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)
Ontario · OR, USA
4-5 White lights moving above Ontario, OR
Grants Pass · OR, USA
a very fast moving starlike light, changing direction then color then vanished ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of ISS. PD))
Portland · OR, USA
Very bright light traveling over Portland ((NUFORC Note: International Space Station. PD))
Hillsboro · OR, USA
We did not see a craft however we heard a very loud boom kind of like fireworks and the concussion rattled our windows and our lights f
Ashland · OR, USA
Bright star-like object appears during the day.
Hood River · OR, USA
I sighted VERY large blue-green meteor of extended duration in the sky near Portland OR ((NUFORC Note: Probable meteor. PD))
La Grande · OR, USA
fireball in the sky ((NUFORC Note: Probable dramatic meteor at 19:45 hrs. on this date. PD))
Tigard · OR, USA
My wife and I saw a white streak come down at a steep angle and at a very high rate of speed. The intial color was white and turned ver
Multnomah Village · OR, USA
I was walking back to my place from grocery shopping, when I saw a green fireball. A big green orb that seemed about one fifth the siz
Florence · OR, USA
ball of fire falling at 45 degree angle towards ocean
Clatskanie · OR, USA
Four of us just witnessed at 7:45 pm pst a single bright jagged green streak low to the S- SW sky then disappear behind trees and then
Portland · OR, USA
On the News Tonight they Reported on channel 12 FOX Portland,Oregon News ad some type of sighting of a "light that flashed" was very br
The Dalles · OR, USA
spherical shaped object that appeared to be white with a grey shadow flying north to south
Millican · OR, USA
Lights in sky over high desert in Oregon
Portland · OR, USA
a bright object, moonish, hovered then moved straight upward
Redmond · OR, USA
The object was silverish, due to the sun was shinning on it. It stayed in one spot for about 4 min. Then it moved from point A to point
Eugene · OR, USA
White lights in a triangular formation over a ridgeline drifting slowly and fading out ten seconds after I spotted them
Eugene · OR, USA
Unidentified government craft over Eugene?
Milwaukie · OR, USA
three quiet spheres in a perfect formation. Stopped then disapeared.
La Grande · OR, USA
Oval-shaped and covered in lights but is quartered into four sections. As brillantly lit as any star.
Dallas · OR, USA
Buring orange sphere burning out over Salem Oregon
Dallas · OR, USA
UFO in Dallas Oregon - Hellicopters - Cigar shaped - Shooting sparks from the bottom!
Lincoln City · OR, USA
Bright light over ocean that was later joined by another. Both meandered around each other before disappearing.
Lincoln City · OR, USA
Similar to previous night sighting, same time of day, same area of the sky. Bright light over ocean.
Gleneden Beach · OR, USA
a bright orange light/flash intermittent at 11/2 second intervals, same level in sky 5 flashes in all