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)
Bandon · OR, USA
Daughter and I were sitting in her room and heard this super loud firecracker yet metallic metal steel drum boom kind of sound outside.
Gresham · OR, USA
We saw an object above the hot tub.
Gresham · OR, USA
((HOAX??))((Deleted profanity)) I have photo and short video!
Gresham · OR, USA
My friend came in here and told us to hurry up and come outside and when we went outside I saw a thing at first.
Corvallis/Newport (between) · OR, USA
My cousin, Fiance, Daughter and My Cousins Girlfriend Left Newport, Oregon and accidentally headed North along the coastline when we we
Portland · OR, USA
Three highly reflective colinear points tied with a tether.
Salem · OR, USA
06/10/2015, Salem, Oregon, Flash, 2-3 minutes at the most, bright flashes in the sky, 06/10/2015
Grants Pass · OR, USA
Extremely bright circle of approximately 6 lights with red and a blueish green center just hovering moving occasionally
North Plains · OR, USA
Daylight disc enters valley behind my rural home.
North Plains · OR, USA
I saw an object that was unidentifible in the sky.
Winston · OR, USA
It was a very bright glowing white light traveling from east to west at a high rate of speed. ((NUFORC Note: Overflight of ISS. PD))
Banks · OR, USA
Orb shaped object in south eastern sky over Oregon. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flare. PD))
Florence · OR, USA
USAF Veteran witnessed a glowing amber pulsating ball floating in a field.
Depoe Bay · OR, USA
Loud boom then abnormal jet trail. Then all bird started to fly away.
Albany · OR, USA
Large rectangle shaped craft. Large white lights at each end, moving very slowly, at low altitude, and no sound.
Portland · OR, USA
Low on the E sky in Portland, OR, I saw 3 motionless hovering crafts and they were taking on a triangle formation.
La Grande · OR, USA
Intense white light moving down the Grande Ronde River canyon near La Grande, Oregon.
Myrtle Point · OR, USA
Large rectangular object with multiple lights moving very slowly.
Banks · OR, USA
Liquid metal bus saucer morphs eastward in Oregon sky.
Seaside · OR, USA
Looked like 2 red fireballs 1 fell the other hovered before the lite went off but through binoculars could still see a dark for desend
Eugene · OR, USA
My neighbor and I saw a rectangle with bright blue and red lights traveling away and turning around at unexplainable speeds.
Portland (far east; Corbett) · OR, USA
Two rectangular crafts in the sky. Very bright lights. Just hovering in the sky. They were so bright I almost drove off the road.
Sutherlin · OR, USA
((HOAX??)) I & friends talking about satellites and lights in the sky weather there airplanes or UFOs. ((anonymous report))
Portland · OR, USA
White, then green, ball of light seen moving about sky. ((NUFORC Note: Awaiting photo. We suspect a lens "flare." PD))
Prineville · OR, USA
We all saw a Red ball object and then it disappeared slowly.