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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Sunderland (UK/England) · United Kingdom
red light over wearside veiwed from houghton - le - spring
Goose Creek · SC, USA
Brillant flashes of light
Swarthmore · PA, USA
blue-green explosions? light up sky in Swarthmore PA
Glen Spey · NY, USA
colorful flashing craft hovers for 30mins & then flashes violet, followed by dashing to the right & disappearing
Reno · NV, USA
A real ufo i cant believe it
Elmwood Park · IL, USA
Two flashes quickly whisk into the sky and away
Walnut · IA, USA
HUGE Flash of Pale Blue Light & Loud Cracking Sound in Walnut, IA.
Lexington · IN, USA
Flashes followed by white and red lights
Canon City · CO, USA
The objects appeared, disappeared then reappeared. The objects moved in a way that is very different than anything I have ever seen.
Springerville · AZ, USA
U-Shaped, strobe like blue/white flash in the sky, with no aircraft seen.
Gatineau (Canada) · QC, Canada
Flashes of neon/led-like blue that lasted a few seconds.
Bainbridge Island · WA, USA
Flash of light followed by change in broadcast signals, and then unmarked black helicopter with searchlight.
Zimbabwe · Zimbabwe
UFO identified on Monday 02 November 2009 at 20:45hrs in Triangle, South eastern lowveld area in Zimbabwe
Eastland · TX, USA
i seen it with my own 2 eyes and so did everyone else. it was so close to us 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Manchester (UK/England) · United Kingdom
bright light and turned red
Kansas City · MO, USA
Brillaint Flash of Green light in sky over Kansas City, Missouri at 01:30 am on 11-12-2009. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD))
Sioux City · IA, USA
Lights in the sky south of downtown sioux city
Farmingdale · ME, USA
bright lights above us that lit up the night sky with no noise from the object
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Green Flash
Sandy · UT, USA
Bright flash that seemed to be expanding from a moving light source.
Cape Town (South Africa) · South Africa
Two unidentifiable flashing light, relatively stationary, observed in sky at approximately 21:40, and stayed there for 40 mins.
Homestead and Miami (between) · FL, USA
Three rainbow colored prisms in teardrop shapes came out of no where and vanished over a bay between Homestead and Miami.
San Diego · CA, USA
A flash(approx. 2nd mag when first sighted) every 8 sec that moved about 15 min arc in a n.easterly dirrection untill it was too dim.
Washington (near) · AR, USA
A bright, flashing, possibly immobile object that seemed large and whose flashing obscured the emitting object.
Modesto · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) The object's shape was not seen exactly, but it had lights on either end of the spacecraft.