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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.
4,558 entries
November 30, 2023 · 11:26 AM · FORMATION
Woodstock, IL
Thursday Nov.30th, 2023 11:26 am cst Woodstock, IL. I'm looking North out my front window at an airliner high above me (75degrees up) traveling east in clear blue-sky and then another airliner going west came into view seconds later. That's when directly across my street facing North/3degrees East... I'll say 40degrees above horizon about 5 feet above the streetlight (it was not on) in my clear sight were 2 groups of silver bright lights/orbs (at least 20 in each group) with one circular group above the other in view for only about 10 seconds max when the lower group faded quickly into blue-sky then the group above faded immediately after into clear blue-sky too. There was no motion or movement just a fadeout. I stared for a few minutes and grabbed my binoculars to scan the sky but nothing there. I checked the time on my phone, and I decided to draw in pencil what was in my memory and write a description on the back of an envelope. Each circular group was about the size of my index fingernail held out arm's length. I waited a week to make a report, but I felt that I should still write this…. I told my 2 neighbors and showed them my drawing.
November 28, 2023 · 6:25 PM · FORMATION
Lawrence, MI
I was driving westbound on 94 towards Chicago. Suddenly 6 bright lights appeared above the horizon, not moving and in a vertical formation. The lights stayed still for at least 30 seconds and my eyes were glued to them. Eventually after about 40 seconds the top light flickered, then disappeared, then the bottom light did the same thing. The remaining four lights all followed suit from bottom to top in about 10 second intervals. These lights were not moving at all and appeared very far away in the sky. Even though they were in formation, they were not close together and had significant spacing in between them - which is why i dont think this was Star link. [NUFORC annotation: Flares - Possible]
November 13, 2023 · 6:05 PM · FORMATION
Longmont, CO
Initially spotted an an altitude of roughly 1000ft queue of 5 or 6 red lights following one another along a descending helical path (100 ft radius).
November 12, 2023 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
La Grange Park, IL
While looking west at approximately 8:00 pm I noticed a light coming fast from the south to the north several miles away and fairly low. As it crossed my position in front of me I could make out a shape with two points of light at each end. It continued north and then made a turn to the east and appeared to circle to the south as I lost sight of it. The shape was moving faster relative to the planes in the sky as I am situated on a flight path to midway airport and o’hare. I have seen military jets up close and didn’t hear the tell tale afterburners.
November 9, 2023 · 7:24 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedEden Prairie, MN
I was walking my dog with my father on the loop around my neighborhood, hidden oaks and basswood streets, when we saw a ring of 11 white orbs. We live in Eden Prairie, MN. I was watching from in front of the entrance of my neighborhood and the sidewalk/path near it. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
November 9, 2023 · 6:45 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalBatavia, IL
Standing in the Wendy's parking lot looking westbound over the Chase Bank parking lot at approximately 6:45 p.m. on November 9th, I witnessed 19 lights in a straight line appear out of the dark sky slowly float eastbound. The line of lights slowly changed brightness like the dimming of a dining room light in different sequences and then in gradation from one end to the other in a repeated pattern. As the single line of lights traveled eastbound overhead and higher into the sky the 19 lights starting at the most northern point started to dim out of existence until the last light went dark. This display of lights occurred for approximately 5 to 10 minutes. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
November 9, 2023 · 6:15 PM · FORMATION
Little Rock, IL
It appeared fixed in the black sky for 15 seconds. I was driving and couldn’t pull j er due to traffic. I rounded a bend and it appeared in a different area of the sky at the same elevation. It’s possible it was in the same location and just appeared to move due to orientation of the road but I don’t think so. Then it simply disappeared
November 9, 2023 · 5:58 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalWestminster, MD
A straight line of lights were moving slowly across the evening sky. Never saw anything like it. They all moved in a line following one another, some were solid and others were blinking. Only lasted maybe a few minutes if that. Their were many and not a small amount again moving in a straight line, slow! [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
November 8, 2023 · 6:29 PM · FORMATION
Seattle, WA
I don’t think they were airplanes, but there were many lights above the horizon moving individually. It wasn’t close to the airport, and there were planes I could see around.
November 5, 2023 · 7:52 PM · FORMATION
Santa Fe, FL
While driving towards Worthington Springs, FL from Lacrosse, FL with my husband, at 7:52pm, I noticed 2 bright, warm white lights in the sky. I compared it to headlights on a close hill, as it appeared much nearer than planets, stars, planes, etc. I had my husband pull up plane finder to see if any planes/helicopters were the culprit as we do have a nearby airport(but this still would have been very low for a plane.) I knew it was either stationary or moving towards us, as I couldn't see any movement. My husband took pictures but they are poor and do not show the formation. There is no cell tower in this area either. I lost sight of it behind the trees for a bit, then saw it again over a field. Here, I was able to get a view from the underside. (Horrible sketch attached.) It was 3 large, white, warm toned lights in a triangle formation, with smaller lights speckled about, all the same color. It was dark surrounding all these lights, but I cant tell you for certain that this was "a craft" as opposed to a product of my mind. I did understand it to be such. This did not look like any aircraft we know of or could Google. It appeared to be slowly moving in the direction we came from at this point. I kept driving and lost sight again, never seeing it cross the road in my rear view mirror. This object also did not have any sound and was visible for 4 minutes without much movement. It was definitely larger over the field, but we were driving toward it, so it's hard to tell what the movement distance/speed really was. It began about penny size then was golfball at second appearance. It was no longer there on our trip back ~20 minutes later. I will attach a picture from when we first saw it, but it isn't worth anything as it just appears as a blob of white light. (You will see two poles on the side of the road, mid photo. Look immediately above those. Other lights visible are reflections from my dash.) Terrible sketch shows the underside(I originally tried to draw it at an angle, like I saw it, but I can't.) I tried to illustrate the darkness around the lights. The positioning is all accurate. Feel free to text me about this. I'm not putting "I'd like to be contacted" because I feel like that's a waste of your time, but if you need anything, message me.
November 4, 2023 · 7:27 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalClayton, NC
Saw flashing lights in night sky that were in a formation. It was flying fairly low [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
November 1, 2023 · 12:50 AM · FORMATION
Culver Town, KY
I seen the light do multiple things disappear come back go into mist shoot up real quick start falling down look like it was blowing up it was crazy it changed colors went into different object shapes legit crazy experience I have it all on record
October 31, 2023 · 4:00 AM · FORMATION
Perris, CA
Several lights about 6 or 7 blinking red and appeared to be evenly spaced and and blinking in synchronized manner from right to left. Appeared to be all one solid piece by the blinking and spacing all moving evenly across the sky. Obtained some video of it. If lights were one solid object then this object was massive. Estimate about 300 yards across. Disappeared as it floated out of sight moving west toward Orange County Ca.
October 29, 2023 · 8:09 PM · FORMATION
Holden, UT
I do not know how many objects it was. There appeared to be about six lights in a row that were connected to each other by lighted straight lines. It disappeared instantly after about five seconds of noticing it. I wondered if it was a reflection, but it was dark, the moon had not risen above the horizon, and there were few vehicles around me. I was traveling at about 8:00 p.m. northbound on Interstate 15 just north of Holden, Utah, Millard County. I can submit a drawing if desired. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
October 27, 2023 · 6:47 PM · FORMATION
San diego, CA
At 6:47pm while sitting at Kate sessions park in San Diego my 3 friends and I noticed some mysterious lights in the distance over the military base north island. There were 5 lights spaced out and seemed to reconfigure to 3 into a shape of a triangle. Then they proceeded to form a straight line. At this point there were 4 lights. They eventually all vanished. [NUFORC annotation: Flares - Possible]
October 26, 2023 · 5:45 PM · FORMATION
Worcester, MA
Walking outside of my job, I looked up to see the moon and noticed the larger object hovering. After a minute or so I got another employee and asked if they saw the same thing. They saw the larger object and as I continued to look I saw 2 smaller ones come into view. They then came together into a triangle arrangement before disappearing. From when I saw the first object til when they disappeared was about 10 minutes. Also about 10 minutes after losing sight of the object a helicopter flew around the area.
October 20, 2023 · 11:00 PM · FORMATION
Marvell, AR
There was 8 bright lights in the sky they hovered in one spot for an hour. They started going out 2 at a time every 30 minutes. I also have pictures of the objects.
October 17, 2023 · 7:39 PM · FORMATION
Not sure, MN
I saw a series of three sets of individual lights close together that were white yellow in color but widely spaced apart. The first two lights in the series of three were small and one larger. This was true of all three widely spaced sets of lights. The two smaller lights moved forward and became one light and they did this in unison constantly. Hovering of the lights lasted about a minute and a half at about 11 o’clock in the sky. Then the lights went slightly to the northeast and then straight up and disappeared. There was no sound anywhere. I had pulled over my truck and turned off the lights, and got out, so I could see them better. There were no lights on in my vehicle to reflect on the windshield and almost no lights to reflect in the surrounding area except way behind me. There was no moon only stars and I could not see the outline of any trees. I was talking to my friend on the phone hands-free when I saw them appear, and was completely amazed.
October 15, 2023 · 11:34 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalIndianapolis, IN
Will attach video of exact sighting [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Probable]
October 15, 2023 · 9:35 PM · FORMATION
Indianapolis, IN
It was brilliant color detail sprite like orbs dancing in the sky
October 8, 2023 · 9:59 PM · FORMATION
Suffolk, VA
They appeared quickly with no noise traveling Se to Nw across the sky. It happened so quickly it’s hard to describe exactly. At first it appeared to fly as one object with four lights, before they went behind trees they shifted from diamond formation to a disorganized shape. They made no noise and I feel like they were flying at a height of non commercial flight. It was me my wife and a neighbor and his wife in our hot tub watching meteor shower.
October 8, 2023 · 10:07 AM · FORMATION
El Cajon, CA
While having my trees trimmed on Sunday, October 8th at 10:07 AM my wife noticed a bunch of shiny flying objects. I immediately started filming. I captured 1.5 minutes and iPhone quality video. I wish I gave it my full attention until they completely disappeared. There were no sharp movements that I could tell. My wife thought they were drones. They were very high altitude and seemed to flash a little. After the video I checked back a few minutes later. The large group seemed to be disbursed. The few remaining visual objects i could see were further west than previously spotted.
October 3, 2023 · 7:04 PM · FORMATION
Erie, PA
We watched the object fly around slowly and I was able to get a couple pictures as it got closer to us before it gain altitude until it was just a dot and couldn’t see it anymore. Completely silent but I don’t know how far away it was. My phone goes to 15X zoom.
October 2, 2023 · 2:02 PM · FORMATION
Taylorville, IL
20 white craft with forward swept wings flying in formation with no sound at all at a fairly high altitude, probably 15,000 to 20,000 ft.