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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
April 5, 2015 · 1:00 PM · LIGHT
Groom Lake (near), NV
The passenger with me was an Air Force nurse returning from Afghanistan - I was on my way to Seattle to see relatives. The lights were all bright white - no colors did I observe. The nurse said she had never seen anything like what we saw and could think of no explanation. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We have seen video of what we presume was footage of the sighting described above, but we have no way of contacting the source of this report, in order to confirm that the two events are the same. PD
April 5, 2015 · 2:30 AM · LIGHT
Ormond Beach, FL
I was visiting my cousin at her condo in Ormond Beach. Her place is on the ground floor directly across the street from the ocean. There were no stars in the sky. I saw what appeared to be a lightning flash in the distance. Then in the same space I saw a very bright light. I thought it was too bright for a star and it seemed to be moving towards me. I tried to film, but all I had was my cell phone and I am not good at using the video. Anyway I did not get any pictures, just a black screen. I watched for around 30 minutes and actually felt quite nervous. Suddenly two guys came up the stairs off the beach and startled me. I closed the shutter and went to bed.
April 5, 2015 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Roswell, GA
Round object, glowing green, low on the horizon, made an arc flight pattern.
April 4, 2015 · 9:11 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
Very bright light sitting in western sky. Through binoculars no shape distinguishable, just bright off white/yellowish light. At least 2 or 3 times brighter than Jupiter in southwest sky. Sits for 3 to 5 minutes. No movement.took 1-2 seconds to try and align with astronomy map to identify, look back up and object is gone. No trace.
April 3, 2015 · 9:33 PM · LIGHT
Pompano, FL
Stationary light in the sky over Pomano Beach, Florida. Inland about 5-10 miles. Lights look like 3 in sequence tight. Thought was a star or landing plane. Object hasn't moved at all.
April 3, 2015 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Bernie, MO
I begin filming this after work when I noticed the flashing lights in the sky and it immediately reminded me of the same type of lights that I seen in 2005 which eventually materialized and flew directly over my car which was that a large triangle silent craft with three lights in each corner and a red light in the middle. Thinking this was the same thing I had witnessed I begin taking it and although it never got closer I got excellent footage I was a light moving in a way that it could not be any man made craft and I feel that is important that this is what they did and I do have a video of what I saw.
April 3, 2015 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
Yountville, CA
I focused on it as it moved trying to determine if it was a plane, helicopter, or satellite. It moved in a straight line and seemed to be dropping in elevation slightly. It was very quiet and I could not hear the usual helicopter compression sounds. As I focused on it, it seemed to get bigger and brighter with no visible shape other then a very bright white and large light. It slowly moved North and seemed to drop in elevation slightly, that is when I ran in the house to grab the binoculars. Before I left, it was dead center of the large open space seen in from my backyard. When I returned with the binoculars, it was gone. Given the speed and location and how long I was gone, it should of been in about the same area but it was gone. I scanned the night sky with the binoculars and found nothing. I am confident it was NOT a satellite, star, meteor, or any type of known aircraft. This now my 6th sighting of an unknown to me object in 40 years of gazing at the night sky. I really need to keep the binoculars near the backdoor from now on. Thank you for what you do online and on the radio.
April 3, 2015 · 7:24 PM · LIGHT
Miami, FL
I recorded it. It moved from southwest Miami area towards northeast Miami.
April 2, 2015 · 8:30 AM · LIGHT
Minden, NV
A light moving from south to north at a very rapid pace. Stopped about my 12 o'clock blew up into a bright ball (about 3 seconds) and then continued north. Amazing. I still have the chills. I have been a UFO researcher for my entire life… My first sighting. WOW!!!
April 2, 2015 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Roswell, NM
At around 0100 MST I noticed a strange, pulsating light. This light flashed red, and white, and appeared to be moving in various zig-zag, up and down, circular, and back and forth patterns. To confirm the object was moving, I placed my thumb 2-3 inches in front of one eye, and closed the other. Sure enough, a few seconds later, the light moved back into view. To ensure the natural movement of my body did not effect the test, I tried again twice, yielding same results. Afterward, I went inside, and used the blinds as a reference point. I repeated the test 3 times, all yielding the same result as the previous test. I proceeded to try signaling with a flash light, which yielded a few distinctly brighter, white flashes from the bottom portion of the light. As I write this report the light continues to hover around the same coordinates as when I first sighted it, yet appears to be becoming dimmer, as if moving away from my location.
April 1, 2015 · 10:45 PM · LIGHT
Rocky Point, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 1, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Cornell, WI
Me and my friends were hanging out at the basket ball court when i notice a star that dint belong there. The star then proceeded to shoot across the sky and cleared a field about 700 yards within ten seconds. As this happened i noticed a second star doing the same thing. I pointed it to my friends and we instantly felt an eerie vibe. As the last one did it cleared a 700 yard field in about 10 seconds.
April 1, 2015 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Colorado Springs, CO
I was standing outside in my back yard listening to loud music in my headphones when I heard a vibration. I removed my headphones to get a better grasp on the location and looked and saw 2 helicopters of unknown color flying super low with only marker lights on. In front of the helicopters were 2 detached glowing lights of no particular origin. The lights were being followed at a fast past by the choppers, and when my vision became obstructed, I lost one of the lights. By this time, because of the low altitude, I could feel the vibrations from the choppers propellers and hear the loud engines of the choppers but could not hear any noise from the lights. As I watched the other light, unblinking by this time because of my suspicions, the light vanished into thin air, leaving the choppers to chase a wild goose. The other witness is someone I met in the direction the lights were going. I walked up the street and saw police on the block, so I asked if they saw th! e choppers. They said yes. I asked if they had seen what the choppers were following, and they said no, so I told them my story, which they proceeded to laugh at because of the date and the insaneness of the story. A little further up the road, I saw a group of people standing so I asked them the same questions. Immediately after the second question, one man said, "Yes, the light! It just vanished!" He hadn't wanted to say anything about it to the others because he feared he would sound crazy. Apparently, he caught it after the first had already disappeared because he told me he had only seen one light. Other people acknowledge only the low flying helicopters like the police did because they only heard the noises and felt vibrations from the choppers. I'm reporting this here because I know I'm not crazy. I love space, I follow NASA, and I know the difference between a satellite and an airplane. The lights I saw were not attached to the choppers, and if they were so! meone would have heard a bang when they fell off, being a resi! dential neighborhood near a busy street. It is because of this fact that I thought more people would see it, but it was only myself and the other gent.
April 1, 2015 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Alamogordo, NM
My husband was on a hill that sits slightly above the city, when he saw a quick light rise from the desert, south west of the city and fly east straight toward the mountains. It stopped and glowed orange. Then instantly a second light flew across the location and stopped next to the first one, doing the same thing. At first he thought it was an aircraft, except for the speed and hovering. The lights were floating next to each other and then a third light just appeared next to the first 2. He left the location and picked me up (2 minutes away)We both were in our truck heading south toward the 3 orange lights. I watched the object's location, they kept hovering with their orange lights going on and off. As we got closer to them, the lights went out and the next time I located them, they had moved east across highway 54. The move took a few seconds and they were miles away over the desert without any sound. We watched for another few minutes before the light disappeared completely.
March 31, 2015 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Horn Lake, MS
On 3/31/2015 at 11:00PM, I went outside of my Horn Lake, Ms. home to watch a thunderstorm passing through Memphis, TN, which is approximately 15 miles north of my location. Cloud cover was 100% with no breaks in the clouds. It was not raining at the time at my location. There were no stars or planets visible, nor was the moon. To the north west, I saw several airplanes break through the clouds and prepare to land at Memphis International Airport. As I stood on my front porch, I noticed a strange light due west of me about 45° above the horizon below the thick clouds that seemed very out of place. It was white in color and would dim slightly and then brighten in a pulsating rhythm with an occasional green flash at the bottom of the light. It hovered in the same spot, not moving at all. I called my boyfriend outside to see it and he watched it for a few minutes, but had no idea what it could be. I could not get a photo or video with my camera due to the size, distance, and lighting. I remained on the porch and watched it for about 10-15 minutes more before going inside. When I went inside, I posted on facebook about what I saw. A friend of mine, also in Horn Lake, MS, commented that she had witnessed the same thing. She also could not identify what the object was. I am a 47 year old mother of 3 grown sons and do not currently work outside the home and my boyfriend is a 53 year old transmission builder. The friend that also witnessed it from a different location is approximately 30 years old and a clerical worker.
March 31, 2015 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Montpelier, IN
I was watching the sun set while watching tv, and shortly after the sun has set I noticed a very bright light in the western sky. I just figured it was some star so I didn't pay much attention. After a while I noticed that it had moved. It moved to a more northern direction, and it seems to have dropped in elevation. I go get some binoculars to see if I can see it more clearly but it just never seems to get in focus. I kept an eye on it for the better part of 2 hours and I noticed occasionally that it would move around. Short spastic movements, so I started noticing that this was no star, and a plane couldn't hover in place like it did, and there were planes flying by that I used for reference. I started to think it could be a weather balloon, but the light was just to bright for that distance, but the movement would make sense giving there were some coulds. But the light moved further west, but the winds around here head east. This elimates it from being a ! weather balloon. I'm kind of astonished and amazed but slightly scared. I want to know what it was.
March 30, 2015 · 10:20 PM · LIGHT
Chula Vista, CA
While driving home from work I was traveling on I-5 in the south bound direction, shortly after passing under the 54 freeway overpass, I noticed to the left of me on the eastern side of I-5 a bright light traveling Northern direction but coming towards me, I then noticed another light following the first light but not quite as bright, it appeared to me at first that it might be two fighter jets doing maneuvers, the first light then quickly turned West crossing I-5 at a very high rated of speed I'm guessing about 250 to 300 Mph quickly pulling away from the second light. When the second light passed in front of me I noticed it to be a helicopter, I know this because I work with helicopters and it had the distinctive shape of a helicopter red light on the top of the tail and I could see that the tail rotor was enclosed in the tail pylon. I believed the helicopter was chasing the light because when the light quickly turned south over the bay and disappeared the helicopter turned north and broke off the chase. I could not make out any shape to the first light it just looked like a very bright light moving at a very high rate of speed, and because I'm a military veteran I've seen many types of aircraft at night and I have always been able to make out their shapes, such as a helicopter, passenger air plane or fighter jet. I could not make out any shape at all around this speeding light so I can only believe that I was some special military project or something unknown to me.
March 30, 2015 · 4:03 AM · LIGHT
Rock Hill, SC
We heard a strange sound like a train or engine with lots of air, in the sky saw 4 blue lights was just a flash.
March 29, 2015 · 9:55 AM · LIGHT
Oskaloosa, IA
I was letting my dog out and i decided to sit down and stargaze for a while and then i saw 3 bright lights in the night sky and they were moving fast and i told my dad to look at them and then they flew off and disappeared. they had to at least covered 40 miles in about 2 seconds. Approx. speed and time.
March 28, 2015 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Charlotte, NC
Was driving home from work and saw a green light sit in the sky a bit and then shoot down toward the ground. Some other drivers had stopped their car to watch.
March 28, 2015 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Bethera, SC
About 9:30ish I was outside my home and noticed a very bright light in the sky above the tree line. It appeared to be a really unusually bright star. This struck me as very odd as I don’t think I have ever seen a star that bright. It seemed to flicker and move ever so slightly with a side to side motion. No noise or sound came from this object. A neighbor drove up and I asked him if he had ever seen a star that bright. t struck us both as out of the norm. He went back in the house and I continued to watch for about 10 mins or so, and then went back in the house to get my son, it was gone when we came back out 3 mins later. Neither noise nor significant movement was observed although it was flickering the whole time. This took place in Bethera, SC, beside the Marion National Forest.
March 28, 2015 · 8:40 PM · LIGHT
Mesa, AZ
Last night, I was with my family and friends by the swimming pool and we saw an unusually bright light. It appeared to be an extremely large star with very thin red lights shooting off the top. This red light was very thin and long and it went up and down slowly several times. After 30 minutes, it very slowly headed towards Tempe, Az. People in our apartment complex could be seen watching the event out their Windows!!! No sound at all.
March 28, 2015 · 10:00 AM · LIGHT
Morganton, NC
My boyfriend my roommate and I stepped outside to get some air and look at the stars and noticed a bright burning white light in the sky. It was not a star. It was brighter than the stars. There were airplanes circling all around the object. At least four planes were in the sky with this object. When we first saw it, it was extremely bright and bi. Then it seemed to get dimmer and farther away. Then it looked like it was coming towards us. Then it remained in the same spot just became more dim. By this time most of the planes had left, there were only one or two left in the sky with the light. We got tired of waiting out there because it was freezing cold so we went back in the house. About an hour later we went back outside to go to the store and it was gone.
March 28, 2015 · 9:00 AM · LIGHT
Boston Area, MA
On March 28, 2015 at approximately 9am Eastern Standard Time, I was aboard Southwest Airlines flight 2602 from Chicago Midway to Boston Logan. The plane had started its descent into Boston and because of the weather, we were in the clouds most of the way to the runway. This sighting occurred roughly 10 minutes before the plane landed. I had a window seat and I kept looking out the window, wondering when I’d be able to see the ground below. I saw a bright sphere through the clouds, immediately to the left of the plane. I assumed I was seeing the sun, diluted through the clouds, but realized that it didn’t look quite right. It was in the wrong place in the sky and it was smaller than it should look (between grapefruit and beach ball size). I thought maybe the plane was tilted and I was seeing a bright light from below, something to explain what I was seeing, when I noticed that the light was heading straight toward the plane (I don’t know exactly what speed the object was moving, but it seemed like it was moving at a car’s pace rather than an airplane’s speed). As soon as I realized this, I got scared and my heart rate began to increase, worried that this object was going to hit the plane. I turned my head momentarily and told myself that this object was not going to hurt the plane. It didn’t even seem solid. I turned back toward the window and watched as the object passed over the plane probably 1 to 2 feet above the airplane. The best way that I can describe this object is that it looked exactly like the sun looks in the sky on a cloudy day, except that it was smaller. The object was white and had a soft brightness that didn’t hurt my eyes, rather than a blinding light. It seemed to move at a steady pace and course of direction. It was a three-dimensional sphere. I was traveling by myself and the two people seated next to me were sleeping. I didn’t notice if anyone else on the airplane noticed the object or not, meaning I didn’t hear any gasps or anything. I’m a 35-year-old parent and I teach English at a community college. This is the first time I’ve ever seen something like this where I couldn’t find a logical explanation for what I was seeing.