Fireball UFO Sightings
9,610 Fireball-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1932, peaking in 2012 (1111 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 9,610
- Span
- 1932–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (1111 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Fireball
1932–2022 · peak 2012 (1111 reports)
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Indianapolis · IN, USA
Fireballs over Indianapolis on New Years Eve.
San Tan Valley · AZ, USA
Red ball of hovering light.
Pbg · FL, USA
10-12 red glowing balls moving 50-70 mph southeast to northwest.
San Antonio · TX, USA
New Years @ ~12:30am, my father and I observed an object in the sky appearing red at a distance but then turned bright orange.
Cody · WY, USA
Very bright flash from south to north; disappeared long before north horizon.
Corona · CA, USA
3 orange hazy lights, possibly fireballs, seen over Corona, CA, and seen from Chino Hills, moving in very odd pattern slowly.
Sandy · UT, USA
Four orbs in the sky.
Coon Rapids · MN, USA
Several craft each glowing like fire and triangular in shape.Slowly increased speed and vanished into the night sky.
Nashville · TN, USA
I observed 4 bright orange objects flying in a straight line in a southerly direction. They appeared to be glowing as if on fire but l
Conception Bay South (Canada) · NF, Canada
Cluster of moving stars and orange 'fireballs'
Sutherlin · OR, USA
I walked outside by 11:20 p.m. I looked up in the sky North I was smoking a cigarette I saw orange lights big craft ran inside got my f
Shelton · WA, USA
Fireball with flaming tail shooting across mid-sky.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
4 fireballs seen in Albuquerque
Daytona Beach · FL, USA
A very bright fireball coming low in the sky from the east and then accelerating straight up and then leveled out in a straight path at
San Diego · CA, USA
Fireball moving south to north in western sky lasting about 15 minutes, faded from sight in the distance.
Omaha · NE, USA
1/17/2017 Omaha, NE, ball of light erratically moving! ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD))
Sterling Heights · MI, USA
Orange fiery ball of light moving back and forth then shoots away in a flash and leaves a fiery trail. ((anonymous report))
River Falls · WI, USA
Spherical luninous multi-colored hovering in the same position, now heading west toward the twin cities, St. Paul, Mpls. 18:57pm
Long Beach · CA, USA
Obj. was going down fast like a shooting star, but with a frontal metallic circle, and it disappeared in mid air.((anonymous report))
Lincoln · NM, USA
500 orbs being chased by a jet. ((NUFORC Note: We would welcome additional reports. PD))
DeLand · FL, USA
Fireball in sky shuts off, then re-ignites. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of 2nd stage ignition of missile launch. PD))
Dominion (Canada) · NS, Canada
At 2100hrs on Jan 20/2017 noticed white light flashing in the sky, almost similar to airport lights when a plane is landing.. I do live
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
The lights were on top of Brooklyn. The lights would move up and down then form a line, then a half moon shape.
Leesburg · VA, USA
Two adult females traveling northbound on VA Route 621 witnessed a bright green spherical object, seemingly fire-based traveling rapidl
Encinitas · CA, USA
Watching the air traffic off my porch in the dark of night, i suddenly saw a trail of 3 bright orange lights in a streamlined pattern m