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)
Whidbey Island · WA, USA
Craft with flashing lights and enormous acceleration.
Amboy · WA, USA
Mysterious lights and noise.
Washougal · WA, USA
Daytime UFO sighting over Washougal, WA with Photos.
Vancouver · WA, USA
Saw a black rotating object looking east spinning rotating in place ...a small aircraft flew past object was higher than small plane.
Vancouver · WA, USA
Looking eastern direction...11:00. Position... Sky clear..looked up and saw a rotating diamond black gray object stationary..spining..
Richland · WA, USA
5 bright lights in the sky over the Columbia River.
Herron Island · WA, USA
Lights/orbs seen crossing the sky with no noise.
Spokane · WA, USA
Black Triangle Craft spotted in Spokane, Washington. ((NUFORC Note: Serious report, or maybe not?? PD))
Camano Island · WA, USA
Stationary spacecraft, emitting glowing colored signals that slowly moves horizontally to the east.
Kennewick · WA, USA
3 large silent, slow moving fiery orbs moving across the sky in an arc, one after the other in a timely manner.
Vancouver · WA, USA
Driving down to downtown Vancouver, WA, seen a blimp shaped object towards west hills of Portland. ((anonymous report))
Everett · WA, USA
Orbs over the Snohomish Valley in July, again!
Lakewood · WA, USA
3 colored lights that changed direction
Richland · WA, USA
There were jets flying over our house (North Richland) continuously for one hour. Was woken up by my dogs barking and then heard the j
Seattle · WA, USA
Strange flashes of light on a clear night in Sno-King area of WA.
Renton · WA, USA
After midnight I was on my way home from work, I was driving from the Fairwood neighborhood in Renton, WA. I was driving down Benson Rd
Seattle · WA, USA
I, too saw flashes of intense white light flash outside my house. An 8-10" strand of horizontal, bright light flashed outside.
Walla Walla · WA, USA
White and glowing about 50 ft from the skyline. After about 15 minutes it started descending rapidly towards the ground and disappeared
Ritzville · WA, USA
2 crafts one heading north the other heading from north to south west while changing shape
Mount Vernon · WA, USA
Shimmering object gliding across the sky much faster than any aircraft.
Maple valley · WA, USA
Super bright light, silent ,continuously ever 5 minutes .
Issaquah · WA, USA
Small, steady point of light made an impossible maneuver
Port Townsend · WA, USA
I saw flashes of light above me that would appear for any tiny fraction of a second, then be gone, only to reappear again either in
Vantage · WA, USA
30 minute lapse in memory, hallucinations, nose bleeds and astronomical anomalies.
Bellingham · WA, USA
Not sure what I just witnessed but it was very unusual. I just took my dog out for his last bathroom run when ai noticed a light that a