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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.
4,558 entries
October 30, 2019 · 10:10 PM · FORMATION
Sammamish, WA
My roommate and I were sitting on the porch and saw two objects flying high in the western sky. We noticed them because they were flying in perfect formation and at high altitude which is odd for aircraft. We both watched with amazement, and after 5 seconds I started to doubt they were anything out of the ordinary until they both turned simultaneously toward outer-space and vanished. I am still stunned at what I saw since we watch the planes and flight patterns on a nightly basis. Just after all of this happened, I went to my room and a very loud (perhaps military) helicopter flew over my house and toward the UFO location, which was unusual as well.
October 30, 2019 · 12:30 PM · FORMATION
Albuquerque, NM
In Northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, at approximately 12:30 am, October 28, 2019, I saw a v-shaped formation of white lights traveling west to east, south of the Sandia mountain range. The lights were tightly but somewhat haphazardly in formation. No solid or linking structure could be seen. I was unable to hear engine sounds or see a blinking aircraft light. I tried looking on the web to see if anything had been reported. It did look similar to a report made of a sighting in Lubbock, TX on August 25, 1951.
October 29, 2019 · 8:02 PM · FORMATION
Georgetown, TX
My dog and I were standing in my yard. I started to grill some dinner. It was very dark. As flames shot up from my grill, me and my dog both saw and heard, a black Being (creature) in the corner of my yard. The creature made "rustling" noises. The creature was two to three-feet tall. It had legs, arms, a head, pointy things on its head, and gray glowing non matching eyes. It had a black aura. The entity made a rustling sound, like many leaves "swooshing". My dog gave chase. The Entity bolted, casting rectangle lights on my fence as it ran faster than humanly possible. The Entity ran so fast that it caused a wind to blow throughout my yard. The creature cast a black trail behind it as it ran. There was no wind otherwise blowing anywhere. The Entity disappeared directly through my wood fence. My dog barked and growled, as the thing ran. I am a psychologist, and have never seen anything like this.I wanted immediately to report it.
October 26, 2019 · 6:30 AM · FORMATION
Winnipeg, MB · Canada
I saw 3 whiteish objects flying just above the clouds In a triangle formation heading due south at a very good pace. The one object in the back left corner of the formation zigzaged back and forth but stayed in the vicinity of the other 2, after about 3 or 4 seconds after they disappeared a jet flew off in the same direction.
October 25, 2019 · 10:30 PM · FORMATION
Philadelphia, PA
There were strange lights floating in the sky it almost seemed like bags of light or flashes of light but they were definitely moving purposely in a direction
October 23, 2019 · 5:20 AM · FORMATION
Glendale, AZ
Leaving for work early on Saturday I left my front door and immediately noticed there were much more stars out than normal (maybe 25-40 more) which drew my attention to the sky. I realized not only were there more stars but they were moving erratically back and forth for 2-3 seconds. They drew in closer and then almost instantaneously they formed into a straight line and started moving from the southwest sky towards the Big Dipper (northwest) like a conveyer belt. It reminded me how traffic would look on a freeway in a single lane. They were not equal distance Sparta and moved each at different speedsI tried to keep count but there was more appearing from what looked like nowhere. At least 70-100 total continuously headed toward the Big Dipper and then disappeared into the sky. It took up the entire span of the sky and lasted for 5 minutes. I could tell this was fat and not in our atmosphere. I woke my wife up to see the event as well. After roughly 8-10 min! utes the event ended and I could no longer see anything.
October 18, 2019 · 8:30 PM · FORMATION
Menifee, CA
Got a call from mother in law to go out my front porch . I went outside and looked up. Saw a huge formation and what looked like helicopter trying to keep up with it . Called the kids out they were in awe . When the formation got closer to populated area it got super bright and broke off into smaller comet type pieces .
October 18, 2019 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
Murrieta, CA
I was driving my children home from dinner and my son pointed at something in the sky that looked like a large floating city. I pulled over my vehicle to get a better vantage point on what he was seeing. We could see what appeared like an enormous craft moving from west to east. I took out my phone and began taking pictures. After taking several pictures, the craft appeared to combine intro one large bright light initially and then the light multiplied into several separate bright lights totaling around 12 separate lights. The lights appeared to be descending from the craft towards the ground at a very rapid descent. Within seconds of their descent, the lights vanished along with the larger craft. I have photos of each step of this event captured to the best of my ability. I was shaken, and could not believe what I had just witnessed. During the entire event, there appeared be several helicopters circling the large craft. We could faintly make out the sound ! of the helicopters, which numbered at least 6-8. They remained in the area circling the same area even after the craft disappeared.
October 18, 2019 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
Winchester, CA
Driving through the neighborhood north/northwest we saw approximately two dozen lights, in formation, slowly descending. It’s possible the lights were connected to one craft or several different crafts in formation. They were similar to an isosceles triangle with a wide base and short sides. We also noticed what appeared to be several aircraft heading toward the object or near it. I made my girlfriend stop the car (in the middle of the road) so I could snap a photo. She, a pragmatist, could only explain the phenomenon as a “drone show”. I snapped a photo but failed to realize the flash was on, and the photo does not do the sighting justice.
October 18, 2019 · 10:03 AM · FORMATION
Brooklyn, NY
On 10-18-19, at 2203 hrs . I was driving off the Verrazano bridge onto the belt parkway. I observed 6 bright lights over Staten Island. The south beach area. I proceeded approximately 100yards and observed that there were more lights in sky. They formed into a V formation., I would estimate it was 1/4 of mile wide . I grabbed my cellphone and took a photo of it .
October 16, 2019 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Rosemary Beach, FL
First saw a super bright light 3 different times that came on out of nowhere, got very bright, then just went out, not moving . 10 minutes later, 4 lights in a row, very long, about 30 degrees above horizon, went out in succession from left to rightt, this taking about 15 seconds. Appeared very large and extremely bright.
October 16, 2019 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
North Myrtle Beach, SC
A rectangular formation of three reddish orange round lights that lite up one at a time in a line. Stayed few seconds. Repeated the same couple minutes later. Then disappeared.
October 15, 2019 · 8:20 AM · FORMATION
Philadelphia, PA
I have brief video of what looks like 2 white circles moving. We live bu airport and this is definitely not a plane
October 13, 2019 · 7:48 PM · FORMATION
Leander, TX
Clear sky, full moon, no breeze. I saw 5 low-flying UFOS, orange solid light, flying in formation. No sound. Dogs in acre behind me where barking nonstop as they passed over. I hid under a large tree as they passed over.They kept going then disappeared.A minute later, another one followed them, did the same.
October 12, 2019 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
Riverside, CA
Strange lights in formation about 20 lights in the sky flying behind each other. They disappeared after about 1 or 2 minutes
October 12, 2019 · 12:00 PM · FORMATION
Crested Butte, CO
Mid-day sighting against blue skies. Roughly 20 white objects in a pretty tight formation, with one in lead at center of line which was parallel to the horizon to start. No rumble, roar, or any noise we could associate with the grouping. I was working at about 10,400' in Crested Butte, CO and the formation was several thousand feet above us (two other witnesses in my immediate company). All facing South, I estimate our viewing angle never rose above 70 degrees, starting at 0-5 degrees to our Western horizon. Visual contact started just over the Maroon Bells and was maintained until it passed in front of the Sun, where we all lost it within a few seconds of each other. Looked roughly like this if against a horizon you are facing dead-on “........:........” The distance covered from where contact started to where we lost it against the sun, at our altitude, is over 7 miles, and again these were several thousand feet above us. I had to research tundra swans after the sighting to see the altitude and speeds they fly at even in jet streams and I couldn't find any flocking birds that would be that high in our area. The entire sighting lasted 90 seconds to 3minutes max. We all remarked that the formation was moving at jet-speeds but I have no recollection of their speed changing or stopping at all. Stayed constant. The ones in back behind “the leader” were all sort of jockeying for position, though. They made only lateral moves to either side and they did it throughout the sighting. No”hitting the brakes” and swooping around from behind. They were all staying in line but sort of hopping over one another to their port-starboard, back and forth. Very strange. I have followed the “Colorado drone swarm” story and know satellites cause a lot of confusion but this was midday and these were well above over the counter drone heights that match other reports even the FAA conclusion. Hoping someone has some ideas about it because I'm still perplexed but lean towards drones.
October 11, 2019 · 7:30 PM · FORMATION
Puyallup, WA
Driving north on Meridian from Graham, we saw three lights in a triangle formation above the horizon (puyallup area). One was brighter and a bit bigger than the other two. We kept track of them as long as we could until they left our view. As far as we know they didnt move. The bigger of the three did suddenly change and get dimmer about 7 minutes in to us keeping track of it.
October 11, 2019 · 11:15 AM · FORMATION
Santa Clarita, CA
Watching the breaking new coverage of the Saddle Ridge fire in California. When the female reporter says, "You know, leaving at that time, at I think, it’s about 2:10, I have left my house in Santa Clarita, usually it takes..." the helicopter camera pans over to the left from the plane dropping water on the fire, you can then see a formation slowly floating above the hills to the right. At first glance it looks like a fully white sombrero wearing character. It's moving at a much slower pace than the plane. Then the footage quickly cuts away back to the reporter. I have no idea what else it could by with that shape.
October 9, 2019 · 5:20 PM · FORMATION
Seattle, WA
ALMOST DIRECTLY OVERHEAD IN LATE AFTERNOON CLEAR SKY CONDITIONS WE OBSERVED AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE OF DIMLY VISIBLE LIGHTS AND A SIMILAR SINGLE LIGHT SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM IT. THE OBJECTS WERE MOVING SLOWLY ON A SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TRACK. THE SINGLE LIGHT VANISHED FIRST. THE THREE-LIGHT TRIANGLE REMAINED VISIBLE FOR A MINUTE OR SO LONGER, CONTINUING ITS NORTHEASTERLY DRIFT BEFORE VANISHING IN THE SAME WAY THE FIRST ONE HAD. BY THIS I MEAN IT JUST WENT OUT AS THOUGH AN "OFF" SWITCH HAD BEEN THROWN. THIS EVENT OCCURRED AT THAT THE EXACT TIME THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WAS PASSING OVER SEATTLE BUT THE APPARENT MOTION OF THE OBJECTS WAS NOT NEARLY THE SAME AS THAT OF THE ISS WHICH MOVES FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE ISS WAS NOT VISIBLE TO US ON THAT PASS DUE TO THE DAYLIGHT BUT I DID SEE IT ON ITS NEXT PASS TO THE WEST BECAUSE IT WAS DARK BY THEN.
October 7, 2019 · 5:40 PM · FORMATION
Milpitas, CA
At approximately 9:40 pm, I heard the distinctive sound of fighter jets passing overhead. We hear that maybe once a month or so & I often run out back to watch what seem to be F18s or F15s fly by usually n pairs, usually heading roughly south. we live very near Moffett field as well as the San Jose Airport & a small airport for private planes I believe is called "Reid–Hillview" for private planes. The sky is always full of planes, big & small, commercial & military. Google & NASA both have a presence at Moffett. On this occasion is was dark, night time, a not entirely black sky, very polluted with with lights was full of planes as always. 2 Fighters were heading south at a moderate altitude (probably several thousand feet) they had several sets of lights on. In an unusual twist only a few minutes later a second set was heard. I went out back again and watch 2 more fighters streak loudly southward. Both times I called my 8 year old son out to see, the second time I called out the whole family. My wife & daughter, not terribly interested took a long time to come out by which time my son & I had been watching a bizarre, triangle formation of red & only red lights crossing the the entire sky from the Santa Cruz mountains, eventually passing over the TV & radio towers on the peak of the east hills. It took about 2-3 minutes for the formation of objects to cross the entire sky & disappear from view, into the distance. The objects held a distant but incredibly accurate triangle formation. The red lights were not "blinking" in a regular pattern, they were alternating in an ever-changing coordinated, often very rapid sequence like no aircraft or group of aircraft that I, personally have ever seen. There was no discernible repetition or pattern to the blinking. It seemed coordinated & deliberate almost like Morse Code or music. As the objects passed over the nearby foothills they took a surprisingly long time to disappear into the distance. To me this was an indication that they were higher & larger than they had initially appeared. There was no particular sound that seemed associated with these particular objects. Usually we can associate the many sounds coming from the crowded sky with the objects responsible. The fighters for example are far louder than anything else ever is. There were a hand full of other odd characters in the sky that night. Presumably & seemingly conventional aircraft with somewhat odd light patterns, always-on bright white lights, more & brighter lights than the usual commercial or private aircraft seeming to circle around the entirety of the silicon valley for most of an hour before/after the strange triangle passed overhead. My son and I watched this formation from one horizon to the other. My wife & daughter saw the second half. I didn't go for my camera because I didn't want to miss anything. Most likely this was a formation of drones or stealth fighters. The lights were weird to the point that they must have been made deliberately weird. I wish I had footage so I could try to figure out which symphony or what Morse code message some Goole nerd had probably programmed into the light pattern just to be a smart ass . What ever it was I didn't particularly like it, less for it's weirdness & more for it's condescension.
October 6, 2019 · 11:00 PM · FORMATION
Boynton Beach, FL
I was outside looking at stars with my mother for a couple of hours last night. I saw what appeared to be 10-20 very bright lights that flew by in a very distinct V shape formation that was only visible for a second or two. These lights were brighter than the brightest visible stars in the sky that night (Vega, Capella). They flew by so fast, I could not count how many lights there were exactly. Possible Phoenix Lights? I love star gazing and I see meteors and meteor showers often. This was nothing like I have ever seen before. The sighting made me jump from my chair in shock. There was no sound and no time to react to record a video. Although I did not see an "object," the lights were distinct enough that I will remember this sighting forever.
October 6, 2019 · 2:48 PM · FORMATION
Boise, ID
Source of report does not include detailed information. PD
October 5, 2019 · 7:40 PM · FORMATION
Chapel Hill (north of), NC
My wife, myself, and my 2 boys were driving on I40E about a mile before the New Hope Church Rd exit at around 7:40pm and saw a cluster of what looked like 8-10 crafts that were changing colors from red to green, blue, bright white, etc and they colors changed at the same time across all crafts. At first we thought it was helicopters but soon realized with their movements and colors changing at identical times it could not be a fleet of helicopters. We passed by them as they hovered above and about 2 minutes later I looked through the rear glass of our vehicle and they had moved into a circular formation. I had never seen anything like it it my life and wish I had thought to pull out my camera. After scouring the internet trying to find if others had reported the same thing as what we saw I noticed there was a video that was posted this week from some lights off the coast of Wilmington, NC, and I honestly believe these were the same lights that we saw. Would love to know if others around this areas have reported the same sightings
October 5, 2019 · 7:30 PM · FORMATION
Chapel Hill, NC
Was driving south on 15/501 following a friend to get pizza up the road past Manns Chapel. About 7:30-7:40 pm. I have text messages to corroborate the day/time even though it has been a year. An array of lights multi-colored red/green/blue drifted into view moving slowish and appearing fairly low in the sky. The lights seemed to change colors and moved in a sequenced pattern almost mandalic effect. Drifted into view and hung over the highway for a few moments, the array was floating parallell to the ground in a disc/rectangular formation (though no actual physical substance seemed to tie the lights together). It was dusk/ almost dark so perspective was weird, but the tree line ended up obscuring it from my vision after driving by. Seemed to be traveling fairly slowly (less than 50mph), and seemed to be headed in the opposite-ish direction (north). My buddy was just as freaked out as I was when we arrived at our destination a few minutes later. He drove in a! separate vehicle and was in front of me by about 200 yards. It has been on my mind for the past year. One of the most unusual things I’ve ever experienced. Found this site after hanging around a Reddit subthread and realized someone else reported this in NORTH chapel hill same day same time- I was south of chapel hill but I (and my friend) can corroborate this sighting. My phone was almost dead and it happened so quickly while driving I couldn’t get a video or pic. I would also love to know if anyone else saw this, or a light array like this elsewhere and what the prevailing theories are on it!