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
The object was black, triangular and had some protrusions on the back (fat end of the triangle) that may have been tail fins like on a
Mount Vernon · WA, USA
A disc shaped object glowing a dull red fading to magenta moving at extreeme velocity moving from north-northeast to the southwest over
Montesano · WA, USA
Large, loud Trangular Object, lighted below
Aberdeen · WA, USA
UFO seen - Giant, seven lights, slow, low, very loud low pitch roar, traveled over town.
Seattle · WA, USA
We witnessed a large peach-colored cigar-shaped object move at a high rate of speed in a southerly direction.
Seattle · WA, USA
looking south-south east, object was moving from left to right and away from us. Peach or amber glow was like setting sun on moon. Sp
Seattle · WA, USA
A cigar shaped obect suddenly appeared out of nowhere, a light pulsed along it's length from right to left, the object faded and then d
Seattle · WA, USA
Brilliant, moon sized, white disc descending rapidly over Seattle that disappeared behind Capitol Hill.
Ferndale (near · countryside), WA, USA
A faint star-like object traveling North very rapidly in an erratic pattern.
Federal Way · WA, USA
i thought it was ballons floating by i pointed it out to my niece &nephew object then became stationary.iwonder what it was because onl
Westport · WA, USA
A very bight light entering the atmosphere. Turned to level flight then it traveled at level flight to a point in the sky and stopped.
Spokane · WA, USA
Triangular shaped UFO silently flies over Spokane, Wa. August 5th, 1999
Yakima (About 10-30 miles NW of) · WA, USA
Comet-like object, high in sky, set at \ angle, nearly vertical, stationary, no aircraft in sight.
Vancouver · WA, USA
other reports similar to ours in Vancouver Wa. but ocurring in Wisconsin and Iowa. three rotating green orbs emitting light beams acro
Vancouver · WA, USA
green rotating circle, emitting green lights approx. 40 miles
Richland · WA, USA
I saw a bright light appear directly above me in the sky. It was moving slowly and was not a shooting star or the lights on a plane.
Trout Lake · WA, USA
A lower orbit satellite appearing object moving unusually slow for a satellite became a billiant orange ball 3-4 times it's original si
Seattle (1-90 · between Mercer Island and Seattle), WA, USA
It was an object between two clouds, perfectly square. It was a brighter white than the whitest clouds.
Vancouver · WA, USA
Sighting near Vancouver, Washington/Portland Oregon in August of 1999
Maury Island · WA, USA
I was driving north on 99th Ave. and saw a brief intense flash in the sky directly ahead of me. I initally attributed it to lightning
Spokane · WA, USA
Saw a light similar to a star that darted around the sky in straight lines.
Moses Lake · WA, USA
3 blue/green lights (sometimes merged into one) moving absolutely silent across the sky from apx. west to east
Sun Cove (Entiat Estates) · WA, USA
03:14 Large triangle shape object traveling from S.S.W to N.N.E. towards chelan.
Tukwila (Sea) · WA, USA
I awaited darkness (approx.9:15pm...9:20pm) to check the reflectors outside my motorhome, and was walking backward up my road (away fro
Spokane · WA, USA
Bright Star-like object hovered/drifted/changed direction then disappeared.