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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.
27,433 entries
June 26, 2021 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Methuen, MA
I saw 1 orange light heading diagonal across my view and was slowly fading. I heard a small noise but once it disappeared I didn’t see it again. It was followed by another light the same thing and it faded a little earlier it took about 10 seconds for the fading to complete.
June 20, 2021 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Sundance, WY
Witnessed bright blinking white light, size of a star with smaller faint flashing red & blue lights; no noise, zig-zaging upward diaginally in short, consistent broken (z) pattern, moving fast clearing a pathway through heavy cloud coverage; no stars or moon, only light in entire sky. Very odd sighting, not the actions of an airliner, although moved horizontally at times. Disappeared after watching it for approximately 15 minutes.
June 20, 2021 · 9:10 PM · LIGHT
Gold Canyon, AZ
There was a giant ball of white light that travelled from SE to NW so fast that you would’ve missed it if you blinked. It would’ve been traveling thousands of MPH. The object was a huge glowing ball, relevant to the size of maybe 20+ airplanes put together. It was so bright it was hard to look at. It zoomed right over the town, and then it was as if it hit an invisible wall and just disappeared. There was no tail or trail behind it, it did not fade out or disperse, it was just a giant ball that zoomed across then was gone as fast as it was there. No sound was made.
June 20, 2021 · 1:05 PM · LIGHT
Brooklyn, NY
Brilliant thin line shaped light in the distance, seen clearly on sunny day traversing slowly south to north in the vicinity of Brooklyn/Queens - size not determinable. Plenty of commercial air traffic in normal patterns operating throughout the area. Recorded short video of sighting on Android phone. After visual contact was lost behind building regained visual later and saw craft blink in and out of existence several times before contact was lost.
June 20, 2021 · 1:05 PM · LIGHT
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
Brilliant thin line shaped light in the distance, seen clearly on sunny day traversing slowly south to north in the vicinity of Brooklyn/Queens - size not determinable. Plenty of commercial air traffic in normal patterns operating throughout the area. Recorded short video of sighting on Android phone. After visual contact was lost behind building regained visual later and saw craft blink in and out of existence several times before contact was lost.
June 20, 2021 · 4:00 AM · LIGHT
Spencerport, NY
I was up with my dog at 4:00a.m. and saw a small (pea-sized) blinking, white light outside my window. I was outside when I first saw it, and it was about 12 inches from my head. It was a very bright, white, blinking light. I went inside and watched it for several minutes. There was no beam and it was not a laser. It was stationary for several minutes, and then it slowly moved across the window. I ran and got a flashlight, and when I came back, it was gone. It did not make any sound. It was not an insect, and it was not a drone. It wasn’t a sold object. It was just a bright, white light. I am a 72 year old woman with all of my faculties. I rarely drink, and had not been drinking the night before this happened. I’ve never taken any illegal drugs and am not on any narcotics of any kind. I am a former school teacher. I’m a wife, mother, and grandmother. I’ve never witnessed anything like this before, but I am positive this is what I saw.
June 20, 2021 · 2:40 AM · LIGHT
London, KY
It looked like it was glowing with light around it and it's bright lights blinded us, changing colors, no nosie at all!
June 19, 2021 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Beckley, WV
On the night of 19 June 2021 around 23:30 local time, myself and my son were watching aircraft pass over the BKW airport navigational beacon and corresponding them with the ADS-B data from FlightAware. As we were observing United Airlines Flight 1520 pass Beckley from the SW to NE, a single white light with no other lights visible traversed on the inverse path of UAL1520 from the NE to SW headed directly towards UAL 1520. It appeared to be at a higher altitude than UAL1520. Upon reaching UAL1520 as we observed from directly underneath the two, the light made an immediate and abrupt turn NNW. It was so abrupt and perfectly sharp, a near 90-degree turn. Both my son and I decided that no craft short of a military flight could make this sort of maneuver. Confirming MLAT data with ADS-B exchange, we have confirmed that there are no known military flights in the region that would be apparent to us.
June 19, 2021 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Moseley, VA
Myself and my neighbor both spotted a bright light (and a few at one point) over the course of 90 minutes. The lights were moving, dropping and raising and zooming around at drastic speeds. It wouldn’t be feasible for a normal aircraft to drop from one point in the sky and end up much lower the quickly. The light didn’t follow normal aircraft movements. I didn’t realize until many days later that my neighbor and I both witnessed the same lights and movements, as we weren’t together when we saw it originally. We both reported seeing the weird lights and movements.
June 19, 2021 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Wonder Lake, IL
Object was moving very fast until it disappeared. Over 60k feet
June 18, 2021 · 2:00 PM · LIGHT
Charlottesville, VA
AS I WAS TAKING A SHORT VIDEO OF PLANE , I SAW IN MY VIDEO A WHITE LIGHT OBJECT FLY DOWNWARD IN FRONT OF PLANE EXTREMELY FAST HIGH SPEED AND TOOK A SCREEN SHOT AND ZOOMED IN TO OBJECT .
June 18, 2021 · 3:30 AM · LIGHT
Seattle, WA
I looked out my kitchen window to the south at about 3:30AM on Friday morning June 18 2021 and saw two star like white lights in the sky that were about the same brightness as Vega. The lights were about 5 degrees apart in a east-west orientation in the close proximity to the star Altair and were not moving and looked exactly alike. After watching them for a few seconds the light to the east slowly dimmed out followed by the light to the west dimming out in the same manner. I ran outside to see if the lights would return or if I could find some more. After looking around the sky for a while, which was very clear at the time, I didn't see anything else unusual. I'm a amateur astronomer and I've seen plenty of satellites brighten and fade away, but these objects did not move! Never seen anything like it. They could have been there more than 15 seconds as the lights were already there when I looked out the window. This was not Starlink!
June 17, 2021 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Pleasant Hill, OR
I watched the white light for over half an hour. It first travelled in a square pattern above my home, then changed to a rectangular pattern going more east bound. At first I thought it was a plane but at each corner of both patterns it did 90 degree corners. This was done at high speeds. It was very high as evidenced by a plane passing in between my home and the white light. I called the local news tv media but was discounted by whomever I talked with. I tried taking a picture with cell phone but it didn’t show up.
June 17, 2021 · 3:38 PM · LIGHT
Havertown, PA
From my hammock, I was looking up at the sky. A round shiny object appeared in the far sky. It remained in the same spot for approximately 10 minutes. I attempted to find a neighbor to witness as I wondered if it could be a satellite. Because I was videoing, I did not notice if it moved after 10 minutes to another location but I could not see it any longer.
June 15, 2021 · 3:30 AM · LIGHT
Tahoka, TX
Early Tuesday Morning 6-15-2021 Between 3.00 and 3.30 am. Terry County Texas, Hwy 380 Between Tahoka and Post, Texas. Headed east driving a 2016 GMC Pickup. Traveling at hi rate of speed, headed back to Houston Texas. Had just spent night in Brownfield Texas. Notice a orange globe light tracking me from behind. Caught up with me at a rapid pace. Slowed down to let it pass. Orange globe stayed right on my pumper. Would not pass. Was not a bright light. Soft orange glow. I increased speed up to 90. Globe fell back than suddenly disappeared. No other incidents. Did provide a soft glow to side of road and interior of truck. No other witness with me. Was not a car, truck, or motorcycle. Saw no type of form.
June 14, 2021 · 7:15 AM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalSaint-Medars-D'Eyrans, Aquitaine · France
Le témoin, en déplacement sur l'autoroute A62 entre Bordeaux (33) et Toulouse (31), a observé un phénomène aérien non identifié (PAN) à la hauteur de Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans (33), entre 07h10 et 07h20. Le PAN a attiré son attention par sa forte luminosité. En l'espace de 5 à 10 secondes, cette luminosité a diminué, révélant une sphère de couleur gris métallique, apparemment immobile. Le témoin a perdu de vue l'objet après une observation totale estimée entre 20 et 30 secondes. Un seul témoignage a été recueilli. L’étrangeté et la consistance* de ce cas sont jugées moyennes : un seul témoignage recueilli, pas de photo du PAN. La description initiale du PAN est parfaitement cohérente avec l'hypothèse d'un reflet, qu'il s'agisse d'un ballon-sonde (comme suggéré par le témoin), d'un avion ou même d'un simple ballon fantaisie.(*selon les critères du GEIPAN, la consistance est la quantité d’informations considérées comme fiables, recueillies pour un témoignage). L’enquête a permis d’écarter les hypothèses du ballon-sonde et de l’avion, car il a été confirmé qu'aucun ballon-sonde n’était en vol dans la région au moment de l'observation. De plus, aucun autre avion que celui observé par le témoin n'était présent dans le secteur à ce moment-là (voir le compte rendu d'enquête). La description du PAN est en revanche très cohérente avec celle d'un ballon fantaisie, en raison de sa forme sphérique et de sa luminosité très brillante, qui s'estompe pour révéler une couleur gris métallisé. Ce ballon pourrait être fabriqué en Mylar, un matériau aluminisé fortement réfléchissant couramment utilisé pour de nombreux types de ballons fantaisie Le Soleil étant levé à l'est-nord-est au moment de l'observation, tandis que le PAN se trouvait vers le sud-est, il est tout à fait plausible qu'une forte réflexion lumineuse se soit produite temporairement à la surface du ballon. Cette réflexion aurait pu s'estomper lorsque l'alignement géométrique entre le Soleil, le témoin et le ballon est devenu moins favorable. En effet, le témoin se trouvant en déplacement rapide sur l'autoroute, cela modifie non seulement la visibilité du ballon par rapport au Soleil, mais empêche également d'évaluer correctement son déplacement éventuel en raison de l'effet de parallaxe. Le PAN a été rapidement perdu de vue, empêchant le témoin d’évaluer son déplacement réel. Par conséquent, nous ne pouvons pas confirmer s’il se déplaçait dans le sens du vent. Les ballons gonflés à l'hélium peuvent rester en l'air pendant plusieurs jours, y compris la nuit, après avoir été lâchés ou perdus. Ils peuvent ainsi parcourir de grandes distances, portés par le vent. Cependant, l'enquête n'a pas permis de déterminer l'endroit d'où ce ballon aurait pu être perdu. Le cas est classé « B », probable observation d’un ballon fantaisie. [GEIPAN classification B — Ballon Mylar]
June 13, 2021 · 11:35 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedCarcassonne, Languedoc Roussillon · France
Le 13 juin 2021, entre 23h35 et 23h40, le témoin dans son jardin à Carcassonne, observe, dans l’obscurité, la lune avec son télescope . Il remarque alors, un point lumineux se déplaçant de manière linéaire, avec une trajectoire légèrement courbe. Le PAN émet une lumière fixe, d'abord rouge, puis blanche. Le témoin indique : « Il émettait des lumières, à la manière d'un phare: douces ( pas de scintillements), fortes et progressives. D'abord rouges jusqu'à l'ouest, puis blanches, presque bleues… Peut-être que les spots étaient carrés ou rectangulaires. ». Un seul témoignage sera recueilli. La carte radar transmise par le Centre National des Opérations Aériennes permet d’identifier trois aéronefs suivant la trajectoire mentionnée par le témoin à l’horaire indiqué. Ces trois aéronefs se situent entre 25 et 50 km du témoin. La description et le comportement du PAN correspondent à l’observation des feux de navigation d’un avion (voir le compte rendu d'enquête). L'enquête conclut à l'observation par le témoin, de l'avion le plus proche de lui. Il s’agit d’un CESSNA 525. L’étrangeté perçue par le témoin est due à deux éléments : - Le changement de couleurs émises : rouge au Nord et blanche, presque bleue au Sud. Ces lumières correspondent aux feux de signalisation de l’avion. Le témoin percevait d’abord la lumière rouge (signalisation latérale) lorsque l’avion s’approchait de lui et ensuite la lumière blanche (signalisation arrière) lorsque l’avion s’en éloignait. - « peut-être que les spots étaient carrés ou rectangulaires » : la perception du feu rouge fixe en bout d'aile gauche (face au témoin) peut être altérée par les 4 hublots alignés de forme rectangulaire qui se trouvent sur le flanc de l'avion. Le témoin ne semble néanmoins pas sûr de lui quand il indique « peut-être ». Ce point est difficile à expliquer mais ne présente pas une étrangeté forte. Le GEIPAN classe ce cas en A : observation d’un avion, un CESSNA 525. [GEIPAN classification A — Avion]
June 13, 2021 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Panama City, CA
I honestly believe that was a UFO because of the how far of the distance. It's like a star. But it's was not a star because it moved fast and it was still bright and cloudy where I live.
June 13, 2021 · 2:30 PM · LIGHT
LaCrosse, WI
Sitting outside, clear day, no clouds. Lights appeared in the sky suddenly, there were 10 to 12 lights, seemed to move in formation, we watched and all of a sudden they would all disappear and a second later reappear. This was seen in an area where the Blue Angels were flying that afternoon. Lights hovered for at least 10 minutes above us and then started moving to the south slowly. Another object was spotted 25 minutes later moving across the sky, was different from lights.
June 10, 2021 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT
Heber, AZ
One hot-air balloon shaped object in the sky at dusk that seemed to glow on its own. It moved slowly away and faded unto the night time sky and stars. It was a bright yellowish light and at some point seemed to have red lights in the glowing aura.
June 9, 2021 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Gainesville, FL
On my way to the car I stopped to observe the early morning sky which I do every morning before heading off to work. I was tracking a satellite across the sky that I identified on Night Sky app and could see with the naked eye. As the satellite tracked from straight above toward the horizon (east) I noticed motion further ahead of the satellites path. In a very small portion of the sky there were, what initially looked like shooting stars and they were streaking (some with trails and some were just lights) through this small portion of sky. If you held up a golf ball in front of you at arm’s length, that’s the area these lights were streaking through. They faded in, increasing in intensity, and faded out till gone and all within this small portion of sky. The strange thing was that there were patterns that repeated several times. First pattern, it was single lights streaking in the same exact path one after another in one single path, 3 to 5 in total. Not sure exactly how many but it was only a few and then the pattern changed. Second pattern, similar to the first but then there were multiple paths (3 paths) but still single lights streaking one at a time within these multiple paths. Third pattern, two lights at the same time streaking within two of the multiple paths, each time the two lights would streak within different paths. After the third pattern the entire sequence repeated with the first pattern. This sequence repeated multiple times and each time the overall light intensity decreased until the lights weren’t visible. I witnessed this over the course of a minute or more but it had already been going on prior to my attention.
June 8, 2021 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Idaho Falls, ID
My husband and I was walking the dog late down the dirt road. And we both looked in the same spot in the sky and we seen a bright wight light going straight down to the ground. Had a small trail behind it a off white color. No sound at all.
June 7, 2021 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Rockford, MI
On a night walk, my wife and I spotted a large bright circular white light traveling straight down and considering the distance and size, it may have been anywhere from Rockford MI to Lake Michigan. My thought was space debris, but not sure. The object was about the diameter of my pinky finger (about 3/4 inch).
June 6, 2021 · 10:56 AM · LIGHT
IdentifiedGondecourt, Nord-Pas-de-Calais · France
Le 06 juin à 10h56, le témoin aperçoit un point lumineux très haut dans le ciel. Il se déplace lentement du nord-ouest vers l'ouest et ses mouvements sont rectilignes, malgré des demi-tours, comme s’il était porté par le vent en altitude. Le témoin a pris des photos de son observation et a constaté que l’objet était assez différent sur chacune des photos, et que le soleil se reflétait sur sa surface donc que "c’était bien matériel." aucun autre témoignage ne sera recueilli au GEIPAN. Témoignage d’étrangeté moyenne et de très bonne consistance (témoignage unique mais témoignage complet avec photos du PAN). L’aspect visuel du PAN sur les photos et la description « le soleil reflétait sur sa surface donc c’était bien matériel » et « Il était lent et ses mouvements étaient rectilignes, malgré ses demi tours, comme s’il était porté par le vent en altitude » évoquent très fortement un objet à la surface métallisée, type ballon festif, porté par le vent. D’après l’extrait Google Earth envoyé par le témoin (non publié par souci de confidentialité du lieu d'observation du témoin), le PAN s’est déplacé de l’azimut 348° (NNO) à l’azimut 235°(OSO), soit un déplacement orienté de 23°. La station météorologique de Lesquin, située à 9 km du témoin fait état d’un vent au 20° pour une force de 11km/h avec des rafales de 18km/h, au moment de l’observation (voir document joint). La trajectoire du PAN est donc tout à fait cohérente avec celle du vent. Les demi-tours peuvent s’expliquer par des variations locales de la direction du vent, compte tenu de la force des rafales à 18km/h. Le GEIPAN conclut donc à l’observation très probable d’un objet porté par le vent, type ballon festif. Le cas est classé A. [GEIPAN classification A — Ballon Mylar]