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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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January 13, 2018 · 3:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Chesapeake, VA
Traveled very fast very high altitude with two lights (red/green flashing). Sound of engines delayed 30 second after sight. Clear skies tonight, bright stars and only one cloud wispy by at first glance before the aircraft. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 13, 2018 · 2:20 AM · UNKNOWN
Millis, MA
Me and other witness both saw sky light up and heard buzzing, are across town from each other. No craft seen but cannot explain it other than a UFO. We have amended the date above, to reflect a sighting in 2018, and not in 2017. PD
January 10, 2018 · 6:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Gulf of Mexico, LA
The object could be seen with the naked eye. Even so we could get a few pictures of it. Looked almost like a angels wing.. but sharper. Later that night, another person saw the same thing but lights. Appearing to have a tail. Now on 1/11/19 we see the same object. In the same spot.. 1 hour later a second appears next to it. Then 10 minutes later the object that appeared next to it changed its aspect and went in a straight line. Traveling faster than a jet in the sky.
January 7, 2018 · 2:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Longmont, CO
Glanced out the window and saw what looked like a bright light of a plane or star flickering, not moving. It looked pretty low to the ground for a plane and wasn’t moving. It was maybe 1 mile away. It then started to move very quick in a straight line and then zig zagged and appeared further away. I ran and got my binoculars and zoomed in and it was a bright white light but couldn’t see anything beyond the light as it flickered. There looked like there was some colored lights in there too but it was further away so I couldn’t see very well because i couldn’t keep the binoculars still enough and it was moving upward. It was then so far away I couldn’t see it with my bare eyes. I then lost sight of it completely. Soon I saw the same light again about 1 mile away from me but maybe 4 miles from it’s starting point in only a few seconds until getting further away and going beyond some trees very quickly. I waited and did see a few flickers of light here and there! but not enough to see its speed or anything and soon it was gone. It was not a plane as it went way too fast, went upward and zig zagged, and I could see no outline of a helicopter or plane and it was low to the ground, lower than a plane would be. And there is nothing out there except an empty field. And it defiantly was not a star. Only one that I know of. Observers were me, 25 and a caregiver and my mom, 48 a caregiver too.
January 6, 2018 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Rocksprings, TX
Was out on the hunting lease with another person waiting in camp for the other two guys to get back from dropping off their meat at the processor. We decided to turn the lights off in the cabin and sit outside to see if we could see any shooting stars as we were about 25 minutes outside of the city limits. Then the guy who i was with started to say that he was seeing something moving in the horizon. I didn't believe him for the first 15 minutes. (Thought he was trying to scare me since the lights were off). But eventually I gave in and looked over to see what he was talking about. Then I saw what he was talking about. It was several miles away. Looked like a rather bright star but was right on the horizon moving around in a very irregular flight pattern. While watching, it also started to slowly change colors that alternated between: Green, Red, and Blue. Couldnt see anything through the binoculars as even with those it was too far away. Woke up early that morning (about 9 hours later) to go out to the deer blind and all the stars were covered by clouds except that one and it was still moving in its irregular pattern going up down left and right. Got some video on my cell phone but it is hard to focus at night.
January 6, 2018 · 7:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Lyman, SC
Was at my daughters in a rural area so not much light interference. I went outside to have cig. For the past 40 plus yrs I've been a star gazer and always look at the night sky, it is dark at her house so I can really see the stars, I was looking to the NW at about 30 degrees and thought it was a star and kept looking at it trying to determine what star / planet it might be. (Orion was behind me in SE at about 70 degrees ) It just looked like a star but then it started making slight movements, up and down, side to side and little loop-de-loops I watched for about 10 min. and thought my eyes where playing tricks so I called my son-in-law out to see if he saw the same thing. Yes, he did! We both continued to watch the movements for at least another 30 min. Tried to video it but was to dark out to capture anything. I have no idea how far away it was or how many miles above the earth it was, so what seemed like slight movements to us, may well have been huge maneuvers. We were finally driven inside frozen by the cold.
January 6, 2018 · 5:15 AM · UNKNOWN
Chapin, SC
Bright light in long distance SW from my home moved about in early morning hours. In the early morning hours of January 6, 2018, I got up to go to the bathroom. I then looked out a back window to the view over our lakeside home (Lake Murray near Chapin, SC). I viewed the lake and sky. I saw a bright light in the sky, larger than visible stars. It was not the moon! I watched for a period of time and it did seem to move a bit downward and to the right. I observed for a period of time to ensure this was not an airplane or jet (or normal one at least). This viewing was approximately 5:00 a.m. and in a SW direction from the back of our home. Distance could not be determined - it seemed to be a good distance away. After observing for a period of time, I got my Panasonic DMC-FZ70 and took pictures through our windows - it was very cold outside. As I recall, there was no moon visible. I took a series of pictures from 5:15 a.m. to 5:24 a.m. Of course, at first, I thought my eyes or imagination were playing tricks on me. But, I really believe I observed something really unusual. I called for my wife to get up, but, she refused. I continued to watch to about 5:30 a.m. and then went back to bed. When I quit viewing, the strange light was still visible. I had thought about calling the Lexington County Sheriff's Department at the time of sighting or at least the next morning, but, I did not do this. Today, on January 18, 2018, I finally downloaded pictures from my camera. I had forgotten about these pictures. I do have a collection of 15 pictures - this camera has a relatively long focal length and some are at 215mm. Upon seeing these pics, I wondered what to do about this and I did a google search and found this website and amazingly found another report for that same day in South Carolina. However, that report was for some type of similar sighting that night. (1/6/18 19:30) In summary, I saw a very bright light, that to me was NOT a star or a normal airplane. It did appear to move about in a generally small area.
January 4, 2018 · 4:44 AM · UNKNOWN
Alamosa, CO
I woke up with the feeling of being watched, I sat up and searched my apartment but no one was there, I then lost almost an hour of time I cannot recall, I only remember a tall windowless building surrounded by a strange light that was a color I cannot even describe, I am honestly scared and don't know what to think.
January 3, 2018 · 6:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Eugene, OR
My mom and I went outside for a cigarette and she said do you want to see a low flying plane, so I looked and what I saw didn't look like an airplane. It was hovering in the sky and it looked like it was coming towards our apartment complex. I walked to the right, and when I looked back up to the sky, it was gone. I decided to walk back to the point in the sky that I saw the aircraft at and it was gone. If that was an airplane, where did it go? A minute later there was a meteorite that flashed across the sky. Both of us are freaked out and want to know where it went. There was a bright red light in front of the aircraft and the wing span was enormous. It looked like it was hovering in the sky. Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD
January 2, 2018 · 3:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Gaffney, SC
Driving West and a shiny object in the sky caught my eye. I first thought it was a reflection of a plane, that then noticed the sun was due south of object and I was due east. The shininess dimmed and disappeared for a few minutes. The object then reappeared in the same exact spot. I did not notice any movement from the object like I would an airplane. No chem trails around the object. I noticed about 6 jets in close proximity of the object. Most of the jets were heading in the same direction as the object with one jet heading directly towards it. The sky was clear blue with no clouds around. The object seem small or at very high altitude.
January 1, 2018 · 7:40 PM · UNKNOWN
Bozeman, MT
Two objects were moving erratically in the southern sky. They were much brighter than any star and were orange-red in color with slightly pulsating brightness. The objects were about 1 to 3 degrees apart but did not remain at a fixed distance apart. They did not move like airplanes and did not make any noise. After a few minutes they appeared to move rapidly away as the brightness dimmed very quickly.
January 1, 2018 · 5:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Lowell, MA
My husband went outside to use our grill and quickly called me out to our back deck. He pointed out a bright light, which appeared to be hovering in the distance, on the left side of our property. He then pointed to the opposite side of our property and there were between 5-7 very bright lights, which also appeared to hovering. When scanning from the right side of our house to the left side, you could clearly see they formed a semi circle around the area. Since there were some trees obstructing our view outside, we ran inside to a large window in the dining room on the side of the house. From there, we were able to get a very clear view of the lights to the right of our house. None were moving, all appeared to be hovering. We questioned if they were perhaps planes, but again, they were not moving and there were no additional lights on them. Also, I'm sure planes would not even be allowed that close in proximity to each other. I assume being that clo! se they would be considered in each others air space. We sat there and watched them for about 20 minutes and then they abruptly disappeared. They did not fly away or dim, they literally just disappeared. My husband took video from inside the house which did not come out good, likely due to the window glare. Shortly after they disappeared (about 10 minutes), another appeared by itself. I took video of this one from our deck. It is not good quality, you can only tell that it is a bright light, BUT you can plainly see that it is not moving, just hovering. We're not totally sure what we saw, but these were definitely not planes. Very curious to know if anyone else in the area saw this as well. We live in Lowell, MA. The Concord River is directly to the left of our house.
January 1, 2018 · 5:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Bristol (UK/England) · United Kingdom
I was looking up at the night sky and was looking at visible stars. One star (i thought was a star) suddenly got brighter and brighter as if someone was shining a bright light, it also increased in visible size (very slightly). I have seen the ISS on numerous occasions and understand how it gets brighter when above and fades as it goes out of sight, this was different, the bright light remained in a constant position and did not move in any direction. The ISS is also currently beneath the continent of Africa, so could not have been this. The bright light faded and then looked like a normal star in size and brightness momentarily then disappeared completely not moving in any direction. This was not an aircraft. There was no forward or sideways movement. The night sky at my angle of view was clear without any cloud cover. The whole viewing lasted only seconds.
January 1, 2018 · 3:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Eureka, CA
Orange object flying north to south for few minutes a little faster than aircraft and split in two east to west at incredibly fast rate of speed and disappeared.
January 1, 2018 · 1:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Port Charlotte, FL
Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD
January 1, 2018 · 12:05 AM · UNKNOWN
West Melbourne, FL
Orange and red lights. Hard yo see shape was surrounded by lights. Traveling fast and pretty low. No noise no sound no engine noise. One abject at a time headed south.
December 30, 2017 · 2:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Eden, ID
Constant hover..blue and yellow orange beams that rotate from top to bottom white light is blinding bright
December 28, 2017 · 10:48 PM · UNKNOWN
Tinton Falls, NJ
Rapidly falling bright white-blue light with tailing lights. Appeared to be heading directly for the ground approximately 10 miles out.
December 28, 2017 · 4:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Nineveh, IN
Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
December 27, 2017 · 11:48 PM · UNKNOWN
Stonington, CT
Was driving southwest on Pequot Trail approaching intersection of Farmholm Road and was distracted by a very bright greenish yellow light off to my right/front (N) of the vehicle. Object was fast moving, heading in a downward trajectory as if to hit the ground. Object appeared to have a round shape behind the light, which was in silhouette.
December 27, 2017 · 5:39 PM · UNKNOWN
North Miami Beach, FL
Extremely loud engine. But we could not see what it was. It was flying over us , made windows shake. Not a jet, helicopter, nor commercial plane. As it flew over us we still heard the engine roaring loudly away.
December 26, 2017 · 10:55 AM · UNKNOWN
San Jose, CA
While driving for a ride share company, two passengers and I witnessed what may have been a rock launch. I was in San Jose on Capitol Expressway at the intersection of Marten/Ocala facing South. My two passengers and I saw a white plume shaped as a triangular trajectory as if an upward bound craft was making its ascent. I turned East onto Marten Avenue and could no longer see the unidentified object.
December 25, 2017 · 1:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Barnesville, MD
I was spending Christmas Eve at my dad’s farm house and around 1:00 am I heard a loud buzzing sound hovering over my house that lasted for hours. A few hours go by and I hear what sounds like an unusual conversation between two beings in a strange language. We spoke via telephone with the young girl who submitted the report, and she assures us that it is accurate, and a sincere statement of fact, although we are unconvinced. She corrected the date to Christmas mornin, December 25th. PD
December 22, 2017 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Memphis, TN
At about 11pm local time, looking toward the east, I and several others noticed the sky lighting up. My first thought was that it was something akin to heat lightning, but it changed color from blue to orange to red to purple to green to white and it continued to light up the sky at random intervals for varied lengths of time while the entire phenomenon went on for nearly an hour. It was a lightly stormy night with periodic heavy misting in the air so visibility was compromised. All of us there tried explaining it away as lightning or a transformer shorting out or the like but all were forced to agree that none of our explanations fit. The intensity of the lights was enough to light up between a quarter and half the sky. At times it seemed there was a source low to the ground and other times it seemed high up in the sky, just judging by the relative brightness of the mists and clouds being lit and in which direction the brightness intensified. The range and i! ntensity of colors, duration of the event, and overall unusual behavior and patterns suggested an event outside all of our experiences. It may well have been a weather event, I don't know, but if so it was one I've never experienced or had described to me by any person or textbook. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD