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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
May 27, 2021 · 10:20 PM · LIGHT
Sandy, UT
It was 10:20 at night going down a little cottonwood canyon on a bicycle in Sandy Utah. We were in the area behind Albion Middle School that's forested on a good view. We looked up and were immediately taken back by what appeared to both of us "a large object" to be a very large skinny object. I quoted after that that thing had to be a mile or too long. I can't remember now because the moment has passed at the time however I was very convinced that there was an object in the sky between 2500 and 20,000 ft in the air. The object went across the sky very quickly appearing to be thousands of miles an hour consistent with the SpaceX satellite. Although after it went overhead it vanished within 2 seconds every single light just absolutely disappeared. I find that strange because SpaceX satellites I imagine wouldn't just vanish and you can clearly see them vanishing at the last second or two of the video. Within probably 5 seconds of the video ending The! video is exactly 1 minute long because that's the maximum Snapchat limit. In the video footage the biggest inconsistency with anything rational is at the 8 second mark there is a large flash that would have to be huge if it was in space right next to this formation. The odds of an object re-entering the atmosphere and looking like the way it does on film seems very small. So I checked for potential rational explanations as to what I have seen and filmed and they are saying that there was SpaceX satellites over salt lake City around the time we saw it. I am basically looking for a rational explanation to what that light is at the 8 second mark. Even though I may or may not have seen something more. I uploaded the video to YouTube because I didn't know where else to put it So there it is thank you for your time please look at what I'm looking at and see if you can explain it. https://youtu.be/wrshMqQ7Q9w
May 27, 2021 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Oxford, CT
Three separate bright white lights spotted on a relatively clear and quiet night. One following behind the other, traveling due east. Why it was unusual and caught our attention is that they were extremely high in the sky, at first mistaken for stars. The lights were the size of a large star seen in the sky this night. The lights were steady, not flashing. They were traveling quite fast as compared to the very visible planes passing nearby, and they flew in a synchronized line. They made no sound.
May 27, 2021 · 6:50 AM · LIGHT
Washington, DC
I was taking photos for a photography contest I noticed the light dot changing by the second a was taking the picture A big dot of light on the upper right side of the picture, next second the light round dot change to five light dot, next second the light stop by another dot until cross the sky Sorry It hard to explain I would to meet and specialist I have more pictures to me is alarming how many flying objects are all over at the sky. Follow the light close the the light pole the photograph were take by the second. Each second has a different position of the light cluster
May 27, 2021 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Washington, D.C., DC
On the evening of May 27, while I was photographing the ‘Buffalo Bridge’ in Georgetown to enter in the Georgetowner summer photo contest, I noticed unusual activity in the sky in the picture I took. The phenomena are evident in the still photos I took. I would like to show them to you. At the begging was a dot change to like a line of light moving from the east to northeast. The picture was at the evening I was there also on the 25 of may but the night of the 27 of May I went again during the evening and capture the event on still photos. I have diferentes time at the same location. May, 27 (4) four photos call my attention was take by the second per second during the night June, 5 (4) four photos clear sky you don’t see it nothing but once you enlarge the photo you can see the objects. I took a photo by the second.
May 26, 2021 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Clovis, NM
Briefly saw a rectangle shaped light at a 26-degree angle hovering in the sky. The lights were very bright as if one or many engines facing away from us. It had to be exceptionally large. As someone familiar with aircraft it was likely 300’ wide if not larger and like nothing I’ve ever seen. The object slowly disappeared through the clouds.
May 26, 2021 · 9:17 PM · LIGHT
Las Vegas, NV
DATE/TIME & LOCATION: On May 26,2021 around 9:00pm, on the road 'NorthShore' while heading North. Coming up to the road 'Lake mead' heading to Vegas. My girlfriend and I were heading back to Las Vegas after a day at Lake Mead. It was dark out and I was looking up at the sky/stars. I noticed a star like light that started to slowly glide across the sky. Regular white color light at first. SIGHTING: I saw a light gliding across the sky for around 10 seconds. I saw it begin moving to the right then it started to move left really quickly then moved right again, that’s when it looked like it was ascending to the point it looked like a star, it got really small. Then it descended back down and while doing so it flashed so bright with a baby blue looking color and hazy bluish aura around it. For a brief second, it was the brightest looking light in the sky. I then saw it keep gliding across the sky slowly for about 6 seconds then it quickly ascended again and while doing so it flashed 2 times like a camera flash, with a baby blue color. It then seemed to disappear into the dark sky. After about 2 seconds I saw it flash 2 more times with a baby blue color and it went up so high into the sky that it just looked like a star. I kept looking at it and it seemed like it just faded away. Number of objects: 1 My conclusion: I have came to the conclusion that what I saw was not anything Earth like. Not a satellite, not a plane or helicopter. Not a drone or military training act. The way that it moved left and right seemed like it just moved in the direction it wanted to without any effort, to put an example its as if it was a cursor on a computer, it moved so easily and quickly, side to side then up and down. It also didn’t have the flashing lights that planes and helicopters have. The only times it flashed was when it moved up then down, other than that it just looked like a star in the sky that was gliding. And the fact that in the end of all of it, it looked like it had just faded away into nothing. And it couldn’t have been a comet, its movements and bright flashing several times was nothing like it.
May 26, 2021 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Myrtle Beach, SC
It was 4 orange lights in a perfect diamond shape then 3 faded then after that the last one faded about a second after.
May 26, 2021 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Kokomo, IN
Day of May 26,2021 Midnight Came home from relatives house Looked up in the sky saw three rows of 6 lights No sooner as I said “ babe look up” the top and bottom row of lights disappeared And the middle lights as it flew over head each light slowly went out one at a time As if it was cloaking itself from being seen 30 to 40 seconds later the front middle light came on bright kind of looking like a fast moving Star burning in and out.
May 25, 2021 · 9:34 PM · LIGHT
Milwaukee, WI
Im a night guard on my watch. I parked my car in the corner of the lot and looked up at the treeline on the low hill that makes up the far side (east) of the lot. Its a suburban area outside of Milwaukee. Im on a commercial lot on the highway,, lots of fast food and strip malls, i think there's residential further back from the road. Its not the middle of nowhere. At first I thought it was someone with a flashlight either on a walk or maybe looking to break into my building. People walk by on the street occasionally sometimes a car drives through but never up on the hill its wooded theres no road or sidewalk up there. Appearance: the coloring was off for a flashlight,l like a wierd combination of 2 kinds of bulbs. The color was bright white like LED headlights but had an orange halo glow like old streetlights and the glow slightly lit up the immediate trees. The bright white seemed to face one direction at a time but always perfectly angled the same way like it was staring at something constantly while the orange hue was slight but all directions. it was enough to light up trees behind it. I didn't hear it made any sound, though I was in my patrol car with the engine and air on. Movement: It moved back and forth too fast for anyone on foot and at either end it would abruptly stop, bounce slightly and reverse direction. The path took about 5 seconds to cover maybe 50-100 yards. I'm not sure how far away it was exactly but this is all within maybe 500 yards of me. Theres just not enough room back there to be any further you run into houses. But then it faded back into the trees out of sight, very slowly, about 20 seconds. I was trying to write it in my log when it reappeared at the edge of the treeline and shot up and down. Then it zipped southeast along the edge of the lot/treeline when it went behind my building and I lost sight. I added that to my log and drove around to see if I could spot it again but there was nothing. I drove around on patrol and saw nothing. Time stamp: First sighting was 21:34 and lasted less than 2 minutes, second was maybe 30 seconds with maybe 2 minutes in between but I looked away at times. Lost sight clock said 21:37, just before 21:38 I guess. Again I tried writing in the log as accurate as possible but that meant looking away. Drone possibility: it could possibly been a drone but it would have yo be an incredible skilled pilot to fly between trees at night. The 'spotlight' was fixed perfectly on one spot no matter how it moved except when it faded away. When it disappeared the spotlight dimmed a lot, like 80% of its brightness. I dont know how a drone has a spotlight that can aim so perfectly. It shot up and down too high too fast for a drone it was like a fireworks rocket for 100 ft up then just as fast down, with the 'spotlight' changing angles perfectly to stay on whatever target.
May 22, 2021 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Sonoma, CA
A couple minutes more and a 9th round light moving similar direction trailing behind and disappeared a bit sooner then the prior 8 ufos. It was near the Big Dipper in the sky.
May 22, 2021 · 10:24 PM · LIGHT
Otis Orchards, WA
At 10:24pm Saturday May 22nd 2021 my brother, boyfriend and I were enjoying a campfire in our backyard. I noticed there were 4 to 5 stars next to the moon that were brighter than the others, they began to move around very fast causing my vision to feel blurred. I asked my brother and boyfriend if they saw the moving lights, they both agreed they were seeing them also. Then more bright lights came from the right side of the moon and our property line and joined the other lights, they all moved into a straight line, evenly spaced apart and began moving quickly towards our house, I began recording with my phone and counting the lights. I counted 10 moving lights, then they faded away into nothing. My recording shows lights but not like they were in person. About 20 minutes later 3 more bright lights in a different part of the sky showed up out of nowhere over our horse pasture. They moved into a line evenly spaced apart like the others and flew into a different direction and faded away. Maybe 15 to 20 minutes after that one more bright like came into the sky out of nowhere and moved towards our house again, a star was in the way and the bright moving light moved around the star then back on its straight course. The cloud cover was very thick last night but only around our property and the surround areas. The bright moving lights looked just like stars but much brighter and moved at a fast rate. After all 3 events took place we heard a large helicopter in the area.
May 22, 2021 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
York, NE
We were getting things ready for the lake the next day when our neighbors hollered at us to come check this out. We went over there and he says "are we seeing things or do you guys see this also" we saw lights following one another in total of 9 way too close to be an airplane or any other craft due to turbulence. When one would disappear in the front of the line one would appear at the back of the line until eventually one by one they all just vanished and we couldn't see any thing else. Clear sky's no meteor shower acts like that no drones around here.....
May 22, 2021 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Bolingbrook, IL
My husband and I were sitting outside when I noticed lights, that looked like stars, moving in a straight line formation spaced out evenly like in a parade line. Was about 50 of them.
May 22, 2021 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Chicago, IL
Spotted with two others from my balcony in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. We live under an O’Hare flight path so planes are a common sight, but this was completely different. At about 10:15 pm CDT on May 22, 2021, we observed a single-file line of equally-spaced tiny, white, unblinking lights traveling NE. They looked like tiny individual pixels in the sky – no discernable shape other than individual dots/squares. There were probably 50 of them or so and the entire sighting lasted about 10 minutes. Another onlooker described them as moving stars. Seems plausible that it was a line of aircraft flying exceptionally high and in formation. We checked flightradar24 as it was happening but didn’t see anything besides low-flying aircraft flying west on their O’Hare approach (which were also visible).
May 22, 2021 · 10:11 PM · LIGHT
Morris, IL
We have an app to see the ISS and we just started looking up at the sky watching the ISS, and one person noticed a line of lights traveling at a very high altitude all in a straight line and spaced evenly apart from each other. They were traveling northeastward. Tried to make a video but they were to high and clarity was horrible from a cell phone.
May 22, 2021 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Waukesha, WI
Between 10 - 10:30 pm I observed 30+ objects flying across the sky in single file formation. They were uniformly spaced. They were too high to photograph & just looked like white lights. They were flying Northeast. I called my son's girlfriend out and she observed the last maybe 10 or so of them as they flew out of range.
May 22, 2021 · 9:47 PM · LIGHT
Needles, CA
10+ String of lights across the sky. 3-4 more off in the distance to the left. Was visible for over 10 minutes. Moved from West to East. Not sure if it was Starlink.
May 22, 2021 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Big Bend South West Texas, TX
6 lights aligned to the west first 2 then 4 then 6 moving slowly and then dispensary
May 22, 2021 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
NH
All 6 of us witnessed short streaks of flashing light after one of us was watching the sky and said what is that. At this point, all of us witnessed 5-6 of these short streaks of light. All of us agreed that it appeared as if something(s) briefly appeared on our plane of existence or was entering/leaving "light speed". The 5-6 flashes all appeared in the exact same spot.
May 22, 2021 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
San Diego, CA
Observed a string of lights hover in place over San Diego. They appeared to be spaced evenly apart, did not moved, did not flicker, eventually they just disappeared.
May 22, 2021 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT
Warwick, RI
itting in my back yard i was alerted by my wife who first saw the lights. i and another witness moved to the front yard and i took out my phone and started to record. we then noticed a second set of lights following the first. they did not look like any aircraft i had ever seen before. they were glowing maybe slightly pulsating lights. i thought maybe i heard a jet type engine but if i did it was very faint.
May 21, 2021 · 7:15 AM · LIGHT
Scottsdale, AZ
I saw a single object this morning. Was a bright silver light. Sun was out. Seemed to be picking up speed to the north and then disappeared. Definitely not a plane!
May 20, 2021 · 11:18 PM · LIGHT
Lynchburg, VA
Reporting an observed anomaly in the Southwest Sky between the moon and the star Arcturus. There were two lights which appeared to be bright planets such as Jupiter or Venus stationary about two lunar diameters apart. They did not move but simply began to dim and then vanished from sight. I am an amateur astronomer and fairly familiar with the night sky. I knew there were no planets visible from my location at that time, yet these initially appeared to be planets. The entire event duration was between 10 and 15 seconds. I checked the Heavens-Above website to see if there may have been iridium satellites visible from my location but did not find any. This remains a mystery to me especially since there was no movement which would preclude most logical explanations.
May 20, 2021 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Newport, VT
I was sitting in a friends back yard when 6 or 7 lights streamed across the sky. They were following the same trajectory and did not deviate from the same line. It lasted for a total of 2 or 3 seconds. At first we thought it was the Chinese space station debris or a meteor shower, but the lights weren't scattered.