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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.
6,009 entries
May 2, 2023 · 9:20 AM · OVAL
West chester, PA
Today 9:20 am Tuesday 5/2/23 I was driving back from the store when stopped at a red light I noticed an object approx. 150-250 feet in the air ascending into a cloud for about 7-12 seconds. The object had a defined front nose with a blurred nontangable rear. Orange glow that appeared to encompass the object as it flew upward into a cloud. Aura or glow- bright enough I could see it broad daylight. At this point the traffic light turned green and I had to focus on the road again. I first thought it may have been a plane behind the sun rising- then I realized the sun was in the other direction.
April 30, 2023 · 2:22 AM · OVAL
Concord, NH
I work 3rd shift for the State Military Reservation in Concord NH I noticed a strange light phenomenon in the sky over the SMR heading toward West End of Concord. A ovular craft that had red and white lights flashing across its midsection in what appeared to be a sequence kept lowering itself closer to the ground. It started at plane level aprox. 30 thousand feet, it dropped to where it could be easily seen by my friend with really bad eyesight. The craft appeared to be suffering from some kind of malfunction because twice it went fully perpendicular and several molten pieces fell off from the craft, I'm not sure if they burned up in the atmosphere but it wasn't looking good.
April 21, 2023 · 9:25 PM · OVAL
Granbury, TX
Just saw those lights which seem to be red.
April 13, 2023 · 5:16 PM · OVAL
South Shore, KY
Milky white against a blue sky. Oval or pill shaped, object flying at a low altitude and moving slow. No noise, wings, propulsion, lights. Just moving slowly. I watched for a few minutes until I lost sight behind the hilltop. I saw the same thing almost a month ago in the same vicinity. It moved like a blimp or a balloon, but was neither. If it would have been cloudy I would not have seen it. I haven’t seen any other reports that are even similar. Traveling in the same direction and altitude as my previous sighting a month ago. I have a masters degree and am a retired teacher.
April 13, 2023 · 3:00 PM · OVAL
Carlow, COUNTY C · Ireland
I spotted a bright shiny dot on a blue sky that was flying fast above the town from the west. I called my father to see it. It flew below the clouds, father grabbed binoculars. After a moment object started to turn north above Chapelstown area. I spotted tiny wings sticking out from otherwise oval object as it began the manouver. It seemed like finger pushing on a stretched fabric. It seemed to float above one cloud, but it may had just been getting further away as it soon dissapeared from view. Note: We see a lot of various planes over that area. The object left no trail, it had no lights and most importantly made no sound despite flying unusually fast.
April 13, 2023 · 4:30 AM · OVAL
Probable conventionalRowley, IA
The object had no marking lights. It only glowed bright white and seemed to be moving all over especially around it even though it did not move much in the sky. I stayed in almost the same spot the whole time, and did so for several minutes. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
March 31, 2023 · 8:30 PM · OVAL
Brea, CA
It was 8 pm I parked my car the sun was still out . Me and my 3 year old were walking towards our apartment and I noticed a large oval shape thing on the tree I thought what is that let get closer I’m sure it’ll be more clear whatever that is. I got closer and it didn’t make sense all it was was like an opaque oval up against the tree it was neither shiny nor translucent it was a dull gray metal oval . I’m catholic and I had my son so I said nope let’s get inside and I started to pray Our Lord’s Prayer as we turned the corner and continued to the apartment we were asked on past our window and it was like I startled a tall shadowy figure I said Omg come on Noel let’s get inside ! I told my boyfriend as soon as we got inside I literally did not make the connection all I said to my bf was I think I just startled a ghost that was looking into our window and he laughed then I told him about the odd shape thing in the tree and I asked him if he would come outside with me to make sense of hat it was he said why didn’t I record it I guess I went into flight mode . He also didn’t believe me I’m still scared and can’t seem to make sense only conclusion I came up with is that shadowy figure came from that craft why was it looking into our window idk idk this sounds crazy
March 26, 2023 · 1:07 PM · OVAL
Ward, AR
My mother was in the backyard, watching the dogs, and noticed a heat shimmer in the sky out of the corner of her eye. She turned and looked at the object. She sat and watched it for 10 minutes as the object darted around the sky in an erratic manner. Then, at 1:17pm, she came into the house to get me. I went outside with her and spotted the object. At this point 3 more similar objects began to appear, as if they simply faded into existence. Two objects remained where we initially saw them, and two others—including the original object—moved across the roof of the house. The original object and one of its companions then hovered above the treeline near our house. The original object darted around erratically at extremely high speed. Then it's companion merged with it. Afterwards both objects became stable. During this time the objects were surrounded by a glowing light shaped like an oval. This light 'smeared'—for lack of a better term—the objects shape. We could not see any physical object inside the heat shimmer. No metal, no craft, only the shimmer. The objects glowed brightly, changing colors from blue to pink to green then back again. It mainly remained pink. The objects stayed stable and floated in air while my mother went to get a camera. As soon as she exited the house, the two objects rocketed away with instant acceleration from hovering.
March 25, 2023 · 7:06 PM · OVAL
Mumbai · India
an unknown object was observed in the sky. Its flying pattern was characterized by hovering and performing random, quick movements. The object's appearance was unfamiliar, and its behavior was inconsistent with known aircraft or natural phenomena. Further investigation is required to determine the nature and origin of the object.kindly let me know on my mail if this was a legit or something else .... eager to know unable to upload video any laternative to share vid size is 30 mb
March 20, 2023 · 10:15 AM · OVAL
Mooresville, NC
I stepped out onto the back porch while letting the dog out, was looking up at the sky at the clouds checking the weather. The sky was cloudy. I looked eastward and noticed 3 objects floating in the sky. They were silver in color and equally separated from each other, there was no sound. Then suddenly they took off and disappeared.
March 20, 2023 · 2:00 AM · OVAL
Oxford, PA
So I woke up at 2:00 am I went to the bathroom and when I laid back down my window is right next to my bed. I saw a bright light. So I got up and it was in the sky. It was circle but not a perfect one so like an oval. It had lights on the bottom edge all around and a bright big one in the center. It moved across the sky slowly as if searching for something and then it stopped for like ten minutes and the lights got turned down so they weren’t really bright. And then after after ten minutes they turned bright and spun in a circle in place before it zoomed away in like the blink of an eye. I stood there so in shock to what I just witnessed I couldn’t go back to sleep.
March 18, 2023 · 8:12 PM · OVAL
IdentifiedRosheim, Alsace · France
Le 18 mars 2023, entre 20h12 et 20h40, le témoin observe depuis son domicile à ROSHEIM (67) une forte lumière dans le ciel, au bout de quelques secondes, la lumière diminue au point de presque disparaître pour regagner en intensité à nouveau puis diminuer une seconde fois pour finalement grossir de 4-5 fois sa taille initiale avec un reflet bleu, mais sans éclat cette fois. La forme devient légèrement ovale. La lumière se met en mouvement, enchaînant des petits cercles après s’être déplacée en zigzag. Le PAN change de couleur et paraît s’éloigner du témoin vers l’ouest. Le témoin prend alors son téléphone portable et réalise une vidéo ainsi que quelques photos. Devant partir à un rendez-vous il abandonne l’observation du PAN. La consistance de ce cas est bonne : le cas est bien documenté par le témoignage et l’apport de la vidéo et des photographies (voir le compte rendu d'enquête). L’analyse du témoignage et des documents fournis par le témoin ont permis de conclure à l’observation de Vénus. Cette conclusion s’appuie sur les éléments suivants : - Emplacement : le témoin observe un point lumineux brillant dans le ciel qu’il estime se trouver à l’azimut ~270° et à une hauteur angulaire de ~ 15° au début de l’observation, or à 20h12, Vénus se trouve à l’azimut 272° et une hauteur de 14°55’ ; ce qui est tout à fait cohérent. - Déplacement : le témoin estime que le PAN s’oriente vers le nord-ouest, qui est ici une direction générale et non pas une indication de la position exacte du PAN puisqu’il indique « vers l’ouest plus en profondeur ». Or Vénus passe d’un azimut de 272° à 277° ce qui est cohérent d’un déplacement vers le nord-ouest (déplacement de la gauche vers la droite pour le témoin). En outre Vénus baisse en hauteur angulaire de 14°55’ à 10° pouvant donner une impression de fuite au témoin. - Ajoutons la magnitude dans le ciel qui est de – 3.96 pour Vénus, sans équivalent dans ce secteur du ciel, cela correspond bien à la mention par le témoin d’une « forte lumière ». - Durée de l’observation de l’ordre de 20 minutes typique d’une observation de nature astronomique. Le témoin, bien que comparant la luminosité du PAN à celle de Vénus, n’a pas pu reconnaître l’astre comme tel en raison de plusieurs facteurs : - Ciel presque totalement couvert, pouvant partiellement masquer la planète de manière temporaire. - Absence d’astre aussi lumineux dans cette zone du ciel. - Effets causés par les turbulences de l’atmosphère déformant la forme de Vénus et générant des variations de couleurs. - Effet d’autocinétique donnant l’impression au témoin de mouvements aberrants. - Recherche dans le ciel à l’aide d’une application dédiée pour smartphone, mais mal cadrée, Vénus se trouvant plus à droite. - Déformation induite par les photos, montrant un objet défocalisé alors que Vénus est ponctuelle, l’appareil utilisé ne parvenant pas à faire la mise au point lors des zooms. Notons enfin qu’il paraît étonnant que le témoin n’ait pas signalé la présence de Vénus, à proximité immédiate du PAN et de manière concomitante, dans l’hypothèse où le PAN n’aurait pas été Vénus. Le GEIPAN classe en A : observation de Vénus. [GEIPAN classification A — Vénus]
March 6, 2023 · 3:15 AM · OVAL
Lancaster, NY
Looking towards SE sky, traveling in an easterly direction, oval (UFO??) surrounded all around by very bright lights around a vertical oval shape moving moderately, not fast, not slowly caught my eye. Watched about 5 minutes, not wanting to search for my cell phone. Not close by, cannot estimate distance, but high up, then saw it through tree branches, then disappeared quickly (perhaps behind a cloud??). Certainly very strange.
March 1, 2023 · 8:32 PM · OVAL
Chesterfield, MI
There were lights in the sky in a horizontal direction for a long period of time greater than 20 minutes. This was witnessed by my spouse and my neighbor. Jupiter and Venus
March 1, 2023 · 7:35 PM · OVAL
Berlin, MD
I noticed one moving object but did not hear it as I watched it move WSW almost directly overhead. It was dark and seemed like a blimp at first. The movement was not like a plane, it was a bit slower. It did not appear on FlightAware and was possibly military. Jupiter and Venus
March 1, 2023 · 7:30 PM · OVAL
Glenview, IL
Jet-black (actually the shape was only visible as blackness against the lighted night clouds). Also looked at it in binocular - same. 2 lights at the sides of it. Very high and distant, but bright. Because of the distance me and my husband concluded that the craft is very large. The craft did not move horizontally but seem to lower itself somewhat and go up somewhat. Otherwise it hovered without any noise or any visible propulsion mechanism. Jupiter and Venus
March 1, 2023 · 7:15 PM · OVAL
Hazleton, PA
At some point during our drive to Hazleton from the Lehighton area, we noticed a flying object in the sky. It was a tiny bit lopsided, oval, kind of looked like the back of a car but oval, with a light on each end. I kept saying that maybe it was a blimpie or something. It was clearly flying but not fast like a plane or a drone. It was smooth and floaty and definitely moving. I thought maybe it was a google drone taking pictures but it was nighttime and already dark so that made no sense. We kept seeing it as we drove to our church. It was much lower than a plane, pretty low actually. Once we got to our destination, we noticed that a tiny red light had appeared in the sky a bit lower than the flying object, but definitely “attached” to it, connected somehow to the object, maybe it came from it. We went inside and did not see again when we came back out at around 10 PM. We did not take photos.
February 26, 2023 · 5:13 PM · OVAL
Lone tree, CO
The objects moved north east to northwest at an extremely fast pace, immediately stopped and then moved again north west from north east and then quickly went up and disappeared. Two very silver, shiny oval, looking spears one 45° above the other, but in near parallel movement with the spear closest northwest, seeming to be leading. This occurred over lone tree, Colorado and late in the afternoon 513 to 5:15 PM appeared for 15-20 seconds and then completely disappeared and took off in the northerly direction at an excessive speed, faster than any aircraft Ever witnessed.
February 22, 2023 · 9:10 PM · OVAL
Sarasota, FL
My son spotted it I told him it was a helicopter but then realized it was pushing a cloud and had no sound moved in such a way I have never seen before also pulled the cloud , this experience we will always remember some people will say this and that but I have never seen a object pull and push a cloud and illuminate the cloud , that night the only cloud was out was this one
February 21, 2023 · 8:50 AM · OVAL
Three oaks, MI
We were leaving my house when I seen something very bright in the corner of my eye, I looked to my right to see a UFO in the woods by a cornfield, my mom ignored me and we kept driving. We stopped at a gas station, I went in and got what I needed, when I cam out my mom seen it to and took 2 pictures. We then followed the UFO down the highway for 2 minutes until it went inside a cloud and was u seen then…..
February 18, 2023 · 5:00 PM · OVAL
Frederick, MD
Sunny and cloudy, fair weather background. As mentioned, there was an object gaining speed on a low flying medium sized plane which was probably a mile away from us. Once we got a good look at the plane, we noticed the oval object catching up to it. The UFO seemed to have a very resolute and direct flight path compared to the plane, meaning it was not another plane, it was not a glider and it was not a large bird. After the object caught up and flew a few hundred feet under the plane, it changed directions and shot off southeast and completely disappeared. My friend and I talked through what it could have been, but we quickly agreed it had to be a UFO. We wish we took a video or were closer, but we were just mesmerized by what we were witnessing.
February 13, 2023 · 3:00 PM · OVAL
Santa Monica, CA
In Santa Monica, California, on the afternoon of February 13, 2023 I noticed a very bright orange glowing football shaped object through my window hovering across the street against the background of a large tree with a lot of foliage. It was about 12 -15 feet below the tree top. It seemed to simply appear. I could not figure out what it was so I kept staring at it for a minute or two. Then it flew directly in a straight line toward my window and me. It was low and passed over my apartment. I wanted to go out and watch it but knew the view would be obscured. There were no lights on it and no means of propulsion. It was not a balloon. It only occurred to me that it might have been a UFO afterwards. I had no thought of taking a photo of it while it was happening. I did not expect it to move from where I first saw it. I called the non emergency police department phone line on Thursday, Feb. 16, curious if anyone else reported it, but no one did.
February 12, 2023 · 6:15 PM · OVAL
Waterville, OH
It flown SW to NE. Oval / diamond shape. About 3/4 mile from me. No wings, no lights, no noise. I filmed it with my cell phone.
February 12, 2023 · 10:40 AM · OVAL
Toronto, ON · Canada
Large submarine object, all black, size of maybe 2 helicopters, less than a kilometer above ground, flew over my head as I'm on the balcony to join many more UFO's over the lake, where they danced for maybe 5-15 minutes before disappearing. Insane speeds, no sound. Some appeared to be spawning in and out of spacetime.