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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.
3,437 entries
September 28, 2015 · 6:00 PM · CIGAR
New York City (Manhattan), NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We suspect a so-called "twinkling" star. Possibly advertising lights. PD
September 27, 2015 · 10:00 PM · CIGAR
Nashua, NH
September 27, 2015 approx. 8pm. We were watching the eclipse, when a bright red oblong shape flew heading from south to north. It was just above the tree tops as our eyes were facing east towards the moon. This is typical flight path for aircraft in and out of Nashua airport. We didn’t think anything of it until we noticed it was all red. There was no marker or landing lights. As it flew by, we were trying to identify it and we were waiting for sound to see if it was a jet or a prop. There was no sound at all. Normally we hear everything. Not only are we on the flight path to Nashua Airport, but, commercial flights going into Manchester will go over my house also. I normally do not write in, but, I read there was a sighting in Lowell, MA, and a sighting in Bedford, NH. Nashua is in-between Lowell and Bedford. I spent 10 years in the military, 4 active duty Air Force at a base with U2’s and SR71’s. Never saw anything like this. The event time from beginning to end was 1-2 minutes
September 26, 2015 · 10:00 PM · CIGAR
Overland Park, KS
Sighting began with one set of red, white and greenlights blinking in a cigar shape. A second smaller set joined it shortly after initial sighting, on the left. After several minutes a third group of lights appeared on its right. The main unit appeared to get larger over time as if moving towards us in a staight line. We initially thought they were airplanes until an actual airplane passed through the area. They appeared to stay still, never moving, just hovering in the distance. The side units eventually began to get smaller as if moving backwards in a straight line. The center unit also began to recede.
September 26, 2015 · 7:36 PM · CIGAR
Wilkes Barre, PA
Cigar shaped steady bright green light. Moved slowly up, down, right & left of short distances. On one movement circular dim purple light appeared on bottom center of green light. Light moved slowly east. By the time I turned my car around, it was gone.
September 24, 2015 · 12:00 AM · CIGAR
Novato, CA
My seven friends and I were camping and in our sleeping bags preparing to sleep. We heard a low rumbling that sounded like a truck in the sky. It also sounded like a helicopter flying very low but was deeper and slower. We then saw a cigar shaped UFO moving over our campsite. It had flashing blue, green and red lights in the middle around it. It continued to move past us slowly and then out of site into the distance.
September 23, 2015 · 6:55 PM · CIGAR
Lowell, MA
At first we thought it was a shooting star, till we got a better look. Bright neon pink, though the color may have been reflected from the sunsets background...no fuel trail. Nothing else in the sky. Was moving pretty good. Finally lost sight of it. Have four photos.
September 17, 2015 · 9:40 AM · CIGAR
Cumming, GA
Slow moving, about 1 mile apart following the same path. Could not identify wings but was definitely a silver color.
September 14, 2015 · 9:00 PM · CIGAR
El Soreno, CA
What appeared to be a large sized drone (not large enough to encapsulate humans) was seen flying around in loops over the Lincoln Heights/El Soreno area. It sounded electric, as it just wasn't loud enough to be a normal helicopter or something else. I believe their were actually two propellers, one on each end of the cigar shaped object. It had two white lights (also on the ends) and one flashing red light. I wasn't aware of LAPD or local law enforcement using these drones but it was large enough that it had to have been some sort of surveillance drone. It was almost definitely not a civilian drone for size reasons alone. It was kinda weird, couldn't find anything else about these in the area by Google search and I found this so thought I'd submit a report. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 11, 2015 · 2:00 PM · CIGAR
Scranton, PA
At about 2 PM Eastern Standard ((sic. Daylight)) Time today, I was going out of my house to retrieve my mail, and I noticed an object in the sky that looked very similar to a dirigible, or so called cigar-shaped UFO. The front of my house overlooks a panoramic view of eastern Scranton, Pennsylvania. I estimate the object I saw was as big as a jetliner and it was dark silver in color moving very slowly from north to east about 20 miles per hour, then turned and headed west and out of sight from my position. I would say I saw the object for about 2 to 3 minutes and it really startled me so I quickly came back in my house and grabbed my I phone 5 to take a photo. I would say the object probably flew near the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre airport and was in front of Montage Mountain. I notified security at the airport of the sighting at about 2:20 PM and I am awaiting someone to at least call me back, and so far no one has done so. The elevation of the object from my location was about 15 degrees, the height of the object from the ground I estimate to be about 3,000 feet up. The distance from my location to the object I saw may have been 5 to 8 miles away. In respect to the size of the sun, I would say this object could have been about 80 feet long or more and about 20 feet high. The object made no sound. I will attempt to draw the object that I saw with this report and try to send it separately in an email.
September 8, 2015 · 6:30 PM · CIGAR
Westerville, OH
In an effort to consolidate the information into convenient delivery, I will use this single report to relate several sightings I have recently witnessed, between the dates of August 31st, 2015 to September 16th, 2015. I have decided to share these experiences given (a) the extraordinary nature of the various sightings; (b) my fear of forgetting details, with no written record; and (c) the non-response from MUFON of Ohio in taking down these details, following an e-mail submitted weeks ago.. I will present these sightings in bullet fashion, with emphasis on brevity and unique, distinguishing details. August 31st, , @ 21:15: I stepped outside to our covered back patio, and “heard” a thought that said: Go to the yard and look up at the sky. With no hesitation, I acted on this thought and with clear view of the sky, I looked up and proceeded to witness something remarkable. One star, in stasis with other stars, went from a notably idle state to, suddenly, scanning across the sky, east to west. It proceeded to slow down, and then took a 90-degree turn to the right, heading north. As it went north, its body’s light exponentially increased in velocity, until it appeared approximately 10x brighter than its initial glow. Then, it disappeared. Sighting duration: 10-12 seconds. ((Note: I remember seeing two other interesting things that same night, but given the nature of, and my focus on, subsequent sightings, I cannot recall their defining characteristics.) September 1st, 2015, @ approx. 21:00: From same location, I (and a few family members) observed a glowing orb of light, low in the western sky, which interchanged between colors of orange, red, yellow, and white. Lights pulsed. The object barely moved, but did venture downward re: our line of sight. Sighting duration: 15 minutes. September 3rd, 2015, @ 21:30 – 23:30: Given the nature of recent sightings, I developed new interest to taking a look at the night sky. On this night, I saw three quick flashes of light –imagine lights flashing once from three points of a triangle–around Sirius. On this same evening, I saw something fly much lower, and it pulsed multiple (15+) lights at once, with lights varying in color with each pulse. Colors were of warmer nature. Sighting duration(s): 3 Flashes: 2 seconds; “Pulsing” craft: 1 minute. Please note: Over the course of these evenings, I do indeed see multiple planes, helicopters, and accumulatively, about 10 shooting stars. September 8th, 2015 @ 18:30: As sun set in the West, I watched as a plane descended, heading east from west, and I took it upon myself to observe its lighting patterns, in an effort to further inform myself on possible plane ID factors for nighttime observations. It was low in altitude, and its descent east was done to prepare for a loop-around to land at the airport, south of my location. As I watched the plane go to the east of me, I saw – quite clearly, unambiguously, and with complete surprise – a white “cigar” craft, “hovering” at about the same altitude as the plane. It had no wings, no windows, and it resembled a white stick, traveling from north to south at leisurely speed. *I could see both the plane and the cigar in the same “frame” of sight.* It went behind some trees, and I did not think to keep track of it, as I was in a state of surprise and amazement. Sighting duration: 15 seconds. Note: While the video is not the best, the cigar I witnessed looked and moved exactly like the one featured in this video I found after a search online, about one week after the sighting. In my viewing, it was closer to me than it was in this seemingly-sound videoed sighting. Link: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1eb_1434824886 September 8th, 2015 @ 22:00: I observed a “star” – similar to my first sighting – scan across the sky, going from north to south, to the east of me. It traveled quickly, but not at any immense rapidity, and I managed to make a call to have another person come outside and see it. Just as they stepped out, I lost sight of the “star” behind a backyard tree, and could not locate it when I rushed to other side. After this person returned inside, an identical light quickly crossed from south to north, in the western sky, before disappearing. Sighting(s) duration: 1st star: 40 seconds; 2nd star: 10 seconds. September 16th @ 22:00 - September 17th, 2015 @ 6:00: With another witness, we watched as three lights slowly rose (two to the north of us, and one to the east). The eastern light pulsed with very strong flashes of color, and at one point, a “bloated-seeming” airliner passed underneath it at what appeared to be very close proximity. Of the two northern lights, one seemed rather stationary, while the other moved closer to it, but farther in the northern direction (as in compass, not upward height) than when we first saw it. Later this evening, or rather in the morning, at approx. 5:00, I saw two lights (larger than the “stars” but not by much) which appeared to travel north to south, east of me, and then “phase” out, in a way I can only describe as if they moved beyond an invisibility cloak – in other words: when their body passed respective fixed points, they disappeared, but not all at once, and quite unlike the shooting stars I had also seen that night (which would streak very quickly, and disappear quickly). Sighting(s) duration: approx. 7 seconds, and 3 seconds. Then, at approx. 5:40, a light to the east rose slowly (but quickly compared to the rest of the sky’s scan). I have heard mention of Venus appearing very brightly this past month, and with respect to this single sighting, I do make room that I may have been looking at Venus. However, a few things to point out: (a) This light was easily the brightest light I have ever seen in the sky, excluding the sun during the day; brighter than the moon. (b) There was no definite shape to the light; its glow was a very bright, very concentrated golden light, and it hurt to look at it (similar to the sun). (c) My cell phone can barely record the moon when it is full, and it cannot catch the stars at night, nor any of my other night sightings, but it was able to register this object, with ONE major exception: the light, as I saw it, was an amorphous sunshine-like light; my phone’s camera’s capture has it as a rounded orb, which flashes every single imaginable color. *I am very curious as to! why this may be, and if this is the case with Venus or other planetary cell phone video captures.* A few other locals whom I have spoken to have made mention of seeing this very bright light once or twice this month. Sighting duration: 30 minutes. A note on the observer: Until August 31st, I *never* claimed to have seen any Unidentified Flying Object. I am in my mid-twenties, and with my field of work and studies, I am prone to engaging my imagination's muscle. However, I would say say that this does not mean I cannot control my imagination's affect, but rather that my awareness of my imagination has given me a good grasp on what I may make up, as an artist, against what I have now seen with my own eyes, for the very first time. I do hope that these are not the last of my sightings. This month's activity and sightings can be summed up, for me, as quite extraordinary, and, already, privately treasured.
September 6, 2015 · 9:00 PM · CIGAR
Gibbon, MN
The shape of it is hard to describe, but it was rounded on the top with pointed ridges on the bottom and points to either side. I would say it was akin to a cookie broken in half. Only after watching for a few moments thinking it was shrinking did we realize it was moving into this cloud. From my position in Gibbon, Minnesota, it appeared to be heading south-east toward the Klossner or southern Lafayette. However, according to the national weather service this cloud was no more than 67 miles from us. This gives me an approximate distance of thirty to forty miles away from us at its closest point to us and was approximately the diameter of a full moon, at my first sighting. As we watched, the object continued toward and into the lightning cloud and faded from veiw. I will forever wonder what my wife and I saw this evening.
September 6, 2015 · 12:00 PM · CIGAR
Alton, NH
My husband and I were driving north on rt 28 above the traffic circle towards Wolfeboro. Up ahead of us, we saw a brite white cigar shaped object moving southeast. There were no markings and we could see no wings or anything that would lead us to believe it was an airplane. It was flying very low, too low and slow it seemed, to be coming from the airport in Gilford. As we got close we lost sight of it. Any other reports or explanation of the sighting would be appreciated
September 3, 2015 · 11:00 AM · CIGAR
Spring, TX
Went out side and saw the clouds were getting dark and changing weirdly then i saw a huge white cigar shape craft wayyyy up in the sky yet it was huge it floated slowly along its path almost turning side ways at points till it went behind clouds... it was silent no wings... soon after its path was traced by 2 military jetts way high up... one gave of trails n the other didn’t
August 26, 2015 · 10:45 PM · CIGAR
Jeffersonville, KY
A friend was driving me home from work from Frenchburg to Camargo on us 460. Coming through Jeffersonville, we noticed a low flying craft, with green and red lights, hovering maybe a few hundred feet above ground. No movement whatsoever, naturally thinking it may have been a helicopter we preceeded on, although neither of us had seen a chopper not flashing, or being still, and there was no noise from it. He proceeded to drop me off, and return the same way. He stopped on the way back to try to catch a picture, but the craft zigzagged somewhat and zoomed away. He said from stopping and looking he figured it to be a few hundred feet long and like a straightline.
August 26, 2015 · 10:00 PM · CIGAR
St. Petersburg Beach, FL
After posting the video to Facebook for my daughter to see, I rewatched it myself. In the first few seconds of the recording, the lightening lit up the sky, and it looked like there was a craft just sitting in the clouds.
August 26, 2015 · 2:00 PM · CIGAR
Orlando, FL
While watching the "Birds of Flight" show at Disney World on August 26, 2015, I noticed a black object hovering in the sky. The object was moving slowly across the sky and did not look or move like anything I had seen in the sky before. It was taller than it was wide and did not display any distinct symbols. After watching it for about 30 seconds to a minute I was unable to indentify what it was but am certain it was not a plane. It appeared to be either below the clouds or at cloud level because at one point a cloud passed behind it. Based on it movement it was maybe moving as fast as a hot air balloon does in the sky. It's speed or direction did not change while I was watching and I lost interest. I did look up a couple times after my initial siting to confirm what I had saw and the object was still there. I did not however see what happened to the object.
August 21, 2015 · 6:45 PM · CIGAR
Southgate, CA
Ufo Anomaly Transforms from Orb to Cigar and back to Orb Continuously, Undeniable Evidence We Caught this Object this weekend on Friday 8/21/2015 at Hollydale Park, Southgate, CA, at 6pm. This is one of the strangest anomolies i Have experienced Yet out of my 3 years of Research https://youtu.be/ebuHlQxyOtg
August 19, 2015 · 8:49 PM · CIGAR
Hartford, CT
Tonight, I saw a bright white circle, so bright, it can blind you going so slow in a soft gliding way for about 2 minutes it came so close to an airplane and than it disappeared. Normally when a plane flies away from you the lights fade away. Not this object it was like a flying glowing mirror and after it encountered the plane it faded away. I went back in and than when I went out 3 minutes later I saw a fighter jet circling the area the aircraft flew by. Not only that I started to see more airplanes in the area the object flew by. I think the government might of been contacted to check this out.
August 18, 2015 · 12:28 AM · CIGAR
Staten Island, NY
Heading South toward Outerbridge Crossing. Looked like flying at much lower altitude than plane-but a bit higher than a helicopter.
August 17, 2015 · 7:04 AM · CIGAR
Probable conventionalMauguio, Languedoc Roussillon · France
Le 17 août 2015 à 7h04 un témoin observe durant une minute un objet très lumineux blanc, ressemblant à un dirigeable qui se déplace à vitesse constante à haute altitude. Il disparait progressivement en direction du Sud. L'observation a duré une minute. Le témoin a filmé le phénomène avec son téléphone portale et reste intrigué. La vidéo (voir la note d’enquête) montre bien un avion de ligne se déplaçant en altitude de croisière, dans une atmosphère stable propice d’une part, à la non formation d’une traînée de condensatn et d’autre part aux effets de la diffusion atmosphérique amenant la disparition apparente (et confusion avec le bleu du ciel environnant) des zones à l’ombre de l’avion ou moins bien éclairées par le soleil que ne l’est la carlingue. Ici les ailes disparaissent et ceci donne cet aspect de « dirigeable ». Il n’a pas été possible (analyse trop tardive) d’accéder aux enregistrements de vols afin de confirmer la présence de l’avion et son identité. En conséquence le GEIPAN classe le cas en B : méprise probable avec un avion. [GEIPAN classification B — Avion de ligne]
August 17, 2015 · 12:00 AM · CIGAR
Liberty, KY
My girlfriend and I were at the park down the st with our 3 children. I Was looking up at the sky at the chem trail left by a plane when I saw What looked like an air plane with no wings. It was moving at a speed faster Than a normal aircraft. I then realized it was not an aircraft but a UFO. I Had never witnessed a UFO before so I went to photograph the craft and when I looked up it was gone. Vanished into thin air. I am convinced that what I Saw was a UFO. Source of report indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD
August 3, 2015 · 10:10 PM · CIGAR
Casper, WY
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July 27, 2015 · 9:30 PM · CIGAR
Durham, NC
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 27, 2015 · 9:12 PM · CIGAR
Monroe, NC
I notice a vertical, cigar-shaped, orange light in the west sky. It sat still and did not move. Then 2 more shot up from what looked like the ground, like a rocket. They moved away from the still object. Then 2 more done the same thing and moved away in the opposite direction. All the while the first object never moved. Then out of nowhere, it just disappeared in a blink of an eye. It was gone. I have never in my life witnessed anything like it. They were not planes or drones and most definitely not fireworks. It kind of startled me and made me a little nervous only because I never seen anything like it.