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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
June 16, 2015 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Oregon, OH
On the night of 6/16/15, at about 22:30 hours, my fiancé and I went outside of our apartment building to smoke a cigarette. I looked up at the stars like I usually do looking for satellites and other astronomical features. This night I noticed a bright single light in the evening sky. I was looking east slightly northeast. I realized it was a different light than is in that part of the sky this time of year. I pointed it out to my fiancé and we both watched it as it moved slowly, almost floating but steadily to the south southeast. As it moved, I looked for any lights that would be on an aircraft, i.e., beacon strobe, red and green lights on the wings. I figured if it was heading away from us we would not see the bright landing light if it were a plane. In my opinion as a private pilot, the object was at least three to five thousand feet in the air and I believe it wasn’t an airplane or other typical aircraft. As we watched the object move away from us, it all of a sudden vanished. We were amazed and awestruck that it disappeared so quickly. Neither one of us has ever seen anything like this before and hopes this small report may help in the overall investigation of UFOs.
June 16, 2015 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
New Castle, PA
Bright white lights, one just below other...not independent. No sound, low altitude, slow speed. Second unit hung in sky at greater distance and receded to west (Youngstown,OH). First thought to be ultra-light. Retired PA State Police Trooper and newspaper reporter wife. Confirmed to be Venus and Jupiter. PD
June 16, 2015 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Medina, OH
This took place between the hours of 9-10pm. Feeling tired, I went to bed at 9pm, leaving my husband to watch television. My eyes were drawn to the outside, as the flashing of the fireflies was quite striking to see. As it grew darker, the fireflies were more noticeable. I decided to rise from my bed and sit on the floor, resting my arms on the window sill to watch them. Our window provides an eastern view and for a change, I noticed the night sky was clear and I could see the stars. Not having done this in a while, I looked for constellations. My eyes were drawn to a very bright "star" in the sky, positioned over our yard. I also noticed a jet flying in from the south with its blinking lights and it was too far up in the sky to hear it. Again, I was drawn to that bright star and wondered if it was a planet. After a while, it started to MOVE. It was closer to the earth than was the jet, because the jet passed behind it. I thought my imagination had kicked in, or that perhaps it simply was the earth's rotation causing this "movement." I used the window pane to gauge the movement and YES, the "star" WAS moving! It moved in a southern direction then STOPPED. The "star" took a 90 degree turn away from me and headed east at a steady speed. I watched it until it disappeared, which took very little time. The last time I had seen anything similar to this was in 2013 around 4:45am. I was driving up Fenn Road to Weymouth Road, on my way to work. The object traveled in a southern direction then turned east. This did not look like a star, but was a glowing orange color and had no flashing lights or sound.
June 15, 2015 · 10:45 PM · LIGHT
Hoover, AL
Near Ross Bridge Resort, at around 22:45 a group of 8 twinkling red and white lights flew a grid pattern over Ross Bridge parkway.
June 15, 2015 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Charlottesville/Waynesboro, VA
I was driving home from Bible Study in Charlottesville to Waynesboro on I-64. Around exit 113 which is Ivy exit. I saw a bright bright star or what I thought was a star on my left hand side driving west on 64. I tried to capture it on my cell phone but could not get a picture. After stopping to try to get a picture, I got back on the highway and it disappeared. It reappeared again on my right, but now there were two both very bright and one slightly behind the other and lower. Both faded away, and one reappeared again in front of me still driving west on 64. I took the exit 94 and saw it again same brightness and lower but on my left again. After getting on my street where I live I didn't see them anymore. This is the second time I have seen these lights. The first time again driving home from Bible Study but this one single one was a triangle shaped which kept fading in and out and each time in a different place. Didn't really scare me. I just found it odd. If these were stars, why were they brighter than the others and closer and odd shapes. We suspect a sighting of Venus and Jupiter, both of which are in the western sky, currently, during the early to late evening. PD
June 15, 2015 · 10:20 PM · LIGHT
San Jose, CA
We were sitting outside in our backyard, with the lights off, when we saw a very bright golden-like light coming towards us from W, going towards to E. It made no sound at all. It was glowing when all of a sudden it quietly and QUICKLY took off towards space. It was amazing. I felt uneasy about going out into the open to observe it, so I watched it from a place that kind of hid my body. There were no green or red lights, and the only thing I know of that can move that fast is a rocket. This craft made absolutely no noise at all. Nothing. Absolutely amazing! Not the ISS, which was visible from San Jose at 21:37 hrs.. PD
June 15, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Wall, NJ
4 different bright lights flying across the sky weaving in between each other right above the stadium lights of a football field at night. Happened very fast
June 15, 2015 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Centralia, WA
Venus and Jupiter? PD
June 15, 2015 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Coolidge, GA
Next, a bright light appeared out of the cloud and shot straight down to the grown. This has happened several times and one of my friends that lives a mile has been witnessing it, too. He has seen 2 lights appear sometimes also. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 14, 2015 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Alexandria, MN
At approximately 10:30 pm last Sunday night, my wife and I were on our patio. I looked directly above my head and saw a brilliant white light traveling east. The object was traveling slow, in a straight line and did not deviate its course. We couldn't see the shape of the object because the light was so bright. It was about 4 times as large as the planet Jupiter that night, which was very bright and clear. There was no sound and the weather was perfect, no wind. I saw a commercial jet above the object which travel at approximately 30,000 feet, so my best guess at the height of this object was 5,000 to 10,000 feet high (really difficult to determine). I did check the internet and the space station was near Venezuela at the time. As it was traveling away, it suddenly disappeared or the light was shut off. I don't believe it was a satellite because it was just too low. Again, large bright white light (4 times size of Jupiter), traveling slow across sky, no sound, 5,000 to 10,000 ft high, immediately disappeared after 2 minutes. Witness corrects report on August 13, stating that he believes that the object was the International Space Station. PD
June 14, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Falmouth, ME
Watching TV in bed and noticed flashing light in the sky outside my window. It was white and bright and appeared to be flashing down a row of lights. There were 2, one was higher up then the other. I had my husband look, as I wasn't sure what I was looking at. We stood in the window looking at these two very bright flashing lights in the sky. They moved up and down and stayed in placed, then they were gone, just vanished as if a switch had been shut off. With in a few seconds, they had reappeared as red/orange lights, very bright. One appeared to be moving closer. I looked away as I didn't really want to see what I was seeing. My husband, however, continued watching until they vanished. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 14, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Winston, OR
I grabbed my binoculars to get a better look at it. I continued to watch it thru my binoculars, as it traveled across the sky. It was a very bright glowing white light traveling from east to west at a high rate of speed. It maintained it's speed, elevation, and direction. It appeared to be traveling at a lower elevation then what commercial aircraft travel at. About 1 minute after it passed overhead, it changed into an orange color and then faded out. I have been in the Air Force for 18 years. I have spent a lot of years working on aircraft. I have been around many different aircraft, from cargo to fighters. I can distinguish between an airplane, satellite, and meteor. It was none of these. (( Overflight of ISS. http://heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544⪫=43.1223&lng=-123.4126&loc=Winston&alt=169&tz=PST PD))
June 14, 2015 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Birmingham, AL
My wife and I were heading west on I-20, when we noticed a bright light out of the driver’s side window (South). The object was extremely bright even at the distance of about 5 miles from our location. The light just popped up and while my wife was still looking at it, it vanished. Not behind a cloud, it did not take off or fade into the distance, it just vanished. As a computer engineer, and her as a data analyst, we both used the process of elimination and there is nothing that can account for the object.
June 14, 2015 · 3:45 PM · LIGHT
Little Elm, TX
I was sitting on my porch, facing south, at approximately 15:45 hrs., when I sensed I was being watched. I stood up and faced north and not quite overhead and immediately locked focus on what appeared to be a bright, unmoving star that did not increase or decrease in light intensity. I stared at it for about 15 minutes and then asked my wife to confirm what I was seeing, which she did. I used the "Star Walk" app to determine what was overhead, but the only thing in the spot of the star was a real star called, "BeMaine," or "GeMaine." the detail is lost on me, as I can't find it again. We both watched a further 5 minutes when a small high altitude cloud moved over the "star." When the cloud passed the light was gone. My wife remarked that I had a bit of a sunburn at the end of the day. I also did not sleep at all that night. The light was not visible the next day (Monday). Seeing the object was not the weird part; feeling like I was being watched still! bothers me. ((ADDENDUM #1 FROM WITNESS)) It was indeed broad daylight with the sun out west a bit and partly cloudy. "Star Walk" is an astronomy app that shows planets, constellations, and satellites in relation to the user's position/location on earth. There was only a star with a strange name where the light was. No satellites. Planets were further up overhead. My deepest apologies for not at least attempting a photograph. Feeling like I was being watched and ending up with a sunburn after 20 minutes outside mostly in the shade is what I find most weird. I don't burn easily. ((END ADDENDUM)) ((ADDENDUM #2 FROM WITNESS)) No worries. Approximate location in sky was Elevation 60 degrees Azimuth 33 degrees NE. ((END ADDENDUM))
June 14, 2015 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Beeville, TX
.June 14, 2015 had some chase me down the highway in Beeville, Texas. Was doing 70mph, at first it was just one flying in front of me directly over the road, it then circled around my truck and came up from behind me, I looked out to the side of my truck and realized the whole area was lit up, I was to scared to look up to see how close it was above me. I hit the gas and spead up, it then circled back in front of me, it crossed the road and suddenly blinked super fast 7 or 8 times, when it finished it disappeared for four seconds and then a new one appeared and copied the same super fast blinking 7-8 times, now there was two of em. This whole time they were maybe 50 ft in the air and 75 - 100 ft in front of me, mind u this whole time I was doing 70mph, it's like they were able to lock speed with me. They were the same size, randomly moving around, off and on blinking. After a few miles they slowly started going up higher and higher directly above the road. I was finally able to pass em, and eventually lost sight of em. Then a few miles down the road I saw a group of three of em flying parallel with the road heading south and I was heading north. These were about 100 yards from the road on the lefthand side of road. These were different sizes a LG, med, sm and they flew in a tight triangle formation and it wasn't a perfect triangle the bottom left was the smallest and was flying a little closer to the top one which was the largest. It reminded me of whales and dolphins how you see the babies swim just underneath the parents. They flew 15 - 20 ft above the trees and they were shining down a beam of light as they flew, I could see the tree tops light up as they flew. When they got directly parallel with me, I looked away, because I got scared that they were going to pick up on my sense that I was nearby. I looked forward waited a few seconds then did a quick turnaround and looked just to make sure that they had kept going, and hadn't started following me. They were about the size of a soccer ball, cantaloupe and a softball. I eventually made it to a gas station all I wanted to do was tell people what I just saw but I knew I better just keep my mouth shut. I looked up sightings for that city and realized there have been many similar sightings over the years. I kinda developed ptsd from it for about a year, would have dreams about it and can't help but constantly looking at the sky while driving at nighttime. Forgot to mention that all the lights were white and super bright. And the first two I saw were the same size.
June 14, 2015 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Hazel Park, MI
I saw one ball of red light flying low and coming in my direction. It then shifted toward the heavens and disappeared into the clouds. I then looked South and saw two more of the same object flying the same trajectory. We wonder whether the correct time may have been 0030 hrs., i.e. thirty minutes past midnight. PD
June 13, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Gig Harbor, WA
First there was one and I thought it might be a low flying satellite, but it stopped directly overhead and moved slightly. It was then followed by 2 then 3 more—stopping, repositioning, then getting fainter as if moving away. They were silent, traveled very straight—no zigzagging, and seemed to reposition themselves in a precise manner. Then the lights dimmed or grew fainter.
June 13, 2015 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Princeton, MA
Bright flash of light from a very small (from my perspective looking out the window) ball of light, moving very fast (much faster than a plane) and pulsing very bright a few times while I watched it zoom off, going west to east.
June 13, 2015 · 1:30 AM · LIGHT
Clearlake, WA
A friend of mine and I were standing in my driveway. As she was getting ready to leave, I noticed something that looked like a satellite traveling North as I looked South. I told my friend to look up. As she did we saw two more lights heading south that looked to be equally far away but in the general vicinity of the other light. The two seemed to travel in tandem for a bit, then one veered west and appeared to slow down. As they passed, the oncoming object heading north the western heading object veered east and went behind the southern flying object. They seemed to get close together, then the one that had been heading east began veering west. We quickly lost track of it. My friend thought it stopped moving all together, I’m not sure. The object that was heading north appeared to change paths and head east. I did not see any lights blinking on these objects. They looked like satellites that I have seen before. All the objects were white, they appeared to be at an extreme altitude, and there was no noise that we could hear. At 1:30 am there was no noise except us talking as we watched.
June 12, 2015 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Colorado Springs, CO
While driving home I witnessed two very big lights...they were like stars but bigger, and you could see their roundness. I saw one of them fade away and then reappear in a different area. Also, there was this peculiar star that was very bright tonight that I don't recall ever noticing (this is actually what had me staring at the sky) and it appeared to get longer with time. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 12, 2015 · 3:45 AM · LIGHT
New Orleans, LA
It was traveling multiple Mach, way faster than any plane could have possibly flown. I have seen many meteors in my life, this was definitely not one. I would suspect it crashed or impacted based in its trajectory somewhere along the Mississippi gulf coast area.
June 11, 2015 · 11:50 PM · LIGHT
Galt, CA
My husband and I saw 2 bright orange round balls of light moving through the dark sky at around 11:50 pm. At first they were moving fast then slowed, then stopped, started moving again then faded to a faint light, then disappeared. They lasted about 5 to 10 minutes.
June 11, 2015 · 10:45 PM · LIGHT
Dewey, AZ
My husband and I saw 4-5 red lights in a line just above the southern horizon. Some of the lights were blinking. I went inside to get binoculars to get a better look. They were gone when I came back outside.
June 11, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Belton, SC
I was driving to my cousin's house, down 29 south, at around june 28th, and had just turned left on Danne Bannister road, and after about a mile I saw what appeared to be flashes of lightning at about a 70°incline to my left. When I turned and looked it looked like two stars in the sky and they were shooting white laser lights at one another. The lower one shot about four times then the one that was higher and to the right fired four times, then the lower one fired three more times only to get fired back at about five or six times. Then they just sat there for maybe 30 seconds and the one that was higher moved in a half circle stopped underneath then took a right and vanished while the other just sat there. (( The source of the report indicates a date of June 28, 2015, which is illogical, given that the date is still in our future. We have amended the date above temporarily, until we receive a corrected date from the witness, at which time, we will re-post the report with a corrected date. PD