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)
Vancouver · WA, USA
Strange light above washington that doesn't move at all, ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Kennewick · WA, USA
Two objects chasing each other around night sky
Longview · WA, USA
Long period of flashing lights traveling in a signle file line formation. ((Starlink satellites?))
Ferndale · WA, USA
Line of lights (like satellites but many!) ((Starlink satellites?))
Graham · WA, USA
Taking dog outside. Looked up and saw a long line of single almost evenly spaced bright white lights moving across the sky. No sound. N
SeaTac · WA, USA
Bright lights moving in a clockwise manner were observed at 3:30am
Burien · WA, USA
Looked out my deck toward shorewood beach and saw a black shaped boomerang come out of water with a man in a suit of some kind hovering
Tumwater · WA, USA
Illuminated Multicolored light formation with a vague white background
Vancouver · WA, USA
There were 10 bright white lights evenly spaced apart moving slowly across sky. There was no sound. ((Starlink satellites))
Vancouver · WA, USA
There were 10 bright white lights evenly spaced apart moving slowly across sky. There was no sound. ((Starlink satellites?))
Union · WA, USA
Approximately 30 solid lights that appeared to be stars crossed the sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
Chattaroy · WA, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by source of report. PD))
Wapato · WA, USA
50+ Wapato string of lights. ((Starlink satellites?))
Washougal · WA, USA
50 lighted objects evenly spaced moving through sky over Washougal WA ((Starlink satellites))
Snohomish · WA, USA
We saw at least 30 single lights on the same flight path over Snohomish moving north. ((Starlink satellites?))
Gig Harbor · WA, USA
High Altitude balloon at 50,000 feet MSL. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a high-altitude, helium-filled research balloon?? PD))
Walla Walla · WA, USA
MADAR Node 130
Washougal · WA, USA
When we thought we saw the space station fly by, subsequently 25 plus lights flew by all train. ((Starlink satellites))
North Bend · WA, USA
60 ufos in a convoy. ((Starlink satellites?))
Mead · WA, USA
30 satellite like objects flew over house in under 15 minutes. ((Starlink satellites?))
Tumwater · WA, USA
A line of Oval/ Pill shaped UFO’s Heading North East from South ((Starlink satellites?))
Kennewick · WA, USA
Hey did you guys hear about strange white lights moving in formation? ((Starlink satellites?))
Yelm · WA, USA
Long string of lights. ((Starlink satellites?))
Seattle · WA, USA
A few nights ago I noticed when I went out on my deck a very bright light which resembled a star from the N side. ((Venus??))
Colville · WA, USA
High altitude string of spherical objects, traveling single file and spaced about 10 seconds apart. ((Starlink satellites?))