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)
Auburn · WA, USA
Hovering lights spotted over Fife, WA.
Tacoma · WA, USA
3 white sometimes sparkling &/orange objects together at 5pm!
Battle Ground · WA, USA
Large fireball type object shot straight downward, made sound.
Elma · WA, USA
Fast moving, bright shimmering rectangular object near Elma WA in daylight
Lakewood · WA, USA
Red fireball/orb in night over Lakewood JBLM 9/13/16
Spokane Valley · WA, USA
Bright white light, maybe a meteor.
Ritzville · WA, USA
Fast white dot. ((anonymous report)) ((NUFORC Note: Possible satellite in polar orbit?? PD))
North Bend · WA, USA
I was traveling home, east bound i90 to north bend, WA. I began to see extremely bright flashes lighting up the sky every 3-5 minutes o
Lacey · WA, USA
My wife and I saw something very strange in the sky...a craft that had 2 rows of parallel lights. ((anonymous report))
Bellingham · WA, USA
I saw another post for this same event - I too, saw a bright white flash like a ball come down from the sky. It looked as if it went in
Bellingham · WA, USA
Bright silent orb movng a extreme speed over Bellingham.
Port Orchard · WA, USA
Just arrived for a delivery to a store and waiting for the door to open looking up and saw a triangle shape with 3 red lights then abou
Cowiche · WA, USA
At 1:15 am my husband and I were sitting on our porch and saw a fire ball appear from the south very low lower than most air planes it
Hoquiam · WA, USA
A very bright light in the sky which I first assumed to be a star. Stayed stationary for along time, then moved rapidly to the west.
Spokane · WA, USA
Two members of her family had seen two strange lights over Fairchild Airforce Base.
Kennewick · WA, USA
Southern sky lit up in bright flash.
Shoreline · WA, USA
I noticed a light way up in the sky, and quickly realized a second light following. ((anonymous report))
Puyallup · WA, USA
Bright flash in the sky.
Snoqualmie · WA, USA
Dim moving light in the sky turned extremely bright and stopped for 20 seconds, before going dim again and heading in a diff. dir..
Kenmore · WA, USA
Moving small white star (International space station?) ((anonymous report)) ((NUFORC Note: ISS @ 22:25 hrs.. PD))
Seattle · WA, USA
Straight Line of White Circular Lights Traveling W to E
Longview · WA, USA
White saucer shaped craft, with black tinted windows, and with no noise.
Colfax · WA, USA
Bright flashing light too fast to be anything but a ufo following me in my truck.
Chelan · WA, USA
Saw a doughnut-shaped object that looked like the first star just before sunset. It turned color with the sunset, and did not move.
Kennewick · WA, USA
Orange color oval with light on top and many lights on the bottom very distant through a telescope.