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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 8, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Pittsburgh, PA
In the Oakland area of Pittsburgh, 4 other people and myself watched 12 red/orange lights appear in the sky traveling from southeast to southwest until they were out of sight. The lights did not blink, I was able to make a cell phone video of it.
August 8, 2014 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
San Diego, CA
We have amended the time of the sighting, to reflect a nighttime event. PD
August 8, 2014 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Blue Eye, MO
A storm was approaching from the west. Myself, my mother and father were sitting on the balcony of the house, which has a view of the west and a view of Table Rock Lake, off of highway JJ in Blue Eye. We were watching the storm get closer (maybe about 20 miles out to the west heading east) and we (all three of us spotted) 5 bright lights that were white in color and appeared to range in altitude from 500 feet to 2000 feet and were staggered near each other less than a mile or two horizontally. Furthermore, all lights were the same intensity and two or three of them began to slowly move towards the south or southeast. About one minute later the two of the objects disappeared. Then after about 20 to 30 seconds two more disappeared leaving only one stationary white light. Then, two of the objects returned only this time, they were underneath and lateral of the remaining light forming what appeared to be a triangle. By this time we hag gotten binoculars and viewed the objects as they started slowly moving southeast again. They looked as if they were balls of Amber white light through the binoculars. Then two lights disappeared and then the last one very slowly faded out. I HAVE NEVER REPORTED A UFO. I AM AN AIRFORCE VET. A COMMERCIAL PILOT, A PARAMEDIC. I AM NOT SOME WEIRDO AND I WILL NEVER FORGET NOR WILL MY PARENTS FORGET WHAT WE SAW FLYING OVER BLUE EYE MISSOURI. THIS WAS NOT ANY AIRCRAFT I HAVE EVER SEEN. ball lightning perhaps? I want to know if any one else saw this.
August 7, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Amery, WI
I was out late one night at Bible camp with my cabin. We were at the beach around the campfire. I looked up at the stars and saw two moving objects. They looked exactly like the rest of the stars, except that they were moving in erratic formations. They were moving slowly, and seemed to stop or turn on a whim. They did not make any noise. While doing their formation, they glided down to the left, where a tree was blocking my vision. I did not catch sight of them afterwards. We have changed the date, to reflect a nighttime sighting. PD
August 7, 2014 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Wauwatosa, WI
I was on my way back to work tonight...about 9:45pm. I looked up to the sky heading briefly westbound and saw some strange lights in the sky. They were in a vertical circle in the sky.. If I were to guess I'd say about 12 to 16 of them. Slightly Orange in hue. No they could not have been stars. They were definitely in the atmosphere.
August 7, 2014 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Shreveport (Arcadia), LA
It has been in the same area for more than 2 hours now. Is it something from the Barksdale Military just testing its capabilities?? Please if you see it, report it!!! Thanks, concerned civilian!! We have changed the time above, to reflect a nighttime sighting. PD
August 7, 2014 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Deal, NJ
Then the red light slowly lowered itself towards the ocean surface. I could see the horizon in the dark and the light was lower than the horizon. I was about 8 feet above sea level and stand 6 feet tall, so the light was much lower than 14 feet about the surface. The red light went on and off a few times and finally disappeared. I waited there for about 2 minutes but it did not come reappear. No sounds were heard and the path seemed to perfectly graceful to be a helicopter like object.
August 6, 2014 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
May Pen (Jamaica), Jamaica
At about 10:30 pm, my sister went outside to feed the dogs. She then saw a big orange light moving slowly in the sky. She came inside and called me and my brother to come look at this strange light in the sky. I thought to myself that she was probably seeing an illusion or a plane until we went outside. This ball of light was getting bigger as it approached our house. We got scared, run inside and closed the door. We went and told our mom about it then my sister went on the back porch and screamed that it was still coming closer and it was getting bigger. My mom came on the porch and saw it. It then moved over the house until we couldn't see it. We all proceeded to the front of the house, opened the front grill and went outside and it was there. By this time two men who were walking by were also pointing to the sky. The ball of light then quickly disappeared before our eyes. I came online to try and find out what it may have been, several people suggests that it may have been a ball lightning. I have never seen one before so I cannot say exactly if it is. Just making a report on what we saw.
August 6, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Orlando, FL
Stops in the sky and takes a dive. Starts going in circles and falling straight down and rapidly accelerated upwards. As the it changed direction it also changed colors of blue, purple and red. My son of 10 years of age was with me. I hope someone else has seen this, as I was shaken and scared the rest off the night. Afterwards the object disappeared rapidly downward.
August 6, 2014 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Sacket's Harbor, NY
A friend and I were camping at Westcott State Beach Park up in Sacket’s Harbor, N.Y., the week of August 4th, until August 8th, 2014. One night I stepped out of the camper to have a cigarette and to look at the stars. We both live in the city (Syracuse, N.Y.) so it’s rare to be able to gaze at the beautiful sky. After a couple of minutes, I saw a few red lights in a line and, at first, thought it was a plane. However, it didn’t seem quite right. There was no noise as in a plane’s engine. The lights were a little too big and bright to be close and yet be silent. If it was a plane of any size, it would be making noise. The lights would go from red to white, red to white. Then all of a sudden, they just disappeared. They did not fade away or drift off, just disappeared. As if the lights were shut off. After seeing a few more appear above the lake, I went in to tell my friend, who came outside and saw them just before they disappeared. She, being more of a skeptic, thought it was a plane. However, the way they just hovered there, moved slowly, three at a time, right across the sky and then to just vanish was unsettling. If I remember correctly there were nine or twelve. They were definitely grouped in threes. They came all in a straight line over the clear sky.
August 6, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Charlotte, NC
Sky was somewhat cloudy, I went out to backyard to close windows of my car and heard what sounded like a helicopter approaching, looked up and saw a bright electric blue light fly at an unusual fast speed, sw to ne in direction. The light was steady, not blinking, it looked too small to be a plane and there was only that one light no other lights blinking and by judging from the size next to the clouds it could not be too high, immediately after the helicopter appeared, I could not see what kind of helicopter (police, military, etc,), but I could tell it was a helicopter by its shape and white and red lights flashing. The electric blue light flew ahead much much faster, and the helicopter seemed to follow same route.
August 6, 2014 · 9:03 PM · LIGHT
Grand Rapids, MI
On the horizon, in the south west, was a bright light; looking like Venus or a star. This ufo was approaching at about 30 mph. About 1-2 miles out. About 3 football fields up from the ground or a 1,000 feet up from the ground. It almost collided with an outbound jet traveling from the south east and going north west at about the same height. Paths of the jet and ufo crossed, just about overhead, about a 1/4 mile to the north by northwest. The jet can be heard in the video I took. The ufo would not show up on my smart phone screen as a videoed. Only the blink, blink of the jet showed up on my phone screen as I recorded. The ufo was recorded when I aimed the camera eye at the peak of a 30 foot building with a mercury light on the side of the building. The mercury light is the size of a beach ball and is seen in the lower left of the video. The mercury light is about 3 feet down from the peak. As the ufo passed in the background of the peak I recorded it. mike Michigan ufo (you! tube) 24 seconds of video taken. It was silent as can be. It never altered its shine. No FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) lights on the ufo. No strobes. It never so much as flickered. It continued in a straight path going, again, north east at 30 mph. The jet continued on. We have looked at the photos, provided by the witness, and we do not see anything that seems to us to be unambiguously related to the presence of a UFO. PD
August 6, 2014 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Waianae, HI
At first I saw one then slowly 8 appeared; it was getting darker so I now saw the lights high in the sky more clearly. They were first in a linear formation, then broke up randomly. They were heading north of the island, going towatd or passing North Shore.. We have amended the date above, and have attempted to contact the witness. PD
August 5, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Algonquin Highlands (Canada), ON · Canada
One object traveling 38 deg NE To 75 deg E at an estimated altitude of ~35,000 feet. One solid light was observed with no sound being completely silent. Approximately 1-2 minute flight time, with agile side movement or banking throughout the flight. Exact coordinates are as follows: 45ø 25' 31" N 78ø 41' 53" W
August 5, 2014 · 8:35 PM · LIGHT
Aiea, HI
Looked in binoculars and saw the green light vibrating in zig zag motions while moving. It was next to red hill and above the airport. Had other lights to compare it to and there is no way any object could move as fast and at these patterns. Helicopter appeared at same altitude and the steady green light seemed to fray away from it. As helicopter came the light dropped altitude and as the helicopter passed it shot back up. Green light vanished in unknown direction but as I'm writing this another helicopter appeared and the green light appears again in front of the helicopter as if the helicopter was chasing it. As of now we can not spot it. Witnesses include myself, my brother, my grandfather, my wife, and our 2 kids ages 10 and 12.
August 5, 2014 · 4:30 AM · LIGHT
Silverdale, WA
I was out looking up at the stars this morning, as my husband was about to go to work, I saw what I thought was a star, it was the same kind of light - but it was moving rather swiftly - It headed south east. I am not sure if it is a satellite, taking a look at the times for ISS satellite and as far as I can see on space tracker it was not that. It was very high as it did appear star like. There was no sound
August 5, 2014 · 12:13 AM · LIGHT
Parma, OH
I was watching tv when I seen outside my window in the western sky a bright red and white flashing light in the distance. At first I thought it was a star but then I noticed the white light was coming from around the object sort of like a flash. The object stayed stationary for about an hour then disappeared. My girlfriend was also a witness to the agent.
August 5, 2014 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Port Neches, TX
Will follow-up with reporting, if so.
August 4, 2014 · 9:05 PM · LIGHT
Seattle, WA
Looking south just after 9pm, noticed two bright orange lights moving east to west. They were separated by less than 5 degrees vertically and took about 1 minute to traverse about 25 degrees horizontally. They were approximately 10 degrees below the half moon. They appeared to lose brightness as they traversed the sky but remained clearly visible in the sliver of sky I was able to see. No sooner did the tandem lights disappear from my field of view than another single light appear traversing the same piece of sky at about the same position of the lower light in the tandem grouping. Same bright orange characteristic moving about the same speed. The apparent magnitude of these lights were brighter than the brightest planet I have ever seen. They were not airplanes as I saw an airplane in the same section of sky and was easily able to compare the events. I am an engineer working in aviation so know the difference. In fact, I am attributing these lights to satellites reflecting the sun but since I have never seen three satellites traversing the night sky almost simultaneously and at that magnitude of brightness, I felt like I should report the event.
August 4, 2014 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Jamestown, RI
About 9 PM on 8/4/15, two orange/red UFO’s flew right over head on Bull Point. The first one came from the southwest to the northeast, and disappeared up in the atmosphere over the bay. The second followed it a moment later, but was much lower, at least when I first saw it. It pulsed like orange jellyfish and had no sound, but was quite bright, with a slight ocular quality like a cornea in an eye that kept pulsing. The second one was pretty low as they passed over the hill, maybe helicopter height, floating along slow enough to see some detail in the color shifts. Not like a mechanical ship, more like an organic life form. The light itself was the whole entity and it wasn’t geometrically structured, but more fluid in shape. As they disappeared, they grew smaller and seemed to have a tail, both in the same spot in the sky. Probably accelerating up very fast. I definitely had the sense the second one was aware of us yelling at each other to see. I ducked in to get my camera, but when I got outside, it was trailing off.
August 4, 2014 · 8:40 PM · LIGHT
Strumica (Macedonia), Macedonia
That object might have been a satellite. A few minutes later, multicolored object, coming from west caught my eye. It had green, red, blue, and yellow lights. I didn't hear any sound, but its patj of flying was nothing like i've seen. It changed its path, back and forth, at one moment heading east it stopped, but then changed its direction again and headed south. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 4, 2014 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Rochester, NY
While waiting for my dog to do her business, I noticed what I thought was a cluster of stars, about 5 or 6, and thought it was kind of odd. It was cloudy and raining. After watching for a few minutes they started to move around. Mostly circles and figure 8's. After watching for about 10 minutes there was a line of a dozen or so and then they just disappeared. Two were moving in circles until they finally zipped towards the east. There was also what appeared to be a spotlight go across the sky a few times. This happened slightly to the north of the airport. Lived here 15 years and never saw anything like the spotlight. (or cluster of "stars" moving around through clouds.)
August 3, 2014 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Wilson, PA
Me and my boyfriend were driving on Rt. 22 Sunday night around 11 pm when we both noticed three orange/red lights in the sky. I thought they were the orange street lights on the highway at first, but as I kept staring I noticed that the three lights were forming an acute triangle and they were not moving very fast. I tried looking for a string or wire they could have been hanging off of, but I couldn't see anything. It was a cloudy night so I couldn't make out any stars or planes in sight. These three lights just sort of hovered above the 25th St. shopping center near Olive Garden. We started to drive underneath them and I had to turn my head back to look at them (which means they were not moving or they were moving very slowly). They were pretty bright lights and they did not flicker or flash at all. They were pretty stagnant as well; they didn't move around a lot and they kept the triangle shape consistent. Today 8/4/14 my boyfriend drove on Rt. 22 again and drove on the same exact spot that we saw the lights at last night, but they were not there anymore. They were too low to the ground to be air planes and too high up to be street lights. I tried for hours to try and come up with a logical explanation and I couldn't. I do not want to jump to conclusions, but it looked like all the stories you hear about UFO's.
August 3, 2014 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Edgewood, MD
As I would stare at the object it it appeared to give off other colors of light, the object yet small seemed to pulsate. I lost interest, but went out again about 20 minutes later, and the object was still in the exact same spot. After this point about every 20 minutes or so, I would check on the object and it was still sitting there stationary. This went on for about 90-120 minutes before I ended up going to bed. The last time I checked on the object it did however drop a little in the sky, closer toward earth where it still hovered. Tonight, 8-4-14 I went out to check the same location, but nothing is there. It could not have been a star because I would see that star, and also it was a little big to be a star. Obviously it was not a plane since the object stayed stationary for so long. Can someone else please post if you saw the same thing Sunday night. Thank you.