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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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UFO/Light?Can anyone explain thisPossible UFOUAP maybe?What could these be?Fireball over Norfolk, VA 2nd witness filmsame orbUFO over Madrid or fake?Needs to be stabilized - [6/6/2012] New Montreal Daytime UFOStrange Alien body found in Lahore, Pakistan. Media Channel NewsCaptured this in EL Paso, TXMy video - Buenos Aires - 8/14/2020Multiple sightings Spokane, WA 3/1/21 & 3/2/31Omaha, Nebraska, June 4th, 2021: unknown object hovered over Omaha for hours, any ideas?Blinking object in the sky... ChicagoHas anyone seen this before? UFO over Bogota, Colombia 10/02/19WMAQ Channel 5 - Project U.F.O. - "The Washington, D.C. Incident" (Complete Broadcast, 2/19/1978) 📺Glowing balls in the woods! San Carlos Park FL, January 26, 22:53, 2022.My first ufo sighting in San DiegoUfo Fresno CA July 12, 2021Well its official i saw my 2nd ufo. This one i got on camera. It had a bright red trail right before I took out my camera. 1:55am. Hollywood.12.16.2017 UFOsWeird Lights over PortlandGlowing orange object over Ontario, CA USALive Camera Feed Honolulu, HIStrange lights spotted over Camelback Mountain - Aug 20, 2024 3:01 AM MTNot a great video but Weird moving object seen near MumbaiIs this a UFO (Portland OR)Old video I took, just reminded me of this current drone stuffHelp Identifying Source of UFO Footage in Camden, NJ Lightning StormPossible UAP sighting in NYC2 orange orbs with a 3rd orb "ejecting" in Brooklyn, NY (2021)Sighting in San Diego 12/17Possible flying ORB in Madrid - Spain - EuropeDrones were seeing look shockingly like the Phoenix Lights sighting from 1997…Triangle UFO at 3 am PragueSaw this fresno ca recent sightings reported on newsDissipating Wide & Bright UFODate and time: February 14th approx. 2pm. Location: South PhiladelphiaResponse to "Mysterious Orbs over Gdansk"UAPs Boston, MAAny ideas what this isSpotted outside Minneapolis tonightInteresting new Ring videoUFO Reportedly Collides with a Plane in NY Airspace. Control Tower Audio.Las Vegas 8/21/25Ufos 🛸 above the beachWhat did I see?

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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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