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)
Beaverton · OR, USA
Large vertical light with tail, traveling vertically in a cloudless blue sky (see photo)
Ontario · OR, USA
I noticed several red to orange lights in a curve arc moving in a slow southern direction
Portland · OR, USA
I noticed a bright light that kept emitting a flashing bright light that lit up the sky. Two other bright lights were below the bigger
Portland · OR, USA
Bright light then moved down and east
Portland · OR, USA
Started as a bright light then moved down and east. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a contrail behind a high-altitude aircraft? PD))
Portland · OR, USA
Looks like dominoe
Eugene · OR, USA
Bright light flying without aircraft lights suddenly disappears
Portland · OR, USA
Dominoe appearance
Vida · OR, USA
Craft moved east to west, north hill side above the McKenzie river just east of Springfield Oregon
Albany · OR, USA
Red flashing lights above Albany
Lincoln City · OR, USA
very bright object moved west then moved straight back stayed
Lincoln City · OR, USA
Did anyone else see a green and red light darting around the sky at about 6:30 to 7 PM on Sat. the 20th of Nov. in Lincoln City, OR?
Seaside · OR, USA
Flashing lights East of seaside or
Brookings · OR, USA
A bright erratic object in the Southern sky over the Southern Coast of Oregon. ((NUFORC Note: Jupiter??
Redmond · OR, USA
Several pictures several videos live
Portland · OR, USA
MADAR Node 66
Portland · OR, USA
Round orb like had a hovering movement. A smaller piece separated from the bigger identical of the larger one.
Salem · OR, USA
Six objects in the sky, moving north to west, changing formations as they moved before disappearing.
Canby · OR, USA
For multiple nights on clear nights I am able to observe to the west what appears to be a floating pyramid with just the outside edges
Albany · OR, USA
green ball of light descent
Albany · OR, USA
Saw a round bright light in sky not moving or blinking like stars do when I zoomed in on video looked like a heat signature of a body i
Corbett · OR, USA
High altitude orange light
Seaside · OR, USA
While standing outside trying to see some meteors, I saw what looked like a row of white lights coming up the coast, south of Seaside O
Tigard · OR, USA
Fast moving bright light seen near Portland, OR. ((NUFORC Note: Report from airline captain. PD))
Albany · OR, USA
Bright white light seen for 30 miles