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)
Yakima · WA, USA
Dancing Ufo
Trout Lake · WA, USA
Light over Mt. Adams
Auburn/Renton/Bellevue · WA, USA
4 odd lights over Seattle area around 10PM, 2 seemed to "join" then shot off ((NUFORC Note: Hoax?? Contact info is defective. PD))
Farmington · WA, USA
Hovering stationary sphere over field. Seen on two separate days.
Olympia · WA, USA
Orange red light in sky turned to white as it moved figeting across the sky with no noise.
Gig Harbor · WA, USA
I saw my second UFO ever shooting down to the ground and basically vanish or sink into the ground somehow.
Puget Sound (aboard ferry boat) · WA, USA
snap shoots crossing on ferry to Seattle. ((NUFORC Note: Possible reflection from window, throught which photo was taken. PD))
Moses Lake · WA, USA
Fireball
Leavenworth · WA, USA
Unusually short vapor trail
Auburn · WA, USA
I SEEN A LIGHT THEN A FLASH AND IT WAS GONE.
North Bend · WA, USA
Unidentified object in Western Washington sky on a bright sunny morning.
Vancouver · WA, USA
gray to transparent disc traveling overhead from nnw to sse no sound
Kent · WA, USA
White,blue when you zoom in,Moving at lightning speeds,Right over my house,kent wa. ((NUFORC Note: Stars, or satellites? PD))
Spokane · WA, USA
Dozens of lights in the sky over Spokane Wa. Seen of 4 different occasions
Granite Falls · WA, USA
Blue light from sky split in two and disappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor? PD))
Bellingham · WA, USA
Red light travels across Bellingham, Washington sky and vanishes.
Maple Valley · WA, USA
Larger slower shooting star like object that I can confirm a situation to research!
Tacoma · WA, USA
15 -20 amber lights in sky in square formation over North Tacoma, Washington
Auburn · WA, USA
Witnessed 7 to 9 amber lights above the Eastern sky of Kent, WA traveling North at about 1000 ft above the ground at 22:30 Aug 20,2011
Moses Lake · WA, USA
Not the typical meteor burning through the atmosphere. A huge fireball with a short tail.
Battle Ground · WA, USA
Four bright, circular lights in formation of boomerang seen hoovering just above the trees, then disappeared.
Auburn · WA, USA
Really Fast light heading due South
Wilkeson · WA, USA
Dim lights moving rapidly across sky
Twisp · WA, USA
bright amber-colored light drifts silently across the evening sky
Curlew · WA, USA
Bright wobbly light seen descending in the sky just after dusk.