UFO Sightings in Washington
6,791 UFO sightings reported in Washington since 1946, peaking in 2012 (427 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 6,791
- Span
- 1946–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (427 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1946–2022 · peak 2012 (427 reports)
Top cities in Washington
Seattle
1947–2022 · peak 2012 (43 reports)
Spokane
1971–2022 · peak 2020 (20 reports)
Vancouver
1961–2021 · peak 2012 (22 reports)
Tacoma
1947–2022 · peak 1995 (15 reports)
Everett
1976–2022 · peak 2013 (15 reports)
Bellingham
1966–2022 · peak 2013 (13 reports)
Yakima
1960–2021 · peak 2011 (18 reports)
Olympia
1973–2021 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Bremerton
1971–2021 · peak 2007 (14 reports)
Auburn
1952–2021 · peak 2009 (10 reports)
Bellevue
1958–2021 · peak 2005 (8 reports)
Renton
1966–2020 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Puyallup
1954–2020 · peak 2015 (8 reports)
Edmonds
1992–2022 · peak 2020 (19 reports)
Kent
1966–2021 · peak 2009 (7 reports)
Wenatchee
1953–2021 · peak 2004 (7 reports)
Kennewick
1965–2021 · peak 2011 (7 reports)
Port Angeles
1995–2022 · peak 2020 (10 reports)
Kirkland
1973–2021 · peak 2004 (8 reports)
Mountlake Terrace
1976–2022 · peak 2019 (24 reports)
Seattle · WA, USA
Bizarre object observed during dramatic display of aurora borealis.
Seattle · WA, USA
a clearly triangular thing with glowing circles on the bottom orange all around and perfect
Ritzville (near; on I-90) · WA, USA
triangular shaped object that had a bright blue/purple light that flashed
Sequim · WA, USA
deep, throbbing, sound heard; nothing sighted
Gifford National Forest · WA, USA
Unknow shape in forest
Cathlamet · WA, USA
Fireball over SW Washington
Everett · WA, USA
An object resembling a satalitte moving north, changes directions and heads straght up and fades into the sky.
Eatonville · WA, USA
stationary digital photos of 1-6 craft hoving over Mt. Rainier. Clear day, bright sun at onset of sunset.
Vancouver · WA, USA
Large, Flame like object at daybreak in Columbia River Gorge ((NUFORC Note: It looks like a distant contrail to us. PD))
Eastsound · WA, USA
like a bright star, only spins slowly and has white and red (sometimes orange and green) lights ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star?? PD)
Tacoma · WA, USA
Three orange circles without depth, quickly, randomly and fluidly dancing in tight formation, moving silently
Belfair · WA, USA
Small Fireball moved from east to west over southern Hood Canal
Coulee Dam area · WA, USA
un explainable lights moving irradically , changing color and spliting into two lights separated by at least 100 ft.
Lakewood · WA, USA
A disk appeared and performed several impossible turns/twists.
Seattle · WA, USA
A bending black rod hovering over First Hill!
Seattle · WA, USA
Large black snakelike ufo above Seattle right now about a thousand ft above airtraffic and below cloud ceiling
Puyallup · WA, USA
Oct 24, 2004 - slow moving triangle over Puyallup Washington.
Brewster · WA, USA
Very Large Red Flash Object lasting 2 seconds
Seattle · WA, USA
Flying v-formation of glowing orb-like craft.
Seattle · WA, USA
103104 Bright Light
Seattle · WA, USA
single light going away
Seattle · WA, USA
3 of us were standing out on my deck halloween nite. we were talking about telescopes. I started to point at a star in the clear nite s
Kirkland · WA, USA
Slow moving UFO spotted from Kirkland, WA ((NUFORC Note: Blimp?? PD))
Kirkland · WA, USA
Very large, Very Slow, completely lighted aircraft over Lake Washington ((NUFORC Note: Blimp?? PD))
Tacoma · WA, USA
the light was at a very high altittude, but had very distinctive colors, It was moving at a very high speed due to the distance covered