UFO sightings in United States

2,458 sightings reported in or near United States — photos, videos, dates and details, newest first.

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Between 1972 and 2026, there have been 2078 reported sightings. Most sightings involve orbs, which are the most common shape, followed by lights and triangles. Movement patterns often include pulsing and hovering. The data shows a significant increase in recent years, with 2025 and 2024 being particularly busy. December is the most frequent month for reports. A majority of these sightings occur at night, and 1462 of them include video.

Notable reports include US Air Force Veteran Matthew Nelson describing a large golden orb hovering near New Jersey in 2024, and a sighting of a UAP ejecting something before exploding at Hammonton Lake, New Jersey.

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76 years after Palomar photographed nine “stars” that vanished, an open challenge wants to settle whether they were realUAP sighted during the Fleetwood-Arsenal game. Looks like the New Jersey drones5+ changing lights moved erratically over Folsom and El Dorado Hills from Mather, CA — Oct 16, 2026, 4:07 AMThe moon Oct 25th Indiana black object with smokeIt has been 17,000+ days since I haven't been abducted by aliens or seen a UFO. And it is making me rethink everything.A Navy chief told a House task force a Tic Tac rose out of the Pacific beside USS Jackson in 2023. What does the sensor data actually show?10/19/26 - Racine, OH1984 news report on the Hudson Valley UFO sightingsWe reconstructed the Phoenix Lights reports in interactive 3D, with sources and a calculated night skyLevelland, TX UFO incident (1957) technical recreation from Project Blue BookTriangular 3-light object floated above I-5 in Everett, WA — Oct 4, 2026, 8:49 PMMetallic sphere buzzed past balloon-shaped object over Cincinnati, OH — Oct 4, 2026, 4:08 PMLarry King: The UFO Cover-Up? Live from Area 51(1994) Full Version, Good Quality, Commercial-FreeKittanning, PennsylvaniaMy daughter recorded this yesterday with her iphone. Curious what yall thinkColorful Lights In The Sky - was driving north on i-95 last night around midnight in Hollywood, FL. Never seen anything like that before. What do you think it is?1952 military video releaseGRUSCH's advanced materials startup: public records list him as COO of StarDustXStream of bright changing lights hovered then slowly descended with abrupt direction changes over Los Angeles — Sep 7, 2026, 3:45 AMIn 1967 Military Publisher Jack D. Pickett Witnessed Multiple Flying Saucer Aircraft At MacDill Air Force Base In Tampa, Florida — An Aircraft Matching His Description Of The Saucers Was Later…Strange Multicolored Object Spotted in Hyde Park, NY — January 2025Multicolored flashing light with dark center floated in place over parking lot in Rochester, NY — Sep 12, 2026, 11:15 PM"Whistling Mike" unmasked; PHOTO of alleged stealth craft material held by Senate intel committeeFound: first printing of Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects). Project No. 10073. 5 May 1955.TF is this? Seeing it now in Boulder, Co.Cigar shaped UFOThe Golden-Haired, Bare-Skinned Alien of 1897YouTubers near Area 51 catch probably some of the best UFO footage yet recently. Source 📸 KjSmoothWorm like objects captured hovering above Denver — Aug 20, 2026, 12:00 PMUnidentified Drones Over New JerseyV-shaped cloud over Arizona.I went to post some of my fav UAP videos today and found out they’re fakes…Just seen over Weiss Lake Alabama 9:58pm CT 8/15/26Black helicopter @ Area 51Spotted a strange being/orb over the University of Arizona last nightMultiple non-strobing lights with different trajectories near the Big Dipper — what are these?Object hovered and drifted erratically over Robert Morris Earthworks Park, SeaTac, WA — Aug 2, 2026, 7:08 PMSpotted over Pensacola, Fl. (08/06/26) — Aug 6, 2026, 6:30 PM“Slow-moving Objects,” 2026🏛️ B5Large dark triangular object moved slowly and steadily south of Carrollton, GA — Aug 3, 2026, 6:40 PMTen Shocking Cases of UFO HealingsDaytime UAP Flagstaff,AZThe Roosevelt Incidents: An Infographic Map (v2)Silent white cigar-shaped object moved steadily across sky over Highland Springs, VA — Jul 23, 2026, 8:00 PMUFOs in Your Hometown Episode NineteenWhat do you think this was?Discovery: The AAF officer who oversaw Kenneth Arnold and Maury Island Investigations was the SAME officer who collected the negatives of these photos, taken same day as Roswell crash (Rhodes…Found in a thrift store in South CarolinaUFOs Over Airports: Sightings, Landings, HumanoidsThe Nimitz incident: An Infographic MapTwo UFO’s spotted in Arizona over house mountainOrb Sighted Near Camano Island, WA Oct. 28, 2021 @7:10amStrange Sighting. “Time: July 25, 2026 11:09am Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana”The Weirdest UFO landing - When Aliens gave a man pancakesOrbs flying in the night sky west of St Bernard OhioIs this debris in orbit or a sighting?Multiple light orbs captured“I Don’t Want to Go with Them!” The Incredible Onboard UFO Encounter of William and Peggy FosterMultiple light orbs captured (re-upload)Multiple light orbs captured
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