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)
Lake City · WA, USA
Young man sees disc-shaped obj. w/ "double dome--top and bottom, w/ red light around middle" do wild gyrations in N sky. Streaked.
Seattle · WA, USA
Woman reports witnessing a distinctly green flash of light, followed by a second identical flash. Very strange in appearance.
Bellevue · WA, USA
A young man repts. seeing a "star" in the N sky move horizontally, and then suddenly drop vertically very fast. Very prominent.
Outlook · WA, USA
1996 Nov. or Dec. coming in from a bad ice storm and snow. The Valley lit into day three times for about three seconds each time.. I
Vashon Island · WA, USA
2x young boys see 2x streaks of white light, "as wide as my thumb at arm's length," STREAK across 160 deg. of sky in 1 sec.
Kirkland · WA, USA
Mother, son, grandmother witness peculiar lights in S sky. White, blue, then red. Moves across sky, slows, stops, then STREAKS off.
Duvall · WA, USA
Secret Base in the Cascades ((NUFORC Note: We doubt it. PD))
Kennewick · WA, USA
Pulsating white light that disappeared like a vapor.
Creston · WA, USA
Abduction Fall 1996
Forks · WA, USA
In 1996 I was at my daughters in forks washington. about 9 p.m. i steped outside to smoke, i was looking at the stars, it's usualy clou
Kelso · WA, USA
2 workers on pulp digester bldg. see 25-30 objs. streak overhead to N. Maneuvered relative to one another. Dramatic sighting.
George (The Gorge Amphatheatre) · WA, USA
Three soft dim lights passing over head at a fast rate of speed in a vee formation.
Seattle · WA, USA
Orange triangular object, very distant, very slow, binocular brightness.
Seattle · WA, USA
Young man sees 3x faint yellow light, in triangular formation, pass overhead at very high speed, he thought. Opaque in middle. Silent.
Bothell · WA, USA
Looked out window of my house on a clear night at dusk and saw what looked liked a LARGE Triangular or boomerang type thing appearing l
Monroe · WA, USA
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Yakima · WA, USA
Man and childern view silver/blue reflective obj. in W sky traveling N very quickly. Appears to not be plane.
Hoh Rain Forest · WA, USA
saw a slow, low flying silver disk around 10 AM .
University Place · WA, USA
It was the fourth of july, actually the evening before. I was driving down 67th avenue, going towards lakewood, when I saw this big fi
Brinnon · WA, USA
I saw a glowing object of 10ft. high and 60ft. long traveling in a straight line, making no sound.
Ellensburg · WA, USA
Clear sunny day, 3 adults saw small silver sphere that hovered for about 1 minute directly overhead. It then suddenly took off to the e
Seattle · WA, USA
Boomerang shaped metalic craft over the pugit sound
Metalline Falls · WA, USA
Brilliant fireball shooting across the sky that crashed behind a mountain illuminating the entire valley.
Seattle · WA, USA
And lo, the star which they had seen in the west suddenly went before them and came to rest over the place...
Lakebay · WA, USA
Two contact incidents of Black, Shiny, Triangular Craft that hovered just above tree line emitting low hum.