UFO waves & bursts

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Famous waves

Well-known cases from the encyclopedia, with the sightings on this site from the same dates and area.

🌊 Wave · 📖 Famous caseNew Jersey drone wave (2024)13 November 2024 – January 2025 (peak mid-December) · 📍 New Jersey and the north-eastern United States597 reports from 516 people · mostly orb⚡ Burst · 📖 Famous caseStephenville sightings (2008)January 2008 (main sighting 8 January) · 📍 Stephenville, Dublin and Erath County, Texas14 reports from 12 people · mostly light⚡ Burst · 📖 Famous caseTinley Park lights (2004–06)21 August 2004, 31 October 2004, 1 October 2005, 31 October 2006 · 📍 Tinley Park and nearby suburbs, Illinois12 reports from 12 people · mostly light⚡ Burst · 📖 Famous casePhoenix Lights (1997)13 March 1997 · 📍 Arizona, from the Nevada line through Phoenix to Tucson147 reports from 136 people · mostly light🌊 Wave · 📖 Famous caseBelgian UFO wave (1989–90)29 November 1989 – April 1990 · 📍 Belgium, beginning around Eupen23 reports from 23 people · mostly triangle🌊 Wave · 📖 Famous caseHudson Valley sightings (1983–84)Mainly March 1983 to summer 1984 · 📍 Westchester, Putnam and nearby counties, New York13 reports from 13 people · mostly boomerang🌊 Wave · 📖 Famous caseBroad Haven sightings (1977)1977 (school sighting 4 February) · 📍 Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales3 reports from 3 people🌊 Wave · 📖 Famous caseLubbock Lights (1951)25 August – September 1951 · 📍 Lubbock, Texas, and nearby towns22 reports from 21 people · mostly light🌊 Wave · 📖 Famous caseGhost rockets (1946)26 February – December 1946 · 📍 Sweden and Scandinavia12 reports from 12 people · mostly saucer🌊 Wave · 📖 Famous caseMystery airship wave (1896–97)17 November 1896 – May 1897 · 📍 California, then across the United States9 reports from 9 people · mostly saucer

Found in our sightings

🌊 WaveUFO wave around Roswell, New Mexico — July 20262–12 July 2026 · 📍 Roswell, New Mexico6 reports from 6 people🌊 WaveLight wave around United States — May–June 202628 May – 10 June 2026 · 📍 United States7 reports from 7 people · mostly light🌊 WaveUFO wave around Papoose Lake, Nevada — April 20263–10 April 2026 · 📍 Papoose Lake, Nevada7 reports from 7 people🌊 WaveUFO wave around Roswell, New Mexico — September 202516–23 September 2025 · 📍 Roswell, New Mexico6 reports from 6 people🌊 WaveUFO wave around New Mexico — January–February 202531 January – 11 February 2025 · 📍 New Mexico7 reports from 6 people · mostly orb🌊 WaveUFO wave around Portland, Oregon — January 202516–29 January 2025 · 📍 Portland, Oregon6 reports from 6 people🌊 WaveUFO wave around Los Angeles, California — December 2024 – January 202529 December 2024 – 19 January 2025 · 📍 Los Angeles, California21 reports from 20 people · mostly orb🌊 WaveOrb wave around United States — January 20259–15 January 2025 · 📍 United States11 reports from 9 people · mostly orb🌊 WaveUFO wave around England — December 2024 – January 202524 December 2024 – 11 January 2025 · 📍 England16 reports from 15 people · mostly light🌊 WaveUFO wave around Colorado — December 20243–28 December 2024 · 📍 Colorado18 reports from 17 people · mostly light🌊 WaveUFO wave around Los Angeles, California — December 20244–28 December 2024 · 📍 Los Angeles, California37 reports from 34 people · mostly light🌊 WaveLight wave around Texas — December 20242–26 December 2024 · 📍 Texas28 reports from 25 people · mostly light🌊 WaveUFO wave around Arizona — November–December 202429 November – 26 December 2024 · 📍 Arizona39 reports from 33 people · mostly orb🌊 WaveUFO wave around Ohio — December 20248–22 December 2024 · 📍 Ohio7 reports from 7 people🌊 WaveUFO wave around Washington — December 20247–22 December 2024 · 📍 Washington9 reports from 9 people · mostly orb🌊 WaveLight wave around United States — December 20246–20 December 2024 · 📍 United States13 reports from 12 people · mostly light🌊 WaveUFO wave around Oregon — December 20247–19 December 2024 · 📍 Oregon7 reports from 7 people🌊 WaveLight wave around England — November–December 202417 November – 11 December 2024 · 📍 England36 reports from 35 people · mostly light🌊 WaveLight wave around California — November 202413–29 November 2024 · 📍 California15 reports from 10 people · mostly light🌊 WaveTriangle wave around Arizona — September–October 202425 September – 6 October 2024 · 📍 Arizona7 reports from 7 people · mostly triangle🌊 WaveUFO wave around Texas — October 202312–21 October 2023 · 📍 Texas7 reports from 7 people🌊 WaveLight wave around Colorado — October 20231–9 October 2023 · 📍 Colorado7 reports from 7 people · mostly light🌊 WaveUFO wave around Calvine, Scotland — August 202212–19 August 2022 · 📍 Calvine, Scotland10 reports from 10 people🌊 WaveLight wave around San Diego, California — June–July 202221 June – 3 July 2022 · 📍 San Diego, California9 reports from 7 people · mostly light🌊 WaveUFO wave around California — December 20219–17 December 2021 · 📍 California6 reports from 6 people

How they’re found

Every day the site looks at all the sightings that have a date and a place. When several different people report something within about 150 km of each other on the same night or the next — or a stretch of reports keeps coming from one area for weeks — and that’s clearly more than the area usually gets, it becomes a burst or a wave. Several posts from the same person count once, and a report that only names a country isn’t used.

The name, dates, place, shapes and numbers on each page are counted from its reports. A wave isn’t proof of anything unusual: satellites, rocket launches, drones and planes can all be seen by many people at once. Check What’s that light? for what was in the sky.