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)
Lynnwood · WA, USA
Five youth watching TV see a "black obj., w/ no lights" streak by apt. window. Later, saw beam of light over pond. Called 911.
Grand Coulee · WA, USA
My boyfriend, his 12 yr old son, and myself. We were traveling on the highway Leaving electric city near banks lake going to soap lake
Seattle · WA, USA
Woman's attention drawn to very faint light over Puget Sound. Obj. grows brighter, then suddenly moves to W and disappears.
Lake Stevens · WA, USA
RED LIGHT HOVERING LAKE STEVENS AREA MADE NO SOUND
Longview · WA, USA
Woman, husband, son witness "star" that began to move, stopped, maneuvered erratically. Moved behind trees, winked out.
Bothell · WA, USA
Exp. UFO investigator, MUFON member, witnesses very bright bluish/white flash of light that lit living room. Descended rapidly.
Manson · WA, USA
Man repts. 2 "guys in scuba divers suits w/ wrap-around glasses" in his apt.. "Photographed" man w/ "flashlights." Through wall!
Sedro Woolley · WA, USA
Husband & wife see peculiar colorful, stationary obj. to E, over Alger Mtn.. (Possible star??)
West Seattle · WA, USA
Woman repts. pecular small obj. in morning sky, "like a bright star." Then it began to move, rose up, drifted south. Red beacon vis.
Chelan · WA, USA
Software engin. repts. very bright, peculiar orange "fireballs" to the SSE of his home. Similar sighting in same area 28OC95.
Auburn · WA, USA
Man experienced 15 sec. power outage in Enumclaw, then witnesses major blue, then green flash south of Auburn. 50 deg. of sky.
Rock Island · WA, USA
Man on Hwy 28 sees extremely bright obj. "shoot across windshield," blow up into many fragments when it entered cloud of fog.
Kirkland · WA, USA
Woman on cruise boat sees large obj. w/ 8-10 strange red lights, passes overhead N to S, dips, rises vert. out of sight! No sound.
Tacoma · WA, USA
Young man repts. he returned home from store, neighborhood boys excited about strange obj. that had just passed overhead.
Arlington · WA, USA
MUFON member relays multiple reports about people who witnessed "pink and blue flashes" same night as sightings over Seattle.
Seattle · WA, USA
Man repts. witnessing peculiar red and blue flashes over Seattle. One flash filled 180 deg. of sky w/ red light. Observed an orb.
Seattle · WA, USA
Young woman repts. witnessing multiple "flashes of red and blue light" in and above the clouds. Were to the NE of Capitol Hill.
Seattle · WA, USA
2nd Seattle Univ. student calls to report remarkable "pink and " blue flashing lights in, or above the clouds.
Seattle · WA, USA
Young woman in Seattle Univ. dormitory sees bizarre, pronounced red, pink, blue intense, multiple flashes of light in clouds to east.
Seattle · WA, USA
Nat. UFO Rpt. Ctr. phones AP & UPI wire services. They have no info re 17NO95 sightings; express no desire to inspect data.
Federal Way · WA, USA
Woman, friend, observe very large obj. in sky w/. bizarre lights. Stationary at first, then began to drift to W. No sound.
Bremerton · WA, USA
Woman reports witnessing peculiar lights in W sky, which suddenly disappeared from sight. Lights "looked round."
Wishkah River · WA, USA
Experienced MUFON investigator/law officer relays rpt that woman, son witnessed bizarre bright light, green beam near home.
Bellevue · WA, USA
Software engin. witnesses "stripe" of green light in N/S orientation across sky above scudding clouds. (Adv. laser light rptd. 28NO.)
Seattle · WA, USA
Woman calls to report a "UFO" in southern sky. Flashing red, blue, green lights; stationary. (Possible star?)