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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Louisville · CO, USA
Single flash of light, point light source, very bright, like a wink, straight overhead.
Middletown · DE, USA
Red flashing light moving at impossible speed at night in middletown DE.
Orlando · FL, USA
Giant white flash followed by a boom, no airplanes in sight, no military fields near by, no airports near by.
Miami · FL, USA
Thick flash of light with red tip/outline squiggling across Miami sky
Damascus · PA, USA
A purple light shot across the sky in a wave-like manner.
Villas · NJ, USA
Fiery blast of light near Delaware Bay Villas, NJ.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Rapid moving blue light over NYC - Object resembled a DNA strand moving rapidly in a snake light pattern.
West Point · UT, USA
Flashing star UFO in West Point.
Lafayette Hill · PA, USA
Outside our house with my children when suddenly we seen a bright blue flash and when we looked up a rectangle shape object flew past.
Milwaukie · OR, USA
Bright flashes light up whole sky, many colors Red, Orange, white.
Phillips · ME, USA
Red then green flashing object. Suddenly disappears.
Puyallup · WA, USA
EXTREMELY LARGE WHITE FLASH OF LIGHT, traveling towards the moon on 06/10-Puyallup, WA.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Come to Myrtle Beach and see for yourself...seeing is believing.
Thessaloniki (Greece) · Greece
Yellow flash light standing still.
Billings · MT, USA
White flash, traveling light, bright white light with tail, traveling west to east through the Big Dipper.
Litchfeild · SC, USA
Small red/orange lights over the ocean.
Buda · TX, USA
Saw a bright white light flash across the night sky from north to south.
Cardiff (Australia) · Australia
Increased UFO sightings over Newcastle/Hunter Valley, Australia.
North Kingsville · OH, USA
Big red light going across the sky, flashing.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Bright flashing light in sky then strobes of flashes from ground.
Stanardsville · VA, USA
Very bright hovering white flashing light with at least 2 small red lights north of Charlottesville, Virginia.
Durham · NC, USA
Low flying, fast moving, red/white light disappears into thin air.
Merced · CA, USA
Extremely bright flash of light, lighting up sky in front of me and my wife with no clouds or thunder or sound
New Canaan · CT, USA
Flashing lights, unusual movements and no sound
Olive Branch · MS, USA
Flashing light point covers 60° arc of sky on cloudless night in fewer than three seconds.