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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.

11,675 entries

September 19, 2020 · 10:50 PM · SPHERE

Overland Park, KS

Spherical-ish shaped, orange light traveled from east to west overhead. I thought it might be a lantern, but it moved across the sky (overhead) too fast.

September 19, 2020 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE

My girlfriend and I were outside and have witnessed the same thing in the sky two evenings in a row flying East towards Canada from where I live. The first day it went on its way but tonight was different it came out of nowhere and hung around for a few minutes and then slowly left almost as it looked like it became a star. Tonight I did feel nauseous looking at it for some reason I don't know. Strange as hell but it definitely wasn't anything I have ever seen and I had lived near a Air base in Michigan for years. The first night it seed the was a plane not to far off passing to the same way it was traveling and it had the normal blinking lights air craft have.

September 19, 2020 · 8:15 AM · SPHERE

Fort Wayne, IN

one ornge light flew east to west then disappeared. it was followed a few minitues later by two more same direction same height they also disappeared have video of third one

September 18, 2020 · 10:42 PM · SPHERE

Oviedo, FL

Went outside with my parents and saw small, orangey glowing orbs in the sky. They moved silently, very quickly across the sky. We live near enough to Kennedy Space Center that I've seen launches all my life--this was nothing like that. No contrails, no noise. Swift and silent, then they vanished. I started taking some video--upon zooming in, they appear to be rotating saucers. A group of maybe about 15 passed by in about 10 minutes. Objects seemed to be clumped in groups of 3, in loose triangle formations. Noticed bad internet connection in the hour prior to the sighting, with dogs in the neighborhood barking as they got closer. Background: all adult household, two in their 60s, one in their 30s. Two Masters degrees between us. No history of hallucinations, drug or alcohol use, or paranormal encounters prior to this.

September 16, 2020 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE

Charlottesville, VA

I was outside in the front of my house at approximately 9pm EST on Wednesday 9/16/20 when I saw a small reddish orange object in the South West night sky. I initially thought it was a planet or star, but it was slowly moving towards the North and getting larger, which appeared to me as seeming to get closer. I watched as it slowly continued to move, until it stopped, almost as if directly in front of my view. It was about the same size as might a pea be if held at arm’s length. I got my cell phone camera out and started recording video. It was stopped for about 10 seconds, then it doubled in size (like a dime at arm’s length) without moving. It then slowly moved in a straight line to the right (north), stopped again, and then got as large as a nickel at arm’s length. The size changes were like a balloon quickly being blown up by a helium tank, not instantaneous. It then started to slowly move North as it gradually got smaller. It was at this time that I ! ran in the house and got my girlfriend out of the shower to come see it. When she came out, it had moved a lot further to the North, but it was still visible to her. While we watched it slowly faded out as if going behind clouds or something, but it appeared to be a clear night. It then reappeared, a tad bit larger than when last seen, but this time it was about a hand’s width at arm’s length further East, than when it disappeared. It then disappeared again. I never seemed to make a sound. I, nor my girlfriend, had ever seen anything like this before in our lives. I was, surprisingly, not afraid during the whole experience. We’ve looked at the video footage I captured repeatedly, trying to find an explanation. We’ve been scouring the internet trying to shed some light on what it may have been. However, we could only conclude what it was NOT. It didn’t seem possible for it to be a planet, meteor, comet, satellite, rocket, blimp, airplane, helicopter, drone, lantern, or balloon. It felt and continues to feel like an unforgettable and life impacting experience. I’m a Computer Engineer and my girlfriend is a Director at a Women’s Health organization. We were not under the influence of any drugs or alcohol, nor do we wear tin foil hats. We are now very curious about what we saw and searching for answers.

September 16, 2020 · 1:00 AM · SPHERE

La Broquerie (Canada), MB · Canada

Noticed a strange bright light to the east in the middle of the night sky when taking dogs outside. It was pretty far away and had a pinkish red glow to it. Started watching it and noticed it was picking up speed rapidly then slowing down. Then it started to zig zag left and right. It was doing really sharp U turns, and travelling different distances between each U turn. Sometimes it would rapidly speed up immediately after a U turn. I could see a light trail when it would speed up. It was not moving uniformly or in any sort of pattern. Got girlfriend and she watched it for awhile too, but didn't think it was a big deal because she said she had seen it before.

September 15, 2020 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE

Allentown, PA

My partner and I, who were both psychology students at the time, were looking out the window and observed an orb of light coming toward us from the southwest to the northeast, at about 45 degrees angle of elevation, perhaps 3 to 7 miles in altitude. It was around 10pm, clear skies, in an urban neighborhood setting with the Appalachian mountains 3 miles south of us. Initially, the orb was moving slowly approaching our direction, then suddenly disappeared and instantaneously reappeared a few miles closer to us. It then lingered for about 30 seconds, disappeared again, and reappeared near to the spot where we initially first saw it. It lingered again for about 30 seconds before disappearing again. It did not reappear after this. We weren't sure if this was a single object moving instantaneously back and forth, or three separate objects in a triangular formation slowly blinking off and on. The apparent motion of the lights did seem to be triangular. The lights were white, and there was no rapid blinking or sounds coming from them.

September 15, 2020 · 9:15 PM · SPHERE

Brooklyn, NY

I stuck my head out the bathroom window of my 2nd floor home. I looked up as I usually see planes landing at JFK. These were not planes because I did not see the usual flashing wingtips and they were too close in proximity to be planes. These orbs were orange/metallic standing still. They seemed to appear and disappear several times then seemed to rise up and totally disappear. The location is over Canarsie/Jamaica Bay area in Brooklyn, NY. By the time I called my son, they were gone. I could not believe my eyes.

September 14, 2020 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE

Springdale, UT

A bright white sphere, which we at first expected to be a planet, was seen in the night sky near Zion National Park. The object slowly moved horizontally, stopped, then moved vertically, quickly, until it vanished.

September 14, 2020 · 8:42 PM · SPHERE

Myrtle Beach, SC

Started as 1 light in two different close areas off Myrtle Beach to the east over the Atlantic. Bright orb shape each one each light was high above the horizon before a approaching rain several miles away. No lightening. I went to get my camera after that went right back out and I saw , 1 splits to 2 then 3,4,5 then disappeared. Perfect circle shape. No sound no blinking. Zoom in shows the split of the PERFECT ORBS. Orange and much larger then appear on camera

September 12, 2020 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE

Winnipeg, MB · Canada

Three lights big in the middle and two slightly smaller ones to the sides. Equal distance from each other and the smaller lights on the side were slightly lower. stayed in one spot for at least 30 minutes. after 30 minutes flashed a few times (4-5) with a duration of aprox 30 second between flash. After the final flash it was gone. We have checked "flight radar" the app to see planes in the airspace and close range. Only one was currently in the air (that we would have been able to see at that scale. And it was "AIR1" which is the police helicopter.

September 12, 2020 · 6:30 AM · SPHERE

Grosse Ile, MI

On the morning of Saturday September 12, 2020 I saw two objects in the pre-dawn sky that were brighter than the stars that were visible at the time and I figured they must be planets. The objects were aligned almost due north-south, about 40 degrees apart, almost directly overhead slightly in the western sky. Sunrise was at about 7:10 am and I could see them even after sunrise just as bright as they appeared pre-dawn I was able to track the objects for the rest of the morning. They moved in an east/south direction and kept their apparent north-south alignment the entire time. At about 11:00 am one of the objects could be seen between the sun and the moon in the daytime sky. My cousin in Florida said that he was able to see this object at this time. He could not verify that he could see the second object. Skychart apps “confirmed” that the southernmost object was Venus, even though Venus was not retrograde at the time. Skychart apps did not give any insight into the second object.

September 10, 2020 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE

Gloucester, MA

I first saw the object with a circular pattern of lights hovering at about 300 yards over my head near the Gloucester City Hall... It had changing colored lights in a circular pattern, and when it moved, the colored lights would go off and you could see a single white flashing light as it moved... It moved closer as though it saw me and lined up on me with red lights in a perfect circle... It stayed in that position for about 10 minutes as I stared at it trying to figure out what it was... Then it flattened out and started moving around the area with its lights changing colors... Then it started moving south in a mixed pattern of lights that was not circular... I was baffled to what it was because it was totally silent the whole time...

September 8, 2020 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE

Katy, TX

Just before dusk on September 7th of 2020 something that looked like a large glowing ball or disk passed silently over our house. The object which emitted no detectable sound was first spotted in the northeast moving towards the southwest. In addition to the glowing center two other extremely bight and disorienting lights pulsed alternating left and right on the sides of the object. The object was in view for approximately twenty minutes and seemed to move much slower than the sort air craft that are sometimes seen in the area.

September 7, 2020 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE

Doublas, MA

At approximately 9:30 pm, we saw one glowing orange sphere approximately three feet around traveling in a Northeast direction over Wallum Lake. It came from the West side of the lake to the East side of the Lake. As it approached the Wallum Lake Beach Association private beach it turned in a due North direction towards the Douglas State Park beach. It was soundless and moving in a straight line. IE it was not moving back and forth while traveling forward. It was not flickering but it was a consistent glow. After it passed the private beach beach area it completely went dark.

September 7, 2020 · 9:05 PM · SPHERE

Erie, PA

Bright orange circle in sky looked on fire, was flying very fast and as it turned in east direction, it slowed down and then flickered out and was gone.

September 6, 2020 · 11:15 PM · SPHERE

Burbank, CA

From my second story balcony I witnessed a large metallic sphere appear over the horizon. It did appear to look shiny, but it was in a hazy sky. No sound or lights of any kind. It was moving at a constant height and speed . Hard to tell exactly, It appeared to be maybe 10-20 in size and roughly 2-300 feet above me. It flew directly over me going approx. 30 mph at a NW angle. I watched it as it went completely out of sight in the distance in a straight line.

September 6, 2020 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE

Portland, OR

Wife went outside with the dogs and when she came back in she said she’d been watching a UFO outside and for me to come out and take a look with her. I thought she must’ve been mistaking a planet or even a chain of Starlink Satellites, but what we saw I can’t explain. It was a star that split into two and then three different stars that then began moving at random. There is nothing that I know of that can or will exhibit that type of behavior. No drone, helicopter, airplane, weather balloon, planet, Star, the ISS, or any satellite can perform what we saw. And it’s come back several nights in a row and we’ve had a total of 8 people now including the 2 of us that have eyewitnesses this phenomena. There’s too much smoke from the filters fires to see anything presently, but as soon as the air clears we will continue to go out at night and see if it/they return. I have video but my hands aren’t steady so it’s hard to see determine how much the light moves c! ompared to how still I’m able to hold the camera. I’m going to use a tripod next time

September 6, 2020 · 8:06 PM · SPHERE

South Hero, GA

The object glowed orange and crossed the sky appeared to be coming from the NorthWest and moving to the East. It was going much slower than anything we ever saw and it got smaller and smaller. It appeared two more times that evening.

September 6, 2020 · 3:00 PM · SPHERE

Plano, TX

Sitting in the pool, I looked up and saw a tiny round white dot that I thought was a planet, I looked down and looked back up a minute later and it was still there. It never moved it was stationary. I turned to get my boyfriend's attention to show him and when I motioned to where it was, it was gone. I did not see it go, it was there one moment and gone the next. Did not see anything else after that.

September 6, 2020 · 8:01 AM · SPHERE

Northampton, MA

My fiance and i were sitting outside when I saw a round orb like light it went from what I believe to be north to south and took a quick left turn and then was beyond the mountain side.

September 5, 2020 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE

Knoxville, TN

I was at a friend's house this day and had gone outside on the front porch to smoke a cigarette when I happened to look up and saw something I could not explain. In the sky there were 3 spherical/circular shaped UAPs. I could not believe what I was seeing. They were orange looking color. They were moving about in the sky seemingly interacting with each other. At times the light would be very bright and toward the end of the video I have provided you can see that they just simply disappear. My fiancé also witnessed this same event. I think it is also significant that where this occurred in Knoxville, TN on Schaad Road is near the Oak Ridge National Lab. According to google maps the location we were at was about 17.5 miles (25 minutes) from the Oak Ridge National Lab. Until recently I did not know that you could report UAP/UFO sightings and that is why I have not reported the sighting for 2 years. When I discovered that I could report his, I decided that I should do so. I have seen a lot of similar UAP/UFO videos so I feel like I really did see something unexplainable in the sky that night, and I have not seen anything like it since that night.

September 5, 2020 · 9:20 PM · SPHERE

Fayetteville, WV

Twenty-year-old reported that she saw what appeared to be sparks falling from a plane. Approximately five minutes later, two more adults witnessed the same thing. What appeared to be orange, yellow, and white sparked falling to the ground from an aircraft. About two minutes later, the same three adults, two additional adults, and three children saw what looked like two spheres split from the first and hover for about 2 minutes. The three aircrafts appeared again in about 2 minutes. It appears that at least one of the crafts circled the area three or more times.

September 4, 2020 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE

East Stroudsburg, PA

Over our lake the first craft was a sphere that was slowly moving up and down changing light patterns. The second craft at first appeared to be an airplane in the distance but did not move, instead, the lights seemed to change with the original craft, as if communicating somehow. We saw the same 2 crafts over 2 hours later from a second location about a mile away