Fireball UFO Sightings
9,610 Fireball-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1932, peaking in 2012 (1111 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 9,610
- Span
- 1932–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (1111 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Fireball
1932–2022 · peak 2012 (1111 reports)
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Anniston · AL, USA
Red fireball object, (drone?), slowly drifted 75 feet above our heads, hovered above, turned white & at high speed disappeared
Artesia · NM, USA
Stepped outside for a chore, looked up and saw a rather huge, fiery ball of something moving at a high rate of speed. At first I though
La Manche (Canada) · NF, Canada
Straking fireball and green flash light up the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD))
Columbus · OH, USA
I just got off work and was driving on Stelzer rd and it was raining, I saw a blue flash and then about 2 to 4 seconds later another B
St. Albert (Canada) · AB, Canada
Between 20:07-20:08 I looked into the sky in a north northwesternly direction I saw i bright fireball light in the sky moving upwards
Seattle · WA, USA
Was driving south on I-5 something told me to look up and when I did I seen a big fireball light come into view like a comet going in o
Cody and Wapiti (between) · WY, USA
There were fireballs coming down. ((anonymous report))
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
Slow moving red fireball over Omaha.
Middle River · MD, USA
Small object zoomed below the moon, leaving a small white poof, and then thin fire trail (for a few seconds)-not a shooting star.
Fairdale · KY, USA
Green "fireball" with streak, East to West. While speaking to oldest daughter on phone *we both heard interference* Both hea
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Orange fireball, flying horizontally, stops, hovers, drops hot liquid debris 4-5 times, then flies upwards into space.
Bethel Park · PA, USA
This flying red/orange ball was something very out of the ordinary.
Wildwood · NJ, USA
3 UFOs at Firework show appearing as stars moving
Milwaukee · WI, USA
Orange/red ball that flickered, moved in what seemed to be a straight line due North. ((anonymous report))
West Valley City · UT, USA
At the redwood drive in facing east saw a light then it split to 2, thought shoot stars then bam it stopped met back with 1 st light th
Westover · WV, USA
A bright orange fireball seemed to vanish after a few moments in the sky.
Lake Stevens · WA, USA
Bright star orange /fireball that was dropping several smaller fireball objects from its center.
Crystal City · VA, USA
Large Fireball Observed in the Sky close to the Pentagon
Philipsburg · PA, USA
We observed a large object appear to burst into a large fireball in the night sky.
Monroe · OH, USA
Fireball/Flaring light over Monroe, Ohio.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Saw one object first looked like a star and it was still clear outside. Then turned into a fireball and looked lik the sun that’s when
Carolina Beach · NC, USA
Observed 1 orange/ yellow fireball shoot down the alley about 20ft from where I was sitting on Carolina Beach, NC.
San Pedro · CA, USA
Brilliant white sphere in front of a glowing crescent that traveled above the LA Harbor. ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Red ball moving fast with white ripples coming off the object! ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB. PD))
Sioux City · IA, USA
EXTREMELY bright ball appeared above me in my backyard.It lit up my back yard almost like the trees and yard were on fire.It was statio