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)
Eatonville · WA, USA
Orange orbs
Seattle · WA, USA
Large red Mars-like planet in the sky then disappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no date, or contact information. PD))
Everett · WA, USA
S-shaped black tumbling Rotating UFO. ((anonymous report))
Vancouver · WA, USA
Odd blinking high in western sky over what would be towards the oregon coast from Portland
Centralia · WA, USA
Gigantic silent craft. 7 dim lights with haze around object perfectly in chevron shape. ((anonymous report))
Chehalis · WA, USA
Round white light moving very fast and low.
Lake Stevens · WA, USA
Bright star orange /fireball that was dropping several smaller fireball objects from its center.
Seattle · WA, USA
Crescent shaped light-emitting object seen near Space Needle. ((anonymous report))
Olympia · WA, USA
I saw 3 red lights in a perfect triangle shape. They were very bright and we're very still. ((anonymous report))
Onion Creek · WA, USA
I LOOKED UP JUST AS A VERY BRIGHT FLASH HAPPENED. IT WAS ON A N-S PATH, HEADED N. ((NUFORC Note: Iridium 37 at 19:21 hrs. PD))
Puyallup · WA, USA
I was driving down Canyon at coming up to the intersection of 176th to take a left towards Puyallup and looked over at Mount Rainier an
Kent · WA, USA
As I was getting off the freeway this blue light was everywhere around me. I looked for the source and saw this just about 30 feet ove
Puyallup · WA, USA
Bright circular object in southern sky at dusk just under the Moon.
Tacoma · WA, USA
Bright illuminating diamond and round shape objects.
Seattle · WA, USA
Red pulsating and changing color orb seen over Seattle tonight.
Oakesdale · WA, USA
The object that we saw was a massive oval that produced a loud thruming noise as it passed.
Oakesdale · WA, USA
Object seen around Steptoe Butte, near Oakesdale, WA.
Lincoln · WA, USA
White flashing lights on one mile long disk hovering and moving above and along the lake.
Auburn · WA, USA
Orange and red bright glowing circle in the sky, headed east in the sky.
Deer Park · WA, USA
Fri 8/11/17 high flying disc N over Spokane Co. zig-zagged E, flipped back to original N heading towards British Columbia, gone!
Seattle · WA, USA
North Seattle late morning Orb pulsing different colors
Seattle · WA, USA
West to east direction, illiuminated by son. ((anonymous report))
Sunnyside · WA, USA
Weird white line seen in Sunnyside, WA. Video taken. 8/22 at 20:05. ((anonymous report))
Coulee Dam · WA, USA
moving light in night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a "twinkling" star, perhaps Arcturus. PD))
Kent/Auburn · WA, USA
Very rapid point of white light zips across night sky, then stops abruptly and remains static like the stars around it.