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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Whitestone · NY, USA
Bright light.
Ten Mile to Knox · TN, USA
Lights in Knox no noise. ten mile, triangler shape, it was black, red spot underneath it, three stories high off ground off 305. again
San Diego · CA, USA
Steady light traveling at a high velocity across the southern dark morning sky.
Salem · OR, USA
White oval object, hovering very smooth.
Salem · NM, USA
Massive square shaped lights forming 2 lines in the sky over Hatch, NM.
Columbia · SC, USA
BRIGHT light, east-facing, above I-20W
Boynton Beach · FL, USA
We were (my husband was driving and I was the passenger) traveling north on Congress Ave., Boynton Beach
Manchester · CT, USA
I looked up and seen what I thought at first was a plane but when I realized that it was not.
New Braunfels · TX, USA
On my porch facing southwest I saw an orange light in the sky about 7 to 10 miles out over the horizon headed east. I thought it was a
Seneca · KS, USA
Star in the sky that moved. An airplane would move in a straight line. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of star, we believe. PD))
Denver · CO, USA
Is anyone else seeing this now?? I'm downtown Denver and I'm looking W above the mountains. Really high up there are lights pulsating.
Queen Creek · AZ, USA
3 of us were looking at Venus and Jupiter in the early a.m. sky, when we noticed a large ball of light about the brightness of Venus.
Moncks Corner · SC, USA
We, my husband & myself, heard a very loud, hard, noise and it seemed to impact the front of the roof over the kitchen and the porch.
Route 66 West (Exit 50) · VA, USA
It was super fast. Idk what it was to be honest but It really freaked me out. I know it wasn't a shooting star cause it was a lot bigge
Roswell/Ruidoso · NM, USA
2 separate instances of 3 orange lights appearing/disappearing
Buckeye · AZ, USA
Two large bright flickering amber lights seen in the southwest sky of Buckeye, AZ.
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
Cigar-shaped UFO seen flying low to ground, and flashing, in Rohnert Park.
Falmouth · MA, USA
At 3am, noticed this strange light, which looks like a bright star. My BR window looks due E. ((NUFORC Note: Planet? Planet? PD))
East Aurora · NY, USA
Branch type stick hovered erratically, moved sideways in lateral position then disappeared into clouds.
Ocean & Monmouth Counties · NJ, USA
We heard and felt what was like an earthquake throughout Southern New Jersey. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sonic booms from a/c? PD))
Florence · CO, USA
Yellow/orange sphere hovering 20' off the ground above a neighbors yard.
St. Louis · MO, USA
Bright ball coming from large star. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect the object may have been a "twinkling" star. PD))
Camdenton · MO, USA
Brightly lit cone shaped object remained hours in same location making no sound. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Keaau · HI, USA
Horizontal flying bright white lite that turns bright red and disappears.
Highland Village · TX, USA
Orange/amber colored fireball/orb looking objects flying low in the sky