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)
Oak Harbor · WA, USA
Bright light coming from sky in Oak Harbor with loud rumbling sound that shook my bed.
Seattle · WA, USA
I have looked at this site for years and have never seen anything like this before.
Lacey · WA, USA
Bright reddish pulsing light, that floats around in the sky erratically. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a sighting of Venus?? PD))
Auburn · WA, USA
It was oval/saucer-looking shape, and it blended in with the night sky what look like it had 3 orange street lights on the ship.
North Snohomish · WA, USA
Bright oddly shaped light in the clouds in Northern Snohomish
Bellingham · WA, USA
Meteor like white decending east to west.
Stevens Pass · WA, USA
Shifting orb witnessed at Stevens Pass, WA. ((NUFORC Note: Report from commercial pilot. PD))
Liberty Lake · WA, USA
Standing on my back porch to smoke a cig look up above to see a slow silent triangle and immidietly rushed friend to see it go by.
Kelso · WA, USA
Falling fire looking object with a whiteshape on top of fire then went up fast
Bellevue · WA, USA
Flashes over my house.
Olympia · WA, USA
Bright white light hoovering in the southeast sky near Olympia
Lake Umatilla; John Day Dam (~30 mi. E of; approximate) · WA, USA
A turqoise light lit up the entire sky with no apparent point of origin.
Belfair · WA, USA
Bright lights changing formation and the flying straight up until they disappeared.
Davenport · WA, USA
Bright red lighted object over Davenport, WA
Davenport · WA, USA
Around 21:30 Thursday December 29 2016, I think I spotted an unidentified flying object. My sister, mother, and I were sitting in
Davenport · WA, USA
It was 21:30 when my sister, mom and, I were sitting in the living room. My mom was watching some show on her laptop when she looked ov
Richland · WA, USA
Triangle shape flying object was flying, being chased by another throwing lasers to one another- ARMY planes following them.
Snohomish · WA, USA
3 Triangular shaped crafts were seen hovering over the tree tops, under a 1st Phase Moon, then disappearing after 60 seconds.
Redmond · WA, USA
Large V-shaped craft seen cruising night sky in Redmond, WA.
Walla Walla · WA, USA
Slow moving triangle shaped craft with three red blinking lights in center.
Kirkland · WA, USA
Orange in color moving fast just over tops of buildings paralell to 405
Spokane · WA, USA
Brightly lit triangle craft hovered 50 feet above roadway Spokane, WA.
Arlington · WA, USA
Very bright light fairly low in the sky as seen SW from Arlington. Very slowly descended then faded out and just disappeared.
Auburn · WA, USA
Object appeared to be on fire, but steady control, altitude and direction.
Seattle · WA, USA
Blue lights over northwestern Seattle sky.