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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Fanwood · NJ, USA
8 round orang red orbs came from Watching mountain area over Fanwood NJ no noise they all went in the same direction and vanished.
Fayetteville · NC, USA
Glowing moving lights in sky.
Lehigh Acres · FL, USA
A fiery ball, appearing to look like a helicopter on fire with no sound or other lights for 4-5 minutes in one spot before flying east.
Boca Raton · FL, USA
I was driving home from a new year’s party, about 1 am.
Mt. Pleasant · SC, USA
UFO orange spheres over Mt. Pleasant, SC on New Year's Eve.
Chandler · AZ, USA
3 Orange "orb" shaped objects over Southwest Arizona, followed by a fourth.
East Ridge (Chatanooga) · TN, USA
I saw six, light orange, very bright and large sized round objects, moving from east to west, from East Ridge,Tn. at 1:15AM.
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
Lake Elsinore ufo with blue thrusters.
Bradenton · FL, USA
One white/red light hovering over Bradenton, FL. - posted 1/7/14.
La Mesa · CA, USA
Unidentified lights fly in and out of formation high in the night sky over east San Diego.
New York City · NY, USA
Flying object in front of Freedom Tower. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect it's a bird...bald eagle?.., flying with fish in its talons. PD))
Placentia · CA, USA
UFO descends and seems to land in golf course.
Gorham · ME, USA
Three orange/red fireball or flickering-type lights flying in a triangle formation across the sky and then out of sight.
Mentone · CA, USA
Orange light formations.
Gilroy · CA, USA
10-12 red dots flying in a bird like formation lower than the airplane above. Each red dot began to disappear slowly one at a time.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
3 red/orange flame-less lights seen hovering.
Woodridge · IL, USA
New Year's day red scanning fireball.
San Diego · CA, USA
Two dark objects less than two miles away, moving east then separating and accelerating north at a miraculous rate of speed.
Brenda · AZ, USA
Five yellow orange objects flying at same altitude slightly above hills to south east of us.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Four orange-red lights over Pittsburgh, PA dropping smaller orange lights.
Boston · MA, USA
Over Boston, 4 bright orange lights approach separately, hover, then recede to the South East.
Louisville · KY, USA
Three large orange spheres traveling, then turning independently of one another in night sky.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
4 ufos in pittsburgh pa area.
Hickory · NC, USA
(3) Yellowish/Orange spheres in the shape of a triangle.
Powers · OR, USA
Wednesday Jan 1 8:45 PM South west, Oregon Near Powers Right now it is 8:53 to the east of Powers Hovering over what appears to Eden Ri