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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Lyons · CO, USA
Hundreds of "Point-Light-like" white lights moving through the sky with changing speed, spatial distances to each other.
Hyannis · MA, USA
Shooting star that suddenly made a broad curve that was in effect a 180 degree turn toward the horizon
Donalds · SC, USA
At 1st, thought it was lightning, but then they moved very fast within a small area. The lights were in the clouds, and looked like som
Independence · KS, USA
Bright starshaped objects began moving at random, brightly illuminating and becoming 3 lights, with the other 2 the lesser lights
Independence · MO, USA
Noticed to high left in sky what appeared first to be a bright star. ((anonymous report))
San Bernardino · CA, USA
A pair of bright white lighted craft. Floats, zig zags, stables and vanishes hours later.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Cigar-shaped cylinder UFO and 4 smaller saucer spheres after it.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Cylinder shaped UFO rotatong like drill with 4 large lights followed by 4 saucer sphere ufos
Medford · MA, USA
3 white orbs moving in the sky, rotating.
Groton · CT, USA
On I-95 N, to my right, out above the water, I saw a row of 5 hook shaped contrails. ((NUFORC Note: Sky writing aircraft. PD))
Parlin · NJ, USA
UFO CHASED MY MILITARY AIRPLANE.
Grand Junction · CO, USA
((HOAX??)) Mental contact made with ufo.
Kenner · LA, USA
Believe I saw the same object again as reported on July 4th. This time it was travelling East to West directly over Lake Pontchartrain
Alpharetta · GA, USA
While driving up GA 400 heading N, above the tree line I seen a orb that just hovered there for 2-5 min..
Greenbrier · TN, USA
Oval white craft, moving at 500-600mph in daylight.
Methuen · MA, USA
Two white cigar shaped ufos cross over methuen
Roanoke · VA, USA
Round bright light in daylight high in sky disappears with a smoke jet like trail very fast round bright object never reappeared
Woburn · MA, USA
Fast moving bright red light with flashing white and green lights on top stopped, and hovered several times before rapidly leaving the
Portland · OR, USA
Two disc-shaped objects observed over Portland West Hills for 20 minutes, then they disappeared.
Milwaukee · WI, USA
Given that local weather forecasts mentioned that the Aurora Borealis could be viewed in my area from around 10 PM, I went outside to s
Eureka · UT, USA
Bright, star sized light flying from West to East at very high speed, moving in a relatively straight line except it was zigzagging.
Walnut · IL, USA
I was sitting by a fire I had made around 11 or 12 pm. I heard a slight cutting of air SE direction. ((anonymous report))
Chandler · AZ, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information about sighting. PD))
Roanoke · VA, USA
High flying light across roanoke night sky. ((anonymous report))
Pulaski · MO, USA
I was driving between Meta & Dixon, MO, on highway 133 when I noticed a bright light overhead. At first I thought it was a brigh