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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.
139,459 entries
October 6, 2023 · 12:05 PM · CYLINDER
Grand rapids, MI
I happened to be looking up to the South and in between the clouds I could see a white cylinder standing on its edge floating West above the clouds about the speed of a jet plane. The wind is about 15 to 25 miles an hour and it was going against the wind. I watched it for approximately 20 seconds before a cloud passed underneath it and it and obscured my view.
October 6, 2023 · 8:45 AM · CHANGING
Chino Valley, AZ
While working out on my bench I looked up and saw a small object very high in altitude. I grabbed my binoculars and could see it better. Seemed to be changing shape as it reflected light in different ways. Rotating object looked round, then triangle, then square. Sometimes it looked like two. After a while it moved away at a slow speed, then disappeared. Then showed back up at original location. Its probably still sitting there as I couldn’t be out there all day. I had also seen the same thing a couple of days earlier but it blinked twice then disappeared before I could get my binoculars. This was no balloon or aircraft. Will be updating if seen again
October 6, 2023 · 5:10 AM · UNKNOWN
Worthing, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
I woke up after having weird dream about genetic changes in the future and suddenly I woke up because I felt I was being watched and I felt presence in my room. I raised my head and I saw two creatures staring at me and it was something like transparent energy field but I could still see coloured sparks of light emanating from the edges of their shape and I was like really tall persons that they couldn’t stand straight in my room they slowly started backing backwards and after few seconds I heard gentle knock on my glass door to the garden …I was totally terrified and started shaking and I didn’t want to leave my bed because I was scared they might be in my living room … I eventually stand up and looked outside but I couldn’t see any craft or anyone … I never had situations like that… I only saw UFO orb golden light doing high manoeuvres zig zag very fast once in Poland over the Power Plant in 2010 in Jastrzębie Zdrój town, and later in Worthing town West Sussex UK in 2012 it was a bright orange disk light and it headed towards west and suddenly disappeared at very high speed
October 6, 2023 · 2:34 AM · UNKNOWN
Hollywood, CA
Formation of light that is hovering and moving slowly twinkling a bright lights of colors of lights other forms of light splitting off
October 6, 2023 · 2:00 AM · FLASH
Madras, OR
Stepped outside pitch dark and I look to my North and I see these bright flashing lights blue red white yellow just blinking for a second I thought it was a plane so I looked up flights around the nearest plane was flying towards pdx plus it was flying by Salem at the moment around 2:15 not headed towards RDM I flashed a bright laser and it moved slowly up and stayed in that position. I checked to see if it was getting closer but it stayed In the same spot blinking brightly no sign of movement stayed looking till 3:00 and no change the same position
October 6, 2023 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Sutton, WV
I was at my friend’s house out in the middle of the woods, away from main roads. I went outside to pee because they’re in the process of building their house, and through the trees I noticed this bright light in the distance moving around and getting smaller then bigger. I watched it for a minute and got scared and tried to get everyone’s attention. Nobody cared. So I went back outside and started watching the sky again, and my friend was with me. I started seeing two to six lights like stars with a glow around them, (from the clouds, coming through our atmosphere and back out, no other stars had a glow like that) moving around in one direction and then it would change and go another direction, there was some that would morph into each other, circle each other and then become one, they would go away completely and then come back in different spots. There was one that would get extremely bright, and would move around and then I could see a cloud of light then it would disappear again, then come back in a different spot and move around. I watched these in the sky for about two hours. I watch the night sky every night and have for about 3 years now. I’ve never seen anything like this. I know what Venus and Jupiter look like and where they’re at, I know what starlink looks like, I know what planes, satellites and drones look like, these were none of these things. To me, from my perspective on the ground, all I could see were lights but they maneuvered around and looked like some sort of vehicle in the sky with a bright light on them to see. They could turn these lights off and on also. There was intelligent thought in the way they maneuvered. I could tell these things were going in and out of our atmosphere extremely fast for as high up it was, and they were looking at our ground here. I know this sounds insane but I’m a fairly intelligent person and I’ve been watching the stars for a long time and I’ve never seen anything like this.
October 5, 2023 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Chicago, IL
On the evening of October 5th, 2023 at approximately 0400Z while flying a Citation Latitude business Jet from KTEB to KMDW, I noticed strange lights above our aircraft at approximately the 2 o'clock high position over the Lake Michigan area. We were cruising at FL430 and approximately Mach .76 when I noticed the lights; they appeared as stars but they were maneuvering rapidly, changing direction and speed in multiple planes of movement. There were approximately five lights and they would maneuver, change brightness (may have been directional lights pointing toward and away from us; unsure), and fly in what looked to be a repeated formation. This activity appeared to be cyclical in nature. This was very odd to me, as Starlink satellites and similar objects in an orbit do not change speed and direction in that manner. I observed it for several seconds before commenting to my Captain that he should take a look. He quickly gained sight of them and concurred that he had never seen anything like it. We estimated the objects altitude to be FL600 or above; it was difficult to tell as they appeared to be 50-100 miles away from us but they were definitely well above our altitude. Our position at the time of initial visual observation of the objects was east of the GSH navaid on the V451. The weather was completely clear at our altitude and above us with a layer of overcast clouds below at around FL300. The moon had not yet risen so the only lights in the sky were stars and other aircraft which were easily discernable and generally co-altitude or below us. While we could not explain the lights, I queried ATC as to whether there was any military activity in that area. They replied in the negative, so I asked more specifically if the R-6903 restricted area over Lake Michigan was active. They said that it was not. Neither my Captain nor myself could explain these lights, and we witnessed the activity for approximately 30 minutes before we began our descent into KMDW and had to focus on the arrival and approach. We discussed it as a crew and continued with our tour. Approximately three days later, on the morning of October 9th at approximately 0730Z we saw the lights again while flying east from KSJC to KLUK. We were again at FL410 and in the proximity of Peoria, IL at the time of the sighting. My captain noticed the lights first (the same captain from the previous flight) and brought them to my attention. They were in the same general region, over the Great Lakes area. Multiple pilots had commented on the light coming from Venus on guard frequency (121.5) but it was quickly explained to them that it was a planet. I made a transmission on guard asking if anyone could see the strange lights we were witnessing and got several replies. Initially they were dismissed as Starlink, but once multiple pilots admitted to seeing them there was a consensus that it was not Starlink and no explanation was offered. Pilots discussing this phenomena switched to 123.45 frequency to avoid cluttering the guard frequency. At that point, one crew admitted to seeing these lights multiple times generally in the same area. One crew could see them from the Tennesee area and another crew was in a Gulfstream at FL450 closer to the lights and said they were well above their altitude. All in all, the lights were viewed by multiple professional pilots and none could offer any explanation for them. Again, we witnessed the lights for approximately 30 minutes until we began our arrival into Cincinnati. The weather was clear that night with a rising moon later in the flight. I still have no explanation for what we saw. I have approximately 3000 hours of flight time in various aircraft, mostly military as I was an MV-22 pilot in the Marine Corps and was an instructor for Night Vision Device flying. I am aware of most atmospheric phenomena and have seen multiple Space X launches and satellites from both the ground and in flight. My Captain has over 20 years of flying experience. Neither of us had any explanation for the lights. I am confident what we saw would be classified as Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.
October 5, 2023 · 10:31 PM · CYLINDER
Parker, CO
I was sitting on my patio when I saw a plane fly by then I heard a very loud sound that sounded electronic. Then I saw a massive far away orange thing that looked similar to an airplane, but it had a giant sphere in the middle and I think it looked like it had the head of a bird but near the end I almost remember it not having that. That part is something I barely remember which is weird, this happened yesterday. It was way too big to be an airplane and it was going in tight circles somewhat fast. Too fast and tight for an airplane for sure. Then it vanished right before my eyes. I looked for it for a little bit longer and found it again lower to the ground but still high up. It was like the wind did not affect it at all. This is when my vision got a little fuzzier. Like on a 1980's camera but it was my eyes. So it was getting harder to see it. I pulled out my phone to record it. I couldn't find it I turned off my phone to .look again and it was gone. This time I didn't see it again
October 5, 2023 · 10:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Chattanooga, TN
I was leaving JJ's Bohemia (at 10:20pm) after a live music show. I was parked on the street in front of the music venue and as I pulled out of my parking space and was sitting at the red light on MLK Blvd & Houston sts I noticed a triangle shaped object glowing green around the edges. it moved slowly behind the building at the corner of MLK Blvd & Houston st and I lost visibility of the object. I tried to view the object but it was out of my view and was not seen again. There was no noise out of the ordinary and the person with me was not able to see the object. The size could not be exactly determined but my estimation is 60'x60'x60'. There were light on the bottom of the metallic object that were glowing green and outlined the object from the underside with a green/white haze around the craft. I did not see any propulsion gasses emanating from the craft. The craft was only visible for approximately 15seconds as it disappeared behind a building structure.
October 5, 2023 · 10:10 PM · CHEVRON
West Kelowna, BC · Canada
My girlfriend and I were on an evening walk up boucherie mountain in west Kelowna, Canada. Approximately halfway up there is a lookout spot which gave a great vantage point to the clear night sky. After admiring the stars for 10 or so minutes my girlfriend startled me by abruptly shouting out “what is that!?” And pointing into the night sky. After a brief moment my eyes came across what I can best describe as a bending of light, holding its form moving slowly across the sky at lower altitude. My uneducated guess would be maybe 10,000 ft in altitude, significantly lower than a civilian aircraft. We could not make out any details of any alien/military craft. Light appeared to be bending around an unseen object shaped almost as a chevron, but with a straight edged horizontal nose. The light bent/refracted around it was almost identical in hue to the particularly colourful deep tangerine moon. My girlfriend described the effect as looking like a “forcefield.” The craft/object moved in linear direction and speed, slowly moving across the night sky until travelling too far away to be seen. It did not leave behind any contrail. The size of said anomaly was maybe twice larger than the size of the Little Dipper, also present in the night sky. The lighting bent around it perfectly held its form, traversing a massive portion of the sky until travelling out of view.
October 5, 2023 · 9:58 PM · CIRCLE
Biddeford Maine, ME
I was outside with my mom in Biddeford Maine located in York county looking at the sky and stars when at 9:58PM I saw a circular object that was still then I saw it move and zip across the sky which didn’t have any sound or leave a chem trail and I saw it get close to another circular object and it had completely disappeared after it got close to the other circular object which I’m sure was another ufo
October 5, 2023 · 9:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Colorado Springs 80917, CO
While observing how clear the sky was, and taking notice of the stars/satellites in the sky. I observed 3 red/amberish lights appear to burst out of a cloud over possibly "Black forest" on the north end of Colorado Springs. The object was traveling in the direction of "Cripple Creek" Colorado. It cleared this entire potential distance in a roughly 6-7 second window. That is 30 or so miles traveled in 6-7 seconds. It made zero notice, briefly banked sideways, flattened out again, and had no visible exhaust trail on a clear dark night sky. I had 1 witness with me who observed it only in the last second or even half second before it vanished. Notable to this, I observed what could be described as heat waves or haze coming off of the entire mass as you would see looking at the hot tar of a street on a hot day. I have been to many many many air shows in my life time and have seen many jets fly including F-117 and B52s. This was none of them. We regularly have jets fly over in Colorado Springs due to norad and many other military bases. I also called my wife to report to her what I had just seen moments later and she stated there was alot of static coming off of my phone (Outside in a parking lot with 0 wind) Interesting and last final note after viewed a Map of the area - the route this air craft flew would have been dang near directly over the Air Force Academy.
October 5, 2023 · 9:00 PM · CHANGING
Agassiz, BC · Canada
At 9:00PM my wife noticed something over the roof of our house flying East. She pointed it out to me as I looked up the group of 9 to 12 golden orbs was in triangular shape. It looked like an airplane. Then the orbs started changing formation. It looked like they were playing and flying over and under each other. As they continued to head East they changed formation a couple more times. I tried getting my phone and snapping a couple of pictures/videos by it was too dark and all I have is a black video. As I was trying to look at my phone screen and try to get objects in sight my wife watched them stop for a second then shoot straight up and disappear. This lasted 30-45 seconds from start to finish. After that, we saw a short meteor shower/space debris falling. As we were ready to call it a night and go back inside at 9:45PM we saw the golden orbs again this time just over the Norther horizon above the tree line. This time for 5 seconds but we could still see them change formation from single file to almost boomerang shape then just disappear over school behind our house. Height is hard to judge but it was definitely higher than small planes that fly around our area and lower than most commercial fights we see. The second fly-by was much lower and looked like it was only a few hundred feet off the ground.
October 5, 2023 · 8:06 PM · CHEVRON
Topeka, KS
Happened to be outside a little after 8pm CDST in Topeka KS. The object seemed large, black, wing shaped with many light areas, possibly street light reflections. Not bright lights. Brighter than starlight. No sound, no bird sounds, no engine sounds. Only had a pocket flashlight on me with 130 lumens. The object was out of range, flashlight didn't help. Object might be 300 feet above me??? The night was breezy, kind of moved like a "balloon" riding the wind currents. The object was out of sight in about 20 seconds. Not enough time to get a larger lumen flashlight.Object seemed to be traveling SSW. It wasn't a flock of birds, but that could also be used to describe the size of the black wing. Looking at the object as a whole, it looked like the shape was gossamer with 40 or more reflection areas/lights and black.
October 5, 2023 · 8:00 PM · DISK
Bridgeport, IL
About 8:00 pm at night after, picking up pizza for dinner, my daughter in law was driving west on highway 250 towards Sumner, Illinois from Bridgeport , Illinois. As she approached the turn off for Hopewell cemetery she noticed unusually bright lights in the field to her right. Slowing down to get a better view of the phenomenon, she was shocked and shaken when she realized that it was a very large disk shaped object 75-150 feet in diameter slowly moving in a circular pattern around the north end of the open field. The object had a dark surface and was ringed by multicolored lights around the periphery of said object. The disk-like shape was only discernible because of the lights around the outer edge. The object was moving just above the tree-line. The lights around the edge were moving in a fixed pattern around the object. She described the motion of the lights as the motion of chasing lights on a theater or advertising marquee. Until the moment of her sighting she was a hardcore skeptic. When she called us to relate her sighting, she was very shaken and displayed a reaction of someone who has just had their perception of reality destroyed. She slowed down observed the object intently enough that she totally forgot to control the car she was driving. She crossed the centerline and ran off the shoulder of the road before regaining control. According to her, the near accident snapped her back to her senses and in a panic she sped away. It was only when she reached the safety of her own home that she realized that she was so shaken by the experience that she completely forgot to take pictures.
October 5, 2023 · 7:43 PM · FLASH
Probable conventionalGatlinburg, TN
we took pictures of the sky bridge and I saw some objects in the distance while the picture was taken I saw a huge flash and noticed three objects at the top shot straight up while one object at the far right shot straight ahead while a couple more objects was coming in the area of the others ufo which made a big flash and all the objects quickly disappeared. I reported this and no one got back to us on this. It was a clear night and could not see the objects with your eyes until the pictures were taken then I saw it all. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
October 5, 2023 · 7:05 PM · TRIANGLE
Swanton, CA
I saw what looked like a jet chasing a weird three sided craft. I was unable to determine on drive if it was a triangle or a pyramid. It stopped in the sky for a short time and then a jet chased it to the coast and back over the mountain. Looked obscured and very dark.
October 5, 2023 · 6:53 PM · LIGHT
Avon Park, FL
It was a small white light, and it faded out at sunset as I pulled out my phone. It was slower than a shooting star. And it did not blink or leave a trail like an aircraft.
October 5, 2023 · 5:51 PM · CHEVRON
White Plains, NY
I was heading west on 287 in heavy traffic, the object was just northwest of me. As I was moving away from where I was a second object appeared.
October 5, 2023 · 5:35 PM · SPHERE
Lawrence, MA
I observed a bright silver orb at a very high altitude for about 30 seconds due north from Massachusetts towards the NH border. I checked flight radar 24 and saw no aircraft in the vicinity except a small commuter private plane at 7,000 feet. This object eventually went behind a bank of clouds and disappeared.
October 5, 2023 · 11:31 AM · LIGHT
lawrence, KS
6 lights flying west to east then 2 lights split off and went in a different direction and the other 4 went in a eastern direction.
October 5, 2023 · 11:25 AM · CIGAR
Grand Canyon, AZ
Taking a rest on Grand Canyon south rim path I saw an object I thought to be a milar balloon.It was first seen at my 2 o’clock and proceeded to my 11 o’clock at estimated speed 400- 500 mph just about 30- 45 degrees of my view from straight ahead view alerted my girlfriend who also witnessed same thing. Object made no noise and moved from northeast to southwest steady straight line. Air Force vet gone to many air shows. Never seen anything like that before..thank you bill
October 5, 2023 · 10:00 AM · DISK
Kansas City, MO
Me and a guy from work were putting lighting in on the 2nd floor of the building by some windows and the guy I was working with said “ what the hell is that shining out the window a drone?” We both then started watching it and noticed it was moving too fast to be a plane or a drone as it got closer then it just vanished. We looked around for it about 15-20 minutes but could no longer find or see it.
October 5, 2023 · 7:45 AM · SPHERE
Middleton, ID
I saw a strange light which I assumed was a satellite or a drone so I took pictures. When you zoom in on them they show what appears to be a shiny round object. It sat still in the sky for 15 min or so then vanished suddenly.