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)
Port Gamble · WA, USA
Hovering red orb.
Kalame · WA, USA
Round, black, at least 2 car lanes wide , had a green glow on the bottom side & quick .
Walla Walla · WA, USA
MADAR Node 130
Bonney Lake · WA, USA
Objects too large to be drones and too slow and left no trail like rockets.
Vancouver · WA, USA
Saw 2 shooting stars and sat down to look at stars.What at first appeared to be bright star suddenly popped up. It was oval shaped
East Olympia · WA, USA
It was a dark cylindrical object. It was traveling from N to S. Clear blue skies. It rolled, and turned when it did it.
Bellingham · WA, USA
Bright orange light. ((anonymous report))
Federal Way · WA, USA
Triangle hovering low next to highway near SeaTac airport
Aberdeen · WA, USA
Round orbs of light with bright flashes of light in sky over Aberdeen, Wa.
Everett · WA, USA
3 triangle ufos in a triangle formation!
Seattle · WA, USA
Two large shadowy chevron/triangles with amber glow at each point--high in the atmosphere
Tacoma · WA, USA
Morphing Ambient Glowing Cloud Sky Ghost
Lakewood · WA, USA
Craft rapidly goes side to side. Appears to have 3 lights at triangle tips. Also rotates fast looking like belt of light rotating aroun
Lakewood · WA, USA
Slow moving burning color flame object.
Olympia · WA, USA
I saw lights high up moving slowly in our direction and lowering in the sky, as it did so it became larger, this huge black triangluar
Auburn · WA, USA
Strange shaped craft over Auburn, WA.
Lynnwood · WA, USA
2 lights zig zagging across the sky with super bright lights and then the light would get dim and fade away. ((anonymous report))
Kalaloch · WA, USA
A glowing orb hovered in the sky, shined on a light on my friend and I, then split into 5 separate orbs and zoomed off.
Kent · WA, USA
Dense white cloud like with a long cigar shape very defined shape. Silently gliding through the sky heading from E in a NW dir..
Puyallup · WA, USA
5 craft seen, huge triangle of 3 move across sky in Puyallup, Wa. Helicopter heads toward it.
Samammish/Klahanie · WA, USA
At the end of mine and spouses run around we saw a blue UFO with a silver center.
Fircrest · WA, USA
We thought someone lost their balloons but they moved against the wind
Kirkland · WA, USA
Was walking out of Metropolitan Market in downtown Kirkland and noticed something metallic in the sky looking directly north. I watched
Lake Stevens · WA, USA
Yellow/white light was next to a tree about half a mile away changed color to red and flew behind tree.
Colville · WA, USA
Orangish light flying very fast and in odd manner during fireworks show.