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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.
27,433 entries
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedPerrin, TX
I stepped out on my back porch which face is south. I looked up into the sky to the west and saw a Fuzzy bright light traveling at a higher rate of speed from west to east. At one point it shot a cone of mist or vapor out in front of it. There was no clouds in the sky and other aircraft near it, or not fuzzy, or as bright, nor traveling as fast. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedSour Lake, TX
Around 7:30 pm 10/13/23 my wife and I were driving west on Hwy 105 towards Sour Lake, TX. I saw a really bright light that looked like it was moving south but thought nothing of it other than it reminding me that the eclipse was going to be tomorrow. I grabbed my phone to look up what time it was supposed to be. At that moment my wife asked me what that light was so I stopped looking up the eclipse and was watching the light because it oddly traveled a good distance telling her it wasn't a planet because it was moving and not an airplane because it had no blinking lights. While we were both watching, it seemed to have a blast ring come off of it then just disappeared. It was already dark out so we didn't see a shape only the light and we were driving so no sound was heard. Only the "blast ring" before it disappeared is what really made me go, "WTF?". It was very clear and distinct. I wish I would've thought to catch it on video. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
Clifton, TX
On a cloudless night while sitting on my back porch watching the sunset, a ball of bright diffused white light passed from west to east at the general speed of a jet but without any blinking lights and no noise. It was much lower and brighter than a high flying jet. At one point, a donut shaped plume could be seen moving out in front (not behind) of the light ball. As it passed overhead, the diffused light in front could be seen but the light source was no longer visible. I have a one minute video. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Possible]
October 13, 2023 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedDallas, TX
It was like a sphere light I thought it's a helicopter but it was not It came closer as seen in video and I couldn't figure out how far it is. I could easily estimate the planes distances from love field airport but I couldn't even estimate its distance. I didn't see any iron or any attachment. It was just light. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedPaden, OK
My family and I had just finished dinner outdide on a cool, clear autumn night. My son had just pulled out his night vision goggles to look for coyotes and other night creatures. I had been wanting to look through them myself. As I said this I suddenly noticed a large light in the northwestern sky, which was a little hazy. I thought it looked strange. Not a normal airplane or other aircraft. Bigger, solid light. I pointed it out and my wife and son saw it too. As it flew just west of my property, it suddenly spewed some sort of illuminated "material." My wife and I were shocked. It then vanished from view. Never seen anything like it. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Sonoita, Arizona, AZ
I wish I had a camera. My brother-in-law and I both witnessed a bright light flying across the sky from east to west at a very rapid pace. My background is unmanned aerial systems for the United States Army. His background does not relate to the event. The light was white, and the object emitted no sound. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. And I witnessed rocket launches in South Korea. I know what a high-speed rocket looks like I know what a normal aircraft looks like and I know what high-performance aircraft look like…this was not any of those things. Shooting stars don’t fly that low.
October 13, 2023 · 7:00 AM · LIGHT
McLean, VA
A stable light source seen in the sky south of McLean, VA. Two very small light sources were attached to the opposite sides of the main sources. The center big light source changed size continuously, sometimes getting very big sometimes small. It disappeared in a few minutes.
October 13, 2023 · 6:11 AM · LIGHT
North Wilkesboro, NC
I always look at the sky at night or early morning because I've seen strange lights or objects dozens of times over the past year and a half. I've taken hundreds of videos and photographs, I am including as many of the videos as possible taken today 10-13-23. I witnessed multiple objects at the same time, the the longest video with a duration of 2 mins 9 seconds you will see one star like object passing by Jupiter and then meeting up with a 2nd Star like object next to the little dipper before flying in Separate directions. My hair was standing on end like I was about to discharge static electricity, ive only experienced this phenomenon 3 or 3 times when witnessing a ufo/uap. I TRIED TO ATTACH VIDEOS BUT THEY WERE ALL TOO BIG TO ATTACH. I don't want to downgrade the quality, they were taken in 2160×3840 on my Samsung Galaxy s23 Ultra. If the investigator wants to see the videos I can attach to Email.
October 12, 2023 · 11:46 PM · LIGHT
Parsippany-Troy Hills, Pyramid Mountain, Taylortown, NJ
Was en route to work when I was driving on the highway, I noticed the red orb in the sky hovering. It got brighter, and suddenly "launched" forward mid-air, direction looked to be north-east headed towards Boston, it looked like it was hovering over Taylortown/Pyramid Mountain. From spotting to launch, it took about 2 seconds. This thing must have cleared at least 6 kilometers in 2 seconds before it was out of sight.
October 12, 2023 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Centreville, MD
As I was leaving a family member’s house, I stopped in the driveway with my girlfriend to stargaze for a few minutes. We usually like to pick out constellations, identify satellites, and can sometimes see the faint glow of the Milky Way - on especially clear nights. I am not an expert, by any means, but I do love to stargaze and can tell the difference between comets, planes, satellites, etc. While looking SE, at roughly a 30 degree angle, I noticed what I first thought was a satellite moving relatively slowly and in a horizontal line across the sky. After moving at this rate for about 3 seconds, the white object accelerated at an incredible speed, and then disappeared. I thought that it could be a shooting star, but when I’ve seen them, they last about a second and are moving rapidly the entire time. The object I saw, in this instance, picked up speed at a quite unbelievable rate. Another thing that set this experience apart was how long I was able to see it - 5 seconds is much longer than the length one would see a shooting star. I also considered the possibility that it could be a satellite. However, when I’ve seen satellites, the light is much dimmer than what I saw, in this instance, they move at a uniform speed, and you can track them throughout their journey in the sky. This light was only visible for a few moments and disappeared while there was plenty of sky left. I would say I am a UFO/UAP skeptic, but seeing this object compelled me enough to actually think a report may be useful. Maybe I am missing something here, but it was extremely impressive. I again would like to reiterate just how quickly this object accelerated. Not to be cliche, but it was like seeing a light moving at the speed of a plane, and then it accelerated like the Millennium Falcon jumping into hyperspace - no joke meant here, but I feel like it is a good analogy to really help illustrate its speed.
October 12, 2023 · 7:55 PM · LIGHT
Mount Vernon, WA
1 Solid Orange light, 25-35k Ft. in the sky. Observed this 3 times total. Faded in, rapidly moved and zig-zagged, then faded to red until it was gone. Saw it happen two different times, all in different locations. On the final sighting, I think I could see the light was on a craft, I want to say it was grey, and in a pentagon/disk shape, but I am not 100% on that part. It moved far too fast to be a plane, or even a drone. It was not human technology. The light moved in such a way that is not possible with what we have created. Shortly after seeing this, a Navy plane that was flying VERY low, did a u-turn and went in the direction that I saw it in. I observed this on Flightradar24. I am absolutely a believer after witnessing this. It convinced me without a doubt, something is going on that we are not aware of, nor capable of producing.
October 12, 2023 · 6:30 AM · LIGHT
Felton, PA
On Oct. 12,2023 at 6:30AM in the pre dawn darkness I saw an object high in the sky when looking towards the northwest. The object appeared to have 6-7 bright blue lights. The lights were close and created one long connected blue light. Every 2-3 seconds a red light flashed at the center of the blue light bar. The object was stationary and no noise could be heard. I watched it for approx. 30 seconds. I went for my camera which took 20 seconds. When I looked again, the object was not there.
October 11, 2023 · 7:59 PM · LIGHT
Plymouth, MA
As getting out of car looking to north in night starlit sky noticed in north area 20 lights consecutively star shape white going fast up into sky tandem perfectly, then one went across sky horizontal then down 90 degree angle fast then had a blinking red light with the white color and a haze/cloud it was behind then just stayed there.Observers are a couple that never saw this before.We both have jobs and no mental issues and are not drug takers.The lights looked like star shape.
October 11, 2023 · 1:19 AM · LIGHT
IdentifiedAurora, CO
Spider thread drifting. [NUFORC annotation: Insect - Certain]
October 10, 2023 · 7:55 PM · LIGHT
Plymouth, MA
Crystal clear sky. My sons and I were on our deck and witness about 20 individual non pulsing lights in sequential order and some speeding up. Occasionally some stopped in groups of three and made erratic maneuvers, then appeared to “exit” our atmosphere. All 3 of us have seen Starlink satellites: these were 100% not that. These did not cross our clear view of the horizon. These were leaving into space.
October 9, 2023 · 10:10 PM · LIGHT
Maricopa, AZ
Saw 2 diffuse orbs flying together but traveling very fast. They were spotted to the east one on top of the other and then shifted to fly side by side and then disappeared. No visible shape or structure seen just very diffuse lights. They seemed to come from the east in a circular tract…. Not flying straight on the horizon line
October 9, 2023 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedBainbridge Island, WA
When i thought to it 'zig zag' it would immediately do the 'z' shape. When i thought 'up and down' and 'side to side' it did so. Then i had my girlfriend come back over and said the same commands out loud and she saw it react as i specified although it was less dramatic as when i was just thinking. I ruled out astigmatism because no other stars seemed to move. The object looked exactly like the other brighter stars in the sky. The movements were very fasy, split seconds, but i had no way of telling how big or how far or what the object was. After 20 minutes i had to go somewhere so i left hoping it would be there when i got back but it wasn't. I had thought to it as i left 'Dont get shot down just playing with me!' Then i listened to 'Comfortably Numb'. Range of movement: 1 inch if you hold fingers out towards sky. I was in a front yard about a block from western bluff of island near town of Winslow and the ferry dock. I was looking west in direction of water and ferry route. The entire object was light, indistinguishable from other bright stars in sky. I would like to be contacted by an investigator only if there were other similar reports. Witness later reported this had been identified as a drone. [NUFORC annotation: Drone - Certain]
October 9, 2023 · 7:30 AM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalMidvale, UT
1st sighting, 10/9/2023, 7:32am (cell phone time stamp) - looked like a comet heading downward. Eastern sky. Lasted 7-10 mins. before disappearing behind mountain. 2nd sighting, 10/13/2023 7:31am (cell phone time stamp) - light streak heading upward. Above traffic light. 7:35am photo taken at angle - 3 red lights in triangle formation above light streak visible. [NUFORC annotation: Contrail - Probable]
October 9, 2023 · 6:40 AM · LIGHT
Salt Lake City, UT
I have been seeing this stationary light in the west sky from south salt lake for about two weeks now. The light seems to be bouncing within a shadow behind it and seems to almost pulsate different colors. Unfortunately I cant seem to catch the shadow with my iphone. Today a small light seems to fly in from the left side of the screen bounce up past the main light and almost take a right turn up and to the left and then disappears. The first two videos are form today 10/09/2023 and the third video and picture are from September 21st. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
October 8, 2023 · 9:05 PM · LIGHT
Gurnee, IL
I was on the Goliath roller coaster at 9pm hour and as we approached the first drop I looked up and I saw what looked like a star (light) come to a sudden stop. It was already in motion when I looked up but I thought maybe i was imagining the movement. I remember thinking "what is that"? Then it moved impossibly fast in a sw direction and came to another stop for maybe 1.5 seconds. And then it did it again this time slightly changing direction (s) and came to a stop for another second. By then we were going down the first drop but I was totally ignoring the roller coaster while going down forst drop wherr insaw it move again. but I lost track of it since there was a moment of going into a tunnel at the bottom of the first drop. I could see that it wasn't just an orb but that the light was part of a craft. It was very high in the sky. I would say it was at least as high as one of our highest airplanes that look very small in the sky. Yet the light was still about as big as we see on of our planets in the sky from our perspective. It did not get brighter as it moved from stop to stop, no noise. It just moved across the sky without even a streak or trail of light as it moved. And it moved impossibly fast and unlike anything I have ever seen or heard of. It was fast enough to know that if anything was inside the craft, it would have been devastated by g forces. Im 38 years old and have seen alot of things, i never imagined i would ever see something like this. Therefore I am convinced that either we, humans, have secret anti gravity tech that would neutralize g forces, or there really are visitors from outer space.
October 7, 2023 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Metro Atlanta, GA
The light was obviously visible to me and my passenger and was immediately abnormal looking. The object was a solid blue ish green light not flashing or pulsing. The object moved so fast towards the horizon it almost appeared to fly into the ground. Flow flying air planes and helicopters are very common in this areas and I see them on a nearly daily basis but this was very clearly different to me and my passenger. The object moved so fast it was hard to get a clear image of what it was but it appeared to be a gumdrop shape. No noise was heard and the light was not bright enough to illuminate the ground but was a stark contrast to the black starless night sky of Atlanta. The object seemed very large. I was traveling west approximately 70mph and the object flew past at a speed seemingly hundreds of miles per hour. Neither of us have ever seen something like this but this was so completely odd I must report. There would have been hundreds of other people on 285 with us that could have seen it.
October 7, 2023 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Waterloo, IL
My Husband and I were camping with our Son near Waterloo, IL on the evening of October 7th, 2023. It was maybe 10 or 11 pm, our Son was asleep, my Husband and I were by the campfire and all of a sudden there was a very bright light shining through the trees. There was no sound and it wasn't moving. In my opinion it was way too bright to be a star or planet and just as suddenly as it appeared it disappeared. My Husband was in the Navy for many years and he had no idea what it could be.
October 7, 2023 · 8:20 PM · LIGHT
Peoria, IL
On October 7th, 2023 my daughters, best friend and I were making smores in the backyard and I looked up and noticed a light and said “what is that”. We all looked in the sky and see behind the clouds was a light. It looked like a flashlight was being shined in the sky, then more started to appear in various speeds and patterns. We eventually went inside after taking videos and pictures because we were scared. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Possible]
October 6, 2023 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Luray, VA
On 10/6/23 looking west 2 large white lights were stationary behind a cloud. Lights were not consistently on. It would light up and pulsate then other lights would shoot out very fast in different directions. About 20 mins later those shooting lights came back from the direction they left and went into the large white lights. There wasn't any sound and the speed was many many times faster than a jet. Then on 10/8/23 the same 2 large lights were seen in appx the same area, but this time there were small lights that came out and went back. There wasn't a beam of light like it would be if it were coming from the ground. This was cloudy or foggy underneath, like it was emitting through the clouds, similar to how a jet would look. I wasn't able to record on the first night. The second night I caught part of the large lights (which look blue in the video) and the small lights. *Videos are cut to the time frame with objects*