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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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June 13, 2022 · 12:15 AM · RECTANGLE
Aurora, CO
While driving home I saw a line of 4-5 lights in the sky that appeared to be getting closer to me. As I was stopped at a red light, they appeared to be very close to the surface of the Earth. It felt like it was right in front of me, over my head. Eventually, I could see that it was a rectangular shaped craft of some sort. The lights were mostly white, I think. It looked like it was made of metal (silver in color) Clear windows lit up the inside. Almost like a hallway of offices. I think it had an additional section on the left side. Almost like the caboose of a train. Separate but, still attached by a smaller "hallway". I don't think that section was as lit up. The light turned green and I had cars behind me so, I started driving. I drive a large cargo van, so there are no windows to look out to see what is behind me. I regret not pulling over to see what happened after that.
June 3, 2022 · 9:55 PM · RECTANGLE
Mount Clemens, MI
The unusual object I saw was a rectangle with the wide edge leading while travelling, as if it was a wing without a fuselage or other feature. Color of object was bluish white, the leading edge was brighter than the trailing edge, but did not completely fade away at the trailing edge, which retained it's solidity, but just a shade darker. It seemed to be reflecting the diminishing sunlight and was not emitting its own light, similar to a jet's vapor trail color, at such time of day. The object seemed to be large and in the higher atmosphere or low orbit, and was not disintegrating or burning up. There were no marker lights. The object was crisp, but travelled so fast I couldn't comprehend detail very well. There was no aura, no projecting objects or external details. No beams of light. No color changes. It was difficult to fathom the speed, size and silence of the rectangle which travelled rapidly, in a straight line from NNW to SSE. It crossed my view in about 1 second. Similar to the speed of the large fireball I once saw. The object did not seem to become smaller as it moved. It travelled smoothly. As I am an hobbyist/amateur astronomer, I frequently "look up" and I was already outside, looking to see if the atmosphere was clear enough to bring out the 5" Orion Maksutov telescope and look at some star clusters. My eyes were acclimating to the dark. I was facing south looking almost straight up. It was just before dark, clear, and the eastern sky was navy blue, western sky was still somewhat golden from the waning sunset. Location coordinates: 42°35'48.12"N Latitude 82°53'29.10"W Longitude Part of my N., E., and S. view is obscured by large maple trees, but there is a more open area where I use the telescope. I could still see the object through several holes in the overhead tree foliage as it continued, speeding down to the southern horizon. I can't see to the horizon from the back yard, I am assuming it kept on going. I am an artist, publisher of educational materials, photographer, engineering subject matter consultant, multi-media developer and musician. Hobbies are musical composition and performing, restoration of old sports cars or antique mechanical/electrical 'things', astronomy, off-road bicycling. Plus a few more fun things. I am over 50 years old, male. Sun sign: Aquarius, of course. I uploaded several original artist's renderings of the object as I witnessed it, one is an animated video clip sketch.
May 31, 2022 · 8:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Saint Paul, MN
Produced no sound. It keeps coming back to the same area. It hovered above my apartment for hours
May 29, 2022 · 9:30 AM · RECTANGLE
La Jolla, CA
The clouds parted and a small rectangular shape object was seen stationary in the sky for several minutes rotating clockwise. Object was several thousand feet in the air and the slowly moved back into the clouds.
May 28, 2022 · 3:40 AM · RECTANGLE
Bakersfield, CA
I was walking back to my car at the campsite we were staying at for a festival called Lightning in a Bottle. It was about 3:30 a.m. after the last party ended and it was completely dark out with extremely clear skies. My friend and I stopped for a moment to look up and right when we looked up we saw the rectangular object, which appeared to be 2 dimensional or we were looking at maybe the bottom of some kind of craft or celestial phenomenon. It appeared in the shape of a rectangle but was divided in half to form two triangles (please see attachment). Please not the photo attached is a graphic design that I mocked up for reference but is not an actual photo. The object had very opaque tails of light and it was divided in two colors; red and green. The object lingered for a minute and then it began to ascend rapidly and eventually disappeared. I asked my friend I was walking with what he was seeing to cross reference that I wasn't losing it and he said he was seeing the same colors and shape of object in the sky. The festival had drones which we saw moments ago, but this was much larger, faster, and made no noise. It was also at least 10,000 feet off the ground.
May 27, 2022 · 5:04 AM · RECTANGLE
Sleepy Hollow, IL
While driving very early (5:00am-5:04am) in the morning to a surgery, my mom and sighted the above described object. It quickly seemed to turn in front of us then cross right over the road into a field and disappeared.
May 21, 2022 · 11:30 AM · RECTANGLE
Portland, OR
As I was traveling on I five north going into downtown Portland, a reflective object in the sky caught my attention as I was driving closer towards it I noticed it was a rectangle shape object. At first I thought it was a balloon, but noticed it wasn’t getting any higher in elevation are lower and elevation. As a pilot, I am visually aware and typically know what I’m looking at in the sky. I noticed this object was lying left to right almost as if it was scanning the horizon. I would lose visual contact of it every few seconds and it almost had a camouflage/stealth appearance similar to an F1 17 aircraft. Which if you have ever looked at An F117 as it’s approaching you you would notice that they’re very hard to see from a distance unless they were at the correct angle. I have never seen something like this before in my life and thought it was kind of interesting. If I were to guess it was about the size of A pencil led if you were to extend it out in front of you
May 20, 2022 · 11:16 PM · RECTANGLE
Sarasota, FL
The first sighting was of three UFOS from my backyard and the second sighting was the following night with only one UFO which was bright red and moving to the east and then to the south.
May 20, 2022 · 10:40 AM · RECTANGLE
South Bend, IN
Generally, each morning my husband and I sit in our front living room having coffee and he reads aloud to me from a large book of philosophy that we study and discuss. We have many large windows in that room, and I am able to birdwatch and enjoy my coffee while he reads. The sighting I am reporting was on a morning with normal weather, although not particularly bright or dark and overcast – nothing out of the ordinary. It was mid-morning and broad daylight. My street runs north and south, and we live on a high hill overlooking much of the neighborhood to the east. We were both seated on a couch by the front windows that face east. I am used to seeing aircraft from the local airport (Michiana Regional) passing over at higher levels and we have also seen helicopters, fighter jets on Notre Dame game days, and of course birds flying over. We have eagles and hawks living nearby that we sight regularly. What I saw was like nothing I have ever seen before, and I have found no pictures online that match anything like what I saw to help me describe it to you. The object I saw was flying much lower than any aircraft I have seen before but it was flying over the treetops of even the tall trees in my yard. I would guess the object was flying at about 300-500 feet above ground at about the same distance from my house to the east, perhaps more, but it definitely was flying between my street and Ironwood Road to the east – which is 3-4 blocks away. The object was rectangular in shape (it reminded me of a cell phone, only double in thickness but about the same ratio in length and width). My guess is that its size was at least 50 feet long, 20-25 feet wide, and 8-10 feet thick. The object was flying straight south to north; however, it was rotating in a rather slow and steady controlled flat spin. I noticed the spin by the reflection of light moving on the object's southern edge. The object was medium gray in color, metallic in consistency, with no visible windows, or lights observed. I did not hear any sound associated with the object – nothing other than normal household noise such as the air-conditioner, refrigerator, etc. I cannot figure out by what method it was flying. Propulsion couldn't have been the means because it was rotating. It had no blades like a helicopter or any type of protrusions on any side because I saw all 4 sides of it as it passed and rotated. I think it took at least a second for each side to turn away from me. I'm not sure, but I think the object was rotating in a counterclockwise manner. Of course, it happened so fast, and I was stunned trying to figure out what I was looking at so by the time I could say anything to my husband the object had gone out of view behind the large tree in our neighbor's front yard. He did not witness it. I texted my little brother who is in the Air Force and he said he didn't know of any military equipment like what I was describing. My father was very ill at the time, I was focused on that, and I didn't know anyone to report it to – it didn't seem appropriate to report to the police, so I decided to forget about it. Obviously, something like that is hard to forget about, and today a friend visited who works in air-traffic control who recommended this sight to report my experience. I'm not sure what good it will do, but now I feel I have done my duty to report it.
May 16, 2022 · 9:35 PM · RECTANGLE
Independence, OR
driving backroads, saw a "bank of lights" moving, and an orangeish disc in the distance, both too low for stars and no blinking aircraft lights. bar moved quickly, until almost over us, it had colored lights and then closer to us turned all white, we sped up to move away because it appeared to moving directly at to fly over us. We turned onto bridge to go to south River Road and were between the two, and noticed the orange disc was flashing/blinking a pattern, and then looked at the bar of lights, and noticed it would remain steady, then blink back the same pattern as if communicating. We witnessed this exchange at least 5 times before turning onto mountain road where we could no longer see.
May 16, 2022 · 2:09 PM · RECTANGLE
Corcoran, MN
Weather was sunny with only some small clouds in the far distance. Temperature about 70 degrees, surface winds about 5 to 10 mph. I was in a rural setting about two miles southwest of Corcoran City Hall. Object observed for about five seconds was long, narrow, and somewhat rectangular but irregular, about the size of a small general aviation aircraft I thought. But it seemed longer than that. It was longer than wide; its longitude was oriented east and west. It seemed to be reflecting the sun, because I was looking to the north with the sun behind me to the south, and the object was north of me. Assuming it was the size of a small aircraft, I estimate that its altitude was between 5,000 and 8,000 feet AGL (I have student pilot experience). Based on all this, I estimate that it was about a mile or two north of me and therefore was about two to three miles directly west of our Corcoran city hall. That building is roughly one mile north of Highway 10 and County Road 116 in Corcoran. What caught my attention was that the object was stationary with respect to the ground. (I immediately thought of my experience as a student pilot when my instructor slowed our fixed-wing Cessna aircraft enough so that the strong headwind kept the wings flying while our ground speed was near zero.) Then after a few seconds, the object vanished. I assume it changed position, relative to my position, so that its reflection of the sun was no longer visible to me. But I thought it was odd that I could not see it again while I continued to intently scan that area with my eyes for almost another minute. Usually you can see an aircraft again after several seconds, especially if it is stationary! It seemed too large and narrow to be a flying drone, and I highly doubt I could see that level of detail of the International Space Station from the ground with the eye.
May 14, 2022 · 11:07 PM · RECTANGLE
Tulelake, CA
A group of college students and myself the instructor witnessed a very large light moving rapidly across the sky. I have witnessed many space X satellites and this was not a group of objects but a single one. It was also traveling perpendicular to the bar of light. It was traveling lower than satellites and a plane was spotted a few minutes later in a similar area. The plane had typically lighting and was less that a 10th of the UFO. It was bigger than any aircraft that I am aware of. It had a single large blue light for the entire width and a faint grey outline was visible. We had time to get phones for pictures and videos and even tell others in their tents to look. It hit a clear part of the sky and disappeared without any trace or trail or indication of direction. It was actually one of the strangest experiences that myself or any of the students had ever had.
May 14, 2022 · 4:10 PM · RECTANGLE
Mentor, OH
Noticed a rectangle over the lake. Took a picture to zoom in and see what it was. The picture became blurred with a light. Took another picture and it appeared to have a shadow under it and appeared to be elevated over the water. As we were looking at the pictures and trying to figure out what it was, we looked up and it was gone. Took another picture and it appears there is a disturbance in the water and a fresh break in the clouds.
May 14, 2022 · 3:10 AM · RECTANGLE
UnexplainedMontluel, Rhône-Alpes · France
Le 14 mai 2022 vers 03h10, depuis le balcon de son appartement à Montluel (Ain, 01), un unique témoin observe un PAN. En direction du sud, il remarque pendant environ 8 secondes le passage d'ouest en est d'un objet gris anthracite de forme rectangulaire. Ce PAN, sans lumières ni traînée, apparaît selon le témoin d'environ 20x40 mm à bout de bras. Il émerge silencieusement derrière une colline au sud-ouest, à 15° d'élévation, suit une trajectoire rectiligne horizontale, puis disparaît derrière une autre colline au sud-est à la même élévation. Le témoin décrit deux particularités marquantes : une déformation des nuages lors de son passage, comparable aux effets observés autour des trous noirs, et la présence d'un halo blanc ténu l'entourant. L'étrangeté de l'observation a été particulièrement significative pour le témoin. Initialement jugée moyenne, la consistance* du dossier a été réévaluée comme bonne suite à l'enquête de terrain. Cette réévaluation s'explique par la parfaite collaboration du témoin avec les enquêteurs, malgré l'absence de documentation visuelle (photo ou vidéo) du PAN et le caractère unique de l'observation. Le questionnaire technique (QT) a été complété par le témoin seulement trois jours après l'observation et les données recueillies sur le terrain (13 mois plus tard) sont très complètes et apparaissent fiables (voir le compte rendu d'enquête). *Selon les critères du GEIPAN, la consistance est la quantité d'informations considérées comme fiables et objectivées, recueillies pour un témoignage. Les relevés effectués lors de l'enquête de terrain, complétés par les calculs d'analyse (prenant en compte la surestimation de la taille apparente du PAN par le témoin), démontrent que le PAN, disparaissant derrière une colline en fin d'observation, devait mesurer au minimum 15 mètres de longueur et se déplacer à une vitesse minimale de 130 km/h.. Le témoin a également, envisagé plusieurs hypothèses explicatives, allant d'un phénomène naturel évoquant un trou noir rectangulaire en mouvement à un aéronef militaire doté de capacités de dissimulation, en passant par un ballon dirigeable avec émission de chaleur, un nuage d'insectes, un nuage bas ou une possible projection mentale. Cependant, aucune de ces hypothèses ne parvient à expliquer de manière satisfaisante les caractéristiques du PAN observé, en raison des divergences significatives entre leurs propriétés et celles du phénomène décrit. Par ailleurs, l'hypothèse d'un phénomène aéronef, bien que les données calculées (distance d'observation, tailles et vitesses possibles du PAN) soient compatibles avec celles d'un aéronef, apparaît peu vraisemblable. Cette faible probabilité s'explique par l'importante différence entre l'apparence du PAN et celle d'un avion ou d'un drone. Par ailleurs, aucun aéronef n'a été enregistré par les radars ni n'apparaît sur les cartes de restitution du CAPCODA (Centre Air de Planification et de Conduite des Opérations et de Défense Aérienne, Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace). L'enquêteur a formulé deux hypothèses supplémentaires pour expliquer l'observation : - L'hypothèse du rêve éveillé (hypnopompique ou hypnagogique) : Bien que plusieurs causes puissent expliquer ce phénomène, nous nous concentrerons sur celle liée à l'insomnie ou à une fragmentation du sommeil, en relation avec l'activité nocturne du témoin. Celui-ci a en effet indiqué avoir adopté un rythme décalé entre décembre 2021 et décembre 2022, se couchant vers 6h du matin, sans périodes d'endormissement pendant ses veilles nocturnes et avec une adaptation rapide à ce rythme. Compte tenu de ces éléments, il apparaît peu probable que le témoin ait été sujet à ce type de rêve éveillé, qui ne se serait produit qu'une seule fois. - L'hypothèse de la persistance rétinienne négative : Ce phénomène, qui résulte d'une exposition prolongée à une source lumineuse, peut générer une image en négatif persistant sur la rétine. Le témoin passant une grande partie de la nuit devant ses écrans, face à des fenêtres rectangulaires, il est possible qu'il ait été sujet à ce phénomène lors de ses pauses. Le passage brutal d'une luminosité intense à une ambiance plus sombre pourrait théoriquement créer une illusion d'optique rectangulaire et foncée, similaire à la description du PAN. La chronologie reconstituée lors de l'enquête terrain montre qu'environ 30 secondes se sont écoulées entre le moment où le témoin quitte son poste de travail et celui de l'observation. Cependant, la durée de persistance d'une telle illusion reste incertaine, car elle nécessite une concentration prolongée et un regard fixe, et est favorisée lorsque les yeux restent fermés. Plusieurs arguments solides remettent en cause cette hypothèse : - Régularité des conditions d'observation : Le témoin travaille dans les mêmes conditions depuis plusieurs mois et suit un rituel identique lors de ses pauses. Il est donc improbable qu'il n'ait observé ce phénomène qu'une seule fois sans en être interpellé. - Absence d'observation dans l'obscurité : Si le phénomène avait été dû à une persistance rétinienne, le témoin aurait dû l'observer également lors de son trajet dans l'obscurité vers le balcon, ce qui n'a pas été le cas. - Caractéristique inexplicable : La déformation des nuages en arrière-plan lors du passage du PAN, élément central de l'étrangeté, ne peut être expliquée par une simple illusion d'optique. Ces observations permettent de conclure que l'hypothèse de persistance rétinienne ne correspond pas aux caractéristiques du phénomène observé. En conséquence, aucune hypothèse de phénomène connu ne permettant de réduire l'étrangeté perçue par le témoin et compte tenu de la consistance du témoignage jugée satisfaisante, le GEIPAN classe ce cas en « D », à savoir phénomène non identifié après enquête. [GEIPAN classification D — Phénomène étrange de consistance moyenne ou forte]
May 14, 2022 · 12:27 AM · RECTANGLE
BONNYVILLE, AB · Canada
CAPTURED ON MY SECURITY CAMERA
May 11, 2022 · 9:00 AM · RECTANGLE
Miami, FL
I spotted the object while painting a house in coral gables Florida. It was heading slowly west but not in a straight line. It moved about some. I thought it might be a drone, but it was visible for at least three hours before it headed off to the north west. With the naked eye it appeared to be slightly rectangular half again as tall as it was wide. My phone camera doesn’t do it justice. It’s hard to find and will benefit from zooming and stabilization.
May 8, 2022 · 3:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Bessemer, MI
Bright clear day, no clouds in the sky. There was a day moon. A rectangle shaped shiny metallic reflective object seemed to emerge from the moon and travel horizontally for 5-7 seconds and then disappeared. My neighbor also witnessed this.
May 6, 2022 · 12:29 PM · RECTANGLE
AZ
Personal Note: Friday, May 6 On flight to IAH from LAX Had my head against window. Was just woken up by man behind me talking. I looked out the window as it was leaving my vision. Man seated behind me and I both saw something very odd outside, by the plane windows. Shaped like a white fridge or milk carton. Flying upright. Taller than shorter. Did not fill my view but perhaps from size of building to size of taller refrigerator, depending on distance. Very clear and crisp. Plane moved object was stationary While departing, the Gentleman behind me thought it was black, (when I asked him) I thought it was light, not shiny though. As we passed it I thought it was the color, but not shape, of a cloud. It had edges like a box, perhaps it had more sides unseen? Therefore maybe not a rectangle? No openings such as door, windows, vents, seams, etc. it was seamless. At the time, I didn’t think much of the event. I felt like it was the most ordinary thing in the world. Like traveling in a car on an empty road and seeing a huge box by the road. No signs of life outside the window, or around the object. I may be contacted via email: jewelforga@gmail.com
April 27, 2022 · 6:45 AM · RECTANGLE
Oldsmar, FL
The object was moving fast in the sky just below the moon, in the east-south east part of the sky, at sunrise, on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The object was gray color, in a shape of a rectangular frame, open in the middle. It was moving south. In about 2-3 seconds the object split into two dots which continued moving south and away from each other, for another 2-3 seconds and then disappeared.
April 24, 2022 · 9:37 PM · RECTANGLE
Boise, ID
I observed three objects each 10 minutes apart. The first object flew over my head hovered for a bit then flew off and blew up in the sky. The explosion caused debris to rain down in the sky at a slow rate which tells me it was way off in the distance. I then called my wife to come outside and look. Her and I witnessed the second object that followed the same pattern as the first object from east to west. The object was very bright, red /orange, orb shaped. I could see a square metal object in the center. There was a gray halo around the bright lights. The second object flew off at a high rate of speed and then slowly disappeared from sight. I took a photograph with my phone. The third object followed the same pattern, about 10 minutes later and I took a video. I will attach them here. I am very familiar with Starlink and have apps to track satellites, this was not a satellite.
April 22, 2022 · 3:30 AM · RECTANGLE
Wayne, MI
Was taking my dog for a late night walk behind the church in my subdivision. I felt pressure and rumbling and my 120 lb American Bulldog got between my legs. It came over the trees about 100 ft over the Maple's and it was pitch black no lights at all and it took almost a full minute to pass over. I had a high powered lumen flashlight and as it passed me I shined the beam at the back of the object and nothing was there except what looked like heat waves. Then it was gone .
April 17, 2022 · 11:52 PM · RECTANGLE
Cleveland, OH
I was bringing my wife back from the hospital and parked in the hotel parking lot getting out of the car when we looked up and saw something that looked to be 2 football fields in length, and had 2 saucer shaped crafts in front of it moving over the buildings southwest from the Lake Erie. I know what a blimp looks like, it was no blimp, and not a plane. It was low enough to see what looked like portals on the side their had to have been over 200 portals. It moved over the hotel and buildings, we took photos of it, and what we got did not reflect what we were seeing with our eyes! We have never seen anything like it! Their was no sounds!
April 15, 2022 · 5:04 PM · RECTANGLE
Phoenix, AZ
I took a “Live Photo” on 4/15/2022 at 5:04 pm of the skyscape and on 8/1/2022 I was reviewing/deleting photos from iPhone and caught movement — on closer check, I do think this is a UFO based on the speed and maneuverability of the craft in 2 seconds.
April 15, 2022 · 5:04 PM · RECTANGLE
Phoenix, AZ
I am preparing this on iPhone. Not enough detail to warrant word processor. I did not realize I recorded this. It is what it is, and I have no other information. Rectangle in sky with greenish glow that moved erratically for duration of Live Photo.