Flash UFO Sightings
2,383 Flash-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1946, peaking in 2015 (151 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 2,383
- Span
- 1946–2021
- Peak year
- 2015 (151 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Flash
1946–2021 · peak 2015 (151 reports)
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Yukon · OK, USA
Quick flash reflecting in parking lot, no sound or lightning.
Williamsport · PA, USA
Standing on my deck looking across the river I multiple flashes that were super bright and unform. Very short lived.
Ottawa (Canada) · ON, USA
Faint tiny red flashing star gets bigger, then moves from West to North, then flies directly over city of Ottawa, ON.
Anchor Point · AK, USA
Unidentified flashing lights hovering 15 degrees above horizon, in west north west direction
Cochise County · AZ, USA
Flashes lighting up portions of the sky. Also, last year witnessed 4 lights hovering in diamond shape in St. David for >1 hr.
Twin Falls · ID, USA
Orb emitting ultra bright orange light sitting on the horizon. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Jeromesville · OH, USA
Strange Lights moving over field at night.
Angleton · TX, USA
One set of white flashing aviation lights became to singulr flashing lights.
Pasco · WA, USA
Large green light seen descending over Pasco, WA.
Haworth · NJ, USA
3 flying objects resembling shooting stars, low flying at constant speed.
Brandon · MS, USA
Blindingly bright flash of light that zipped off into the sky noiselessly.
Fresno · CA, USA
3 to 6 white flashing lights. ((anonymous report))
Frisco · TX, USA
Flashing orange lights above the clouds in Texas.
Kathmandu (Nepal) · Nepal
Blinking object seen in the northern sky of Kathmandu!! It's blinking with multiple colors. ((NUFORC Note: Star?? PD))
Baraboo · WI, USA
Green light suddenly appeared low on the horizon. Moved like a shooting star. Because of the green color, I initially thought it was an
North Bend · WA, USA
I was traveling home, east bound i90 to north bend, WA. I began to see extremely bright flashes lighting up the sky every 3-5 minutes o
Montville · OH, USA
Bright, white, even flash illuminated entire night sky for an instant. ((anonymous report))
Claremont · CA, USA
Bright light expanded and then contracted to a pinprick of light before disappearing
St. Louis · MO, USA
Flashes of Light
Dell Rapids · SD, USA
I saw a blue and white flash of light that quickly fell to the earth while I was driving home from school.
Tampa · FL, USA
Was looking towards the Orion belt night sky and saw flashing lights . I thought no big deal an airplane but no the flashing light did
Rosedale · MD, USA
((HOAX??)) In Rosedale MD.at 2:00 a.m looking up in the sky, I noticed a circle shaped object. ((anonymous report))
Hatton City (Sri Lanka) · hatton city, Sri Lanka
((HOAX??)) Green-colored flash, which was moving through sky w/o any noise. I'm sure it wasn't crackers. ((anonymous report))
Portland · OR, USA
Orbiting object flares, separate flash appears, then object disappears.
Gastonia · NC, USA
Two, separate bright red flashing simultaneously balls of light flying in formation very low in sky with no sound. Moving N-S, slowly.