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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Angleton · TX, USA
Me and my wife we're driving from lake Jackson to Angleton on 288 look up and saw a bright lite thought it was a star.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Bright white circular cloud with rotating orbs and metallic light
Coleman · WI, USA
Bright light with trail heading straight towards ground off in the distance. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD))
Hillsboro · ND, USA
7 or 8 bright round, or cylinder shaped, orange balls,moving high across the sky in staggered, but straight line formation. Enter
Effort · PA, USA
2 blue/red/white lights saucers hovering near my house.
Heber City · UT, USA
Five oranges lights in a formation slowly moving east and fading away.
Anchorage · AK, USA
Two separate bright lights within a few seconds of each other.
Goodyear · AZ, USA
Three in triangle form followed by approximately 12 others, tight formation, quickly disappeared
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Bright white lights and lots of helicopters.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
A ball engulfed in flames tumbled through the sky towards the south as I was taking out the trash. I ran inside and got my brother and
Manheim · PA, USA
Bright White Light Moving Slowly Above Buildings Then Arked Sharply Downward
Ivor · VA, USA
Stargazing at 3am... We were not supposed to see this...
Foley · MN, USA
UFO hovering over Sherburne- more than 3 hours. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of 5 planets in eastern a.m. sky? PD))
Camby/Indianapolis · IN, USA
6 vertical beams of light in the morning sky.
Little Chute · WI, USA
Distinct orange oval globes seen twice south of Little Chute, WI on 2 different dates and times in Jan 2016.
Cedar Springs · MI, USA
A bright light changed intensity over 30 seconds.
Clio · MI, USA
Was driving down I-75 south, saw extremely right lights to the right of the freeway and it did not move for at least 10 mins.
Millville · NJ, USA
Strange green fireball shooting toward the ground, seen driving on Route 55 south
Sunnyside · WA, USA
Lights just appeared and no movement the disappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Planets in the eastern morning sky? PD))
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Blinking red, green and blue lights. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a "twinkling" star?? PD))
Levittown · PA, USA
Large, low-flying boomerang-shaped object moving very slowly over Levittown, PA, 1/20/16.
Washington · VT, USA
Saw 5 bright oranges circles in a horizontal line, each one faded away in progression. I've never seen anything like it.
Montpelier · VT, USA
Red, twinkling, disappearing and reappearing lights in the sky.
Norwich/Thetford · VT, USA
Trio of very bright lights appear then fade
Barre Town · VT, USA
3 bright-warm yellow colored solid circles-tear shape (?), dancing in-out of clouds in circular pattern. Lasted 5-10 sec; 2 times over