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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Rockland · ME, USA
UFO.
Raleigh · NY, USA
Bright orange fireball with no sound.
Winston · OR, USA
It was a very bright glowing white light traveling from east to west at a high rate of speed. ((NUFORC Note: Overflight of ISS. PD))
Falmouth · ME, USA
White bright lights flashing in a row of lights, vanished, then came back with bright red lights.
Waltham · MA, USA
Bright white orb moving silently across the sky.
Alexandria · MN, USA
Large bright light moving slow in straight line, no sound, 5,000 to 10,000 ft high then disappeared. ((NUFORC Note: ISS. PD))
Spokane Valley · WA, USA
First saw a bright light in the sky, brighter than any visible star. Light disappears instantly.
Gridley · CA, USA
While sitting in the backyard, my friend and I talked about the day and we saw a green light, appear on the power line, at the same tim
Spokane Valley · WA, USA
Flashes in the sky.
Toone · TN, USA
Bright reddish unidentified circular object suddenly appears in sky then is followed by helicopters.
Coolidge · GA, USA
Red flashing light that hovered at or just below cloud level. It drifte back and fourth. It moved up into the clouds and disappeared.
Centralia · WA, USA
Right after the sun goes down,lights appear in sky towards the W. I used camara on phone. ((NUFORC Note: Venus and Jupiter? PD))
Coates · MN, USA
Two fireball/star/planet like shapes that grew very large then shrunk and disappeared.
Wall · NJ, USA
4 bright lights weaving in between one another at night.
San Jose · CA, USA
It silently flew towards us from the west.
Cary · NC, USA
Elongated star or Cross over Cary, NC. Two just sitting there, one larger than the other and a third appears.Saw this last year
Charlottesville/Waynesboro · VA, USA
Extraordinarily bright fading in an out, changing positions. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus and Jupiter? PD))
Hoover · AL, USA
Near Ross Bridge Resort, at around 22:45 a group of 8 twinkling red and white lights flew a grid pattern over Ross Bridge parkway.
Eatonville · WA, USA
Hovering triangle with red and blue soled lights just of 320 in mountain highway it hovered for about 10 mins and then left fast.
Dry Ridge · KY, USA
Aircraft flying very low. Could not see the shape of it at night. It had wing tip lights red/green two center "headlights". I
Banks · OR, USA
Orb shaped object in south eastern sky over Oregon. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flare. PD))
Two Rivers · WI, USA
Triangle shaped glowing object.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Three bright white lights seen in formation above the ocean in Myrtle Beach
Pascagoula · MS, USA
Series of unexplained lights over Mississippi Sound.
New Castle · PA, USA
Double white lights, slow moving, no sound, very slow speed. ((NUFORC Note: Confirmed to be Venus and Jupiter. PD))