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)
Orting · WA, USA
Orange lights near Orting, Wa.
Seattle · WA, USA
Green to red fireball sited in Seattle, traveling E to W and a large flash of light beyond the horizon. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor? PD))
Skamania Co. (Swift Lake Reservoir) · WA, USA
Bright rectangle shape object, invisible to the naked eye.
Wenatchee · WA, USA
Bright star or planet at 5 pm that disappeared
Spokane · WA, USA
Looked to the sky and noticed very high up in the sky, 2 gliding lights/saucers almost dancing around each other.
Seabeck · WA, USA
Video of bright light in sky near bangor sub base.
Auburn · WA, USA
Last night I went out on my porch for a cigarette and looked up at the clouds when out of nowhere because I did not see a cloud there c
Seattle · WA, USA
A round object thats changing colors from white to gray... looks like a balloon, but isn't moving. Over Elliot Bay in Seattle.
Federal Way · WA, USA
Camera flash like object
Monroe · WA, USA
((HOAX??)) That was just wierd, i've never seen one of them do that before.
Yakima · WA, USA
bright, white, star-like object, moving silently west to east in the northern sky over Ahtanum, WA
West Seattle · WA, USA
Orange Reddish Orb at first!
Chesaw · WA, USA
V-shaped UFO, poss. in trouble, soundlessly flying over tree line followed by 4 jets and 1 giant cargo plane.
Lake Stevens · WA, USA
I seen a very bright light flash in the are of the Big Dipper.
Lakewood · WA, USA
About a week or two ago I had decided to sleep outside in the backyard,with my dog curled up beside me I spent a good hour staring up a
Yakima · WA, USA
Very bright flash of light. ((NUFORC Note: Possible Iridium satellite reflection/flare?? PD))
Ardenvoir · WA, USA
at approx. 22:18 PST I and 4 others witnessed a bright white light, not flashing, moving from south to north accross the horiz.
Leavenworth · WA, USA
Bright triangular shape changing direction and moving irregularly. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Intl. Space Station. PD))
Ardenvoir · WA, USA
A bright white light came from the south,, headed north, We saw this same light earlier in the evening, it dimmed considerably on its w
Mercer Island · WA, USA
Yellowish red lights over Lake Washington 6/14/2011
Bellevue · WA, USA
Man witnesses 7 or 8 unidentified lights move rapidly overhead.
Oak Harbor · WA, USA
Ball of light shadowing an airliner
Yacolt · WA, USA
Bright moving star-like craft moved across the sky at low altitude wobbling-line course.
Ardenvoir · WA, USA
bright white light zig zagging north to south
Mt. Vernon · WA, USA
I seen a u.f.o. while walking my dog as it hovered and flew away and i have seen 3 others scince