UFO Sightings in the 2000s
43,471 UFO sightings reported during the 2000s, peaking in 2008 (5331 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 43,471
- Span
- 2000–2009
- Peak year
- 2008 (5331 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
2000–2009 · peak 2008 (5331 reports)
Herkimer · NY, USA
"H" shaped object, green mist all around it, Upstate NY ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Salem · CT, USA
glowy fuzzy white butterfly/angel shaped thing. ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Bristol · TN, USA
Follow-up to east coast sighting on August 31st ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Verona · NY, USA
figure 8 in the sky ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Morgantown · WV, USA
strange lights above touchdown city, wv ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Palm Bay · FL, USA
a blurry object ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Bristol · TN, USA
Large white object with strobe light spotted during nightly skywatching ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Kingsville · OH, USA
8:30 P.M. EST August 31, 2004-resembled airplane explosion in atmosphere ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Kingsville · OH, USA
Three (3) witnesses to strange object in night sky ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Malden Bridge · NY, USA
A shallow disc of light in cloudy light 45 deg, above hor., 8:45PM, Columbia Co., NY. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Montreal (Canada) · QC, Canada
light shaped like a "H" with a light flashing at the middle left. big as moon. ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Neptune · NJ, USA
Expanding fuzzy white lights in western sky. ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Mount Carmel · PA, USA
A hazy white patch of light slowly moving in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Mount Carmel · PA, USA
Slow moving shape in the sky that faded but retained shape as it did, moved S to N. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Kennett Square · PA, USA
Soft light appears and moves slowly over so. east PA early Tues. eve, 8/31. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Troy · KY, USA
A cloud like cigar shaped object - moved eastward over our heads and dissipated((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Somerville · NJ, USA
2 spherical lights in the northwest sky ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Cinnaminson · NJ, USA
Strange shape moved from horizon to Apex with flashing strobe white light ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Endwell · NY, USA
Linked parabolic shapes with blinking light ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch from Cape Canaveral. PD))
Galeton · PA, USA
comet shaped object hovering in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Reynoldsburg · OH, USA
On this night, I noticed a cylinder shaped illuminated object in the southeast sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible contrail?? PD))
Wakefield · NH, USA
5 appendaged object ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Montpelier (near) · VT, USA
Appeared low in the WSW as a fuzzy "star" about as bright as Jupiter or Venus. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Romulus · NY, USA
White blur with two lights, changed directions often, faded in and out; over the big dipper. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Boonsboro · MD, USA
Meteor, Comet, Craft breakup. ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))