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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Newark · NJ, USA
Red orange fireball traveling slowly E to W, then dropped and disappeared like it burst apart. No trail left behind it at first.
Zachary · LA, USA
As my husband prepared for work and was leaving he called my name with a since of urgency! I rushed outside and was amazed at what I s
Tucson · AZ, USA
Constellation of 14-30 dim lights, 3 bright blue lights performing maneuvers.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Star-like objects pass over Tucson.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Hundreds of small flickering white lighted objects floating quickly across the sky.
Laguna Hills · CA, USA
Starlike object observed.
Oxford · AL, USA
Our dog began frantically barking, and we walked outside to see three giant glowing dots that changed formation and left a trail.
Tulsa · OK, USA
Assumed a bright light was a star until it wobbled, moved back and forth and straight up. ((NUFORC Note: Star? PD))
Henderson · CO, USA
Blue orb. The blue orb came forward and stayed stationary for about 10 sec until descended down for about 5 seconds. The orb then proce
Traverse City · MI, USA
Soft lights, darting in a very fast pattern.
New Freedom · PA, USA
Watching fireworks and saw an unusually large aircraft miles away, about 5 times larger than a plane, and then it stopped...hovered.
Oscoda · MI, USA
2 bright orbs over Lake Huron, Oscoda, MI. Dog fight, playing around. anti gravity maneuvers.
Arrow Rock · MO, USA
White/bluish light bulb flashing strobe lights in rural sky.
Erlanger · KY, USA
Small blue light observed over the Erlanger/Florence area. ((anonymous report))
Shoreview · MN, USA
Bright white ball 250 feet above ground surrounded by dense fog. Disappeared after my view was blocked by a tree.
Hicksville · NY, USA
Large silver reddish circle passes in sky. Planes are not circles, balloons don't move 60 mph with no wind. ((anonymous report))
Plainfield · IL, USA
I was at my neighborhood gazebo located next to a pond, when I saw a bright white light in the sky, it obviously wasn't a plane nor was
Lathrop · MO, USA
White disappearing ball of fire reappeared and then turned black.
Middleton · ID, USA
Something hovering with strobing lights.
Lauderhill · FL, USA
Flash of light traveling south to north. The flash left a trail of light.
Cape Coral · FL, USA
It was only 4 lights at first; there were suddenly more of them.
Blackfoot · ID, USA
Dancing like object in sky.
Ottawa · IL, USA
(a silent) streak of light, bright white, dropped at aprox. 80 degree angle nothing remarkable about the event, except with in 2 minut
Jasper I · IN, USA
In the North sky, about 15 to 14,000 feet in the air it was round and oranges red half the size of the moon. ((anonymous report))
Mountain View · OK, USA
Reddish-Orange concentration of light that stood still within the cloud line west of Mountain View, OK