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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
December 18, 2023 · 11:03 PM · FIREBALL
Hudson, FL
I was sitting on my porch on my computer when this red ball of light appeared from the darkness. I thought it was a flare at first but the way it had appeared out of no where and had no visible tail made me think other wise. It slowly faded to yellow and then to gray before floating there. This was when I recorded it on my phone. [NUFORC annotation: Flares - Possible]
December 18, 2023 · 8:35 PM · FIREBALL
Lebanon, OR
My mom, sister and I were leaving my mom's house when we noticed what appeared to be some kind of aircraft way up high, but it looked like it was on fire. It was orange, BRIGHT orange. Despite this, it was flying calmly and making sudden turns every now and then. It took another sharp turn before suddenly disappearing completely. Unfortunately I was unable to get photo or video evidence.
December 14, 2023 · 7:50 PM · FIREBALL
Myrtle Beach, SC
Witnessed a mesmerizing celestial display tonight as unidentified objects adorned the sky. Initially, a singular amber-orange light gracefully danced, casting an ethereal glow. Its transient presence was followed by the emergence of two more enigmatic entities, creating an awe-inspiring cosmic ballet. Amidst this celestial spectacle, a green drone or helicopter traversed the firmament, momentarily converging with one of the luminous amber orbs, creating a momentary illusion of celestial convergence. This captivating cosmic performance unfolded across various sections of the night sky, enchanting the observer for a duration of approximately 5 minutes. In the middle of writing this i was able to get it on video not the best camera but it should help. The time was around 7:25pm till now, 7:48 PM. It's still on.
December 7, 2023 · 12:33 PM · FIREBALL
Memphis, TN
I hope this email finds you well. My name is MichaelMcKinney, and I am writing to bring to your attention a peculiar occurrence I observed in my backyard yesterday. At approximately 11 til 2pm, I noticed a strange object in the night sky beaming down from above. The sighting seemed unusual, and I thought it might be of interest to NASA. While I understand there could be various explanations for such phenomena, I wanted to report it in case it aligns with any ongoing observations or investigations. Please find the attached videos for your reference. I appreciate your time and attention to this matter. Thank you for your dedication to exploring and understanding the mysteries of our universe.
November 24, 2023 · 6:30 PM · FIREBALL
Houston, TX
Looked like a firework initially; acompanied by some type of low whistle and then disappeared instantaneously.
October 21, 2023 · 11:45 PM · FIREBALL
Monroe, NC
I saw a bright orange/yellow light hanging in the sky, brighter than any star or planet by far. While watching it, it suddenly moved south for a moment then suddenly stopped again. After a few seconds it quickly moved north out of my line of sight.
October 18, 2023 · 7:33 PM · FIREBALL
Forestville, MD
On October 20th 2023, I examined my doorbell camera footage from October the 16th through the 19th and discovered a bright light the size of an aspirin over to the south/southwest direction from my home. As it ascended, the roundish white light seem to have shifted direction away from me because the size immediately shrunk, but still ascending. As the object got to the top of the video, I noticed another smaller bluish/white orb following behind it.
October 11, 2023 · 8:29 PM · FIREBALL
Oak Ridge, TN
My son and I just saw a ufo that was a red dot the size of mars when its close. It then went straight up 75ft and as we watched it slowed… so I said "we don’t wanna talk or have nothing to do with you" and it instantly went out. It reminds me of the night I first mailed you. It was more of a wiil of wisp then a ufo. Just happened five minutes ago
October 8, 2023 · 6:00 PM · FIREBALL
Greenwich, NY
We were looking out the window when my girlfriend pointed out these strange balls of lights that were chasing each other around, they flew around randomly then 1 of them split into 2 and then there was 3 of them chasing around until they went over the mountain
October 5, 2023 · 1:00 AM · FIREBALL
Liberty, KY
Me and my family were observing to see if the deer were able to eat the cover crops at about 1am the ground was frozen hard and school had been canceled for the 3rd week in a row due to snow on this night it was below 0 degrees like many that had passed we were looking at some deer when my mom started screaming and crying that it was the end of the world and began to pray with her doing so I burst into tears and looked toward the sky to witness what she was so upset about when I seen a huge fireball plumiting to earth with a bunch of smaller fireballs behind it my brother which has passed since and my father were speechless we actually thought it was going to crash on our truck so my dad grinds our old 72 Ford 3 speed colum shift in reverse and we move away as it crashed into a field and across a hilltop and was kept quiet by my father because noone believed it at the local store. For years everytime I would pass the field on a school bus I would turn to look there so 33 years later I was telling my daughter this event that took place that night and she ask me if I ever want and looked and I remember that someone had an accident on that farm and Noone was allowed to be on the farm per insurance so when I checked to see who owned it it was my old high school principal and he gave consent to look for anything and I believe that I have located whatever it was burning that fell that night and it will be the size of a school bus or a little bigger.
October 4, 2023 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL
Near Fareham · United Kingdom
Several red balls like splodges about 9 or 10. Seemed to be following each other. Stopped and hovered occasionally. Watched them for about 15 minutes then they gradually disappeared. I was the only person at home looking out of my kitchen window. I am 69 years old with 20 20 vision and wearing my glasses. I hold a certificate in ufology.
September 30, 2023 · 8:15 PM · FIREBALL
Fontana, CA
As I was leaving my house , I realize two bright red orbs going at a very fast speed and one looks like it was following the other. I kept filming and the first one suddenly vanish , it’s not the first time I’ve witness weird activity in this area , around October last year around 10 ish at night I witness a huge laser beam in the sky and saw it slightly vanish and turn into a dot
September 29, 2023 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Kent, WA
I live near aviation traffic, but I love that because I have been an aviation fan since I was a kid. I mention this because even though I live under the approach/departure patterns for both KBFI and KSEA and love plane spotting, but what I saw were absolutely not planes. At first I thought they were, because they were flying together and I thought that was a bit odd, but could be two Blue Angels or other fighters doing something, but it soon became apparent they weren't that either. There was absolutely no sound. It is absolutely impossible for those two fireballs to be aircraft. The color of what would have been landing lights were more orange/amber than an aircraft and as they got closer, the "aura" around them was just odd. Another characteristic was that as the flew from past me from north (or perhaps northeast, I can't remember exactly) they started dipping and diving like they were playing with each other and seemed to undulate crossing each other kind of like a double helix pattern, but then got closer and closer to each other in little small skips or bumps, but smoothly. All this happened within just a couple of minutes, half of which was spent trying to to process what I was seeing and the other half in amazement, leaving no time for a photo, so I know the attached photo is horrible because my phone lens was dirty, it was night and I was a bit nervous and trembling, but this was what I captured before the two flew off to the south. I'm also attaching a phot of the background after they left and I was more stable. Lens was still dirty though.
September 29, 2023 · 8:05 PM · FIREBALL
gadsden, AL
me & wife were sitting on the front porch when over the tree line came a basketball size fire ball around 1000ft in the air and flying in a straight line before disappearing. we have video on both of our phones and pictures relevant to similar sightings involving similar objects. this is the 1st time either of us has seen anything like this and we both agree it wasn't natural or man made that we know of. we honestly do not know.
September 25, 2023 · 1:50 AM · FIREBALL
IdentifiedTehachapi, CA
I was sitting on my 2nd story back porch facing south at 1:50AM when a large fireball erupted up and over the hill and silently billowed out colorful flames. They were blue, orange, and pink- very vibrant with a smoky trail. It then changed to a horizontal trajectory and faded into an orange orb in a vertical column if light with a faint orange trail. It then slowly and silently floated from southwest to southeast of my location, taking a curved path across the valley Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
September 16, 2023 · 7:45 PM · FIREBALL
Clearfield, UT
7 year old and his friend noticed a fireball in the sky while jumping on the trampoline. It was just before sunset. They took pictures and ran in to tell us but when we went to look it was gone.
September 14, 2023 · 11:55 PM · FIREBALL
Wheaton, IL
On Thursday, September 14 at approximately 11:55 pm while I was headed home, I was driving west on Butterfield Road right before crossing Naperville Road in Wheaton when I witnessed a giant, neon green fireball/sphere-like object with irregular/jagged edges leaving a long trail of green behind it flying angled downward from the sky traveling south to north - right behind/above a stripmall where TJ Maxx and other stores are. I had my windows rolled up, but didn’t hear any sound. It disappeared behind the buildings and I couldn’t tell how close it was, but it seemed like it was right in the sky in front of me up ahead. I heard no sound of impact. The whole event was only a few seconds as it traveled extremely fast. It was the most surreal and bizarre thing I’ve ever seen. Only 1 other car was driving next to me at the time with no others on the road.
September 12, 2023 · 12:05 AM · FIREBALL
Panorama City, CA
It looked like a flame had shot up into the sky with various beautiful vibrant colors then after it went up high from the ground it turned into a steady vibrant colored ball in the sky then the object started coming back down camouflaging like the sky this time looking like a huge shadow in the shape of a large disk that looked like a darker color of the sky but waves of vibrant colors surrounded it not letting it fully camouflage. Object then continued to circle around in the sky and eventually flying out of sight .
September 11, 2023 · 7:56 PM · FIREBALL
Norristown, PA
Was on my deck. Saw two orbs like fireballs moving slowly. As they went over a hole, I lost view and then noticed a third. I then sent the two reappear and noticed a black balloon or parachute type of object descending.
September 9, 2023 · 9:32 PM · FIREBALL
North Richmond Hill, ON · Canada
The red orbs were spotted moving laterally and horizontally before they disappeared up high in the sky. The orbs did not move like asteroids as they moved too quickly and different directions and they were in groups of 3 before more emerged. Although I have video … it is too long in length.
September 7, 2023 · 11:01 PM · FIREBALL
omaha, NE
Bright red ,round object slowly moving across the sky .Fiery red with one third lights in front.The object was so intense in color that the lights looked pink. Moved across the sky and dipped down a little then kept traveling west,at a slow speed. No sound,no trails,just gliding.Just one object seen. So,so bright red
September 4, 2023 · 9:46 PM · FIREBALL
Benfleet, ESSEX · United Kingdom
The crafts looked different from one another. They had lights moving fast in different directions and going up and down. The lights were red, white and green. One of the crafts was shaped like a diamond. They moved away in different directions. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
September 4, 2023 · 12:10 AM · FIREBALL
IdentifiedClearwater, FL
Bright orange fireball visible but rocket/jet not visible just the orange glow that left a straight intense orange trail as the object traveled from SW to NE that traveled at supersonic speed and dissipated within 30-45 seconds as it traveled beyond my horizon (oak trees blocked view as it traveled northeast). Starlink-103 (6-12) Falcon 9 SpaceX LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
September 3, 2023 · 10:50 PM · FIREBALL
Saint Petersburg, FL
Husband was driving down 275 and I was looking at the moon and noticed a very large red orb in the sky. At first thought it was a planet or star but it was too large. Then i thought it could be a plane but there were no blinking lights and it was completely still at first. I kept watching and it turned and was it then looked almost like an L shape. I saw what I believe were bright red lights and it looked like there was fire coming out of it. It started moving across the sky trying light behind it and then suddenly completely disappeared. Don't know if this matters but I was feeling symptoms of anxiety a few minutes prior to seeing the object.