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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
December 28, 2014 · 11:50 AM · LIGHT
Bellevue, WA
While i was walking my dogs with my boyfriend at night, we happened to see a purple cloud, light up before our eyes. At first we thought it was coming from someones house but on closer inspection, we noticed the light was too high above the clouds to have come from a house. This cloud was tall and was connected with the other clouds in the sky. It was moving south of King County here in WA state. It was partly cloudy tonight but you could see the glow so clearly and so vibrant. As we rushed inside to show our friend, the entire cloud was gone! But the rest of the clouds remained. It was the weirdest thing i have ever seen. This was my first paranormal sighting, if you can call it that. I'm hoping someone else reported this but it was at 1:50am in the morning so I don't believe so.
December 27, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Raleigh, NC
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 27, 2014 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT
Phillipsburg, NJ
I witnessed people setting off Chinese lanterns in the Logan/Green St. area of Phillipsburg, N.J., and thought you should know. The lanterns were red and floated North toward route 22. If there are any ufo reports for tonight, it's most likely those lanterns.
December 27, 2014 · 5:15 PM · LIGHT
East Charleston, VT
Note: The US Border Patrol sometimes flies fairly large drones along the nearby Canadian border and I have seen these several times. This object was not a drone. The light coming from the object was a steady, brilliant orange (not red) and very unusual. The weather conditions were not conducive to small aircraft and this object did not display proper FAA lighting.
December 27, 2014 · 5:30 AM · LIGHT
Centerville, OH
Driving north on St. Rt. 725 and seen 2 very bright flashes of light, which seemed to be originating in the dirction of beavercreek. The best example I can give is to an electrical transformer blowing up (the way it lights the sky), but on a much bigger scale and was two around one to two second flashes.
December 26, 2014 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Leland, NC
It appeared somewhat oblong in shape.
December 26, 2014 · 7:15 PM · LIGHT
Oswego, NY
A steady, orange light, brighter and slightly larger than typical for a plane moved north across the eastern sky. Ten seconds after observing it, it became smaller and dimmer and flickered off and on before disappearing. Atmospheric conditions were very clear. We do not know how long it may have been observable before we noticed it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 26, 2014 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Cambria, CA
My husband and I were driving north on Windsor Blvd. in Cambria. We noticed a substantial, bright, white light hanging above the horizon/ocean. We commented that the light had a shimmer or 'twinkle' that reminded us of starlight. However, it was too low to be a star. We continued to drive and our view was interrupted for approximately 2 minutes by buildings. We drove on to Moonstone Drive, which is a beachfront drive with clear view of ocean. We, again, saw this light hanging in same position as before. Our view was much better and clearer. We could see that the light was unique with hints of color and almost as if it had movement within it-much like a plasma effect. As we watched, it began to drop down, towards ocean and as it went below horizon line, there was a faint glow that lit the sky. I would compare the glow to that which lights up the sky at night from a town that is, say, behind a hill. The glow lasted for about three minutes and then the sky went dark, as normal.
December 26, 2014 · 6:27 AM · LIGHT
Shillong (India) · India
Me , my sister , mother and friend saw a ufo in the sky, we were coming out of our house then saw it (UFO) flying in a slow pace and disappearing into the forest. It made absolutely no noise. Again , when we were returning home, we saw a similar light, at first we thought it was a star, but when we observed it carefully, it was moving very slowly, it blinked only once in a while, and when it blinked it remained dark like there was nothing at all. This is the second time I saw a UFO. Thank you. Description It was white in colour, very bright and moving slowly, it was also too slow to be a falling star .
December 26, 2014 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Newton, MA
Slow moving object in the sky, appeared as a star, but didn't flash like a star usually does. Was moving in a SE direction. Also wasn't flashing like an aircraft.
December 25, 2014 · 10:10 PM · LIGHT
East Wenatchee, WA
My porch has a good view of southeast. A gold ball of light came up from behind the hills above Malaga, just about directly below Sirius. It was about half again the size of Sirius from my perspective. It floated straight up, then drifted off to the left a bit. It was turning a darker red and fading out and then took off at an angle going up and to the right. Not a minute later another gold ball floats up from the same area and then turns darker and makes a 90 degree angle to the left for about 4-5 seconds, and disappears.
December 25, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Harrison, NY
Me and my brother and my sister came back from looking at Christmas light decorations on the houses in the neighborhood and then walking home to our house we saw this very bright light fly right over my house about 10 to 20 stories high. Just me and my brother saw this sighting so clear and unbelievable we were pretty shocked. This was just last Christmas and it was a beautiful sighting on Christmas Day. I have seen many streaking lights in the night sky the last couple years in this neighborhood.
December 25, 2014 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Davie, FL
5 orange moving lights separated by same distance moving southwest crossing into west flight plan for planes landing at Fort Lauderdale. One light was near a plane preparing to land but the proximity of height was unknown as well as the height of the plane. The landing plane appeared to circle further out towards the south while landing east. No noise emanating from the lights. Twinkling coming from light. Moving below clouds. Observers were Nursing Home CEO and Psychotherapist.
December 25, 2014 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
East Wenatchee, WA
Stepped out on my porch and saw what I first thought was a star low in the sky above the ridge across the Columbia River. My first thought was Sirius because it was sort of blinking quickly like that star does, only it was staying the same orangish color. It was about three times the size of Venus and a bit more orange than Mars, and it was stationary in the sky. I called my daughter out to see and as we were looking at it, it slowly got smaller and disappeared. This was in almost the same area as the two gold balls of light I reported on 2/25/14. This area is where the big power lines come up from Rock Island Dam. Duration of sighting: about 2 minutes.
December 25, 2014 · 6:45 PM · LIGHT
Hillsboro, OR
Sitting in car in parking lot, I noticed 7 lights hovering, and then moving different directions, in the SW sky over Hillsboro, Oregon. After about 30 seconds I realizes by the way they were moving, these were not airplanes. I took out my phone to record, and captured 4 or 5 of the lights on video. The reddish color objects made no sound.
December 25, 2014 · 5:45 PM · LIGHT
Coatbridge (UK/Scotland) · United Kingdom
After a few minutes it disappeared. Then to my horror, I saw 3 larger objects, which I believed to be meteors, but again, they were not moving. The moon was low in the western sky and clouds began to obscure the 3 objects. I became quite afraid as I thought about the meteorite that landed in Russia last year. They resembled the photos I had seen from Russian TV. I am a degree educated former teacher of maths and science, and am quite sceptical about these type of experiences. However, they did not resemble anything I have ever seen in the night sky before. They disappeared after around ten minutes. I immediately phoned my friends and family to share this experience, as I am confident what I witnessed were UFOs. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 25, 2014 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Vista, CA
My wife and I and our 3 boys were driving home from Christmas eve at my parents' house. When we crested a small hill in the road, heading south on east vista way, we all saw several orange colored balls of light floating or drifting along heading north over East Vista Way and Mason Street. There were about 10 to 12 of these balls, just slowly floating north toward us. I asked my wife to pull over so I could film the event, but she would not stop do to our scared and frighten kids. She finally pulled over at the corner of Warmlands and East Vista Way, and I junped out just to see the turning off or disappearing. One other guy pulled over and asked me if we saw the lights. He was very excited as I was. I told him I did not know what they were. He jumped in his car and left, and we did the same, since the light were gone.
December 24, 2014 · 6:49 PM · LIGHT
Seattle, WA
Lights start moving above my head and after a little time bunch of them came from different direction and after about a minute or so slowly they got far and smaller till getting disappeared. The whole things happened for almost 4 minutes. I have a few second of record on my phone.
December 24, 2014 · 6:45 PM · LIGHT
Gilbert, AZ
December 24, 2014 approximately 6:45pm Waiting at intersection of Pecos Road and Higley Road in Gilbert, AZ, traveling west. My Husband asks are those planes stacked up to land over there – pointing to the SSW and we all start to look. He said there were 3 orange lights seeming to be in an arc – light planes lined up to come in as they turn but these were holding still. He then said one seemed to dive down and swooped to the left and was abruptly gone. The second one started to fade out as two small planes (and fast) flew quickly towards them from the SE. When my daughter and I looked – we both saw one round amber light that was just sitting/floating in the air which then blinked out and disappeared. We are avid aviation fans who regularly go plane spotting - these were not planes nor were they in the Phoenix Gateway or Mesa Gateway flight paths. These lights had no beacons and the color was between amber and orange.
December 24, 2014 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Keighley (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Wife and child looking up at night sky looking for santa and ISS cloudy sky then cleared one bright light moving slowly and approx. 12+ smaller white lights also moving looks like stars/cluster all moving at same time and speed
December 23, 2014 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Hammond, IN
Working in a rail yard, I looked up to the horizon and saw what I thought was a group of stars. I then saw that the mass of lights moved from the west to the east until it went behind a treeline. The lights were moving at a rapid speed for about 2-3 minutes. My coworker also saw the group of lights. We grabbed our phones to video it, but the lights would not show up on screen. A helicopter then came into the area and appeared to be following it.
December 23, 2014 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Medford, OR
Looking north from Medford at 6:00pm I saw a bright white light moving east at about 5000 feet in altitude with no visible navigation lights. As I watched it, a plane heading in a westerly direction at about the same altitude appeared to be getting close to the object. The white light slightly changed course and accelerated up at about a 20 degree angle from its previous trajectory as it changed color from white to orange and very quickly faded away in intensity as it disappeared.
December 22, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Apache Junction, AZ
I witnessed a hovering line of super bright white lights over the Superstition Mountains . I first noticed these lights because of there super bright lights. I tried to dismiss it as a helicopter but the lights did not flash like beacon lights do on a aircraft. There were approx, 4 to 7 lights that i could make out. They weren't in a perfect linear straight line ,they started from the front which my guess would of looked like it was pointed south and the straight line angled downward about 9 or 10 degrees then straight again. I first started watching the lights over the Superstition Mtns when i was leaving work off of Baseline and Country Club in west mesa. The lights hovered and stayed still all the way till I got to Meridian and apache trail in AJ. That's 20 minutes of driving on the Rte 60 heading east. They were high above the mountain and stayed there till i got 2 other guys to look. They just said, "THEY'RE EVERYWHERE now!!"
December 22, 2014 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Memphis, TN
Large Green spherical light in the sky to the north-east. The light didn't move or change but after a few hours was gone.