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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.
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October 12, 2019 · 6:34 PM · UNKNOWN
Malakoff, TX
Western sky travelling North to South. Long line of individual lights traveling single file at a high rate of speed. No blinking. Solid white lights. Very high.
October 12, 2019 · 2:59 AM · UNKNOWN
North utica, NY
3rd night in a row two craft or whatever they are good distance apart sitting hovering changing colors in like.... cooperation with each other or idk like at the same time hovering over north Utica and Schuyler
October 11, 2019 · 7:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Ponce de Leon, FL
I was looking out my back door window at the stars about 7:30 tonight. The sky was clear and moonless. I noticed a bright white light in the sky moving toward me from the south (from the direction of Eglin AFB). At first, I thought it might be a satellite, then I decided it was more likely an aircraft landing light and walked outside to get a better look. There are no airports close enough to my location that at pilot would find it necessary to turn on a landing light, so I’m thinking that maybe the pilot forgot to turn it off after takeoff. As is typical when seeing an aircraft approaching with the landing light on, the brightness of the white light overpowers the marker lights, with the exception of the strobes, but I didn't see any strobes or beacons, just the brilliant white light. I estimated the altitude to be between 5 & 10 thousand feet, traveling 200 knots or less as it passed by a couple of miles or less west of my observation point. My property is surrounded by trees 50 feet or higher, so, from my vantage point, my viewing angle of the craft was about 45 degrees, well above the tree tops. Unfortunately, my place is too close to I-10 and it was abnormally noisy tonight, so I was unable to hear the aircraft. But judging from the ambient noise level, I'd guess it wasn't prop driven. I could have heard a helicopter, and I think I could have heard props as well, but those new jet turbofan engines are really quiet, especially at the slower speed the aircraft was traveling. The first thing that struck me as odd as it grew closer and was positioned adjacent to me - the intensity of the bright white light remained the same, and did so until it went out of my sight continuing on its flight path northward. Obviously not a landing light. At least, I've never seen an omnidirectional, steady-burning bright white light on an aircraft. But it was close enough as it flew past that I could see four red lights well forward of the bright white light. Assuming an FAA standard aircraft navigation and anticollision light configuration, I should have been able to see a green marker light on the starboard (right) side of the aircraft, and either a white wingtip strobe, or a red or white strobe or flashing beacon on the lower fuselage, and a red or white strobe or flashing beacon on the upper fuselage or on the tip of the vertical stabilizer. There also should have been a smaller, white tail light as well. I should not have been able to see the solid red light, which is supposed to be displayed on the port (left) side of the aircraft. I didn’t see any beacons or strobes, red or white. However, I saw a steady-burning red light out in front (what I assumed was the tip of the nose of the aircraft), and three steady-burning red lights behind the forward red light. In the 60+ years that I have been aware of, and fascinated by, aircraft, I've never encountered a light configuration like this on an aircraft. And considering the non-standard light configuration, I was unable to determine the shape of the aircraft. I’ve been a private pilot since 1982, I was an avionics tech in the USAF for six years, a field engineer with a defense contractor on the USAF/Navy air combat training (ACMI/TACTS) ranges for nine years, and a Nav/Com/Weather technician for the FAA for 25 years. I retired from the FAA in 2014 and am currently working as a resident engineer for an FAA contractor.
October 11, 2019 · 2:50 AM · UNKNOWN
Camden, NY
South East direction in sky blue, red, white flashing lights but in a stationary position. I have seen this numerous times and it does change its position. Has anyone else seen this. Some nights its closer then others.
October 10, 2019 · 9:07 PM · UNKNOWN
stansbury area, UT
three lights in the sky moving in tandem, but changing direction and order, making shapes but never going in a singular constant direction. Husband has video, we watched until they faded over the horizon of the great salt lake.
October 10, 2019 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Waltham, MA
At 20:30 we (me and my wife) went for the "smoke break" (we're not smoking in house 'cause of kids). Right after lighting up my cigarette, I found a light in the night sky, over Prospect Hill, and not very high. Light was strange 'cause it doesn't looks like plane or helicopter. I called out my wife, and we started watching that light. After few minutes, I grabbed binocular (x30) and tried to watch object via optics, but it wasn't helpful, object still looks like a bright light. After few minutes we noticed a second light, and little bit later the third. These lights are slowly floated/moved in the sky. Fortunately, I do have a telescope, cheap one (truly :), this model https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32968885736.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.f2f34c4dRnKHpZ However this telescope has good aperture (76 mm). After few tries I captured one of slowly moving objects by eyepiece (it wasn't easy 'cause of cheap telescope design, and because objects was relatively low). But it's really hard or even impossible to estimate a real distance to objects, and real altitude. By the way, in the telescope I was able to see object a little bit close. It looks like it has bright white-yellow light in front (like a lamp or cockpit window or I don't know...), and two small flashing lights on the sides. These lights was mounted on airship-like dark body (but I'm unsure about shape and size). I thought it's some kind of drone or quadcopter, but more it looks like mini-airship with mounted lights. All of these objects drifted slowly (but very slowly) or hung in the night sky; after 10 or 15 minutes one object started moving little bit faster and disappeared from sight soon (unfortunately, trees on our backyard are blocking view). Another object appeared after 2 or 3 minutes, and it came not from the ground (like a quadcopter, for example) but afar from the south. Finally, all these objects were darkened and disappeared at about 21:00-21:10. But another similar object was appeared just before I called you, at 21:50 (I went smoke, saw the object - but it was dimmer than before, and decided to call). Periodically I checked sky in that direction but haven't seen anything else. I do not know what it was: military or private company night tests of drones/airships (flashing lights on the side looks like human made - spaceships/probes don't need small flashing lights at all), but something wasn't right. Who will allow that kind of tests in the highly populated area? Kids are playing or flash-mobbing? According to flight time and luminous intensity, it's not a regular retail quadcopters with LED flashlight attached. I don't know.
October 9, 2019 · 10:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Kennesaw, GA
All surrounding neighborhoods (based on "chatting" input online while it was happening) heard this monotonous sound that encompassed the sky from no certain direction. The pitch remained the same, and volume fluctuated very little (loud). middle tone for the entire time. After approx. 15 min, it stopped. It was dark outside with just a few stars. Looking up, I couldn't see anything, but my full view was blocked by trees and I was uneasy, so I went back inside.
October 9, 2019 · 10:43 AM · UNKNOWN
Greenville, SC
Saw a "star" that looked odd, then a few seconds later another star came in from the right at a high rate of speed then slowed as it approached the first one. Moments later another one came in the the left in the same manner. They appeared to spin around each other then just faded away. Too far away it seems to make out anything more. They looked like the ISS does when it's over head. From my place they were west of Greenville.
October 9, 2019 · 7:15 AM · UNKNOWN
South Bend, IN
I'm not sure it was anything special but it's the most unexplainable thing I've seen. I was standing outside sipping coffee with some co workers and it's a little dark out, before the sun came up. Suddenly there was this really bright flash streak in a woosh shape. Like it came close but sling shot itself the other way. And the only thing left in the sky were the lights of an airplane flying in the distance. We are relatively close to an airport at my work so we see airplane lights all the time, but this was just ridiculous.
October 9, 2019 · 2:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Odessa (Canada), ON · Canada
Anyway that's all, I just feel I had to tell someone professional, I told a few people but they just looked at me funny. This is no joke, I also saw a plane fly but and in comparison the bright light I saw flying around was way more fast, could stop on a dime and go the opposite direction. And it was clear as day how bright and flickering it was. Id love to know if anyone else seen this as well. Thanks for reading!
October 8, 2019 · 8:42 PM · UNKNOWN
Bedford, TX
At approximately 20:42 on a clear night (10/08/2019), a bright white light was seen by 2 individuals in Bedford, Texas. It was obvious this light was not coming from an airplane, as it was constant (not flashing) and white. Airplanes were seen in the vicinity, but were at a much lower altitude than the white light. The white light seemed to be moving slowly across the sky, but appeared to be getting progressively smaller as if the light was increasing altitude. The light then stops moving across the sky and changes from white to red before fading out completely. We have never seen anything like this before and I felt compelled to report it.
October 8, 2019 · 8:05 PM · UNKNOWN
Jenkintown, PA
I was walking on the sidewalk, and when I looked to look at the Moon, I noticed a bright flash of light falling from the sky, and then it disappeared.
October 8, 2019 · 10:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Alta Loma, CA
I witnessed 11 UFO’s flying in formation. There were 6 flying tight in a triangle configuration I.e 3-2-1, and five flying in a broken formation resembling a triangle shape. They were on a heading of 010 flying approximately 1200mph at an altitude of approximately 100FL. This I calculated from a commercial jet that shortly thereafter intersected their flight path. Thier flight heading and flight speed remained constant throughout my viewing. I watch them for approximately 20 seconds. They grew faint until they were no longer visable. There were no contrails like the nearby jet and there were no associated sound
October 8, 2019 · 4:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Milford, CT
Around 4 am I looked out my second floor window and saw a bright light shining through the tops of the trees. The light was very white and bright and seemed to slowly move across the woods. There was no sound and the light seemed to come from above.
October 8, 2019 · 3:35 AM · UNKNOWN
Rocky Mount, NC
Was sitting in the living room when we heard what we though as first as a airplane, then we realized the sound wasn’t moving but getting closer and heavier. It sounded like a very heavy metal object, we stepped outside for a look but we couldn’t see anything. It lasted for about 2 1/2 minutes. You could see heavy vibration waves in the air. Then it took off but you still couldn’t see a object but you could hear it in the distance as it left.
October 6, 2019 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Wichita, KS
Appeared to be a plane heading north with white and red marker lights. All the sudden it started moving erratically. It made sudden moves left, right, weird circles then dropped out of site. It then reappeared approaching MAFB from the north and made a sudden turn to the left and disappeared. In all the years of telescope observing, I never saw anything like this.
October 5, 2019 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Hillsborough, NC
We seen them 3 different times. They appeared of of nowhere. I got a minute video of them in flight. You can hear screaming when they flew over.
October 5, 2019 · 2:50 AM · UNKNOWN
Belmont, NY
RECEIVED 911 CALL FROM SUBJECT REPORTING UNKNOWN OBJECT IN THE SKY NORTH OF THE BELMONT AREA, BEING SEEN FROM THE CALLER'S ADDRESS AT XXXX IRISH SETTLEMENT RD IN THE TOWN OF WARD. AFTER RECEIVING SAID CALL, I WENT OUTSIDE TO VERIFY IF THE OBJECT COULD BE SEEN FROM MY LOCATION. DUE NORTH OF MY LOCATION THERE IS AN OBJECT IN THE SKY THAT WAS APPEARING TO FLASH CLEAR, GREEN AND RED LIGHTS. I THEN TURN AND LOOKED SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF MY LOCATION AN OBSERVED SIMILAR LOOKING OBJECT IN THE SKY FLASHING THE SAME COLORS. ORIGINAL CALLER CALLED BACK NUMERIOUS TIME AND REPORTED THAT THE OBJECT WAS NOT MOVING AND HE WAS LOOKING AT IT THRU A TELESCOPE AND THE OBJECT APPEARED TO BE LARGER THAT A PLANE. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH BUFFALO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO VERIFY IF THERE WAS ANY AIR TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO AIR TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND DIRECTED US TO CONTACT THE NATIONAL UFO CENTER. AFTER SPEAKING THE NATIONAL UFO CENTER THEY REQUESTED THAT WE SUBMI! TT A REPORT AND WE ALSO MADE CONTACT WITH ORIGINAL CALLER AND HE WAS GOING TO CONTACT THE NATIONAL UFO CENTER DIRECTLY.
October 4, 2019 · 8:35 PM · UNKNOWN
Lynnwood, WA
As we were driving down the I-5 South from lynnwood, what appeared to be 4 bluish-white lights that were simultaneously going in a circle but meeting into the middle (diagonally). While it seemed to move slowly down south.
October 4, 2019 · 8:35 PM · UNKNOWN
Marion, MA
Driving down 195 west saw a bright light appear miles off in the distance and plummet quickly into treeline...either shooting star or I DO 100% too fast for a plane.
October 4, 2019 · 3:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Danville (Canada), QC · Canada
The adventure started when I quitted Victoriaville to drive my car I loved to drive. Minutes after quitting the city I saw a big light coming from the sky from far away like a city would do. I was curious what was that light as there was no other big city around. So I drive towards the light without GPS only following the Light. I drove for about 45 minutes. It turns out that the light was strawberry greenhouses. It was 3 AM I just arrived to this destination 302 Rue Water, Danville, QC J0A 1A0 only to take a brake. 1 minute before I arrived & stopped the car, I saw from my left side something bright appear in the sky making zigzag movements, so I started filming. As soon as I started filming, the UFO quickly went out of my field of view behind an electric pole. I started the car to try looking from another angle, and it was gone, or at least not bright anymore. I slowly went back home after this experience, it was my first encounter but surely not my first ! unexplained phenomena that happened to me. I have a witness for my other strange thing that happened to me back in 2013-2014 before my father died. To make it simple, 2 perfect apples cleaner than any apples we can find and tastier appeared from I don't know where. There were to attach to the branches or a simple bush we had in our driveway. Every day, we pass by, and from one the to the other, 2 perfect red apples are there. When we showed to the parents they didn't believe, of course. If you, reading this can help me in any way I'm still looking for the reason and the meaning behind this. And we ate both apples as you can guess. This is even more out of context, but I had very special dreams and experiences through my life. I will stop there, this is to report UFO'S, sorry if my English is not on point, I'm French. The phone I used from Apple in the period of time of the event is no longer in my possession, and I tried to connect myself to iCloud, but I can't. Which mean I no longer have the video, but anyway I was not even able to play the video! It was the only video on my cell phone that wouldn't read. All I had was a miniature of the video. If getting hands on that video is really important, I call Apple. Please note that I can only make and receive call within Quebec province. You can E-mail-me or text me or call me if you're close enough!
October 3, 2019 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Sumpter, SC
Observed what we thought was a star. But this star made back and forth movements as well as circular. Moves like you would expect a drone to move but the altitude seemed to be about 10 to 20 miles high. Sky was perfectly clear with a few planes passing between us and the moving light. Watched for about 10 to 15 minutes then saw a red glow shoot straight down from the bottom of the moving light. Again from our perspective this dull maroon light appeared to glow dimly. This occurred at about 9:25. This moving, jiggling light was in the direction of the Altair star and Tarazete was back behind and below the light from our viewing perspective. Most notable to us was the erratic movements of the light. Sometimes going in circles, sometimes stationary and sometimes shooting straight out right, left or back. For several minutes the object appeared to be dropping straight down before stopping dead in its tracks. We can still observe the object, but it has! n’t moved in 10 minutes.
October 2, 2019 · 1:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Hayfork, CA
A craft came over us then it started raining lights um we got scared and ran to the car and sped away
October 1, 2019 · 1:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Great Falls, MT
Goose Bumps - My dogs got me up to let them out about 12:50 am on 10/1/2019. I remember it vividly because the temp was about 20°F when I went outside in my gym shorts and t-shirt and instantly felt the cold on my bare feet. One dog started barking at something, so that is why I went outside was to get her to quit barking and not wake the neighbors. I’m waiting there for her at the edge of the deck (freezing my rear-end off) and I start viewing the sky to the west when all of the sudden I see a shooting star moving from north to south. Way cool…but then all of the sudden, it slows down then it darts off to the southwest and then again to the southeast and then again to the south in a zig-zag motion taking up about 2/3rds of the sky (estimated 1,000 miles in 15 seconds or less, that’s ~240,000 mph). At that time, I’m not sure if the goose bumps on my arms and legs were being caused by whatever I just saw or the cold. This was no droid or anything I’d e! ver seen in my life prior. Like I said, it initially had the effect and brightness of a shooting star but was able to slow down then speed up and slow down as it zigged and zagged across the night sky.