Unknown UFO Sightings
15,584 Unknown-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1941, peaking in 2020 (1216 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 15,584
- Span
- 1941–2030
- Peak year
- 2020 (1216 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Unknown
1941–2030 · peak 2020 (1216 reports)
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Highland · WI, USA
Hovering lights in the clear night sky, flashing red orange and disappear
San Francisco · CA, USA
Long and short flashes of bright yellow/orange in San Francisco southwest sky on 3/19/08.
Monroeville · NJ, USA
strange sound above a house in Monroeville, New Jersey
Rocky Mount · NC, USA
Strange events in suburbia.
Baltimore · MD, USA
UFO Streaks Past the Moon
Covington · LA, USA
5 silvery objects drift across the sky changing formations with no sound
Graton · CA, USA
Due west bright white light, then golden, red&green. Hangs in sky over Bodega Bay, nightly.
Liberty Twp · OH, USA
Bright flashing lights seen in the night sky, same area every night, odd movement.
Union · NJ, USA
10:30 There was a triangular object flying East on Rt. 22 in Union NJ. It was dark with three lights on the corners.
Tahoe City · CA, USA
I SAW A LIGHT WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A STAR BUT IT WAS MOVING IN A N TO S COURSE. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of satellites and star?? PD))
Tahoe City · CA, USA
I STILL AM SEEING IT, IT HAS MOVED NOW IN A COURSE GOING EAST TO WEST ALMOST OVERHEAD. I SAW A HELICOPTER GO BY BUT THIS LIGHT WAS VERY
Las Cruces · NM, USA
Saw 2 white lights fly very close to airplane then disappear by fading away.
Freer · TX, USA
Was driving on Hwy. 16, 12 miles south of Freer TX, object apeared in front and above my vehicle at an altitude of 1000 ft., object dis
Sacramento · CA, USA
Object in sky flashing yellow, red, and green lights in Sacramento, CA. ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of Sirius & Arcturus?? PD))
Fulton · TX, USA
Unexplained noise that DID NOT come from a person or an animal!!!
Pacific · WA, USA
UFO hovering 10-20 feet above houses in small Washington State neighborhood
Barrie (Canada) · ON, Canada
Unidentified object travels over Barrie eastward ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of the International Space Station. PD))
Inverness · FL, USA
An extremely loud noise lasting 3-4 minutes. Booming and hissing. Slowly faded away.
Eugene · OR, USA
Nice clear night. First time in a while. Walking in dark area of west eugene this night. Sun had set but horizon to east still some gre
Hampton · NH, USA
strange object with three glowing lights.
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Blue lights seen hovering 300 -400 feet above westbound lanes of I-75.
Hilton Head · SC, USA
WHO'S FLYING AROUND HILTONHEAD,SC IT'S CRAZY 2 TIMES SO FAR. ((NUFORC Note: Possible tumbling booster? PD))
Flippin · AR, USA
Traveling on Rt. 62/412, from the east into Flippin (Arkansas), we saw what we believed to be an aircraft flying low, it had two green
Zurich (Switzerland) · Switzerland
Orange flickering light moving steadily WSW. It seemed to vanish gradually as satellites normally do - but have never seen this kind of
Liberty Twp · OH, USA
Blue light flashes across the sky, with no trail.