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
July 4, 2015 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Manitowoc, WI
We were sitting in back yard when a white light with red in the middle came out of the south west, heading north east. The light was very high in the sky , it took about 1 min. To pass over. After 15 min. Another passed then 15 min. Another passed over , the same direction . There was no sound. I asked my I phone if there were planes above us and it said there were none. It was very strange!!
July 3, 2015 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Nags Head, NC
Three bright red lights seen just north of Jeanette's Pier. Traveling slowly in succession. Equidistant. Lights disappeared one by one. First light, third light, then the second. We have corrected the date above. PD
July 3, 2015 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Pinellas Park, FL
These two sightings occurred between July 3-4, 2015), at approx: 10:30 & 11:00-11:30pm, respectively Define location where viewed as Pinellas Park FL (between Park Blvd/82nd Ave and 66th St/49th St) July 3: Three orangy, yellow round lights (orbs? craft?), slightly pulsating, traveling in unison, slightly triangular formation. Located at first sight from our location, due west, just beneath tree line. Moved 'upward' to about 75°, traveled slowly, steadily southward, then seemed to curve back westerly. Did not travel quickly out of sight as a plane, rather moved away & getting smaller, 2 dimmed a bit and disappeared. Third gave bright flash and disappeared. These objects appeared to be over about Belcher Rd to Alt 19 and, perhaps, Park Blvd or 54th Ave area (husband's estimation). These were seen by husband, self and 7 yr old grandson. Visible for approx 2 mins. July 4: After all local, neighbourhood fireworks ceased (a bit after 11pm), one orangy, yellow light (exactly like ones previous night), appeared...first viewed in NNW @ approx 45°. Traveled slowly southward; about halfway between N & due W from our location, object veered westward and appeared to ascend somewhat, growing visually smaller. Object continued up to about 80° (?); glowed slightly before ascending further and beyond naked eye view. About a half hour later, same type of object appeared, only closer to due W from us. Same basic 'flight' pattern as the one a half hr earlier, only more easily seen and tracked. This object traveled straight S to directly across from our house, still about 45°, veered sharply due W, ascended less steeply even than first. Grew smaller and eventually was unable to be seen. This object was visible for nearly 2.5 minutes (+/-) and was witnessed by husband, self, son (24), grandson (7), grandson (21) and grandson (25). At first we were thinking these might be 'flares', but the strict changes in trajectory suggested otherwise. Would surely like to know what these were.
July 3, 2015 · 10:50 PM · LIGHT
Marquette, MI
My brother went outside to check on fireworks. Called me outside to identify something. Fireworks were in the northeast. Due east was a very red star like light object estimated magnitude 1. Sky condition cloudy no stars visible. Object moved suddenly to the south about one hands width and disappeared. Checked out heavens-above.com star chart found nothing in that area of the sky that color or magnitude…
July 3, 2015 · 10:47 PM · LIGHT
Fairland, IN
MY WIFE THOUGHT IT WAS A DRONE BUT IT MOVED WAY TOO FAST. IT WOULD STOP IN THE SKY AND CHANGE DIRECTION AND TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET IN AN INSTANT. WHAT REALLY MADE ME FEEL IT WAS A UFO WAS WHEN IT CLIMBED STRAIGHT VERTICAL ABOUT 100 FEET IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. NO DRONE COULD MOVE THAT FAST.
July 3, 2015 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
York, NE
I witnessed 2 flickering, orange lights over York at two different times. First sighting was at around 21:00. Lights flickering quickly and in no discernible pattern. Watched for nearly a minute as the progressed from south to north before blinking out. The local fireworks display began shortly thereafter. Display concluded at appx 22:30 and I sighted the objects again. The second sighting lasted for nearly 3 minutes as the two "craft" circled each other, stood motionless for a few moments then parted ways. One proceeded east until it was out of sight. The other proceeded north until it had disappeared from view.
July 3, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Henderson Bay, NY
Saw 2 bright white lights with a little bit of red to them. They looked circular in shape and what appears to be about 3 miles out onto Lake Ontario. They were flying in formation and then would just stay put in one area. One of the objects started to fly straight up in the air and disappeared and a few moments later the second object did the same thing. About 30 seconds later one of the objects appeared about 1 mile in the opposite direction and flew directly over my head and I could hear no noise from it. It kept going back out into the lake and just disappeared.
July 3, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Post Falls/Stateline, WA
While watching the annual Demo Derby and Fireworks show at the State-line Speedway (Post Falls, ID) on July 3, 2015. Looking east, me and my friends saw a green/red light/object that looked like it was to the right of the full moon. It was slow-moving to the left. The fire works started and the light change color, and looked like it went around the moon, changed colors then dropped straight down. I'm retired from the USAF/ANG with 30 years of service and never seen anything like this.
July 3, 2015 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Montpelier, VT
Red light that hovered above Montpelier downtown during firework celebration. Seen from the top of National Life building. It hovered in place for 1-2 minutes, then would move to another random spot at a fast speed and hover again. No pattern or clear direction in movement, almost a zig zag pattern. But when it traveled it was a direct path. The only real visible shape was a round red light, same color as an airplane but not blinking and seemed to be very far away. At first observation, we thought it was a beacon on top of the building until it moved. After a time of about 20 minutes and prior to the fireworks ending, it simply flew away very fast heading northeast. There was no sound.
July 3, 2015 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Niles, IL
On the evening of July 3rd, 2015, around 9:50 PM, a friend and I had a sighted something that neither of us can explain. We went to watch the fireworks at the local high school in Niles, IL. We went to the 3rd story of a parking garage for a better view of the fireworks with a number of other patrons. We were about 300 yards away from the firework display, and randomly noticed 2 green lights with a single white flashing light on the object that we could not physically see outside of the light display. We had found it curious, as it seemed to literally be spectating the fireworks while hovering/sitting over the show. My friend and I actually went into debate as to whether it was a UFO or a helicopter. I originally put it off as a helicopter, because generally speaking, that's what sane people believe. It started to catch our attention more as the green lights both turned red. It was unlike any normal aircraft that we could think of. Obviously, since it was sitting over the fireworks, it could not be a plane. And usually the lights displayed on a helicopter stay consistent and do not change at random. What happened next is what truly makes me believe that we saw a UFO. It went from sitting in one place to my friend and I watching it dart across the sky directly east of where we were stationed. It quickly changed direction and again, changed color from green to red, and turned from left to right. Again, it changed to green as it looked to fly into the tree line about 5 miles away. I did record the event as soon as it started flying away because of how much it intrigued me. With that being said, I recorded a 29 second video of the occurrence. We have seen a number of planes tonight since the incident, and this object was going at a much quicker pace, and moved extremely quickly while changing direction unlike any flying object I have ever seen. In addition, even with the random increase of speed, you did not hear a single sound, which would be assumed by an object moving at that speed.
July 3, 2015 · 9:43 PM · LIGHT
Columbus, OH
Look the shit was creepy. I was at church getting ready to watch the fire works, abd all of a sudden these lights just appear. Everyone saw them. Abd i recorded it. Couldn't get a good recording because it was night time and I was using my phones camera. But i saw it and right as the fire works were going off over downtown the disappeared and appeared over on the west side off Columbus... Very paranormal....
July 3, 2015 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Pawtucket, RI
I was in attendance at the Pawtucket Red Sox baseball game on July 3, 2015, and the fireworks display afterwards. During the fireworks display, there was in the sky what appeared to be an aircraft with a steady red light and flashing green light hovering above and the west of the fireworks. My sister and brother in-law both witnessed the phenomenon as well. On no less than three occasions the aircraft began to accelerate at a high rate of speed and then suddenly stop after a short distance. The moment the fireworks stopped after the grand finale, the aircraft did what appeared to be a U-turn in the sky, zig-zagged a bit as though it were drunk, and then shot off at a high rate of speed. I have seen military aircraft perform similar aerial maneuvers, such as the F-22 Raptor. Therefore, I did not immediately assume that it was a UFO. Nevertheless, it certainly was not any kind of commercial or private aircraft.
July 3, 2015 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Algonquin, IL
July 3rd, 2015, approx. 9:40PM CST to 10:00PM. Five separate orange lights appeared out of the eastern sky over Algonquin, Illinois. Though there were fireworks in the distance, this was different. The four objects took off one at a time, soundless, they climbed out of the eastern sky to an altitude, when they moved around a little before finding a position where they remained. The intensity of each light changed, getting brighter and then slowly dimming until extinguished. This took 3-5 minutes each. Too much energy would be required to launch, reach altitude and power a sufficiently bright light that could be seen maybe ½ mile away. Were they drones? After burn-out, there was no sign that they fell to earth. Local SWAT drones? DARPA? Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 3, 2015 · 7:47 PM · LIGHT
Columbus, OH
5 lights hovering in a circle and repeatedly blinking one by one before they all disappeared.
July 3, 2015 · 12:26 AM · LIGHT
Miami, FL
I was driving, out of the top left corner of my eye I noticed something. I look and for a second I see a stationary green light, then once my eyes can focus on it, it rapidly moved east and faded out. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 2, 2015 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
York, PA
Initially, saw two orangish lights (about the color of the orange street lights) completely silent flying one on top of the other seeming in parallel just slightly above the treetops eventually going higher and then of to the east disappearing into the clouds. Then another two came up from the south and again appeared to be flying in some loose formation one above the other. Then there was a bit of a break then single "lights" would appear on the southern horizon and appear to heard slightly to north and then east and disappear into the clouds. This continued on for a while the timing of each was not identical sometimes a longer lull in between the "lights" and other times they seemed to come almost two at a time. But the travel of each from the south slightly north and then off to the east stayed the same. This continued on till around 23:30.
July 2, 2015 · 10:45 PM · LIGHT
Eagle Point, OR
This happened over Table Rock in Southern Oregon. There were two lights, one brighter than the other. They were moving side to side and it seemed as if one was moving closer and the other moving away, then as if a switch was turned off they both disappeared. Not sure if this has anything to do with it, but its been really hot this year.
July 2, 2015 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Pinckney, MI
Venus & Jupiter?? PD
July 1, 2015 · 11:10 PM · LIGHT
Calgary (Canada), AB · Canada
My family and I went to see the July 1st fireworks (for Canada Day) in Calgary that were scheduled to be between 10:45pm and 11:45pm that day. They were being launched off the Centre Street Bridge in Calgary, so we decided to go to the Sunnyside Bank Park and watch the fireworks from the top of the hill to get a good view (on Crescent Road NW near 2nd Street NW). I remember looking at the time on my cell phone and at 10:51pm I made a comment to my wife that they were late with their fireworks. Within a few minutes of that time, the fireworks had started, and they lasted approximately 15 minutes. Once the fireworks finished, I waited for maybe 30 seconds to see if any more were coming, but all there was now was smoke above the Centre Street Bridge. I looked at my cell phone again and the time was 11:09pm. I made another comment to my wife that they were liars, as I was expecting fireworks to last an hour. She laughed, and shortly after that she asked me, "What is that green light up there?" I looked up in the sky and saw a green stationery star-like object in the sky, hovering probably above Centre Street (not directly above us, just slightly east from us) and it was north of the Centre Street Bridge. I don't know exactly how high it was, but it there was cloud cover and the object was still below the clouds. At that moment when I first saw it, I didn't know what to think, as it was stationery. In my mind I immediately related the light to some of the fireworks from before (although it was hovering and not rising and falling like a firework) or maybe a helicopter with a green light (I didn't hear any helicopter noise either, but the object was very high). The object hovered in that spot for several seconds (10 to 20 seconds), then suddenly it shot off in the south east direction at a speed that I had never witnessed any airplane do before. It shot off several kilometers in the south east direction within 1 or 2 seconds, the came to a sudden stop, and it hovered again for several seconds. My heart immediately jumped at that moments, as I suddenly knew that whatever this was, it definitely was not a firework, a helicopter or any other conventional aircraft known to me. The light then suddenly vanished, as me and my wife started talking to each other in great excitement about what we just witnessed. The light appeared again, I reached for my cell phone to start recording, but as soon as I had the phone ready, the light vanished again, and we did not see it after that. When my wife first noticed the object, it was hovering lower, then it shot up with incredible speed and became stationery, at which point she drew my attention to it. I had missed the first part when it ascended, and I only saw it shoot horizontally across the sky. It was Canada Day fireworks and there were thousands of people scattered all around to watch the fireworks. My wife, my 16 year old son and I all saw the object. The people standing behind us saw the object. Since there were thousands of people present, I'm sure that many others saw the object. I hope that many more reports from that evening are filed, as I'm sure there are countless other witnesses to the event. It was just a light in the sky and if my wife had not pointed it out to me, I would have missed it. Due to that fact, I'm sure that majority of the spectators did not see this light, but those that were looking up in the right direction would have seen it for sure.
July 1, 2015 · 10:45 PM · LIGHT
Laurel, MD
When my family was driving in the car late at night, as we neared our house, I saw a light in the sky. I thought it was an airplane at first, since my house is near an airport, but it didn’t have the pattern of an airplane’s lights, and it wasn’t moving like an airplane. I spotted a second light a few seconds later as I was studying the first one. My younger sister claimed to see the lights as well. The two lights were white and small, much like stars, and they were bobbing along in the sky, moving back and forth and up and down in an erratic fashion. Eventually they disappeared into the clouds, and I saw the light patterns of an airplane following in their direction.
July 1, 2015 · 10:33 PM · LIGHT
Atlanta, GA
I was on Delta Airlines Flight 1667 flying from Atlanta, GA, to Myrtle Beach, S.C. The aircraft was a MD-88 and I was sitting in seat 19E on the starboard side of the aircraft, several rows forward of the wing, which I could see on the right side of my window when I leaned forward. We took off an hour late at around 22:29. There was an overcast of Cirrus-stratus or Alto-stratus clouds. The full moon was not visible through this layer. There were no lower clouds and city lights were plainly visible without obstruction during the initial climb out after takeoff. There were no reading lights in use near me. There were also no electronics in use with illuminated screens nearby that would have reflected on the inside of the window. Shortly after takeoff the aircraft leveled out and the lights of the city were plainly visible with a definite darker area extending out to the horizon visible under a slightly lighter sky over that. At this point I was looking down at the city lights, when I noticed a light separate itself from the rest and begin to move. It was a banana yellow color and was moving upward at a slow and steady pace. There were no other details to it. I could not judge its distance from us. As it moved, it appeared to be heading on an opposite course to ours and was climbing at an angle of approximately forty five degrees. From my perspective it moved from the lower left of the window to its upper right corner where I lost it to view. The light became obscured by the leading edge of the wing and then reappeared over the rear upper edge of the wing or wingtip. All this time which was probably a minute or so the light did not change in brightness or flicker. The color stayed the sa! me and so did its speed of ascent. I was unable to observe the object further as it went out of my limited field of view even by shifting my position. I don't know if anyone else on the aircraft saw this. There was no apparent reaction. The young man sitting next to me on the left was listening to music and not looking out the window. This whole thing occurred to quickly to try to get anyone's attention. During the initial takeoff before we leveled out there were other aircraft visible. This light or object did not exhibit their characteristics. I have flown numerous times at night and have seen plenty of aircraft leaving or arriving at airports. This was not one of them. Its apparent point of origin was not from any airport. It was an urban environment. Shortly after this we began to ascend again and banked for a course change. I checked my watch and it was now 22:35. I am sixty two years old, male, and was travelling alone returning home from a family related trip. I am a retired social worker and business manager. I am an amateur astronomer and avid sky watcher. I have no clue what this was. I only know what it wasn't. I considered raising this issue with the pilot upon landing at Myrtle Beach, but decided to avoid that and take this approach instead. I don't know how he would have reacted, but I did speak with him about the natural fireworks of distant thunderstorms visible to our south during the flight at higher altitude which he was also quite enthusiastic about.
July 1, 2015 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Phillips, WI
For the past 3 or more months we have seen a very bright light in the western sky each night. It cannot be a planet because it moves back and forth. Sometimes it is joined by a smaller dimmer light. They moved South to North a ways, then move back. The bright one will sometimes move up-down-sideways. No repeated pattern. There sometimes seems to be similar light movement on the ground below. Not sure what that is. We are most concerned about the lights in the sky. Planets do NOT move across the sky, then return, then move away and out of sight. No reports in news or from officials. Why? Venus and Jupiter. No reports in the news because the objects probably were Venus and Jupiter…and because the witnesses did not report them to the news. PD
July 1, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Montpelier, VT
Witnessed a blinking red light. At first I thought it was a plane. However the object was accompanied by zero sound. The light appeared to move on fluid and zig zagging motions. Often the light would stop and hover before moving. At times the frequency of blinking became much more rapid. The light was also accompanied by a white blinking light that appeared to be attached to the red light. Object lingered for about seven minutes before moving slowly away to the east out of sight. Weather: partly to mostly cloudy. Light wind. Some visible moonlight from full moon.
July 1, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Summerfield, FL
Probably Venus and Jupiter?? PD