UFO Sightings in United States
123,349 UFO sightings reported in United States since 1930, peaking in 2014 (8162 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 123,349
- Span
- 1930–2030
- Peak year
- 2014 (8162 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1930–2030 · peak 2014 (8162 reports)
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Hartsdale · NY, USA
Unusual shape. ..100 percent not a airplane. .. did not make noise...it glowed... went over our heads.... it also traveled fast all thr
Brandon · MS, USA
Blindingly bright flash of light that zipped off into the sky noiselessly.
Mellen · WI, USA
This light appeared to be hovering over the Penokee Mountain range, near the same vicinity as the famous 1975 Baker Family UFO report.
Granville · NY, USA
Strange white lights close to the ground
Charlotte · NC, USA
During a power blackout in Highland Creek about 3AM, a cluster of 4 lights at tree top level passed quickly. ((anonymous report))
Pontotoc · MS, USA
White lights over Mississippi. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a flying insect?? PD))
Warren · PA, USA
Bright circle shape low. Not a plane.was there for about 3 min pulled over it was gone
Thornton · CO, USA
((HOAX??)) Cigar shape moving steady east to west. ((anonymous report))
Savannah · GA, USA
Vague grey shapes fly from sun into tall clouds during the day.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Cylindrical-shaped object emitting flashing lights near South Fairfax Avenue.
North Andover · MA, USA
It came out of the trees.
South Berwick · ME, USA
Silver object reflecting light.
Downtown Nashville · TN, USA
Few cigar shaped UFOs only captured in pictures, not seen with the naked eye.
Austin · TX, USA
((HOAX??)) Fireball passes overhead, shiny disc appears and lands. ((anonymous report))
Freeland · PA, USA
Several lights in same area for extended period of time with unusual cloud formation present.
Riverside · OH, USA
Shaped like plane but silver and had very thin body, long thin wings, with T shaped tail that had a white light. ((anonymous report))
St. Charles · IL, USA
Giant bright amber lights in the sky. 2 then 3 in formation then formed into a tower of light while hovering in place. Brighter to dimm
Emmett · ID, USA
Red orange & white lights move low to ground from behind Reagan Butte in Emmett, Idaho, stops in mid air, back tracks a bit, then back.
Paris · KY, USA
Red And Blue Orb Ufos.
Fresno · CA, USA
3 to 6 white flashing lights. ((anonymous report))
Anchorage · AK, USA
Disk shape object above tree line. ((anonymous report))
Colorado Springs · CO, USA
I saw a triangle shape object with lights on the points and 1 light in the middle hovered in sky for 15-20 mins. ((anonymous report))
Bradenton · FL, USA
Orange/golden light hovered at orbital level for roughly 3 to 4 minutes. Then took off to the right very quickly then straight up.
Boston · GA, USA
A large, bright, strange shaped object that moved fast, disappearing then reappearing three times.
Brooks · ME, USA
I thought it was a meteor, but it was going across the sky, not downward. Orange, big, quiet, fast. ((anonymous report))