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)
Fort Lewis · WA, USA
Traveling along a main road on Ft Lewis I noticed from the north a air craft was traveling just above ground level about a half mile aw
Moses Lake · WA, USA
Small distant luminescent sphere, looking somewhat like a star but much larger and during mostly daylight.
Spokane · WA, USA
Multiple lights on sequencial nights
Monroe/Snohomish · WA, USA
So far, 50+ small star size objects moving across the night sky, appearing to be in low earth orbit.
Edgewood · WA, USA
Strange object with size, movement and high rate of multiple flashing light sequences that are not seen in modern human technology
Shoreline · WA, USA
Two lights seen moving rapidly towards each other, they crossed paths before losing sight of them
Vancouver · WA, USA
saw blue oval light. appeared to be emitting from center(lighter and brighter in the center), sped in horizontal line then vanished fr
Winlock · WA, USA
Husband saw 2 on the way home from work. We looked thre a telescope and watched the 1 move and turn corors. It was N.W. Moving S.W. The
Bremerton · WA, USA
moon was about 25' off of the horizon object was at 5:30 location of moon .at arms length object was size of thumb nail changed color t
Bellingham · WA, USA
i was driving with my friend, we saw a brilliant shiny white ball, it zoomed irregularly accros and down the sky, it was faster than an
Redmond · WA, USA
The object moved slowly and flashed 5 colors. I watched it for 30 minutes before going to bed.
Ballard (Seattle) · WA, USA
An object was seen near the Orion's belt and traveled in a southwesterly direction turning bright green and then faided out.
Bellevue · WA, USA
Bright light went vertical and disappeared
Gig Harbor · WA, USA
All of the above accounts were of round, bright white lights
Renton · WA, USA
it was a smooth silverish metallic object shaped like a dome- not exactly a saucer or disk- but a dome.
Spokane · WA, USA
Silent erratic lights cross dry non-traversable lakebed, then chase observer at high speeds.
Bellevue · WA, USA
low flying black Y-shaped object moving from the west to the east, under the low cloud cover. Smaller straight upward projections on t
Olympia · WA, USA
Saw object flying very fast, noiseless, south to north.
Vancouver · WA, USA
We were standing in the back of my friend Anna's house and saw diving, Acrobatic stunts that planes could not do, like leave the atmosp
Pasco · WA, USA
bright white light, I thought it was a star at first,circled the tri-cities area , moved very fast, and zig zaged several times at impo
Everett · WA, USA
Craft with multicolored lights drifted above us.
Davenport · WA, USA
Spherical object following power lines and sounded like a hot air balloon.
Kent/Renton · WA, USA
Flashing Light Blue/Red bouncing up and down in horizen, very bright
Tacoma · WA, USA
I thought I was watching a satelite, it disappeared, then reappeared in a different location, made a 180 and vanished.
Kennewick · WA, USA
two sightings/ #1 orange earthlights follow each other & #2 massive silver ball moves at high altitude across sky