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)
Yakima · WA, USA
Brilliant flash of light followed by a sonic boom
Centralia · WA, USA
They are still moving. Different directions. Coming from different ways. They look like moving stars.
Bainbridge Island · WA, USA
Triangle shape object with lights flew at very high speed across sky and stopped to descend
Reardan · WA, USA
Large bright golden triangle moving rapidly from west to east near zenith then suddenly vanishes. ((anonymous report))
Tacoma · WA, USA
2 of my son's and 2 friends while at Baker middle school playing football when noticed something towards Fern hill elementary school fl
Cliffdell · WA, USA
Reddish orange and whitish fireballs with lights inside of them by our campsite.
Cliffdell · WA, USA
Reddish orange and whitish fireballs.
Gold Bar · WA, USA
Obverved floating cylinder on sunny afternoon.
Gold Bar · WA, USA
One black floating cylinder shaped object moved in air floating ...turned like it was being driven from horizontal to vertical.
Mercer Island · WA, USA
Large saucer-shaped ball of light discharging orange sparks.
Seattle · WA, USA
Bright light with an a flash of an orange tail before disappearing behind the tall buildings dt Seattle.
Tacoma · WA, USA
Spherical UFO with rotating light spotted moving south over the Puget Sound and Narrows Bridge.
Burlington · WA, USA
Sky opens portal and orb shoots through it and begins to travel. ((NUFORC Note: No portal. Lens flares. PD))
Burlington · WA, USA
Bright, White lights in sky over the foothills with one seperating and rejoining, moving southeast, faded out.
Bellevue · WA, USA
IT WAS SEEN THROUGH OUR DINING ROOM WINDOW. BRIGHTER THAN AN LED LIGHT AND SOMEWHAT CIRCULAR IN SHAPE, THE LIGHTS ALL ORB LIKE. THE LIG
Arlington · WA, USA
Slow moving fireball.
Port Townsend · WA, USA
Bright white orb in mid afternoon while flying kites. ((NUFORC Note: Objects in photos are camera "lens flares." PD))
Bow · WA, USA
Photograph of an unidentified large cylindrical object in the air.
Auburn · WA, USA
Black craft seen over Auburn, WA.
Arlington · WA, USA
Slow silent orange lights over Arlington, WA.
Bainbridge Island · WA, USA
Boxy cylinder/barrel shaped with flickering orange glow on one side moving slowly.
Vancouver · WA, USA
Orange Orbs on Horizon changed shape into white haze with inner-pie-section clockwise rotation at high rate of speed.
Grayland · WA, USA
Red/Orange light over the Grayland/South Beach area of Grays Harbor County, Washington.
Everett · WA, USA
Side triangle shape flights in a triangle formation the tip light is brighter than the rest. ((anonymous report))
Bellingham · WA, USA
2 bright orange UFOs moving north over Portage Island & south Lummi Island.