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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.
9,368 entries
February 13, 2023 · 5:30 PM · FIREBALL
Winnetka, IL
Looked like a fireball stationary or slowly falling from the sky near O’Hare. Saw a commercial plane flying north out of ORD ahead of object. Object looked either stationary or slowly descending. Fireball-like with a tail. Moments later another commercial plane passed the object northbound. When I zoomed in on my camera, a distinct jet trail moved away from object in the southwest direction. I took pictures while waiting for the traffic light to change. My total view time was around 4 minutes, then continued home east down willow road. Contrail
February 12, 2023 · 12:12 AM · FIREBALL
Lake Worth, FL
Thought it was a meteor and contacted the American meteor society who said it was not a meteor event. SpaceX launch
February 8, 2023 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Sacramento, CA
There were three pairs of incandescent stationary aerial objects appearing like orbs in the distance but appearing more luminescent and diamond featured up close. There was no apparent suspension nor any apparent propulsion. The three closely grouped pairs formed an exponential graph shape. The shape descended from directly over the freeway to beyond the right shoulder. While higher in the sky, upon driving past, the pair directly over the freeway appeared quite close for an aerial object. This occurred before entering the area lit for construction on this portion of Highway 99. The coincidence of construction lights notwithstanding, these objects were like nothing else I’ve seen. They did not look like Chinese lanterns.
February 6, 2023 · 8:35 PM · FIREBALL
Tampa, FL
The object I saw was like a Fireball going upwards towards the moon. Within seconds the fireball disappeared but i could still see a object which appeared to go up for about 20 seconds more after the fireball disappeared , This object appeared to be white with lights and going upward before disappearing.
February 6, 2023 · 7:15 PM · FIREBALL
Robinsonville, MS
There was no flashes sounds or impact noise. Two of us just happened to look East (everyone else facing west) and at first I thought it blew up like a firework but it was silent and fell vertically-happened so fast our brains couldn’t register it before it disappeared behind an apartment roof. Everybody thought we were lying! But then I told my friend yesterday and she finished my sentence-two of her Snapchat friends saw the same on the same night, one lives in hernando and the other in Southaven-idk how large it was for them but it WAS HUGE - very close looking to us here.
February 3, 2023 · 12:22 AM · FIREBALL
Mercedes, TX
As I was driving a blue light flashed up in the sky ahead like a burning object entering the atmosphere.
January 31, 2023 · 7:49 PM · FIREBALL
Gothenburg, NE
I already described it. One more thing to add. When it sparkles in rapid move, the color is fairly white instead of orange fire.
January 28, 2023 · 6:47 PM · FIREBALL
Ventura, CA
Looked directly overhead approx. 6:50 p.m. and saw what I assumed to be an aircraft, but it appeared to glow orange like a rocket exaust and remain motionless; my wife agreed that it was stationary. After observing for 10-15 seconds I ran into the house to fetch my camera with zoom lens. When I came back out the object was now definitely moving South into the Orion consellation and I managed to get one shot off on autofocus setting, but before I could re-adjust for a sharper image the object faded as if a booster burned out. Checked launch schedule from Vandenberg SFB but next Space X launch not scheduled until today or tomorrow; in addition, I have seen many launches from Vandenberg and they are always about 30 degrees from the Western horizon. ISS was over New York that night and the color seemed wrong as well for ISS. Apologies for not getting a sharper photo. Thank you.
January 27, 2023 · 11:15 PM · FIREBALL
Worcester, MA
Large flash, west from where I was, size is hard to say from a flash, maybe 1/6 of the moon across, possibly less, definitely larger than a regular star or planet. white in the middle, blue-green around the edges. When I noticed it it was low in the sky, I want to say about 15 degrees up. It was moving down very fast and went below the horizon about one second after I saw it. It was behind some dead trees, which made it harder to see. I hadn't seen it earlier because I was using binoculars and only saw it when I lowered them from my eyes, so I don't know when or where it first appeared.
January 15, 2023 · 3:30 PM · FIREBALL
Media, PA
I was standing on Meetinghouse Lane right before you get to Providence Rd, facing Providence road. NUFORC: Appears to be jets with contrails
January 15, 2023 · 1:00 AM · FIREBALL
Goshen, CT
Driving home from work. Phone service cuts out. Static noises even though I’m on Bluetooth. To my left a large farm, in the distance what looked like a large sized comet or shooting star but coming straight down. Before it hit the ground it disappeared. It had a blue and red tail while it was shooting downward towards land. Exactly what is shown in the most recent UFO video recorded in Mexico!
January 14, 2023 · 3:53 AM · FIREBALL
Camden, SC
It looked like a fireball
January 11, 2023 · 8:01 PM · FIREBALL
wilmington, DE
I saw a ufo a bunch of them I was on my way back home from the gas station I stuck my head out the window and saw 7 fireball discs lined up in the sky perfectly there were so many people watching in shock outside and they all separated and went all over the place it looked nowhere near man made ufos started coming out of one and its almost as if the sky pulled it back in I was recording when it went extremly fast stopped and went back into space I was flabbergasted I been seing ufos most my life yet nobody ever belived me until they see it themselves.
January 10, 2023 · 10:45 PM · FIREBALL
Corona, CA
Approximately 10:45pm Pacific standard time as I was facing out my window looking east where I have a view from the hill facing the city below. I witnessed multiple craft hovering and changing form I began to take video and photos of the craft. The craft kept changing direction than disappeared in the night sky
January 10, 2023 · 6:45 PM · FIREBALL
Spicewood, TX
Was watching the news in my living on the second level of my home. It had just gotten dark and saw a really bright light encircled with orange exterior. It looked like a ball of fire and it had a long tail passing right outside my window. The sighting was about 25 feet from where I was sitting so very close to my house right above my garden. There was no noise. I rushed outside to see where it went and there was no trace.
January 10, 2023 · 12:00 AM · FIREBALL
Ocala, FL
Bright blue light appeared in the sky nw of my location about 2 miles out and got bright then smoke came from it and cought fire and turned into two as then one stayed and the other kept going forward I didn't notice it at first but the one that stayed behind got brightand more smoke appired an then caught fire once more it really looked as if it crashed right in front of me and now as I am typing this have seen 5 other air crafts land in that location they sound like helicopters
January 9, 2023 · 11:51 PM · FIREBALL
Orlando, FL
I saw from my back yard something very bright coming from the east to the west at very high speed it was so bright and fast I barely had time to pull my phone out to take a quick video at the same time I was calling my wife out to see it. When it got over us it blew up and lit the sky it disappeared then it reappeared but in two fire balls then came back together into one large ball and took off again in high speed. NUFORC: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch from Cape Canaveral
January 3, 2023 · 3:57 PM · FIREBALL
Yuma, AZ
January 3, 2023, 4 pm I was driving from the city of Yuma towards Phoenix. To my left, above the mountain, I saw a glowing ball. He hung over the mountain motionless. I stopped and saw the second ball, which was smaller and was further towards Yuma. I took some photos of the big ball and also a screenshot of the map where I was standing. I watched the balls for 15 minutes. Then a large ball rose to the clouds. Photos of a large ball have information about the time and place where they were taken.
January 1, 2023 · 12:03 AM · FIREBALL
Roma, TX
A series of fireballs in different sequence, that lasted over a series of minutes. Photos and video taken
December 31, 2022 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Porter, TX
Myself and another witness were outdoors celebrating the new year when we observed a single bright orange ball of light travel across the night sky. It stayed on a northerly track, did not change altitude, and took about 20 seconds to cross the horizon until it was out of view. Fireworks were being set off at the time, but this did not appear to be any kind of firework, chinese lantern, or paper on fire. It was too bright, fast, and tracked steadily. The sky was slightly foggy, but the ball of light was very visible. There was no sound. Interestingly, this is my second report of this nature. The last one was in New Caney, TX on the night of July 4, 2012. There were also fireworks being set off that night, but without the fog I could clearly see it was a ball of what looked like fire. This was a nearly identical sighting in duration and way it behaved. Also, upon talking to one of my neighbors since then, he also witnessed the one in 2012, although I did not know at the time of my report, so I did not include this information.
December 30, 2022 · 4:45 PM · FIREBALL
Bristow, VA
I was driving and notice what I thought was a jet plane but I suddenly noticed it stopped moving and the. When it restarted moving it then left black smoke in its trail. It’s seemed to act very weird with its movement. Kind of side by side as it spiraled
December 30, 2022 · 2:58 AM · FIREBALL
monroe, WA
Driving home on old Snohomish To Monroe hwy, observed two red orb glowing intensely, 1 at 70 deg and 1 at 40 deg. Been driving this route for twenty years never, saw them before. Thought it might new radio or cell phone tower. It disappeared going east after 20-30 sec. By the time I got around corner to take video it was gone. 3:00 am Dec 30 2022
December 25, 2022 · 11:35 PM · FIREBALL
Memphis, TN
The two fireball-like objects were flying from the southwest direction of my house. Both of them were in somewhat close proximity to each other. After 15 seconds, the fireball on the left faded away and disappeared, the one on the right did the same thing 5 seconds later. The whole encounter lasted for around 20 seconds, I observed all of this from inside my house.
December 25, 2022 · 10:38 PM · FIREBALL
Maize, KS
Open the living room curtains to see if the winter weather had started, we were expected to have ice and wet drizzly stuff. Notice what I thought was a plane west of my house. As it started to come closer I realized it was a ball of fire almost in the shape of I kid you not a stingray. As it got to the actual city of maize it's slowed down and descended to about 30 to 50 ft above tree level. And when I'm looking up it is just fiery substance. No actual lights that I could tell and no other material that I could tell. It has no sound.I go to get my camera and as soon as I snap the photo it's gone past my house. I run inside to tell my husband who is asleep and at that point I'm shaky and almost in tears. I calm down for a couple seconds decide to go look out my back window which is facing East and there it is. And coming towards it is an actual airplane. So I run and get my husband and tell him to come see within the 30 to 45 seconds it took us to get there it was gone. And the plane was gone. My eyes after seeing this thing hurt for the rest of the evening into the next night. I'm still trying to understand the materials of it's being and why slow down above my house until I try to get a picture.