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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 14, 2023 · 8:55 PM · OTHER
Taos Canyon, NM
I was driving North through Taos Canyon. I was timing the drive from one end of the canyon to the other so I was vary aware of the time. I entered the canyon at 8:38 pm. Just beyond the Penasco turn off to the east, about 15 minutes through the canyon, I saw an object that at first glance looked like an an object on fire getting ready to crash. I was in the shape of a vertical fin.l It was about 60 ft. from top to bottom and had an extremely bright blue flame shooting out the rear end. The flame was consistent (even) from the top of the rear of object to the bottom. It barely cleared the hill to the west of my truck. The trajectory of the object was about a 45 degree angle heading downward.The blue flame was so bright it was bit frightening. It was traveling at a very high rate of speed based upon how fast it came into view from the East side of the highway until it cleared the hills on the West side of the highway. I immediately slowed down to a crawl and was certain I would witness a huge explosion. With the trajectory and the speed of the object I was sure it would crash any second. I waited for a bright light or explosion...but nothing. That is when I realized that the object made no sound at all. After it went just beyond the hills on the West side of the highway it just disappeared. No sign of it at all. I went up the road just a bit to try and see around the hills and when I had a clear view in maybe 1 minute there was nothing. It was so clear, fast, and bright and mind boggling there is no way I can compare it to anything I ever seen. I worked on the airfield at Joint Base Balad in Iraq and I have seen many types of aircraft day and night but I have never seen anything like this in my life. At 9:50 pm I called the NM State Police just to see if anyone else had reported this sighting and they hung up on me.
August 14, 2023 · 8:23 PM · UNKNOWN
Portland, OR
I saw one F18 flying low over my neighborhood and watched as it sped up. I then noticed it was chasing something. I am unsure of the shape or what it was it the F18 was chasing, but it was fast and flew up quickly into the atmosphere while the F18 tore West and then directly up. I could no longer see either the F18 or the UFO, but continued to hear the F18 jet as it was still audible. I couldn’t hear the UFO at all. Luckily, another bystander witnessed this incident and we were both unable to articulate precisely what the F18 was chasing. Furthermore, I had a hard time understanding why just one F18 jet was chasing this, as from my understanding they typically do not travel alone.
August 14, 2023 · 6:18 AM · OVAL
Auckland, AUCKLAND · New Zealand
I was leaving to go for work. I looked up to see a small lit object very high altitude. At first it was next to a star but pulled out to the side. Change of direction. Moving quite quickly. Then started heading across the sky quite quickly I started to film. The object the changed direction and velocity a few times. Which I also thought was weird. I filmed for as long as I could. Then left for work. Didn’t think about it as work was busy then looked at it mid morning and I am very confused about what have I have witnessed. This thing looked like a spinning gimbal or cube in a black energy circle that pulsed with an aura of energy. Almost like a transfer of energy between the craft and the exterior or the black energy circle
August 14, 2023 · 2:06 AM · OVAL
Gilroy, CA
Oval shape solid light moving slow and at low altitude with no sound. Its lights doesnt shine brightness to anything and doesnt have the characteristics of a normal light have. Its just solid contained light in its self.
August 14, 2023 · 12:31 AM · LIGHT
Britannia Beach, BC · Canada
Sitting on a deck with all exterior lights extinguished and little light pollution, capturing stars by using 10-sec exposure and wide angle lens, setting the camera on a table pointing up and clicking the button. All other objects in the sky are stationary. In the upper left of the photo, an odd pattern showed up. Zooming in showed a series of lights in 2 or 3 streaks like a fast-moving object traveling in an erratic curved path. Checked Starlink finder website, and nothing showed visible at the time. Could possibly be something like a couple fireflies flying in a formation, but that seems far-fetched. Hard to say what it may be. Coordinates: (49.6302882, -123.1967065) [NUFORC annotation: Insect - Possible]
August 14, 2023 · 12:15 AM · CIRCLE
Reykjavik, CAPITAL · Iceland
Strong light blinking, today on a different location, moving and disappearing.
August 13, 2023 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Springville, UT
My son and I were viewing meteor showers the night of 8/13/23. At appx 11pm we both saw a craft moving north to south at a high speed. It flew along the east side of town. We estimated 1500 to 2500 ft high altitude. It appeared to be tracking another aircraft. We observed it moving over Springville, at which time visibility and detail of craft improved long enough to see that it was clearly a stealth craft of human origin, but flew silently and without visible propulsion. I was able to see it clearly for several seconds. It resembled the stealth bomber (B52?), however with a much larger fuselage and shorter wings. It had no visible signs or markings. It continued over Spanish Fork, where it suddenly made about 10 circular loops (maybe .25 to .5 mile diameter loops) at extremely high speed...we calculated that each loop lasted appx 1 to 1.5 seconds. After the 10th loop, it shot due south over the southern mountain ranges at an incomprehensible speed and disappeared. My 24 yr old son, a UVU college student, witnessed the event. Neither of us has ever seen unidentifiable objects in the sky, and have always been skeptical of such things. However, there is no doubt we saw a stealth craft, human origin, and of incredible speed and movement that defied traditional, known or disclosed technology. Proximity to Hill AFB just 70 miles north of our home is also a consideration as craft seemed to be military in nature. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
August 13, 2023 · 10:25 PM · FORMATION
Carbondale, CO
I was looking up into the sky to watch the meteor shower in a small mountain town with very little light pollution. I was in the backyard of my townhome and my girlfriend had just gone to bed. I noticed 3 lights in a straight line with 1-2 lights flanking each side of it, almost resembling a complete arrow or half of an arrow. It was hard to count all the lights to truly put a concrete number on it, but there were at least 4, but likely 5. The weirdest part is that the area between the lights looked blurry. It was not a solid object, at least what I could see. It looked blurry, as if you were looking at blacktop asphalt in the distance on a super hot and sunny day. I was able to watch it for about 7 seconds before it passed far enough to fall behind roof of the home next door and out of my line of sight. Over the course of those 7 seconds, I blinked several times - to ensure I was actually seeing what I was seeing. It, whatever it was, was not high enough to blend within the stars or where you would see a satellite - it was closer than that. Maybe just beyond where you’d imagine to see a cloud. I’ve seen starlink before and this was not it. It was not nearly as long and there were lights flanking alongside of the line. This was also not a plane. The lights were not blinking - they were constant. With how far they were spread out, the plane would have had to have been either the biggest plane beyond our imagination or far closer to the earth than this was. Close enough to be able to ID it as a plane and even hear it. There could very well be a rational explanation for it - maybe it was drone(s), but it was a lot higher than any drone I’ve personally seen.
August 13, 2023 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Kenner, LA
The object was high in the sky like a star but not blinking/twinkling. Just a steady glow. Shape was circular. It moved at a fast but steady speed from the east all the way towards the northwest until it disappeared. Too fast to be a plane or ISS.
August 13, 2023 · 9:40 PM · SPHERE
McMinnville, OR
At approximately 9:40pm we went outside to see if we could see a few meteors. I was waiting for my Dad and my son was running around the driveway. I looked up from the ramp onto the deck and noticed a sparkly looking star that was moving kind of strange. It was a little erratic like it zigged a little one way and then zagged back the other way. It also appeared to emit something or sparkle. I pulled up Sky Tonight and nothing in the spot and it was moving so I figured it wasn't a star. I did record video which is hard to do with a phone at night. This is one of a few sightings I have had out here. Each sighting has kind of triggered my anxiety and made me a little nervewracked and not wanting to or being able to sleep. They seem to be getting more and more frequent. I am completely sober. I don't drink or do drugs or anything. I don't even smoke or vape. I am going to upload the video to YouTube like I have done before and add the link to this report. https://youtu.be/8NAtL7cBSes
August 13, 2023 · 9:36 PM · SPHERE
Anchorage, AK
I noticed a white orb with a trail behind it flying just above east mount susitna before abruptly changing course and heading north. After moving north for about 2 seconds, it abruptly changed course again, heading east. It stopped moving for about 5 seconds, then flew east off camera
August 13, 2023 · 9:30 PM · EGG
Olympia, WA
I am an experiencer. I have had regular sightings since 2009 and several previous close encounters so this didn't really scare too much although it was strange. I was out walking the dogs and I see a white light orb type silently flying from west to east Olympia as it approaches the airplane lane going North/South it blinks off and on a couple times then shrinks down to a pinpoint and vanishes. Then about ten minutes later as I'm walking back to the house through a parking lot I turn around and see a large pulsing orange light. It is not blinking like a airplane light it is getting big and bright then shrinking and dimming but not going out completely. It is coming closer toward me and I notice that the orange light looks like a giant spotlight that is rotating in all directions around a black sphere or egg shaped craft. The craft itself was so dark like vantam black reflecting absolutely no light. The thing continues to get closer it slows down and speeds up, as the orange light moves around like an eye, seemingly searching for something on the ground. As usual, the object made no noise. I waved my hands and step forward and say 'here i am' but it ignores me and flies off in a North Easterly direction. Just as I lost sight of it, a giant orange fireball tears across the sky in the same area I had just lost sight of the craft. I assumed it was a meteor but not like any meteor i've ever seen before.
August 13, 2023 · 6:10 PM · TRIANGLE
Brampton, ON · Canada
Standing on my balcony looking north toward Caledon Ontario I saw what I first thought was a black crow or other similar bird soaring quickly from west to east across the sky maybe 300 ft away. But when I saw it disappear behind a cloud that I estimate was 8 miles away, I knew it was not a bird but something much larger and further away. I estimate the distance it crossed was about 5 miles in 5 seconds.
August 13, 2023 · 12:00 PM · FORMATION
Waterbury, CT
When I looked outside the window I was seeing a black almost football shaped object hovering in the air it was clear as day then going up towards the clouds hiding in the clouds . I know the difference between a balloon or a aircraft that was none of the above .
August 13, 2023 · 4:00 AM · SPHERE
Chewelah, WA
I got up early around 3:45 am to watch the meteor shower. I was out for 45 minutes and saw approx. 12 meteors and 2 LEO satellites. About 4 am looking north, I saw in a ball of bright white light rising straight up in the sky. At first I thought it was another satellite but as it was rising it turned amber/brown then deep red and finally just faded out or blinked out. I'm 61 years old and have seen many meteors and satellites, planes and drones but never anything like this. For the record, there is an airport north of Chewelah. But again, this was no airplane. I may have seen a ufo a long time ago when I was a kid with my family but don't really remember. I've always wanted to see one and am a big fan of Peter Davenport. I remember hearing him on Art Bell years ago and wondered if he was still manning the reporting hotline. I had no missing time and I know it's not much of a sighting but for me it's a big deal. Thanks for all the hard work you do. Keep up the good work! Ps If you have any other questions feel free to contact me anytime.
August 13, 2023 · 3:05 AM · FIREBALL
Frontenac State Park near Lake City, MN
My fiancee and I were sitting at the entrance of the Frontenac State Park Campground at 3:05 AM CST, photographing the perseids meteor shower facing mostly NE over the Mississippi River. We both observed an extremely bright ball of blue light (it lit up the sky for a brief moment) appeared in the sky, SE of our location. It traveled a short distance, traveling horizontally with an upward trajectory, lasting 2-3 seconds, before emitting an intensely bright light and completely disappearing from view. It left behind a trail, resembling smoke/clouds, which was light in color, that lasted approximately 10-15 seconds before it dissipated. No sound was heard during the event. The sky was very clear with very little to no light pollution from surrounding cities.
August 13, 2023 · 2:51 AM · UNKNOWN
Jamaica, NY
It was around 2:50 am and there was thunderstorms but the sky kept flickering so I started recording, I recorded 2 video with the unidentified object but I didn’t realize I saw it until I looked at video again and saw this on the identified object moving and it kinda looked as if it was spinning
August 13, 2023 · 2:20 AM · OVAL
Monticello, KY
While fishing. We saw something, that we can’t explain. There was a long, cigar shaped, rather large object with NON flashing lights along the length of it. It produced absolutely no sound and it was very quite on the lake that time of night. It was relatively slow moving(not fast enough to support aircraft flight). NOT Helicopters or any type aircraft that we could associate with this)(or we’d have heard them for sure). To me, it was opaque. Almost to the point you could see through it, but not quite. We don’t know what we saw, but it was NOT explainable to us.
August 13, 2023 · 1:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Sunderland · Belgium
Stargazing in garden watching the annual perseid meteor shower and all the slow moving satellites that are visible on a clear night then from 173•south I seen a very fast low moving object that I thought was a shooting star moving north it crossed my view of the sky in seconds it was a lot lower than the shooting stars and satellites that I normally see never seen anything like it it was a dull light possibly metallic with no noise
August 13, 2023 · 1:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Chehalis, WA
There was two discs traveling side by side and barely visual lights. The second was a triangular shape with 3 green lights on each point. They were moving faster than a plan but stayed close enough in the atmosphere for us to see each sighting for about 20-30 seconds. Craziest experience for all 3 of us by far.
August 13, 2023 · 1:00 AM · SPHERE
Glenwood, NM
Went to cosmic campground to watch meteor shower. Noticed what we first thought to be helicopters on the NE horizon, maybe 20 miles away. Looking at a map later we decided they would have been flying near Eagle Peak. From about midnight till 2am we watched these lights- several flying crafts that had speed and ability to change direction inconsistent with helicopters or army jets. They would speed up, change direction, slow down, hover, and drop very quickly. They were staying in one specific area, as if surveying a canyon. Sometimes they would fly in pairs, other times no formation. Usually we could only see 2 or 3 at a time but briefly saw as many as 6 at once. They emitted an odd light that would dim and get brighter, and then disappear for several minutes. We watched for 2 hours trying to come up with a logical explanation, and could not. A few commercial planes passed by the area, and the lights became inactive while planes were in the vicinity. I wouldn’t say that there were lights on the objects as much as they created light, more like an aura. The hue of the lights changed, but not rapidly. They were for the most part white lights, but at times had orange or blue hues.
August 13, 2023 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Ocotillo Wells, CA
Witnessed from 32.74532, -116.13906 viewing in a due north direction myself and 5 others witnessed lights that were very bright (some not as bright as others) enter atmosphere along the horizon adjacent to the Big Dipper constellation between the hours of 12:30am-3am August 13, 2023. These lights made geometric shapes, re-aligned to make other formations and also witnessed 5-6 appear and move down towards horizon (coordinated group) then make a sharp high speed right turn in perspective of the viewing position. These lights appeared to be some white and some red and seemed to stop once the Big Dipper constellation moved past the horizon.
August 12, 2023 · 11:45 PM · LIGHT
Shorewood, IL
I first noticed the light when I was looking up at the stars, as at first I thought it was a very bright star. It started to hover in a circular motion and sometimes move in quick bursts, but would generally stay in the same spot. My backyard is underneath a flight path and this light was well above any planes flying over that night and stayed in this general spot for the entire time I was outside (~30 minutes). This light did not change colors but would have a rhythmic blinking pattern.
August 12, 2023 · 11:25 PM · FLASH
Beavercreek, OR
We were watching the sky for the Persied meteor shower. Clear sky, no clouds or moon out. We just saw a shooting star and pointed it out to each other. As we were pointing, just to the left of where we were looking we suddenly saw a green flash. For reference, It happened to the left of the Big Dipper. It was circular and small from our perspective, but the size of the bigger stars in the sky. It was like a camera flash. Very quick. There was a pause, then it happened again about 4 seconds later and that was it. No craft, no plane, not a comet, just a small green camera flash in outer space.