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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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The sightings (1,545)

Anyone ever seen something like this?Spherical object over SydneyAirplane abduction (not that one)UAP over PhoenixFire 🔥 in the SkyWe reconstructed the Phoenix Lights reports in interactive 3D, with sources and a calculated night skyUFO sighting? San Jose, CA. 07/10/19 9:30 PM.I saw the post about Rode Island, so I checked the flight radar this morning. I took this screenshot, is it standard procedure to have multiple military craft flying in circles off the coast for…Orb/drone over San Jose, Ca 4/16/2025Filled with IR cameraUAP/UFO over phoenix march 14th, around midnightOn September 18, in Santiago, Chile, a camera mounted on a building in the Estación Central area captured an impressive UFO sighting.Pacifica, California. December 1st, 2024 /// [3 Orbs Synchronized Triangle Formation near Airplane] [Thermal Imaging] [Professional Equipment] [Inverted colors] [10x Zoom]Here is the a to the second NYC UFO image. I posted it on tinypic so you can see the embedded data. http://tinypic.com/r/w48cz/9Orlando Airport sighting. Seems legitimate.Pictures of something over PensacolaWhat is the orb in the sky?(nyc)Military choppers and unknown drone in OrlandoCoral Gables Miami UFOA few minutes of drones near JFK airport.From Geoff Cruikshank, aka the legendary u/harry_is_white_hot on LinkedIn -- December 7, 1962 - 21 years after the attack on Pearl Harbour, President John F. Kennedy is briefed on a potential new…UFO captured by the Boston Museum of Science webcam? Does anyone have any information about this?Ufo over Boston zoomed in posted by M8ten7 earlier, sorry don't know how to link in commentsLou Elizondo Meetup InsightsThis is an invisible UFO to the naked eye caught on police FLIR as hot object. Bristol, England 2016 - never heard about this.Zoomed in version of video from earlier near DetroitOver MaltaVideo 2 - January 28th, 2017 [Giant black object moving over the ocean near San Diego, Carlsbad]UFO Spinning Las Vegas 6/26/23 5:45am 1:59s by Taylor StotternUFO SIGHTING: TAMPA, FL 4-11-24My translation of the 1561 print about the celestial phenomenon over NurembergJust saw my first UFO?UFO in Bariloche, Argentina from yesterday. Filmed and documented by captain Plane.Possible sighting in San Antonio 07/18/2020 @2AM illI'll post some twitter links in the comments(20th Nov) Black Triangle sighting over Birmingham, UKUFO sightings in Phoenix Az 07/04/2021A weird set of lights I saw tonight above New Delhi. Drones are highly illegal here, and this one is above slums. What could this be?Shiny SightingUAP - Sao Paulo, Brazil. 1998Blinking lights in Las Vegas areaThey are all around Hoboken and NYC. I think many people think they are helicopters. This was taken Sunday 12/8 but they are there over the city every night- MeganSightings in İzmir, Türkiye (Twice now in the same region)Unexplained Gaseous Shape appears in the sky of Buenos AiresA sighting over SerbiaExamples of (inexpensive) Cameras with real zoom, for UFO huntersAwesome black triangle footage - San Diego, California, June 2010First sighting with 3 witnesses. 5-29-22 3am downtown Detroit overlooking the river.A cigar UFO I came across on MUFON. 1:28am - 5/24/19 - Calgary, Alberta, CA

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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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