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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
July 4, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Noblesville, IN
3 flashing green UFO's flying in single file formation heading south over Noblesville, IN heading south. No engine or jet sounds. Not in close formation. Unable to determine distance between each UFO, but separation of Approx. 5 -7 seconds apart
July 4, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Katy, TX
Before the firework show ended at the Katy Mills mall, my dad pointed out a red light in the direction of the fireworks. There was no sound nor was it moving, but then it began to go higher into the sky. Just as the fireworks ended it moved to the left and changed from red to blue and then white. It quickly sped off behind the clouds of smoke from the fireworks and disappeared.
July 4, 2014 · 9:25 PM · LIGHT
Orlando, FL
We saw 5 orange/reddish lights on the horizon headed toward the Orlando international airport in a v-formation and then two more followed behind. The front five moved into a geometric shapes and the gradually rose to the night sky and disappeared into the night sky among fireworks. They were to close together for planes or helicopters and no sounds could be heard. The other two followed to the high sky as well.
July 4, 2014 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
I was looking outside my balcony to the north foothills in Tucson, Az. A several mile length across the range of the mountains I saw at first soft focus white lights, almost like fireflies. About 10 of them, then perhaps 20-30 more flashing on and off intermittently. Then the white lights appeared to blink on and off in a kind of photon white blue, very bright. Back and forth randomly blinking on and off or just holding position these lights sprinkled on and off. Then some white lights appeared to streak across the air in front of the mountain range back and forth very fast. Some of the lights appeared to leave momentary trails of white behind as they zoomed across the sky. Then some of the blue lights, about 3 or 4 of them to the left blinked on a bright vibrant transparent light above them and looked like a dome shape. On and off very quickly ... then the blue lights appeared to have a brilliant red light right next to or within it. The lights danced across the foothills up down all around in various areas. Then some of the red lights had beams of red light flash on and off here and there. To my visible eye, these beams were only a couple of inches long beaming down, but could have been yards or more. I have never seen anything like this in my lifetime. The strangest thing is that to my eyes these flashes of light would have all appeared separate. But this morning I awoke and had the strongest impression and feeling that this was ONE invisible craft like a long almond shape, where all this was taking place. All these lights stayed within this one area, flashing on and off. If it was a craft it had to be miles long.
July 4, 2014 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Fayetteville, WV
Then 2 more appeared about 2 minutes later, before the fireworks even began. They hovered for quite awhile then they darted about 30 feet and stopped again. They remained after the fireworks began but completely vanishe within 5 minutes of beginning. They glowed green and changed to red just before they vanished.
July 4, 2014 · 9:12 PM · LIGHT
Cherry Hill, NJ
My wife and I were sitting in our kitchen when at 9:12 pm a orange light could be seen through patio slider door in the eastern sky. I immediately took note of the time and went outside with my wife. We are quite familiar with air traffic patterns here with Philadelphia Int. Airport 12 miles away and southwest of our location. We are also in the flight path of helicopters for local news outlets, coast guard, and Mcguire AFB. We are quite sure none of these can be confused with what we saw. When first observed the orange light was at its brightest and pulsated. It was moving from the eastern sky towards the southeast at about 30 degrees above horizon. The light moved much slower than any aircraft I've seen. It didn't appear to be very large but would appear larger when at its brightest pulsation. We could not see if the light was attached to a craft. We watched this light for 4 minutes when it stopped for a brief moment then headed in the opposite direction for a brief time then just appeared to blink off. This was the fourth of July and all of the local Firework shows were canceled due to the high winds left in the wake of hurricane Arthur. The sky was very clear due to the high front pushing down from Canada. Winds were coming from NNW. At one point an airliner seemed to be headed straight for the light heading NE. The airliner was closer to us than the light and it was appx. 2 miles away. Neither reacted to the other although I think the airline could probably see the light. They were both close to the same altitude.
July 4, 2014 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Prescott Valley, AZ
I was viewing the Mountain Valley Park fire works from my backyard in P.V. Off into the distance in the Mingus Mountains, I spotted a blinking light. (Not real fast) This light changed from Red to White. It also appeared to toss in the color Blue/Green at times. I watched this "light" make incredible moves up and down and 45° to arched 90° angles. This movement was also relatively fast. Instead of watching the fireworks I spent my time involved with this light. I did get my camera out and tried to record this. All I can see is a BLACK screen!!! But.... It seems that I DID capture a tiny, tiny blinking light towards the lower left part of my screen. Again.... This is TINY! This light moved a bit off and on… But, for the most part just stayed still. (Besides those larger movements above.) The craziest part was when it left the sky!!! This object went DIRECTLY DOWN STRAIGHT. I could no longer see it. The Mingus Mountains were the backgr! ound. Never seen such a strange site in the night sky before.
July 4, 2014 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Denver, CO
5 yellow lights sighted in south denver area. these lights remained stationary for approximately 1 minute before converging into an indistinguishable number of grouped lights. then, individual lights began to break free from the grouping, traveling out of sight at incredible speed. When two lights remained, They seemed to fade away or just disappear.
July 4, 2014 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Laurel, MD
It hovered for several minutes, then the lights went out and it returned to the tree covered area behind us. This formation happened several times with the lights disappearing and then reappearing getting closer and closer over a 30 minute period. Although it was 5 of us there were hundreds of people who witnessed the same event Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2014 · 8:25 PM · LIGHT
Des Moines, WA
On deck, facing west watching fireworks over Puget Sound. Sky was clear, stars visible. Spouse pointed to bright yellow/intense orange circular light in sky below and to south of Big Dipper; thought it may be Venus or Mars because it was larger and brighter than any stars in the sky and it did not move. I didn't think that it looked like a planet, it was larger and brighter. It remained still, unmoving. After about 3 minutes, it then disappeared in an instant. There were fireworks going off and the moon to the south of the light, but they did not affect the brightness. After it disappeared, it did not return in the following 20 minutes that we remained outdoors.
July 4, 2014 · 2:00 PM · LIGHT
Grove City, PA
Cloud moved in front of object and did not see again.
July 4, 2014 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Bel Air, MD
At first i dismissed it as a renegade firework, being july 4th, but as it slowly moved across the sky it never exploded, it in fact kept flying on. I thought maybe a plane but i work in aviation and regulations require aircraft to utilize anti collision lights especially at night. Not sure if it has any correlation but when i tried to use my star gazer app to check for a possible comet, my phone shut off. After it disappeared over the treeline i went inside and my phone began working again.
July 3, 2014 · 11:40 PM · LIGHT
Muncie, IN
While taking my dog out I was viewing the stars. I began to see movement and assumed it was a satellite, I have viewed them before. What caught my attention it suddenly went backwards very quickly. As I continued to watch the object planes were flying by but again this object was very high up. The object began to move erratically, first straight up then it made a 90 degree turn. It would move at angles and then radically move in a saw blade motion. I tried to capture it on my cell phone but really did not have much success. I am not saying its extraterrestrial, my first thought was military. I was amazed at its ability to move so quickly and in so many different directions. If we have this type of technology it has never been reported to my knowledge. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 3, 2014 · 11:15 PM · LIGHT
Niles, IL
State police sergeant on patrol on a side street observed (2) pulsing round red lights in the SW sky, one on top of the other, which appeared to be a cell or water tower in the vicinity of Maryhill Cemetery. There are no such structures in that area. The objects began moving slowly from W to E, one slightly behind the other. He parked his squad car and shut off the engine and all lights, and got out. The objects were much farther away and larger than originally thought. There was no sound in the relatively quiet night air. The objects glided eastbound, slowly and deliberately, were basketball-sized spheres, approximately 5-times the size of the strobe lights on an airplane, with a shimmery white halo completely circling the sphere. The red light was unlike anything he had ever seen, having a pulsating, almost "liquid" or "living" appearance, and glowing, rather than piercing the night sky. When the first craft was almost directly in front of his line of s! ight, the spheres both suddenly "receded" quickly up and into the western sky, but much higher. There were two other witnesses close by and he talked with them. They verbally confirmed that what we had seen had not been fireworks or flares of any kind, but were definitely very large, unidentifiable aircraft. Twenty minutes or so prior to this sighting, he was unable to connect to the internet on both his Blackberry cell phone or his in-car Panasonic Tough Book Laptop with Verizon air card. Five minutes after the spheres ascended out of sight, both were back online. He did not think to take photos of the craft because the camera on his Blackberry produces very poor quality photos. Sev mins. (MUFON 57602)
July 3, 2014 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Goshen, IN
my dad and I saw 12 orange lights moving north to south over Goshen Indiana. It was approx. 10:15 pm-11:30pm on July 3rd. They were not all at the same time although a few were fairly close together. They would come from the north and go south and after a few minutes just disappear. They were NOT airplanes nor fireworks, they moved in a horizontal motion only. We could not tell what shape they were -it was too dark, but they were bright orange in color. No drugs or drinking was involved. My 80 yr. old dad and I -I'm 52- both witnessed them. It was the most interesting & bizarre thing I have ever seen.
July 3, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Round Rock, TX
We were standing in our back yard because we had heard a very loud group of explosions. Turns out some group was doing their 4th of July early. Then we saw a group of lights hovering in the sky no where near the fireworks display. There were 2 bright green lights that appeared to be facing us and several smaller red lights behind them. The green lights were on solid and the red lights were flickering. The object was utterly stable with no noticeable movement and no sound or any other structure visible. After about 5 minutes there were a several quick bursts of bright red lights in between the 2 green lights and the object dropped down out of sight in a very linear unnatural manner, as if being pulled out of the sky.
July 3, 2014 · 9:44 PM · LIGHT
Pecatonica, IL
Last night, July 3rd, 2014, my wife and six other adults saw a light that looked like a faint star rise past the north side of the moon on the western horizon. It then sailed across the sky in a straight line, passing directly overhead only slightly south of the Zenith until if faded from view on the eastern horizon. There was not sound. Of the eight adults present, we all agreed that it was not blinking, and was traveling much faster than a plane or satellite, but slower than a meteor. Our best guess was that the total time that it took to go from one horizon to the other was about 20 seconds. Its direction of travel was about 5 degrees north of due east.
July 3, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
McMinnville, TN
At approx. 9:30 pm Central Time on July 3, 2014, I was outside in my backyard securing the fence gate. I noticed a light moving in the sky in a Northern direction. The light did not appear to be blinking or flashing but was solid white in color. I thought at first it may have been a meteor or asteroid but it had no tail and I have seen these in the past but this object was very different in the way it moved through the sky. The object was very fast it moved to the North in a speed much faster than any aircraft that I have ever seen. We live in the flight path for Nashville International Airport (BNA) so I am use to seeing aircraft commercial and military in the sky during the day and night time. The speed this thing was moving was amazing. This was not fireworks, flares, a planet or any star. By the time that I had told my brother about the object it had already went out of view. I could not make out any size or shape.
July 3, 2014 · LIGHT
IdentifiedChecy, Centre · France
Le témoin regarde au petit matin par sa fenêtre et aperçoit une lumière orange très vive, plutôt statique, entre deux arbres. Le phénomène disparaît au bout de deux minutes. Il s'agit de l'observation de l'étoile Capella qui se trouve cette nuit-là à une hauteur et direction (15°N NE) compatible avec la description d'un point lumineux ("aspect étoile") et qui "ne se déplace pas ou pas beaucoup". En particulier la faible hauteur de 15° est propice à des couleurs changeantes (scintillement). Le témoin signale la présence de nuages, ce qui explique la disparition du PAN au bout de 2 minutes. Le témoin indique une direction Nord, mais la configuration des rues et bâtiments est propice à un "VELUX" orienté N NE, et les seuls grands arbres entre lesquels a pu être vu un PAN sont situés en direction N NE. En conséquence GEIPAN classe le cas en A : observation astronomique de Capella. [GEIPAN classification A — Capella]
July 2, 2014 · 3:17 AM · LIGHT
Conover, WI
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 2, 2014 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Lancaster, CA
approx. 2:30 to 3 am (not sure). was facing westward. apprx 30 degree angle above horizon. a red light shining steady. I initally thought was an aircraft. the light then increased in brightness to the point it looked like a police helicopter searchlight pointed fowards, and remained a definite red color. it appeared to be traveling towards me.(eastward). it then changed to a blue color and began drifting to its right (my left) and remained at the same altitude. object traveled at a medium pace . similar to a passenger aircraft but a bit faster. traveled from almost directly west to southwest point as a small bluish light ..it then increased in brightness as a blue color (as bright as the red got).and vanished.it appeared to leave a brief blue trail after for 5-7 seconds Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 1, 2014 · 10:50 PM · LIGHT
Humboldt (Canada), SK · Canada
we witnessed a large bright sphere shaped light (orange-yellow) object in the northern sky, just sitting in one place, the light was extremely bright.. then it moved fairly quickly westwardly upward in the sky, the light remained bright and then the light just seemed to fade out/disappear while it got smaller almost seemed like a pin prick. It was very odd, not like any airplane. We don't live near an airport, this is a small town. Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD
July 1, 2014 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
North Versailles, PA
3 objects observed tonight. 2 heading west and 1 north-west. Started out as a white light (like a star). Moved steadily as they changed to a burnt red color until they just fade out. Only saw one at a time for under a minute each. This was over a period of about ½ hour starting at about 22:15.
July 1, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Jefferson, MD
We were riding on the bike and looked up at the mountain and saw 7 red lights coming down the side of the mountain. When we got closer they were in the fields, when were got under them they were just red individual lights and you could see the stars between them. After we past we looked back and they disappeared one at a time.