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)
Bellevue · WA, USA
A very bright while light that looked half ball of yarn with black portholes through binoculars ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Kenmore · WA, USA
SPHERES DID NOT TOUCH AS THEY MOVED IN A TRIANGLUR SHAPE.
WA · USA
Reddish Light above the trees in Snoqualmie Pass.
Federal Way · WA, USA
Hovering Bright light.
Greenbank · WA, USA
Bright lightthat stayed stationary and fromed red & blue lights off oft the right side of it. Weird!
Bellevue · WA, USA
Blue light swaying and dipping over Bellevue
Moxee · WA, USA
08/24/10 21:08pm Moxee, Wa light 10 seconds 3 bright lights one big and two small ones on the sides all 3 lights same object.
Covington · WA, USA
Extremely bright white light in the eastern sky from covington, wa, slow moving. ((NUFORC Note: Jupiter sighting. PD))
Vancouver · WA, USA
2 fireballs hovering and possibly landing. ((NUFORC Note: Date is flawed. We cannot reach the source of the report. PD))
Lake Chelan · WA, USA
White ball of light accompanied passenger jet (above the plane, then slightly ahead, then disappeared).
Yacolt · WA, USA
I went outside I looking south, I notes a very bright unknown lighted object in the sky. The object going very slowly to the north.
Lynden · WA, USA
Northwest Washington: light descends rapidly from within Big Dipper, varies its course playfully, then disppears over Canada.
Kennewick · WA, USA
A fireball, half the size of the sun and covered by a thin cloud, appeared in the eastern sky.
Kelso · WA, USA
bright orange light in a line in washington
Kirkland · WA, USA
A bright light that was moving at what looked like hypersonic speedes.
West Richland · WA, USA
Brilliant white light moving at extreme velocity traveling in a straight trajectory E to W. ((NUFORC Note: ISS at 21:20 hrs.. PD))
Everett · WA, USA
ball of light shoots across sky, stops, and then heads back in the direction it came but at a much slower pace.
Seattle (above) · WA, USA
Huge space shuttle like --- blimp like object observed floating above Seattle
Battle Ground · WA, USA
Fireballs witnessed by 6 people over Battle Ground, Washington skies August 28, 2010
Bellevue · WA, USA
Bright flashing light travels erratically in both pulsing pattern and trajectory for extended period
Bothell · WA, USA
Gathering of a dozen or more orange lights in the northeastern sky - a "gathering"
Port Angeles · WA, USA
My two friends and I had a second sighting of the same type we had seen approximately two hours earlier. Once again, the two lights, wi
Federal Way · WA, USA
Two lights following each other with a faster then normal speed.
Seattle · WA, USA
July 3, 2010 sighting over Seattle,WA
Port Angeles · WA, USA
Set of two lights moving silently in-line with one another from East to West. Lead light brighter than follow light.