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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.
9,368 entries
October 11, 2015 · 8:48 PM · FIREBALL
Aberdeen, SD
Witness provides no information. PD
October 11, 2015 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL
Poughkeepsie, NY
Was waiting to pick up my son who was visiting a friend at Marist College near Donnelly Hall when while sitting in the car we noticed two bright orange objects in the sky following each other, while trying to figure out what we were looking at, we noticed another dark oval shape object following behind the first two with another bright orange object following behind the dark one, all travelling slowly in a straight line. Bright orange objects appeared to flicker and dim and just disappear. It was a wide open sky with no obstructions and objects were gone. Drove around the campus quickly to see if we could see anything in the sky and nothing. Sighting lasted for about a minute. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 11, 2015 · 5:30 PM · FIREBALL
Nicholasville, KY
I live on a horse farm. As I was driving up the road to my home, I looked up and thought I was seeing a shooting star. As I continued to watch, I realized it was moving a little slower than a regular shooting star. It had a purple glow to it, which it was still light outside. Suddenly, it disappeared, and I was not able to see it anymore. I looked for it thinking it was probably a plane or something but never saw it again. The best way to describe it was a slow moving shooting star, I suppose.
October 11, 2015 · 6:50 AM · FIREBALL
Hermitage, PA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
October 10, 2015 · 11:15 PM · FIREBALL
Wylie, TX
In the sky there was an object moving east to west then up and down. It stopped in one spot and blinked for a bit then disappeared. We recorded video. I also called family who lived closer to go out and look they did and also were able to see the same thing.
October 10, 2015 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Kuna, ID
Witnessed a flash of a blue streaked fireball fall from the sky. I think it may have landed somewhere in a nearby field west
October 10, 2015 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Halifax (Canada), NS · Canada
I am an apprentice aircraft maintenance engineer. Tonight two red orbs flew over my home. I was going outside for a cigarette and witnessed them fly northeast over my home. I then ran inside to grab my phone but was unable to get in time to get any footage. I ran to the street in front of my home to see them far in the distance down the street, the orbs now heading south west. One orb faded while the other seemed to hover for a while, fading after around 20 seconds. I work on commercial aircraft almost every day, I saw no machine just two orbs of red light. It is a surprisingly clear night here in Halifax, so I have no reference to size or altitude. They approached very quickly and were too far to film in the 20 seconds it took to get my camera.
October 10, 2015 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Oxnard, CA
At around 10:30pm that particular evening a friend of mine and I were sitting on the tailgate of my truck observing the night sky. My attention was drawn to a flash of light almost directly ahead of us in the distant sky above the row of homes across the street. Heading earthward, this object or ball of energy was brilliant green and emitted a white glow or halo followed by a "tail." It was observed in the south Oxnard sky. This story is fact and is supported by another witness. I do speculate, however, that it crashed or entered into the ocean as I believe some of these "fireball" phenomena to be interpretations of submersible spacecraft. Possibly a meteor? PD
October 10, 2015 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Lakewood, CA
While driving home I looked up and saw 2 diamond shape fire flames. I pulled over to the curb. My friend and I watch these thing's travel real slow in unison. They were about 350 feet up and were about 10 feet apart, one being above the other. They looked like golden flames and seemed to be as big as a beach ball from where we were. they started to get closer to each other. We thought they were going to merge. They didn't. They stopped for a moment then one took off towards the North west going low and the other went high. then tiny lights that weren't showing before blinked slowly. Then it went a bit higher, the tiny lights went off and it disappeared.
October 10, 2015 · 8:20 PM · FIREBALL
Williamstown, NJ
3 separate fireballs about 1 minute apart on the same flight path. No flashing lights like an airplane. All 3 disappear at the same point.
October 10, 2015 · 6:45 PM · FIREBALL
Thorndike, ME
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 9, 2015 · 10:25 PM · FIREBALL
Lakewood, CA
Me and my friend were sitting in my car and all of a sudden we saw 5 fireballs going the exact same speed following one another and now it smells like fire 20 minutes later outside then I also saw a maroon parachuter mini one.
October 8, 2015 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
New Kensington, PA
After about 1 minute it appeared directly overhead as I thought. At an arm's length, it appeared 1/2 the size of my thumb (1/2"). The fireball continued at the same altitude, color, and speed. The sky was mostly clear with patches of thin clouds, thin enough to still see stars through. I'd say it was moving within the clouds as the clouds collected some of it's light. My rough altitude estimate is 1,000-4,000ft. Amazed at how long this object was lasting I debated to grab a camera, call a neighbor, or continue to watch. I went to another room to grab my camera and was again amazed it was still visible and continuing on in the same manner when I returned. I thought I was recording video. I switched my attention from my phone to my window until it was no longer visible in my phone screen. I called my dad and told him what I was looking at and it disappeared from sight halfway through our conversation. Judging by the phone call and timing running from room to room, I'd say the event lasted 10 minutes. When I say it disappeared, I mean it was too small to see. I watched it from pretty much horizon to horizon. When I look at a map and think about its trajectory, it's likely it was traveling precisely east to west. As for the video I captured, a disappointing, shaky second long video. I later realized the following week my touch screen had dead spots in it. So, activating the video was clunky. I will send a digital drawing I did of the fireball.
October 8, 2015 · 6:00 AM · FIREBALL
Los Alamos, CA
Was driving northbound 101, when suddenly noticed what looked like a floating bright orange flame that seemed to rise upwards from the top of the hills, fading away with the fog..... Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 7, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Helena, AR
At approximately 9:00 Pm I was standing on stage at the king biscuit blues fest in Helena, at about to go play along with 4-5 other musicians and looking south at approximately 5,000 ft altitude was a large orange light that appeared to be on fire. The outer edges of the object had the appearance of a whipping flame. There were several people who captured it on video with their cell ph, but because I had to go on stage and play, I never found out who shot the video. Idk how many people in the audience witnessed this, but it had to be into the hundreds as the audience consisted of about 1000 people. It looked sort of like a Chinese lantern except it couldn't have been because as I stated the edges of the object were like a whipping flame. It was simply incredible and I wish I would of had more time to study it. If anyone reading this happened to get video of this please post the video to YouTube. It was so bizarre and there was a group of us that was completely mesmerized by this and looking at it none of us could explain what it was we were looking at.
October 4, 2015 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Boise, ID
On 4 Oct 2015 at 2145 hours we observed a bright fiery orange light in the southern sky above Boise, Idaho. This object moved erratically as we observed it for 10 minutes. It went north, then east, and then gained elevation until it appeared to vanish. We also saw blinking lights from other aircraft that approached in the vicinity of the bright object. The object looked much larger than the other aircraft passing over.
October 4, 2015 · 11:00 AM · FIREBALL
Joliet, IL
At 11 p.m. on 10-04-2015, out of the northeast from Joliet, IL, from approximately the Lockport area, a bright orange burning ball of light was heading southwest towards the Morris, IL, direction. It was about 1k off the ground and was on a steady path directly over my house, as it passed being as bright as it was had no blinking lights to indicate an airplane and I could see no shape what so ever, just a burning orange light with an almost flame like flicker behind it. As it passed there was no trail but made a steady very low "shhhhh" like sound. As it went over there was an odd glow that faded as it continued on then it disappeared. I called the local police to see if there were any reports, but they didnt know anything about it. And no, I'm not crazy.
October 3, 2015 · 10:06 PM · FIREBALL
Friendswood, TX
This was seen last Saturday at 10:06 pm. At first I thought these were missiles or some type of military aircraft. Many people all over the world have witnessed these strange lights. I've never seen this in my life. These lights looked like circular fire balls and don't resemble anything military grade as they made no noise and seemed to fly fairly low but not close enough to visibly see what the object was. Nor do I believe they are Chinese lanterns or any type of home crafted object. I know the video is a little hard to see but you can definitely see the strange pattern of these orange lights, it's almost as if they were following each other. There were about 10-12 of these objects. I would really like to find out what so many people all over the world have witnessed daily in so many different states and countries. Below is two videos one of which I'm trying to zoom in on the object. The other is 47 seconds long and shows multiple of these glowing objects in the sky. Please pardon some of the language myself and my friends and some other people at the restaurant were spooked.
October 2, 2015 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Ottawa (Canada), ON · Canada
Clear evening, no clouds, 12 celcius, I saw à fireball like object orange in colour with a light orange plume trailing in the rear, travelling from east to West over the area of Ottawa, close to St-Paul's University. There were three passes in total and cannot ascertain if it was the same fireball or three distinct objects. No mechanical sounds heard. Area is not normally à flight path for commercial airlines which made this even more noticeable.
September 30, 2015 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Las Cruces, NM
Noticed fireball shape object falling from sky.
September 30, 2015 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Ridgway, PA
We have changed the time above, to reflect a nighttime sighting. The witness elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information, so we have no means to confirming the time. PD
September 30, 2015 · 8:50 PM · FIREBALL
Signal hill, CA
I looked out the front door of the house in the evening and saw 3 strange red lights. I got my phone and started taking pictures and immediately they ignited their engines and they went from red to White and one by one shoot up to the sky leaving a hook smoke Trail going way up to the night sky and became a star in a matter of seconds.
September 29, 2015 · 10:55 PM · FIREBALL
Hesperia, CA
Once it disappeared 4 other lights blinked a bluish color one at a time from a distance but were further up in the sky. They slowly disappeared about 1 minute later.
September 29, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Dettighofen (Germany) · Germany
Fire ball crossing the whole sky, before hit the ground, small ball of light eject from and go up.