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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.
139,459 entries
December 20, 2023 · 5:30 AM · SPHERE
Norwalk, OH
At first, it looked like one light then I zeroed in on my phone, and it looked like blue and white lights a layer of them. You would have to see the picture. It was not acting like a plane at all with the human eye I’ve seen the stink satellites way up way higher and look different. This is like the third identified object. Me and my wife have seen in three months and our location, don’t know what this is just curious . [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
December 20, 2023 · 2:00 AM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalIrmo, SC
Round-shaped sphere in nature, but was made of spindles that extended out in sections. Red and white lights appearing as dots flashed. The object remained stationary. I took videos from outside with my iPhone, When viewing visually from the outside, I saw the intricate details of the object. The quality of the iPhone videos taken do not pick up these details. Over the last summer, in this exact same siting area, I visually saw a stationary v-formation of five ufos… [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
December 19, 2023 · 7:00 PM · CHANGING
Nashville, TN
Starting filming at 6:19 Several videos and one still Video enlarged in some captures Still visible
December 19, 2023 · 6:24 PM · OTHER
Hope, ME
Husband and wife out walking the dog at 6:24pm on 12/19/23. Avid skywatchers, we were looking up at the clear sky, when we spotted a smallish light in the western sky that looked “different”. We watched it lengthen - to give an idea of its width, from our perspective, it looked like a short pencil line. It looked almost like an ASCENDING fireball - definitely going up, not down! It appeared to be at the same altitude as planes flying overhead - 30,000 - 40,000 feet. Both have experience as trained observers, and after decades of sky watching, have not seen anything like this before. Checked flight app on phone, nothing. Checked with Starlink launches, etc., and that didn’t appear to fit either, although there was a Starlink launch the night before, in Cape Canaveral (2000 miles south of us). Having seen Starlink in the past, it looked nothing like that to us. AND, Starlink didn’t just “disappear” the way this one did. Unfortunately, being nighttime, the video doesn’t give a good perspective for the viewer to judge distance, altitude, etc.. The surrounding land is wooded and sparsely populated. After zooming in a few seconds into the video, we attempted to keep the camera as steady as possible, to show the movement of the object. (We are including the second video, attempting to photograph the object disappearing. It shows up on the phone, not so much when it’s translated to this computer.). Its trajectory was “straight up”, or appeared to be, from where we were standing (on a mountain in the midcoast region of Maine). After observing for about 1-1.5 minutes, the object seemed to “fade out” and disappear. There was very slight cloudiness here and there in the sky, however, if this object had gone behind a cloud, it theoretically would have emerged at some point. We stood outside for several minutes after the sighting, until it was apparent that it was not going to reemerge.
December 19, 2023 · 6:53 AM · UNKNOWN
Early, IA
The object flying headed from West to East at a fairly slow pace, there were two white/yellow blinking lights close together flashing at the same time. The object suddenly shifted very slowly to the South and went a little further before one light went out, the other dimmed and the object stopped. It then sat for about one minute before it slowly turned back to the West and that light dimmed even further. I looked down to send a message to a friend about it and then when I looked back up no lights were further visible and it was nowhere in sight. It was too windy and early in the morning for me to think it was a drone, but seemed smaller than a regular air craft. It didn’t look to be that far away but it was dark and difficult to get a shape on it. It flew flat, not ascending or descending. My son watched it fly with me but we couldn’t figure out what it was. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
December 18, 2023 · 11:15 PM · SPHERE
Waterloo, IL
I'm submitting this report on behalf of a friend. We'll call him M for the sake of privacy. This happened at around 11:15 p.m. on road 156 traveling west, leaving Waterloo IL and driving towards Valmeyer IL. M was just outside the city limits of Waterloo, and his sighting was brief. He describes "looking at the moon" on the way back from work when all of a sudden 3 "balls of light" in a trianglular formation caught his eye off to his right, so that would be rougly due north/north-west based off of his direction of travel. He reports the lights "fell" from roughly 200-250 (rough approximation) feet down to the ground with baffling speed. Faster than anything should be able to fall, or fly, for that matter. The entire sighting lasted less than 5 seconds. He was driving and did not stop to see what happened to the lights once they reached the ground, or near ground level. According to him, they did not illuminate the ground, houses, or trees that he could see. As for personal notes, he assures me he is positive it wasn't any mistaken reflection, his eyes playing tricks on him, or a case of mistaken lights, like that of a street light, radio tower, or any known craft, including helicopters, planes, or drones. He says he feels it was "close", that he could "walk over to it" within a short amount of time if he wanted. His guess is less than half a mile away. For his background, he works at a manufacturing facility that I won't name, and was getting off of work driving home. He is a man in his early 20s. If it matters at all, he is a deeply religious Christian, and has told me in conversations previously (much before this incident) about this topic that his belief is the same as the church father's writings. That "UFOs" people see are demons. I did not ask him if he wanted to clarify or change his personal belief about "UFOs", as he seemed to need more time to contexualize his feelings about the matter and his sighting.
December 18, 2023 · 11:03 PM · FIREBALL
Hudson, FL
I was sitting on my porch on my computer when this red ball of light appeared from the darkness. I thought it was a flare at first but the way it had appeared out of no where and had no visible tail made me think other wise. It slowly faded to yellow and then to gray before floating there. This was when I recorded it on my phone. [NUFORC annotation: Flares - Possible]
December 18, 2023 · 11:02 PM · SPHERE
Murdock, FL
We where traveling on veterans blvd in Port Charlotte fl heading east from Murdock towards Charlotte harbor when we Saw an orange colored sphere with a reddish comet like tail. The tail slowly disappeared and we could still see the object it was slightly dimmer than when we first sighted it going south then turning eastward it was gaining elevation slower than a commercial plane. If I had to estimate its size I would say 2 times the size of a commercial airliner.
December 18, 2023 · 8:35 PM · FIREBALL
Lebanon, OR
My mom, sister and I were leaving my mom's house when we noticed what appeared to be some kind of aircraft way up high, but it looked like it was on fire. It was orange, BRIGHT orange. Despite this, it was flying calmly and making sudden turns every now and then. It took another sharp turn before suddenly disappearing completely. Unfortunately I was unable to get photo or video evidence.
December 18, 2023 · 5:15 PM · EGG
Probable conventionalBastrop, LA
I was on my way to work at the hospital when I saw 2 white object’s traveling at what appeared a high rate of speed. The first object was traveling from diagonally up/down while the smaller was traveling diagonally down/up. They appeared to be on intersecting paths but it was hard to tell as they disappeared so quickly. There was no flashes and the objects did not appear to have trails behind them. I was able to pull over and take a stationary picture. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
December 18, 2023 · 4:57 PM · DISK
Kelso, WA
The UFO was a disc shaped object and it was black.It was moving smoothly side to side then it vastly moved away. It looked like it was going around 500 miles per hour. It was close to 600 feet in the air. There was only one UFO but there where 2 viewers of looking at it.
December 18, 2023 · 1:22 PM · CHANGING
Mueang Chiang Rai, CHIANG R · Thailand
I was travelling to Baan Dam Museum in Chaing rai, Thailand. I was shooting a photo of a bulding and during those time I had not seen anything on the sky. After that I take a look a my photo I see one moving object in the sky and i did zoom in and see another black dot shape object over the roof of the building. And there are also another two black dots objects over the tree. And another one is over the roof in between the tree. [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Possible]
December 17, 2023 · 7:05 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedAlton, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
Sighted tonight, moving randomly . [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
December 17, 2023 · 5:10 AM · TRIANGLE
Lynnwood, WA
We were outside trying to get into vehicle that had keys stuck inside when we noticed a black craft flying very low and it had two white lights on ends with red light underneath all flashing like crazy. It make very little sound for how big it was. I tried to get video of it but my camera would not focus on it. It flew slow , and went east until we almost could not see it and then it did a 180 degree turn and decent down into the hillside . [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
December 16, 2023 · 9:08 PM · SPHERE
Tacoma, WA
I was sitting on the balcony of a 3rd story apartment, watching stars and planes. I noticed some gentle movement in my peripheral. I had to focus a bit on what I was seeing. Five to six round, equally sized orbs/circles were gently descending. Their movement seemed gradual. They seemed almost transparent at first, and I struggled to trust whether I was seeing anything at all. Perhaps a slight grey outline to each orb. They almost reminded me of a necklace in that they seemed to be unified in the way they were moving. As I saw it, the space between each was less than the size of one orb. And I the space in between seemed to be closing as they descended. The ends of the “necklace” were wiggling the most. The formation passed out of view, blocked by my roof. It felt that they had passed over my three-story apartment. If so, these were small orbs, perhaps less than five feet in diameter. But perhaps my depth perception was off. It took me perhaps a minute to stand up and move so that I could peer into the direction they went. I had felt fear. I also want to be upfront that I have been reading a lot about UFOs and feel that I am perhaps in a suggest-able state.
December 16, 2023 · 6:15 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedCabot, AR
While driving north on I-167 in Cabot, Arkansas, I saw multiple lights flying around in the sky. So I started recording. There was about 50 seconds prior to my video where nothing happened. Then it picked back up again and the lights started flashing and flying together. Usually in pairs of 2’s, however sometimes they would separate then meet each other again a couple seconds later. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
December 16, 2023 · 6:00 PM · CIRCLE
Harrison, NY
I was driving on I-684, I saw it coming towards me so I looked up,It flew over my car, I looked at it, It didn't appear to have wings.
December 16, 2023 · 3:30 PM · DISK
Reading, PA
There where 4 metallic objects very shiny at times there was also a plane above on the photos. [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Possible]
December 16, 2023 · 2:10 AM · FLASH
Tunkhannock, PA
As I was driving on Rt. 6 just west of Tunkhannock, PA, I saw a bright blue flash in the Eastern sky. I got on the 2-way radio and asked if anybody else saw it. I had a confirmation from a driver in Wysox, PA and another driver near Noxen, PA say they saw the same blue flash. It only lasted a split second but was bright enough to light up the whole eastern sky from northeastern PA. [NUFORC annotation: Lightning - Possible]
December 15, 2023 · 11:45 PM · LIGHT
Capac, MI
Was driving down m21 and saw the object, initially thought nothing of it until it moved, my car stalled as I noticed it begin to move it moved in a straight line for a substantial distance then stopped, hovered on its axis then turned and shot up into the sky in a streak of light leaving an orange trace behind it. Estimated altitude at time of first sight is 500 or so feet, then it shot off at an astronomical speed and gained altitude almost as fast it it was moving across the sky, vanished in an instant, it made no sound and the lights were not blinking as required in the u.s. heard coyotes all around begin barking and howling for a few seconds unril it was gone
December 15, 2023 · 10:00 PM · CHANGING
Probable conventionalSunbright, TN
My sister and her 3 sons are seeing these nightly. It reminds me of the Aurora Borealis the way it shifts but there are some type of crafts accompanying the atmosphere changes that morph color and play tag. I have tried to find a reasonable explanation but there is none. Law enforcement refuses to respond because our county is very meth stricken so they think she is on drugs hallucinating and she isn't. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
December 15, 2023 · 1:32 PM · UNKNOWN
Buena Vista, GA
Unknown black object is burning in the air (not exactly sure it is burning). [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
December 15, 2023 · 7:10 AM
IdentifiedCalmette (La), Languedoc Roussillon · France
Le 15 décembre 2023 à 07h10, un témoin circulant sur la N106 en direction de Nîmes (30), observe un PAN à la hauteur de La Calmette (30), dans le ciel dégagé nocturne. Le PAN est décrit comme une lumière blanche intense, visible à une élévation de 30°, se déplaçant du nord au sud. Aucune traînée n’est observée et aucun bruit n’est entendu. Le PAN se déplace en ligne droite à grande vitesse avant de modifier sa trajectoire, semblant contourner une colline, puis disparaît après une durée de 3 secondes. La portion du ciel traversée par le PAN est très brève. Un seul témoignage est enregistré. Selon les critères du GEIPAN, ce cas présente une consistance moyenne en raison des éléments suivants : le témoignage provient d'une seule personne, sans preuve photographique ou vidéo du PAN, et les données disponibles sont incomplètes, notamment concernant la direction exacte de l'observation du témoin. Les éléments suivants soutiennent l’hypothèse d’un bolide, défini comme un phénomène lumineux résultant de l'entrée dans l'atmosphère d'un corps céleste naturel : - Lumière blanche en déplacement rapide, - Enregistrement confirmant la présence d’un bolide à 07h07 par trois caméras du réseau FRIPON (Fireball Recovery and InterPlanetary Observation Network) situées à Mantet (66), Le Bleymard (48) et Aubenas (07), - Observation de courte durée (3 secondes), - Déplacement initial en ligne droite. Bien que la trajectoire précise du bolide n’ait pas été reconstituée par le réseau FRIPON, les directions captées par deux des trois caméras concordent étroitement avec la position du témoin. L'absence de visibilité d'une traînée est surprenante, mais pas nécessairement improbable. Elle pourrait résulter d'un effet combiné des conditions d’observation : depuis un véhicule en mouvement, à travers une vitre, et durant une période très brève. De plus, un effet de perspective, lié à l’angle d’entrée du bolide dans l’atmosphère et à la position du témoin, pourrait expliquer cette absence apparente. La traînée pourrait avoir été présente mais non discernable dans ces circonstances. De même, le changement de direction observé pourrait n'être qu'apparent et résulter du changement de direction du véhicule du témoin. Le GEIPAN classe le cas en A : bolide. [GEIPAN classification A — Bolide]
December 15, 2023 · 5:32 AM · UNKNOWN
Ottawa, ON · Canada
Looks similar to the brightness and size of the north star but it is moving slightly, as if its scanning the earth from the skies. There is a top light, and then 3 smaller lights below, in a bell shape. The object moves horizontally.