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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Talcott · WV, USA
A sphere that looked like a white light came across the horizon from West to East, an Air Force Jet followed about 3-4 sec later.
Russellville · AR, USA
A witness reported a huge orange, sphere-shaped object floating over Russellville, Arkansas for about ten minutes in the late 1950s.
Jena · LA, USA
A driver near Jena, Louisiana reported sphere-shaped objects to the southeast while driving; multiple other cars stopped to observe, over about 15 minutes in March 1957.
Bradford · AL, USA
A witness in Bradford, Alabama reported a sparkling white, yellow-orange, and black sphere that paused about 20 feet overhead, for about 20 seconds in August 1956.
Elmore · AL, USA
Me and my cousins where playing near morter creek, near elmore ,out in woods.A disk shaped sphere came out of sky and it was hover
Madera · CA, USA
A witness in Madera, California reported a half-spherical object with portholes along its side, observed in daylight for about two minutes in June 1956.
Hampton · MN, USA
A commuter near Hampton, Minnesota reported encountering a sphere-shaped object during an ice storm while driving home from work, for a few minutes in March 1956.
Stoneville · NC, USA
A witness in Stoneville, North Carolina reported a glowing sphere of light, compared in size to a baseball held at arm's length, seen for about one minute in 1955.
Bowleys Quarters · MD, USA
A witness in Bowleys Quarters, Maryland reported multiple sphere-shaped objects holding stationary formation, then departing one by one at extreme speed, over three to four minutes in August 1953.
Fort Worth · TX, USA
Witnesses near Fort Worth, Texas reported a silvery, sphere-like object reportedly chased by jets from Carswell Air Force Base for about five minutes in the early 1950s.
Cambridge · MA, USA
A witness in Cambridge, Massachusetts reported two red-orange lights skirting Boston rooftops in opposite directions before passing over a dormitory together, for about three minutes, April 1953.
Detroit · MI, USA
A witness in Detroit, Michigan reported a sphere-shaped object that remained stationary in the sky for about five minutes before accelerating out of sight in seconds, in July 1952.
Tacoma · WA, USA
Witnesses reported six sphere-shaped objects, described as roughly the size of a 747, flying in formation over a military base near Tacoma, Washington in July 1952.
Ushuaia (Argentina) · Argentina
An old photograph reportedly taken over Ushuaia Bay, Argentina in 1952 shows a sphere-shaped object in the sky; witnesses and circumstances were not recorded.
Tacoma · WA, USA
Six sphere-shaped objects were reported flying in formation close to an Air Force base near Tacoma, Washington, observed for about 30 seconds on July 25, 1952.
Manville · RI, USA
A witness in Manville, Rhode Island reported a group of lights moving across the sky during daylight hours, observed for about 10 seconds in July 1952.
Bad Aibling (West Germany) · West Germany
A witness near Bad Aibling, West Germany reported a spherical object descending from high altitude, turning, then flying off along the ground's contour, observed for about 15 minutes in 1951.
Green River · WY, USA
A witness near Green River, Wyoming reported a glowing, white, sphere-shaped craft, estimated at 50 to 100 feet across, crossing a mountain range over five to seven minutes in July 1951.
Spokane Valley (Otis Orchards) · WA, USA
UFO over the Spokane Valley 1951
Newark · NJ, USA
As a student of astronomy, this writer witnessed ufo's performing astounding aerial maneuvers. Silent propulsion. Technical performance
Galveston · TX, USA
Large orange-red lowering "Moon" object
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
"Ball" shape object, size of a softball, gliding above 4 stories high , moving straight at 15 mph., sped up heading for the
Scipio · IN, USA
A witness in Scipio, Indiana reported a round, red, glowing sphere moving west across the northern sky, observed for about 10 seconds in May 1948.
Blairsden · CA, USA
A witness in Blairsden, California reported a white or pale green sphere or disk, 30 to 50 feet in diameter, observed for 10 seconds in June 1946.
Merced · CA, USA
A witness in Merced, California reported three glowing, chartreuse, sphere-shaped objects moving in a wide arc across the valley sky, observed for 10 seconds in February 1946.