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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.
139,459 entries
September 27, 2023 · 3:00 PM · DIAMOND
perth, WESTERN · Australia
From the window, I saw the car traffic before I left. But I saw a square object that looked like a big handkerchief. Square, white yellowish with red outline. I thought it was just stranded fabrics. However, the fabric is not moved by air, it moved liked a jelly fish, but in the air above the trees. it keep moving towards traffic, and all of sudden it shrunk and disappear.
September 27, 2023 · 8:45 AM · OTHER
cashtown/ortanna, PA
On 09/27/2023 between 830 am and 9 am myself and a friend were headed to work as usual and a tiny funnel looked like it was forming out of a cloud. I screamed at my friend thinking it was a tornado funnel. The next thing we witnessed was a giant shadow taking 5 steps and then disappearing. The shadow man in the sky looked like a giant human form. Both of us see the same thing.
September 27, 2023 · 6:55 AM · UNKNOWN
oklahoma city, OK
There are two very bright objects in the sky. Due to the large size of the light they seem rather near, however, one cannot tell how near or far they are. They do not move. When the sun rises they are no longer visible. These are not stars. The object is a light so i did not check any characteristics below. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
September 27, 2023 · 2:30 AM · CROSS
Corsicana, TX
The light is beginning to dim more as I’m writing this at 2:45, but got the last 15 minuets I have been watching the light as the other 4 has been fading and coming back, only now is it becoming difficult to see. The lights are in an orientation that would be easily described as a cross, or almost the shape of a bull skull. There is one light that seems to move around the other lights as the others stay in position and fade in and out, aside from the one in the center of all the lights. In total, there is 6 lights with the tip that is closest to the strongest light being the dimmest, the arms of the cross are equal in orientation to the bright light, and along with the bottom of the cross, fade in and out. The lights continue to fade more and more as I write this, now I can only see 2-3 faint strobes along side the now much smaller center light. I have seen a UFO once before in Granbury, one that was at least 50 miles long and in the shape of a bus, but this has been the longest lasting and doesn’t align with any consultation or star pattern I have ever witnessed. With the moon basically looking like a strobe light at the moment with how bright it is and it is making the sky, I am surprised that I am able to see it. Still, in comparison to the other star consultations in the sky not a single one is showing the same signs as the lights. These lights are a bright white from where I am, and seeing as I can see the other planes coming in and out, moving through the sky while the strobes of their lights happen, I can confidently and with 100% certainty say that this is not a plane nor a set of stars. The object appears to be very very high in the atmosphere, but not in orbit or as low as a plane would be.
September 26, 2023 · 10:50 PM · SPHERE
North Bellmore, NY
I was leaving to walk my dog when I saw what looked like a meteor by its brightness. It did not move like one but did maneuver in the sky with some speed. It was going north to south then stood stationary. It would change from bright white to orange the fade out. Then repeat. As it was faded out, it maneuvered further away when dark then reappear in another spot illuminated again. Looked like it could have been a very large drone, but it's range of travel seemed unlikely to be a personal drone. It eventually remained lit and returned to the north off into the horizon and left my sight heading towards North Shore of LI / Connecticut. I recorded 2 30 second video clips. Also this was 100% not a plane or helicopter. I had full visual of all the plane traffic in the area and they all were at the correct altitudes for arrival into JFK. This light was intense. You can see airplanes and a star in the background of the videos I took.
September 26, 2023 · 8:35 PM · CIRCLE
Salt Lake City, UT
A white orb sting from the my backyard and it was still pretty close that I knew it was not an airplane. It didn’t have any flashing lights or really loud noise. It’s pretty quiet. I like to hear was crickets in the backyard and as it was flying by I was saying that I could see you and it slowly turned off like I could not see any more like his lights went dim, but you can still kind of family see it
September 26, 2023 · 7:26 PM · SPHERE
Atchison, KS
I noticed the object because of the rate of climb and pause. It would ascend around 2 or 3 hundred feet diagonally southward and pause for a half second. It did this a few times and then flew directly westward with no pause after it's last climb at a ridiculous speed. There was ample daylight still as it headed west, but no telltale sign of any type of aircraft body. It remained a dull orange colored orb as it flew out of sight.
September 26, 2023 · 7:22 PM · DISK
Ottawa, ON · Canada
I was testing out my new iPhone camera on my way home from college, when I noticed a strange looking white light, I then noticed it moving really fast, it dashed in an instant, still in view though. I then noticed it change colours to green, I zoomed and could immediately tell it was a flying object of some sort and not just a light. Also in one of the pictures you can actually see 2 crafts which I did not realize at first and instead only focused on one craft.
September 26, 2023 · 12:30 AM · SPHERE
Milton Keynes, BUCKINGH · United Kingdom
Sighting in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. Whilst walking home just after midnight I observed some lights in the sky to the West. Due to the number of street lights where I was I walked towards a retail park where it was a little darker to get a better view. I observed a bright light in the sky which illuminated the surround clouds. Its altitude did not change it was not a comet or meteorite in the atmosphere. There was 3 objects which circled around each other, at times their altitude went a little higher and they made a C shape at one point, was very bright. I managed to film but as this totally caught me by surprise and I am not use to recoding much on my phone especially at night I did not make full use of the zoom feature. I recorded a 5 minute video 2x zoom but too large to upload its nearly 700MB and took some photos which have attached. I did not observe any noise from the distance I was from them which I estimate to be 4-5kms. I am trying to keep anonymous if you want the video email me.
September 25, 2023 · 10:51 PM · SPHERE
Edgerton, MO
This is the second time I have video recorded this ball of light in the sky over my farm. It is about the height of a helicopter but makes no sound. It hovers and makes swift changes in direction but stays in the same area. I was trying to find out what this object may be. I do live close to an airport and know what the airplanes look like it does not seem as high as the airplanes and stays in the same spot appearing to be a spinning ball of light.
September 25, 2023 · 9:45 PM · EGG
Eaglesham, EAST REN · United Kingdom
I was out for my usual walk and noticed bright light behind the trees. I thought to myself I didn't realise it was a full moon. I thought i might not need my torch afterall. As i was listening to an podcast i carried on walking behind the trees then i wondered where did the moon go. I thought perhaps it was the street light i saw. I wondered now where the moon was. I now keep seeing the moon like object ( very big and bright) one minute in my left, next minute on my right and i thought to myself moon can't change the position so fast. I started following the object until i got to an open farmland, then object started coming towards me . It was huge, bright and round . I started running as fast as i could. I turned around twice to see if it was behind me and it was keeping up with me. I ran into a lane leading to houses to catch my breath and went home. This was something i never saw before. Moon like huge moving object.
September 25, 2023 · 9:11 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalRollinsville, CO
I was elk hunting in the mountains near Rollinsville, CO on Monday the 25th of September. At around 2110 hours, I stepped outside of the cabin to brush my teeth. It was a clear dark night with all the stars visible. I was looking at the big dipper when I saw 6 or so rectangular lights appear in a linear formation equidistant apart. They were moving west to east at commercial airliner cruising altitude but faster. I watched them for about 5 seconds or so then they started to disappear one by one. Unfortunately, it happened too fast for me to retrieve my cell phone and take a picture or video. An investigator can contact me if they wish. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
September 25, 2023 · 8:50 PM · LIGHT
Lowestoft, SUFFOLK · United Kingdom
I was in my back garden and could see 2 dark orange or orange red moving behind the tree close to my garden from right to left. The lights were silent and slow moving. The atmosphere felt unusual. I went indoors to get my phone to take a photo. The lights both faded. The front light descended and faded. The back light disappeared.
September 25, 2023 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
Sitting on patio facing wester sky. At approx. 7:30PM, at about a 45 degree angle at 280 degrees west, three objects began moving from the same spot in three different directions. Size approximated a bright star. Speed was faster than any satellite we've seen. And they disappeared when approx. overhead. Within a minute or two, from the same originating spot, one took off at the same speed towards the SE. We lost count but around six to eight repeated with about 30 second intervals. The last event was two pair on the same track as the others. They made no sound. My wife and I both clearly saw the objects. She thinks they were meteors - after some research on Utube, I saw nothing similar via video or by verbal description. I'm not sure what they were. Contact me if you wish.
September 25, 2023 · 7:04 PM · TRIANGLE
Upper Kingsclear, NB · Canada
Traveling west on TCH#2 my wife and I noticed the object in the northwest sky. Too bright outside to be a star, especially in its location. Once we turned north on Mazerolle settlement rd we lost sight of it. The object never moved while we traveled on the highway. My wife's iPhone could not pick the object with the camera even though it was as bright as a star. The object may have been lighted by the falling sun. It was nothing I'd seen before. Triangular lower portion with a much brighter sphere on top.I attached an image, it's terrible, I made it in 3D paint. As my wife's phone wouldn't pick it up, going by memory. I was and currently completely sober and in a good state of mind when this happened and so is my wife.
September 25, 2023 · 6:55 PM · LIGHT
mason city clear lake area, IA
One night I returned home to watch the evening news and they were announcing a ufo had been seen traveling over the town from south to north and going down in a quarry. Around the same time-and I have the news clipping, a slow moving light was being watched as it receded over the airport by several witnesses when they got of their cars to look. I have the news clipping. One was a cop, another was a friend of mine. More recently I decided to get out my telescope-not a cheap one. I pointed it straight up and there were 6 or so large orbs moving south to north single file. I must say at satellite speed. This was before Starlink. Just looked very odd to me.
September 25, 2023 · 3:30 PM · DISK
Probable conventionalEstes Park, CO
Took a photo of the church at Camp Malo, Colorado. Later, while looking at my photos, I noticed something strange and unusual in the sky above the church cross that I can't identify. I spent 30 years in the Navy and saw a lot of very interesting things flying into and out of the ocean and across the sky. I also worked a lot with helicopters and jets and this doesn't appear to be either. I didn't see this object when I was taking the photo, and it doesn't appear in any of the other photos of the church that I took. When I zoomed in to get a closer look, it almost looks disk shaped with a rectangular light on top. [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Probable]
September 25, 2023 · 9:54 AM · LIGHT
Delta Township, MI
Stationary save for recording. Appeared again the next evening. Fast moving cloud also appeared with a light flash in middle
September 25, 2023 · 9:30 AM · CHANGING
Los Angeles, CA
Thought I saw a plane in the sky, but then it turned into different shapes and three or four lights and then it was in a straight line nose and a blob. It was very weird and it was [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
September 25, 2023 · 7:15 AM · LIGHT
Killiney Bay · Ireland
As we began the descent from Bristol Airport (UK) to Dublin Airport (Ireland), the plane turned left, and there was a glowing orb above the water. The orb was approximately 10ft above the water and was slowly circulating. After 15 seconds, the orb instantly submerged into the water (a quick 90-degree turn downwards). It didn't slow in speed; it just shot down quickly. The ball/orb was consistent in its movements, circling in a perfect circle. I can't say how large the object was, but it was large enough to be viewed from an airplane during its descent (we weren't majorly high at this period either). The object was a circular white object with a warm yellowish glow. I've run some obvious explanations through my head, and it wasn't a reflection from something inside the plane. The flight was almost empty on the flight back, so I experimented with light reflections in the window. The reflective lights didn't have the same brightness and depth as the orb. There wasn't any double/triple light that you'd get from triple-barrelled airplane windows. On the same return flight, some lights from outside the airplane reflected off the engine. That type of light wasn't what I saw above the water, nor would lights that small reflect off the water so brightly that far down. It didn't look like a regular light from the distance, how that would look. It looked more like a circle that had a slight glow orbiting it. This sighting occurred in Dublin Bay, the bay of sea close to the shore over the Dublin airport flight path. Between 7:15am and 7:30am. As I was in the middle seat next to a sleeping passenger, I didn't take any photos. The timeframe of me seeing the object and its submerging was around 10/15 seconds, so by the time I had my phone out and ready, it was gone.
September 25, 2023 · 1:50 AM · FIREBALL
IdentifiedTehachapi, CA
I was sitting on my 2nd story back porch facing south at 1:50AM when a large fireball erupted up and over the hill and silently billowed out colorful flames. They were blue, orange, and pink- very vibrant with a smoky trail. It then changed to a horizontal trajectory and faded into an orange orb in a vertical column if light with a faint orange trail. It then slowly and silently floated from southwest to southeast of my location, taking a curved path across the valley Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
September 24, 2023 · 9:05 PM · DISK
Centralia, IL
Driving into Centralia on US-51 from Irvington, I looked to my left (west) and saw lights in a slight diagonal curved row. We pulled over on the side of the road (near Country Bobs) and watched as the seemingly stagnant object floated, then rotated slightly, and started to shut lights off shut off before it disappeared in a blink of an eye. While watching it, you could see a faint outline of a craft in the dark sky. This all happened within seconds. We did not hear any unusual sounds. The area that this happened in is mostly farmland with scattered houses.
September 24, 2023 · 6:40 PM
Probable conventionalPuilboreau, Poitou-Charentes · France
Un témoin (T1) et son épouse, dans leur jardin situé sur la commune de Puilboreau (17), observent la présence d'une lumière comparable à celle de Vénus, localisée vers le nord-est à une élévation de 45°. D'abord statique, elle se déplace ensuite très lentement vers la gauche. Quelques instants plus tard, T1 observe dans la même zone du ciel la présence de trois autres phénomènes aérospatiaux non identifiés (PAN), de forme sphérique, d'apparence métallique et reflétant la lumière du Soleil. Ceux-ci évoluent en formation triangulaire, se déplaçant d'est en ouest à une vitesse comparable à celle d'un avion en altitude. Aucun feu de position, clignotant ni traînée de condensation n'était visible. La consistance* est moyenne selon les critères du GEIPAN, avec un seul des deux témoins ayant complété le QT et absence de photo ou vidéo des PANs. *selon les critères du GEIPAN, la consistance est la quantité d'informations considérées comme fiables et objectivées, recueillies pour un témoignage. Parmi les hypothèses explorées (voir le compte rendu d'enquête), seule celle de ballons à enveloppe Mylar a été retenue, du fait de leurs caractéristiques compatibles avec la description des PANs faite par T1 : - Forme sphérique et couleur métallique fortement réfléchissante, - Déplacement rectiligne dans le sens du vent. Ces ballons pourraient avoir été lâchés ou perdus depuis le stade de rugby de Puilboreau à l'occasion de la célébration de leur victoire, suite à un match terminé vers 16h55 (d'une durée totale de 1h40), bien que l'observation ait débuté près de deux heures après. Il est également possible qu'ils aient été lâchés plus tôt lors d'une célébration privée. Le GEIPAN classe ce cas d'observation en « B » : probables ballons à enveloppes Mylar. [GEIPAN classification B — Ballon Mylar]
September 24, 2023 · 6:15 PM · DISK
Naperville, IL
We were looking up at the sky when we noticed a black disc-like object slowly moving through the sky, but was moving in a straight line at first. Then, it quickly shot to the side, then shot to the other side. Not sure if this is a drone capability, but it wasn't like anything we've ever seen.