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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.
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August 14, 2020 · 12:20 AM · UNKNOWN
Virginia Beach, VA
Me and my roommate were outside enjoying the night when I spotted what I thought was a bag floating in the wind. As it got closer both me and my roommate could only describe it as a pink/brown jelly fish floating in the air as if it was water . Its slowed as we watched it as it changed direction and moved faster and it floated away. Me and my roommate both ran out to the street but when we got out to the street it a floated a huge distance within seconds.
August 13, 2020 · 9:15 PM · UNKNOWN
Orem, UT
Came from the north 150 of them. Went the speed of a satellite but they were all blinking and all the same. They were all in a line and then looked like the first ones began to slow down and wait for the stragglers to catch up. Went across the whole Eastern sky going south. Neighbors saw and people we called 25 miles away.
August 13, 2020 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
West Stockbridge, MA
It was a very clear night and I happen to a solid white light moving towards my direction through my back door. I did not see any flashing lights at that time. I lost it behind the trees for a few seconds but then recorded as it came back into view. It then did two quick bright flashes, took a couple dips unlike an airplane would be capable of. Honestly after that I was too afraid to keep watching!
August 13, 2020 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Surabaya (Indonesia) · Indonesia
The writer of this report is an American expat English teacher with three master’s degrees. I am the head of a household of four individuals: myself (age 36), my wife (age 36), and my two young daughters (ages 7 and 5). In mid-March of 2019, our family began construction of a home in a new residential area on the outskirts of the city of Surabaya, Indonesia. Our property faces south, and is in direct view of a nearby volcano called Mount Penanggungan. One night, as our family was visiting the construction site, I turned and looked toward the volcano and saw three distinct lights in the distance moving in a slight side-to-side pattern. All three lights were alternating colors, from red to blue-green, and were positioned high in the sky, above any transmission towers in the vicinity. Moreover, there was a faint buzzing/humming sound that I could hear emanating from that direction. I asked my family to verify what I was seeing and hearing, which all of them did promptly. Over the course of a year, I observed the lights on two more occasions when I visited the property at night to check the progress of construction, but not always in a group of three. The lights never appeared during the day, and there were no towers tall enough or far enough off to produce the lights. When we finally moved into the home in April of this year (2020), I began seeing the lights almost every other night, but not always in the same location. Sometimes one light would appear to the west, while other times the same kind of flashing light would show up in the east, but by far the most common place of sighting was to the south, near the volcano. The movement of the lights also changed. Often times the lights would move in a circular pattern, and other times would appear to fall and rise repeatedly over the course a few seconds and then remain still for an extended time, only to do so again and again over several hours. Last night (13 August 2020), what I can only describe as a singular craft with multiple flashing lights in very close proximity to each other appeared to the south. It was quite close, closer than I had ever witnessed before, and it gave off a low, pulsing, buzzing sound. The lights flashed white, red, and blue-green, and the craft seemed to be rotating. I couldn’t make out the exact shape of the craft, but the lights did not at all resemble those of airplanes, helicopters, or power towers. Seeing the craft so near to my home alarmed me, and I felt a need to report it.
August 13, 2020 · 2:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Lansing, MI
Aprox 2:45am, bright light materialized in sky and with immense speed shot in what looked to be a south western direction before disappearing into another flash(almost like a bubble around the light mass, opened then closed), distance looked to be upper atmospheric or further.
August 13, 2020 · 2:23 AM · UNKNOWN
Au Train (Forest Lake), MI
My wife and I were camping in a rustic campground south of Au Train, MI in the Hiawatha National forest, Forest Lake campground (Cleveland Cliffs Basin) (46°18'20.2"N 86°52'04.4"W) - approximately 8 miles south of Au train, MI. We had met a younger couple camping on the campsite North of ours and got together as the early morning of the 13th of August 2020 approached. We all had decided we would take in the meteor shower down by the waters edge where viewing would be ideal. We had no light pollution and both campsites fires had not been lit for ideal viewing. We had a crescent moon due east reflecting off the water. We watched the meteor shower and shared stories and laughed into the night. At one point, the women from the campsite two sites to the south, voiced her displeasure with our laughter. The women also stated it was “two o’clock in the morning!”. I jokingly, but quietly asked, “exactly?” I then walked up to the truck out of curiosity. The truck’s clock was 0223. I walked back and we all were all about to retire when my wife said, “WHAT IS THAT?” We all then turned to the North and approximately 30 Degrees from the horizon moving from west to east was a spinning light between 1500 to 2000 feet AGL. The object was turning in a counterclockwise direction progressively spinning into itself while moving to the east. It also appeared to be disturbing the air around it; creating a cloud or aura that dissipated commensurately with the rate of travel. I was fixated on the spinning surface as the they appeared to mirage distorting the light. We were deep in the woods and you could have heard a pin drop - Zero sound. As the moon as a reference that night - the object was slightly larger. I served 26 years in the USAF and have physically touched most of aircraft in the US inventory and many foreign aircraft as well. I observed the object for about 7 seconds and it just was gone. You can imagine the expletives after the object was gone. The couple left before we woke the next morning.
August 12, 2020 · 3:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Oslo (Norway) · Norway
We suspect that the date of the sighting was Augudt 12, and have changed the date above to reflect that fact. PD
August 12, 2020 · 3:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Deer Park, TX
A huge blinking light in the sky. Was bright orange and slow. Then it blinked faster and got brighter. Then it filmed out after 15 minutes and when super fast. Then it just stopped and the sky went dark again. There was also what looked like a star moving through the sky over the 20 mins of the event.
August 11, 2020 · 10:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Delta, CO
Object is between stars HIP 111649 and HIP 111615 in the constellation of Pegasus. First picture taken on 11 August 2020 at 10:45pm MDT from Delta, Colorado. Location from where pictures were taken from is 38.759158, -108.141193. Camera used is a Canon Rebel T7. Lens is 18mm. Each picture is a 25 second exposure with less than 1 second between each picture. There are a total of 29 pictures with this object on it.
August 11, 2020 · 10:15 AM · UNKNOWN
SC
On vacation in north Myrtle beach. Sitting on beach front deck and observed 4 large horizontal lights At first thought it was a close drone. Then it went to 3 then 2 then 1 and stopped. Then there were about 12-15 way smaller blinking moving lights in a sort of close proximity to each other and where the 4 lights were. We continued to watch the smaller ones move and scatter throughout the sky and they slowly started getting out of sight Scattered speeds. Sometimes just one then all of a sudden 2 together, moving together. Approximately lasted around 30-40 min. From start to last sighting.
August 9, 2020 · 1:35 AM · UNKNOWN
Ballwin, MO
Last night there was a terrible storm. Our electric went out at 1:30am CT. My husband and I were talking, the storm significantly quieted down with long periods of time in between distant thunder. The sky still had consistent lightning. We heard a craft fly over us, and it was very loud and peculiar sounding. It was very fast and sounded like the stereotypical spaceship flying sound from tv shows and films. We looked at each other shocked. My husband commented that at first he was wondering if it were a tornado when it first started. A few minutes later it happened again, following the same flight path [I believe NE to W, but am not certain] though it was somewhat quieter. We get a lot of fly over from military and commercial, and are familiar with normal flight sounds. This was unlike anything we've ever heard, and with as much lightning and with as loud/low as the craft sounded like it was flying, I am unsure whether a military or commercial craft would fly that low in these conditions over a residential area. The sounds also did not follow the path of streets near us. We did not see anything. Could it be a rare sound created by weather? Do traditional aircraft somehow sound different in certain storm conditions?
August 8, 2020 · 10:15 PM · UNKNOWN
Pittsburgh, PA
5 people and myself witnessed a string of objects grouped tightly together high in the western sky and moving north to south. Very Agile movements and quite fluid. sudden stops and short bursts of speed. We all agreed that nothing that we know of manmade could perform these physical feasts. They seemed pretty high in altitude. Green, red and white lights yet not Commercial or military or civilian. Very bright and pulsing not blinking. there was one that lagged behind the whole time and at one point it stopped and just looked like a star. After the main group had vanished from sight, it proceeded to follow and was changing colors again.
August 8, 2020 · 12:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Stanley, ID
Sightings from 8Aug2020 from the White Clouds Wilderness of Central Idaho [closest city is Stanley, ID] 1st sighting at 1250 MDT 44°02'40.3"N 114°37'54.0"W, at approximately 10,000ft in the White Clouds Wilderness of Idaho [Born Lakes trail near Warm Springs Creek cutoff]. The object was approximately 30° off the horizon in the ESE sky and appeared like a star or planet at dusk or dawn, however this sighting occurred in broad daylight under bluebird skies and full sunlight. 2nd sighting at 1533 MDT 44°02'40.3"N 114°37'54.0"W, at approximately 9400ft in the White Clouds Wilderness of Idaho [Fourth of July Lake]. Again, the object was approximately 30° off the horizon in the ESE sky and continued in appearance similar to a star or planet at dusk or dawn, however this sighting occurred in broad daylight under bluebird skies and full sunlight. Observations continued until approximately 2000 MDT, at which point the object disappeared over the ESE horizon, ruling out a either a star or planet, supernova event, etc. Also, the object appeared static relative to the motion of the earth for the ~7hr period of observations.
August 8, 2020 · 12:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Westerville, OH
I observed an object extremely high in the sky that was not moving, seemingly, for several moments at a time. When it did move, it only moved incrementally from left to right, or down. The day of observation was unlimited visibility, with clear, blue sky and puffy white clouds. The object appeared to be the size of a star, tiny as in the eye of a needle. It reflected the sun from time to time, and pulsed when it caught the sun's rays, then dimmed again. his dimness or brightness may have occurred when the object turned or rotated. The object appeared about 60-70 degrees above the north's vertical horizon. It was so distant that the shape of the object could not be determined...however, it was not a plane, and I base that conclusion on the fact that it appeared over a 20 minute time period to have moved only slightly right, left, or down. This is my first ever observation, I am 81 years of age, with three college degrees, including a Ph.D.
August 7, 2020 · 4:02 AM · UNKNOWN
Great Falls, MT
Observed 6-8 white lights in a straight, horizontal line, moving very slowly west to east above the Missouri River on the east end of Great Falls, MT near Malmstrom AFB. Lights remain fixed relative to each other, as if on one large object. We see plenty of planes here and it was not a plane. We observed for about 3 minutes until the lights disappeared into a large cumulus cloud. I did not hear a sound but my spouse did and says it was a faint humming sound.
August 6, 2020 · 10:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Edgewood, WA
My buddy and I were smoking in an open field when we both were struck with a very bright light that blinded us for a second. Our best guess was lightning but there wasn’t a could in the sky. We were completely alone in the dark and have no explanation for where this light came from. Our friend had just passed away the day before so we thought maybe it could have been him, but my best guess is a ufo.
August 5, 2020 · 10:15 AM · UNKNOWN
Ty Ty, GA
The background is a blue sky. The shape of the UFO is indescribable. UFO was moving from north to south at about tree top level at a very slow speed as if looking for something.
August 3, 2020 · 1:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Seneca Falls, NY
On August 3, 2020 at approximately 1:00 AM I was woke up by the rustling of several large oak trees. I looked out my window up to the sky and saw a thin contrail. It was in the opening in the sky that was covered by a huge gray cloud. There were only a few areas in the sky not covered by the gray mass. I thought it was unusual for a contrail to be in the sky at one am so I kept looking. A bright light appeared in an opening in the gray mask that was to the right. It was slowly moving and disappeared into the gray mass. Then I saw two more bright lights that were horizontally opposite of each other. In my opinion it seemed like the first light could have been in the center of these two forming a triangle. Then the the two lights disappeared into the gray mass as it appeared to cover the entire sky at that point. The next day I looked at our security cameras and unfortunately they do not reach the sky area; however, at the same time I saw the lights i! n the sky an unusual shadow was covering our backyard which gradually disappeared. I checked other nights at that time and for the entire week there were no shadows on the ground showing only on the night I saw the lights in the sky on August 3, 2020 at 1 AM. Thank you. Best regards, Joanne Blair
August 1, 2020 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
syracuse, NY
I would like to report a ufo sighting over Syracuse, New York on august 1st at 9 pm local time. i was in my backyard and i saw what i thought was a plane flying overhead from east to west. as it came closer i noticed a strange orange flame surrounding the object. i could tell it wasn’t just a plane on fire. there was no smoke trail and the flames weren’t behaving as if it was a plane on fire. the orange fire completely engulfed the object as it traveled across the sky. I couldn’t make out the shape but i saw a dark object in the center of the flames. i can’t tell exactly how big it it was. it appeared to be the size of a small passenger plane. It traveled along a straight level flight path at a constant speed, about the same speed that a small plane would. after a few seconds it then vanished. Several second later i saw an identical object. the second object followed the same flight path at the speed. it was identical in every single way. it had the same dark shape surrounded by an orange flame. it disappeared at the same points the first. Neither object made any sound. A small plane at a similar altitude would be loud and a larger plane at a higher altitude is usually very loud. the entire encounter lasted for about a minute and then it was over.
August 1, 2020 · 5:53 AM · UNKNOWN
Kendall, FL
All 6 of us looked up and saw 3 different crafts. One was just hovering still and the rest were flying around almost like searching? There’s video evidence
July 30, 2020 · 7:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Albuquerque, NM
I first noticed a light than it looked as if it was getting brighter before disappearing and reappearing. This happened many times. When I zoomed in on the camera you could clearly see it was not a plain or ballon. It seemed stationary but did move drastically after it disappeared and reappeared. Before disappearing it would get brighter than a ring of smoke would be left before nothing was visible again. The skies were clear blue. I didn’t notice it before but in a few of the photos you can see other small lights as well. The light on the object was white.
July 27, 2020 · 12:35 PM · UNKNOWN
Gibsonton, FL
Standing on my porch when I saw one large white object that split into 4 circular reflective objects that were flying in circles around each other like they were playing or something. They flew in sync together into a large cloud. They seemed like white orbs when they flew into dark cloud. I got video of them disappearing into cloud. When zooming into cloud later i noticed the cloud actually has rectangular and square shapes throughout, square like edges and white orbs inside.
July 25, 2020 · 3:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Austin, TX
thought was just a star. it was near another smaller white star. though it was i guess more yellowish or orangish. just looked across sky as i smoked cig didn't notice it. as i happened to look back at the two stars the orangish yellowish one just FADED out. I mean it. It just faded out, I watched it disappear. And not 5 seconds later way further right in the sky i saw a shooting star come down, but it was an awesome shooting star it like split apart at end and went different directions... but seconds before the shooting star, the orangish star just FADED OUT. what the hell was that.
July 24, 2020 · 10:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Coon Rapids, MN
Tumbling flashing object moving west to east southeast at a relatively slow pace. Not a plane flashing. Very high up like a satellite. Would flash at irregular intervals. Bright white flash similar to an iridium flare. Continued heading east-southeast and got very dim. Could no longer see it after some time. I was unable to capture the object on video but did take photos when it flashed.