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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.
11,675 entries
October 24, 2023 · 2:36 AM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalChristiansburg, VA
We watched an object above our house pulsate different colors and also seemed to be moving in a bunch of directions. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
October 23, 2023 · 8:32 PM · SPHERE
Doyline, LA
While in a vehicle traveling west to east, an object seemingly nonterrestrial was seen flashing into, and out of, sight. It was an orb, but seemed more asymmetrical or amorphous. Being so distant, the best that can be described as an orb of light. It was bluish-white in color, and became very bright at some points, and completely invisible at others.
October 23, 2023 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Mountainair, NM
I was traveling south on NM 542 just north of Mountainair, NM around 7pm MST. As I was driving I noticed a bright light that seemed to pulse red and white. I thought it may be a star at first and then maybe a cell tower on a mesa south of town but I could see sky below the light. It was too big and bright to be either. As I watched it, the light divided into 2 lights. The 2nd light was just to the left of the 1st at the same elevation and very near. The 2nd light then moved slowly back into the 1st and then back to the left. Then a 3rd light appeared just to the right of the 1st. The 2nd light moved back into the 1st and then they all blinked out. The second sighting was about 8 miles SW of Mountainair but it seemed to be in the same general area as the 1st sighting. It was just one light and it lasted for a few seconds. I have video of the 2nd sighting.
October 23, 2023 · 6:29 PM · SPHERE
Cottonwood, AZ
Solid white glowing orb, silent, left no trails or anything. Traveled East to North, no blinking lights. Sky was absolutely clear, no clouds at all (I have screenshots from Weather app). Wind 5 ssw with gusts up to 15mph; Visibility 25 mi. No transponding aircraft over that area (see Flightradar24 video attached). Started roughly in Pisces, above Jupiter, and ended video in or just above Perseus (checked SkyView app). The distance of the orb would have been far out of our city and beyond the next town easily. The only aircraft transponding was directly above my head (which I heard while taking the video, and saw above me). I recorded the video with my iPhone 14 Pro Max, from my front yard. Solid objects in video include house, tree, and stars. No SpaceX launch tonight (Oct. 21st was most recent launch). Also checked FindStarlink map, and heavens-above to see Starlink video launch map, nothing in this area of the planet. FindStarlink using my coordinates shows nothing visible tonight (see screenshot). Live Space Station (ISS) Tracking Map shows ISS was nowhere near the U.S. (see screenshot)
October 22, 2023 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Middletown, OH
Approx 11PM EST I witnessed a circular grouping of high altitude white orbs at a speed I have never seen I have experienced many Meteor showers and meteors breaking up and leaving trails and hearing sonic booms. I have never seen such an organized grouping traveling this fast and staying in formation.
October 22, 2023 · 3:50 PM · SPHERE
Bellbrook, OH
We were watching some vultures circling about when we noticed 3 white or perhaps silver orbs in the distance. These orbs were traveling southeast at a speed that seemed normal for a small jet at a similar altitude. We observed the objects flying separately in a diagonal line for about 30 seconds. Then the objects quickly came together and flew as what appeared to be one triangular object. The object(s) remained visible for another 15 seconds and dissipated from view. No sounds were heard.
October 21, 2023 · 10:44 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedHopewell Township, NJ
the orbs initially were going in and out of the clouds in no pattern. Then they became 4 distinct orbs going out in different directions and varying distances then coming together in the center. It was over an area where there is only residential homes. It was filmed from my 2nd story home window. which is on a high elevation. The sky was clear and a few striated clouds. I could not see any source or beams of light [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
October 21, 2023 · 10:25 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedBromley, LONDON B · United Kingdom
Multiple orbs of light were moving horizontally backwards and forwards across a contained area in the sky. I witnessed this for at least 25 mins. When I first saw it I could only see 3 orbs of light and they then multiplied. They were passing each other then going backwards and forwards. I cannot find a rational explanation for this. Stadium light / laser show in Westham, London — Westham Stadium, specifically. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
October 21, 2023 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Dumfries and Galloway · United Kingdom
Initially one craft was observed, the singular craft glided from one point to another whilst being observed. No noise, no trails, just a bright light slightly dimmer than the stars, it was joined by another after moving a fair distance, same type of glow, size, speed. They performed an X in the air, circling each other and doing an X again. They vanished after 10 minutes of observation. The third craft was lone and appeared after a few minutes had passed since its companions had gone. This craft was the exact same but performed high speed maneuvers. Stopping dead in the sky and changing direction before firing off into the North West. Crafts were smooth, Dark metal grey only visible whilst moving and their lights shimmered slightly. Seemed to react to reactions of observers.
October 20, 2023 · 9:34 PM · SPHERE
Leeseville, SC
My husband was outside .he came in and said come here quick. It was like balls moving staggering quickly then disappearing.. it was at least 15-20 . What in the world are these.
October 20, 2023 · 7:52 PM · SPHERE
Northglenn, CO
The two orbs were seen to the north. Two people saw this, one went to pull out a phone to use a planet finding app. By the time the app was ready the orbs were gone. All five people are looking to the sky now and one says “are those birds”? We all looked to the west and could see a chevron shaped objet with 3-4 lights on each side traveling southbound. It was a few thousand feet away; I have seen planes fly as close as this was and their was no sounds and it had a consistent speed that was slower than propeller aircraft and faster than geese. We all watched it go out of sight behind the trees.
October 17, 2023 · 9:40 PM · SPHERE
Big Bend, TX
Many other people in the campground witnessed it as we could hear people hollering from all around. The sighting seemed more like a light and less like a craft.
October 17, 2023 · 7:15 PM · SPHERE
Tempe, AZ
I was looking up at the sky and I saw what May have been a slowly moving plane but as I looked harder it was a bright dot with an aura around it that was moving slowly, then all of a sudden within seconds it moved really fast and disappeared completely. Never saw it again
October 17, 2023 · 7:05 PM · SPHERE
Valley center, CA
The sphere was surrounded by light, like headlights in fog. But the sky was clear and cloudless. It traveled east at a high rate of speed and was silent. It went from west of me to about 2-3 miles East while turning out the exterior light and only the sphere was lit up. It sat in the sky for a second and then went dark. It was extremely bright and fast. I live in the country with very little light pollution and it is quiet outside.
October 17, 2023 · 6:30 PM · SPHERE
Phoenix, AZ
Was in back yard letting my dog use restroom!!! Out of the corner of my eye I saw a bright white sphere light heading west to east!!! By the time it got over me causing my head to turn directly upwards w/ my neck bent all the way back!!! I saw a slight translucent soft glow of a blue light surrounding the entire extremely bright white spherical orb!!! The white light sphere was incased w/in that soft blue glow while it passed directly over me @ a high rate of speed towards the east & then all of a sudden it started to fade away, until completely gone & disappeared all together!!! Which was hella strange!!! It didn't fly off where I couldn't see it anymore!!! It literally slowly disappeared just after passing over my head!!! It was to close to me for me NOT to still see it!!! Y'know!!! Keep in mind there was absolutely no noise, no additional blinking of lights of anykind whatsoever!!! There were other planes & helicopters flying around but they were to far from me to hear anything!!! Those other aircrafts were further away & I still could see their blinking lights like all aircrafts do!!! This particular light again didn't blink whatsoever & again was completely silent!!! The speed as to which is was going was a lot faster than any of the other aircrafts in the air!!! I looked up the International Space Station & it flew by over my area early this morning!!! So, I am absolutely complex as to what it was??? As it was between 6:00pm & 7:00pm!!! Very strange indeed it was!!!
October 17, 2023 · 4:08 PM · SPHERE
FL · Israel
video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHecRA0C-ZM&ab_channel=CBSEveningNews This is third report noticing this video. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
October 16, 2023 · 8:26 PM · SPHERE
Round Rock/Cedar Park, TX
I left my house and noticed two bright orbs. I was able to get parallel on parmer/1431 and got pictures. Once I arrived at 1320 Arrow Point in Cedar Park, I saw two orbs to the east, but then one seemed to have dissipated leaving one. I pulled up to the top of the parking lot and noticed two additional orbs to the west. I was able to get footage and realized an additional smaller orb left an orb making it three to me west. I would say it lasted closer to 30 minutes. Once I left, the area everything was gone.
October 16, 2023 · 8:10 PM · SPHERE
Loveland, CO
During a night time training for airport employees, someone pointed out a large, orange orb maneuvering about 10 degrees above the horizon. It appeared like an aircraft landing light flying through a cloud, or like a street light in fog. Stars could be seen clearly behind the orb, confirming that there were no clouds in the area. Additionally, to the south of the orb, there were aircraft flying. These aircraft looked completely different. It was noted that there were no red or green lights associated with the orb, as would be expected from an aircraft. As someone that has worked in aviation for many years, it was very clearly not an aircraft light. The orb seemed to be radiating energy, as opposed to just being a light. The orb was maneuvering in a manner that seemed very controlled (slowly changed course). After about 30 seconds, it appeared to slowly dim until it was gone. According to ADSB data found on FlightRadar24, there were no aircraft in the vicinity of where the orb was spotted. In terms of size, it appeared very large, although we could not see any kind of craft at all - just the haze around it. The associated video was taken near when the orb dimmed out. It had already started dimming, and appeared much brighter than it did by the time the video was recorded.
October 15, 2023 · 9:28 PM · SPHERE
St clairsville, OH
I just got done taking my sister home, my mom and I were headed home I’m driving and all the sudden in the dark sky I clearly see fast moving green objects. I right away got my moms attention to the sky and we were amazed. Seen nothing like that ever before, they were going faster than anything I’ve ever seen in the sky. They were green balls of light zooming across the sky. I was able to get my phone out and start recording unfortunately all I was able to get was a short clip of the green little things because of my windshield being in the way, when I slowed it down I got 2 short imagines of them. Shortly after I saw a beam go across the entire sky. I don’t know where it came from or if it was local police looking in the sky or if it came from these objects.
October 15, 2023 · 7:23 AM · SPHERE
Ione, CA
On 10/15/2023 at approximately 0723 Hours I noticed the light by chance as I merged from buena vista road in Ione, Ca onto highway 88 going east towards Jackson, Ca . The sun was bright and there was some condensation trails in the sky . As I admired the sky for a brief moment I noticed a small star like light that was light green or blue, possibly both . I noticed the odd star like object was bouncing and at first I thought it was a drone but realized it was not because the aerodynamics of the object was wrong and the altitude of the object was rather high in the clouds . It bounced and reversed up and down and then left and right he and would come to a sudden stop . The object then shot up into a condensation cloud left by an aircraft in the sky that was already dispersing . I attempted to video the object but only caught slight glimpses of it that are hard to differentiate on film . The object seemed to be flying/hovering over Jackson,ca or it could have been further east in the foothills as it was hard to judge distance . The sighting only lasted a few moments and then it was gone . I saw no trace of the object the rest of my ride home . For being very bright already outside I ruled out stars and the movement of the object and altitude rules out drones.
October 14, 2023 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalOswego, IL
At first I thought the object was some spotlights from either the high school stadium or a Halloween decoration, but as I drove home I never seemed to get closer or further from the object. It seemed to follow me until I entered my subdivision and then it just vanished. The lights seemed to move in an elliptical path that was at least a mile long and all converged in a center. It was mostly obscured by clouds so I couldn’t get many details [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Probable]
October 14, 2023 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Indianapolis, IN
The black orbs would space out and then come back together. While flying through the sky. I have never seen anything like this in my life!
October 14, 2023 · 6:05 AM · SPHERE
Saint Cloud, MN
I could see this object clearly in the sunrise- it seemed extremely close with an orb possibly around the light that seems to be circular in shape but not fixed. As I watched it in the sky- clouds would pass by and the object would almost disappear into a poof of smoke as it passed the cloud. Once the cloud would pass- it would go back to being the bright object in the sky! You could still see the floating mass when it seemed to camouflage itself as a cloud. Finally- right before the sun was going to come up- I went outside to see if the objects were still there. They seems to be even brighter! I began to film the brightest of the 3. As I was filming- the object got extremely large - probably 5 times the size with more detail on how the Object looked. A second later- the object went back to its original size. The shape shifting of the object took 2 seconds total to do this! I have been filming this object consistently for a month or so and it stays visible like an orb floating in the sky. It starts to rise at this point and fades out into the distance as it gets further away. I have lived in Saint Cloud all my life and recently started to see objects moving in the sky that didn’t seem like planes or any of our technology. I am usually pretty skeptical of “ufos or aliens” and I tend to go with the simplest most logical explanation. I’ve never reported alien sighting and I never really believed in aliens until these objects started appearing in the sky. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedEureka Springs, AR
Walking to the car, my mother and I both noticed a very bright light flying from west to east to the south of us. It was low in the sky and seemed maybe only a mile or two away. At first we thought it might be a helicopter, but we realized quickly it was a solid light with no blinking signal lights and no apparent shape other than the orb of light. As it flew, it emitted what looked like a plume of light/fog/smoke into the direction it flew, and then the single light seemed to break into two. For a minute or so our view of it was partially obscured by a large tree (unfortunately this is where I stopped filming). We watched it emerge from the other side of the tree, then it suddenly disappeared. A murky cloud seemed to be left in its place, which continued moving at the same pace and trajectory, but shortly thereafter the cloud disappeared too. It was a perfectly clear night, we saw plenty of stars and not a single cloud in the sky. We heard no sound from the orb. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]