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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New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Orange Oval Shape like a ball of fire moving from Manhattan toward Staten Island Area, ((anonymous report))
Thompson Springs · UT, USA
Walking home from 7-eleven only station in town. Due east near Venus on the south east side three light's. Green, blue, red. Noticed i
Rome · NY, USA
Big white flash of light aleard for baerly one second if i blinked i would have saw it disapear. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor?? PD))
Paterson · NJ, USA
((HOAX??)) 6 red bright lights. ((anonymous report))
Plymouth · MA, USA
I saw 6 orange lights go by. At first there was one and I watched it go by until I could no longer see it because it grew dim.
Morrison · CO, USA
Flashing light of different brightness and duration moving high in the sky to the south very slowly.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Bright, yellowish-orange light(s) observed from Northeast LA, off in the distance.
Elizabethtown · NY, USA
About the size of a satellite traveling unfixed L-shape path w/inconsistent flashing appearing/disappearing inconsistently
Salt Lake · UT, USA
5 to six lights in the ski over north east mountains. Put my hand in the air and used whatever unexplained thing I can do since I was a
Thornton · WV, USA
Super bright white light Moving and hovering off to the west
North Creek · NY, USA
Bright light very high and fast, making lightning speed zig zags and disappearing.
Ellenwood · GA, USA
we immediately saw a bright orange light traveling across the sky slow. ((anonymous report))
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Possible sighting or drones.
Girard · KS, USA
Big orange light glowing in the woods at night witnessed by my mother and I. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Kansas City · MO, USA
Driving along Hwy. 35 N and saw an object right above us flying in the same direction we were driving. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor? PD))
Wendover · NV, USA
Unidentified object.
San Gabriel · CA, USA
Stayed stationary for 1 hour than moved 15 miles east in less than a minute. Circled by one helicopter which left than orb disappeared
North Ogden · UT, USA
White light on Ben Lomond Peak. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a star or planet, we suspect. PD))
O'Fallon · MO, USA
We seen a bright orange fireball in the sky next to the moon. Shining a beam of light. Winghaven are disappeared in a instant.
Tucson (Pima Co.)(copper mine S of ) · AZ, USA
Disk over open-pit copper mine in southern Arizona. ((anonymous report))
Eugene · OR, USA
Those stars were definitely not stars.
Ft. Myers · FL, USA
I saw a red blue possibly another color not sure, went to grab my phone turned for a second and it was gone. ((anonymous report))
Superior · AZ, USA
Three stationary lights seen in sky south of Superior
Marietta · GA, USA
Five red lights shot into the sky. ((anonymous report))
Chapel Hill · NC, USA
I've been watching documentaries on UFOs and I had a weird thought to request a visit. My dog started barking unexpectedly and I didn't