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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Cottonwood · AZ, USA
Fast multicolored Kershaw knife zips a few tight angles and poof straight up with no noise
Jacksonville · FL, USA
I noticed the moon had a ring around it and then saw a multi colored object in the sky.
Maryville · TN, USA
Saw a shooting star; disappeared. as i was looking i saw a faint red line then a cigar shaped object hit what looked rockets boosters.
Walnut Creek · CA, USA
I was awake, when suddenly a bright & large colored orange ball flew up from the horizon. It was moving smoothly.
Hilldale · WV, USA
My brother an I were flying our drones when we noticed a white boxy craft hovering at about 1,000 ft it seemed to be observing us.
Cullman · AL, USA
Four lights going in a circle and rotating in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights? PD))
Palmetto · FL, USA
Sitting outside, super clear, dark night, when we saw a fireball floating in the sky, heading south to north, no sound, no tail...
Brandon · FL, USA
Hovering, blimp-like structure, someone else must have seen it.
Tehachapi · CA, USA
Green/blue bright light beams down for several seconds - totally silent outside.
Reno · NV, USA
We were driving in our BMW going southbound on Veterans and noticed a round green stoplight-shaped light about a mile up in the SE sky.
Lee's Summit · MO, USA
Sphere.
Orient · OR, USA
While driving at sunset I saw a hovering, vertical, cylindrical object glowing in the sun, which then separated into two objects.
Santa Maria · CA, USA
My sister and I saw a very small grayish disk hovering really high up.
Ocean Shores · WA, USA
Extremely high rate of speed fuzzy large red ball.
Springfield · OR, USA
Shape changing UFO's in Springfield, Oregon.
Harpersville · AL, USA
6 oval white lights in the sky. Followed us darted back and forth.
Portland · OR, USA
Dozen red green blue lights in portland sky that spin with two bright white lights that move. ((NUFORC Note: Stars?? PD))
Cle Elum · WA, USA
7-9 orange glowing objects traveling north/northeast right at the tree line.
Bangor · PA, USA
4 UFO's fly over home bright yellow circles headed south in Bangor, PA, midnight 2016.
Avon/Eagle · CO, USA
Two red lights over Avon, then 3 more over Eagle, CO.
Post Falls · ID, USA
3 bright red circular objects moving slowly southeast. One was a minute ahead of the other two. flew slowly then zipped off straight.
Miami · FL, USA
Large number of red-orange spheres over Miami.
Olympia · WA, USA
Slow moving, bright colored light in western sky.
Bessemer City · NC, USA
The red light stayed in the same spot then moved slightly and disapeared. the light was pulsating.
Simpsonville · SC, USA
Orange non blinking light lasting 2 minutes.