UFO Sightings in Oregon
3,346 UFO sightings reported in Oregon since 1937, peaking in 2020 (237 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 3,346
- Span
- 1937–2029
- Peak year
- 2020 (237 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1937–2029 · peak 2020 (237 reports)
Top cities in Oregon
Portland
1960–2022 · peak 2014 (47 reports)
Salem
1949–2022 · peak 2014 (19 reports)
Eugene
1968–2022 · peak 2016 (13 reports)
Beaverton
1962–2022 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Bend
1980–2021 · peak 2015 (11 reports)
Medford
1971–2021 · peak 2020 (14 reports)
Albany
1991–2021 · peak 2013 (7 reports)
Springfield
1987–2021 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Hillsboro
1994–2020 · peak 2013 (10 reports)
Gresham
1976–2022 · peak 2005 (5 reports)
Grants Pass
1978–2020 · peak 2008 (6 reports)
Lincoln City
1997–2021 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Roseburg
1966–2022 · peak 2020 (7 reports)
Oregon City
1972–2021 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Corvallis
1956–2021 · peak 2008 (6 reports)
Lake Oswego
1995–2021 · peak 1995 (7 reports)
Milwaukie
1972–2020 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Ashland
1992–2021 · peak 2005 (4 reports)
Florence
1995–2022 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
McMinnville
1997–2021 · peak 2020 (4 reports)
Salem · OR, USA
V shaped, Tilted and rotating pale white craft. No noise.
Salem · OR, USA
saw 11 circle object heading due south a a very slow pace in a group formation than disappeared
Beaverton · OR, USA
White-pink oval object seen & photo'd while rising up thru high cloud.
Portland · OR, USA
Clearly visible, stationary sphere, "takes off" after an hour or so of observation
Eugene · OR, USA
Oval object seen racing from west to east over Eugene, Oregon.
Bend · OR, USA
A strange craft the best i can subscribe it was a thin rectangle with a pair of wings they went back from the front in a 60 degree angl
Forest Grove · OR, USA
Bright light moving erratically, then moving to one spot to disappear. Forest Grove, Oregon, July 20, 2003
Portland · OR, USA
Between 10 and 11 pm, very bright quiet object traveling S to N then abruptly turned toward the E..
Portland · OR, USA
We see objects in the sky that look like tiny stars that move at lightning speeds, hover in one spot then takes off at lightning speeds
Wallowa · OR, USA
Flying saucer type object not large and alone soft white light and incredibly fast.
Portland · OR, USA
This was the amber fireball...very smooth trajectory and very fast...just takin` its time it seemed....
Tillamook · OR, USA
fireball into ocean
Keizer · OR, USA
translutant orb seen two different times.
Aloha · OR, USA
Fireball seen behind trees moving vertically then up into the sky
Lake Oswego · OR, USA
Oregon UFO Review Case: Football shaped UFO with purple glow and lights seen from inside tent during camping.
Creswell · OR, USA
i could tell you this: IT WAS NOT AN AIRPLANE!
Portland · OR, USA
This object coud not have been a jet and it was not a "shooting star".
Gates · OR, USA
Large octagon grid patterns late night sightings.
Rural/Unknown · OR, USA
Oregon UFO Review Case: Bright lights illuminate daughters bedroom window.
Ashland · OR, USA
Ground-moving small black boomerang shaped unidentified object observed with witnesses in broad daylight near Ashland, Or.
Aloha · OR, USA
Large sphere entering clouds at high rate of speed.
Fort Klamath · OR, USA
White oval light with in touching distance .
Gresham/ Wood Village · OR, USA
Multi-colored orb sighting report, low, slow-moving
Eugene · OR, USA
sunny day, huge jet-shaped craft with tiny red/black wings very low to the ground rose noiselessly into a cloud. didn't emerge.
Eugene · OR, USA
A zipzag light in the night sky hovering and flying with supersonic speeds.