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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Cocoa Beach · FL, USA
Red orb flying south from Cape Canaveral at slow spped then out to sea it flew.
Elmsford · NY, USA
Large bright purple/blue hovering light
El Cajon · CA, USA
Started on February, 27,2021 of fires balls coming from bright blue egg shaped sphere. This has been going on every since that night. I
Lucerne · CA, USA
Star, blinking strangely on cloudy, starless night.
Oaklandon · IN, USA
MADAR Node 87
Lake Stevens · WA, USA
Long needle like object in eastern sky
Mattawa · WA, USA
Long cylinder of lights over Eastern Washington. ((Starlink satellites??))
Marathon · FL, USA
Strange craft during sunset in the Florida Keys.
Dixon · IL, USA
Small orb of bright light. Moving very fast and seemed to disappear into thin air.
Brooklyn · NY, USA
2 lights in still sky over NYC, seems to eject a 3rd light, 4th light off to the left not photographed
Spokane Valley · WA, USA
Orange curves ribbon,(like the ribbon of Star Trek Generations movie.) Going West to East,(following I-90, my own sense of direction.)A
Bennington/Minneapolis · KS, USA
Second sighting within 10 day timeframe, same location, same look to UFO, same time of day.
Battle Creek · MI, USA
Triangular Lights
Portland · OR, USA
Silent glowing rectangle cruises across the night sky
Payson · IL, USA
MADAR Node 97
Palm Springs · CA, USA
3 orbs in a triangular formation high in the sky with no sound or explanation.
Arnold · PA, USA
Six Traveled west to east, bright to dim as they traveled overhead.
Caroga Lake · NY, USA
Driving home with my son and we began seeing flashing lights in sky. I thought that maybe the flashing was caused by stars going in and
Newburgh · IN, USA
MADAR Node 142
Jacksonville · FL, USA
((NUFORC Note:O Witness provides no details about her sighting. PD))
Wichita · KS, USA
MADAR Node 123
Grand Rapids - Godwin Heights · MI, USA
Bronze/dark gold cube, etching or symbols engraved on sides, red flashing light in middle,
Burlington · NC, USA
A formation of brightly lit objects rise through the North Carolina night sky and disappear one by one.
Orlando · FL, USA
One photo has possibly 2 hovering UFOs above the city and another has a different shape & a bigger looking vessel of lights hovering. I
Glen Ridge · NJ, USA
Lighted, Triangle shaped objects flying at night, slow them very fast