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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Toronto (Canada) · ON, Canada
A witness in Toronto, Ontario, Canada reported a glowing spherical object landing in an urban area, describing confirmation from local authorities, during a four-hour sighting in August 1972.
Clark A.F.B (Philippines) · Philippines
A witness at Clark Air Base, Philippines reported a bright spherical object at very high speed that came to a complete stop, then moved off silently in another direction, in August 1972.
Federal Way · WA, USA
A witness in Federal Way, Washington reported a small, softball-sized, silver, glass-like spherical object during a brief five-second sighting in July 1972.
Sinop (Turkey) · Turkey
This used to be a U. S. Army base. We used to watch these things nightly. All nightime workers used to watch these as a matter of routi
Farmers Branch · TX, USA
A witness in Farmers Branch, Texas reported an orange, spherical object roughly the size of a Volkswagen Beetle during a five-minute sighting in June 1972.
Sierra Vista · AZ, USA
Round bright object chase.
Moline · IL, USA
A witness in Moline, Illinois reported a spherical craft with windows, rotating and moving up and down within about 25 feet of the ground, during a ten-to-fifteen-minute sighting in May 1972.
Bicester (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Orange sphere traveling in the sky, leaving vapor trail, appears to hover w/o vapor, then proceeds to travel, leaving a vapor trail
Panama City · FL, USA
A witness in Panama City, Florida reported a spherical object that lit up and went dark intermittently, moved fast and silently, and came close during a five-minute sighting in March 1972.
Oxnard · CA, USA
big blue fireball very low
Bard · CA, USA
Huge Green Object with Orange Flames
Lake Victor · TX, USA
A witness in Lake Victor, Texas reported a large, bright blue spherical light at very low altitude during a brief five-to-eight-second sighting in November 1971.
Dexter · ME, USA
I was thirteen then. My grandmother, mother and I were having an ice cream in the car outside a diner. About 45-50 degrees south we saw
Delta (Canada) · BC, Canada
A witness in Delta, British Columbia, Canada reported a spherical object that moved in a wave-like pattern and appeared to change color as it accelerated away, in September 1971.
Atlantic Ocean (CV-67 U.S.Navy) · Atlantic Ocean
Crew aboard a U.S. Navy vessel in the Atlantic Ocean reported a communications failure followed by a large glowing spherical object hovering over the ship for about five minutes in July 1971.
Montezuma · IN, USA
Wabash River sighting.
Allen · MD, USA
The ufo was above this radio tower. Me and my mom were watching it. It was about a half mile away as the crow flies. The ufo started t
Inyokern · CA, USA
A huge, black spherical object with sparking edges was reported flying in a straight line near Inyokern, California, in June 1971, visible for about forty seconds or more.
Palos Verde (northeast of) · CA, USA
There seemed to be no dissipation of the glow coming from the sphere. It surrounded it, stretched in one direction and stopped!?
Sioux City · IA, USA
My friend and I were on a country highway between Sioux City and Westfield, Iowa. We were coming up on a farmer's house and both of us
Franklin · TN, USA
A white, spherical object was reported hovering above a river near a prehistoric Native American site in Franklin, Tennessee, in November 1970, for about five minutes.
Columbus · OH, USA
A witness in Columbus, Ohio, recalled seeing three red lights, believed to be spherical, in November 1970, in a sighting lasting about an hour.
Kingston (Canada) · ON, Canada
Sept. 1970. Kingston Ontario. Spherical grren orb. 3 minute duration. Bright green orb travelled slowly and then took off extremely qui
Lindenhurst · NY, USA
Object raced across sky, stopped, zig zagged back and then took off out of sight. We seemed frozen, watched stopped, arm hairs stood up
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
While I realize this is reaching a bit far back, I believe this is an important sighting, and should be reported. It was around 11: