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)
Lakebay · WA, USA
9 people see UFO in night sky.
Silverdale · WA, USA
Cylindrical craft hovered above the house with blinking lights of multiple colors for a long duration of time.
Tacoma · WA, USA
a large disk spacecraft the size of a Boeing 727 seen in the evening skies over Tacoma, Wn.
Longview · WA, USA
My uncle and I were standing outside on a warm summer evening. We were talking about unions and looking up at the stars. It was about
Carnation (on Tolt River · Cascade Mts.), WA, USA
1955 daytime sighting of a saucer craft by a family of four while on a picnic on a Sunday in the Cascade Mts. of Washington. The famil
Puyallup · WA, USA
The object was hovering above the treetops over the road a short distance in front of my car...
Wenatchee · WA, USA
round, silver-colored, shiny, saucer-shaped object flew at a high rate of speed horizon to horizon - taking about 45 seconds
North Bend · WA, USA
My cousin and I who were children at the time, watched a round, smooth, silent object which had a pinkish glow, come across his field f
Kelso (Cowlitz Co. hills) · WA, USA
Three UFO's witnessed by local people in the northwest U.S. in the early 1950s still unexplained.
Mount Vernon · WA, USA
1952 sighting of cigar shaped craft over Mount Vernon, Washington.
Richland · WA, USA
Night sighting of seven large luminous UFOs flying in "V" formation
Tacoma · WA, USA
6 spheres flying in formation over military base in Tacoma Wash. the size of 747's.
North Bend · WA, USA
old sighting (1952 0r '53) of daylight object seen from approximately 50 '.
Tacoma · WA, USA
Six spheres flying in formation close to an Air Force base by Tacoma Washington.
Auburn · WA, USA
Early nighttime sighting of huge oval object for 1 minute.
Allyn · WA, USA
Close encounter involving physical examination in unknown craft.
Otis Orchards · WA, USA
Cigar shaped Disc darting back and forth (East/West), Western shores of Liberty Lake, WA & West, @ < 45 degre angle to So. Horizon
Spokane Valley (Otis Orchards) · WA, USA
UFO over the Spokane Valley 1951
Lynden · WA, USA
Brilliantly lighted disks observed over Abbotsford, BC Airport. ((NUFORC Note: Witness later became an experienced pilot. PD))
Newman Lake · WA, USA
Sitting there above the hilltops to the south sat a huge spaceship just hovering over the hills. The size was immense.
Fort Lewis · WA, USA
the triangular shaped craft chased each other, turning at sharp angles and then left in a straight line at incredible speed
Steilacoom · WA, USA
AS A GIRL OF ABOUT NINE AND MY SISTER WHO WAS EIGHT AND OUR FATHER WERE DOWN AT THE WATER, AT DUSK SITTING AND LOOKING OUT, ALL ALONE.
Seattle · WA, USA
Student called Air Force and was told to submit all photos and negatives to them.
Seattle · WA, USA
UFO Hovers over Seattle sky
Ritzville · WA, USA
By car to Prescott, AZ. We were crossing a desert (I can still see the whole picture) when to our R, we saw a light rise.