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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
August 28, 2014 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Spanaway, WA
It appeared out of nowhere. Four bright white lights. I saw it from my bathroom window. It looked like the lights of a huge jet that is getting ready to land except it was no where near the base to where it would land and it was too high up to land. I called for my roommate and he froze when he saw it. Then as if it knew we saw it and were watching it started to dim it's lights out as if to hide. You could still see a dark shape... Big! Moving up just a little... It was floating in place.it didn't move the whole time we were watching it except to dim its lights out. It was a clear night sky only some clouds but it showed up right I between those clouds. Midnight.
August 27, 2014 · 11:55 PM · LIGHT
Clayton, ID
Stepped outside a few minutes before midnight and noticed a bright flashing light low in the western sky. White, blue, and red were the main colors I noticed, and it was obviously stationary. It was brighter than an airplane and I could've almost convinced myself it was a planet flickering from atmospheric interference had it not disappeared at 12:06 AM. I had glanced away for a moment and when I looked back it was gone. Date: Aug 27/28
August 27, 2014 · 9:52 PM · LIGHT
Kahuku, HI
I was walking in the parking lot of the Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu at the North Shore, looking at the stars. I noticed a bright light in the sky at least twice as bright as the brightest star I could see. As I was walking it seemed the light was moving, so I stopped and noticed it was moving west and was very high up. At first I thought it might be a plane, but there was no blinking, just a solid white light. The light began to turn toward the south and quickly ended up traveling eastward. The light was moving very fast for how high it was, and it began to slow down. The light dimmed a little, then proceeded to move in a zig zag motion continuing east. It slowed and zig zagged two more times. The light then grew brighter and started moving faster east, then faded quickly. It seemed that when the light grew in intensity it was descending and as it faded it was ascending.
August 27, 2014 · 7:40 PM · LIGHT
Washington, DC, DC
Initially I thought that this might be reflecting but after checking, ISS was over south America at that time. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 26, 2014 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Salyersville, KY
After seeing them a few nights in a row, I began to pay closer attention. I was standing in the driveway smoking a cigarette 3 nights ago, and I had watched an object fly across the sky slowly (like an aircraft) until it reached the ridge line in the distance. It then hovered in place, the light stopped blinking, and it looked like a star among the other stars in my field of view. I looked away for one second to flip my cigarette and in that instant it disappeared from view (or so I thought). I then spotted the object hovering on the opposite end of the ridge, where it sat for several more minutes. After a while, I lost interest and went back inside. They have appeared in the sky like clockwork at 11pm every night since, and are continuing to do so. I also forgot to mention that I apparently lost more than half an hour of time by my perception when I came back inside the house, although I have no way to verify this.
August 26, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Ventura, CA
saw 5 lights in sky vertically over ocean then slowly disappeared one after the other in a strange way that i have never seen before. (( Source of report corrects time to 21:30 hrs.. PD)
August 26, 2014 · 9:03 PM · LIGHT
Woodbridge, NJ
Pulsing multi colored object …...seen flying in from north west and flew over Rt 1 hovered a short time, shot off to north Here's a sighting at approx 9:03 pm on Aug 26 2014 in Woodbridge,NJ near the crossing of Rt 1 and St Georges Ave ….... after shopping from local Shoprite attention was drawn to the north west sky of a low slow moving light that was changing colors in sequence, not strobing but steady pulses of red,blue green and then it would repeat itself.. at first thought it was a helicopter but when it hovered made a complete tight circle and then shot off to the north turning a solid green I thought otherwise. My ground location was aprox ½ mile south of object Attempted to stop a few cars to confirm sighting......... one did stop but he said it was drone..............OBJECT was totally silent ….................no motor noise Object was low about 30 degrees off horizon it could be covered with my thumb if held at arms length Object first appeared from NW flew east a short time, hovered over a new convenience store/gas station on Rt 1 North made a tight circle then dove down and turned a dull green and flew to north Sequence was red blue green repeated many times with vibrant colors I did take a few grab shots of the event with a digital camera and a short vid, it shows a cylinder shaped object ( when zoomed in on computer )and the video shows a blinking fuzzy dot moving north pulsing RBG colors Event lasted approx 3 min from 9:03 to 9:06 pm it was warm and clear about 75 degrees with good visibility …..........object was about 500 ft in height and moved in controlled manner .but the colors were so pure clear and grouped and vibrant for it to be nav lights on a plane or chopper ….....it looked like halogen Christmas lights …....... NOTE: This craft appears to mimic the Colonia, NJ (WOODBRIDGE Township )sighting of same date and time, reported in this site ….. my location was approx 2 miles south of that reported event ….............. Object's flight path was well below the approach pattern of Newark airport but UFO or drone? If it was either they are flying in a heavily congested airspace with planes on approach to NEWARK Airport....................THANKS.............
August 26, 2014 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Deatsville, AL
Roughly about 8:30 pm CST, myself and my daughter were outside. As I looked to the north, northwest and noticed the big dipper, I told my daughter about seeing the big dipper in that direction. At that time, I observed a steady light, which appeared to be a star. The star was stationary. While observing the Big Dipper, this particular star started moving. The star like object had no flashing lights and stayed luminescent the entire time myself and my daughter were observing it. As i continued to watch, it seemed to move faster. The lit object was traveling in an east, southeast direction. There was no noise associated with this object. Myself and my daughter continued watching this object in flight. In my opinion, and i have seen thousands of planes at night and the speed in which they move....this object traveled at a speed unknown to my eyes and probably 8 to 10 times faster than anything we have in our current military. I could not guess the altitude in which the object was traveling. But, it did appear at what some would call a possible normal cruising altitude for a commercial airliner. As the object traveled about halfway across the sky, all of a sudden it emitted the brightest, most concentrated light i have ever seen in the sky, brighter than any full moon. The light started as a concentrated beam, then it was as if it gazed directly down on my daughter and myself, then aimed away and off in roughly about 2 seconds. The object then traveled on in an easterly, southeast direction. It crossed the majority of the sky that I can see from my house in roughly a 15 second time frame. The angle of travel I would guess, would be about 160 degrees to 170 degrees. Almost a straight line from the North-Northwest, to the South-Southwest. And I live next to a wide open field and can see the majority of the night sky.
August 26, 2014 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Westmoreland, NY
Two reddish orange glowing balls of light flying next to each other hardly moving. I thought they were small airplanes at first, then maybe a couple uav/ drones. But there was no body of an air craft. Then I thought maybe Chineese lanterns, but ice seen them before and these were not them. They flikered red and orange. A really vibrant red and a bright glowing orange color. I was driving so it was hard to really stare and there was no where to pull over. When i finally did, i couldnt find them. I have clear video of these objects, however the colors don't show. I don't mind being contacted.
August 26, 2014 · 8:25 PM · LIGHT
Bristol, TN
No other visible lights in sky, no stars or moon. Witnessed at dusk
August 26, 2014 · 1:05 AM · LIGHT
Savannah, GA
Single orange dot moved from over tybee island (E) to hunter army airfield (SW) in about three seconds. By speed appeared to be shooting star with no tail, when over HAAF, did loop de loop, yawed left/right a few times then orange light when off, without fading. No noise was heard at time of sighting, amd being 1 am on weekday, no traffic or other noises where covering faint sounds. Did not match military aircraft normally seen in area, speed should have produced audible somic boom even at high altitude, and playful manuevers are not allowed inside airfields airspace.
August 25, 2014 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Brookfield, WI
Me and my girlfriend went outside to smoke a cigarette a little after 10:30. Nice clear night with very little clouds in the area. We were looking at the stars and planes and watching for unusual stuff bc last week we had seen something that peaked our interest. (Last event was witnessed by me, my gf, my mom and dad, 4 witnesses in total). However, last night while watching a plane we noticed a bright flash. At first I thought it to be a firefly in the corner of my eye. However after staring at the spot where we had seen it for about 3 minutes, it went off again, in the same location. It was above the trees and was just a quick on and off flash. Almost as if someone up in the sky had a flashlight and was signaling. This happened about every 2-3 minutes. And each time I thought it was done and about to turn to go in, it flashed. After a while I was feeling like whatever it was, was doing it on purpose to toy with me. After about the 8th time it went off I went in to get my dad, but when he came out it didn't go off, which just made us look like we were making it up. But he believed us bc of what we all saw last week. Anyway, at first I wasn't going to report this bc I just reported something last week and I don't want to appear like I'm crazy or doing this for attention. Just seems like there’s something going on recently in the Waukesha/Brookfield area. Thanks for your time
August 25, 2014 · 10:28 PM · LIGHT
San Marcos/Vista, CA
He told me he saw two circular lights hovering around the P, on top of the Palomar hill. One light would get brighter (bigger), while this happened the other got less bright(smaller). The lights were a yellow (goldish) color. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 25, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Nags Head (10 mi S of), NC
We were on the beach about 20 miles out of town on a very clear night..."not a cloud in the sky," and we were star gazing .all of a sudden a bright light appeared overhead way up high it looked like the North Star, it was brighter then anything else in the sky it moved slightly and then vanished "like it was turned off " It didn't shoot off. It simply showed up and vanished. We have amended the date, to reflect a sighting on August 25, 2014. The source of the report indicated a date of July 25th, but we suspect that is a flawed date. However, we cannot be certain of the date, and we have no way of contacting the witness, who elects to remain anonymous, and who provides no contact information. PD
August 25, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Murrieta, CA
In the distance of Temecula/Murrieta, just above the mountains there was a small cluster of four extremely bright lights. They seemed to be fairly still but moving toward eachother. 3 disappears and reappeared rather often, and when they finally went out they sizzled out like a flame. Slowly and dramatically.
August 25, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Portland, ME
While outside taking the dog for a walk I happened to glance up into the sky (it was a clear night) and noticed in the viewline just above the trees behind my apartment four unblinking white lights traveling together. The lights appeared a bit larger than stars and were moving across the sky at a high rate of speed like satellites (but much larger than satellites normally appear). They were traveling south and toward the horizon; I was looking west, so it seems that were headed on a southwestern trajectory. Suddenly, the lights changed their orientation relative to each other, and then the group as a whole changed their direction abruptly and quickly, away from the horizon, and then they disappeared from my view. This entire episode happened in five seconds and was not long enough in duration for me to get a corroborating witness. My dog, however, began to look up at the sky without provocation and continued to look at the sky for around thirty seconds, which is atypical for him. I have never seen anything like this and until now have been skeptical of UFO sightings, chalking up any strange phenomena that other people have seen to atmospheric refraction, military testing or just other aircraft. Tonight's sighting has certainly made me more open-minded on the matter.
August 25, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Crestline, CA
Driving home on state hwy 18, 21:30. Looking south, noticed two very bright lights hovering above what seemed to be Corona CA. I then stopped in a turnout and began to film for twenty five minutes. The first two lights hovered next to each other for several minutes then each split into two lights. Minutes later one pair disappeared, then for the next fifteen minutes one light would appear above and to the west from the first, and the lower light would disappear. It is also important to note that the lights began at exactly 21:30, and ended at exactly 22:00.
August 25, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Corona, CA
Orange pulsating light. Up to four at a time. Close together. One goes out and most often another to the west lights up. Viewing from north to south. New light begins just west of existing or outgoing lights. One to four at a time.
August 25, 2014 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Peru, NY
Object appeared the same as witnessed two nights ago in night sky, only tonight it was southwest of Plattsburgh, NY, (two nights ago it was northwest): flashing red light similar to aircraft navigation lights but object did not move and emitted no audible sound at this distance. Observed object in same position for over 20 minutes and object did not appear to move.
August 25, 2014 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Orlando, FL
Around 21:00, the sky is clear, there was not a cloud in the sky. I was walking my dog on a plot near my house. I live a few miles from Orlando International Airport, hence I see a lot of planes taking- off, landing and taxiing mainly. A ball of light was sighted flying at a considerably lower altitude (above me) and had no aerial taxiway lights (since it was at altitude for landing). At the same time I called my sister and asked her to leave the house to see also.. At that time I was running back home with my dog along to see my sister, since I needed another witness (was not the first ball of light that I see here in Orlando-Fl.) Are looking at the ball together and the ball of light was flying at a constant speed and then the more strange happens, it begins to rise slowly.. We were able to see the ball of light getting farther up the point we saw the light gradually decrease until disappearing in the sky (remember that was not a cloud in the sky) at the end of it, I was super excited to have been able to show someone more, and happier still to have been my sister (she's 21 ) I'm lover of planes, helicopters, RC’s planes/Helicopters and virtually everything that flies from when I was a child, so I know exactly what I saw was not any type of aircraft. I thank everyone who took the time to read and also saw someone please write here also.
August 25, 2014 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Roxton Pond (Canada), QC · Canada
I was looking up in the stars with 3 other individuals, and coming from southeast moving northeast over my location was a bright light moving very fast. Faster than a plane or jet could move over that distance from that height in the sky. We have amended the time above, to reflect an evening sighting. The source of the report elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 25, 2014 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Central Islip, NY
Standing in my yard talking to my neighbor, we tend to look up. We saw a lit up craft traveling northeast at a fast velocity. Then, by my fence, facing south above a large tree on the corner of my eye as my neighbor is looking south east, a huge bright white/blueish flash went off above the tree and a ray if light same color as described, pretty wide ray of light traveled south right after the flash, my neighbor looks south west and sees a craft darting off west. It shook me to the core, it was low, bright flash that lit up the sky, like a flash from a camera. I had goose bumps and got a little scared, it was intense.
August 25, 2014 · 8:20 PM · LIGHT
Santa Barbara, CA
Friend visiting. We were outside. I looked NNE, just looking for planets. I saw a round white light in that direction slowly moving NE. At first I thought it was the ISS, but knew that it would be traveling along our horizon from W to NW tonight; the opposite direction from where I was seeing this bright light. It then began to get smaller and shrink into the night sky, as if it were heading out into space. I tapped on my friend's shoulder telling her, "Look, look!," but by the time she turned around, it was gone. It was approximately 20 seconds from first sighting it to when it disappeared. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she sounded to us to be quite serious-minded. PD
August 25, 2014 · 4:45 PM · LIGHT
Dunn, NC
My husband and I were out on the porch, he was leaving for work. We always look at the sky, it was clear and beautiful. At Orion's belt, that is the direction we look at in the summer sky. There was a sudden bright light, and gone with in seconds. I watch the sky nightly, it has always been a hobby. I've seen things, but not like this. It was at the corner of Orion's belt and gone.