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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.
9,368 entries
May 1, 2023 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Newport, WA
I saw a big fireball of white light followed by a trail of spontaneous white fiery lights that were smaller than the big ball. I was in my car and it was at car level with me but probably a thousand yards away and it was headed downward, towards the ground fast. It wasn't in the sky. It was similar to a shooting star but it was not up in the atmosphere, it was right in front of me. I drove around the corner to see where it had gone and there was nothing there, it was like it was never there. There was nothing on fire, there was nothing blown up, it was just like there hadn't been anything there. I can't explain it. And there was no sound.
April 30, 2023 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL
IdentifiedMiami Beach, FL
Yes so the half moon shaped craftn was not from our armed forces It was going so fast with so much fire and smoke as you seenin the images I was in shock It moved to the left and the carft was still shooting fire amd smoke and it was going so fast I swear it was not ofnthis world Also there were small round craft that shot away they were all bright yellow lights SpaceX Falconm Heavy Launch [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
April 30, 2023 · 8:29 PM · FIREBALL
IdentifiedPembroke Pines, FL
The object was heading east approximately 300 feet from ground,( from where I saw it). It had a orangeish tail for awhile.. As it got further away the tail got lighter in color, almost white), and the farther it got the less I saw a tail trail. Eventually it was to far for us to see it. SpaceX [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
April 30, 2023 · 8:25 PM · FIREBALL
Probable conventionalHobe Sound, FL
Falcon Heavy SpaceX LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
April 27, 2023 · 2:51 AM · FIREBALL
Albuquerque, NM
I started recording what I thought was a falling star but it seemed low and not up in the atmosphere and the shape and intensity changed as it seemed to get smaller moving SSW to NE. It was also losing altitude slowly so it looked to be maybe 5-10 miles to my south. It went behind a foothill but below the Sandia Crest where it disappeared and no noises either.
April 27, 2023 · 2:50 AM · FIREBALL
Fruita, CO
Fireball flew above Mesa County CO, and exploded before hitting earth above grand junction co [NUFORC annotation: Meteor - Possible]
April 15, 2023 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL
Avon park, FL
From where I was sitting it it appeared out of the West side of the sky heading towards the east bright fireball looking thing moving slowly but what got my attention is when it stopped in mid air and started going backwards again then stopped started moving forwards again and that's when I ran in and told my dad there's something in the sky he came out and watched it with me. Then it turned right heading south and just disappeared.
April 14, 2023 · 11:50 PM · FIREBALL
Probable conventionalventura, CA
An object seemed to have broken apart and can be seen in the 47 second video breaking the sound barrier. Then about 2 minutes later some distance from the original sighting a red glow appeared and dissapeared, as seen in the shorter 7 second video. Which happened after the 47 second video. I saw a post about an increase in sighting in the time I saw this so I'm submitting it. Transporter-7 Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
April 14, 2023 · 2:21 AM · FIREBALL
palm coast, FL
I woke up around 2:20am to drink water when suddenly i saw two bright yellow orange lights making some kind of mechanical weird sound be on the street landing then take off and disappear without trace, then i heard voices in my room and a female saying " here she is"
April 10, 2023 · 8:15 PM · FIREBALL
Spokane, WA
The 1st Orb was wh. flickering from N. and slowly headed sw. grabbed cam.Took 1st. vid opened bath window.No av. Lts. or noise.Farther away and went into clouds.2nd vid Went To Kit Window and saw 2 more 1 orange The 1 wh.The orange seemed lower I saw more than vid. At closest the flickering were groups of geometrical shapes that changed fast to appear like flamesI then got a glimpse without flames showed a white aura around orb. 3rd vid went to front yard to view the 2 orbs I had hard time as they were directly above.Yelled to some people across at park to look up but no response.I couldn't hold camera still and made the orbs look jerky they were't.But super bright and appeared to stop directly above.I thought if they see me as easy as I see them, don't know where from there because I got freaked and ran inside.I learned how to get screen shots from videos.I can see a cube in it same as Lt Graves Interview.I've Also Sent To Mufon
April 8, 2023 · 10:15 PM · FIREBALL
Victoria, BC · Canada
We spotted this object above our home last night at approximately 10:15 pm. It was oddly shaped and looked like a fireball flying horizontally the way an airplane would in a fairly straight line. We were on our back patio and as the object flew over our roof I ran to the front of the house and it seemed to take a 90° turn and then fly into the distance quite quickly. It all of a sudden was just gone. It was like a light flicked off
April 8, 2023 · 9:25 PM · FIREBALL
Ballwin, MO
Sighting was around 9:30 PM CST. My friend and I both saw a large fireball shoot across the sky. I was facing Northeast and the object traveled from my right to my left, then disappeared. It was an incredible bright white and left a solid white tail behind the initial light source that faded rather quickly. At first we thought it was a Roman candle type firework but then realized it was too large and intense as well as too high in the atmosphere to be a firework. The closest thing that I’ve personally witnessed that I could compare it to would be the Hale-Bopp Comet, but I haven’t been able to find any reports of meteor activity in my area.
March 31, 2023 · 7:59 PM · FIREBALL
Virginia Beach, VA
We often see rocket launches from NASA at Wallops Island, VA about 100 miles south of us. This looked like a rocket launch as it rose above houses on our street, then appears to level off and travel above us, however it came up from the North, not the south where the NASA station is. There was quite a bit of cloud cover so it was surprising that we could see it so clearly - it seemed to be very high up, but must have been below the cloud line because the flames were not hazy, as if viewed behind clouds. It appeared to be some kind of craft, the rear looked like flames or a fireball was coming out. For something so bright I expected it to be loud, but it sounded like a very distant plane, more of a rumbling than whining sound. after 3 min the fireball disappeared as if it flew above the clouds.
March 18, 2023 · 8:53 PM · FIREBALL
Blakely, GA
They were 2 round orange glowing spherical craft, i seen them while I was driving own the road I looked to see if they were helicopters or planes but there was no sound and then they just vanished.and I just verified with my wife and she says the same thing,and we are both sober and have 20/20 eyesight.
March 17, 2023 · 9:46 PM · FIREBALL
Placerville, CA
Driving East on Hwy 50 at 9:30-45 at night. About 6 fireballs like comets flying at an even pace towards east south East. Not shooting stars, never faded, just kept going.
March 17, 2023 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Brentwood, CA
I supplied my very simplistic 'art' and a map to describe what I saw and best guess at the pathing. In one image you see a blue stick figure being 'my location' during naked eye observation. I'm not entirely concerned of this sighting for I'm still alive. I thought they were nukes so I said my prayers. Nothing happened, they just passed. The sighting is approximately 7 (can be 6-9?) yellow-orange comet like objects moving. They moved slower than a super sonic missile, faster than a plane, and didn't have the color of a normal (white bright) shooting star. They looked like they were either missiles or asteriods? burning up in the atmosphere. The tail didn't stretch, but then again it's night. I'm reporting this mostly for the sake of national security.
March 17, 2023 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
El dorado hills, CA
I have a video and 2 photographs - it sums it all up. ((name and telephone # deleted))
March 16, 2023 · 6:37 AM · FIREBALL
Gastonia, NC
I was on my way back from walking my kids to the bus stop. It was still dark outside. I got to the third house from the corner when I looked up and saw a orange/red colored light moving fast through the sky. I live near an airport so at first I assumed that that was what it was. There were also other planes flying. Then the light began to zig zag really fast. I knew then that it wasn't a plane or drone. Next it stopped moving and just hovered in that spot for 3 sec, then started moving again . When it got directly over me, it disappeared. I could have sworn I saw a larger craft with no lights sitting/hovering exactly where the smaller light disappeared. I'm not crazy and I know what I saw!
March 3, 2023 · 7:15 PM · FIREBALL
HOLLISTER, CA
They were 300 feet apart and then went dark, but were still there. This is not the first time I have seen them. At 7:15 pm, I was facing east, leaving the grocery store parking lot. I was driving a 1952 Jeep with no doors or top on the vehicle, which granted me a clear view of the sky. While pulling out of the parking lot, I looked up to the south-southeast and observed two beach ball-sized objects that were either balls of fire or fire orange/red in color. I estimate that these objects were no more than a mile or two away from me. The two objects were traveling slowly from the south to the north, about 500 feet up, and slowly gaining altitude. The objects were about 300 feet apart from one another. The lead object was about 50 to 100 feet higher than the other and seemed to be gaining altitude while the other object kind of held back a little, taking a more gradual climb than the other, and then started climbing up following the other but not traveling the same path. I drove down the street heading east facing the objects for about 200 feet, then made a right, so now the objects are up and to my left. When I turned onto this street, there was a car stopped in the road with its flashers on, and a truck that pulled off to the side. The occupants of both vehicles were looking up at these things, and I could hear somebody saying, "What the hell are those things?" I pulled over and turned off the engine and jumped out and heard no sound. I was getting my phone out of my pocket to snap a picture while keeping an eye on these things, but they went dark before I could take a picture. I say that they went dark because it looked like there was still something that was still there after the fire or possibly orange reddish light source went out or turned off. The light was not a steady light, not like the steady stable light that is emitted from a man-made artificial source like an LED or some sort of light bulb. The light seemed to fluctuate slightly, giving me the impression that these things were not illuminated by a light bulb or anything but more of a natural light source like that of a fire would emit. There did appear to be a separate light source within the light that was toward the top and to the side that looked to be a more stable and more red color. These objects operated independently from one another. These lights started gaining altitude, which took about 10 seconds to climb 200 feet or so. They traveled with one following the other but taking a slightly different path for about 10 seconds and then went dark but at different times, with one going out one or two seconds before the other. While I was parked on the side of the road, observing these things and trying to take in as much detail my 20/20 eyes could, the car that was stopped in the road with its flashers on drove up to me, asking, "Did you see that?" and "Wow" "What were those things?". I am no rookie when it comes to observing the night sky. This ain't my first rodeo. I have spent countless hours over the past 20 plus years farting around with all sorts of high-tech gadgets with everything ranging from large scopes outfitted with cooled CCD cameras to prototype military wiz-bang gadgets the public won't see for a decade. I have observed these things before over the years along with just about all my friends and neighbors. I have been on the hunt for information on these orange and red balls of light since the first time I observed one of these things many years ago. I am very lucky to have been with somebody every time I have had an encounter with these things. I can't imagine seeing one of these alone and trying to explain to others what I saw and not sound like somebody with a few screws loose. It is a shame that more people do not make a report of any kind after they see something unidentified. It is like pulling teeth to get people to make even the most simple basic report. I told the people that also saw these things about NUFORC and asked them to take a look at the website and to please file a report. I can't thank Mr. Davenport enough for the hard work and dedication in providing the most extensive, reliable, and professional source of information on the subject of UFO.
February 27, 2023 · 10:37 PM · FIREBALL
LA
Object is stationary and fades and reappears. No predictable timing. Appears as a bright red light to the left of the moon.
February 27, 2023 · 10:13 PM · FIREBALL
Clermont 4 corners, FL
My husband was smoking a cigarette on the back porch and noticed 3 large fireballs zip from the front of our house and headed north over the neighbors houses. It was quick and silent. Lasting only a few seconds Left streaks in the sky. It was cloud level and all other clouds were visible and not the same shape. He hollered at me to come see and it was already gone but the streaks were still visible from the path it had taken. To fast and to big to be a plane and there was no noise. He described it as fireballs or meteors zipping through the sky.
February 24, 2023 · 7:29 PM · FIREBALL
LOXAHATCHEE, FL
Bright red ball appeared above me and to my right just above the tree line in the wooded area I live in. It was light red in the middle with a darker red outline and a very dark spot in the middle. It almost appeared to be changing shape a little like a jellyfish as it moved off and slowly went out of sight in the trees. No sound at all. I would say it was at about 200 feet above the trees and 20 to 30 feet across. I didn't have my camera but just seeing that was amazing.
February 18, 2023 · 7:43 PM · FIREBALL
Concord, CA
We saw a bright, reddish light in the sky. It moved around a little but not in a straight line. It seemed to change colors from red to pink to yellow. After a little while there was some kind of a burst - and then it faded out as if flying away. I do have video although it is a bit blurry.
February 15, 2023 · 9:24 PM · FIREBALL
Jacksonville, FL
My husband and I were driving when we noticed what looked like 2 orange fireballs in the sky. I did not see them first appear, but just happened to look up and saw them. We stopped the car and got out to get a better look. They were flying west toward Cecil Field, parallel to each other/ side-by-side, at the same rate of speed. They appeared to be flickering slowly, getting dim and then bright again, but they were also going up and down slightly, almost like the were floating or bouncing on the wind... like they were dancing. Then the one to my right dimmed and went out completely. After maybe 15 more seconds the other dimmed and went out. Since it was late at night and the sky was dark I could not tell if there were any objects in the sky after their lights went out. They were not aircraft, because there were no other lights or even a craft seen. There was also no sound. They did not behave like flares or skydivers with flares. They were not falling, but flying straight ahead, keeping the same altitude and same rate of speed.