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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Carlsbad · CA, USA
Two bright, orange, disc-like UFO's over the Carlsbad/Oceanside/San Marcos area.
San Marcos/Vista · CA, USA
One light would get brighter (bigger), while this happened the other got less bright (smaller). The lights were a yellow/gold.
Brookfield · WI, USA
Light in sky, stationary, flash of light every 2-3 minutes.
Tarlton · OH, USA
Triangle-shaped lights, slight flickering and erratic movement. Faded and disappeared very quickly.
Charleston · WV, USA
Circle craft over charleston wv mulitiple light patterns.
Lewistown · PA, USA
Lighted triangle object seen flying overhead.
Savannah · GA, USA
What appeared to be shooting star did loop over army airfield.
Sarasota · FL, USA
Formation of 4 what looked like stars moving across night sky from north to south.
Portland · OR, USA
3 Events of unidentified aircraft activity.
Lago Vista · TX, USA
Silent double pyramid with bright lights.
Warwick · RI, USA
A very large circle of light. which dissipated.
Mesa · AZ, USA
I saw a half round disk object in flight zone then realized it was flying against flight path traffic normally flies.
Hickory · NC, USA
Fireball over 127/321 area near Mtn View!
Pine Bush · NY, USA
Two glowing oblong shapes traveling in formation, flying at a tilted angle
Bristol · TN, USA
Saw single light in the southern sky, over South Holston Lake; descended behind Holston Mountain. No other visible lights in sky.
Deatsville · AL, USA
Star like object traveling at super extreme speed covering most of the night sky, with a 2 second spotlight burst halfway in flight.
Westmoreland · NY, USA
Two orange/red glowing balls of light. hardly moving, if moving at all.
Colonia · NJ, USA
Multi-colored aircraft sighted in Colonia, NJ.
Lake View area · OR, USA
UFO sighting on Hwy 140 entering Oregon.
Woodbridge · NJ, USA
Pulsing Multi COLOR Object Flying Low Over Rt1 WOODBRIDGE, NJ
Ventura · CA, USA
Vertical red lights over ocean.
Bettendorf · IA, USA
At first I thought it was a shooting star. Then the colors changed and I noticed it wasn't falling but rising. It stopped.
Barto · PA, USA
Circular object flashing bright colors.
Charleston · WV, USA
Just wanted to see if anyone noticed a pattern from 2014
Joplin · MO, USA
Flying saucer flying 4-5,000 MPH in a "S" formation East over Joplin, Missouri.