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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 8, 2023 · 10:30 PM · DISK
Roswell, GA
Disk jumped all over the sky and would hover in one place before jumping the opp so site direction real quickly. It had blinking lights and moved very spastically
August 8, 2023 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Reno, NV
When out for a smoke, looked up and a flash of light caught my eye right above me then right where flash happened what I thought was a star immediately started moving south bound. It was very slow moving then fast then it would stop then it would move a little east or west an repeated this pattern until I lost sight of it. Plus maybe 4 days ago I watched 2 stars next to each other start moving at the same time and speed for a distance. If you held out your hand they moved about 10" then stopped, my brother looked them up in his star app and they where confirmed to be stars! I can ask him to look up the names again but I cant remember them. I know I watched them change positions in the sky i was not seeing an illusion, which has happened before where I thought I star moved for a split second but it's just my body not able to stand perfectly still. I have also seen a green light over Gardnerville that my Dad witnessed, it was like it knew we seen it and it hid behind Jobs peak then it popped out as if to check if we where still looking then shot back behind the peak. The green light was probably 10 years ago though I'm not sure if any of this helps but I had to say something seeing how I watched 2 separate odd occurrences in less than a week.
August 8, 2023 · 9:45 PM · FORMATION
Breckenridge, TX
Looked to be in parallel lines/groupings. After passing of green lights, there was significant aircraft activity to include stationary hovering of aircraft in areas along the horizon in all directions surrounding the given coordinates. The colors of the flashing lights from aircraft were a combination of red, white, amber, and green. Estimated to see 12-15 moving and stationary aircraft with different light features. After the passing of the strange green lights, all observable aircraft returned to the westbound airspace. They slowly dissipated over the span of 9:45 pm and 12:00am. Aircraft activity seen thereafter was of normal and expected capacity.
August 8, 2023 · 9:44 PM · CIRCLE
Wrightsville, NC
all lights were orange
August 8, 2023 · 9:24 PM · CONE
Probable conventionalGlasgow, SCOTLAND · United Kingdom
There was a strange light in the sky above spare ground, it was there when I left my house and could still see it down the road then it suddenly disappeared. I spoke with my son and showed him the pictures and he said he seen that from a train station too but didn’t think anything of it. [NUFORC annotation: Contrail - Probable]
August 8, 2023 · 9:05 PM · FORMATION
flagler beach, FL, 0
I was driving on S 23rd street between the atlantic ocean and the intracoastal waterway when my son spotted something in the sky; I pulled over to have a look. We both saw approx. 8 round white lights/objects all flying through the sky from the northeast, heading in a line at a very high altitude and moving rapidly given their apparent altitude. The lights all moved in a line in formation; they moved together in unison, so that it appeared as if they were all tethered together. The movement was similar to what you would see observing the tail of a kite in the wind, or a rollercoaster. The objects continued heading southwest until they disappearead behind a large cloud. I think observed flashes of light in the clouds. I have a video of the flashes in the clouds but could not get the camera out in time to ctch the object. Also, these lights did not look anything like starlink satellite pictures I've seen. Instead, they looked identical to the lights observed over the Fukushima nuclear disaster site back in 11' (the daytime video). The lights were each relatively large given their distance in the sky; they were each roughly 0.5 cm in the sky (from my ground perspective) This sighting occurred near the atlantic ocean beach in Flagler Beach, which is nearby to both a nuclear facility and cape canaveral space port.
August 8, 2023 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Tampa Bay, FL
I noticed an orb transparent gray going across Cumulus clouds it was visible because it was a different shade of gray perfectly round almost transparent going north to south in a perfect line. My guess it was about 12 feet round gone in 10 seconds.
August 8, 2023 · 3:15 PM · CONE
Alpine, NJ
I saw a shape that looked like a large upside down silver teepee descending quickly in-between the trees and the Hudson River. I only spotted it for a couple of seconds. I couldn't see it any longer when it went down past the trees off the Palisades Parkway.
August 8, 2023 · 10:00 AM · LIGHT
Weimar, TX
went in side to get my son and they disappeared when we came back; somebody else saw this to big, then small ones zoomed around after. then after a larger light moved west to east
August 8, 2023 · 8:19 AM · CIGAR
Henderson, NC
At 8:19 am on August 8th 2023 I had stepped out side on my front porch and looked up to see the clouds as a storm is approaching and I seen what appeared to be a flying object shaped like a pill/cigar in the air, no fuel streams behind the object and no propeller sounds, it was extremely quiet, heading North East 26.4 degrees NE Carolina Ave crossing over E Montgomery street in Henderson NC. Disappeared within seconds.
August 8, 2023 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Bizerte, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
Here, I am going to recount briefly the occurrence on the early morning of 8th August 2023. Am giving you the details so that you can work out if any stratospheric military exercises of some sort were happening. I understand these may be classified, however, I trust your discretion in giving me feedback which I would greatly be appreciative of. I am an airline captain flying over 30yrs with 20000hrs in jet Last Tuesday early morning we saw several 'stars' suddenly moving in formation forward and reverse, changing in brightness sometimes forming a 5 dot formation akin to dots on a dice or a 3 dot vertical formation with the center one ahead. Our position on the flight path was over NW Tunisia/Algeria border heading East at 37000' and we saw them for 20 minutes initially appearing to our left, therefore Northward, higher than us near Ursa Major between stars Dubhe and Merak (see photo). I took several photos and videos but the OnePlus 11G camera on video does not have night mode, so I took several in 5 second interval with long exposure. I will provide the photos when you contact me. A sequence can be built. Apologies for the image shake during long exposure. The movements were visible with the naked eye. At first it looked like a satellite with such magnitude and orbit vector as the ISS. I have an app to track the ISS and checked it that it wasn't it. I confirmed it wasn't a satellite when a second one, even brighter appeared but in a slightly different upward direction and faster speed. They fade out within 10 seconds. 6 are the amount we witnessed simultaneously moving in formation and breaking formation. The formation aspect of them do not therefore indicate that they were very far as otherwise the distance between them would be tens of miles. If they were naturally forming a formation that kept for up to 30 seconds then breaking, even moving in reverse, then it may mean that the objects were far closer. No size could be determined. The colour was the colour of stars but occasionally brighter and bluer I am also familiar with Iridium flashes as I follow them, but these were objects that reappear on and off and change direction albeit not sharply - First they fade then they appear in a different direction. This continued for approx 20 minutes at which point we started our descent and lost sight at around 20000' due to the haze but I could still make out one that shone brighter. That is my account. My First Officer witnessed everything and I got the Cabin Manager to witness the event too. I have about 130 sequenced low light shots. The photos are raw files with the full EXIF data attached. The 10 videos are not of much use. The flightdeck was turned very dark from an hour before the first sighting. The sightings are external and not window reflections except for large faint red blotches on pics being the reflection of my shirt in low light. They are not Starlink, satellites, space debris or Iridium flashes. What got me concerned is the persistence of the sightings. When were descending through 25000' they actually appeared higher. That alone may signify the objects were closer. This is the second similar occurrence seen, the other being earlier this year at night just south of Cyprus with 4 objects, some becoming very bright (brighter than Venus) before fading moving in different directions lasting about 15 minutes in total. They seemed to be much farther away this Tuesday's objects because they moved slower but were much higher. The full set of images amount to 207Mb without the videos. I am willing to share the sequence through WeTransfer
August 8, 2023 · 1:45 AM · SPHERE
Bothell, WA
I like to watch Seatac air traffic from my deck. About 2 am I was sitting out there looking at clouds and a light caught my eye WAY up high. Moving at a pace like an international flight, west to east. But it was too high to be commercial jet so thought it was a satellite. Until it stopped. It kind of moved around a bit before becoming stationary. Weather balloon? Are they lit up and look like stars? Got my camera, iPhone 14pro plus and started recording. Saw a flash to the right of it, which was really odd, but nothing else interesting. Looked back at the video to see if the flash showed up and zoomed in a bit and oh man. I could see more flashes around it. And it looks like the orb is flashing, or is emitting energy or something. It was just weird then really started doing flashy stuff (you’ll see) that’s freaking not normal. No clue what it is, but it’s really weird. Saw something similar the end of June. Thought it was one of the planets to the west, but it was too bright. Decided it was a jet coming in from the ocean. It just stayed there, so I thought damn, it’s way out there. Then it turned like it should, I could see the red lights on the left side. Ok good. It’s a jet. but it just stopped. Huh? Then it traveled rather slowly from west to east. From just above the horizon to almost overhead. Then stopped. Looked like it moved around like in a square but then thought my eyes were tricking me. It just sat there. I watched it for about 20 minutes then went inside thinking “that was not normal”.
August 7, 2023 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Pensacola, FL
Driving vehicle across I-10 bridge, and noticed light moving across sky at high speed. Light did not leave a trail. Similar size as to stars in the sky. Light moved at high acceleration and speed.
August 7, 2023 · 10:56 PM · LIGHT
Ocean City, MD
A close friend (professional photographer) and I (retired peace officer) were on the balcony of a condo we had rented with our mates in Ocean City MD, while severe thunderstorms were coming a little further west towards the mainland. I was filming the sky from my Galaxy S22 with the hope of capturing beautiful flashes, while my friend was taking pictures with his professional camera for the same reasons. I took seven short videos spread over about 20 minutes, mainly observing the image on my mobile screen until the worst of the storm had passed. Back inside the condo, I quickly reviewed the video footage, looking for finds that would have "dazzled" me, but from my very small screen, nothing too exciting, especially compared to the photos taken by my friend. But, watching the very end of my last video, I first thought I saw a tiny light moving quickly from north to south. I looked again and then showed this to my friend. I then transferred the video to my laptop which is old, and although the 13.5" screen was quite wider than that of my S22, its poor resolution did not allow to distinguish a constant or even solid shape. Neither one nor the other had noticed the stealthy passage of this phenomenum as no sound accompanied it. My friend's photos could not corroborate what had been recorded on my mobile since, unfortunately, he had already started putting away his equipment shortly before I set up for the last video. We were going to take a closer look once back home in Quebec. On my 55-inch TV, the image quality makes it possible to better observe this white light which seems to touch the cloud base that must have been between 1000 and 1500 feet above sea level, according to us. It sometimes penetrates the clouds, then reappears further here and there. I cannot confirm how far it would have been visible in the sky, since I had ended my video before it reached the end of my field of vision to the south. For our part, we ruled out the possibility of an airplane, given its high velocity which we estimated at about 2000 miles per hour, the absence of sound and the usual position lights, and also the fact of moving near severe thunderstorms while a tornado alert was in force. It would also be surprising if a meteorite would move horizontally at such a low altitude. Could it be a projector’s light? We didn't see anything like this during our week-long stay, and no rays seems apparent, but we can't exclude this possibility. In the hope that the attached video can allow you to unravel this mystery. Thank you!
August 7, 2023 · 10:15 PM · OTHER
Vancouver, WA
While walking my dog I looked southward down the street and saw, at an altitude of roughly 8-10,000 feet, a large green colored barrel shaped light fall at a incredible speed. It was much faster than terminal velocity and from my position in the Northern most part of Vancouver Washington, it appeared as if the object was at least as far south as Portland Oregon. I would guess that the object was at least same size as a Boeing 747 given it's relative size to it probable distance from myself.
August 7, 2023 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Texarkana, TX
star gazing,saw object ,.watch untill it disapired.about 30 sec. clear sky
August 7, 2023 · 9:33 PM · LIGHT
Albuquerque, NM
Me and my fiancé decided to walk to the gas station for some late night snacks and as we were walking, I had noticed something strange in the clouds. We both looked up and started to pay attention and as we were looking at it, we noticed that it wouldn’t come out from behind the clouds and no matter what formation the clouds would move to, the light would follow it. It was literally just going around and around above us but we could easily tell it was a spotlight nor was it a drone because it was way too high up there. I’ve never seen anything like that before. It was moving so fast that it was hard to keep up with honestly until you saw it coming towards you again.
August 7, 2023 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Columbia, TN
At approximately 9:30CST on 8/7/23, my son and I observed a relatively low-flying orange light. It didn't have blinking lights like an airplane, and it moved silently in a straight line from west to east. We observed it for about a minute before it disappeared above the eastern horizon. During this time, we observed multiple identifiable airplanes, we could hear them and see the blinking lights on them. We do not believe that what we saw was an airplane.
August 7, 2023 · 9:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Pahrump, NV
On 8/7/23 I was out with my horses when I saw this light in the clear night sky (it appeared like a led shop light...long.. no tail) around 9:15 - 9:45pm coming from the west heading east. Not going upwards or downward....level with the ground. So I just stood there and watched. I did not have my phone on me and I thought about getting my husband so he could see this...but I was afraid I would miss something. As it (only one craft) got closer I could see the lights...lots of them. They were like spot lights (white no flashing) based off the lights it appeared to be rectangular about the size of 7 airplanes. No sound, very graceful, moving slowly, appeared to be slower than the airplanes that are always going by my place. It had these spot lights on its side spaced evenly apart in a straight line, then a spot light above and below streaming at an angle (not straight up or down). Appeared to be at a lower altitude then most the airplanes too. Then it was like lights out, it all went dark. I saw a email on 8/8/23 am about the Falcon 9 that was launched out of southern CA. About the same time. I Looked at those pictures thinking this would explain what I saw. This was nothing like that. I or the horses were not affected by this. I was just in awe and curious as to what this was. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
August 7, 2023 · 9:23 PM · FORMATION
Upland, CA
Headed out back to water the plants, I scan the night sky as always. Suddenly, appearing as if from a cloud, a centipede like, segmented, well lit with a green hue, each segment sort of square. Rounded front and rear. Appeared segment by segment until a full, long craft appeared then seemingly "flowed by" for about 7 seconds, disappearing towards the slight southeast, segment by segment. It was oddly low in the sky, I could see the stars above it. I see many small planes in our local skies with an airport roughly a mile from my home. They fly low and they were in the sky at the same time tonight. This was clearly hundreds of yards above at most, and enormous. Wide, but longer. Kind of like a bunch of train car bottoms lit up green, with some additional patterns, from underneath, but flying silently above me. It had to be seen by others. Brief, but enormous and well lit. Terrifically bright against the sky in the background. So low anyone outside looking up at that moment surely witnessed it as well. I clearly, rationally viewed this UAP directly above my home in Upland Ca this night of 8/07/2023. I've always believed, have often watched the skies and now have been completely blown away, as if witnessing a dream sequence so realistic. But, I have never dreamed of seeing a UAP. I was watching it live. I now know for sure. Could have been nothing else but a flying craft. A fucking, flying , unidentifiable craft appearing briefly in the sky. Truly magnificent and mind blowing.
August 7, 2023 · 9:20 PM · SPHERE
Clearwater, FL
I was driving southbound on Missouri Avenue in Clearwater, Florida near the Clearwater/Largo city limit. To my slight left, I saw a bright red glowing orb come down from the sky in a rectilinear fashion, then subsequently rise back upward again in the same manner. Sort of like an elevator. From the naked eye, it didn't appear to have a trail like an asteroid would. It happened very quickly and as I was driving, so unfortunately I was unable to capture the event and even if I could I don't think I would have been able to capture it quick enough.
August 7, 2023 · 8:59 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedSanta Clarita, CA
Coming in, it Looked like a shooting star almost … had a long fire tail behind it… once it stopped burning it just continued flying… almost looked like a satellite but was red. It didn’t blink lights like a normal aircraft. Also thought it had to do with SpaceX since I am in California. Was able to get a small clip of it and a few pictures. SpaceX Starlink-97 (6-20) launch from Vandenburg [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 7, 2023 · 7:00 PM · DISK
Clearwater, FL
My husband, son, and I recently moved to this area. We were taking pictures of the sky off of the Campbell Causeway Access Rd S, and saw what appeared to be one "jet" hitting the sound barrier over the Clearwater area. However, we heard no sonic boom, which puzzled us. Upon further examination of the photo, it looks as though it is coming out of a hole in the clouds. It was shaped like a disc of some kind. I was extremely excited. As a person of logic and reason, my husband was very confused. This morning, my husband said that he believes we saw a UFO. [NUFORC annotation: shock cone?? - Possible]
August 7, 2023 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
Glace Bay, NS · Canada
Craft like orb , entered the water from space straight down ... in a manner that defies anything entering our atmosphere ....the angle was unnatural ….no waves on the ocean ,I look up I see a red and green orb come straight down ….enter the ocean about 10-20 km off shore ….no sound as it dipped into the water and it continued until I couldn't see it anymore … no sound , no smell, no vibrations, I have eliminated anything at the time as natural …one might argue the marker buoys off the coast of glace bay harbour but….I am a sailor and I have never saw anything like that …..it seemed to be able to slow down itself just before it hit the water ….when it entered the water the water did not slash ….I know what paraflares and regular flares are ….this wasn't it