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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.
11,675 entries
March 30, 2020 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Hillandale, MD
While working in a group home, I told my shift partner that I was going to sit in my vehicle for my 30 minute break. I stepped out and looked up at the stars, as I've done for the past 9-years. The sky was beautiful, dark and completely void of any clouds. Suddenly, I noticed what looked like a, bright, moving orb. It had to be, at least, 50 - 60,000 feet in the sky. There were no flashing lights and no sound. As I focused on it, with my eyes, it stopped moving and another object of the same shape and height moved up beside it which caused the first object to take off at an incredible speed. I, immediately, called for my shift partner who came outside to witness the second moving object. That's when we both began to witness a small fleet of these identical objects heading in a southeastern direction. There were at least 15 of these objects moving, slowly, across the night sky; no trails, sounds, or flashing lights. After witnessing this activity for ! at least 15 minutes, my shift partner and I, nervously, returned inside the group home. About 5-10 minutes later we both returned outside out of curiosity and were still able to witness a few of the same spacecraft straggling behind. By 10PM, the sky had suddenly become increasingly cloudy which shrouded our visibility.
March 30, 2020 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Oceanside, CA
Out in the ocean extending past Oceanside, California a glob of light was standing still not moving at all looking through binoculars it was a spherical cluster of uniform lights
March 29, 2020 · 10:03 PM · SPHERE
Shelbyville, IN
Standing by my truck outside my garage I saw one and then another one and there was 14 evenly spaced disappeared in the same spot in the sky
March 29, 2020 · 9:50 PM · SPHERE
Smilax, KY
My Mom and I were sky watching. We see a line of 5 orbs move in a line from east to west. in the same path. At first I thought this could be Elon Musk’s Star Link . I thought this until they each got to a certain point in the “clear” sky(no clouds) and disappeared. It was like they went into something invisible.
March 29, 2020 · 9:50 PM · SPHERE
Smilax, KY
My Mom and I were sky watching. We see a line of 5 orbs move in a line from east to west. in the same path. At first I thought this could be Elon Musk’s Star Link . I thought this until they each got to a certain point in the “clear” sky(no clouds) and disappeared. It was like they went into something invisible.
March 29, 2020 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Tucson, AZ
At approximately 9 pm, on the 29th of March 2020, my wife and I noticed an object outside our bedroom window from our bed. At first it didn't seem much different than a star, same shape and brightness as one. But as we were looking out we began to notice that it was moving. It would sometimes move very fast for large distances then seemingly stop. It moved erratically, in all directions. Sometimes it would do loops and circles before coming to a stop once more. It flickered different shades of light, similar to a star. It did seem like it had a beam of light shining out in one direction from it, but it was hard to tell as it was very high up. I'm talking upper atmosphere to low Earth orbit high. It seemed to move with the rotation of the Earth but constantly moving erratically throughout the duration of the event. It seemed to be far too unpredictable to be any sort of manned craft, but also too controlled to be a natural phenomenon. We live just on the outskirts of the North side of Tucson and noticed it in the sky to the East of the city. We watched this for nearly two hours until it was out of our view.
March 28, 2020 · 8:50 PM · SPHERE
Missoula, MT
I took the little dog out for her last call for the evening and looked up at the sky. I saw what I thought was a satellite overhead, its trajectory from SW to NE at a steady “satellite-cruising” speed. It then occurred to me that it appeared to be about twice as big and twice as bright though, just a steady white light. Then I noticed that there was another right behind on the same alignment…then another, all spaced perfectly apart and at a good distance, maybe about ten seconds apart. I counted about five, and the weird thing was that each one would pass the same point in the sky and flare to a brilliant white like Venus for no more than two seconds, and all the while cruising very “methodically” along. I called my husband out to watch, and I got to nineteen, then about the next six broke ranks, one headed due east at the steady speed, one headed north, same speed, another was on the same trajectory only not in perfect alignment but paralleling. After that, more kept coming in the original trajectory, perfectly spaced apart and in perfect alignment, for a total of 38! We watched for about five to 10 minutes.
March 28, 2020 · 8:20 PM · SPHERE
Cedar Rapids, IA
At 20:20 on March 28th, 2020 my husband and I were outside looking at the moon. There is a bright star to the right of the moon. In between the moon and the star I started seeing objects flying between. At first I thought they were airplanes but it was one solid light, no flashing lights and I realised I was not an airplane. Then they started coming one after another seeming to be in the same exact path going the same speed and seemed all the same distance apart. I thought maybe it was a meteor shower but then I seen a shooting star and it was closer and it had a tail. It flew in a different direction as these objects. I have seen meteor showers before and I've never seen them fly like this. I called a relative and asked them to go outside to see it and they also seen it. It lasted for about 15 minutes while I was watching but then just suddenly stopped. Although I didnt count them exactly I would guess I seen about 15 all in a row.
March 28, 2020 · 7:57 PM · SPHERE
Moscow, ID
My wife and I were walking at 19:57 hours, admiring the crescent moon and Venus when I noticed what appeared to be a falling star glowing very white, however as it appeared to come into the atmosphere it stopped glowing and then began to look like a satellite in low orbit. It entered the sky from the southwest and was going northeast. After watching it for almost a minute and not observing any red or green lights typical of aircraft, we noticed another “falling star” that appeared to be coming into the atmosphere. It was another object exactly the same shape and color (whitish like Venus) and following the first object in the same path. After another minute or so, we noticed another “falling star” (ie lit up the surrounding sky in white light). This continued until we counted 8 objects in total. All equally spaced apart except the 8th object, which was a little farther back in distance. After the fourth one, I called my son and had him step out on his back p! orch, and he observed the final four objects come “into the atmosphere”. We heard no sounds or nor saw any other color lights. They did not blink, just displayed a whitish color until they disappeared in the northeast sky.
March 27, 2020 · 7:23 PM · SPHERE
Richmond, RI
Extremely bright orange object similar to Chinese lantern flying at rate of speed similar to aircraft in a straight trajectory from North to South along Western Rhode island border. Definitely not meteor and unlike anything I've ever seen. Curious what it was.
March 26, 2020 · 11:30 PM · SPHERE
Kirkwood, MO
On April 26, 2020, was I was out on my back patio, gathering up items to take inside the house because there was a report of “rain overnight”, and I looked up, just in time to see a bright, white, ball of light rapidly moving horizontally from south to north suddenly disappearing into my neighbor’s tree line. It appeared to be the size of a basketball and was approximately 100 feet away from me and maybe 75-100 ft. from the ground and quickly disappeared behind my neighbor’s tree line. I just stood there for a moment dumbfounded, as I tried to decipher what it was, I had just seen? I have no idea what it was…
March 26, 2020 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Palmdale, CA
My Niece, Parents and I witness a string of lights roughly even spaced, traveling same orbit, really small like satellites. One right after another probably like 6 seconds apart, counted over 20, which they were traveling in same orbit/line. Thought it was satellites at first but they just kept coming and coming. I’ve seem tons of satellites but nothing ever like this
March 26, 2020 · 5:35 PM · SPHERE
Land O'Lakes, FL
I was standing outside once again and saw yet another object except from the previous day this object was a dark black round sphere moving at a high rate of speed moving due south south east maybe around 15,000 - 20,000 feet in the sky
March 26, 2020 · 5:45 AM · SPHERE
Pasadena, MD
On 03/26/2020 I observed at least 36 spherical brightly illuminated objects in a very straight line moving across the sky (approx from 240 degrees to approximately 60 degrees) at approximately 0545. THEY WERE ALL MOVING AT THE SAME SPEED BUT VERY IRREGULARLY SPACED, SOME IN CLOSE GROUPS FOLLOWED BY OTHERS. I had a somewhat obstructed view and my phone was in the house but it was a very strange and unexplainable sighting. They were not planes and there were no blinking lights that I could see. They were spaced irregularly but absolutely in a straight line. For someone who had a 180 unobstructed view it had to be much more striking,they probably saw a broken straight line from 240 degrees to 60 degrees. I have seen what I believe are satellites that look similar but there is no way there could be that many satellites in the same line at approximately the same time in my opinion. I reside close to Baltimore Washington Airport and there was 1 plane preparing to ! land and at that time of the morning I'm sure there were some preparing to take off. I believe this will be a well documented sighting as it lasted a long time, the sky was clear, visibility at ground level was excellent, no moon and lots of unusual and bright movement. Many people would be going to work even though COVID19 has caused a limited the number of cars on the road. I HAVE NEVER BEEN EXCITED ENOUGH TO REPORT ANYTHING IN THE PAST. I would like to know what happened and how many other observers there were. I don't want to be put on e-mail list that would sink a battle ship.
March 26, 2020 · 5:45 AM · SPHERE
McArthur, OH
White spheres moving in formation across sky . No noise. They appeared across entire skyline until they disappeared moving from upper right of sky to lower left on the horizon. This was not a falling star or asteroid. Each moved independently. No landing lights. Not a plane. Not sure what they were.
March 26, 2020 · 5:45 AM · SPHERE
Pasadena, MD
On 03/26/2020 I observed at least 36 spherical brightly illuminated objects in a very straight line moving across the sky (approx from 240 degrees to approximately 60 degrees) at approximately 0545. THEY WERE ALL MOVING AT THE SAME SPEED BUT VERY IRREGULARLY SPACED, SOME IN CLOSE GROUPS FOLLOWED BY OTHERS. I had a somewhat obstructed view and my phone was in the house but it was a very strange and unexplainable sighting. They were not planes and there were no blinking lights that I could see. They were spaced irregularly but absolutely in a straight line. For someone who had a 180 unobstructed view it had to be much more striking,they probably saw a broken straight line from 240 degrees to 60 degrees. I have seen what I believe are satellites that look similar but there is no way there could be that many satellites in the same line at approximately the same time in my opinion. I reside close to Baltimore Washington Airport and there was 1 plane preparing to ! land and at that time of the morning I'm sure there were some preparing to take off. I believe this will be a well documented sighting as it lasted a long time, the sky was clear, visibility at ground level was excellent, no moon and lots of unusual and bright movement. Many people would be going to work even though COVID19 has caused a limited the number of cars on the road. I HAVE NEVER BEEN EXCITED ENOUGH TO REPORT ANYTHING IN THE PAST. I would like to know what happened and how many other observers there were. I don't want to be put on e-mail list that would sink a battle ship.
March 26, 2020 · 1:00 AM · SPHERE
Trumansburg, NY
Around 1am I stepped out to my porch for a cigarette. It was very clear, lots of stars. Before I could even light my cigarette I was startled by a big, bright, low flying sphere of light passing overhead. It moved faster than I've ever seen anything move through the sky and was completely silent. It was too low and far too big to be a shooting star. I stood outside for over half an hour hoping to see it again but it never came back.
March 25, 2020 · 9:45 PM · SPHERE
San Clemente, CA
Ball of hazy glowing orbs moving in an unusual way. Followed by conventional aircraft.
March 25, 2020 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Denver, CO
It was a clear night many stars visible. Noticed One moving from sw, to ne. Thought it was a satellite, but then I noticed another one tailing the fist one. Then another, and another, then I noticed that they seemed to be moving faster than satellites I have seen before. We had observed approximately 20, to 30 of these in about a half hours time. Then completely gone and did not see anymore for the rest of the evening. I have several low quality videos. In one of the videos, one of the objects light intensified then return to normal and continued.
March 25, 2020 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Saint Louis, MO
Large circular white orb floating with no sound no movement
March 25, 2020 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Tamworth, NH
It’s important to note that the object initially stopped and hovered above us, and then flew very quickly off which is the only part I managed to capture on the recording. It’s also important to note that at the time of the recording the sky was completely still, despite the wind and some clouds. The sky was like looking at a painting of the sky. Lastly, I confirm that my wife and myself are both of sound mind and were not under the influence of any substance such as alcohol. During the sighting no sound came from the object, and there were no other aircraft in the sky as flights had been grounded due to the coronavirus lockdown.
March 25, 2020 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE
New Albany, OH
My son was taking out the trash to the curb on Wednesday evening (March 25, 2020), at dusk, around 8:15pm. He was looking up at the sky checking out the stars and noticed a bright white object way off in the distance (orb shaped - like a star) just above the horizon where the sky separates between dark and orange - facing West towards Worthington, Ohio. The object was a bright orb shape and he noticed it was out of place considering other things in the sky (it wasn't moving). He took a picture of it with his iphone (will send image) but no video unfortunately. He looked at the object for about approximately 30 seconds and then the object took off at a 45 degree angle (heading South)toward space and was gone in a blink of an eye. He was visibly shaken when he came back into the house.
March 25, 2020 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE
Denver, CO
I went out for a cigarette and noticed what looked like a very bright star in the sky. Moved across the parking lot, and realized (from quite a distance) it had lights emanating from the top, the sides and the bottom. The lights would change and rotate and were mainly red (at the top) and green (at the sides and bottom). It stayed there un-moving for quite some time, and my neighbor came out and noticed it as well. I called my friend in another part of town and she went outside and saw it, too. An hour or so later it was completely gone.
March 25, 2020 · 8:10 AM · SPHERE
Coconut Creek, FL
Two round shape light high above the fort Lauderdale sky moving south at a steady speed, if I have to guess I would say 100 miles per hour, maybe of a size of a truck judging by the distance