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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Harmonyville · PA, USA
We saw 11 bright orange lights moving slowly from left to right in formation totally unlike anything explainable.
Fort Payne · AL, USA
Red light seen moving slowly left,right and rapidly vertically up and down.
Horseheads · NY, USA
Three red lights hovering in triangular formation over Elmira Heights
Ocean Beach · CA, USA
It was a rectangular shape, about the size of a raft I would describe.
Canandaigua · NY, USA
Fireball south of Canandaigua. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD))
Clearwater · FL, USA
Multi-colored fiery ball that created a tail like a meteor; lasted 5 seconds and disappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor? PD))
Moses Lake · WA, USA
I noticed a sudden flash of green light looking much like a shooting star in SW sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor? PD))
Canton · NY, USA
When viewed through binoculars it appears as a round object with constant flashing of red, blue, green and yellow light.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Multiple lighted objects of different shapes appeared over SC coast on 11/16/17
Middletown · NY, USA
Intense glowing white/blue light.
Circleville · NY, USA
A large blue glowing light that intensified in size and brightness.
Mechanicsburg · PA, USA
Very large green circle appeared in the sky and quickly flew out of visible area.
Ardmore · OK, USA
Bright red/white light changing directions rapidly and descending and ascending rapidly.
Sutherlin · OR, USA
White lights.
Charlotte · NC, USA
I saw one bright, non-blinking object, high in the sky which gave no sound nor did it leave a streak as a meteor would.
Boone · NC, USA
Orbs of light behind clouds circling around each other. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights circling?? PD))
Spokane · WA, USA
12+ blinking, pulsing, and darting around lights at varied distances for 5+ hours after power outages and less light pollution.
Eastaboba · AL, USA
((HOAX??)) We seen big black triangle craft.
Salters · SC, USA
One orange light, the the second light beside it, disappears then reappeared further away to the right of the first light. Did this 3 t
Chicopee · MA, USA
Was inside. My sister said there was something strange over her house while we were on the phone. I heard something over my apartment a
Oakley · CA, USA
someone called in on coast to coast open lines and reported seeing what i saw. we both were at the drive in. small world.
Boone · NC, USA
Orbs of light behind clouds circling around eachother.
Chardon · OH, USA
Low-flying triangular craft with white lights and red blinking light seen over Chardon
Tustin · CA, USA
I saw an object that looked like a big white bird with its wings outstretched.Its height was about where you would expect to see a
Massapequa · NY, USA
4+ white lights flew from north to south together. No sound