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)
Seattle · WA, USA
Was directly overhead, was looking at the moon about 15 degrees to my right. Object travelled from north to south, noticed it at about
Seattle · WA, USA
Three Bronze cylinders
Kirkland · WA, USA
My two sons, 11 and 14, and I were walking across a parking lot, (QFC in downtown Kirkland), and I glanced up at the stars and noticed
Belfair · WA, USA
Six of us were sitting aroud the campfire and all of a sudden we saw a streaming object moving in a horizontal postion when it all of a
Carnation · WA, USA
Cylinder shape in Carnation,Wa
Seattle · WA, USA
long, narrow cylindrical object hanging horizontally above Seattle for about 2 minutes, then disappearing completely in 4 seconds.
Auburn · WA, USA
Tumbling spheres observed with optics that disappeared suddenly in clear sky.
Stevenson · WA, USA
Colorful sunburst shaped object sends streaks of red and green "dots" (lights) toward Earth. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Seattle · WA, USA
A cluster of bright pulsing lights over downtown Seattle. ((NUFORC Note: Celestial body?? PD))
Neah Bay (50 miles off the coast of) · WA, USA
fishing vessels observe disc shaped object with white red and green lights at high rates of speed for nearly a half an hour.
Spokane Valley · WA, USA
A bright, white object near the North Star completely faded rapidly in clear skies.
McCleary · WA, USA
Bright light spotted over Black Hills. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus. PD))
Tumwater · WA, USA
A brilliant gold light over the Black Hills in the west. It did not move and remained there for 20 minutes then dissapppeared.
Ellensburg · WA, USA
I was sitting at my friends house, in my car after leaving the city pool, and I looked up. There was no noise, and the objects seemed
Yakima · WA, USA
they moved slowly across the rige to the valley as if looking for something then shot in to the night sky and was gone
Yakima · WA, USA
St. Paddy's Day UFOs over Yakima, Washington
Yakima · WA, USA
3 very bright lights in a V formation, no sound and flying very slowly
Ellensburg · WA, USA
Craft that produced no noise, accelerated from still to unreal speeds, had 3 crafts or 3 sections.
Pt. Orchard · WA, USA
I was out on the back porch looking S.S West. I thought it was a helicopter, but way too many running lights. It appeared to be about
Wapato · WA, USA
There was a bright orange object in the sky it was very bright and lasted 20 sec or so than disapeared.
Chimacum · WA, USA
Blue fireballs travelling N-S approx 400mph, the first one took out the power for 30-45 secs, the second took out the power for an hour
Carnation · WA, USA
it was a large triangle in the sky.
Renton · WA, USA
anomlous lights
Fall City · WA, USA
Two lights brighter than Jupiter, one above the other, suddenly disappeared.
Cusick · WA, USA
different color lights that move in no known aeronautical fashion