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)
Spokane · WA, USA
Black triangular craft flying over house.
Manson · WA, USA
it was weird and unexplainable
Sedro Woolley · WA, USA
AT APROX 0100 hrs., wo lights came down to my truck on the way home.
Port Angeles · WA, USA
I was outside smoking a cigarette (I know it's bad for me) and I am a college student who recently took an Astronomy course so I love t
Vancouver · WA, USA
Huge fireball. ((NUFORC Note: Meteors are not visible for 10 minutes' duration. PD))
Bellevue · WA, USA
Moon highlights wide mass expanse traversing west to east at an even pace
Port Angeles · WA, USA
Spherical-shaped object over Hurricane Ridge, Pt. Angeles, WA July 29, 2010.
Auburn · WA, USA
2 Buring Jellyfish in the sky
Federal Way · WA, USA
I was giving my son,18, a ride in my new truck. We were headed toward the Puget Sound on the one way road at Redondo when I noticed a b
Sammamish · WA, USA
a dozen+ small, bright, white roundish objects hovered for 1-2 min and then rose up into the atmosphere
Wenatchee · WA, USA
Wenatchee, WA, June 12, 2010, 3:30 white lights hovering in sky, total of 6.
Manson · WA, USA
Bright light over the horizon dropped and then disapeared. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Mount Vernon · WA, USA
Bright lights with flashes, changing direction, color and speed over a very large area of the sky.
Bellevue · WA, USA
On June 15th at approx. 10AM in the morning I saw (from my balcony in the Cougar Mountain Park area of Bellevue) what looked like a mis
Northport · WA, USA
Several small objects in formation (not consistantly) with mil. jet at around 20-30k feet. ((NUFORC Note: Refueling formation? PD))
Seattle · WA, USA
Observed motionless black sphere in sky.
Olympia · WA, USA
Saw UFO,s in olympia WA
Vashon · WA, USA
Silent diamond shapes with 6 or 7 yellow or brilliant white lights giving them their sense of shape over Puget Sound, WA
Seattle · WA, USA
Looked like a star but it rotated and signaled other white beams of light and just hanged there. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling stars? PD))
Tumwater · WA, USA
Venus-sized object transversing sky at wrong time to be iridium flare
Everett · WA, USA
Red Glowing Light viewed in Western Washington
Bellingham · WA, USA
Bright white light, Flying w to e. no change in direction no red or green lights no sound., very fast, very low, bright. if i was to sa
Carbonado (outside of) · WA, USA
Saucer shaped object on the north side of Mt. Rainier spotted on a Boy Scout hike
Seattle · WA, USA
Strange orange light hovering in the sky seen during ISS visible overflight.
Lynnwood · WA, USA
I woke up at around 2:40- 3am one night cant remember the day. I came out to my balcony to smoke a cigarette I was just about to light