinued. I watched this area for some time, but was unable to see any kind of object in the sky whatsoever. The bright silver light I saw, when it reached its maximum size, appeared to me to be an actual object, something possibly the size of a small airplane. Because it was so bright, as far as its shape, I can only say that I think it may have been slightly elongated horizontally, but of this I’m not absolutely sure because I only tried to recall that detail from my memory after the fact.
December 9, 2022 · 4:30 AM · LIGHT
Chicago, IL
Saw two lights, that would become very bright to dim...changing speeds and directions constantly. Watched them for about 45min. High up in the sky, we were 35000ft and they were well above us. Multiple aircraft were reporting seeing the lights.
December 9, 2022 · 3:30 AM · LIGHT
Hiouchi, CA
We were camping in the woods near Hiouchi when we were awoken by wind. Pinecones wee loudly hitting the roof. Suddenly, a crash and tons of pinecones and branches fell from the tree above our tent. Light suddenly flashed in the sky, approximately 4 separate lights. Then, seconds later, the same pattern of lights, but they were anlged differently and above and to the side of the tent. It seemed to emanate from very close to our tent - no higher than the tree line. Moved silently. A few weeks before, we had heard a constant beeping going up and down the creek in the middle of the night around the same time. The beeping lasted around 10 minutes, going back and forth, noiselessly covering a lot of ground.
December 8, 2022 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Starting abeam Idaho Falls, ID thru Moses Lake, WA, WA
Third sighting I'm reporting. Very similar in type and duration to my second report. The third sighting was on UAL Flt 1910/Dec 08, 2022, DEN – YVR (Vancouver, BC). The general description of the encounter I had on the flight into EUG remains the same, except for this time there were between one to three light sources, either one at a time, two at a time, or three at a time. This sighting lasted a good 50 minutes, starting in Eastern Idaho and lasting all the way to the top of descent into YVR (near Moses Lake, WA). The relative position of the light sources were all the same as compared to the background stars/planets (which included what I believe was Saturn – though I didn’t confirm it at the time), that was ~35 degrees above the western horizon. The light sources were ~25 degrees above the horizon (below and to the right of what I think was Saturn). I queried ATC about this sighting, and his response was that there had been other reports of the same type of things over the previous week or so. ATC was as baffled about these lights as we were. The ATC controller said that there wasn't any military activity going on over the WA coast. The controller I was in contact with mentioned that one of his supervisors had a video, but he didn’t specify what was on the video or how it was obtained. In both of the latter two sightings it seemed as if we never travelled any closer to the light source’s location, as we had travelled a good 300 miles (Nov 09 Flt) to 500 miles (Dec 08 Flt) from the time of first sighting. The light’s source must have been well off the Oregon/Washington coast in each case. If that's true, at their source, the lights must be extremely bright - brighter than any landing light I’ve ever seen. The lights must be at an extremely high altitude as well, based on our relative distance to them and the curvature of the Earth. Also, the speed must be numerous times what an airliner or business jet could fly, and likely faster than any fighter travelling at Mach. This third sighting was particularly compelling, as the initial sighting appeared to (at first) be the ISS travelling from the WNW to the ESE. It travelled for ~two degrees before disappearing. I had seen the ISS just the night before (Dec 07, 2022) when having dinner at a friend’s house in Aurora, CO. That initial appearance caught my attention and prompted me to continue to scan the area for further sightings. Finally, one of the last sightings on this flight was of three lights arranged in a tilted equilateral triangle, with the top left light apexed towards Saturn. The top left light source moved slightly, and a light beam was clearly evident, that had the appearance of a flashlight that was being diffused by water vapor in the atmosphere. The beam was initially pointed in roughly our direction, but slightly to our left, then panned further to our left so it was pointing towards a southerly direction. I don’t mean to imply that the light was specifically directed toward us, just that it was initially pointing in roughly our direction.
December 8, 2022 · 7:12 PM · LIGHT
Duncannon, PA
Saw what I can only describe as two objects above the clouds emitting light moving in circles at a fast and steady pace in multiple locations in the night sky. I didn’t hear any noise from then. It kinda seems like at one point they may have been chasing one another.
December 8, 2022 · 5:15 PM · LIGHT
Ava, NY
My husband and I were travel North on Route 26 near the town of Ava at approximately 5:15pm. Approaching the top of a small hill directly in front of us in the sky were 5 circular horizontal lights. They dimmed and there was a shift in direction of the craft (rotated?) before lights reappeared and the craft ignited? It started sparking and traveling East in a large ball of spark leaving a tail like a comet would in its wake before disappearing after 100 ft or so.
December 7, 2022 · 10:06 PM · LIGHT
Vinton, IA
My wife and I were sitting in the car. When I looked out my window to the South. I made an animation of what I saw. there was a very bright and vivid red light and blue light just hovering. They stayed not moving for about 1-2 minutes. Then the blue light disappeared and moments later it appeared on the other side of the red light. still the red light had not moved was just hovering. about a minute later the blue light vanished again and appeared back on the other side of the red light again where it had started. Then both lights started moving from West to East. Then again, they stopped and hovered and the blue light again switched side's twice but when it came back the second time it was yellow not blue the red light remained red The whole time. They were both so very bright and vivid the whole time. At this point my wife had grabbed my phone and I started videoing the object. In the video you can see it pass between then moon and mars. The objects looked much closer with my eyes then it appears in the video! There was never any sound and as you can see on the video the night was perfectly clear and very quiet. There is no flashing light like you would see on a plane or helicopter. and the lights just seemed so strangely bright and vivid! In the video you can see it is moving rather fast when passing between the moon and mars. In the year and a half, we have lived here I have seen airplanes, Helicopters, the International Space Station, And even Starlink "which is an AMAZING SIGHT" But I have never seen anything like this.