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)
Ocean Shores · WA, USA
2am approx and I woke up to use bathroom . I returned to bed and on my way to bed I could see a particularly bright red pulsing light s
Olympia · WA, USA
I saw a non blinking sphere traveling West to East in the Northern twilight. ((anonymous report))
Vancouver · WA, USA
Bright red orb vanished in sky.
Seattle · WA, USA
Three high flying, slow moving objects holding formation during the daytime on a clear blue Sunday afternoon.
Auburn · WA, USA
I saw a ball of light at the South end of Sea-Tac Airport, and right before an Airliner hit it, it disappeared. Lasted 10 seconds.
Vancouver · WA, USA
Two bright round amber lights seen in Eastern sky in Vancouver, WA
Bonney Lake · WA, USA
Was in my driveway looking at the sky and saw the circular light that was zigzagging in and out of the clouds over lake taps
Lakewood · WA, USA
Multiple colored triangle comes and flies directly over me at tree top level very slowly
Maple Valley · WA, USA
Low, bright, fast white light traveling east / northeast on north maple valley border
Bonneylake · WA, USA
Two (triangular) boomerangshape flying objects that were very large were sitting or hovering tree top level on 166th ave.
Shelton · WA, USA
Metal object seen for three minutes in Mason County, WA
Federal Way · WA, USA
1/13/19 close encounter with a 17'-20' tall Alien Robot
Port Townsend · WA, USA
Swarm of 6-8 lights, stationary for 5-6 minutes, then receded slowly into the distance.
Vancouver · WA, USA
Pulsating shape in early morning sky.
Issaquah · WA, USA
Objects appeared ahead of us. About 0.25 miles ahead of us a couple hundred feet above the tree line. ((anonymous report))
Auburn · WA, USA
Bright light appeared in the sky, it was flashing/spinning mostly white, but you could see red and a greenish/blue. ((Sirius?? PD))
Vancouver · WA, USA
((HOAX??)) USS Enterprise
Longview · WA, USA
The lights were in a straight line up and down and I was having north and they were moving West the lights one of each color, white, re
Bothell · WA, USA
Unidentifiable Aircraft over Bothell, WA - 20 giant type drones
Seattle · WA, USA
Red & Green Blinking lights (Airplane imitation) & Later A Red & Green Alternating Light Craft.
Puyallup · WA, USA
High up, looked like a very bright star. Jerky (but still smooth?) stop-and-go motions until it seemed to go up (getting smaller) and e
Seattle · WA, USA
West Seattle UFO sighting 1/28 2019 9:15ish ((anonymous report))
Snohomish · WA, USA
I was driving home from a friend's house west down Lowell larimer road towards hwy 9. As I was driving I saw three or possibly four glo
Sumner · WA, USA
I noticed 6 red lights in the nightsky, the lights were evenly spaced with a gap in between. ((anonymous report))
Snohomish · WA, USA
Two stationary dots in the vicinity of the moon. ((NUFORC Note: Planets, Venus and Jupiter?? PD))