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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.
139,459 entries
September 20, 2023 · 11:30 PM · CIRCLE
Hearst, ON · Canada
For the record, I've lived here all my life and I've never seen or heard of this object before. Now, since I've first spotted it, it's in the sky every night, and it stays in place all night long. It slightly moves from night to night, probably because of the Earth's rotation. The first time I saw the thing, it was around 11:30 pm, and I was walking alone in the street near my house. I saw a weird sphere in the sky that changes colors quickly; from white to purple to blue, to green to yellow to orange to red and so on. I took out my Samsung S22 Ultra and started taking videos and pictures at a high rate with the x100 zoom. In the pictures, the object appears to be circular with a hole in the middle. Since the first sighting, I can see it every night, changing colors quickly in the sky. Since then, I have shown it to multiple people, in person, who were left as confused as me. It can't be a newly placed tower because it's way too far; it can't be a drone because it stays in the same place all night long, the same goes for a plane. It can't be a satellite because of the way the lights are flashing and the colors of them; also, the shape doesn't fit the description of any satellite, the same goes for a planet. For the record, I did check on Skyview and other similar apps, and nothing, including planets, was near the sightings. Overall, I can't understand the shape nor the colors of this weird object that I can see every night now.
September 20, 2023 · 11:05 PM · TRIANGLE
Madison, WI
My boyfriend and I went to check on the apartment elevator that was malfunctioning (he does maintenance there). He asked if I wanted to check out the rooftop of the building. It has views of both lake Mendota and lake Monona (being on the isthmus) and state Capitol building. We took pictures of the capitol and one video admiring the night time skyline. There was complete cloud cover. Then we both witnessed three individual lights came together to form a triangle which moved congruently before disappearing up into the cloud cover. It happened quickly but we both saw it and were left speechless. The lights appeared high over Lake Monona (so, to the south of the Constellation building).
September 20, 2023 · 10:00 PM · CYLINDER
International Waters
Looking to the east from our ships balcony. Object appeared north of us as bright "fireworks". Flew in and out of clouds gaining on the ship. When it was right in front of us, the colors faded and a grey metallic cylinder appeared. Nose of it was shaking from the friction of its entry into the atmosphere with white "trailings" coming from it.. It passed us flying behind a cloud and that's it. No splashdown, no noise ... we never saw it again. Probably 100's of miles from us, yet to us it was the size of a planes fuselage as they land a block from us where we live right by an airport, sans the wings and deafening noise of a jets engine . We thought we were getting attacked and neither of us thought of actually getting a video of it. I've contacted a government agency that deals with rockets and they told me to let you know.. Description of circumstance? Star lit sky with intermittent clouds. 2 sober and straight old ( 55 and 66) ladies enjoying looking east from our balcony on a cruise ship. Light from our room was on, so it was not hard to see the water, thousands of stars and partial moon every now and then. Whole encounter took no more than 2 mins.picture is the sky in front of us. Hand drawn slop tries to explain object. So sorry !!!!
September 20, 2023 · 5:14 PM · SPHERE
Surrey-white rock, BC · Canada
I was driving home after work at about 5:14 pm and looked up at the sky and saw a craft high above the tree line. It was about as high as an airplane. It had no visible wings or tail. It shined brightly like it was reflecting the sun, and then completely vanished in thin air. Clear, sunny conditions. I have a dash cam and will review the footage and see if it captured the craft.
September 20, 2023 · 2:28 PM · CHANGING
Probable conventionalColumbus, OH
One White object that appeared to change shape as it moved through space. Was up as high as a plane, flying over the 270/315 area. My husband and I both witnessed it. A lot of birds were flying around the area which caused us to step outside, I looked over to the south side of our house and saw it in the air. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Probable]
September 20, 2023 · 12:57 PM · DISK
Nashville, TN
I was looking at clouds when I noticed a stationary object in the Western sky. It was dull metallic in color and made no sound. It was disk shaped with the exception of a half sphere attached to the bottom of the object. I'm guessing that it was 500 to 800ft in altitude. I took a picture using my cellphone camera. After I took the picture I checked it and when I looked at the sky again the object was gone. The entire sighting lasted about 25 seconds.
September 20, 2023 · 6:35 AM · RECTANGLE
Probable conventionalArizona City, AZ
Glowing green with white lights on it [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
September 20, 2023 · 5:00 AM · CIRCLE
Milwaukee, 0
I was walking out to my car at 5am on sep 20th 2023 I walked half way down the sidewalk and turned around to talk to my fiancé as she locked the door I saw a very bright light like Jupiter but in the wrong spot while I was trying to figure out what star or planet it could be it moved it In almost an instant it zig zaged across the sky while blinking in and out not like a plane like it would move fast then stop disappear and reappear somewhere else as I watched this happen I called Mr fiancé over to see it I struggled to pull my phone out as fast as I could and hit record it seemed as soon as I hit record it backed off and was harder to see but I did manage to record the light move at high speed and blink in and out and I hope the video can be enhanced to possibly see more I suspect there may of been more then one UAP on video
September 20, 2023 · 4:01 AM · CIRCLE
Oakland, ME
We have seen an object around 15 times, which hovers in a figure 8 and move closer and further for months. On the 20th of September at around 4 am, I took a video of it. And there was also to the right of it miles away I saw one blinking red and green. Of course you think plane but i took a video of this on a clear clear day, over a field. The first one moves alot and the second one disappears and moves. It's a need to watch.
September 20, 2023 · 3:07 AM · UNKNOWN
Shasta lake, CA
I am a security guard at a dam with 8 years of time served in the U.S. Army. I’m an E-6 in the Army Reserve who holds a secret clearance. Witness 2 is a lieutenant at the dam. At precisely 307 AM, I was traveling by vehicle across the dam. I observed a light to the north which was of equal brightness to the North Star. I exited the vehicle at the center of the dam and noticed that two more lights had appeared above and below the original “star”. None of the lights were moving. The lights then faded and reappeared at different times, not synchronized with each other. I then finished crossing to the East side of the dam where I contacted my lieutenant and we looked together. During this time, with our bare eyes we witnessed some lights get bright then fade and some began to move, some in groups some as individuals. Some would disappear while moving, some would stop and remain lit before fading. This is when we decided they were not satellites seeing as how their movements did not match that of a satellite. At this point there were approximately 6 lights we could actively see. My lieutenant brought night vision lenses and through these we were able to observe many more lights that were not visible to our bare eyes. It’s important to note that throughout the duration or this, we thought some were simply just stars until they began moving and we realized how many there actually were. It seemed the longer we observed, the more we noticed. The lights seemed to like groups of triangles that were more obtuse and not perfect triangles. There were about 6 or 7 groups of triangles. They also sat in groups of 4 but not in perfect squares. I only observed 2 groups of 4. I viewed two that appeared to drop something at a great speed. The dropped “objects” would have looked like “shooting stars” had they not come directly from the moving lights. While moving the dropped “objects” would rapidly light up and disappear at a much greater speed than the other lights. Both my lieutenant and I both viewed one light that was bright like the others and slow moving but seemed to have an orb or beginning of some tail around it as if it were entering the atmosphere and meeting with extreme heat. This seemed like just a light to the naked eye but using night vision you could see the orb around it. My lieutenant left me the night vision and returned to his duties at this point and I then used my phone to record through night vision. I have approximately 16 total minutes of footage through the night vision. I am aware that some moving lights observed may be satellites, but many were not. Having irregular movements. These lights were observed north but stretched from East to West. Most appeared in the East but that is mostly where I was observing since that was the original area I had seen the lights. I have video of multiple going from still to moving, gaining brightness and fading and one that appeared to drop something. This anomaly continued until the Sun appeared and there was nothing visible in the sky once this happened.
September 19, 2023 · 10:37 PM · CIRCLE
Mercersburg, PA
Over the last nearly year, I have been seeing this orange orb popping out of thin air, always around the 10:30 to 10:37 pm Eastern Time Zone, approximately Northeast with a heading of approximately 064. It will vary in brightness, sometimes glowing very brightly, and remain stationary in the air. A few weeks ago, one of my coworkers decided to start flashing it with his phone flashlight, and after he did that it would start moving approximately Southeast at a slow pace like an airplane would. This has remained a constant trigger for the UAP among all times it has appeared. I have found no correlation as to what days or what triggers it’s appearance. But all coworkers on break that are outside and facing it’s direction have all seen it. 4 coworkers plus myself. Attached is a short video, zoomed in, looking at the orb as it remains stationary. The loud buzzer in the video is simply our bell signifying that our break has ended. IMG_0956 is an non zoomed picture. IMG_0959 is a screenshot of my Plane Finder app, showing that there are no known aircraft flying around the Greencastle, Waynesboro or edge of Gettysburg area. My estimation would be near Greencastle to Waynesboro area judging by the distance myself, but could be wrong.
September 19, 2023 · 10:00 PM · FLASH
Revere, MA
Something was spotted looking through the window I went outside to my backyard and recorded a flash of light that captured a unknown entity in the video.
September 19, 2023 · 9:14 PM · RECTANGLE
IdentifiedStrong City, KS
Very distinct bright white solid lights which appeared slightly vertical, rectangular to horizon (4 pin heads; larger than planets, stars, aircraft) coming up individually in a very straight diagonal line from ground level approximately 3/4" apart travelling northwest to southeast. Approximately 8 in number. Within the course of 3 minutes they each disappeared sequentially at the same point roughly 1/3 high in the sky to dead center above me. I was observing stars in the Flint Hills when this occurred (i.e., no one else present). I took pictures with an iphone7 (i.e., obviously an old model) as they sequentially came up but unfortunately flash was on (i.e., can't see black sky/white objects; may be able to photoshop though I tried a couple of techniques with no success). Hadn't intended to take pictures on outing. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
September 19, 2023 · 8:05 PM · CHANGING
Longdon, Rugeley, STAFFORD · United Kingdom
After a typical day at work, I arrived home to a tranquil evening in the countryside. Opting to hang my laundry under the clear, partially cloudy night sky, I was granted an uninterrupted view of the celestial expanse. My rural location meant only occasional aircraft, mainly air ambulances, traversed the heavens, making this sighting all the more remarkable. While attending to the laundry, my gaze inadvertently shifted upward. The night sky greeted me with an astonishing abundance of stars, creating a captivating backdrop. Amid this celestial panorama, an unexpected and peculiar phenomenon caught my attention—an erratic, zigzagging light, reminiscent of a star. At first, my instinctive thought considered it might be the lights of a high-altitude aircraft. However, its distance contradicted this explanation. An alternative notion of a shooting star crossed my mind, but the light's capricious movements, weaving in and out of the clouds, left me in perplexity. Suddenly, this enigmatic luminary ceased all motion, hovering motionless against the night's canvas. Intrigued, I became wholly engrossed in observing this unusual light. To my astonishment, it initiated a swift descent, seemingly transitioning from the distant stars to Earth's orbit within a matter of seconds. Its proximity unveiled a luminous, spherical form, roughly resembling the size of a common ball bearing. Just as swiftly as it had descended, the enigmatic light ascended vertically, returning to its original position amidst the star-studded tapestry. This curious display left me with a flurry of questions, pondering whether I had borne witness to a drone or some other enigmatic celestial occurrence. Regardless of the nature of this celestial entity, it remained elusive. Driven by curiosity, I reached out to it, calling into the night. To my astonishment, the light responded, embarking on a second descent. Its descent mirrored the grace of a feather, hovering a mere 20-30 feet above the ground before swiftly returning to its celestial realm. I continued to observe this mesmerizing spectacle for approximately 15 minutes before retiring indoors for an hour. Upon my return to the night's embrace, the enigmatic light reappeared. This time, it introduced a new layer of complexity—a convergence of two additional brilliantly shining, star-shaped lights, forming a perfect triangle. Curiously, the arrangement of these lights gave the impression of an invisible cloak, flawlessly blending with the night sky. Any effort to focus on the stars at the triangle's periphery prompted the central light to promptly return to its original position. In another astonishing moment, the celestial entity descended once more, hovering approximately 10-15 feet above the ground. Its ethereal presence persisted, resembling a delicate wisp of starlight, encompassing a central, lens-like dark sphere. During this phase, it exhibited a novel behavior—an intermittent flickering. Briefly vanishing into obscurity, it reappeared moments later in its customary starlight form. This enchanting interplay of light and shadow transpired for less than a minute before the entity gracefully ascended, merging once again with the celestial tapestry. As I contemplated these extraordinary events, one undeniable truth remained—this enigmatic spectacle persisted, leaving me with a profound sense of wonder and countless unanswered questions amidst the eternal mystery of the stars.
September 19, 2023 · 1:40 PM · CIRCLE
Grants, NM
As is usually the case, I did not notice any objects in the sky until I got home and looked at the photos. I have photographs of many objects, mainly orbs, but this is the first that I have seen a solid ring shaped object. The rectangular object is very similar to several that I have photographed across the western U.S. . I did use a photo editor to clean up the image, but I have the raw photo as well. I included a zoom of the area of the pic with the craft.
September 19, 2023 · 6:49 AM · CIRCLE
Morristown, TN
The object was round , rotating looked like a diamond.
September 19, 2023 · 6:00 AM · CIRCLE
Brewster, MA
I thought it was the moon at first but realized it was not. I just stared, it didn't appear to move just a steady light. My father was awake at the same time and snapped the photo. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Possible]
September 19, 2023 · 5:15 AM · CIRCLE
zumbrota, MN
saw object with naked eye got binoculars woke up wife than got 800 mm tele photo lens and viewed object [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
September 19, 2023 · 4:50 AM · SPHERE
Innisfil, ON · Canada
While driving south bound, I see a flying object/orb flying from south-west to north-east at a low altitude, seemed to have constant speed and flying in a specific direction. I'm familiar with seeing planes and stars in the night sky and was trying my best to catch any other lights to signify what was flying but the object was a warm orange color which did not change during the duration of the flight. I could tell it was flying low because of the trajectory it was moving compared to other lights in the sky and the pre-sunrise on the horizon.
September 19, 2023 · 2:39 AM · SPHERE
Battle Mountain, -
The balls of light would start randomly appearing then disappearing. Some of them would get bright and then kinda orange, then would again disappear, shortly after filming the first video and started the second one they started appearing and disappearing in a different spot kinda close to where they were coming from. I would say they are orb like but when zoomed in the have a different shape.
September 19, 2023 · 2:00 AM · SPHERE
Cardington, OH
4-5 hours of 2 lights chasing g each other in the sky and in the grass
September 18, 2023 · 11:34 PM · OVAL
Shuniah, ON · Canada
I was outside alone at my camp taking pictures of the northern lights. Nobody else was around/outside. Suddenly a extremely bright light appeared in sky that hovered silently in the sky on the border of the tree line and beach for approx 8 minutes. I looked away at one point for a brief moment and returned in the direction of the light and it had disappeared suddenly without any noise. I was able to take a picture. In the picture the brightest light in the sky is the object that I saw which appeared suddenly and and then disappeared. It was clearly visible with my eyes. The last picture shows the same area with no light prior to it appearing.
September 18, 2023 · 10:17 PM · CUBE
Whitefish, MT
I went outside to see what was going on after a huge gust of wind hit my house (I almost got knocked over when I stepped outside), when I went outside there was almost like a comet trail in the sky. The wind would die down and creep back up again. I watched the haze for about 5-10 minutes as it moved Southwest. After that I decided to go back inside the house. But before I got back in I saw a super quick flash of light, almost like lightning, but way faster (like under a second long). In total I saw 2 flashes. I decided to stay back outside since it startled me. I looked back up and there was an opening in the clouds directly over my house. I saw two black cube objects with no lights visible fly from one cloud to another moving South. From what I saw both objects were gray/black and were in the shape of a cube. I have had UFO encounters before, such as objects in the sky similar to tonights. I have had one encounter with what I think is Bigfoot. Through-out my life I have had multiple weird encounters with UFO/Un-documented creatures (I.e Bigfoot). I posted about this on Facebook and multiple people (In Montana & Utah) have stated similar encounters, the encounter in Utah, which occurred roughly 1 hour ago, saw similar flashing lights. Him and his friend grabbed their phone to try to get a photo/video but were unsuccessful. Other people in Flathead County are saying they saw the same haze effect before I saw the UFOs. I strongly think the haze is Northern Lights although what strikes me as very weird is every time I have seen the Northern Lights they have been towards the North. Not to the West like tonight. I have provided a short time lapse I took of the haze. I did not see any other streaks of haze in the sky.
September 18, 2023 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Grinnell, IA
About 10 crafts passed from the west side of the sky moving very fast to the east side of the sky. They reached a certain point in the east, and at that point each one would turn blue for a second, then tremble, and disappear. All of the crafts appeared to be flying in a very straight line spaced out about evenly. They were all far from each other but were coming from and going to the same place. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]