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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Collinsville · IL, USA
No summary available.
Spanaway · WA, USA
No summary available.
Hemlock · MI, USA
not so much an aircraft seen but entities in our room appeared
Seattle · WA, USA
Woman opens curtains on 2nd floor of home, sees multiple bizarre designs, or "letters" pressed precisely into layer of snow on deck.
Monitor · WA, USA
Chelan Co. Sheriff's Office calls to relay a report of several bright, orange lights moving east above the Wenatchee River.
Monitor · WA, USA
Husband & wife, other observers, see 3 gold spheres, 3' in diam., fly slowly W to E above Wenatchee R., then 3 more! Fly over E horiz..
San Diego · CA, USA
A man called to report his sighting of a UFO over the ocean, "15 miles, or so," with red flashing lights.
Fayetteville · AR, USA
Woman & husband witness double, parallel columns of light going straight up into the sky. The source of light was in rural area.
Madison · WI, USA
Anonymous caller reports seeing a cigar-shaped craft, with "8 dim blue and red lights" along its length. (No other details provided.)
Redding · CA, USA
No summary available.
Clark · MO, USA
No summary available.
Minot · ND, USA
No summary available.
Bartlett · TN, USA
Woman observes two "aircraft," then realizes that one is a cluster of "slivers of metal in the sky." Objs. hover, maneuver, disappear.
Redding · CA, USA
Young boy reports being witness to the strange obj. reported by others over Redding. Obj. was circular, w/ no lights, not an aircraft.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Young man and his mother were witness to approximately 4 objects overhead in a formation.
Sedgewick · ME, USA
Woman w/ husband witness a white orb, larger than (apparent) size of moon, w/ "orange dots imbedded in it." Obj. streaks off.
Chandler · AZ, USA
Serious-minded woman calls to report vivid vision of "aliens" during prior night. Awakes in a.m. w/ several bizarre phy. anomalies.
Oregon City · OR, USA
UFO investigator relays sighting report: 2 women witness 2 very bright lights 25 deg. above horizon, 3rd similar obj. approaches both.
Waukesha · WI, USA
Woman in car witnesses "shooting star" descend vertically, suddenly stop, suddenly shoot of horizontally. Multiple lights on it.
Mount Shasta · CA, USA
Comm. pilot repts. witnessing multiple peculiar flashes of light from N of Mt. Shasta to Eugene, OR. Bursts moved N w/ aircraft.
Orland Park · IL, USA
Man repts. seeing 4-5 very bright, multi-colored lights in southern night sky. Appear to move, but very little. (Twinkling stars?)
Sebastopal · CA, USA
Man in car witnesses 2 peculiar lights, which suddenly became 3 lights, then began to move slowly. Heard "engine sound."
Chandler · AZ, USA
Woman sees bright light in daytime sky. Was "oriented vert," and was moving E to W, then to SW. Moved fast. Saw 2nd light.
Boring · OR, USA
Woman, son, & friend witness multiple, rapid red flashes in clouds in distance, then overhead. No sound. Other repts. to 911.
Nisqually Delta · WA, USA
Woman & husband, while driving S on Hwy. I-5, witness obj. beside road light up huge area of sky for 3 sec., again 10 min. later.