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)
Loon Lake · WA, USA
Multicolored lights on oval object
Lakewood/Dupont (between) · WA, USA
Bright red objects falling from the sky at a high rate of speed.
Everett · WA, USA
Observed a stationary cube-shaped object hovering at the edge of rain clouds.
Yakima · WA, USA
Bright starlike object that moved position in a small area of sky seen north of Yakima during middle of day
Spanaway · WA, USA
shooting star like object that gets really close and moves up and down then shoots off without a noise!
Spanaway · WA, USA
v shaped object near mcchord afb
Seabeck · WA, USA
Sighting on or around June 27th, 2011 in Seabeck, Washington Witnessed 9 metal looking spheres, one behind another in a line, come up o
Ferndale · WA, USA
two triangular shapesin the sky with a frightful feeling that accompanied them
Issaquah · WA, USA
At first it looked like a large blinking star; it was lights flickering in a circular motion. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star?? PD))
Harrington · WA, USA
UFO over Harrington, WA.
Bellingham · WA, USA
Cluster of objects flying as a cohesive unit -- morphed, changed shapes. Looked like a net or a grid.
Ellensburg · WA, USA
bright object moving very fast across sky with no audible sound
Kirkland · WA, USA
Many people saw a flat black bow shaped UFO for 30 minutes and then suddenly disapPeared.
Walla Walla · WA, USA
Strange twinkling lights over Walla Walla
Olympia · WA, USA
I saw red and white lights then 2 seconds later it disapered.
Maple Valley · WA, USA
Two separate triangles of light (one light per corner)
Yakima · WA, USA
4 objects floating above yakima wa.
Oak Harbor · WA, USA
Five bright orange, round UFO east of Oak Harbor, WA. ((NUFORC Note: Case solved by local investigator. "Chinese" lanterns. PD))
Mercer Island · WA, USA
3 fire like balls in sky at night over Mercer Island, WA.
Kitsap County · WA, USA
Four yellow lights moving quickly over rurual Kitsap County, Washington
Naches · WA, USA
Multiple sightings of blue orbs joining and seperating low in the sky near Bumping Lake, Chinook Pass WA.
Vancouver · WA, USA
Light seen above Vancouver, WA. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a "twinkling" star?? PD))
Bothell · WA, USA
schachmatist ((name deleted)) seeking pyotr petrovich. ((NUFORC Note: Report from an individual who is acquainted with PD. PD))
Spokane · WA, USA
Circular, silver object flying with jet east over Spokane, April 11, 2011
Woodland · WA, USA
Three lights over Woodland, WA.