Decade hub43,471 reports

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)

Light2009-09-19

Amagansett · NY, USA

7:30 ish, Bright light with a bell shaped cloud over the atlantic off the cost of Amagansett. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Disk2009-09-19

Farmington · CT, USA

disk with bright sphere of light ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Flash2009-09-19

Wadi Hamra (Egypt) · Egypt

Strobe flashes moving in a way which no space- or air-craft is capable of

Egg2009-09-19

Toronto (Canada) · ON, Canada

Egg shaped UFO sighted over Toronto and Barrie Ontario on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 1943 hours

Light2009-09-19

Hanover · PA, USA

Bright white light in cloudless sky approximately 20,000 ft. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Triangle2009-09-19

Towson · MD, USA

A small sphere shape object appeared, with a triangle shaped light being emitted from the bottom. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Oval2009-09-19

Howell · NJ, USA

There was a circle of light with a bright light coming out of it. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Circle2009-09-19

Lisbon · ME, USA

Bright blue beam hovering, slowly descending to the ground. No sound at all, 6 witnesses

Light2009-09-19

North Huntingdon · PA, USA

White focused beam not moving, no sound, no origination point and not reaching the ground. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Light2009-09-19

Somerset · NJ, USA

Extremely bright cones shaped light shining down from the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Light2009-09-19

Suffolk · VA, USA

Bright light in sky. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Light2009-09-19

Sanford · ME, USA

We were having a fire and saw a very bright cone shaped light above the tree line, it stayed for a minute or so then vanished.

Circle2009-09-19

Brookhaven Hamlet · NY, USA

White flood light like object in night sky with sparks coming down from it. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Light2009-09-19

Putney · VT, USA

VANISHING BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT WITH CONE SHAPED MIST IN PUTNEY, VT. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Triangle2009-09-19

Evans City · PA, USA

Triangular object in the sky in Evans City pa ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Unknown2009-09-19

Sterling · CT, USA

Large glow of light that led down to a beam with no sound. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Sphere2009-09-19

Dundalk · MD, USA

A dark sphere appeared southeast of dundalk, maryland then disappeared leaving a haze of smoke.((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Disk2009-09-19

Auburn · MA, USA

a white cone shape light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Unknown2009-09-19

Providence · RI, USA

I ran across information that seems to explain the beams. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Cone2009-09-19

Burlington · NJ, USA

7:50 PM, cone-shaped object, three spot-light type lights. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Light2009-09-19

West Grove · PA, USA

West Grove PA 9/19/09 Chester County 19:50 ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Flash2009-09-19

Bellingham · MA, USA

Strange light progressivly brighter, cone of light from below in Massachusetts, ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Light2009-09-19

Pittstown · NJ, USA

two beams of light high in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Circle2009-09-19

Manalapan · NJ, USA

circular stationary white light shining straight down thru an apparent haze. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Cone2009-09-19

Leesburg · VA, USA

Object with cone shaped tail rises above Dulles, VA. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))