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)
Sodaville · OR, USA
Disc shaped glowing lights tonight with pictures and video!
Bandon · OR, USA
Bright white hovering oval light with spires shooting out from it. Looks like a star, but doesn't twinkle. Isn't a planet.
Klamath Falls · OR, USA
The sky warped and something like energy.
Sodaville · OR, USA
Two balls of orange light seen above the trees; one split into two!
Cornelius · OR, USA
Red lights (non-flashing) in line (no sound) high rate of speed 7-8 PM heading North bound Cornelius Oregon.
Roseburg · OR, USA
I was standing on my front deck which faces to the west ,looking south talking to a friend on the phone when 3 orange looking orbs,or s
Bend · OR, USA
We were driving East on Cooley Road and saw an extremely bright white light in the distance. This light flew parallel of us until we tu
Neskowin · OR, USA
The misty, illuminated oval traveled from the East losing altitude until it disappeared into the ocean.
Salem · OR, USA
White oval object, hovering very smooth.
Portland · OR, USA
Saw three orange circles near each other and then they spread apart but weren't definitely airplanes or stars. They were slowly moving.
Emigrant Pass (near; foothills of) · OR, USA
Seen a object with a solid orange bar that lit up bright on the base and the top, it moved slow like a helicopter and was 40 feet off t
Portland · OR, USA
Small fireball streaked across sky looking North from SE Portland. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor? PD))
Portland · OR, USA
Strange moving multicolored diamond shape over Gresham, Oregon.
Beaverton · OR, USA
I was driving north on SW 158th Ave from Walker Rd and saw to the west 5 lights (traveling too slow and too close to be airplanes) 3 of
Hillsboro · OR, USA
We live off of 201st and baseline we saw a point with a thin tail that looked like bright white sparklers fireworks flying through the
Milwaukie · OR, USA
Saw bright white circle hovering then shot up straight fast fast then darted sideways unlike any craft or drone ive ever seen...
Beaverton · OR, USA
Pulsating lights in SW sky over Beaveton/Farmington area.
Bend · OR, USA
5 orange glowing lights seen by 2 witnesses, heading south to north, over Bend, Oregon, on Christmas Eve 2015.
Salem · OR, USA
Christmas was just over, I stepped out to smoke in the cold, I focused on a bright star that seemed to b flickering, I lost contact.
Beaverton · OR, USA
There were 8 med. height flying objects evenly spaced in formation with no sound and no flashing lights the orange lights were steady.
Orient · OR, USA
While driving at sunset I saw a hovering, vertical, cylindrical object glowing in the sun, which then separated into two objects.
Springfield · OR, USA
Shape changing UFO's in Springfield, Oregon.
Portland · OR, USA
Dozen red green blue lights in portland sky that spin with two bright white lights that move. ((NUFORC Note: Stars?? PD))
Monmouth · OR, USA
A white balloon gives off a bright blue light and disappears along with the balloon.
Eugene · OR, USA
Viewed 4 slow moving orange-ish orbs on new years eve moving from E to W until they disappeared on the horizon.