UFO Sightings in Washington
6,791 UFO sightings reported in Washington since 1946, peaking in 2012 (427 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 6,791
- Span
- 1946–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (427 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1946–2022 · peak 2012 (427 reports)
Top cities in Washington
Seattle
1947–2022 · peak 2012 (43 reports)
Spokane
1971–2022 · peak 2020 (20 reports)
Vancouver
1961–2021 · peak 2012 (22 reports)
Tacoma
1947–2022 · peak 1995 (15 reports)
Everett
1976–2022 · peak 2013 (15 reports)
Bellingham
1966–2022 · peak 2013 (13 reports)
Yakima
1960–2021 · peak 2011 (18 reports)
Olympia
1973–2021 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Bremerton
1971–2021 · peak 2007 (14 reports)
Auburn
1952–2021 · peak 2009 (10 reports)
Bellevue
1958–2021 · peak 2005 (8 reports)
Renton
1966–2020 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Puyallup
1954–2020 · peak 2015 (8 reports)
Edmonds
1992–2022 · peak 2020 (19 reports)
Kent
1966–2021 · peak 2009 (7 reports)
Wenatchee
1953–2021 · peak 2004 (7 reports)
Kennewick
1965–2021 · peak 2011 (7 reports)
Port Angeles
1995–2022 · peak 2020 (10 reports)
Kirkland
1973–2021 · peak 2004 (8 reports)
Mountlake Terrace
1976–2022 · peak 2019 (24 reports)
University Place · WA, USA
Red pulsating lights east of University Place in the night sky.
Davenport · WA, USA
Aircraft with 3 headlights, very slow, low, and quiet.
Lakewood · WA, USA
White oval objects that chang color from white orange fire back to white also had green haze around them
Burien · WA, USA
Yellow fireball in the night sky travelling N to S, no flashing, no sound, no change of speed or direction.
Burbank · WA, USA
Looked like a 10' glass ball with a ark welder inside putting off orange-red light over Burbank, WA.
Federal Way · WA, USA
Bright blue light in federal way Washington
Seattle · WA, USA
Falling Unidentified metallic object with trail
Chimacum · WA, USA
10-12 orange-red spheres seen hovering above Chimacum WA then instantly disappeared
Port Angeles · WA, USA
Yellow saucer seen over the water near Port Angeles w a with two photos. ((NUFORC Note: We believe a cloud formation. PD))
Spanaway · WA, USA
Spanaway UFO. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a "twinkling" star? PD))
Chattaroy · WA, USA
Circular flashing light that danced
Federal Way · WA, USA
Bright lights hovering over federal way wa
Chattaroy · WA, USA
We saw a UFO on Thursday February 3, 2012 in the Southeastern sky. It was a circular shape, and had red, blue, yellow and white flashin
Spokane · WA, USA
Dancing blue light in the sky
Marysville · WA, USA
I was standing outside the front of my house having a cigarette. I looked to the east and saw a light which I first thought was a plane
La Center · WA, USA
Large Silver like object hovering in sky with no movment then vanished.
Yakima · WA, USA
3 balls of orange light move South in the West Valley of Yakima.
Seattle (Wedgwood) · WA, USA
Brilliant sparkling orange object over North end of Lake Washington
Bothell · WA, USA
I heard a very loud hellicopter and was looking for it behind the trees. It appeared with a whiteball very close in front of it. It loo
Puyallup · WA, USA
Two balls of lighting zipping by in a fuselage formation over the field and then disappeared at low altitude
Lakewood · WA, USA
Faint noise and pressure change.
Anacortes · WA, USA
While viewing Washington state aviation camera of Anacortes airport from 7:15 am the camera captured these images. ((Birds??))
Auburn · WA, USA
Anyone else report a slow moving ball of yellow/orange light over T-town around 10:50?... i observed a large yellow/orange light moving
Ridgefield · WA, USA
Bright light on western sky visable for 10 mins not moving at all, but light went out.
Pasco · WA, USA
Large dark mass hovering near Pasco, WA airport.