UFO Sightings in Oregon
3,346 UFO sightings reported in Oregon since 1937, peaking in 2020 (237 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 3,346
- Span
- 1937–2029
- Peak year
- 2020 (237 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1937–2029 · peak 2020 (237 reports)
Top cities in Oregon
Portland
1960–2022 · peak 2014 (47 reports)
Salem
1949–2022 · peak 2014 (19 reports)
Eugene
1968–2022 · peak 2016 (13 reports)
Beaverton
1962–2022 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Bend
1980–2021 · peak 2015 (11 reports)
Medford
1971–2021 · peak 2020 (14 reports)
Albany
1991–2021 · peak 2013 (7 reports)
Springfield
1987–2021 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Hillsboro
1994–2020 · peak 2013 (10 reports)
Gresham
1976–2022 · peak 2005 (5 reports)
Grants Pass
1978–2020 · peak 2008 (6 reports)
Lincoln City
1997–2021 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Roseburg
1966–2022 · peak 2020 (7 reports)
Oregon City
1972–2021 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Corvallis
1956–2021 · peak 2008 (6 reports)
Lake Oswego
1995–2021 · peak 1995 (7 reports)
Milwaukie
1972–2020 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Ashland
1992–2021 · peak 2005 (4 reports)
Florence
1995–2022 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
McMinnville
1997–2021 · peak 2020 (4 reports)
Pacific City · OR, USA
Three lighted circular aircraft
Hillsboro · OR, USA
Hovering silver disc
Molalla · OR, USA
Lights and glowing craft seen by several people in several cars, which stopped on the road to observe. Object was seen decending into a
Portland · OR, USA
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Portland · OR, USA
From airplane saw orange glowing craft. Oily substance emited from craft and the stars behind the oily substance became greatly magnifi
Corvallis (10 miles south of) · OR, USA
Heard you on Art Bell Via Broadcast.Com Archives on Saturday morning 1-9-99 from the broadcast the night before. When I heard you playi
Lebanon · OR, USA
Saw a hovering silvery cylinder object sticking out from behind group of trees.
Timberline Lodge/Mt Hood · OR, USA
to the ssw a huge bright light was shining down as if on the back of a large jet liner and was moving up like a rocket upward at about
Portland · OR, USA
Huge UFO passing between opening over the city of Portland, Oregon
Hauser · OR, USA
noticed a flash of light while driving looked up and saw nothing then a few seconds later a saw the a bright ball of light travelling a
Riddle · OR, USA
Was looking at the night sky on a clear night and noticed an object about the brightness of the North star moving West across the sky.
Bend · OR, USA
5 objects in straight line following one another. 3 objects in front as bright as surrounding stars; 4th as bright as vega; 5th as brig
Bend · OR, USA
Observed a disk-shaped object completing unbelievable maneuvers to the SE above the city of Bend, Oregon. Object hovered, did split sec
John Day · OR, USA
About six thiety at night a orange ball was observed while driveing down the road was observed in the south eastern sky's just doing ra
Tigard (Portland suburb) · OR, USA
my daughter and I were in our kitchen and the whole room lit up bright red. I thought the candles on our table caught something on fire
Portland · OR, USA
GETTING OUT OF MY CAR TO WORK,I SAW A WIDE GREEN STREAK OF LIGHT IN THE SOUTHWEST SKY,FROM SKY TO GROUND...........
St. Paul · OR, USA
We own a farm here in St. Paul. We (my mother and I) had pulled off to the side of the road to check on some farm equipment we had in a
Yamhill · OR, USA
A blue/green ball of light.
Otis · OR, USA
From WSW to ENE, crescent shaped object,blue,white in color. Slower than normal meteor speed.
Salem · OR, USA
My husband and I were traveling south on I-5 north of Salem when a huge bright light appeared ahead of us mid-sky. It seemed to be ove
The Dalles · OR, USA
Green comet-like object w/ tail. (I judge it was a shooting star?!) Slow straight fall northeast of city, in the direction of Spokane,
Portland · OR, USA
I was driving over the burnside bridge into downtown Portland, A metallic green fireball very slow in nature. slower than the dozens of
Seaside · OR, USA
On this warm night I was watching the starry sky, suddenly and lasting only moments, a silk-like floated over my sight line. It gave t
Portland · OR, USA
I went out to lock my car at 11:33 PM on September 2nd and saw a white disk shaped object streak across the northern sky.
Blue River · OR, USA
While outside watching the skies I observed what at first I believed to have been a satellite travelling in a northwestern direction. I