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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 17, 2014 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
St. Catharines (Canada), ON · Canada
Exactly midnight. On porch of home. 6 orange lights in sky, all pulsating randomly. Two groups of three. Both groups moving away from each other. The left group breaks apart, moving downwards, and starts to flicker away. 3 lights left, 2 next to each other, 1 below view. 1 light burns out. 2 lights left. 1 light mid sky, varying brightness, stationary. 1 light rising up from out of view, pulsating, moving towards other light. Both lights now about a perceived inch away, perfect 45 degree angle. Both lights slightly move towards, then away from each other, randomly pulsing, Both lights slowly flicker away to nothing. 2 Minutes later, all visible stars/ lights in the sky disappear. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 17, 2014 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Luray, KS
I was at my brother in laws visiting and decided to go out side to get some fresh air. As I was standing on the porch looking towards the south at the grain elevator across the street, I looked in the sky and seen what I thought was a plane as it moved towards the southeast I lost site or of it, so I walked down the driveway to get a better look. As I got closer, I knew it couldn't have been a plane of any kind. It was a ball of light vary bright moving slower than a normal plane would. Very weird, I thought, so I ran in to the house and got the first person I seen which was my sister in law. I told her what I thought I seen in the sky. She came out with me and I went to show her the object but it was to late it was gone. As I looked for it, she spotted it over South above the elevator. I told her that it couldn't of been the same one I saw at first. It had moved to far to be the same one. We stood watching the object move slow slowly across the sky. As we followed it moving Southwest it was gaining elevation until it finally disappeared. She went in the house and got her husband and my wife so they could witness these objects in the sky. After it was gone we seen 3 more one moving to the east and the other 2 moving southwest in different locations. They would gain elevation and disappear and reappear in different locations. The one moving towards the east was flying low and was Just as bright as the others until the brightness went away and turned a red orange color for less than a minute then went back before it disappear also. It was amazing and weird, at the same time. Witness did not indicate a time for the sighting. PD
August 16, 2014 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Sykesville, MD
While driving at approximately 11:15 PM,saw a strange pattern of very bright lights in sky that seemed stationary. Drove to get a clearer view of them and then one of the "lights" came fast from the right of the others and "became part of the group". They were not in a straight line but were clustered together.
August 16, 2014 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Boise, ID
I was sitting outside, alone with my dog, looking up at the night sky. I was looking at the stars, trying to find the Big Dipper... I was looking at 2 stars when they both started moving away from each other, in opposite diretions for about 40 seconds and then they dissapeared.
August 16, 2014 · 10:45 PM · LIGHT
McDonald, OH
Traveling east toward Vienna Airbase. Lights disappeared one at a time. No sound at all.
August 16, 2014 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Morgan (outside of), MN
On our way back to Morgan at around 10:30 PM, the sun was down and all of the stars were out I was looking out the window watching for shooting stars and this yellow light that looked like a star but much closer was just sitting there. I told my mom who I was with to pull over and see what it was, no rush to get home we pulled over and watching it for about 1 minute then the light would move around or in a zig zag motion. Still watching this light, it would hesitate for a couple seconds and move around some more. Then a few seconds later it looked like it went up and changed from a light to a dark reddish and finally disappearing. Having no light pollution being out in the country you could see the light clear as day light. Thinking it over that it didn't blink and it wasn't high enough to be a satellite or airplane, any sort of aircraft even we thought it was a UFO. There has been many other sightings around the Redwood county area at night of little lights zig zagging across the sky, not in a wide range but just around one area.
August 16, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Seattle, WA
I was driving 60 mph on highway 5 North from Seattle close to Northgate shopping mall . Clearly, I saw about 6 orange bright light in the sky in the front of me moving toward my direction . They were close to each other and moving on independently changing direction slightly , seems to me. They passed me on my left side as I was still driving.
August 16, 2014 · 9:49 PM · LIGHT
Des Moines, WA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We have changed the time above, to reflect an evening sighting. PD
August 16, 2014 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Rapid City, SD
Initially one light was seen in night sky over west edge of Rapid City, from a location near south shore Canyon Lake. Roughly 2 minutes later a similar second light was noticed traveling upward across the horizon. Both lights hovered in sky and appeared to raise and lower vertically. They were hovering slowly. They were bright and appeared almost like a flame. They were yellow/orange in color and flickering between very bright and dimming. Approximately 10 minutes after noticing the first light, both of them traveled upward at an angle and dimmed. When the flares were dimmed they could still be noticed moving in a non-linear pattern across the horizon, but less pronounced.
August 16, 2014 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Marina del Rey, CA
Within 3-5 minutes, each would simply disappear. At first we thought there were clouds but we could see stars in the background of the same part of the sky. Their general motion would fit that of very large balloons yet were faster in their motion than balloons. They were not at all like flares and the general makeup of the lights seemed like each had a brighter center and vertical and horizontal refraction. There is no doubt that we all saw these lights and we recorded videos on our phones. LAX with planes taking off were clearly between the lights and our position. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 16, 2014 · 7:40 PM · LIGHT
La Grange, WI
We were on Pleasant Lake on the water, when a blush white light appeared off in the distance, it was the only light and it was is one spot, then it took off from the left to the right is a very fast speed then stopped and you could almost make out some sort of translucent shapes to it, like it was more than just a light, then it looked like it changed the translucent parts of it's self then just darted off and was gone past the tree line. We were all like "What was that?"
August 15, 2014 · 11:15 PM · LIGHT
Weiser, ID
We saw a bright light at about 23:15 on 8/15/14 in weiser ID. It it moved quickly across the sky and we think it wasn't a satellite because it was too bright, too fast and moving too straight. It wasn't a comet because this UFO was going too slow and it lasted about 15 seconds total. We had saw it about 10 minutes earlier and it was about the same, and it went behind a tree and it disappeared behind the tree. It was bright, and the started dimming, and suddenly disappeared. By the way, there were absolutely no clouds.
August 15, 2014 · 10:45 PM · LIGHT
Warrensburg, NY
I was traveling south on I-87 with my wife. Time was approx. 22:45. Something caught my eye and moving above us were these 2 round shaped glowing light. I could not believe what I was seeing. My wife also looked on and was able to get some photos. The photos were not very clear as we were traveling and taking pictures thru the windshield. The 2 objects appeared to be playing dancing back and forth above and in front of our vehicle. I started to pull over, and by the time I stopped, they were gone. Best description is someone playing with bright lights. The objects were moving very fast and at times seem to touch. This area is very wooded and remote. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. Witness fails to indicate a date, and we have attempted to contact him, in order to confirm the date. PD
August 15, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Phoenix, AZ
I was driving down interstate 17 south from north loop 101. When I got on 17 from 101, I noticed a irrational and strobing blue light in front of us. I thought it might have been a drone or remote control helicopter at first, but the closer I got it didn't seem to act like either of those and I don't think drones have that type of light pattern. As I got closer to the cactus road exit we were getting closer to it, an eventually we passed under it. I have a 20 second video of the event I took with my phone. It was the last 20 seconds of the event.
August 15, 2014 · 9:55 PM · LIGHT
Harriman, TN
the object excellerated fast to the north after 20 seconds. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 15, 2014 · 9:38 PM · LIGHT
Warden, WA
Hello, I would like to start off by saying this is no hoax or joke, what my cousin and I saw is real and im 99.9% shure its not a military craft. what we saw and continue to see every night around the same time is a light that moves across the sky very quick and not in one general direction either, sometimes they disappear and reappear, we have seen airplanes flying and the light are completely different and the speed is very slow compared to the light we see. this event occurs every night between 8 and 12, tonight ill try to get video to send in to you. this literally happens every night we look for it. I would really like to get someone else to see this that can maybe tell if its a plane of somesort or really a ufo. The color of these are white they look exactly like a moving star, sqame brightness and color but they move quick. please contact me I have called the hotline and left my number so I look forward to hearing from you soon. thank you
August 15, 2014 · 6:00 AM · LIGHT
Orlando, FL
Orange Blossom Trail at I-4 at 0530 to 0645 bright blue light beam flash from sky to ground. counted 4 different beams in different areas but close to each other in pre-dawn morning. I saw white light flashing in cloud in a flashing burst that encircled outside of cloud. I heard no sounds. weather calm but cloudy in spots. No rain or thunder. No wind observed. No aircraft spotted or helicopter or blimp observed.
August 14, 2014 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Morongo Valley, CA
Source of report telephoned NUFORC to add date and time. PD
August 14, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Harrington, WA
I was outside to walk my dogs, I had looked up and there was a light flash in the south, way up high, it was a bright light ball of some sort. This light ball moved slowly for about a minute, towards the west a bit. I shined my powerful green laser on it, it went upward, I shined my laser on it again and the light ship turned off its light source and it turned red, all within a minute, then this thing disappeared into space, after about watching for at least 2 minutes.
August 14, 2014 · 9:25 PM · LIGHT
Sarcoxie, MO
I live in Southwest Missouri. At approx. 9:25pm, I took my dog on leash to go to the bathroom. We live in the country and there was only a one bulb porch light on approx 50 yards away, so it was very dark around me. Something caught my eye to the ESE that I first thought was a planet. A bright white light, not flashing and no other lights near, that moved closer. It continued to get bigger until it was approx. 1/4 of the size a full moon appears to be. Then it turned south slowly went a little further (still very bright), then seemed to leave the atmosphere, reducing in size until I could no longer see it. It seemed to fade very fast, roughly 7 seconds. There are no clouds out tonight. I heard no sounds. We are on a medical helicopter path and that is NOT what I saw!! I looked around immediately and did see a plane to the East, very high with flashing lights. I then came back in the house.
August 14, 2014 · 4:45 AM · LIGHT
North Fort Myers, FL
When I wake early this morning, I saw a brilliant light in my room window, I think was storm but when I am going to the kitchen I saw a big white light in a cloud that come and go and move too. Could you please, explain what is this? Thanks. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 13, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Valdosta, GA
I was driving down white water rd when I spotted a bundle of burnt orange lights over the field at first I didn't pay much attention I assumed it was planes due to the fact they are always in the are. But the closer I got the more I became confused as to what it all together it was about roughly 22 or so lights I was trying to get closer to make out what it was but then it was like some had shut of the light switch and as soon as that happened it was a flash of red. Source of report elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We have amended the time above, to reflect an evening sighting on August 13th, 2014, although we have no means of confirming the time, given that we cannot contact the witness. PD
August 13, 2014 · 8:42 PM · LIGHT
Wailua, HI
While sitting on the beach looking at stars, 2 bright orange lights near the Big Dipper appeared. It looked as if the were both coming towards us, then it looked as if they were playing leap frog, passing rah other sideways, one dimming and the other getting brighter, this went on for about 20 or 30 seconds and both disappeared. We have amended the date above, to reflect a sighting on Wednesday night, August 13, 2014. PD
August 12, 2014 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
New York City (Brooklyn; Williamsburg), NY
Sitting on a rooftop in Williamsburg with a friend we noticed a light leave the "ground" like area in what looked like New Jersey and fly over Midtown Manhattan and over Brooklyn. The light was like 10x brighter than a plane light, if a plane light looks 1cm this looked like an inch. As the first one "took off" from Jersey another one was about 2 seconds behind it, and so on, until 12 lights were flying through the air. That night the moon was directly over Williamsburg and the lights were heading directly towards it, as they got there they disappeared. I was trying to figure out if it was a bunch of planes but they seemed to fly way too close together and they were disappearing - not exactly a plane behavior. I remember thinking I should record it on my phone, take a picture, do SOMETHING to record this, but I was memorized and worried if I looked away I would miss something. Not sure why I'm writing about this years later but it's stayed with me. I can still see it. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD