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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Gadsden · AL, USA
A witness in Gadsden, Alabama reported a blue, spherical object that drifted close enough to reach, then backed away and departed quickly when approached again, lasting 45 seconds, May 1965.
Maine · NY, USA
My mother woke us kids up to see a rotating craft hovering over Broome County Airport. She called the airport and they claimed they sa
Seattle/Belfair · WA, USA
A witness between Seattle and Belfair, Washington reported a huge, bright, spherical object in the sky in February 1965, in a sighting lasting about two hours.
Cotullia (near) · TX, USA
Two deer hunting experiences.
Memphis · TN, USA
A witness in Memphis, Tennessee reported a spherical object resembling a white full moon that hovered before ascending into the sky, in a sighting lasting about 15 minutes in November 1964.
Chicago · IL, USA
My name is Larry Cardozo. I am 53 years old and live in Ventura, California. This sighting happened quite some time ago – I would gue
Rockford · IL, USA
A FRIEND AND I WERE 14 YEARS OLD. WE WERE WALKING TO A ROOT BEER STAND. WE THEN NOTICED A SMALL OBJECT THE SIZE OF THE TI
Baltimore · MD, USA
A witness in Baltimore, Maryland reported an immense, counter-rotating, double-domed spherical object about 100 feet overhead at 9 p.m. in June 1964, lasting about 30 seconds.
West Hempstead · NY, USA
Iridescent ball of light
Great Falls · MT, USA
A witness near Great Falls, Montana reported spherical objects forming a circle at an altitude of roughly 1,000 feet, spanning nearly a quarter mile, lasting about 30 minutes, June 1964.
Milan · TN, USA
A witness in Milan, Tennessee reported a large, reddish-orange, spherical object slowly descending outside their house, in a sighting lasting about 10 minutes in June 1964.
Beirut (Lebanon) · Lebanon
UFO was travling east to west , 500 feet altitude ,speed was about 75 / h,it was metalic color with three antinas . it was the size of
Omaha · NE, USA
Observing the first orbits of Echo 2 radar-reflective satellite through a 50 power telescope, I saw a "lesser light" perhaps spherical,
Portland · OR, USA
A witness in northeast Portland, Oregon described a round, soundless, rotating spherical object hovering in the sky in July 1963, in a sighting lasting about half an hour.
Rodeo · CA, USA
A witness in Rodeo, California reported a blue, humming, vibrating spherical object indoors, describing repeated encounters of about five minutes each in June 1963.
Grenada · MS, USA
Witnesses in Grenada, Mississippi reported two orange, spherical objects traveling across the sky in June 1963, in a sighting that lasted about five minutes.
Newaygo · MI, USA
on or about june 1963 I saw a chrome ball about the size of a beachball hovering over the trees while in a boat fishing.
Russellton · PA, USA
Witnesses near Russellton, Pennsylvania reported a spherical object in April 1963, with the sighting said to have lasted about 10 minutes. No further details were recorded.
Tambaram · Chennai (India), Tamil Nadu, India
Orb strike against my grandmothers head
Runge · TX, USA
A nine-year-old boy in Runge, Texas reported seeing a transparent, spherical object in November 1962 that appeared to react upon being noticed, in an encounter lasting about one minute.
St. Louis · MO, USA
Witnesses in St. Louis, Missouri reported a white, spherical object that remained stationary in the sky for more than an hour in September 1962.
Liberty Homes (near Charleston) · SC, USA
In 1962, a witness near Liberty Homes, close to Charleston, South Carolina, reported a spherical object with lights circling its middle, visible for 15 to 20 minutes.
Castle Rock · WA, USA
My dad was a heavy equipment mechanic with a large timber company for many years and told me about a sighting he and his helper had dur
Orlando (nearby) · FL, USA
In 1962, a witness near Orlando, Florida, reported a spherical object with lights encircling its equator hovering above a lake, visible for more than 25 minutes.
Granada Hills · CA, USA
In 1962, a witness in Granada Hills, California, reported a ping-pong-ball-sized floating sphere observed through a window in the San Fernando Valley, for four to five seconds.