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)
Spokane · WA, USA
Woman, several youth, witness 2x very bright lights moving irregularly in N sky. Changed elevation, seemed to move relative to a/c.
Issaquah · WA, USA
Couple witness bizarre object circle overhead, fly to the W at slow speed. Red light in center, white flashing on nose, blue behind.
Seattle · WA, USA
Woman walking dog, witnesses a large, oblong obj., very bright yellow-orange, streak overhead at "incredible speed."
Redmond · WA, USA
Four young people see bright orange "fire in the sky" pass slowly overhead, fly W. Possibly 4 tiny lights on each corner. Bizarre!
Bothell · WA, USA
Experienced UFO investigators witness elliptical obj. w/ red light in middle, white & blue lights on ends. Chase in car for 10 min..
Seatac · WA, USA
Man reports seeing bright light 20 deg. above W horizon. Red, white, green, blue. (Probably Venus.)
Seattle · WA, USA
Anonymous caller reports seeing "a red thing with a tail pass near the moon." She inquired whether it could be " satellite w/ tether."
Whidbey Island · WA, USA
Two women witness 3 "huge, bright golden lights" hovering above water to NW of home. Objs. dimmed in sequence, disappeared.
Spokane · WA, USA
Falling star turns into flash, then flash goes away, then in a total different direction what looked like a satellite goes out of site,
Seattle · WA, USA
Young woman & 2 friends witness 3 lights overhead, arranged in a triangular pattern. Suddenly, a 4th light appears. Not aircraft.
Maple Valley · WA, USA
Object with flashing colored lights on its underside hovers over home in Maple Valley for almost 1 minute.
Guemes Island · WA, USA
Man reports seeing a meteor at 50 degrees (magnetic) descend almost vertically. Size: 3mm at arm's length. Very fast.
Seattle · WA, USA
Couple see very bright, white light moving S to N over Puget Sound. "Cigar, or elongate" in shape. Suddenly reverses dir., streaks S.
N. Everett · WA, USA
We saw a cylindrical object traveling north along the adjacent hills 3 or 4 miles to the east of the I5. Like spilt mercury.
Auburn · WA, USA
Flashing red light reported by two women.
Woodinville · WA, USA
Man reports seeing obj. in apparent polar orbit (?), that appeared to be emitting an erratic strobing effect. (Tumbling satellite??)
Walla Walla Airport · WA, USA
Air traffic controller reports a pale yellow light, that looked "square" in his binoculars, pass from SE to directly overhead.
Marblemount · WA, USA
Woman & man witness peculiar aircraft "w/ disc above it." Suddenly, disc separates from the a/c, flies ahead of it! Very slow flt.(??)
Langley · WA, USA
Five witnesses observe long, slender, tubular obj. w/ pointed nose moving N to S in W sky. Descends, disappears behind Olympic Mtns.
Granite Falls · WA, USA
Woman repts. 4 white flashing lights in a straight-line formation passing very rapidly W to E to the north of her home. Exclnt report.
Redmond · WA, USA
Man repts. 4-6 tiny objs. w/ very bright strobing lights fly S to N in W sky. "Wobbled, weaved vert." in flt. 4 min. later, N to S!
Woodinville · WA, USA
Experienced UFO investigator and husband witness three peculiar blinking lights, then a fourth, fly from N to E sky. Ascends in sky.
Whidbey Island · WA, USA
Five adults witness in W sky an elongate obj. w/ flashing lights moving N to S, like 3 "diamonds in row." Length 4-7x dia. of moon!
Seattle · WA, USA
Young man w/ neighbor witness bizarre multiple flashing lights in straight line over E horiz.. Obj. hovered, moved, then streaked off.
Lake Stevens · WA, USA
Five observers witness red-orange, egg-shaped obj. w/ a "halo" fly from the SE to NW.