Sphere UFO Sightings
8,990 Sphere-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1939, peaking in 2014 (656 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 8,990
- Span
- 1939–2030
- Peak year
- 2014 (656 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Sphere
1939–2030 · peak 2014 (656 reports)
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Bufkin · IN, USA
Blue and green object with humming noise observed near Mt. Vernon. ((NUFORC Note: Report by Francis Ridge, UFO investigator. PD))
Bufkin · IN, USA
Two orange-red balls of light that hovered low to the ground in the west for about six minutes. ((NUFORC Note: F. Ridge report. PD))
Montezuma · IN, USA
We saw a large glowing sphere that looked like the moon, but was obviously not since it was very close to us and could manuver.
San Antonio · TX, USA
A report from San Antonio, TX in August 1973 described a huge, glowing sphere that appeared to emerge from a cloud in the night sky, lasting 30 to 40 minutes.
South China (Three Mile Pond) · ME, USA
A report from South China, ME in August 1973 described a bronze-colored, bright, silent light moving from south to east over a lake, lasting 20 minutes.
Takoma Park · MD, USA
A report from Takoma Park, MD in August 1973 described three white, sphere-shaped objects that sped off one after another in different directions at very high speed, lasting 5 minutes.
Lake Hamiton / Sequoia National Forest · CA, USA
A report from the Sequoia National Forest area, CA in July 1973 described a sphere-shaped object, alongside a reported unexplained gap in the witnesses' memory of the event.
Powell · OK, USA
A report from Powell, OK in July 1973 described a sphere of light that the witness and her mother described seeing pass through their house, lasting 3 seconds.
Dryden (Canada) · ON, Canada
A report from Dryden, ON, Canada in July 1973 described a silver, sphere-shaped object with a yellow ring around its middle that hovered before departing south at high speed, lasting 20-30 seconds.
Rochester · NY, USA
While walking to another building for a lunch break, I and many other people saw this "craft" hovering over the city Of Rochester for 2
Gainsville · GA, USA
A report from Gainesville, GA in June 1973 described a silver-gray, sphere-shaped object that moved slowly and silently, lasting 7-10 minutes.
Austin · TX, USA
Played with by a UFO
Brockton · MA, USA
Flashing Lights and Spacecraft landed
St. Charles · MO, USA
Bright lights in the sky, 3 or 4 that we watched for some time before noticing in the soybean field right next to our house, a Huge sph
Winnipeg (Canada) · MB, Canada
my friend and i were checking out venus in his new telescope being very young at the time, we looked to the south the night was cloudle
East Liverpool · OH, USA
A report from East Liverpool, OH in June 1973 described a sphere-shaped object during a brief sighting, with few further details recorded, lasting 30 seconds.
Salisbury (Rhodesia) · Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe)
Strange lights in the African sky
Salinas (Uruguay) · Uruguay
Uruguayan Spheres
Tacoma · WA, USA
No noise and hovering Close to Air Base
Grand Chenier · LA, USA
Have always felt certain it was a meteorite, It was a burning ball of fire about 3 to 4 foot in diameter. This object hit the earth. Af
Honolulu · HI, USA
I was standing on the shore looking out towards the water when I saw a blue sphere coming toward the shore . It was at about a 45 degr
Roanoke · VA, USA
A witness in Roanoke, Virginia reported a silver, silent, spherical object during a ninety-second sighting in February 1973.
Fortuna (foothills) · CA, USA
Witnesses in the foothills near Fortuna, California, reportedly hundreds of people, described a huge, self-illuminated sphere with a translucent field, during a ninety-minute sighting, October 1972.
Sinop (Turkey) · Turkey
A witness in Sinop, Turkey reported a round, lighted spherical object being orbited by a smaller lighted sphere, during a thirty-minute sighting in September 1972.
Montego Bay (Jamaica) · Jamaica
A witness near Montego Bay Airport, Jamaica reported a spherical, yellow light during a ten-second sighting in September 1972.