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Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
9,112 entries
December 9, 2017 · 8:23 PM · OTHER
Helena, MT
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 9, 2017 · 8:15 PM · OTHER
Bonne Terre, MO
I took another video and zoomed in a lot and you can faintly see them, but the video shows a lot. It was truly the craziest thing I’ve seen, and it was right in front of my house. We have amended the time, to reflect a nighttime sighting. PD
December 9, 2017 · 2:30 AM · OTHER
West Columbia, SC
Sometime during Saturday early in the morning I experienced something. The best way I can describe this is when you are sleeping and someone is moving around you you can kind of sense it and it wakes you up. This happened to me and as I slowly opened my eyes everything was a bit blurry and I saw three figures. One standing above me into that appeared to be monitoring a wall that look like it was full of different small screens or something. It was difficult to get any detail because the moment I open my eyes and caught a glimpse I felt thrown back and then I was back laying in my bed and I could not move. I tried to call out to my girlfriend laying next to me but all I can make was a small noise and my eyes closed and I was back asleep again. My girlfriend recalls hearing me make a noise that night. The following day she showed me an article showing unidentified flying objects over Lexington County. The article describe this as about a half dozen Jets but there were no crafts that were supposed to be flying at the time according to the reports. My conclusion, I've always wanted to believe that aliens were real. And what happened that night seemed so real. I believe it was real.
December 8, 2017 · 12:45 AM · OTHER
Syracuse, NY
I then noticed a few small pinpoints of light moving through the clouds at my 10 o'clock. It was making me a bit nervous. I began to notice more floating at my 12 o'clock. I stood still and observed the lights float overhead. One moved erratically for a few seconds like a fruit fly and then resumed its path. There turned out to be to many to try and count. They were all even in size and somewhat amber in color. They did not twinkle. It was very unsettling.
December 7, 2017 · 8:00 PM · OTHER
Packwaukee, WI
On December 7, 2017, around 8:00 pm, I was watching TV when my dog, who rarely barks, perked her head up looked around and gave a few short little barks. I got up and peeked out the door, I didn’t see anything. I went upstairs where it was dark as no lights were on and looked out a window to the north. I saw three bright orange (almost like fire) round shapes moving to the north. They were very close together and the center one was slightly higher. I saw a shiny metallic outline (irregularly shaped) around the balls and a grate or grid appearance around the outside the edge of each ball (like a burner). It was moving slowly into the clouds and the clouds were glowing orange all around it. Just to the right of it, another spot in the clouds was glowing orange as if another bright light had just moved into the clouds. I watched it move away until it and the orange glow completely disappeared.
December 6, 2017 · 3:30 AM · OTHER
Edmonton (Canada), AB · Canada
I am a sky watcher and also an air show enthusiast and have never seen something like this before. Would love an explanation!
December 4, 2017 · 7:15 AM · OTHER
Pelzer, SC
As I walked outside this morning I was looking at the moon. Then, I saw a dark line that was about 75% across the moon, moving left to right. I've seen airplanes leave contrails in front of the moon before but this wasn't that. This looked more like it was in orbit around the moon. Like I said it covered about 3/4 the distance across and also had a slight curve to its path. It only lasted a few seconds as it appeared to pass around the moon.
December 3, 2017 · 12:00 PM · OTHER
Langely (Canada), BC · Canada
We were outside taking our dog out to use the bathroom and we also took our camera outside too. We were taking pictures of normal nature stuff then we saw a weird black shape in the sky. We took a picture and when we zoomed in we saw a black craft oval shape on the top half and a skinny rod shape connecting to another piece of the black ship. This truly scarred me when I saw the picture.
December 2, 2017 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
Phelan, CA
I was riding horses with my partner and as the sun was about 30 minutes from setting the horses stop, and stare to the east. My partner noticed the object first and pointed it out to me. All the other animals on the property were also watching (8 horses 3 dogs and 2 goats). I gave my horse a gesture to move but she wasn't going to, and I wasn't really worried about the horse. As soon as I see it there is no doubt in my mind it's a UFO. It was about 5 miles away, and didn't fly quite as high as planes in the area normally do. It was black in color, had a sphere on top with a diameter of about 20 feet, and a spike pointing downward extending about 40-50 feet with 3 rings that seemed to be floating around the spike. I reached for my phone to take a picture while my partner was calling a friend in the area to see if he could see it. After I opened my camera app on my phone and look bake at the object; it was gone. Since the incident I've been searching the internet unsuccessfully for the same object. So this is my last attempt to find out if anyone else has ever seen this. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
December 2, 2017 · 6:30 PM · OTHER
St. Albans, VT
5pm 12/2/17 Rte. 2 North Hero/Alburg, VT. Driving to dinner. Crossing bridge to Alburg, saw 5 orange colored lights over the tree line in a backwards “L” shape. Directly over tree line in line of sight crossing the bridge. Not normal lights for that area, know it wasn’t a plane going to the local airport. 6:30 12/2/17 Rte. 7 St Albans, VT. Driving home from dinner, we saw same, or similar, 5 orange lights over fields. We watched these 5 lights for a few miles heading north towards Swanton. We turned onto Comstock Road and stopped by the railroad tracks. We got out of the car and watched these 5 lights change from an “L” shape to a back semi-circle to a line. We watched as the 5 passed over us. One seemed to fall, but not by gravity, but a calculated descent. The “4th in line, stopped, then “caught up” to the other 3. We watched the first three lights fly over us and climb and eventually disappear. The 4th followed the same route. There was no noise, as an airplane would emit. There were no blinking lights, the normal red/green. As we turned onto County Road and saw a light like the ones in the sky, in the field in front of the tree line, we watched it “bounce” along the field.
December 2, 2017 · 8:30 AM · OTHER
Manchester, TN
We observed an odd set of pure white blinking (simultaneous) lights of an unknown craft that would SPEED up & slow down erratically then stop at which time a large fireball fell slowly from it. We noticed the craft circle around and head back the way it came SW as we watched the fireball until it was below tree line out of view. THE craft (lights) continued to circle the area for another few minutes rising & falling in altitude impossible for any aircraft I've seen then sped off NW. The lights would also alternate from horizontal to vertical at times.
December 2, 2017 · 3:00 AM · OTHER
Shickshinny, PA
It was foggy misty and overcast. It was a little after 3 a.m. time is not exact either way. The Southeastern sky flashed with this odd blueish color for a few seconds. I thought perhaps there was a distant storm as there was a cold front moving through and it was colder. I kept watching for it to happen again, but it did not. It was very overcast, but the moon was still casting a lot of light.
November 30, 2017 · 5:57 PM · OTHER
Jacksonville, FL
Another Lunar Fast Walker? While observing the moon last night with a three inch (80 x 900 mm) refractor, I saw a black, star-shaped object transiting through the eyepiece field of view at approximately 17:57, EDT. [Please see the attached diagram for more details.] I was observing the Aristarchus - Herodotus area of the moon--near the lunar terminator at this time--with a star diagonal and a magnification of 144X . The waxing gibbous moon was rising in deep twilight, and seeing was excellent. At the time of the sighting, I had just switched to a 12 mm eyepiece with a 2X Barlow, and just as I was coming to focus with this combination I glimpsed a black, five-pointed, star-shaped object transiting from right to left through the eyepiece field of view (FOV). All of this happened very fast--probably in less than 1 second--and my impression is that when I first saw the object it had already begun to cross the FOV, and I was only able to observe it as it moved toward the left side of the image. Again, please see the associated diagram for more details. Note that since I was using a star diagonal which gives a mirror-reversed image, the object was actually moving from east to west--the opposite of what is shown in the eyepiece view. As a point of interest, this is actually the second of these objects that I have seen while observing the moon. The earlier observation took place on June 23, 2016, and there is a report on file with NUFORC. As memory serves--and going back to my earlier report to confirm my recollection--this is exactly the same type of object that I observed last year, and moving in the same east to west direction. As I am at best a "casual" (as opposed to a systematic) observer of the moon, I am wondering about the reported frequency of sightings of objects of this type. Given that I have now seen two of these within the space of a year and a half, it would seem to me that others must also be seeing them. But what is it, exactly, that I and presumably others are seeing? ((name deleted)) Jacksonville, FL
November 30, 2017 · 1:00 AM · OTHER
Tylersport, PA
I went outside to dispose of my celery and onion scraps (I was making albacore salad for the next day) and I asked my daughter if she wanted to go outside as she often does for a smoke. She stayed upon the 2nd. floor open porch, while I went down to the compost pile to dispose (Approx. 120 yards). After covering about 20 yards I looked up and observed a highly illuminated "tipped over capital "H", or and "I" beam that shimmered like a diamond horizontally across all horiz. areas. I yelled to my daughter (18 y.o.) to get down her now!, and she did. She observed also. After jumping altitude up and down a few times it changed to a steady altitude and direct path towards Lansdale (S/SW). The majority of the craft sparkled in a brilliant white with colors at the ends. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 30, 2017 · 12:00 AM · OTHER
Tylersport, PA
this is to follow-up my original report of 11/30/17 of the I-BEAM shaped object {or capital "H" on its side with sparkling DIamond center} seen in Tylersport, PA, Sunday evening as I walked to dispose of kitchen scraps. This is not my first sighting, but the first reported. I am a retired pro-photographer that has logged thousands of hours in small fixed wing aircraft, and 2- man helicopters. I know what we humans are capable of building aka aircraft. This is not our skill level. I wanted to include my contact number, email address and my website (artwork generally). website address is ...theothersidesuks.com....store is ENIGMA, artwork is mine.
November 29, 2017 · 6:25 AM · OTHER
Pittsburg/Antioch, CA
partly cloudy skies at high altitude, pinkish color in commercial air craft exhaust vapor from pre dawn sunlight visible and showing aircraft direction easily. Vapor trails observed were sharp and crisp due to absence of wind. I was observing a line of 5 aircraft following each other in line separated by a regulated distance of about 5 miles. The next closest air traffic in the same direction was approx. 25 miles and following in the same flight pattern. I looked back to the 1st group of aircraft and noticed 2 bright dots to the right rear of the last aircraft. The observed bright dots were compared to turning on and off a light switch. There were now 2 black dots to the right rear of the known aircraft. They were separated from the jet approx. the length of the jet itself and the distance between the 2 ufos by 1/2 the jet. The 2 UFOs followed for approx. 5 seconds then traveled in south in the same pattern passing into a cloud formation approx. 20 miles away. Unable to locate UFOs after that. The unknown dots following the jet liner appeared to be the size of a airliner baggage cart in scale to the jet from observed distance. UFOs appeared as black dots and did not leave any vapor trail. No other witnesses as I was the only person at the county bus stop at time of incident. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 29, 2017 · 4:25 AM · OTHER
Philadelphia, PA
Saw a vertical line of light. It didnt seem to move much at first. It began blinking turned to the right and held a diagonal position for a moment before turning into 2 dot lights then reforming a vertical line. Of light. From my position it was on about 4 inches but it's a clear night and I know what I saw was not a plane or anything. It stayed in the sky for 10 or so minutes and one by one all of the lights dimmed leaving one light on making it look like a light or star. It was still there when I went to search for information about it. When fully lit up, it looked like a vertical bar of light like a fluorescent light bulb.
November 27, 2017 · 6:00 PM · OTHER
Dawson, AL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 25, 2017 · 11:35 PM · OTHER
Winter Haven, FL
The three of us were playing Freeze Tag among other outdoor games while our families remained indoors during a party. One of us pointed out a cluster of maybe 10 red lights among a couple of white lights near the star Polaris. I thought it was a really clear night and we were looking at the constellation of the little dipper. We thought the little dipper had red stars...until they started moving. The red lights flickered and moved around each other, as if they were weaving between themselves. After about two minutes, we noticed that there was one cluster of red stars. It was like a circle of four, very tight knit red lights. This cluster moved over Polaris, and we were absolutely shocked that it blocked the star. All the red lights began to move towards each other, towards this cluster. The friend that noticed the red lights ran indoors to retrieve his phone to take a picture, and I tried shouting to him to come back; something weird was occuring. Within ten seconds of our friend being gone, every red light added on to the cluster, creating a sort of 'pinecone' of red lights. They were together, but you could clearly see that there was a black line or space between each light. It was ovular, being thinner at the top and thicker in the middle. Two or three lights in this pinecone of red light would flash white before turning back to red. Most of the lights flashed eventually, some did not. Our friend ran back outside and exclaimed in fear, we were all excited and scared at the events unfolding before our eyes. The red craft moved suddenly down, further and further until it was nearly out of view behind a neighbor's house. As the craft moved further down, it caught on fire at the bottom as it entered the Earth's atmosphere. It couldn't have been a weather balloon or asteroid, nothing we thought of convinced us; rational explanations didn't sound convincing. The craft then practically disintegrated in nearly 20, if not more, red lights that seemed to fall. We ran backwards as they continued to fall and turn white. The lights then disappeared.
November 25, 2017 · 3:30 PM · OTHER
Caraquet (Canada), NB · Canada
When travelling in Caraquet, boulevard St-Pierre, on that day, I witnessed strange lights flying in the sky about 500 feet in the air, and I would say it could be 1000 feet from me when I saw those strange light first. It looked like a straight row of very, very brilliant white lights, like modern LED lights. It was travelling at a regular speed, from South to Northeast. I saw it for a few seconds in my car, and then it disappeared behind the trees along the road near the old CO-OP store. I got in a store for a glass I had ordered sooner. About 10 minutes later I saw the same set of lights for about 5 seconds, by the Carrefour de la Mer, and it was going straight for Caraquet Island. It then disappeared from sight as I was watching. Some said it could be a drone, but it was quite large for a drone, and it vanished into thin air. A drone would not have done that. It could have dropped quickly, but not dissapear. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 25, 2017 · 3:00 PM · OTHER
Yokosuka (Japan) · Japan
Hello, I am writing in regards to something I cannot explain and hoping to get and answer to. I have seen in my travels as I look up into the sky during the daytime hours, hovering objects. I can only describe these objects as translucent rings orbiting around a center. I imagine a sphere would be in the middle as the rings orbit around it, although the sphere is not there. I only see the rings orbiting, sometimes expanding and contracting as well while they orbit around a center. I have seen these objects every place I have traveled, always during they day. If I focus for a minute at a point in the sky I can eventually find the rings moving in the sky. As the sun reflects off of the rings, I can also see the colors of the rainbow as if light were passing threw a prism. If there is an explanation to what I have seen, or any other information about this, I would appreciate some feedback. Thank you very much
November 24, 2017 · 5:25 PM · OTHER
Virginia Beach, VA
We were at Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach, Virginia, walking counter-clockwise around the lake, at the southern edge facing east. To the southeast, well below the moon, without any prior trace, a white object the color of the moon and as bright, appeared in the sky, looking large, as though quite close, moving level, left to right, appearing to have swept wings, like a military jet, and a fuselage, appeared to eject three distinct bursts of debris, including what looked like small round balls, then broke into three pieces, and disappeared without a trace. No afterglow, no fireball, no sound whatsoever.
November 23, 2017 · 7:11 PM · OTHER
Deer Park, WA
It was in the East skies slowly moving toward the West skies. My 5 year old sister was with me. It sort of looked light the Little Dipper. May have been the constellation of Auriga. Little Dipper should not have been in the region at the time, though. We also heard buzzing noises. It was over a field, not the mountains. They're was an assortment of red, green and blue lights. Maybe a satellite, but doubt it. They just slowly moved across the sky. There was only one object. This is all of the information I was able to collect before it disappeared. It kind of faded away, not just disappeared. It freaked me out so I thought I ought to report it.
November 23, 2017 · 2:00 AM · OTHER
Brockton, MA
Woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, noticed a bright light coming through the window of the bathroom which was located on the second floor. No light ever shines through that window, there are no street or flood lights in that area. When I looked out the window, I saw an extremely bright white light in the sky, unmoving, at about roof level, approximately a half mile away from the house. It seemed to be in the shape of a diamond with rounded edges. The way the light pulsated reminded me of the way light ripples across water. I had no idea what I was looking at. I could clearly see the stars above this object. It was definitely not a star or planet, it was much closer and larger than the stars appeared. My phone was charging downstairs, so I went to get it so that I could photograph the object. When I returned to the bathroom, as I entered, the light quickly went out. This occurred before I could get back to the window. When I looked out again, there was nothing. I have no idea what this was, or if anyone else saw it.