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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
August 2, 2023 · 6:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Concord (near), CA
Was relatively low to the ground. No clouds were in sky. I stayed and watched it for a few minutes before it suddenly disappeared and it didn’t move at all. Though it was the shape of a large commercial airplane, it had no markings or windows.
August 2, 2023 · 4:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Long Beach, CA
Moved fast, not in a straight line. Was over my backyard for about 20 minutes before it started moving forward. Very very strange. I’m not sure if these pictures or videos uploaded correctly
August 2, 2023 · 3:20 PM · LIGHT
Gig Harbor, WA
Three people on bikes were stopped on trail pointing up in sky. My friend and I walked toward them and asked what they were looking at. They pointed to a single stationary light in sky—larger than a satellite, round and visible in clear daylight sky. The light pulsed slightly, disappeared for about a second, then reappeared in same area but relatively far away in a short second. The movement within the same quadrant continued, shifting randomly down and left, up and right, with no flight path. It was just holding position within and area and quickly moving, disappearing and reappearing. We watched for about 3-5 minutes, then continued on our walk
August 2, 2023 · 10:30 AM · CIRCLE
Hot Springs, AR
I was driving on the bypass from Central to Higdin Ferry and a White plastic bag looking object moved from the left to the right and then staying in one place past Arvest Bank a few minutes and then disappeared. Tried to photo with IPhone 13 but didn’t show up in photos.
August 2, 2023 · 9:39 AM · CIRCLE
Wildlife, CA
I walked out my back door per usual however I felt the need to look up and straight ahead. That’s when I noticed several really white what appeared to be circular objects slowly moving together then apart .then I noticed them continue to go together then apart and then I realized there were four I thought. But as they slowly moved slowly in and around then slowly down ward they broke up into 6 and slowly proceeded downward until I could no longer see them
August 2, 2023 · 5:30 AM · EGG
Palm Springs, FL
I was running around 5:30am. Mostly clear skies, and low light pollution (street lamps etc). The moon was behind me entirely. I looked up and to my left when a movement caught my eye. I saw a bright white object, somewhat egg shaped. It was anywhere from a few hundred to a thousand feet in the air. It looked to be roughly the size of a car. It was gliding very quickly through the air in a slight arc, faster than any plane or other aeronautical craft known to me, spanning at what an arm’s length would be one to two feet, but in the sky was a large distance. It only lasted about 1.5-2 seconds. It looked like it was lit from within, and although the white light was pure and bright, and seemed to be moving in a circular motion, the object did not give off brightness around it, only a faint glow. The object was not falling, like a meteor crashing through the atmosphere; there was no tail, debris, or sound. It was moving smoothly and independently. It was being guided. It suddenly stopped, flashed a bright blue light on one side, and taking a sharp right, it basically jumped into hyperspace. It blipped and was gone. But I could see the direction it had moved in, after making that perfect angle and change in direction. It happened very fast, but I have never seen anything so clearly in my entire life. I was looking directly at it; it was not from my peripheral vision, I saw it from the moment it appeared in the sky, to the moment it jumped.
August 2, 2023 · 4:39 AM · CHANGING
Gilbert, AZ
I looked up into an early dawn sky, spotted a planet or star, and while looking at it noticed a pinkish blinking light streak across the sky. The way it flew was kind of like a firefly, erratically straight, yet horizontal. Possibly could've been a shooting star, but never knew they could be pinkish in color and the way it flew wasn't like a shooting star although it flew with the same speed characteristics.
August 2, 2023 · 2:38 AM · OTHER
Pawcatuck, CT
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August 2, 2023 · 2:38 AM · OVAL
Stonington, CT
Sighted with occupants of building. I work at boat yard nearby some very late nights, and have never seen anything of this type of areal phenomenal. Military aircraft is ruled out as I live near drills, as they fly over my home every night, no engine noise detected nor flashing hazards per aircraft of any kind. This was something I’ve never seen in my entire life.
August 2, 2023 · 2:13 AM · FIREBALL
Dayton, OH
looked like a greenish yellowish ball of fire falling down in an angle
August 2, 2023 · 1:32 AM · SPHERE
Trinity, TX
This object was clearly round, emitting a yellow light but not to yellow flying too low and fast to be a plane. No sound and no flashing lights. Moving straight in a odd way. It was clearly not a plane. We were 2 people watching and we are not crazy. Is not the first time we see this.
August 2, 2023 · 1:20 AM · UNKNOWN
Surprise, AZ
I looked up and saw 4 lights turn on and it immediately went straight up in the sky. There was no sound! I’m very familiar with the military action near here and this was not them. It gave me goose bumps and was a very eery feeling.
August 2, 2023 · 1:00 AM · CIRCLE
Probable conventionalFort Meade, FL
It came out of no where looked like a ball of fire the like a tail of fire behind it it was coming towards me then took a right and disappeared [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
August 1, 2023 · 11:50 PM · CIRCLE
Los Angeles, CA
Round glowing Hovering yellow/orange light …..we even went under it and it was just floating there
August 1, 2023 · 10:50 PM · LIGHT
Surrey · United Kingdom
Witnessed from our balcony and then we walked out of our flat beyond the trees and we could still see it, object moving extremely fast, high and in all directions. Videos do not capture all the sighting as was watching it for a while before I thought to video it. [NUFORC annotation: Drone - Possible]
August 1, 2023 · 10:00 PM · CYLINDER
Chico, CA
Was scanning night sky hoping to take videos of meteors using Nikon D500/500mm telephoto lens. Observed bright object. With my finger on video button, I could only capture about 0.5 seconds of the object that was travelling at very high speed (velocity). Have observed the International Space Station (ISS) a number of times, even directly overhead; this object was not the ISS. The speed of this object was impressive. Subsequently, I edited the video from 16 MB to reduce the file size. I have attached the shortened portion of the video which is included in a powerpoint slide file. The original video data shows the video speed to be 30 frames per second. I used some very basic image filters on enlarged images of the object to get a better sense of the object profile. Frame 6 of the PPT slide file gives what appears to be the profile of the object. I am an amateur photographer and environmental scientist; just being curious about what I observed.
August 1, 2023 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
Bellingham, WA
My house is surrounded by tall pine trees, but you can see the stars over the house and in between the tips of the trees. I was on my back deck looking at the stars as I do on and off every night and I saw what looked like a bright white "star" move silently and quickly across the sky in seconds. I continued to scan the sky and one minute later another bright white star looking object appeared instantly right where I was looking to the left of the direction where the first originated (there was nothing there when I turned my gaze to this spot and it appeared right before my eyes). About another minute later two more of these objects appeared and created a triangle with the second object. I came inside shortly after. I see these bright white star looking objects cross the sky in the same area at least 2 to 3 times a month. The last time I saw these there were 8 of them perfectly distanced apart all seemed to be moving at the same speed and one by one they crossed the sky silently (this happened in a matter of 3-5 minutes). I have not yet been able to get video footage of this activity. When I do I will be happy to share.
August 1, 2023 · 9:09 PM · LIGHT
Cary, NC
Light did not have a flashing beacon like planes and helicopters.
August 1, 2023 · 9:04 PM · UNKNOWN
Harrisburg, NC
I began to see the object/light from about a mile away. It had the brightness of a 100-watt light bulb at 300 feet away. It passed overhead at a steady speed, in a straight line. No blinking, no sound. A single white light. I watched it until it went out of sight, maybe 2 miles east of my home. I was on the back deck tossing the ball to one of my dogs when the event occurred. There were a few light wispy clouds overhead. Several planes went by while I sat for 30 minutes, and they all went out of sight at moments because they were above the few clouds.
August 1, 2023 · 8:50 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalHamden, CT
Noted a bright ‘orb’ with rapid flashing white light which flew in an irrigular pattern. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
August 1, 2023 · 8:46 PM · CHANGING
Carolina Beach, NC
1 objects and then 3 objects and then it went back into one object. me and my 3 friends were taking pictures and wondering what it was so we immediately left the beach area
August 1, 2023 · 6:48 PM · CIRCLE
New York, NY
Looked up while on a walk and noticed a bunch of white orbs but very very far away. They were above the plane traffic that is always very heavy around that time of day. It was as though they were staying in one place but moving sideways.
August 1, 2023 · 6:20 PM · CIRCLE
New York City, NY
Circle bright light on top of Empire State area
August 1, 2023 · 1:34 PM · SPHERE
New York, NY
At first I thought it was a deflating weather ballon. It looked like it came down from the sky while slowing twirling. Like 6 shiney metalic orbs. I watched it for maybe 3 minutes. It came down to the water at almost the exact coordinates I provided. It was between Mill Basin Island and the New York City Department of Sanitation facility like you see in the map. Then it floated up into the sky and started traveling toward the Astoria/Long Island City coast. My window faces the water and I'm on the 15th Floor of my building in Manhattan. The sun was on it. I saw it keep going up and up and up till it disappeared into the cotton shapped looking clouds. It was so high I was afraid it would get into an airplane engine. It is a bright sunny day. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]