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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Austin · TX, USA
White light orb with long vapor trail.
Howell · NJ, USA
Fireball couple hundred feet up. Flew out in the distance and went out.
Fresno · CA, USA
Big fire ball that broke in two smaller more dominant balls of fire with a more defined shape.
Whiting · IN, USA
Triangle moving at high rate of speed
Boonville · CA, USA
white ball of flame in Mendocino county. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. Re-entering Chinese rocket booster. PD))
Prescott Valley · AZ, USA
Round headlight appearing to be two crafts side by side, then veered toward the E. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Kingman · AZ, USA
Huge low flying craft over Kingman, AZ, possible crash landing. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris? PD))
Pahrump · NV, USA
Long trail of sparks, the obj. traveled completely across the sky until it seemed to disappear. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
@ concert in Rohnert Park, CA, there was what appeared to be a fireball with a very large tail. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
San Mateo · CA, USA
Fireball with long tail gliding through the sky very slowly and l low in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Chinese rocket re-entry. PD))
Sacramento · CA, USA
Circular, bright,orange,neon,light. It looked as though it had a vapor trail behind it. It was going east bound then changed flight to
Alpaugh · CA, USA
I took pics . it changed from a round shape with many points to a round gas like appearance. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Fresno · CA, USA
Approx. 9:30 I was walking at Woodward Pk in Fresno, in the SE. ((NUFORC Note: Re-entering space debris. PD))
California City · CA, USA
Long slow moving craft with a bright light, hovered and vanished. ((NUFORC Note: Re-entering space debris. PD))
Incline Village · NV, USA
Bright yellow round object with orange and purple tail seen over North Lake Tahoe.object. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Corona/Lake Mathews · CA, USA
Saw 2 fireballs clear as day across the sky. Sort of looked like 2 planes were crashing. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Looking north from Point Loma in San Diego ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Oxnard · CA, USA
One tailing the other. Low in skyline. Then disappeared behind some trees. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Sacramento · CA, USA
Fireball with trail similar to a comet seen navigating over roof tops of suburb of city. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Los Angeles · CA, USA
A fireball above the southern horizon seen from the district of El Sereno in northeast Los Angeles.
Oakdale · CA, USA
Like a airplane on fire then it kept going and when it passed out head it had like 6 lights. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Frazier Park · CA, USA
A fireball in the sky that was moving slow and right above the mountains across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Chico · CA, USA
golden ball with tail of sparks over sierra Nevada Mountains. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Minden · NV, USA
Two white-ish/yellow fireballs observed for a full minute or slighly more in western NV.
Waterford · CA, USA
I saw a slow moving object moving from West to east. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))