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)
Oakland · CA, USA
Oakland, CA bright silver white light traveling north west downward toward the San Francisco Bay
Berkeley · CA, USA
Light-distortion moved methodically across San Francisco Bay to above Treasure Island, dropped, returned along same path.
Frankfort · IL, USA
Very bright lights in the sky that would stop, rotate, fly away, come back...almost like they were playing in the sky.
Round Rock · TX, USA
Bright lights in triangle from moving and changing over Round Rock, TX
Jamaica · VA, USA
4 bright red lights parallel to ground in a row
Sterling · VA, USA
30 to 40 lights foming a V shape flying at high speed, observed over Sterling VA on Super Bowl night 2009
Mantua · NJ, USA
Strange red/white/red blinking light in Southern New Jersey. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a sighting of Sirius in the southern sky? PD))
Whitwell/Worksop (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Woken by the sound of a large aircraft overhead, which made an unusual sound like that made by wobbling large board or card.
Abbotsford (Canada) · BC, Canada
abducted by circular ufo while camping
Madison · WI, USA
Unexplainable movements attached to light unidentifed object in night sky.
Casper · WY, USA
early morning U.F.O
Maryville · TN, USA
A bright light moving away and disappeared
Ottumwa · IA, USA
Bright white sphere pulsing to a amber color
Hawthorne · CA, USA
one red orange jagged circle high up blue sky white spark coming off of it,staying in one spot.
Atlanta · GA, USA
Rectangular Gray Object Seen over Atlanta GA
Evesham · NJ, USA
Object looks like a cone or jellyfish with colors continually changing via binoculars. Nightly occurance. No sound.
Paducah · KY, USA
Small light, first mistaken for a bright star, begins moving slowly downward in a zigzagging pattern, before slowly dimming out.
Duarte · CA, USA
Two satellite-like objects both traveling towards mountains and then disappearing
Eugene · OR, USA
object that looked like a shooting star made a hard right
Pleasanton · CA, USA
zigzag flight on high altitude
Brownwood · TX, USA
Amber light splits into four lights in a straight line, then disappears
Hoquiam · WA, USA
At one point I could see underneath the object clearly and it appeared to be very large, gray or silver with a completely flat bottom a
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Bright light(s) witnessed in Carlsbad on 2/2/09
Celina · TX, USA
Large bright light in Western night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Probably a sighting of Venus?? PD))
Dinuba · CA, USA
four red light in shape of a triangle gliding over the city of Dinuba CA.