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)
Aberdeen · WA, USA
Either military or alien nature.
Seattle · WA, USA
Two orange very illuminated objects moved from west to east, slowed down and moved south and faded out.
Centralia · WA, USA
Orange fireball.
Edmonds · WA, USA
Meteor or UFO? I lean towards UFO.
Seattle · WA, USA
Addendum to My original account 06/27/2013 filed here 07/22/2013
Seattle · WA, USA
Two stationery objects in sky over Pacific northwest coast 90 mins; later four big triangles. ((anonymous report))
Richland · WA, USA
objects turned to orbs
Everett · WA, USA
Bright light oval shaped craft, looked like a sea err-chant with many lights surrounding it on the outside.
Ellensburg · WA, USA
Orange to red immensely bright circular moving light.
Redmond · WA, USA
Sky sounds in Redmond, WA.
Mukilteo · WA, USA
There were bright orange lights on the craft traveling side by side with no sound.
Vancouver · WA, USA
Red orb being chased by a camanche military helicopter
Auburn · WA, USA
During the middle of the night, guessing 2:00 am, I heard the familiar sound of those large army helicopters that fly over my house.
Parkland · WA, USA
Looked like a C17 at first with possibly a escort, it did a loop around the area and almost looked like it was going to crash at first.
Mill Creek · WA, USA
2 orange/red round balloon type objects with fire seen consecutively...10 minutes ? apart
Yakima · WA, USA
Three lights two red , one white light moving every direction in the middle.
Pasco · WA, USA
Winged-shaped transparent , no sounds orange yellow glow.
Kirkland · WA, USA
There were other ones of a different nature with other intenTions who wanted to abduct me to conduct experiments but asked
Edmonds · WA, USA
Super fast, bright UFO craft with amazing maneuvers witnessed by two people caught on camera.
Spokane · WA, USA
Orange sphere that was completely silent. It moved from West to East for about 1 minute, and then sped up and changed direction to N.
University Place · WA, USA
We witnessed orange red orbs approximately 500 to 1,000 feet in the air Spaced 30 yards apart all on the same flight plan orbiting.
Monroe · WA, USA
3 lights looked like rocket flames appearing to go from triangle formation to following each other out of atmosphere 1 after another.
Hanford Nuclear facility (near) · WA, USA
Two female senior citizens driving from Kennewick, WA north near Hanford Nuclear facility. Both of us witnessed a very pretty round tu
Garfield · WA, USA
A loud aircraft, that I was unable to locate in the sky.
Palouse · WA, USA
Sound-ONLY of large aircraft passing close overhead. ((NUFORC Note: Witness is commercial pilot. PD))