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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North Ogden · UT, USA
Bright Teal circles moving in arch formation over Rockies East of Ogden. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a meteor?? PD))
Forrest City · AR, USA
Moved so fast and light I've never seen in my life it's crazy I couldn't believe it them things are so real I believed it crashed.
Ottawa · IL, USA
Transparent object, flying low overhead, then turning to fly away, once noticed.
Salem · OR, USA
Silent, explosive lights traveling away from Salem.
Unadilla · GA, USA
I saw pulsing, big!! bright white light moving south very fast.
Carrolton · TX, USA
Humming sound, with no break or shift in pitch, that moved all around us.
Cumberland · RI, USA
Morning UFO over Cumberland, RI.
Brandon · FL, USA
A cloud that is not a cloud!
Plummer · ID, USA
Bright object in sky moving east. ((NUFORC Note: Probably a sighting of the ISS. PD))
Lebanon · OR, USA
Bright white light moving fast in sky turns red suddenly, changes directions and begins to descend then a second white light is seen.
Thomasville · PA, USA
Two helicopters chasing red orbs.
Elkins Park · PA, USA
Distinctly blue hexagon object came into viewable atmosphere.
Palmer · AK, USA
Light over Palmer, Alaska.
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
((e-addres deleted)) email if seen also. Small repeating light patterned craft move across sky.
Oxnard · CA, USA
Strange bright light over neighborhood area
Gulf shores · AL, USA
My husband and I were sitting on the beach enjoying our getaway when he tells me in a calm yet strange way to look to my right (west)..
Guilford · VT, USA
2ft by 1ft translucent rectangular object hovered off a tree branch in front of our car, reflecting our headlights, then flew away; 2 w
Mt. Laguna · CA, USA
I was viewing the Perseid Meteor Shower on the evening of 08/12/15 between the hours of 2200 (08/11/15) to 0130 (08/12/15). My location
Hilliard · OH, USA
Orb over Dublin, OH.
Owasso · OK, USA
No moon looking at stars saw red light thought it was plane traveling north to south to my west. then light shot straight up and vanish
Asheville · NC, USA
Thought it was a star. I was watching the meteor shower scheduled tonight. Saw many meteors, stopped counting at 30. What I had thought
Marina del Rey/Playa Vista · CA, USA
Daytime UFO orb; glowing.
Bethany Beach · DE, USA
Round glowing orange object, seen by myself, my daughter and 2 other people who were watching the meteorite showers
Oxford · MA, USA
6 candle/fireballs moving silently through the sky
Sunset Beach · OH, USA
3 red/orange lights with white center in a triangle formation hovering for a while then fading away