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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Spindale · NC, USA
Two orbs opposite each other fixed in the southern sky.
Lindon · UT, USA
Craft hovered and then fled south-west where it ascended.
Fischer · TX, USA
Noticed a disc shape moving quickly and disappear, only to reappear brighter and then disappear again. ((anonymous report))
San Diego · CA, USA
Objects moving in and blowing up then moving out.
Plainfield · NH, USA
Saw 3 white lights in the shape of a triangle that had an aircraft behind it with two lights and one flashing red light.
Nags Head · NC, USA
Bright orange/red light flying parallel to beach then turned out towards the Atlantic Ocean into the clouds. ((anonymous report))
Morgan · MN, USA
Silent chevron/boomerang shaped aircraft flying at tree level from West to East.
Winston-Salem · NC, USA
Bright lighted object hovering around for about an hour. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Mars? PD))((anonymous report))
Topeka · KS, USA
Object looked to hover over a neighborhood for 3-4 minutes. Maybe 1000ft or less. It looked to have 2 lights that would turn on and off
Salt Lake City/Sandy · UT, USA
Bright light hovering over 4 hours in the same spot. ((anonymous report))
Gates · OR, USA
2 witnesses observe bright object, stationary for 1 hour or more, in afternoon sky over Linn Co., OR. ((NUFORC Note: Balloon?? PD))
El Paso · TX, USA
Evening viewing of several on identified aerial objects with clear photographs. ((NUFORC Note: Possible high-altitude balloon. PD))
Locust · NC, USA
Started out like a star then it stretched out and then took the shape of a upside down u ((anonymous report))
Bristol · ME, USA
Blueish/Green shimmery lights on a triangle craft.
Colorado Springs · CO, USA
Multiple different red, blue, and white lights in different areas in the sky; saw a white light pass sky downward. ((anonymous report))
Del Mar · CA, USA
Cigar-shaped object spotted in Del Mar.
Long Beach · CA, USA
Orange bright light turned off into a sphere kept going.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I was driving West on summerlin parkway about to get off on Durango exit when I seen this green light going up in the sky.
Hewitt · VT, USA
White Cigar Shaped UFO Caught on Wildlife Camera
Los Lunas · NM, USA
A Silver circular object was observed at a very high altitude over Los Lunas, New Mexico. Until obstructed by clouds.
Belen · NM, USA
I was at the Belen Airport in the parking lot, I had gotten out of my car and was hoping to catch some take offs and landings, but ther
St. Augustine · FL, USA
As I was in the ocean meditating I noticed a bright light in the sky that caught my eye. ((anonymous report))
Henderson · NV, USA
Brilliant white light, morphed to clearly defined rectangular black shape, emitted misty tail, all vanished w/ no trace.
Boulder Creek · CA, USA
I saw a craft moving through the trees about a 100' in altitude going approximately 35mph.
Orlando · FL, USA
Bright Red/Orange lights in sky.