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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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August 25, 2023 · 12:00 AM · FORMATION
Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
I'm a commercial airline pilot for a Canadian airline with over 10,000hrs of flight time, but I've never seen something quite like this before... We were flying from Pakistan to Afghanistan at 32,000ft (a lower altitude than usual for us due to turbulence at higher altitudes) along the standard commerical airliner route through the Himalayas. We observed three to four bright lights at very high altitude moving in an orbital pattern initially and then they slowly transitioned to a vertical diamond-shaped formation (two high and two low moving up and down ) The position of the lights and the intensity of the illumination was curious because the altitude appeared to be very high (at least twice our own) however the intensity of the light was much brighter than you would expect viewing from that distance. (The same intensity as if we were viewing landing lights of another aircraft from quite close) If these were military aircraft, it is unlikely that they would be operating with lights on, and if they were it certainly wouldn't be that bright. There is a possibility that the light was afterburner glow from fast manoeuvring fighters but again, operating constantly in full afterburner is unusual. The movement of these craft was also very rapid from point to point and irregular (darting back and forth). There were times the light appeared to come to a dead stop, but this may have been an optical illusion created by depth perception as the lights moved further away. After 15-20 minutes of observation, the lights moved off rapidly towards the Chinese border with Tajikistan and faded into the night. We did not attempt to query ATC since we were operating in an area between several volatile countries (Pakistan, Afghanistan, China) and we did not want to instigate military action. We also failed to make any official report upon returning home as there is no mechanism to do so (as far as I'm aware) as a Canadian Air Operator.
August 24, 2023 · 9:57 PM · CIRCLE
Union City, GA
The object hovered about 45 minutes around Atlanta Airport. It turned three colors solid red, solid green and solid white as if was mimicking a airplane. It appeared 8/ 24 and again 8/25 same time and continued to hover.
August 24, 2023 · 9:31 PM · LIGHT
Columbus, OH
Slightly left of the moon, observably about 200 miles, object is not seen moving, strobing luminosity
August 24, 2023 · 9:05 PM · LIGHT
Tacoma, WA
My buddy and I we’re leaving the gym at night when I looked at the moon. I noticed a flashing light next to the moon. It was twinkling like a star, but it was too bright, and then too dark to be a star. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
August 24, 2023 · 5:34 PM · OVAL
Littleton, CO
While doing a walk with my family up a hill from which you can see the Lockheed Martins campus, I notice the strange bright object that at first look to me as an airplane from a far. What struck me was the fact that no aircraft (commercial) can fly that low in that location and it wasn’t moving, it was still in place. I quickly tell my wife to see if she can see it and verify what I’m seeing, but as I tell her I notice it move a “step to the left” (as I’m looking at it from my perspective). We she couldn’t see it so we decided to continue moving forward up the hill to get a better view, when we get to the top it was gone. As we continue and I’m telling her I notice a sphere shape object (white dim/translucent white)near the lower peak of the mountain, to the left (my viewing perspective), I quickly tell her to look and used some black birds flying near as reference and at the moment that she looks that way, it quickly started disappearing, like it did starting from my left (viewing perspective) to the right gradually whilst becoming more translucent until it was gone. It was in a matter of seconds. It’s like it knew I told my wife, because it waited right until she look at that same spot (could be a coincidence right?!) that it disappeared.
August 24, 2023 · 4:33 PM · CYLINDER
Alachua, FL
I saw all white tic tac shaped object moving across sky in blue sky. It was traveling faster than I’d expect N airplane to then it appeared to quickly slow speed. Trees got in way of view and after few seconds didn’t see it anymore. There were no wings to object. I was able to take video just at very end of seeing it. I have the video but I’m not sure how to upload here. I also took screenshots from the video.
August 24, 2023 · 3:12 PM · EGG
Chicago, IL
My girlfriend and I had just finished shopping at Costco in the University Village in Chicago. Shortly leaving the store I noticed what I believed to be a plane from a distance. I assumed it was a plane because we see many planes land to OHare and Midway. However, looking more closely at the airplane I noticed that I was round and did not appear to look like a plane. I pointed out the object to my girlfriend while we were driving and she insisted that I record it. I filmed a couple of seconds of the craft before it became obstructed by a building near us. The craft seemed to be pretty far from us but zooming in on the video I noticed that the craft was clearly round. I don’t know if this was a drone or blimp because it appeared to be much larger and going much more fast.
August 24, 2023 · 12:16 PM · LIGHT
Cheviot, OH
Looking out side window of house facing south. I see red/pinkish thought strange not Venus. Lights dimmed then intensified. I turn my head to look at my garage. I turn my head back facing south. It’s gone.
August 24, 2023 · 12:02 PM · CIGAR
Athy, COUNTY K · Ireland
My Grandson was taking shots of what seemed an almost clear blue sky which in itself is rare in Ireland! when this object appeared, there was no sound, and no visible trail of any kind, we check to see if any Blimps had been flying in the area but there were none reported.
August 24, 2023 · 1:30 AM
IdentifiedBatz-Sur-Mer, Pays de la Loire · France
Après sa journée de travail du 23 août 2023 qui se termine aux alentours de 23h/23h30, le témoin décide de se rendre dans une salle de sport à Batz-sur-Mer (44) pour une séance de sport nocturne, entre 00h30 et 1h30. En repartant à pied vers le camping, où il séjourne en vacances, il choisit de longer la côte. Aux alentours de 1h30/1h40, alors qu'il se trouve à proximité des coordonnées 47.27411, -2.482339, il aperçoit un point lumineux blanc, fixe, très brillant, de taille légèrement inférieure à celle de la Lune. D'abord intrigué, il pense un instant qu'il pourrait s'agir de la Lune, mais il est catégorique : ce n'était pas elle. Surpris, il appelle son cousin resté au camping pour lui raconter ce qu'il observe. Son cousin, peu impressionné, retourne se coucher, mais lui reste sur place environ 20 à 30 minutes supplémentaires, fasciné par ce phénomène inhabituel. Plus bas, sur la plage de Saint-Michel, il remarque un groupe d'adolescents de 13 à 15 ans en bain de minuit. Vers 2h, lorsque ces derniers s'en vont, il en profite pour aller leur parler. Eux aussi ont remarqué la lumière étrange dans le ciel et, bien qu'ils ne s'y intéressent pas particulièrement, ils confirment que ce n'est pas la Lune. Vers 2h30, conscient qu'il doit retravailler le lendemain matin, le témoin quitte les lieux pour aller se coucher. Le point lumineux était toujours présent, fixe dans le ciel, lorsqu'il s'est éloigné. La consistance* du cas n'est pas optimale, mais reste suffisante pour apporte une conclusion pertinente. La vidéo transmise a pu être exploitée, elle renforce la cohérence du dossier en scénarisant l'observation. *Selon les critères du GEIPAN, la consistance est la quantité d'informations considérées comme fiables et objectivées, recueillies pour un témoignage. L'étude du dossier (voir le compte rendu d'enquête) et les recherches effectuées auprès de notre expert maritime permettent d'identifier formellement le PAN comme étant le phare puissant du navire TRITON sur zone au moment de l'observation. Le GEIPAN classe en A : observation du phare du navire TRITON. [GEIPAN classification A — Bateau (lumière)]
August 23, 2023 · 11:30 PM · CIGAR
Bigbury-on-sea, DEVON · United Kingdom
I was van camping with one other friend in the top carpark at Bigbury-On-Sea (what3words exact location… ///reporting.stored.deduced). I was on my laptop in the back of the van with my friend, it was around 11 or 12 at night when my friend opened the side door to go to the toilet. He immediately shouted to me “Quick shooting star!” I hastily climbed to the door to see, when I noticed immediately that it was not a shooting star it was moving far too slow for that. I shouted to him “that’s not a shooting star I think that is a UFO” I quickly jumped back in the van to grab my phone to take a picture or video but by the time I had grabbed my phone it had gone and there was nothing to be seen. (I’m not sure my camera is good enough quality to pic it up anyway as it was very dark outside). We looked around and listened for a good 5 minutes to see if it reappeared or see where it went but it had vanished with no trace. My friend had a much better look at it and for longer than me. I estimate that I only viewed it for no longer that 5 or 6 seconds. It was a very clear night with very little cloud cover, no wind or rain but there was some very light wispy clouds dotted around the sky. The object had just entered some low clouds it appeared like a cigar shaped off white light with a green glow, moving completely silently slowly forward. It was completely symmetrical and appeared about an inch to inch and a half long moving forward in one direction. My first thought was UFO but being slightly sceptical about these things I tried to rationalise it. I ruled out Starlink as it was far to short and stubby and it was to big to be satellites. My next thought was an aircraft’s headlight being projected through the clouds leaving a glow similar to a cars headlights in fog. But the light was very defined and there was no aircraft sound, silhouette or an aircraft at the back also there was no anti-collision bacon or port and starboard lights flashing at all. The cloud was to thin this would have been visible and at the altitude that it was we would have heard some engine noise. I am an Aviation, Firefighter and I work around aircraft. I’ve never seen a UFO before and I know what aircraft in the air look like. I didn’t have any phone signal at the time as I wanted to check on flight tracked to see if an aircraft had just passed to rule that out. I checked the next day and aircraft do come close to that spot on rout from Europe to Manchester Airport. But in my opinion this was very unusual and not an aircraft. I can only give the facts to what I saw and I would not report it if I thought there was a chance it was just a plane. My friend got a much better look at it for longer than me and he said that it looked like it was ribbed. He explained it as almost Caterpillar like. I cannot comment on that as I can only say what I saw. I’ve tried to do my best to illustrate it but my art skills are not very good.
August 23, 2023 · 9:18 PM · SPHERE
Orient, OH
I witnessed the object coming from the south, it was solid in color, orange/red, it was not blinking as a plane or helicopter would. It had a linear path and traveled at a constant speed. There was no sound at any point of travel. It was rapid but constant. It appeared round in shape. Orb, not disc. It was bright. We live west of Rickenbacker International Airport, we see planes all day long. This was no plane. My wife agrees.
August 23, 2023 · 9:15 PM · DISK
Cochise, AZ
Having recently seen the related Congressional hearings on unexplained aerial phenomena, I said a heartfelt prayer, asking to never witness such a thing. Fifteen minutes later I was approaching the Apache Power Plant on Highway 191 when suddenly 4 or 5 lights appeared just in front of, and above my car. These lights looked the size of the balls they attach to the power lines so I thought they may light up at night. But they were too close together and they do not light up. So, I then thought it could be a kite with flashlights. It was dark and any craft was unseen through the glare, but as one light would disappear on one side, another would appear on the other. The lights seemed to be equatorial along the edge of a very slowly rotating disc, where it took approximately 15 seconds for all 4 or five lights to reach the backside. After about 180 decree rotation the lights disappeared for 10 seconds then reappeared, continuing as before. I was wondering if my heartfelt prayer has anything to do with this sighting. The two cars in front of me may have witnessed this, as well. The next day I tried to notify the power plant and the Sheriff's department but was not taken seriously by either. The fact that this occurred at a power plant led me to report to this agency. My best "guess" is that the craft may have been between 15 - 30 ft in diameter, 50 - 100 yards above the ground, just to the left of the hiway 191 that bisects the plant, more toward the solar array than the cooling towers, traveling South.
August 23, 2023 · 8:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Rochelle, IL
I was on my backyard deck with my dog just as a clear night settled in. I noticed a triangled red light set just above the horizon from the east...as I watched it, it began to rise in the sky (or had been moving straight at me) and began flying at me at a quick speed. As it started to fly directly over there were at first 2 triangles, red in color, then it looked like there were 3 red triangles flying side by side overhead. As I was watching there were 2 triangles flying directly back east a bit more to the north. I was a bit shaken because I had never seen anything like these things before. I ran in to get my phone to get pics if it came back and accidentally (or my phone had)woke my husband. He eventually came out as another set of red-lighted triangles (2) flew overhead from the east but he said it was a plane. It didn't look like any plane I have ever seen or ever flew that low east to west over our home. They were huge. And we live northwest of a small airport and Interstate 88. As that one disappeared, I saw one more set maybe a mile south of us fly west. Was there noise? I couldn't say for sure because of the noisy interstate but there was no normal hum of an engine had any other plane flew over to the airport nor was there a jet engine sound as I would suspect of a plane that large (if it was one). Very strange, and may have not been anything BUT it was unlike anything I have ever seen in 66 years on earth. Lasted about 5-8 min maybe and to be honest it could have been closer to 9 PM.
August 23, 2023 · 8:45 PM · CIRCLE
Delaware City, DE
There was one, followed by another one and then four together like a square, followed by four more in a single line. Then, one by one, each flew higher into the clouds until out of sight. They appeared be bright yellow in color.
August 23, 2023 · 8:34 PM · DISK
Huntington, TX
Sum appear amber . You diffently tell them from the stars .. they are low in the sky . Very strange things to see . Very curious wat they are . It's also as though sum stay on same grid but all move up down in an out . It feels like they are observing but I could be wrong but they are there . Check it out yourself . Sum fly around no flashing lights but do have sound .. Sum have flashing lights . They are not planes ..I watch them nightly . Please give me an opinion of wat it could possibly be .. kinda scarey .
August 23, 2023 · 7:35 PM · OVAL
Newton, MA
A silent, glowing, oval object was seen. It was slower and higher than a plane.
August 23, 2023 · 7:15 PM · SPHERE
Auburn (looking SW), ME
Large enough to look like a planet, we saw an orb hovering above and slightly to the right of the moon. Seemed ‘normal’ for a couple minutes until it started a steady descent straight down, halfway to the horizon line. It then stopped, hovered, in one place, reducing size for about 30 seconds before it disappeared. No visible trail. No wavering. Movement seemed direct and with intent. Very odd indeed.
August 23, 2023 · 12:00 PM · CIGAR
Nelson, CAERPHIL · United Kingdom
Lying on the grass in a field with a friend watching the clouds. Saw a long silver cigar shaped object just hovering above us. We just lay there and stared at it for about five minutes then it suddenly accelerated and shot off to the left of us and disappeared from view. It was very, very fast and disappeared in a matter of seconds. This happened back in the 1960s probably around 1962. during the school holidays. There were no lights and no sound
August 23, 2023 · 10:40 AM · LIGHT
Monrovia, CA
This happens everytime I go to work at around 10 40 am. On the 210 freeway going west. It started when me and my cousin enter irwindale and ends as we get close to Monrovia. We notice it flashing colors starting red, orange, green and then blue. It is so bright is shines through the day. The flashing color light use to last about 30 seconds but gets shorter everytime. I pull out my phone to film but because my phone is so old, the camera takes a minute to load so I end up missing the light. The light seems to be happening in the San Gabriel Mountains close to those spires at the top of the mountain where the old observatory is, I would assume but looking, I could be wrong. We have only seen this flashing colored light 3 times this year.
August 23, 2023 · 9:11 AM · OVAL
Punta Gorda, FL
I was travelling South from South County Regional Park towards Carmelita Street... I happened to look up and noticed an Oval Metallic Thing traveling very fast from West to East at approximately 9:11 AM. At first, I thought it might be a plane as there is a small airport nearby. I looked away for a brief second and it was gone. After thinking about it more, I realized the craft was flying too low and too fast for it to be landing nearby... Nothing like I have ever seen before. This craft did not have wings.
August 23, 2023 · 9:07 AM · CIGAR
San Diego, CA
I was fishing on Shelter Island pier around 9am when I spotted the craft. Brilliant white. Headed very, very slowly between Point Loma and North Island Naval air base. Not a plane, jet, drone nor blimp. Never have seen anything like it. Silent. Could not judge size, didn’t know the distance from me. I watched it in amazement. I then leaned over to get my cup of coffee (one second max) and looked up and it was gone. I mean gone.
August 23, 2023 · 6:00 AM · CHANGING
Maitland, FL
Before sunrise for the second morning this week I saw this seemed to be a round object moving quickly around with different colored lights, stayed in the same place. Unbelievable, this is out of this world!
August 23, 2023 · 5:10 AM · SPHERE
Bakersfield, CA
I would like to upload the video i captured at a later date as I need to get it downloaded from my phone to a device. Pretty decent video footage!