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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.
4,558 entries
April 1, 2016 · 7:58 PM · FORMATION
Portland, OR
I took some video with my phone, but the quality isn't very good. The objects do come into focus briefly 6 seconds in. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 1, 2016 · 7:58 PM · FORMATION
Portland, OR
I took a video, but the objects are hard to see. If you zoom the objects come into focus briefly at 3 and 6 seconds. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 31, 2016 · 11:30 PM · FORMATION
St. Helens, OR
One larger orange oblong shape was extremely bright for awhile then shut the lights down but could still make out something. None of these seemed to move very much. Looked at a couple through the spotting scope and the actual flash of the lights illuminated in the scope. We drove around for 1.5 hours to get a better look and watched them for 2 hours. We could see a few over Scappoose also. I found some videos on youtube of the same thing we seen.
March 29, 2016 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
Dedham, MA
Source: conversation with witness. Oakdale section of Dedham. A chain of large glowing orange balls proceeded in single file heading NNW. One was observed dropping down to an unknown location. A male witness drove off trying to find a possible landing site but was unsuccessful. Female pedestrian witness stayed behind. Female does not remember exact date, but sighted a large bolide 2 days previous. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 27, 2016 · 9:29 PM · FORMATION
Johannesburg (South Africa) · South Africa
Place of sighting: - Kyalami, Midrand (Johannesburg South Africa) Time and date: - 21:29 CAT (JHB); 27 March 2016 Initial sighting direction: - West West South (towards Krugersdorp) Event details: Just before going to bed, I went outside onto the patio leading from our bedroom. Being a clear cool autumn night, I went outside to look at the constellation of Orion (Westerly direction at around 30 Degrees elevation at the time) to see how clear it would be. I noticed a small commercial aircraft making its way towards Lanseria airport (North Westerly direction from our house). I then looked more to the South to look in the direction of where a neighbour's dog was barking, and noticed a string of faint coppery orange orbs in the West. These were moving in a boomerang/"loose string of pearls" formation towards Pretoria (to the North West). I estimated they would have been directly overhead for the residents of Krugersdorp. At the beginning of the sighting I estimated the length of the edge of this formation was about the same as holding a 4-inch long object out at an arm's length. The easterly edge of the boomerang immediately reminded me of the so-called "Phoenix Lights" --this was the first thing which went through my head when I saw them - this because the "string" looked straight and level relative to the horizon and looked like a picture I had once seen of that phenomena (note: these objects in this sighting were much closer to one another and there were many more). This was the closest the formation was to me, thereafter it became smaller as it moved north easterly towards Pretoria. The "string" on the Westerly side moved erratically, many simultaneously moving rapidly and overtaking one another, then dropping back. The same movement happened on the easterly side of the formation but not to the same extent. The shape remained a "v" regardless of the movements of the individual objects. The formation was moving between the constellation of Orion and Sirius. The closest comparable motion I can think of is a flock of birds flying in a v-formation in very turbulent weather and then the speed of their movements speeded up considerably. The changing of relative positions was almost "playful," but always kept the same distance between the individual objects. As they moved over, the v-shape became more pronounced and less "flat" - I could not count them properly but I estimate there were over 20 individual objects, those on the easterly side being marginally brighter than those in the west). These were individual objects and not part of a single larger object. The colour was slightly darker than the orange hue of the star Betelgeuse, and luminosity around 20% of that star, on the night I called my wife to see the formation, but by the time she was outside, the formation was much fainter than when I had first seen it and was just about to disappear behind the tops of the trees in the north west and she did not see the formation. At this time the easterly side of the formation went straight again but the westerly side continued to move erratically. She witnessed a shooting star off to the side of where the formation was. During this time - of only around 10 to 15 seconds at most - I only took my eyes off the formation once when I tried to see if my wife was looking in the right direction. In relation to the airplane mentioned earlier, the formation was moving much faster and seemed much higher in the sky. To put the speed in perspective, the sighting covered about 3/4 of the sky and was over in the time mentioned earlier. This reminded me of the speed of a low flying fighter jet. There was no sound from the formation, and I did not hear engine noise from the airplane either. By the end of the sighting the airplane had disappeared but admittedly was not the focus of my attention. I expect the only reason why the objects were even visible was because of the position and luminosity of the rising moon - reflecting off the lower surfaces of the objects - much as the sun does off satellites in the early evening. They did not seem to emit any light themselves - ruling out the typical Chinese Lantern misidentification. I immediately sketched the sky and the path / formation on my smartphone (attached). I am familiar with aircraft (as we have multiple airports in the vicinity) and have been interested in airplanes and associated technology since an early age. These objects and their speed, proximity to one another and movements do not fit any aircraft I am aware of. Their movements would have been extremely risky - if impossible - for any formation of aircraft to attempt without colliding. The acceleration and deceleration of the objects also did not seem physically possible for a object with any weight. Please note this sighting was reported to MUFON (case: 75463) on the morning of 28th March.
March 22, 2016 · 8:30 PM · FORMATION
Calangute (India; Goa) · India
UFO Sighting Goa India 22nd March 2016 Baga Creek, Calangute "Me and my Best Friend Akshay Kauthankar aka "Hunter" were just relaxing on the Baga Creek Beach Area at around 8.30 p.m all off a sudden 'Hunter" spotted 3 Red Lights in the Sky that were stationary not moving at all and it made no sound at all we could not explain what the hell it was and by the way "SORRY THE VIDEO IS IN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL POSITION "but it was CoOL UFO Sighting.......................
March 19, 2016 · 7:45 PM · FORMATION
New York City (Bronx), NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 16, 2016 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Denver, CO
I was driving on i70 going towards to city from the highlands and off to my left there were three sets of orange air craft lights in a formation hovering. They were to big to be airplanes, and they were stagnant.
March 15, 2016 · 2:40 AM · FORMATION
Phoenix, AZ
It looked like one big object put at second glance it was about eight together to form a bomesrag shape with the right side being a little shorter. Mane the size of a small 727 plain. It mad no noise and was moving fast faster then a helicopter. It was transparent with a light glow in the dark look like a kid's ball. Not sure what it was but never seen anything like it before wondering if anyone else might have had a chance to see it?
March 15, 2016 · 12:05 AM · FORMATION
South Pasadena, FL
At 12:05 am on Tuesday March 15, 2016, we spotted 4 bright orange lights in a diamond formation in the sky over Pasadena Isle, Florida. They were silent and moved slowly in a northerly direction. I took two pictures of them with my cell phone. The objects had already passed overhead when I took the photos, so they appear much dimmer. We are husband and wife, Caucasian and in our early seventies.
March 13, 2016 · 9:30 PM · FORMATION
Pueblo, CO
In the Mesa Junction area, I saw 3 big bright red lights, they were spread about in a triangular formation and appeared very close and quiet. They were very slow and hovered for a bit. One started to blink then disappeared, the other two got closer together then spread apart they started blinking at each other and then one disappeared then the other disappeared.
March 11, 2016 · 2:48 AM · FORMATION
West Farmington, NM
I went back inside grabbed a witness & soon as he seen em they disappeared. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 8, 2016 · 10:00 PM · FORMATION
Castaic, CA
I witnessed what I thought was a craft with three sets of lights in a triangular formation separate and take positions miles apart from one another. These separate craft either had multiple lights, or strobed hues of redish and blue light. They moved faster than I could track with my eye. One made a slingshot maneuver around another then disappeared and reappeared miles away from the staionary craft. The three lights came back into formation and disappeared from view. A few seconds later I saw three bright white lights close to the ground then dissappear from view entirely. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Peter, Yes, it was the evening of the 8th, not the 9th. Sorry for any confusion. ((END ADDENDUM))
March 5, 2016 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Bear, DE
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 2, 2016 · 9:35 PM · FORMATION
Wickieup (south of), AZ
There were four very bright lights that lit up. Then I saw lights come on forming a half circle. I was on the 93 highway and cars were parked on the shoulder with people looking up. Someone had to have seen the same thing. I have never seen anything like that in my life.
March 2, 2016 · 7:39 PM · FORMATION
UK/England (offshore oil rig) · United Kingdom
I work on an offshore rig and was out on deck at night. I looked into the distance and saw an orange light, at first i dismissed it as a helicopter (although orange is an unusual light colour for them). The light vanished, so I thought it went behind a cloud. Seconds later, and much closer, a triangle formation of orange lights appeared, not moving, then in sequence 3 more evenly spaced triangles appeared before fading in the same order they appeared. I then shouted on someone to come and see, they never!! Then closer still, the same thing happened, this time with 5 formations, although this time I could see a faint light joining the formations together just under the bottom 2 lights, this went from the 1st set to the last set of lights in the formation. They then faded and I never saw anything else.
March 2, 2016 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
Scottsdale, AZ
The object was in a triangle light formation with an additional light on the side. The formation did not move for the duration I observed. There were four bright circular lights, and they were relatively close together. I first noticed the lights after exiting the 101 and going down Frank Lloyd Wright. My mom pulled over into a residential area to take pictures. I've been watching the skies, and keeping track of anything out of the ordinary. Last year on March 4, 2015, a single light was hovering in the same spot for 45 minutes. I am unsure about the correlation between this incident and the previous one from last year, but I couldn't disregard the possible connection due to the fact that it was around the same date and time.
March 1, 2016 · 8:10 PM · FORMATION
California, MO
The orange lights then began to move like a sidewinder, again headed west. Then all of a sudden were gone. They didn't fizzle out, they were just gone. These lights were definitely not what I am a accustomed to seeing, having lived somewhat close to Whiteman afb, and also anytime I hear a plane or a helicopter I always look for it. So I know what I am used to seeing, and this was way out of the ordinary.
February 29, 2016 · 7:20 PM · FORMATION
Stover, MO
I live just south of Stover, MO, in the woods, in a 2nd story building. I saw numerous orbs of orange lights appearing and disappearing to the S-SE of my home. I went out on my deck to attempt to film them, but the trees got in my way, and the camera wouldn't focus is such dull light. A lot of aircraft traffic starting immediately after the first orange orb appeared. High altitude jets circled back and forth for at least the last ten minutes. At one point, the clouds above the horizon where the orbs appeared and disappeared lit up a few times, as if the orbs were in the clouds. I have no idea what to think. While it was happening, the entire forest seemed to start calling. Coyotes and owls, birds that are usually silent at this late evening hour. They all suddenly stopped after the last orb seemed to just disappear. I came inside because I got cold, and my camera battery seemed to suddenly drain. It is now 7:38pm and there are still jets canvassing back and forth. I've witnessed several USAF exercises, and none of them involved orange orbs. This doesn't seem like "night training/drills" to me and those were definitely not "flares" or "blank incendiary devices" - I've saw those before. These orbs look nothing like the blanks or flares.
February 27, 2016 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
Sioux City, IA
It took a minute for my husband to see it because it was so dim. It made no noise and then just took off.
February 25, 2016 · 12:45 PM · FORMATION
Rancho Bernardo, CA
I first noticed the formation when I was at a red light heading north bound on West Bernardo Dr about to turn left (or West) on Rancho Bernardo Road. Their were about 10 or 15 objects in the sky in a formation. The objects seemed to be rotating in spiral fashion, and at first I thought they were a group of sky divers, but then I realized that they weren’t actually falling. As they swirled around they would change from bright white to almost invisible to a dark color then back to invisible then back to white. This cycle made me think that maybe it was a group of birds that were white on the top and dark underneath. I thought maybe as they were flying in circles the whites of their back were being reflected by the sun then the dark of the birds bellies were making them look black. Some of the objects would come close together and some would separate from the group as a whole. After about 15 min they slowly dispersed to the east and gradually disappeared.
February 23, 2016 · 6:55 PM · FORMATION
Auburn, WA
At approximately 18:50 in the night sky above my home, moving from East to West appeared a formation of 3 bright objects moving at a steady speed across the sky. I ran inside and upstairs in order to view this formation above the valley from a West-facing window in my home. The formation was clearly visible and still moving West at a steady speed. Suddenly, from the East appeared a huge formation of 10 additional bright objects heading in the same Westerly direction at the same speed. These were in a distinct formation, and I was able to photograph this second formation with my iPhone as well as take a short video. The lead object was out in front of the second formation by a considerable distance. There were 8 bright objects in a pattern. The photo I took shows that this could also potentially be 2 formations: One formation of 4 objects in a backwards “C” formation, and a second formation in a distinct triangle formation. Under this single cluster of 8 objects was the 10th object which was slightly brighter and moving in the same direction and speed as all of the other objects. Both the first and second formation vanished into the distance to the West. Both formation never changed speed, shape, or direction at anytime. It was a very deliberate path and speed. I have been a life-long amateur astronomer and know that these were not meteors, fireballs, or bolides based on my observations. I am also familiar with what a satellite looks like as it breaks apart re-entering the Earth's atmosphere, and this looked nothing like this. These were brighter than the visible objects in the night sky with a brightness between Jupiter and Venus on a clear night. According to the NWS data for last night, the wind speeds in the area were averaging 9.6 miles per hour, and the wind direction was East...therefore, it was in the opposite direction these objects were flying. We spoke at length via telephone with the witness, and we found him to be a quite capable, and serious-minded person. We suspect that he is an exceptionally reliable, and capable, observer. PD
February 20, 2016 · 10:00 PM · FORMATION
Tiny (Canada), ON · Canada
At approximately 10:00 p.m. or shortly after, on April 24, 2020, through the tree line, along my street, I witnessed a highway full of stars, in multiple lines all moving in the same direction (south) through the night sky. I was facing west (towards the direction of Georgian Bay) and I called to my Spouse who was standing a few feet ahead of me. He turned and also saw a stream of stars moving in the same direction (south) and all disappearing at the same point in the sky, as if they were entering something unseen and disappearing into it. My Spouse recalls that all of the lines converged at one point and appeared to become a single line before disappearing. Some of the stars appeared to be moving ahead of others, but for the most part at a steady speed. Duration approximately 2 minutes. We went out to walk the dog and we were on the last stretch, almost back home.
February 19, 2016 · 6:38 PM · FORMATION
Phoenix, AZ
Time of sighting: 6:38pm mountain time Duration of sighting: Six Minutes Location: South Mountain Look Out nearest Radio/TV – Gila Valley Look Out My girlfriend and I drove to the top of the mountain to view the sunset as it almost completely dropped behind the mountains due west. The temperature had dropped down to 71 degrees and the wind was blowing east by southeast 10mph (you can hear it in the footage). As my girlfriend and I were turning towards our car she stopped and pointed. I turned and looked to find four lights hovering past or behind the Estrella Mountains level with the mountain tops, in front of the visible cloud streaks to the southwest. They were reddish, amber, gold color. At first, I thought they were typical airline traffic approaching due east to land at Sky Harbor International Airport. But these lights hovered—almost flickering—maintaining their position. We could not determine if they were balls of fire, or that the space between us and the objects seemed to flicker because of the atmospheric particles between us and the lights. Then, to the left, a reverse C crescent formation of seven lights a! ppeared roughly two minutes later. Then, a single light appeared below the crescent—that is when my girlfriend began recording. At this point there were 11 visible glowing objects. One minute into the video, you will see the camera pan left where another light formed and immediately to the left of that light, two comet-like streaks passed to the left—they were visible for 10 seconds before they faded out. The remaining lights stayed in position—unaffected by the present wind--keeping formation, for another two minutes before fading away. The first four lights appeared for four minutes. The crescent group of seven appeared for 4 minutes and the two streaks lasted 10 seconds. We held our position for five minutes after the lights disappeared. No lights appeared thereafter. For video footage: https://youtu.be/EmAzlfv_z80