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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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Possible UFO sighting over Hamburg on September 22nd, 2024Crazy light showUFO Over Reno, NV 12/4/24Strange Lights Over San Antonio, TXBay Area 4/25/25Video of Very Fast Moving Elongated UAPWhat is this?Interesting light source in the clouds tonightUFO SIGHTING in HOLLYWOOD [2nd video !] 7/8/2012UFO sighting in Oakland, CA. 05-26-11 - Night VisionUFO activity over Stuttgart, Germany 22 April 2014Possible Orb? Dublin 2018What is this thing over Chicago?An interesting wee clip from Cork in Ireland, circa 2013. Seems to be some lights moving in the sky. No sound unfortunately, what do you guys think?Filmed this over Vancouver maybe 18months ago. With current events thought I’d postSo it seems it’s the French all along…Orb Light show 2, electric boogaloo 29/12/2024 south Sydney, AustraliaObjects in Manhattan I’m looking North in a non fly zone. 1:52am EST late Sunday, Grid, internet, and air signals went off in bursts, cat’s and Dog’s acted alarmedI finally managed to record them !Iridescent object in sky above VancouverUAP seen near Tampa International AirPort.Captured in Tucson AZWhen I was at work doing security I saw this!Visual data on Drone/UAP activity in Europe.White light doesn't seem to move like anything I'm familiar with over Panorama, Greece. — Jul 6, 2026, 10:26 PMUFOs flying over Stevenage, HertfordshireUFOs over Nuremberg, 1561Can anyone help me identify what this could possibly be other than a FREAKIN UFO. This was spotted over Miami, FLUFO caught live in a Brazilian newspaper by the camera of a helicopter flying over São Paulo a few months ago.ufos show up during power outage (not my vid. philly. vid posted 2016)What is this? (Sorry if it was posted before ) Colorado Springs, CO 07/26/21Sighting near VancouverAnother Sphere ufoIs this a UFO? (a picture from a plane)Just the typical light in the skyUFO 🛸 OVER SAN ANTONIO, TX 05/05/2023 at 1850HRSUpdate on Milwaukee Spheres Post (screenshots from original video)UAP/UFO/Orb - Phoenix, AZ 12/09/24 @ 830 pm MSTHovering over Friends house in Orlando14 December 2024, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.***FULL VIDEO*** Shape Shifting Aircraft in Warwick, Rhode Island (((unedited)))Phoenix AZ just nowvideos of drones / UFOs I saw tonightOrb over Portland, OR. Quickly disappeared.Still have no explanation for this, was taken on July 31st, 2025 @11:21pm.Seen from FRESNOOrbs spotted in Campinas, Brazil3 red lights in a triangle blinking, eventually a green one. Filmed from Haarlem towards Schiphol.Can Someone Help Me Identify These Lights?

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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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