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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Sparta · NJ, USA
Driving around saw atleast 15 red lights in the sky. Passed some trees Then just 3 were left and they slowly faded.
Belvidere · VT, USA
Circling orange red light over rural mountain area , not a plane, suddenly disappears.
Beaverton · OR, USA
Red and Green non strobe light travel at altitude and then suddenly drop beyond sight.
Redmond · WA, USA
I saw 2 slow moving lights (about 1/3 the speed of most satellites) in the sky moving in tandem (not planes).
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I have a picture that I took that night. I did not know if what appears in my picture could be a UFO or just an error from my camera…
Lola · KY, USA
1 bright light appearing for 1min before moving slightly to the right and vanishing completely.
Niles · IL, USA
Witness was delivering papers when he saw this disk object come his way. ((NUFORC Note: MUFON CMS report. PD))
Niles · IL, USA
Disk object hovering over my head!
Shelton · WA, USA
Upside-down "rocket" glides past Shelton WA. UDA.
Fruitport · MI, USA
Two attached jellyfish looking moving east to west huge shadow like figure pulsating in movement mind blowing
Mt. Shasta · CA, USA
Ufo sighting Mt. Shasta, CA.
St. Louis · MO, USA
Large UFO over St. Louis (Creve Coeur).
Makaha · HI, USA
Bright white disc shaped zig -zagged out of sight towards Kaena Point.
Bloomington · IN, USA
Before sunset a hovering oval metallic object quickly ascends into a cloud in central Indiana.
South Bend · IN, USA
3 or 4 white lights with 1 red light in the center of a triangle that was slow then would stop, then fly fast in a different direction.
Charlotte · NC, USA
Strange green and red lights hovering over the Charlotte/Concord, NC area.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Rapid moving blue light over NYC - Object resembled a DNA strand moving rapidly in a snake light pattern.
Johnston · RI, USA
Red sphere in sky.
New Orleans · LA, USA
Violet light seen zig-zagging quickly across night sky.
Frankfort · KY, USA
Round, orange-redding solid light, no blink moving smoothly fast and up No sound.
Beaverton · OR, USA
Reddish circular object proceeded west to east by northeast.
Ridge (Long Island) · NY, USA
A defined elongated rectangular brightly illuminated fast moving streak of white light silently traveled from east to west ...
Ocean City · MD, USA
I was looking for shooting stars or I would not have seen it thought it was a star at first till it stopped for a second or two then sh
Sandy Hook State Park · NJ, USA
Large circular shaped object at very high elevation.
Swan Valley · ID, USA
Circle of light falling.