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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Stratham · NH, USA
Large floating rectangle just hovering. It had four or so large headlights. The light beams projected quite far into the night sky.
Pawleys Island · SC, USA
4 orange lights over ocean for 4 seconds.
North Haven · CT, USA
Multiple objects, big and small, surrounded my numerous unmarked helicopters.
Pasadena · MD, USA
Bright flashing light moving slow across sky. accompanied by many dimmer lights
Meadow Creek · KY, USA
9 red-orange spheres witnessed by two people flying overhead from southwest to northeast in rural SE Kentucky.
Sarasota · FL, USA
Large twinkling, flashing green, white and red lights. It continues to hover, and no sound. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star? PD))
Gainesville · FL, USA
I saw what appeared to be an exploding satellite @ ~9:10 PM March 24, 2016
Lorenzo · TX, USA
Three flashing lights in the night sky on a horizontal line with the bottom of the moon as one light moved rapidly between.
Chester · VA, USA
Hi Peter, One sighting tonight, March 24th, of a luminous bright gold colored saucer shaped object for about two to three seconds thoug
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Saw three orange lights that formed a triangle, and moved across the sky super fast.
Lakewood · NJ, USA
Triangle shaped object. Hovering over 1 hour. Red and green lights flashing sporadically. ((NUFORC Note: Star?? PD))
Jackson · KY, USA
Saw a triangular object way high up fly back and forth, stop, then start back again multiple times.
Gouldsboro · PA, USA
3 black triangles traveling like a jet, 15 minute spacing in between all from west to east and same path, spotted directly overhead.
Mojave · CA, USA
UFO in picture!
Fairbanks · AK, USA
I took 3 photos of the sky on 3/25/2016 and in my photos I noticed blue object. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flares. PD))
Paragould · AR, USA
Falling object in daylight with streak of black smoke trail, turns and travels opposite from Earth along the same route that it fell.
Milwaukie · OR, USA
I saw one red and two orange flying object in the sky.
Bainbridge Island · WA, USA
My friend and I were outside looking at the stars when we saw this light moving across the sky. First we thought it was a satellite but
Acworth · GA, USA
I walked out of my house and looked up that's when I saw something circular shaped with brite white lights that is why I filed the repo
Reseda · CA, USA
Strange reddish orange lights in a triangular pattern spotted in the Southwest sky over Los Angeles, 3/25/16.
Kirkland/Kenmore · WA, USA
15-20 orange spheres floating in triangular patterns in the night sky would disappear in peculiar ways, and sound was suppressed.
Bridgton · ME, USA
((HOAX??)) 1 red small light and 2 small yellow lights glaring through the trees low and bouncing.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Luminescent Egg Shaped Object in Sky on SW Flight
Fort Collins · CO, USA
7500-9000ft this object approximately stationary 20 seconds above where i was playing basketball and then it moved out east faster than
York · PA, USA
Saw multiple low flying planes over head which is odd for our area. As they were passing by we took notice to this very bright spot in