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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Chicago · IL, USA
3 bright lights over Chicago.
Ridgefield · CT, USA
03/26/18 Late afternoon Ridgefield, CT single shining light orb flew right across sky then back split into 3 orbs looked like something
Charlton · MA, USA
Bright red/orange perfectly round object slowly moving object moved east to west. No trail.
Sonoma · CA, USA
20 orange spots of light.
Prineville · OR, USA
Was sitting in car on top of a view point and kept seeing a bright light. We saw a helicopter going towards the object and before it go
Bozeman · MT, USA
I live in a dorm room at a university, and on 3/27/18 at 0100 I was about to fall asleep. ((anonymous report))
Pocatello · ID, USA
Bright steady white light moving south to north. No sound.
Ocala · FL, USA
seen 3 whiteish orange thought was stars in a row pretty low to ground seen one disappear then another. ((anonymous report))
Atlanta · GA, USA
My daughter and I were traveling I-85S going to school when I saw a blueish-greenish #shootingstar or #ufo blaze through the Atlanta sk
Bethel · NC, USA
Orange rectangular light slowly moving.
Oak Island · NC, USA
Bright light, sparkler-like comet tail. Seemed to burn out then burned bright again before burning out completely.
Joshua Tree · CA, USA
Extremely fast blue light changing directions before turning red and stopping and eventually blinking red. ((anonymous report))
Nampa · ID, USA
3 Lights Transforms To 4 flying In Triangle & Diamond.
Merritt · NC, USA
Blue circular surrounded by orange and red with 4 bluish fragments mid sky falling to horizon.
Gloucester · VA, USA
Not an airplane or helicopter. Very silent, with low pitch sound only. ((anonymous report))
Norris City · IL, USA
MADAR 115
Las Vegas (northwest) · NV, USA
Solid red light approached, about 200 feet elev., then left after approx. 45 secs., before moving up to disappear..
Lakeville · MN, USA
It was sort of a small V-shape, high above the truck stop. It could've been farther away because of my viewpoint from the highway.
Aurora · IL, USA
Took a few pictures of the sunset and on three of the pictures there was an object on each picture. ((anonymous report))
Chicago · IL, USA
2 strange floating bright reddish-orange lookin disk with what looks like 3 lights beaming from it silently move. ((anonymous report))
Finland · MN, USA
while driving n on co. road 7 6 miles n of finland I noticed a large glowing orange ball to the w of me ((anonymous report))
Vancouver · WA, USA
Brightly-lit bluish/white sphere, maneuvering at impossible speeds and in impossible angles to be an aircraft found on Earth..
Coos Bay · OR, USA
Bright flashes of light, like a camera flash jumping around night sky.
Wentzville · MO, USA
My first recorded occurrence was in Ashtabula Ohio. I have had experiences throughout my life that I either dismissed or pushed aside a
Wilmington · NC, USA
Blue oval with other lights on it traveling through the sky