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UFOs near airports

Sightings reported within 15 km of a large airport — where planes on approach are a common explanation, and where some famous cases happened.

1,545 sightings 🎥 1,171 videos 🗓️ 1950–2026 📍 Most from Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Diego

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10 + UFOs seen in Canadian skies within 1 hourUFO in Uritorco hillChicago UAP Sighting (7/25/24)Are yellow eggs cool too? I scrambled to find pictures from this object I filmed in Miami, November 3rd 2022. Looks egg-shaped with some payload?Orbs over ChicagoUFO? Video taken May 23, 2025 in Vancouver, BC Canada.What is that?UAP footage from River Forest, Illinois circa Jan. 1958. Compiled by the DoD's Project Blue Book and found on the US National Archive YT page.Octahedral UFO flying over my headWife saw this on the way home, any ideas? (NE Indianapolis, looking west)I spotted this 8/8/21 at 11:19AM MST in Meridian, ID on my way to the store. This is the slow motion version and it's best on a desktop.Balls of light that crawl through the sky. Second time I’ve seen this. Long Beach, CA3 objects spotted Manchester, UK on the evening of April 13thSeen in Rochester Ny tonight, multiple sightings. Any takes on this? (Post got deleted apologies)Don’t think it’s a ufo but curious what y’all thinkDC Dulles Airport UAP zoomed inSpeedy blinkingAny idea what this is?What happened last night in Amsterdam?JJ's UFO Story: The NEWPORT / COVINGTON KY Golden Tower apartments UFO Incident of MONDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH 2007 6: 51 AMSecond Video of Phoenix Lights 11/27/2011 2000 hrsFlying V Shape UFO - Sydney, Australia 8/25/12 (long but compelling)UFO releasing sphere's over Tijuana, Mexico (12/03/2014)I recorded this in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, NY last night.Saw these flying over Spokane, WA 2/27/21 4:30 P.M.Vancouver, Canada. June 28th 2017UAP Sighting - San Diego, CA - 2012UFO Sighting - August 13th - St Helens, UKSpotted from the highway. Black rectangle in the sky over Tampa on 10/09/202211/27 near Austin, TXI want to understand what is this?Spotted this lizard man inside the Duomo, Florence.Seen this in Philly 2019. Still have no idea what is was1st post got removedPhoenixSighting in Ostia (near Rome) this morning, 23rd January 2025Triangle Lights at Antalya/TURKEY (April 13th)UFOs Tucson, AZ, US 4/9/25. Thoughts?Glowing Orange Orb over Richmond, VirginiaSaw this in Salt Lake City in Dec 2020Zagreb, Croatia, June 2023.Weird silent craft in Vegas.Weird light in the sky CAIRNS, Queensland Australia3d Simulation and seat-of-the-pants analysis of Shanghai TriangleUFO I caught in Portland Dec 3rd 2021Small blinking object passed over me yesterday. 8/6/22 (Moving east to west) Portland OrWas recording a strange light high up over Austin when it suddenly went out…6/1/23 Santa Ana, CA 5:22pm Zig Zagger

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🗓️ Event · 11 min readO'Hare Airport UFO sightingOn November 7, 2006, about a dozen United Airlines employees and other witnesses reported seeing a silent, dark grey, disc-shaped object hovering near Gate C17 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Witnesses stated that the object rapidly shot upward throu…

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