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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
September 6, 2022 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Glenn’s ferry, ID
I was sitting outside with my friend in the evening about 10 PM or so on my porch and I noticed out of the corner of my eye a pretty bright flash in the southern sky. I asked my friend if he saw that flash and he didn’t see the first one, but with in about 10 or 15 seconds, there was a bright light that appeared in the same spot, shot forward, and dimmed out. We both saw this happen. About 10 seconds or so pass, a light appears in the spot as before, flew about the same distance and dimmed out. The strangest part about it was that the light or lights, lit up in the same spot every time. It it was brighter than the satellites I’m used to seeing and moved much faster than any satellite I’ve seen. It wasn’t a string of lights , it was NOT starlink, I am sure of that because I have seen starlink several times. It was one light at a time. This same pattern went on about 15 or twenty times. Sky’s were totally clear, no cloud cover. After this activity seemed to stop , I saw that there were several different moving objects in the sky.I was looking all over and counted at least five in different directions. These objects were not aircraft ( not planes or helicopters or drones) they seemed to be much further away, smaller, dimmer and didn’t seem to be moving on a straight path. I do not know if these dim light had anything to do with the main incident I’m reporting, but i did see them immediately afterwards.
September 6, 2022 · 8:11 PM · LIGHT
Chokio, MN
We were driving towards north to take our dogs for a walk/run just right after the sun has set. I like taking pictures while in the car and when i looked to my left side, there’s this fireball looking thing that looks like its falling from the sky. It got longer and shorter and looked like it was changing direction. I told my husband to hurry so i can take a clearer picture but when we got to our spot, it has already disappeared. It looked farther and farther until it disappeared. Not sure if its from the SD air force base cos we’re in between the dakotas. Just wanted to know for sure. Weird thing is i was just watching some alien documentaries the day before. I tried to check if anybody has seen the thing but i cant find any reports Contrail
September 6, 2022 · 7:44 PM · LIGHT
Huntington Beach, CA
Sitting in my back yard when a light came out of a cloud that Cut my attention. The last object in this video was a plane .
September 6, 2022 · 1:25 AM · LIGHT
Irvine, CA
Light in the sky white disappeared then reappeared with changing colors for a minute then returned to white. it faded away im not sure how.
September 6, 2022 · 1:18 AM · LIGHT
Huntington Beach, CA
Standing by Dukes parking lot watching the ocean and noticed what seem to be like a plane flying from the ocean. Lights were fairly bright.I looked away for a second or two and when I try to look back to see what it was I couldn’t find it . about 30 seconds later it appeared with rapid blinking light I grab my phone and videoed it.
September 6, 2022 · 1:18 AM · LIGHT
Huntington Beach, CA
At 1:15 am i noticed a bright light flying in from the ocean. It looked like an airplane but then it disappeared. As I’m trying to figure what happened to it ,it reappeared almost right above me . So I took my phone out and video it ..
September 5, 2022 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Middletown, OH
I was out walking my dog, like I do every night at this time, and as I was coming up on the field that we frequent, I noticed an intensely bright flash of light in the sky. It was blue, initially, and it lit up the surrounding area with a dim glow, and almost immediately, it changed to yellow and shot off, leaving the clouds a mixture of purple and red for a while. The whole thing happened in the course of maybe 5 or 6 seconds, but the sky had something of a visual residue for about 20 seconds afterward. The strangest part, however, was that the siren of a nearby police car sounded off, weakly, as though it was activated without receiving enough power, right as this whole situation occurred. And, since your form has a specific option for animal reaction, I feel it's important to note that my dog behaved much more cautiously than he usually does for the rest of our time outside, never leaving my side for more than a few moments.
September 5, 2022 · 12:45 PM · LIGHT
Friday harbor, WA
I often use my iPhone to follow high altitude jets that reflect the sun a just the right angle. This video I witnessed for a brief moment a light appear behind the south bound jet. It moved erratically and very fast, then vanished. This was not a reflection nor lens flair. Just something I can not identify other the a UFO.
September 4, 2022 · 10:48 PM · LIGHT
Apple valley, CA
Was outside at night recording with my cell phone the lightning storm across the valley and witnessed a bright glowing object shoot from the bottom of the mountain up at an angle and into a lit area of the clouds at a very high rate of speed it was amazing.
September 4, 2022 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
San Clemente, CA
Tonight while star gazing in our backyard around 8pm, we, myself and 3 other people, saw multiple lights moving in different directions and then disappearing. More lights emerged from the same location moved for a few seconds and disappeared. Then in a different section of sky closer to the moon we saw the same phenomenon. One light emerged from the black sky moved for a bit and disappeared followed by about 5 more lights. These were not satellites and they were not in a string. There was movement from a few different locations but we focused our attention on one area at a time.
September 4, 2022 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Darrington, WA
It started way out in the atmosphere, brighter than anything else I've ever seen. At first I thought it was a planet, but it was too large and bright. Then it started getting closer. It looked like red and blue striations were coming from the core. The core was a round center of white light, but seemed to rotate 360 like a spotlight looking around. Eventually it came so close that it didn't seem far from the tree line, and it also seemed to zoom/focus in to where we were standing or where it was 'looking'. It would disappear and reappear and was moving all around the sky. This lasted for at least an hour. This is going to sound the craziest, but at one point it shot 2 midnight blue triangles into the sky. There were 6 of us all witnessing the same thing. Truly astonishing. We caught a glimpse on video, bit it only captured the smallest ball of light, and didn't really capture what we were actually seeing.
September 4, 2022 · 12:25 AM · LIGHT
Spokane, MO
I was walking my dog down the street before going to bed. When I was just past the neighbor’s house, I noticed a dot of light that I initially thought was a shooting star. It was fairly high up, though lower than some planes, and it was moving extremely quickly parallel to the street at a slight downward angle. It disappeared after 1-2 seconds, and like I said, I thought it was a shooting star. But then 1-2 seconds later, two lights that looked the same as the first (perhaps one was the same) appeared following the same trajectory at the same altitude. They were moving extremely fast like shooting stars, but it looked as though one was chasing the other. It was close behind the other at an angle. What scared me was when they turned right. Keeping the same speed, they turned right in about a 130 degree turn (100-150 degrees), one closely following the other. Then they disappeared. They had been visible for 2-3 seconds. Then one appeared around the place they disappeared and darted away from me at around a 50-60 degree angle. It looked as though it was headed downward at a steeper angle than the ones before. It was a bit bigger and brighter, and it disappeared after 1-2 seconds. At this point, I had shivers in my chest and going down my spine, and I was fairly spooked. I was not totally terrified, but I was definitely spooked. I turned and ran with my dog back down the street towards my house. I was looking back as I did this and stopped in the street a few yards from my driveway. During this, I could make out light(s) and movement in the same general part of the sky, but I was not as focused and did not see exactly what it/they were doing. After that, they disappeared, and I ran inside. I did not see them again, even when my mother and I went out to look a minute or two later. I will check the investigator box below, but there is no dire need for someone to contact me. I just wanted to make it an option just in case someone wanted to contact me.
September 4, 2022 · 12:17 AM · LIGHT
Sherwood, ND
Was out capturing pictures of northern lights with my iPhone 11 to share with family. I walked one city block to get a picture without so many trees. I did not notice the cluster of lights right away as I was more focused on the northern lights. When I got back to the house and clicking the photos to share on social media, that’s when I really noticed and zoomed in. These are not stars, planets, or airplanes.
September 3, 2022 · 10:52 PM · LIGHT
Exeter, PA
I was driving home and around 10:50 pm, I saw this weird pink light in the sky on the shape of an oval. With two smaller ones lined up right behind it. A few seconds past and I couldn't see it anymore. After a few more minutes of driving I saw it again but it was just one with a little dome on top. It also looked to have depth to it because I saw a cloud blocking a little bit of it. I've looked all over online for an explanation on a pink moon but the date doesn't line up with a blood moon which also tends to be more red. So I'm not sure if it was one craft or three. I just know I counted three different shaped the first time. I was driving at the time and by the time I was at a red light, I couldn't find it. By the time I got home, I couldn't find it again either after seeing just the one craft.
September 3, 2022 · 10:23 PM · LIGHT
Chicago, IL
I'm 12 I know your probably gonna think I'm faking this but I'm serious I actually saw something I know it wasn't a car cause It was really bright so I couldn't really see it and there was not cars around there so i don't know what it was cause I saw just a really bright light I was on the other couch when it happened
September 3, 2022 · 8:20 PM · LIGHT
Rangeley, ME
Lights were not airplane as I also saw several of them on they are totally different the lights I have question about were star like only moving very quickly one changing direction and fly to the stars and then just disappear
September 3, 2022 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Orlando, FL
Took my dog out around 7pm at the intersection of Lake Baldwin Lane and Starboard Street. It was just before a storm so it was a little dark and windy but the sky was relatively clear as you could look out west over the lake and see the storm cell approaching. As I looked out at the approaching storm I caught 4 bright lights moving very fast across the horizon heading north. They appeared from kinda below the tree line but also where there was a small clearing in the tree line so it was a brief window but it was long enough to see them clearly. They were moving in sync and evenly spaced apart. They were all bright and all the same size and color which was white. There was no body to them. It was just light. They were in front of the storm cloud, but behind the tree line and also just below the tree line. The cloud did not appear too far away - my guess would be College Park at the furthest. They were moving a lot faster than any plane would move if it was flying any where through that area. Also, it was still day light so I could see there was nothing between them and they were not attached to anything. No noise. No contrail. I wasn’t going to post and was doubting what I had seen until I checked the recent reports and saw a post on 4/22/22 from someone in St Pete who described exactly what I saw.
September 3, 2022 · 5:46 AM · LIGHT
Burnsville, NC
There were smaller lights going to and from the larger light. There were roughly 4 smaller lights that I thought were planes until they disappeared into the larger light.
September 3, 2022 · 5:11 AM · LIGHT
Pine Grove, PA
On 9/2 at 10:00pm, my best friend and I arrived at the lake for our usual weekend night fishing routine. He has been a contractor all his life and very close minded. He deals in facts. I am open minded, Spiritual/Wiccan. I worked in healthcare all my life. Subcontracting with him when I went through nursing burnout. We have been friends for 35+ yrs. At 5:10am 9/3/22 he happened to be looking at the sky straight out in front of us. I was baiting my hook when he said “Yo! I need you to look at this and tell me if I’m crazy.” When I looked up I immediately saw what he was referencing. A flashing “ball”/“sphere” of light. At times no bigger than a star. I immediately grabbed my phone (IPHONE 12 ProMax) and started recording. It flashed continuously and moved erratically but smoothly up/down L/R like the way we move our hand to write. Staying in the same small area. The times it got smaller/faint it was almost as if it traveled away (backwards). The same applies to when it would appear a little larger. As if moving closer (forward). It never made a sound. We watched it until it literally faded away (farther away) a few minutes before dawn. I immediately called my husband who is from that area to tell him and he was not shocked. He asked if we were in a specific location of the lake. (We were) Because “stuff like that has been seen out there for as long as I can remember.” Try zooming the video in a little to be able to see it when it gets smaller. It does get hard to see at times through the lens.
September 2, 2022 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Los Angeles, CA
Watched a point of light at great distance from us (on a rooftop in downtown L.A.), hovering without moving, then turned itself off. A few minutes later, it reappeared in a different location and rose vertically, then turned itself off again. A number of minutes later, it reappeared and descended in a vertical line, then extinguished itself again. There were planes visible at a similar distance during this occurrence, all had multiple formation lights, this was one semi-bright light. Considering its apparent distance from us, it must have been ascending and descending at great speed, then stopped abruptly. Not sure of an aircraft that can exhibit this behavior?
September 2, 2022 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Stoneham, MA
I got up to use the bathroom about 2 months ago around 2am. I looked out my window and saw an extremely bright light in the sky. Like a huge star extremely bright too bright to be a star. So I sat there and watched it. It started to change shape. Broke into two and again back into one but shape went from oval to oblong and back again. Shimmered inbetween changes. I couldnt believe my eyes. That night there was a clear sky but only 2 actual stars on the sky. Very dim stars typical of stars around here. This was NO STAR!I watched it a while and went back to bed. Now tonight again I go upstairs to use the bathroom and glance out my open window and there it is again! Just as crazy bright in the SAME SPOT. I called my son over who is 12 to show him because he had a giggle when I told him about the first sighting. We watched it shimmer and change from one to two and back again. I watched it about 10 minutes. An hour later I got up to get a drink looked out my kitchen window and it was GONE! Gone! I called out for my son to look. He did. I said to him I told you it wasnt some crazy bright star stars do not disappear from the sky! I am so excited to have seen it again My son asked do you think it can hear us? Lol and an hour later its gone. Also both times it was a bright white light but shimmered a deep yellow. Changed back and forth between the two colors.
September 2, 2022 · 8:57 PM · LIGHT
Brookings, OR
I actually thought it was a plane at first. Two white lights in the sky, looked like a plane coming right at me. From the intensity of the lights, I thought it was fairly low for a passenger jet. I used to live on an approach path in CT about 15 miles from the airport, so I’m used to seeing those lights. We rarely get planes overhead at Crissey Field, and I love watching planes, so when I hear one I notice it. I watched it for several seconds, and it didn’t seem to get any closer. I took out my phone and filmed it for a few seconds, then stopped and adjusted my phone and filmed again for a few seconds, then stopped, turned the camera and filmed again for over a minute. I swear, that “plane” never got any closer. And I couldn’t hear a plane. And the lights never changed to green and red. I came inside, turned out the lights, moved something on the floor by the front windows so I could stand there. That took maybe a minute at the most. I opened the window, and the lights were gone. Could it have been obliterated by the fog rolling in? I suppose so, but I never heard a plane. Opened windows so I could hear better. I honestly have no idea what I just saw.
September 2, 2022 · 6:35 AM · LIGHT
IdentifiedFrontignan, Languedoc Roussillon · France
Le 02 septembre 2022 à 06h35, un fort orage en approche, un habitant de Frontignan sort sur sa terrasse. Le ciel est très couvert et bas de plafond, le jour n’est pas encore levé ; il aperçoit alors une lumière clignotante verte très vive dans le ciel, visible au-dessus de la toiture d’une maison voisine, il est intrigué par son immobilité. La position sous de gros nuages noirs l'incite à penser que ce point lumineux clignotant n’est pas très haut. Le clignotement est rapide : 1 par seconde environ. Le témoin prend une photo avec son téléphone portable. Limité par le zoom de son téléphone, le témoin décide d'aller chercher ses jumelles et au retour il constate que la lumière s’est déplacée vers lui. Il quitte ensuite de nouveau sa terrasse pour aller chercher un appareil photo avec zoom mais à son retour le PAN a disparu. L'étrangeté perçue provient de la "lumière clignotante verte très vive située dans le ciel" d'abord immobile puis en mouvement vers lui, que le témoin n'identifie pas. La description donnée par le témoin oriente très fortement vers le vol d'un drone. Plusieurs centres de formation de vols de drones, ou d'entreprises de photographies par drones sont présents dans les environs de Frontignan. L'une de ces entreprises : DTS Drone Thau Services située à Sète, contactée par le GEIPAN, confirme que l'hypothèse drones est réaliste, en mentionnant que la couleur verte et les clignotements en sont très significatifs. A titre d'exemple le document d'informations générales joint concernant les codes lumières du drone Mavic indique que les lumières vertes clignotantes correspondent à un mode "vol sécurisé". De plus la société DTS Drone Thau précise que depuis quelques temps, il y a une augmentation de vols de drones dans la région. L’étrangeté résiduelle est faible au vue de ces éléments. Le GEIPAN classe en A observation d'un drone. [GEIPAN classification A — Drone (jouet)]
September 1, 2022 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Bridgman, MI
At 10pm my wife, son, and I headed to the beach from our campsite that we just set up. We wanted to sit on the beach, check out the stars and go for a walk up the shore. After our walk, we sat down and noticed two lights that we thought were planes, that were a bit too close together foughly a mile or two over Lake MI. The one light then moved quickly to the right. Both started moving up and down and side to side. One then got much brighter, shot over to the right(several miles) in a second. It the flew higher into the sky and expelled 4 other lights that all started independently flying. Another light came from what looked like the water. At one point on light went straight up into the air at an amazing rate of speed. There was another light that appeared to go very quickly into the water too. . We watched for about an hour and my wife and son were getting very nervous and asked to leave. I'm not saying I saw something from another planet, but I have absolutely no idea what we were seeing and ai know a human could not withstand the force being in one of those things with how fast they moved. I just can't image man being able to make something that moved like these things. They would sometimes get very bright and then fade back. Some were green/white and another was red. It was one of the strange things that I have ever seen in my life.