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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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May 6, 2018 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN

Talbot, OR

I was driving south on Interstate 5 and spotted object with 4 lights, outer lights white and inner lights blue, all lights flashing in sequence left to right. Spotted the object to ESE of the freeway at or around mile marker 248. Object hovered at first but then moved in a very slow fashion toward ESE direction. Could continue to see the object, which moved very slowly up until mile marker 236 where it became obscured by lights of the city of Albany. I estimate that the object was about 300 feet in altitude. It appeared to be flying much slower than an airplane and it was too big to be a helicopter. I felt like I was looking at the back of a large wing-shaped craft but as I stated, it moved too slow to be any sort of plane.

May 5, 2018 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN

Clinton, MA

Object was jet black in color and had strange angles to it. Seemed to hover at times, but continued in a straight NE direction

May 5, 2018 · 1:00 AM · UNKNOWN

Coaldale (Canada), AB · Canada

Looked almost like a shooting star except instead of going down it was moving across and up...as well it was brighter then just disappeared...no sound and was moving far too fast to be any plane and again it was very bright.

May 4, 2018 · 2:52 AM · UNKNOWN

Enterprise, UT

I was driving home from St. George, UT, to Enterprise, UT, heading NW on highway 18 at approximately 2:45 am. At approximately mile marker 38 I saw two green lights to the SW of me, as I drove through the canyon the lights came closer towards me and was descending from the dark sky. My initial thought was, “What a weird place to see a drone,” but as I thought through it I realized nobody would be flying a drone in this area at this time of morning. Then as the lights got closer I realized this was a bigger object than I thought and it began hovering next to me as I drove. I reached for my phone to take a picture and the object hovered above me then hovered just ahead of me hugged up to the mountainside, I wondered if it was going to land because it was so low then it hovered up and over the mountain, keeping close to the treetops and then out of sight in a northern direction. As I came out of the canyon I scanned the dark sky looking for the green lights again but I didn’t see anything but stars. As I continued driving home, I was questioning what I saw and my own sanity. Then as I turned right down my street there were the two green lights again, about 150 yards in front of me and approximately 20 feet above the ground coming at me so I turned my lights off and grabbed my phone. As I snapped two pictures the object just hovered in place for about 15 seconds, this is when i noticed the green lights spinning into and out of sight and the first time i saw an orangeish red light blinking below the green lights, then it floated away in a SW direction. When I got home I could still see the green and red lights in the distance. I was so creeped out and was afraid of abduction because of the object “following” and “watching” me that i sat in my car with the lights and engine off for 5 minutes before running into my house and locking all the doors, and shutting all the blinds. I could not hear anything and I could not make out a formation w! ith my naked vision, but when I looked at the pictures I had taken I t hen saw the formation of the object, the windows in the object and some sort of blue glow at the top of the formation, none of those visible to the naked eye in the dark. I continue to now hear a “hovering” sound over my house come and go as I type this, 4 times in the last hour but when I look outside there is nothing to be seen, then the sound just disappears, (I’m not 100% sure this is related, but we do not have known flying objects such as helicopters flying around Enterprise, and the sound is not that of an airplane).

May 3, 2018 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN

Fontana, CA

On the night of 05/03/2018, I saw two sightings, both times the shape of the light emitted from the object was the same. First one was heading north as me and my friend looked eastward. The second we were facing south and the object was heading west. The light was 4 rectangle lights going up and down like a snake slithering. It looked like notes on music sheets dancing in sync up and down. I was with a friend and we both confirmed what we just witnessed to ourselves. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

May 3, 2018 · 8:45 PM · UNKNOWN

Saltville, VA

Approximately 8:45 PM on May 3, 2018, between the towns of Chilhowie and Saltville, VA, my two sons, ages 11 and 17, witness something amazing. As they were facing west (slightly southwest) they saw Venus with a very similar object nearby. It was slightly higher altitude and just to the south. Both of them were immediately confused. They are very familiar with the night sky and are used to seeing the one bright object. They knew they had never seen two similar objects in those positions before. They observed both objects for at least 5 to 7 seconds. Then the object that was higher in altitude and slightly to the south simply went away. I was driving the car and could not look to see the objects, yet they were narrating the experience the entire time. Their reaction was quite earnest and not dramatic in anyway. They obviously had the same experience simultaneously.

May 3, 2018 · 8:45 PM · UNKNOWN

Saltville, VA

May 3, 2018 · 4:45 PM · UNKNOWN

Federal Way, WA

My wife and I were driving north bound on I-5 and a blue object darted out from right to left over the freeway very fast. Lasted only about 2-3 seconds. It was heading NW then vanished. Too fast and small for a helicopter to low for a plane and to fast for a drone. My wife thought it was a shooting star, but again, it was too low. If anyone else saw it, please respond.

April 30, 2018 · 10:15 PM · UNKNOWN

Zeeland, MI

At approximately 22:15 Eastern Time in the city of Zeeland just SW of Grand Rapids, I had gone outside from my place of work to smoke a cigarette. I noticed low on the northern horizon at approximately 15 degrees above the horizon what appeared to be a planet or aircraft with a very bright landing light. I took interest in it and decided to watch it for a bit during my break. I was informed later that there are no planets visible on the northern sky. The object did not appear to be moving. I continued to watch it and pointed it out to a fellow co-worker who seemed to think it was some kind of star. He proceeded to leave for the night. Just before finishing my cigarette while continuing to watch it, the object flashed a bright white light and disappeared. The light did not flash on the ground. There was no sound associated with it.

April 29, 2018 · 5:30 PM · UNKNOWN

Johnson City, TN

My wife, kids, and I were traveling roughly North on State of Franklin Road going toward Sam’s Club. My wife and I were sitting in the front of the vehicle, so we were the first to notice flashes of light (reflections) coming from 3 (possibly 4) objects that were traveling due east at tree top level parallel to interstate 26. I say “possibly 4” because I only saw 3, but my wife says she saw 4 objects. They were invisible against the trees as they traveled along a hillside and flashed (sun reflection off of metallic surface?) frequently as they were apparently shifting side to side or possibly wobbling as they traveled. We could not make out a shape. Therefore, estimating a size of the objects difficult. They were traveling at a rate of approximately 30-40 miles per hour. We quickly lost sight of all but one of the objects which traveled approximately a mile away and remained stationary at about 6,000 feet. It appeared to rock back and forth which continued to cause the reflective flashes as we saw on the other objects. In between flashes the object appeared to be black. We watched it for about 3 minutes and then went into the store. It was gone by the time we finished shopping 10 minutes later. If I had to guess at size I would say 15-10 feet wide. They did not behave like any commercial aircraft I have ever seen, nor did they act like remote control planes or drones that I have ever observed. Lots of people were on the road and out at this time, so I’m hoping that others saw this and will report as well.

April 28, 2018 · 12:49 AM · UNKNOWN

Asheville, NC

At 12:49 AM, I heard two loud booms. In about two seconds, I heard another loud boom. This process was repeated until I heard four more loud booms. Then, I heard one loud boom which sounded like it was lower and farther away. In all, I heard seven loud booms and two booms which sounded farther away. This occurrence happened at my house which border the Blue Ridge Parkway in Oteen/Asheville, North Carolina.

April 26, 2018 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN

Hazelhurst, WI

According to the report, the engine was found on the ground and was separated from the fuselage. The compression blades of the turboshaft engine exhibited nick and gouge damage consistent with foreign object ingestion. The turbine blades had silver-colored deposits. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

April 24, 2018 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN

St. Augustine Beach, FL

I was looking at the stars, facing south, when I looked west and spotted what I believed was an airplane. It didn't move but stayed at the same spot for the duration then was gone. It was large, brightly lit and flashing white, blue, red and I think green lights.

April 24, 2018 · 3:20 PM · UNKNOWN

Guilford, ME

I was returning home from work this afternoon taking 150 North toward Monson/Willimantic, just past the farm and saw a silvery-shiny looking object in what seemed to come off a mountain. I travel this road frequently and have never seen that object in that place before. I saw it for about 30 seconds before turning around and went back to see if it was still there - it hadn't moved. I looked at it for about a minute before deciding to maybe get closer or a better view but couldn't. I shrugged it off as maybe someone had a satellite dish on the top of the mountain or it was something man made. I took photos on my cell phone and looked at them when I got home and there is definitely some light reflection off of something. As far as I could tell it didn't move and stayed stationary. I couldn't see much of a shape from the distance I was at but I originally thought it looked like a planchette from a quija board, although it may have been oval or rectangular with rounded ends.

April 22, 2018 · 5:14 PM · UNKNOWN

Manheim, PA

Witness was traveling on 81st towards Harrisburg,PA, Was on what the locals call Lavelle Mountain. Just all of a sudden this object appeared over the interstate and appeared to hover stationary for like 20 seconds and quickly went into the trees on my right at a high rate of speed. Object appeared quite large. At first I thought it was some type of drone but it moved too fast to be one, kinda looked like a lunar lander in my opinion. I was shocked by what I saw and got emotional. When I had passed the spot where I thought the object would be but found nothing.

April 22, 2018 · 11:00 AM · UNKNOWN

Leicester, MA

I was sitting outside smoking a cigarette before bed looking up at the bright moon when I saw a flash in the sky, as if a star turned on and off. I didn't think anything of it when a few minutes later from the opposite side of the sky I saw a fast moving brightly glowing white/reddish object trail accross the sky for about 10 seconds, and then disappear. It was moving much faster than an airplane but much slower than a shooting star. And I know that it couldn't have been a shooting star because this object was moving horizontally along the skyline. The odd thing was that it disappeared right around where I saw the initial flash. There was no sound that I could hear at the time but there was a loud bang in the distance. Not sure if it could be related to this object. It was a very quiet night before this, but shortly after 3 aircraft emerged from the sky which I thought was odd. And all the dogs in the surrounding areas started barking.

April 22, 2018 · 5:30 AM · UNKNOWN

Castella, CA

I'm a delivery driver and was headed northbound on I5 on my way to Medford, when I reached Castella, I pulled into the parking lot of the mini-mart Chevron to grab a drink. I parked in the back and when I got out of my truck, I noticed a quick flash of blue-white light shoot up out of the top of Castle Crags, which you can see from the gravel parking lot behind the mini-mart. It looked like a blurry falling star only in reverse shooting straight up out of the Crags and disappearing into the sky. It was probably about a half hour from first light. I drive this route routinely and have heard lots of people see strange things in this area as its only about 15 miles down the road from Mt. Shasta, but this was the first time I've ever seen anything like that myself. Believe it or not. -((name deleted)) Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

April 22, 2018 · 2:40 AM · UNKNOWN

Tulsa, OK

Tonight at approximately 240 A.M. I awakened from a deep sleep from noise coming from the Sky. It was very loud, and sounded a bit like a low flying jet except it hovered. It was so loud my house vibrated. I looked outside and didn't see anything unusual but it's been raining and was cloudy. The sound was so strange that I am frightened and cannot get back to sleep.

April 21, 2018 · 4:15 PM · UNKNOWN

Oshawa (Canada), ON · Canada

Sitting in the shade of a front porch column, having an after dinner smoke was watching an aircraft comming out of Pearson Airport about 40 miles to the west, complaining to myself "I hope that'a contrail not a chemtrail I suddenly noticed a bright silver metalic reflection about (my estimate 400/600 feet to the port side and 100/200 feet to the rear of the aircraft. Very short duration, very bright reflection because of the angle of the sun at that time. Am ex-RCN, and worked for Canadair (now Bombardier) on various aircraft, and am presently employed at an Ontario manufacturier of aircraft parts, so am very familliar with many regular aircraft ant their flight characteristics.

April 21, 2018 · 5:20 AM · UNKNOWN

Versailles, PA

A meteorite flashed by. We saw another bright object that stayed stationery. My phone would not record any film, it was too dark.

April 15, 2018 · 10:19 PM · UNKNOWN

Tenterden (Canada), BC · United Kingdom

7pm - modern high=end luxury jet flys southeast low. sounded like a turbo helicopter. 10.20pm -- fast high up headed north easterly silent invisilble body tail flame shimmering yellow bright seconds later - large aircraft in sky approaches fast from south east turns north slows. engine noise. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

April 11, 2018 · 12:55 AM · UNKNOWN

Cochrane, ON · Canada

On or about April 11 2018 at approximately 1255 am, I was on Hwy 655 between the City of Timmins Ontario and the Hwy 11 junction at Driftwood Ontario. There is a flat straight stretch on this road approximately 10 miles long. There was still snow on the ground and the sky was cloudless. I was driving at a crawl just at idle speed, my drivers window was down and I was watching the stars as usual. I always keep my dash lights at the lowest setting for better forward visibility. Ahead of me in the sky, due north, was a black patch with no visible stars. The sky ahead of me lit up like a military paraflare was used. I slammed on the brakes thinking I was witnessing a supernova. But the supernova/star changed. After 2 or 3 seconds it reduced its brilliance and a smaller and less brilliant star made a controlled descent straight down from the bottom of the larger one. It dropped for approximately 2 seconds then made a 90 degree right turn and headed due east quite quickly. The small star vanished after 3 seconds, then so did the larger one. I sat there stunned with cold shivers running through me. I have been very reluctant to share this for the safety and security of my family. I just thought it was time to share this, and I feel that you people are the best to proceed with. Many things are seen but go unreported where I live, in the Town of Cochrane Ontario. I have been with others when we have witnessed other strange phenomena. Things such as a large silent disc flying across the tree tops observed by 3 family members, a group of construction workers in a company bus observed a silent flying object in a very remote area, lights in the sky that abruptly change direction, strange sounds, black triangle, etc.

April 6, 2018 · 3:30 AM · UNKNOWN

Palm Bay, FL

I was talking with a friend on the phone, when I noticed red lights (a set of two) floating in the air north of us. It appeared to be distance from us, around Cape Canaveral distance. The lights hovered, then quickly darted towards the east. The object stopped abruptly, then moved back towards the West with small scallop like motion a couple of times. It then stopped again, and slowly lowered downward. At my line of sight, it dropped below tree line briefly, then seconds later shot up high into the sky again, abruptly stopping, then moving westward at a rapid speed, to then stop again make a small loop, and then move eastward again at a rapid speed. The movements were too fast and the stops to abrupt compared to a helicopter. The blink of either green or blue lights were apparent at a couple of the the maneuvers. The object dipped below the tree line again. It came above the tree line once agin and darted at a skyward diagonal heading eastward, stopped, hovered, then headed west again at a rapid speed. Eventually the object lowered straight down below tree line and out of sight. During the encounter there was no sound, such as with helicopters or airplanes. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

April 5, 2018 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN

Anchorage, AK

Currently observing a mysterious light source beyond the distant Northeast sky. At first, I assumed it to be a sparkling star, or far away plane, but then its motion demanded more critical attention. It moves at a constant and seemingly unpurposeful rate and direction, resembling the actions of an insect (sometimes fast, sometimes slowly, back and forth, and in circles). Less frequently, minute alterations in the light distribution suggest multiple aspects but these are fleeting. The colors are indistinguishable yet alternating. It looks mostly white. It has not crossed a significant amount of sky span from this perspective, yet it seems very very far away. Its speed and fluidity is phenomenal! It does not grow nor reduce, and the light reflected by it flickers. It is mesmerizing! Ongoing, 30 mins since being noticed.