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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Jefferson · MD, USA
Star-like object on a sunny day moved slowly to the southeast, then disappeared 55 minutes later at twilight.
Columbia · CT, USA
Oval shaped ball of light.
Mobile · AL, USA
Bright orange light hovering.
Alanson · MI, USA
Shape-shifting lights over Alanson, Michigan.
Fridley · MN, USA
I video taped 1 main cigar to circular shaped, bright purple. It flew like a plane towards me then it stopped.
Elizabeth · CO, USA
I sent my nephew to get my laptop from my car and when he came back in he said, "Oh, by the way, what are those lights out there?"
Albuquerque · NM, USA
At 18:00, standing outside, my husband witnessed a light 'zigzagging' in the air. It then proceeded to slow down and hover and start zi
Portland · OR, USA
Small fireball streaked across sky looking North from SE Portland. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor? PD))
Sumner · WA, USA
Green fireball sweeps across the sky horizontally and vanishes
Seattle · WA, USA
Bright white circular light with a long orange tail moving quickly westward across the sky
Clare · MI, USA
large round flashing lights around it and glided west.
Kirkland · WA, USA
Fireball, two witnesses, holy crap.
Smithville · TN, USA
Bright light with blue, pink, green and bright tint of orange. In the Eastern sky falling towards the North.
Catawissa/Burnsville · MO, USA
Multiple triangular light clusters overhead ten or more at different altitudes. Typically white lights however observed one with red.
Morehead city · NC, USA
Strange star-like light with geometric shape.
Charles City · IA, USA
Blue ball of light moving through the sky low and slow.
Meridian · ID, USA
15-20 "craft" with yellowish lights flying from S to N over South Boise, and Meridian, ID.
Norton Shores · MI, USA
Orange, rectangular lights drifting across the sky
Sturgeon Bay · WI, USA
Bright light spot bouncing around erratically in south west.
Portland · OR, USA
Strange moving multicolored diamond shape over Gresham, Oregon.
Tacoma · WA, USA
An oval orange and green with three orange beams in the rear object flying very fast in the sky from east to west sideways
Aldie · VA, USA
Large white globe/sphere streaking at 45 degree angle to earth. Loudoun County, Virginia.
Beaver Falls · PA, USA
Single fireball over Beaver Falls
Paris · MO, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information. Possible sighting of a planet in the eastern sky? PD))
Deltona · FL, USA
2 very bright lights a few miles away from each other. Both lights were slowly descending vertically until we could not see them.