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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
October 17, 2020 · 7:00 AM · LIGHT
Compton, CA
I saw about 7 or 8 bright orange lights hovering over lynwood California. 2 decanted from the flight formation to ground level and rejoin with the main group. Then they start to blink out.
October 17, 2020 · 6:45 AM · LIGHT
Trophy club, TX
WALKING DOG THIS MORNING AND VIEWED THE WESTERN SKY. STILL DARK OUTSIDE. I THINK IT WAS AROUND THE TAURUS CONSTELLATION. TWO DIM LIGHTS APPROXIMATELY ONE AT 11 O'CLOCK POSITION AND FOUR O'CLOCK POSITION...NOT CLOSE TO EACH OTHER... INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND SIZE...FROM A DOT TO THE SIZE OF VENUS IN THE EASTERN SKY. APPEARED AS IF COMING INTO EARTHS ATMOSPHERE...THE STRANGE PART IS THEY WERE MOVING TOGETHER IN TANDEM. TRIED TO TAKE PHOTO BUT IT DID NOT COME OUT ON MY IPHONE. WATCHED THESE OBJECTS GET CLOSER TO EARTH FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES...THEN THEY DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY. THESE WERE NOT AIRCRAFT LIGHTS...SOMETHING ELSE.
October 17, 2020 · 5:30 AM · LIGHT
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
5:30 AM. It was dark (sunrise wasn’t until 7:09 AM). As I was getting cereal out of a cabinet near the kitchen window, I noticed a single, bright light that appeared to be rotating but staying approximately in the same place. I heard no sounds. There were only two visible stars (probably because of NYC light pollution, and because there was a bright security floodlight on a rooftop corner off to the left), and they were smaller, dimmer, unchanging, and not flickering. As I watched, I did see a much smaller blinking red light moving slowly in the sky toward the right edge and then out of my visual field, which looked like normal airplane activity—the contrast between this light and the brighter, larger stationary one served to affirm the uniqueness of the latter. I got my phone and recorded the light for about 45 seconds, unfortunately without raising the window screen because doing so is very noisy. I called my husband to the window (he is skeptical about th! is kind of thing) and asked him what he saw. He described what I described and said that the fact that the lighted object was stationary—not requiring propulsion to stay aloft, and clearly “spinning”—he couldn’t understand what it could possibly be. He left the room, and I went to the refrigerator for a second, and then turning back to look out the window, the light had completely disappeared. (What appears to be fast-moving light at the end of the video is actually my phone moving.) I wonder if anyone else saw this.
October 16, 2020 · 8:34 PM · LIGHT
Oklahoma City, OK
I witnessed 31 aircraft flying in a military or migratory bird formation over Oklahoma City between Council Rd. and County Line Rd. They appeared from the south, flying north, at 8:34pm. I ran inside to get my phone and take video. These crafts, (bright and solid white lights in the sky), were around 10-15,000 feet high. They were flying faster than what a plane would be at that height, but not anything crazy fast. They didn’t make a sound, which is weird considering that there were 31 of them. I can’t get any information out of local airports and my camera could not pick up any of the lights. I’ve tried editing it for color and background, but haven’t been successful. I don’t know if it’s my editing skills, or if these craft can only be seen in thermal radar, but i know what I saw and I’d like to know if anyone can help me in this matter. Thank you.
October 16, 2020 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Lewiston, NY
An object that appeared as a light was hovering in the sky. It was a far distance from where I was standing. It appeared to bounce a bit in the sky while hovering in the same location. My wife and I were the observers.
October 16, 2020 · 6:15 AM · LIGHT
Tacoma, WA
Took my dog outside for her morning walk before I leave for work like normal. I looked up to the sky’s, it was a clear morning, no clouds or fog. I notice what looked like stars but moving across the sky. There were more the could count. They were all moving In The same direction, coming from the south headed north (Lakewood area traveling north directly over the gig harbor bridge). I remember seeing some brighter then Others and some moving faster also. Not sure what it was but this isn’t the 1st time seeing this. I have seen this same anomaly 3xs now. Not as many lights before but moving in the same direction south to north over the bridge. Also they were all at different times all while it was dark outside. And within the past year.
October 15, 2020 · 7:50 PM · LIGHT
Graton, CA
15 Oct 2020 UFO sighting outside Santa Rosa California at 19:50 hours At 19:50 hours I saw three lights in the western sky, far away, probably near the California coast or over the Pacific Ocean. The white, pink, and red lights always stayed very close together moving independently of each other and moving as a group “buzzing around” much like a bee buzzes around a group of flowers. Movement was very tight up and down right to left and every so often they would instantly travel a small distance in some direction and then start buzzing again. I called Peter Davenport and now I am filing this report. I came out at 20:00 hours to witness the same group of lights about the same distance away however they were now much lower right on the horizon. I came out at 20:30 hours and did not see the lights in the western sky anymore, and turning around I now saw this same cluster of lights in the northern sky above Cobb Mountain and the Geysers, where there is geothermal activity and electrical power plants using the steam from the Geysers to power the turbines to produce electricity.
October 15, 2020 · 6:25 AM · LIGHT
Bellingham, WA
There was a line of silent lights moving east over Seahome Arboretum. They weren't perfectly in line and didn't use normal plane flying formations. They appeared from behind a cloud and disappeared behind the tree line.
October 15, 2020 · 6:20 AM · LIGHT
Algona, WA
This morning at 6:20 am I spotted what appeared to be stars that were moving in a clustered group As many as I could count 51 total They came from the north and crossed the sky heading east Then they slowly disappeared out of sight
October 15, 2020 · 6:05 AM · LIGHT
Bremerton, WA
0605 October 15th , 2020 8 miles from Bremerton, WA I took my dogs outside and looked up at the clear morning sky to admire the stars without cloud cover – for a change. I immediately noticed a long line of bright lights (14 in all) moving swiftly from west to north east. They were in a staggered line formation in loose groups of ones, twos and threes. They were very high, only slightly larger than background stars, which they were occluding. While they were in sight for only approximately 20 to 30 seconds, they were easily distinguishable as to be able to count accurately. I waited another two minutes, but no more presented themselves.
October 15, 2020 · 12:10 AM · LIGHT
Lakeview, OH
It floated relatively stably, moved slowly but not laterally like a fixed wing aircraft, and entirely too quiet to be rotary. My phone has a really great camera that does image stabilization, so the video shows the movement of the light as well as the maple branch off to the left of the screen without relaying my shaking. I have also included a secondary video of the sky, taken later, to show the difference in the brightest object available (Mars), as well as other stars, to show how difficult it is for the video camera to normally pick up faint light.
October 14, 2020 · 12:00 PM · LIGHT
Cary, NC
Witnessed silver object that would shine bright when the sun reflected looked as if it was slowly spinning but staying in one place. I was driving on 540 towards RDU. Hope someone reads this who saw it too.
October 14, 2020 · 6:05 AM · LIGHT
Philomath, OR
As bright as the moon, moving west to east passing over the last star in the handle of the big dipper, so maybe 35deg above the horizon. All matched Speed and random distancing however, seemed to be somewhat evenly spaced. Some small grouping (3) per group. Appeared out of west, fading up into full brightness from the same spot, running in a fairly straight line to the east, covering aprox 1/3 of the center of the sky. From fade in to fade out, aprox 60sec. Speed would be the same as an cessna 182 @ 1000ft AGL at level flight speed. I have been involved with Aviation since 1969, and this is my first "reporting" of this type of event. I have experienced others in the past, but usually way out to sea and off the standard jetway. Somebody else HAD TO HAVE ALSO got this show. This was way way to obvious.
October 14, 2020 · 5:45 AM · LIGHT
Mt. Angel, OR
The was a string of lights in the sky all one behind the other traveling in the same direction in a single line. About 5 to 7, moving at a medium speed. The were overhead moving west to east. There were as bright as the brightest stars. Very strange.
October 14, 2020 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
mountain grove, MO
One white ball of light appeared above the trees and was flying straight did a s in the sky then dissapeared
October 13, 2020 · 7:37 PM · LIGHT
Port Crane, NY
Blinking red and white light North east around the Pleiades cluster Have been watching it for almost an hour, now currently at 20:29 its is still there Couldn’t see it on camera
October 13, 2020 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Battle Creek, MI
Hello, I’m writing you because I just started a new job working at a hotel in Battle Creek,Mi and last week I saw the blue light while taking a picture of the moon while outside on my break and I thought something was wrong with my phone camera. I was off for the rest of the week until last night and I just went out (5:00 am) to take another break and this was my first time seeing the moon all night, and I noticed a small light underneath the moon that was not there last week, so I took a picture and oddly that same blue light was back. I took a closer up picture and it was still there in the same place it was last week. You cannot see this blue light without the camera. I did not use any filters on the camera either I usually don’t so I can capture the true beauty of the moon. Could someone maybe take a look at this and tell me what they think it could be? I came to the conclusion that it’s definitely not a bug because there was nothing flying in front of ! my phone.
October 12, 2020 · 5:25 AM · LIGHT
Center Conway, NH
Northern night sky, 50 degrees from horizontal, a stationary light suddenly and quickly moved northward (towards Canada) until out of sight. I initially mistook it for a star ... until it started moving! ((ADDENDUM FROM WTNESS)) Correction 5:25 AM @ 10/12/20 report CORRECTION: 5:25 AM not PM. ((END ADDENDUM))
October 12, 2020 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Wellington (Canada), ON · Canada
I seen this same thing about 10 years ago over Lake Ontario in Prince Edward County. What looks like a shooting star goes across the sky, stops for about 20 seconds then zig zags to new position in sky ridiculously fast, then a second one falls the first ones original path and takes up the 1st position of the 1st light then they both zip to new positions and a 3rd follows these patterns. Eventually after many zig zags the first one zips out of site heading east north east. The 2 remaining stars continue to same point of departure before following same trajectory/path of the first. mckrae@msn.com
October 11, 2020 · 7:00 AM · LIGHT
Milton, FL
At 6:45 AM my family of 5 started out on our morning walk of 80 minutes in Milton Florida. My young children love the moon, so I looked up at the sky to point it out to them. Next to the moon we saw a bright mass about 1 hands width away from the moon. The object looked like a super bright, white star that was about 10 times larger than a "regular" star. If I held a flax seed in my fingers and put it against the sky at arms length, this is about the size the object seemed to be in the sky. My two older children (6 and 4), my husband, and my mom were all able to see the object. The object was stationary upon my first observations. The color was a bright white. The object had better clarity than the moon and was more white than the moon. The moon looked grey or bluish next to the object. The object appeared to be slightly darker in the center and the shape was ever so slightly oblong. It was immediately obvious that it was a new feature in the sky. W! e watched it for several minutes and took a video and pictures. We then continued on our walk and periodically while on our walk, we checked the object and noted its position relative to the moon. The moon was on its path across the sky, but the object seemed to shift from one to two hand lengths from the moon over the next 5 hours. The color never changed, except that as the sun rose higher in the sky,the darker center seemed to lighten up. This could have been due to more light in sky from the sun. I contacted relatives across the US. Locations were Wyoming, Arizona, and Ohio. Ohio sky was covered by rain clouds and Wyoming sky was covered by forest fire smoke. My step sister in Arizona could not see the object where she was. Between 9am and 10am I sat outside and watched the object with my kids. I tried to determine all I could. It did not change shape or color. The Location did change over the time it was viewable, but the movement was as gradual as the moons movement. It seemed to stay between 1 and 2 hand-widths away from the moon. It was 100% obvious in the sky. It looked like a bright white star that was about 10 times larger than a star. Initially (7am), the object was 45 degrees up from the horizon, but by 11am, the object was just about straight above me. The shift was gradual, as slight as the moon shifting positions. Around 11am, I drove to my mom's house in Gulf Breeze Florida. She was able to see the object as well from her location. When I arrived at her location, the clouds obstructed my view but the clouds were low and moving fast so I was able to check the location over the next few hours. I left Gulf Breeze around 4pm and there were too many clouds in the sky for me to determine the objects location. The last view was around 2pm. The object was straight up in the sky. My husband was working on Hurlburt field from 11am until 10pm on this day. Clouds obstructed his view for much of the day. The sky was clear by his drive home around 9 pm, but the object was not in the sky as far he could tell. He took pictures of the object as well.
October 11, 2020 · 7:00 AM · LIGHT
Weiser, ID
Craft was moving side to side for a moment, and then performed a swirl up and to the right of my vision. Then the light went out. Within a couple of seconds it lit up again and did the same swirl pattern, and the light went out again. Then it lit up red, then the light went out again. Then lit up white again and zoomed out of sight and diagonal right of my vision.
October 11, 2020 · 4:55 AM · LIGHT
Lemoore, CA
Close to 5 AM several fast moving lights flew above me in a somewhat straight line. Each one looked mostly round with a slight triangle shape at the end. They flew by in an interesting pattern. One would appear then quickly shine bright for just a moment and then go back to it’s normal lighting that was equivalent to a stars lighting. Then the next one would do the same. None of them shined bright at the same time and they all only shined extremely bright once. They somehow shined brightest in the exact same spot in the sky. They kept appearing out of nowhere and then quickly passed me by. It was beautiful and I first thought I was seeing meteors, but they didn’t have the same appearance. They were somewhat close together, I’d say each new appearance was about 4 seconds behind the last one. I couldn’t believe how fast they moved and just how close they seemed. I immediately googled it to see what I saw and I came across the Elon Musk satellites and thought maybe that was it, but I watched the video of those satellites to compare and it was not the same. This was not a perfectly straight line nor was it lit looking circles. They were close to circles, but more like a shape I haven’t seen before. Almost like how a child draws a fish with a circle and a triangle, but still slightly different than that and soundless. It was like my whole town was muted and I heard nothing, but myself saying, “Wow!”. Lemoore is home to a naval base so I was hoping that someone else caught this, but so far have not seen any news of it. I watch the sky most evenings and have found that the later I am out there, the more I see moving. Mostly I see satellites, but I have seen quite a few lights that were headed one way then quickly went up, down, or completely opposite of where it was going. Some have flown so close to one another and then stop and from my perspective it looks like they are having a standoff of some sort. Maybe curiosity toward each other or territorial issues. I’m not sure, but I am definitely never going to forget those moments.
October 10, 2020 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Charlemont, MA
I was camping in my friend’s field and around midnight was finally about to fall asleep when I saw a bright red light appear in the sky, then fade away to an almost white twinkle, then flash on again, then fade. Several times this happened. My first thought was that it was a meteor, but it was raining so the stars weren’t even out. A plane was my next rationalization, but it wasn’t moving in any direction, just still in the sky. Next I thought drone, but there’s no footage to be taken in the middle of the night in the rain. I kept staring and contemplating when 3 or 4 other red lights started turning on and off around the main red light that was fading in and out still, as if creating a pattern around the center light. I watched for another minute or so, even closed my eyes and asked myself if I was just dreaming, opened them again, and it was all still happening up in the sky. I finally turned over, pulled my sleeping bag over my head and began ignoring what was going on out of fear, really. I couldn’t even muster a picture because I wasn’t sure if that would set som! ething off or something. The next morning I googled UFO sightings in Western Mass, and was astonished to find a 5 year old article from the Valley Advocate with a picture of likely the exact same thing I had seen! So bizarre.
October 10, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
(Unspecified by witness), KY
Saw several lights moving around the sky in an odd pattern. Lights would go away and then come back several minutes later. Lights moved all over the sky. Sometimes close together at times far apart.