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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
October 1, 2016 · 8:33 AM · FIREBALL
Lemitar, NM
I was driving back home with my children. I have seen these before and last reported them 9/9/2010 9:40:03, but have seen them about three more times since 2010. (I just never got around to reporting those) Each time I see them they have the same characteristics and pattern. The number of orbs is always associated with 3's. This last time I saw two sets of three ( 6 total). They burn bright orange and usually stay either on the same level or form a triangle shape. They fade in and out one at a time until they all disappear. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 28, 2016 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Overland Park, KS
I was driving home from work. I got off at 10:00pm and it takes me about 30 minutes to get home. Halfway home, between Marshall Drive and Santa Fe Trail, saw a MASSIVE white object fall from the sky. It was incredible bright and shocked me enough to want to know if anyone else saw it. It was also pretty huge! The next day i mentioned it at work and a co-worker said that she had seen it headibg toward the city. Something fell from the sky. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
September 27, 2016 · 8:50 PM · FIREBALL
Missoula, MT
I was rocking my son to sleep, when I looked out the window and saw 3 dark orange red in color circular crafts hovering over the mountain top. I told my wife to turn around and she did and asked what they where. I said I didn't know and we went out side to get a better look. There was no sound in the sky and the 2 just hovered while the one on the far left rocked back and forth from left to right than after a couple minutes it disappeared. The one that was in the middle started moving up and down than with great speed it disappears and the one on the far right just vanishes right there my wife took a video.
September 27, 2016 · 1:00 AM · FIREBALL
Cowiche, WA
At 1:15 am my husband and I were sitting on our porch and saw a fire ball appear from the south very low lower than most air planes it had a small red sparkly tail behind it looked just like a bottle rocket tail In much bigger form flew straight across the sky from south to north at a very slow speed and disappeared! It didn't light up the sky or make a sound!
September 26, 2016 · 9:20 PM · FIREBALL
Savannah, GA
At approximately 21:20 on Monday, September 26, 2016, my wife and I were traveling from Tybee Island, GA to our home on Whitemarsh Island/Savannah, GA. As we approached the Bull River Bridge on Highway 80 we could see a bright red ball high in the night sky. My wife noticed it first and attempted to point it out to me. I glanced up and saw it as well. It took a moment for us to orient ourselves to its height in the sky. Within a second it disappeared completely from our view. I noted that there was another aircraft in the sky…something that looked to either be civilian or military. As we passed over Bull River Bridge onto Wilmington Island, we noted that the second aircraft that we saw seemed to be roaming the sky and not on any particular trajectory. It should be noted that the red ball also did not have a downward trajectory. From what I could tell the movements were subtle or stationary as it glowed and then disappeared…therefore it did not seem to be a meteorite. This was a brief sighting so it would be difficult to speculate on what the object could have been, but the situation was odd to us, nonetheless. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 24, 2016 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Niagara Falls, NY
Green light/smoke flashed across the sky followed by whirring noise and lights blinking as the craft came to a stand still. Very dark so hard to see but there appeared to be 2 crafts with two sets of blinking lights hovering in the night sky above the power authority in Niagara Falls, NY. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 24, 2016 · 12:00 AM · FIREBALL
Cleveland, OH
As we were standing out side of our office building (The city club building), a round orange object came down from the sky, almost like a comet, then it just stopped directly over our building and we could see small shapes on it spinning. We video recorded it as it moved behind another building then hovered beside the PC bank building across from us for couple mins then it shot away towards the lake
September 23, 2016 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Lilburn, GA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 22, 2016 · 12:15 PM · FIREBALL
Cincinnati, OH
I was laying down in bed when I looked out the window and saw a round ball of light quickly fall in the sky. I believe the cities light pollution would conceal any meteors so I am unsure of what this was. It was also a lot larger than any meteor I have ever seen! After the initial streak of light, about a minute later I could see a still light behind the trees in the distance, it only lasted a couple of seconds before it disappeared.
September 21, 2016 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Lowell, MA
I saw large green shooting star/fireball. It had a long green tail. It was going really fast, from east to west, from high to low. I was really big and bright and green and fast. It was silent.
September 21, 2016 · 9:42 PM · FIREBALL
Nashua, NH
Driving north on Route 3, between exits 6 and 8 in Nashua, NH, an emerald green fireball light was shooting through the sky from east to west. There was a trail of the green light behind it and a mix of green and white haze around the object. Several people appeared to have seen it as well, as drivers on the highway were hitting their breaks. As it was shooting across the sky it appeared to dissipate quickly. The speed of the fireball was pretty fast, the entire encounter lasted approximately 15 seconds.
September 21, 2016 · 5:16 AM · FIREBALL
Newport Beach, CA
All weather was clear with very few clouds. Objects heading in same trajectory and would move consecutively at a high rate of speed. Some deviation occurred from flight path in a strafing motion. The craft were glowing with a yellow or orange hue. They would appear in one place then return to original position while fading to dim light then progressively getting brighter.
September 21, 2016 · 5:16 AM · FIREBALL
Newport Beach, CA
Location was off the coast from Newport Beach, CA. The orbs traveled an estimated distance from Palos Verdes to Catalina island. This distance would be covered in a matter of seconds numerous times. All weather was clear with very few clouds. Objects heading in same trajectory and would move consecutively at a high rate of speed. Some deviation occurred from flight path in a strafing motion. The craft were glowing with a yellow or orange hue. They would appear in one place then return to original position while fading to dim light then progressively getting brighter.
September 21, 2016 · 2:35 AM · FIREBALL
Tea, SD
I was moving my waste bin to the curb, and noticed the fireball with tail streaking from west southwest towards Sioux Falls, SD. It appeared to flame out between Tea and Sioux Falls.
September 19, 2016 · 8:05 PM · FIREBALL
Pittsfield, MA
I had pulled out my camera to take a video successfully until an oncoming vehicle shown it's brights on me. I was able to capture a shakey 30 seconds or so of it as it slowly changed it's course to a more northerly direction and faded into the sky. The entire experience lasted roughly 10 minutes maximum. This is the second time either myself or members of my immediate family have seen something of this nature. This is my second sighting in this city but the first of an orange fiery looking object. I did not report the first sighting except on social media the following day to ask locals some questions related to what we saw that morning. The answers only further varified that the object we saw was unidentified and flying.
September 19, 2016 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Madurai (India), IN · India
it was after a heavy rain I was waiting for bus in periyar bustand Madurai. about 8:00pm rainfall stopped and the clouds are somewhat scattered when something attracted my notice I saw something zigzaging above the cloud I could clearly see it in the gap between the cloud it has bright green coloured tail and red coloured tip.it moves exactly in a zigzag pattern from east to west direction . it lasted for few seconds , it created no sound . Those who didn't notice it carefully cannot see it.
September 17, 2016 · 11:15 PM · FIREBALL
Miami, FL
My 9 yr. old daughter and I were leaving her friend house we were inside the car when suddenly those flying objects like fire were in the sky very slow motion but suddenly one by one disappear in the sky, was amazing, I took some pictures.
September 17, 2016 · 10:36 PM · FIREBALL
Colton, NY
Possible advertising lights?? PD
September 15, 2016 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Bigfork, MT
September 16, 2016. I am an artist living in Bigfork, Montana. At approximately 9:45 p.m. on the evening of September 15, 2016, I was out with my dog walking across my parking lot to go into my home. I happened to look up to admire the night sky and see if the moon was on the rise. When I did this, there was what I thought to be a firework going straight up into the sky from the Flathead Lake. It was a large yellow ball with a tail which appeared to be at least 6 times the diameter in length of the object. Since my dog is afraid of the firework noise, I stood waiting for it to explode when it appeared to stop in midair and began to travel at a consistent speed horizontally on a north east route. There was absolutely no sound. I kept walking along the road to make sure to watch it without tree line interference. It appeared to be headed in the direction of Glacier Park. I watched until it disappeared from my sight. With the consistent but slow speed, I calculated I was watching it for approximately 23 seconds. At no time did the shape or tail change in appearance. When it didn’t explode, I thought it was a comet, but the tail never changed length/shape and the glow remained consistent. There was absolutely no sound. By 11:00 p.m., I researched several local news channels in the hopes of finding a newscast about a comet passing over the State of Montana. I have searched for several more hours throughout the day today trying to see if there were any reports of comet – meteor sightings and have not discovered any reports. Initially I felt initially that is was not a meteor but a comet due the consistent color and tail. I shared this event with several people I know and one individual recommended that I report it to this organization since now I am convinced it was some sort of UFO due to the behavior and flight. I have witnessed UFO sightings a couple of times in my life in other states and always have seen objects that are traveling at high rates of speed which I believe were not aircraft. Before becoming an artist 17 years ago, I worked in the aviation field and am familiar with various aircraft noise and behavior. In summary, I am submitting this as possibly I may not be the only individual who witnessed this event. As an aside, this is the second event that I have witnessed around the Flathead Lake since moving here 10 years ago. Thank you.
September 15, 2016 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Seagrove, FL
About 15 minutes later 5 or six of them all lighted up at the same time and put on quite a show. We figured they must be military but we agreed it was very strange. Any explanation?
September 15, 2016 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL
Menifee, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 15, 2016 · 7:45 PM · FIREBALL
Baltimore, MD
My wife and I witnessed three glowing fireball-type objects coming very slowly out of the east (~ Middle River, MD). From our perspective, each object had a slightly smaller fireball trailing slightly below the main object. The lights remained steady (not blinking or flickering) and had the appearance of an orange-ish flame. I did not have my distance glasses on, so a bit blurry for me. The objects were travelling in a tight, linear formation. Seemed to be about several hundred yards distance between each. As the lead object approached a thin, wispy cloud it seemed to dissipate. The second and third dissipated as well before reaching the cloud. After a minute or two a single object appeared in the same location (again, with a trailing object) and quickly disappeared. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 13, 2016 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Lakewood, WA
Saw a fireball/orb type in the sky. It was dark. Always check on the stars right before I go to bed. It was flying over Lakewood, JBLM. Pretty slow, but not too slow. Then it made a right angle turn (a "v" shape) and flew direction opposite, turned almost white then fizzled out. The atmosphere smelled like burning chemicals. It was bizarre. Not a plane (used to those in the flight path at JBLM), not a copter
September 13, 2016 · 9:05 PM · FIREBALL
Fayetteville, AR
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD