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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Lewisville · TX, USA
Moving ball of light shooting upwards in cloud then disappeared in sphere of energy.
Afton · MO, USA
Massive glowing amber yellow rectangle.
Richfield · UT, USA
Bright crown shaped object sitting stationary in the clear mid-day sky, shrinks to a spot and then disappears. Happens 3 times.
Glendale · AZ, USA
6 orbs flying in a linear pattern over the Glendale/Phoenix area.
Chandler · AZ, USA
Multiple Aircraft circling and 1 bursts into a fireball and falls out of the sky.
Lakewood · CO, USA
Me and my brother I saw 4 oval shaped, bright yellow crafts. They would combine, then separate. ((NUFORC Note: Adv. lights? PD))
Grayson · GA, USA
((HOAX??)) Vary fast streak across sky 25degrees of sky in 1:2 sec.
Dayton · OR, USA
Diamond shaped ufo.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
I observed a light in the sky; it wasn't a plane nor helicopter. It didn't make a sound; it move slowly, hovered, then, ascended.
Wellsville · NY, USA
Behind our property, I witnessed a large white fireball that was wide. My dogs noticed it, too.
Mount Airy · NC, USA
Ball of light that appeared in the sky.
Zolfo Springs · FL, USA
Pulsating Cluster of Lights. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect that the witness may have been observing a "twinkling" star. PD))
Rensselaer · NY, USA
Eight lights in a rectangular formation.
Oregon City · OR, USA
There was a break in the rain and I saw several white orbs or dots crossing the sky headed in the Wilsonville direction.
Spokane · WA, USA
2 objects East of Spokane pulsed for over an hour. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of 3 planets in eastern sky. PD))
Bonita Springs · FL, USA
Just prior to sunrise, I was awakened by bright lights.
Kuna · ID, USA
Fireball.
New Castle · DE, USA
Giant stingray-like object flying over New Castle, Delaware.
Detroit · MI, USA
Two large, round, bright white lights above Detroit then suddenly disappear.
Fridley · MN, USA
30-40 foot cigar shaped object.
West Deptford · NJ, USA
Hovering green light.
Newcastle · DE, USA
Hovering on the border of the delaware air national gaurd. this was not military. it was silent and did not move.
Escondido · CA, USA
Star like object traveling in sky.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Single vehicle flying along Sandia ridgeline flying south until it turned east and left the area.
Dell Rapids · SD, USA
Silent, triangular shaped object with no lights!