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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
November 13, 2020 · 5:00 PM · LIGHT
Dolores, CO
At about sunset (17:00) very low on the northern horizon I saw what I first believed to be a bright star or planet. It was the only star visible in the evening sky at this time. I watched it for a few seconds before realizing it was moving east just slightly. I asked my wife to come out and see it. I told her " hey you see that star there, keep and eye on it for me will ya?" I went inside to find binoculars. By the time I had come back out ( a few minutes later) my wife had witnessed the object move slowly and evenly a great deal eastward, before it came to a complete stop. When viewed through the binoculars the object appeared to be a single dot of white light. We had time to set up a telescope on the now stationary object and through this the object appeared to be scintillating with all colors but was still a very small and indistinguishable dot of light with no features. I shot the object with a compass and shot where I had originally observed it. The object had moved from almost due north to 44 degrees and at an angle of approximately 15 degrees. The time was noted as 17:44. We continued to observe the object periodically through the evening and it appeared to melt into the rest of the night sky and rose with the rest of the night objects around it. At about 20:00 a haze moved in and the object was no longer distinguishable from other heavenly bodies.
November 13, 2020 · 7:26 AM · LIGHT
Pearl, MS
bright green glowing ball with a kind of whiteish haze around it. Hesitated then shot off and disappeared into the distance
November 13, 2020 · 6:03 AM · LIGHT
Virginia beach, VA
I was at my local basketball courts with some friends and we saw lights moving in the sky in ways that didn’t seem normal. There was another group of 4 there at the time who also saw what we witnessed. There were 2-4 UFOs that we saw but it was hard to tell how many there really were because a few times we saw light zap from one light to another almost like a shooting star over a short distance. The lights were bright and white and were not flashing.
November 13, 2020 · 5:35 AM · LIGHT
Benson/four oaks, NC
It began as what looked to be a surface to air missile, a vapor trail up to about 40 degree angle in relation to the road, then it stopped in the sky in what looked like a cloud of vapor then it like blew all the vapor away like a huge fan just pushed all the vapor clouds away and it then became 2 bright lights moving in unpredictable directions and then 2 more appeared lower within its original flight path moving left right up and down it went way high dropped back down and raised back up then a 3rd appeared with the lower 2 and the other 2 higher in the sky continued irrational movement but in a controlled manor then the trees on the side of the road blocked our view until we got to a break in the tree line we could still see the 2 at the higher angle in the sky until they disappeared. The original vapor trail looked as though it possibly originated somewhere towards the Jacksonville direction.
November 13, 2020 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Burlington (Canada), ON · Canada
Cloudy night, star like object hoovering I took video with my phone I didn’t stay longer to find out if it moves but within10 min, it was almost hoovering in small area If it’s drone why it was not moving for 10 min or longer ? But maybe it was
November 13, 2020 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Burlington, ON · Canada
Cloudy night, star like object hoovering I took video with my phone I didn’t stay longer to find out if it moves but within10 min, it was almost hoovering in small area If it’s drone why it was not moving for 10 min or longer ? But maybe it was
November 12, 2020 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Phoenix, AZ
At around 7 pm, I was sitting in my hot tub in my backyard, looking at the stars. Suddenly, I saw what appeared to be a shooting star. But, it was moving much too slowly to be a shooting star, so I thought it was a satellite. But, as I watched the object cross the sky, it kept slowing down and speeding up,and swerving side go side. I was not an airplane, because it was way too high up, and was not blinking. The object looked just like a star, or a satellite. There was only one. My background is that I am a 19 year old college student, and I was sitting in my families hot tub with my dad. He was not wearing his glasses, so he could not see the object.
November 11, 2020 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedSourcieux-Les-Mines, Rhône-Alpes · France
Le 11 novembre 2020, entre 22h30 et 23h30 le témoin observe dans le ciel, durant 15 minutes environ, un point assez brillant ("comme Vénus, voire même un peu plus") orange, plein Sud et Sud+5/10 à une hauteur d’environ 60°. Il n’a pas noté de variation de luminosité mais a eu l'impression que ce point bougeait légèrement, allant de gauche à droite et d'avant en arrière, sans direction globale particulière, c'est à dire qu'il restait plus ou moins au même endroit. Des nuages fins d'altitude passent dans le ciel au bout de 15min, ce qui occulte les étoiles sauf ce point brillant. Le témoin rentre chez lui, puis ressort environ 30 min plus tard : le point est toujours là mais semble nettement plus immobile. Le témoin rentre à nouveau chez lui, et ressort 1h plus tard, le point a disparu. Le témoin ne le retrouve pas ailleurs dans le ciel. Le ciel est à nouveau étoilé sans nuages. Un seul témoignage est recueilli. Le témoin ne précise pas les heures de début et fin de chacune des deux observations durant cette même nuit. Cependant il indique une longue durée d’observation (20 min) discontinue d’un point lumineux orange stationnaire mais avec des déplacements latéraux G/D et avant/arrière. L’observation, de par sa durée et sa description, évoque une méprise astronomique dans un contexte nuageux. Une vérification astronomique indique d’après Stellarium, qu’à 22h30 la planète Mars est à l’azimut 187° (ce qui est compatible de ce qui est mentionné par le témoin indique : Sud et Sud +5/10°) et à l’élévation 49° (le témoin mentionne 60°, mais la hauteur est très souvent sujette à erreurs d’interprétation). Le phénomène décrit présente beaucoup de caractéristiques communes avec la planète Mars, très proche de l’axe indiqué. Une vérification météo pour cette nuit-là indique que le ciel était très nuageux entre 22h et 23h (6/8 octas) le 11 novembre 2020 puis complètement couvert entre 0h et 1h du matin (8 octas/8) le 12 novembre 2020 (voir le document météo sur la nébulosité). Le témoin estime que ce ne peut être une étoile car les nuages fins d’altitude masquent les étoiles sauf ce point, il considère donc que le point est situé sous les nuages. Or les passages nuageux dans l’axe d’observation, l’impossibilité de nuit d’estimer les distances, ainsi que la direction d’observation indiquée par le témoin du seul point orange particulier dans cette direction dans le ciel rendent tout à fait possible la méprise astronomique avec Mars. De plus la perception de léger déplacement ("aucun doute possible le point bouge légèrement, allant de gauche a droite et d’avant en arrière sans direction globale particulière, c’est a dire qu’il reste plus ou moins au même endroit"texte libre du témoin) résulte de deux effets classiques dans l’observation d'étoile : le phénomène oculaire d'effet autocinétique qui crée les perceptions de déplacement angulaires et celui induit par la fluctuation d'intensité (causée par l'atmosphère) que le témoin interprète comme un déplacement radial (dans sa direction) en rapprochement ou éloignement. L'étrangeté vue du témoin d'un point fortement lumineux, orange, en mouvement est bien expliquée, l'étrangeté résiduelle est faible. La consistance est moyenne compte tenu : - des imprécisions sur l'horaire, - du fait que le témoin mentionne un ciel étoilé sans nuages, alors que la nébulosité est de 6/8 octas au début de l'observation et de 8/8 octas à la fin. Le GEIPAN classe cette observation en A comme une méprise très probable avec la planète Mars. [GEIPAN classification A — Mars]
November 11, 2020 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Rogue River, OR
I have never seen anything move so fast or there were multiple objects.
November 11, 2020 · 6:15 AM · LIGHT
Cottonwood, AZ
At approx 6:15 am I was getting off work when I witnessed a large orange light going very fast in Northern direction by verde valley medical center, It stopped and split in two then hovered and then slowly started moving back south. The other light that split from it continued north and disappeared. I dont even know what the heck I just saw. No aircraft that im aware of makes no noise going at high rate of speed and stops on a dime and splits in two then goes the opposite direction it was going. Totally baffled.
November 10, 2020 · 10:10 PM · LIGHT
McClure, PA
The object at first appeared to be an awfully bright star. While taking my dog out before putting her to bed I witnessed the object 45° in the sky at nearly perfect northwest. Nearly camouflaged as a star the object would dip down, rise up, and seemingly bounce back and forth within a relatively small radius from where I first noticed it. The lights coming from it were brighter than any other light in the sky, but not too much brighter than the brightest star. The nature of the light however was strange and had an LED like glow. It appeared at moments to be looking in various directions which I judged by seeing the light shine around. The color of the light was lighter and whiter than the stars in the sky but appeared to change between a VERY faint red and green tint. We watched the object for a period of 15 minutes before deciding to head inside as the object didn’t appear to be going anywhere. It appeared to be observing or searching for something. Picture! s don’t seem feasible as it was simply too far away and any still shot would look like a star, and I don’t have the video equipment to take a video that could clearly show the object and its movements.
November 10, 2020 · 6:40 PM · LIGHT
Reseda, CA
I was on my way to my car yesterday evening to grab the rest of my groceries; I looked up at the stars for a moment, and saw a light moving slowly in the sky. The light looked to be about 2 miles NE, possibly above the Granada Hills area. When I looked at it, it zoomed North, away from me, faster than any plane, drone, or satellite could.
November 10, 2020 · 6:20 AM · LIGHT
Grove City, OH
I went out around 6:15 AM to look at the stars and planets. It was just before dawn, the eastern sky was a lovely orange when I noticed a bright light moving is a south easterly direction. The elevation was an estimated 60 degrees when I first noticed and about 30 degrees when I took my eyes away. This appeared to be because of the direction and not a loss in elevation. There were no blinking lights visible, appeared to be higher than planes normally appear, was fast but not unbelievably fast, and made no sudden turns. The only odd thing was that as it moved away and near the end of my sighting it looked like something ejected up from the object. It appeared as white streak of light flashing straight up for a fraction of a second and disappeared. I wear glasses and guess it was an imperfection in those or atmospheric illusion. I checked NASA for the position of the ISS and when I looked that path was south of me and the position when I was east of Florida. It certainly could be the ISS but did not do the math for something traveling 25,000 miles an hour. I guess the path to the southeast was close to what I witnessed. My bet in on the space station but hope it is something weird.
November 9, 2020 · 7:05 PM · LIGHT
Pomona, NJ
Event Details: At approximately 1900 hours I was leaving the CVS pharmacy located at 328 White Horse Pike in Pomona, New Jersey. As I was pulling out of the parking lot, I noticed a bright white ball rising from out of the tree line located directly behind the CVS and a construction site behind the store. The object got very bright and then faded back to its original luminosity. At this point I pulled my vehicle over and began recording the object with my phone. The object was very bright, round and about 1/10th the size of a full moon. I noticed that It was much larger a star or planet would be in the night sky. After rising from above the tree line the object than remained stationary just above the tree line for approximately a minute and a half and then its brightness began to fade until it was gone. I heard no noise that might have been associated with a helicopter or aircraft. I live relatively close to the Atlantic City international Airport and there was aircraft visible in the sky! at the same time as the object, however aircraft look very different than what I saw and are much smaller and further away in the sky and emit a blinking light.
November 9, 2020 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Stockton, CA
A friend and I were sitting in his car and I was looking up at the sky through the sun roof and noticed a bright light really high up in the sky. The light seemed odd because I’m used to seeing flashing lights from airplanes. At this point I told my friend to look at the light to verify I wasn’t loosing my mind. He quickly confirmed we were looking at something different. And out of no where the light shot up even higher swiftly and disappeared. No more than 30 seconds later here comes 2 more bright lights from the same direction and literally did the same thing. I thought it was done but no, 2 more came and shot up into the dark sky. In total we seen 5 different objects come and go in a matter of seconds but seemed like minutes
November 8, 2020 · 11:16 PM · LIGHT
Hunter, NY
Multi colored light. Can see faa red lights from planes passing under it. It moves around and not like satellites. Every Nov-Feb it shows up quite frequently. I do have video from my phone describing what I can. This is pretty frequent sighting!
November 8, 2020 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Oakdale, PA
I was laying in bed when I looked out of my window and saw a light in the sky. At first, I thought it was a plane, because the airport isn’t too far from my home, but it didn’t act like a plane. I was staying in one spot for a minute, and then it would move over a bit to the right and stop again. When it moved, it would leave a trail of light behind it. The UFO was also fading in and out, like the light would die out and then come back again. After watching it for a minute, it started making a decent at about at 45 degree angle, but I am unsure if it landed or not. The UFO was admitting a haze around itself, and looked like a shooting star at first.
November 7, 2020 · 5:28 AM · LIGHT
Arlington, VA
Travelling East along the Potomac River the object appeared to come to a stop over the Mall area over Washington, DC and hover at about 3,000 feet. The light appeared to travel along the approach path to Reagan National Airport but much higher than planes usually fly and had no blinking navigational aids. The object also did not descend as if it was going to land at National. Instead it maintained its altitude until it slowed down over the Mall area and began to make a slow but sharp turn back in the direction it came from. It did this twice and came to a stop. It remained stationary for the next fifteen minutes or so. While holding its position it continuously made small moves in a left-right motion and occasionally up and down. As the sun rose, the light slowly became less visible and then just disappeared. It appeared initially to be a white light (ball shaped) when we first noticed it then with binoculars noticed that it had subtle blue and yellow overtones.
November 6, 2020 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Grimsby (Canada), ON · Canada
Saw light going across the sky. Thought it was a shooting star or a meteor at first until it slowed down and eventually made small movements back and forth and also small circles. Another “light” appeared and was making the same type of movements in the same area. The lights eventually faded & disappeared after 2 to 3 minutes.
November 6, 2020 · 6:20 PM · LIGHT
Folsom, CA
Seven consecutive noiseless, extremely high altitude.single file in north easterly direction. First four approximately 20 seconds apart, a little longer for last three. Maybe 30 seconds apart.
November 6, 2020 · 5:00 PM · LIGHT
Swampscott, MA
It was way to far away to be any type of conventional aircraft with no blinking lights that moved around the planet Mars very quick before fading away.
November 5, 2020 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL
A plane from Ohare was flying nearby which gave a good perspective that it was not an airplane. I personally think it is a low flying satellite that may be used in bioterrorism spreading covid virus. I saw a similar light craft last month in Lake Geneva Wisconsin and nobody could figure out what it was either. The fact that I have seen this again is alarming. I think the military should investigate.
November 5, 2020 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Cascade, ID
On 11/5/20, about 8:15pm I stepped outside to let my dog out. When I looked up, I saw an unusual bright light in the southern sky. As I watched it, it suddenly changed direction and then moved erratically, both east and west. It was slightly red around the edge, but shape was not observable. I called for my wife to come see, and she was amazed to see it moving around in the sky, sometimes at great speed. She called her sister who lives close by. Within 10 minutes, her sister sent a text to say that she and her husband had seen three of these lights in the sky. I went back out and observed a second light moving in precise unison with the first one. They were much more overhead and the original one seemed much brighter than the second one. They continued to move around in the sky without any apparent direction for thirty minutes before I lost sight of them. This is my second time in the last 2 weeks of spotting this phenomena. The first episode was very similar, but only a single light was observed, and I was the only witness.
November 5, 2020 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Rutland, VT
Pulled out of parking lot onto street & and saw 3 green lights in the sky ahead of me while driving. It caught my eye because it was unusual in sight but also because of location in the sky. Definitely wasn’t an airplane or helicopter & it was moving slow or hovering. I finally pulled over to try & take a picture or video but it’s pace picked up & it was gone.