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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.
8,980 entries
December 19, 2023 · 6:53 AM · UNKNOWN
Early, IA
The object flying headed from West to East at a fairly slow pace, there were two white/yellow blinking lights close together flashing at the same time. The object suddenly shifted very slowly to the South and went a little further before one light went out, the other dimmed and the object stopped. It then sat for about one minute before it slowly turned back to the West and that light dimmed even further. I looked down to send a message to a friend about it and then when I looked back up no lights were further visible and it was nowhere in sight. It was too windy and early in the morning for me to think it was a drone, but seemed smaller than a regular air craft. It didn’t look to be that far away but it was dark and difficult to get a shape on it. It flew flat, not ascending or descending. My son watched it fly with me but we couldn’t figure out what it was. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
December 15, 2023 · 1:32 PM · UNKNOWN
Buena Vista, GA
Unknown black object is burning in the air (not exactly sure it is burning). [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
December 15, 2023 · 5:32 AM · UNKNOWN
Ottawa, ON · Canada
Looks similar to the brightness and size of the north star but it is moving slightly, as if its scanning the earth from the skies. There is a top light, and then 3 smaller lights below, in a bell shape. The object moves horizontally.
December 15, 2023 · 4:11 AM · UNKNOWN
Parks, AZ
I captured this in Flagstaff AZ near the peaks at 8000' elevation while doing a time lapse to capture Geminid meteors. I was there from 4pm 12-14 until 8am the next morning 12 -15. My camera was set to capture a photo every second (25 second exposures.) I was in my van sleeping when this happened. I only saw what I captured today after going through the images. I have taken tens of thousands of images of the night sky the past 8 years and have never caught anything like this before. Nothing like this appeared in any of the hundreds of images that I took on this night nor has it appeared before or since. The camera was near my van, and my dog in the van would have started barking if anything came near the camera or my van, and I also would have heard something. I have no explanation of what this was. Strangely, I saw or heard no animals on this night, and also not another human soul was seen the entire night. It was oddly dead silent. I have come here hundreds of times the past 10 years, and this was the first time that I captured this.
December 14, 2023 · 10:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Probable conventionalBrownstown Charter Township, MI
I took my dog out to potty before bed. Very clear evening, I noticed right away a very bright what I thought was an aircraft. As looked closer I saw that the object/ light was not moving. I went into the house and got my iPhone and recorded it for about a minute and a half. I watched it for at least 10 minutes and it never moved. The object was pulsating and emitting quickly changing colored lights. I zoomed in and it appeared that the object was changing shape from round to multi lobed. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
December 12, 2023 · 8:15 PM · UNKNOWN
West Harrison, IN
Approximate Coordinates: 39°13'N 84°51'W Approximate Time: 20:15-20:25 (UTC-5:00) EST Direction of Travel: Northeasterly to Southeasterly Approximate Length of Sighting: 12 seconds Viewers: Myself and my wife once I got her attention towards it Facing the eastern sky from my driveway as we were getting out of our vehicle coming home from dinner when I noticed a fast moving "glittering" trail of red/white/blue moving from Beta Tauri in the Taurus constellation towards the Orion constellation between Alnitak & Mintaka of Orion's belt and down towards the horizon. In front of the moving "glittering" trail was something that was not possible to make out. The trail extended out in the sky about what would be a 9in. or 22.86cm length if holding a ruler at arm's length towards the sky, and followed whatever object was moving through the sky. This object and trail moved past the horizon. I wish I had the time to have pulled out my Galaxy S23 Ultra to try and capture pictures/video of this event but it went too fast and I was too excited to see something new in the sky. I could not find any satellite or Starlink trackers that would show any potential sightings at that time as they only provide me with the upcoming sightings. This did not resemble any meteor we have ever seen before but it was beautiful and fascinating. Anybody able to help determine if what we saw was something prosaic? I would love to know what it might have been and if we can track it to see it again.
December 12, 2023 · 5:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Greenville, MS
Two red blinking lights that moved down. The lights were stationary and definitely not a plane or helicopter.
December 11, 2023 · 2:14 PM · UNKNOWN
Litchfield, SC
I was driving south on highway 17 south toward Litchfield Beach, SC. In front of me in the clear blue sky was what appeared to be something flying in all directions. Up, down, left, right. As it would turn and flip and flash of light would be seen.
December 11, 2023 · 5:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Fareham, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
I was awake at 5am when I saw this thing in the sky not even lying it was moving left right up and down and at some points it was disappearing and then appearing again. At some point it looked like someone peeked out of it? To my view it had 4 round lights on each side. And it didn’t move it was just doing the movements in one spot it always stayed the same place
December 7, 2023 · 6:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Mill Valley, CA
15-20 objects moving east across the sky
December 1, 2023 · 10:25 AM · UNKNOWN
Albion, ME
Some sort of craft came close to where I was in Albion, Maine today. It came down just 150 to 200 meters above some nearby trees and it was using some sort of cloaking tech because it was using all of the surrounding colors to shield its appearance and I could taste a metalic taste and I could feel a tingling in my stomach and the craft did not seem to make any sound that I could hear but the birds and animals all around were not making any sound at all for the minute or so before and after this thing came through here. I kept waiting in expectation of a logical explanation. None came. I believe there's something besides us now.
November 30, 2023 · 8:25 PM · UNKNOWN
Denton, NE
I observed an aircraft to be hovering approximately 100' above the ground in my pasture. It did not make a sound. It was noticed by the two bright headlights and I also noted it was not moving. The aircraft quickly dropped to hover 20' above the ground. As I approached in my vehicle, to obtain a better view, the aircraft shot straight up into the air and sped off towards the east of the location
November 29, 2023 · 12:55 PM · UNKNOWN
Storm Lake, IA
I was taking a walk, and noticed the white object. 2 others walking with me also saw it and speculated that it might be a spy balloon. It didn't move much over the course of our hour-long walk, sometimes disappearing behind clouds, but was still there when I went in at 1 p.m. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
November 20, 2023 · 9:20 PM · UNKNOWN
San Jose, CA
I have lived by this airport for years. There is frequent air traffic, but this was different. I wasn't like anything I ever saw before.
November 13, 2023 · 6:35 AM · UNKNOWN
South Brunswick Township, NJ
My mother and I woke up at 6:30 AM and stepped outside. I looked up at the sky to get an idea of the weather. It was perfectly clear and the sun was just barely risen. To the north travelling westward I noticed a small point of light moving too slowly to be a plane and also either too high or too small. I pointed it out to my mother and she noted that also there was no sound. I checked air traffic maps, satellite trackers, and even the position of the International Space Station. None were nearby at the time of sighting.
November 11, 2023 · 11:59 PM · UNKNOWN
Seattle, WA
Did not see craft was in home when green blue light like a scanner came into home and all of outside too scary also saw something big floating outside home thru drapes .
November 9, 2023 · 6:28 PM · UNKNOWN
Probable conventionalJoliet, IL
We were on the way home my wife and two children, the lights appeared in the sky, we talked about it, took a photo and kept going home to look up what it was we might have seen. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
November 5, 2023 · 4:03 AM · UNKNOWN
Mangum, OK
There was one bright light, with 3 smaller lights on the horizon to the east. The smaller lights were up, down, side to side, crisscrossing each other. They Would be bright, then dim or disappear, then be seen in another part of the sky. Radios were staticy, animals going crazy, animal behaviours were different.
November 2, 2023 · 3:52 PM · UNKNOWN
Probable conventionalGuilford, CT
An object was crossing the sky in a seeming straight line and consistent slowish speed (a plane flew lower and went much faster). The sun was reflecting off the object so it was bright but it was spinning so it was twinkling. No sound. A plane flew under nearby it much faster and louder. I noticed it on the horizon and watched it cross across the sky above me for at least 5 minutes. Took a cell phone video which also seems to show it was spinning. No spoke or trail behind it. Thought it may be a balloon but appeared higher than the plane and also would have had to be very large to be visible from there. Also it was at a consistent speed and spin, not appearing to be in the wind. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Probable]
October 31, 2023 · 12:15 PM · UNKNOWN
Mount vernon, WA
Too high to see a shape but below the clouds. I took notice because the sun was reflecting erratically off of it and was very bright. Unlike it would on a plane. Though it moved about as fast a plane would be moving at that altitude so I thought ok maybe a plane until. It was heading west at first for about 1 and a half minutes then took a sudden turn to the north east for a minute. It then took a turn to the north east for a minute then again to the north until I could not see it anymore. Not 5 minutes later a military highflyer left a white stream across the sky headed the same direction. Not much of a sighting I guess but I really don't think it was just a plane. Wish I had more to report.
October 28, 2023 · 9:23 PM · UNKNOWN
Brooklyn, NY
I have video and pictures but what I saw with the naked eye is something I never saw before.
October 27, 2023 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Tacoma, WA
I saw a "bright light", from East to west flying straight, faster than any movie. It appeared to be under its own power, no noise, but with the speed it had, AND going straight, AND low, right over my head, I knew I'd seen a UFO. I was thinking, no one can ever question it now, we have company!
October 27, 2023 · 5:54 AM · UNKNOWN
Sherman Oaks, CA
A yellow, unnatural light moving in the Southern Sky moving West to East eventually entering the SouthEasterly Sky at a very rapid pace seemed to stop on a dime upon aligning with Venus, almost using the planet’s bright light as a cover source. I confirmed via ADSBExchange it was neither airplane, nor was the airspace locked down due to rocket or other launch. Also confirmed via Satellite Tracking App that it did not align with any orbiting SAT at that time or angle.
October 26, 2023 · 5:16 PM · UNKNOWN
Tucson, AZ
I was outside playing with my dogs when I seen a dark hummingbird looking thing moving fast in the sky coming from the east and heading west and vanished [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Possible]