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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
December 24, 2022 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Chico, CA
I observed two different orange balls at low altitude, below 5000 ft with the naked eye and a pair of binoculars at approximately 10:30 p.m. Pacific time December 24th, 2022 from an apartment in west Chico California. The two orange balls were in an area about 10 to 20 miles east of the city of Chico. I was unable to distinguish if the balls were a fire like substance or a artificial light. Both of the orange balls appeared at different intervals approximately 3 to 4 minutes apart from one another. I immediately checked the flight tracker after witnessing the aerial phenomenon and was able to locate only one flight in the area at the time and observed the airplane with a pair of binoculars north west of where I viewed the two orange ball phenomenons. The two orange balls went dark after a few minutes in the sky randomly. The two orange balls did not appear to be meteors as they were traveling far too slow to be a meteor. The flight data from the flight tracker website showed the airline at approximately 10,000 ft which is consistent with what I personally viewed after viewing the phenomenon. The pilot flying the airline may have witnessed the phenomenon as well. The flight was headed southbound from Seatac airport to the Sacramento airport. I am unsure if the phenomenon was extra terrestrial in nature. This phenomenon was something that I have never witnessed before in my life and I felt compelled to report my findings to you. Please follow up with me if you have any questions.
December 22, 2022 · 6:51 PM · FIREBALL
Lompoc, CA
My friend and I were in my backyard. She went out to her car and yelled that there was something in the sky. I looked up and there was what looked like a bright orange ball in the sky. She yelled " there is another one" then another and another. Approx 45 seconds later I looked up and two more were coming. It appeared they were following each other. All going in a straight line. It was getting cloudy and they disappeared in the clouds. They appeared to be coming from the Southwest side of town going East.
December 22, 2022 · 6:05 AM · FIREBALL
Greeneville, TN
We were driving home. Saw a bright green amorphous fireball coming down in front of us. It lasted only seconds and in my observation would have crashed Since it was already low to the ground. Would have crashed between the base of the mountain and some acreage behind the property. I’m not a good judge of distance but this was close. The brightness of the green was amazing. I turned to the other person in the car and asked did you see that. I think I’m still in shock.
December 14, 2022 · 7:30 PM · FIREBALL
Deerfield Beach, FL
Craft moved faster and lower than a plane. A few seconds later another object coming from same general direction but my view was obstructed by clouds.
December 10, 2022 · 7:07 AM · FIREBALL
Albuquerque, NM
I was taking my normal sunrise photos when I noticed that there was an extremely bright light just above the mountain, it didn't move for 2 minutes and then just suddenly disappeared, I have a decent camera so I tried to zoom in and get pictures of it and I noticed that there's like a black void between the two streaks of light, no idea what it was, but it wasn't normal
December 8, 2022 · 11:30 PM · FIREBALL
San Jose, CA
After getting in at about 11pm nightly I had just sat on the couch and had the living room curtains opened and turned on the tv an it was a few minutes later I just happened to look out and all of the sudden I see this fireball shooting across the night sky in a not so fast pace I got up and shocked an just watched it go across the sky until it just disappeared there was a tail of light behind it orange and yellow it seem large but in a distant I didn't know who to contact about this until I saw this ufo program posted so I decided to report it now I still can't believe my eyes the fireball was shooting from north to south no noise at all it just happened so fast that I froze. And I thought about getting a picture but I didn't have enough time it was there moving an 15 seconds later it's gone i have never ever experienced anything like this.
December 6, 2022 · 2:30 AM · FIREBALL
Concord, NC
I was on the front porch (porch light on and light near walkway) the background was dark - took our dog out for the last time before bed. I stood on porch and the fireball with a blazing tail was 30’ in the yard in front of me. It lasted a brief moment, then another exact thing came behind it. They were going in the direction of my dog. The fireballs with a blazing tail were approx 30” off the ground. I called my dog to go inside for the night as I wasn’t about to go in the yard to examine what I just saw. My dog was skittish many days after this event. So weird! I know what I saw and it was real!
December 5, 2022 · 7:24 PM · FIREBALL
Woodland, WA
Saw 1 fireball looking sphere. Then it disappeared, came back outside and saw another one, then 2 more appeared, then a 4th one appeared. Then they slowly disappeared as they were headed upwards.
December 2, 2022 · 7:15 PM · FIREBALL
Pensacola, FL
Orange orbs began to appear just southeast of our neighborhood and flew in a northern direction over the Pensacola international airport. They appeared two at a time and a final single one appeared. They started off as a red color, changed to orange, then yellow, and back to orange, then just disappeared. My wife said they looked like fire in the sky. They traveled very slow, then at one point seemed to hover in the sky stopped and then just move off and completely disappear. They seemed to be about the size of a basketball, but distance was difficult to determine because of their size. We do live less than 10 miles from the Gulfbreeze Shoreline Park and they seemed to originate from the direction of Gulfbreeze.
December 1, 2022 · 7:35 PM · FIREBALL
Versailles, KY
At 1935 Hours on 12/1/22 i was traveling east toward Versailles, Ky when I witnessed a fireball falling and traveling northwest to southeast. It was very bright, appeared to be on fire, and was not traveling near the speed of a falling meteorite. I am a retired ky State Police Trooper and Detective as well as a former pilot. I reported this to the Versailles Ky Police Department and they had had no other reports. I don’t know if it was an aircraft or a fireball however it was not traveling at a speed higher than a conventional aircraft. Because I was driving my viiew time was limited. The Color was yellow. Thank you for your platform and your work!
December 1, 2022 · 7:33 PM · FIREBALL
Edwardsburg, MI
this was a definite meteor right at first extremely white color tail. Leading edge. Blue it was definitely going to come to the earth. Relatively close to my location in southern Michigan. No way it would’ve been north of M 60 object made an extreme right turn and the tail took a J shaped turn at which point the object appeared to have a green light & white tail at extremely high speed and it shot east
November 29, 2022 · 9:26 PM · FIREBALL
Austin, TX
A friend and I were standing around my car in downtown Austin, when I saw a bright object falling to the ground from the top of my peripheral vision. It had green light on it, and a long orange trail behind that followed it down, like a shooting star. It appeared to have sparks emanating from it as it fell, and it made no sound at all, even as it appeared to crash behind the horizon. I pointed it out and my friend was able to briefly see it before it disappeared behind the houses on the horizon. I've seen plenty of shooting stars, but it gave me a very strange vibe, and I've never seen anything like it before. It appeared to be flaming as it fell.
November 26, 2022 · 4:30 PM · FIREBALL
Phila, PA
Stationary fireball type object ,with flaming horned type figures projecting from the top
November 22, 2022 · 2:36 AM · FIREBALL
Menifee, CA
I woke up in the middle of the night, and went downstairs with my dog. I have large windows and I had them opened, as I was watching the sky a Blue disk appeared instantly in the sky and floated momentarily, once I looked at it for a second, it flew into the sky faster than anything I have ever seen. It almost looked like a comet but it did not move like a shooting star. There is military craft that is trained near us, but this was almost your stereotypical flying saucer, it just did not stay at all, and moved as fast as the speed of light (299 792 458 meters / second, not metaphorically.). Today this morning there are Jet Streams in an X shape in the same sky line as well as some clouds, I'm not sure if its related but somewhat interesting.
November 21, 2022 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Downingtown, PA
I've been seeing all these flying objects with lights everywhere every night. I also am able to feel any kind of electromagnetic or radioactive energy, and one of these UFOs emits these waves of energy. Well, tonight when I was outside on my back deck around 10 pm, I heard and felt all this crazy energy and looked over and saw this...
November 20, 2022 · 5:25 PM · FIREBALL
Flint, MI
Around 530 pm a fireball was seen falling from the sky, as in picture and video given. Suddenly it came to a stop, and just floated in the air. Buoyant. We were driving on the highway at the time so we lost it for several minutes, when spotted again we took more vids. Suddenly it shot into upper atmosphere, where it started flashing many dozens of lights. No lights are seen in the pictures. Then, in a puff of smoke, it vanishes. Last picture this can be seen.
November 13, 2022 · 6:03 PM · FIREBALL
colleyville, TX
working on a wood project in my garage, stepped outside to see the first of many waves of these lights. Ran inside my home to get my phone to record. Did so. After several waves of the lights, including commercial airliners in the video I ran back inside to get my wife, she too witnessed a wave. This is also on my video. After moving across the sky, some seem to vanish while others seemed to vanish in the clouds an estimated 15 or so miles away. I fly simi professional drones for by business, they were not drones and they would never be allowed to cross the final approch to DFW airport as confirmed by a long hauler captin of 25 Plus years employment with American Airlines. He stated he has never seen anything like my video. They too were not lanterns because of the speed and intensity of the light emitted. Also given the time, just at sunset, it was too bright and would not have the intended effects of some sort of celebrations.
November 9, 2022 · 1:30 AM · FIREBALL
Elyria, OH
I was in my backyard after work smoking around 1:30am. The sky was clear, and I was looking at the stars as I always do. Out of the corner of my eye I see a very bright orange light (I could see the light on my face) and my jaw dropped. It stayed stationary for a second, then it seemed to float slightly upwards. Within a couple seconds, it shot out in a direction and I could see the light trail for all of 2 or 3 seconds, then it was gone like nothing happened. It made no sound. This all happened in a matter of seconds and I couldn’t even get my phone out in time. I’ve never seen anything like this before. I can’t be the only person in Elyria who saw it.
November 9, 2022 · 1:30 AM · FIREBALL
Elyria, OH
Sitting in my backyard smoking a cigarette. Looking up at the stars as I do every night. Nothing in the sky. Suddenly there’s a very bright orange light (I can see the light hitting my nose and face, like a bonfire) out of nowhere. It literally looked like a ball of fire. It seemed to float up just a little bit, almost like it was revving up or charging up, and then disappeared in a flash of flight, leaving a tail of light behind it that disappeared after about 0.5 seconds. The light tail that followed it looked like when you trace your name in the dark with a sparkler, that’s how quick it disappeared. I don’t know how else to explain it. This was not a comet or meteorite. It stayed stationary for a second before it moved. It made no sound at all. This happened at about 1:30am and considering it was a pretty clear night and Cleveland Hopkins airport isn’t too far away, I can’t be the only person that saw this.
November 8, 2022 · 7:39 PM · FIREBALL
Orange, CT
My wife and I were sitting in a parking lot discussing what were going to eat for dinner as the Ihop we were at just closed their doors. My attention was drawn to the sky as I saw a bright white light. I initially thought it was a "shooting star" until this half-diamond looking object ejected a fuschia, blue, and white stream of light. This object accelerated and disappeared in a matter of seconds leaving me screaming and my wife asking what was wrong.
November 8, 2022 · 3:28 AM · FIREBALL
Oak Lawn, IL
I was filming a video of the lunar eclipse out into my backyard. I checked over the footage and I saw a bright flash dart through the sky. It was a reddish orange color and it started coming toward me then took a left away from my view. It’s cold in November in northern Illinois so that checks any bugs out. It weirded me out that my girlfriend and I just so happen to be watching a ufo sightings show and had been curious for a while what I would be like to experience such.
November 7, 2022 · 5:02 PM · FIREBALL
Richmond, VA
It looked a great deal like a very large bright green falling star, and I suspect it was "space trash" falling into the atmosphere.
November 4, 2022 · 6:22 PM · FIREBALL
Westport, MA
Shelry is a chemist, biologist, and holistic nutritionist and I have a degree in physics, electrical engineering and a former privite pilot. Object was an orange / red orb changing shape. Approximately 500' away at an altitude of 300'. It flew slow with no sound then stopped and hovered for about a minute then proceeded to fly quickly to the north toward a what appeared to be a star and faded away. The second one just apperared then flew a similar flight path as the first then also faded away into a second star. See our attached videos
November 4, 2022 · 9:20 AM · FIREBALL
MD
i was trying to use my telescope when i looked up and saw something daimond shaped crash landing. the object was green