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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
September 6, 2015 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Barnegat, NJ
Saw 3 orange fireball looking flying objects in the shape of a perfect pyramid in the night sky. They stayed perfectly still and suddenly all aligned perfectly spaced out and in a perfect line. Then one at a time they disappeared very rapidly.
September 5, 2015 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Kearneysville, WV
Orange-red glowing ball moving quickly towards and then above group of friends. Turned slightly and proceeded in a different direction. Glowing fireball had a core but no distinct edges. Glow lit up sky above but light from fireball did not reach the ground.
September 5, 2015 · 9:15 PM · FIREBALL
Elyria, OH
Suddenly, it stopped and started blinking different colors around it. It stood still for like 15 seconds. Then it continued moving forward and it diminished to the size of a star until it disappeared. It look like it came in and out of the Earth's atmosphere.
September 5, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Dublin, OH
Oval, orange-white, large candle/fireball floated slowly across the sky approx. 9pm at a smooth, steady speed. Like nothing we’ve ever seen. No sound heard. My husband & I were on our nightly one mile stroll around the neighborhood. Clear night. During our walk we saw it fly by twice, then fly high up into the sky at a faster speed and disappear. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 5, 2015 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Milford, MA
Dusk, short horizon line perhaps 1, 2 miles away a large yellow fireball maintaining its position with slight side movement, descended very slowly maybe 5 degrees to a position just out of site below neighboring roof lines. From viewing distance to fireball the size comparison would be double that of a large jumbo jet. All i can think of is chariots of fire.
September 4, 2015 · 6:45 PM · FIREBALL
Phoenix, AZ
It was still daylight and clear in the SW corner of the sky. I went outside to let my dogs out. I was standing in the covered porch and I saw a huge red object rising on the other side of my neighbors tree. I saw the object through the tree branches. I stepped out into the pool area moving across my decking so I could see the object with out the tree. I was rising higher than the tree tops. I thought it was coming from the airport. It appeared as a fireball, it was not a plane. I watch the planes fly over all the time. As I watched a huge chunk of flame fell off and went towards the ground. It burnt up and was no longer visible. Then a smaller portion broke off and did the same thing as the first larger piece. The size of the fireball did not appear to change even though two pieces had fallen off. The fireball rose higher then completely disappeared. It did not fall to the ground, it simply disappeared. I logically thought it was a plane crash. There was a plane from Sky Harbor that was heading opposite of SW and was climbing into the clouds. This was absolutely a plane. A pilot would have been able to see the object from their cockpit. I called a local news company and there were no sightings or reports. This was not a meteor, or a shooting star. Those items are very easy to distinguish and identify. Has anyone else seen the object this evening? If so what was it? My cell phone was in the house. If I'd gone to get it I would have missed the display. A cell camera would not have given a good photo, the object was not near enough, it would have just looked like a light rather than a fireball.
September 4, 2015 · 1:00 AM · FIREBALL
Rice Lake, WI
I was leaving a nightclub on 27 West Eau Claire Street and was walking East on Eau Claire Street at around 12:45 AM. As I was walking, I looked up into the sky and noticed a very bright white fireball quietly streak across the midnight sky coming from the West direction heading East. I had never seen a fireball streak across so low to the ground as this. I watched closely to see if it would hit any buildings. I estimate it was traveling at a very high speed and did leave fireball dust behind and its elevation was about 750 feet above me. I watched it travel for about 1 1/2 minutes. It kept a straight path and never fizzled out. It was traveling alone and not accompanied by any military aircraft. I waited and to see if another fireball was coming as well. I am still uncertain if this was a UFO or a meteor but I will say that I was amazed.
September 3, 2015 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Romeoville, IL
Went out for a smoke and saw bright reddish orange light in sky heading south, then it turned west without slowing down. Moved very erratically. No sound at all. Disappeared behind the trees. Saw similar some time back in the north east sky, again traveling erratically, bright red light went off for short time then reappeared, for a short time. Could these be drones??
September 2, 2015 · 11:18 AM · FIREBALL
Wadsworth, OH
09/5/2015 On the night of September 2, 2015, I had clocked out of work at 11:15pm. I was heading 77/21 south towards home (Wadsworth, Ohio). It was about 11:18 I saw a bright light in the distance that caught my eye. Not being able to identify the object…shocked, I was just watching it in the sky. About 3 minutes later, it looked like it turned and then I saw small white lights on the side of it. These small lights made me think it was an airplane. Then I realized that it could not have been an airplane because it just stayed in one spot and it did not move. Then all the sudden it turned back to its normal state, which was a yellowish orange ball of light reminding me of fire. The size of this object was about 1/3 of a full moon. There were some clouds passing in front of it. About 3 minutes after that the object faded, and then it went out. It vanished into the sky. I POSTED THE ARTICLE BENEATH ON UFOSTALKER.COM “I just left work at around 11:15 PM (9/2/2015) and I was on my way home. I just got on the highway going 77 south and as I was driving. A light caught my eye. I looked up in the distance. I saw a yellowish/orange light in the shape of a circle. I thought it might have been a meteorite, it did not move. It then looked like it turned a little where I saw some white lights on the side. I then thought it was an airplane or jet. But, then it turned back to where it was just the yellowish orange circle again. I watched it for 5 minutes, and then it faded away so quick that it looked like someone turned a light off. It had vanished. I got home and told my boyfriend about it. I then told my daughter the next day. No one believed me. I knew what I saw that night. Finally, I called 19 action news. I found out that no one else has reported anything to the news channel. This is my first sighting of an unidentified object. “
September 2, 2015 · 6:10 AM · FIREBALL
Naples, FL
Looked like something entering the atmosphere at high speed. It was visible low on the eastern sky. Created a large corona as it backlit by the rising sun. Burnt itself out, but left a luminous cloud in its wake. Atlas V launch from Cape Canaveral. PD
September 1, 2015 · 11:45 PM · FIREBALL
Indianapolis, IN
My friend and I were conversing on his front porch, and I was getting up to leave when we saw a strange light traveling through the sky. He had mentioned earlier that he had been seeing a lot of military helicopters around lately, so we thought at first that it may have been a helicopter. But it traveled at a constant, relatively slow speed. As we watched, it appeared to be some kind of fire, and after it reached a certain point in the sky, it seemed to stop. I thought I saw it move around a little bit, but it could have just been an illusion because it was dark and we were near the downtown lights. After hovering near the same spot for about 30 seconds, the "flame" got dimmer and dimmer, and then seemed to disappear or get extinguished. I have never reported a UFO sighting before, and though I do believe they exist, until tonight, I have never been so perplexed as to what I saw and then watched disappear in the sky. I'm a 29-year-old cell phone salesman, and my friend volunteers at homeless shelters and lives by himself. He's 23 and has Parkinson's and is unemployed. He has a military background I'm not fully knowledgeable on, I have never served in the military.
September 1, 2015 · 11:12 PM · FIREBALL
Athens, GA
Red/orange fireball on a descending path toward the north-west direction. Similar to a shooting star despite size (larger than) and color (orange/red vs blue white). Object fizzled in sky after approximately 4-5 seconds. Sighting occurred on Southeast side of Athens.
September 1, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Farmington, MO
At approx. 9:00 p.m I observed a dazzling and golden colored fireball traveling from south to north. To me it somewhat resembled a yellowish/golden street light. The object was traveling at about the distance of a low flying plane and at a slightly slower speed. I watched it for approx. 45 seconds/ to 1 minute, until it faded from sight. Less than 5 minutes afterwards, I was gazing west and was surprised to see another fireball exactly like it and at about the same height. Distance from me appeared to be less than half a mile. The fireball was traveling west to east, but I was only privileged to witness it for about 3 seconds. It abruptly vanished as if it had never been and all that remained to be seen was a patch of empty black sky. I waited for it to reappear. Perhaps in another part of the sky, but it never did.
September 1, 2015 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Lehighton, PA
Small sphere looked like fireball with flames on top. Only 1 object floating in the air while driving on route 209. There was no bright lights around it or the object moving. Wasn't very high up in the sky. Like 75 to 100 feet high. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 30, 2015 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Ocean View, HI
While standing on our deck, I saw bright lights in the sky, and at first thought it was a very low flying plane, but then, it showed tails behind the ball. Coming from the South to the North and kept splitting into another ball with a long tail. Flew all the way behind the mountain range until we could no longer see it. The fire ball and tail seemed to be bright yellow/white in color, They flew below the clouds where we could see it very easy and bright. ((ADDENDUM FROM MR. TED MOLCZAN Hello Peter, The re-entry of Cosmos 1315 (81103A / 12903) was seen over a wide area of Hawaii on 2015 Aug 31 near 09:03 UTC. Local date and time was August 30 at 11:03 PM. Numerous reports have been filed with the AMS: http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/browse_reports?event=PENDING I know of the following videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex73vyaVvqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv02Q9rYihA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jocj1q2mkSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_1VN9Ux1NM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8u1ND7IrJs https://instagram.com/p/7DDzoAmJoK/ Best regards, Ted Molczan ((END ADDENDUM)) Witnesses elect to provide no contact information. PD
August 29, 2015 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Waterford, CT
One red-orange fireball moving slowly across sky over our house as we watched the super moon. There was no sound.
August 29, 2015 · 9:06 PM · FIREBALL
Wyoming, MN
Both my husband and son are surveyors who enjoy astronomy. The night before we were in our home and the house filled with a very bright light followed by a low thunder like rolling sound that lasted for about 2 minutes the sound was traveling from east to west. At about 11 pm it was repeated hour later on the dot. It was witnessed by our neighbor, also. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 29, 2015 · 9:30 AM · FIREBALL
San Diego, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 28, 2015 · 10:40 PM · FIREBALL
Baton Rouge, LA
I was walking outside of my apartment complex located on River Road, along the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge. My friend and me automatically noticed a bright, neon orange light in the sky. We knew it was not a plane or satellite. We continued to watch for about 2 minutes as it slowly floated across the sky, eventually getting smaller and smaller until it just disappeared. There was no sound or trail, just the glowing orb.
August 28, 2015 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Port Charlotte, FL
Two orbs that resemble flames of fire appeared slowly over the tree line. One craft was following the other. They stayed in tandem approximately 5 minutes and, then proceeded northward at slow movement. They then went out as if blowing out a flame. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 28, 2015 · 6:27 AM · FIREBALL
Sedona, AZ
At about 625-6:30 AM on August 28th, I was sitting at the bus stop on HWY 179, which has view of Airport Mesa. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a bright flash that caught my attention, and for the next 3-4 seconds after, I viewed what my logical mind first said was a 'meteor' or a 'downed plane.' This was two hours after dawn, much too bright to see a meteor with the naked eye. The object was glittering, metallic, and almost seemed as though it was on fire because of how lit up it appeared. There was no smoke trail, or streak as it fell. It was fluid and it appeared with the flash, and then fell in a downward arc, but disappeared before hitting neither the ground nor rock cliff. It was seen between two rocky, small mountain peaks, visible from where I was sitting to seem as though they were right next to Airport Mesa, but actually the rocks are best seen on HWY 89A, right after the 'Y' junction in Sedona, AZ, just past the post office. From my viewing perspective, the peeks seemed next to airport Mesa, so I called into the police suggesting a downed plane, but there was no smoke, and the object disappeared without impact. Thank you for reading this.
August 26, 2015 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Spanish Fort, AL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 26, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
St. Petersburg Beach, FL
Noticed red/orange flame-like flickering orb assending slowly off-shore between Indian Shores and Treasure Island. No discernable flame trailing but climbing at about 1/10th the rate, with no acceleration, of an average Space-Coast rocket launch. Distant lightning storm off-shore just north of Clearwater Area and was in background of orb. Orb was watched from Grand Plaza Hotel while sitting on beach. No real idea of true distances between storm, orb and viewing location.
August 26, 2015 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Carriere, MS
Bright orange fireballs, followed by 2 more, moving very fast from North to South at a high rate of speed. Flames were visible.