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UFO sightings in Missouri

There are 97 civilian UFO sighting reports from Missouri in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1952 to 2013. The busiest year was 2011, with 15 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (28), triangle (14) and disc (11).

Most reports come from St. Louis (13), Kansas City (9) and Columbia (5), out of 59 places in the state with at least one report.

By place

UFO sightings by city in Missouri

Places with at least three reports. 54 other places in Missouri have one or two.

The reports

Recent sighting reports from Missouri

All 97 reports, newest first.

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  1. 26 Oct 2013 · 19:45HillsboroOrb· 3 min

    Bright light moving across the sky and disappearing (not a shooting star).

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  2. 24 Oct 2013 · 20:35O'FallonTriangle· 2 min

    silent slow obtuse triangle, all black with perimeter white lights

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  3. 24 Oct 2013 · 19:30St. LouisTriangle· 1 min

    Delta shaped object hovering over flatbed truck in St. Louis.

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  4. 22 Oct 2013 · 01:00WentzvilleTriangle· 30 min

    I was outside smoking a cigarette after work, facing North West. I noticed this object, which I thought was a plane at first.

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  5. 21 Oct 2013 · 22:00ImperialDiamond· 5 min

    We were sitting on back deck talking and looking at the moon and ski she we saw a glowing diamond like shape in ski.

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  6. 21 Oct 2013 · 19:20VersaillesOrb· 30 min

    Yellow/Orange colored "orb" seen for approximately 30 minutes.

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  7. 19 Oct 2013 · 21:30Saint LouisTriangle· 2 min

    I have been noticing a very bright light just S of Clayton in early evenings. The obj. usually appears to the south and west of S.

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  8. 19 Oct 2013 · 21:00FestusSphere· 15 s

    Strange lights North of Festus, Missouri

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  9. 13 Oct 2013 · 18:12AftonSphere· 20 min

    As I watched the sunset I observed a large white sphere stationary to the south west of St.louis, looked to be at least 40ꯠ feet, ha

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  10. 12 Oct 2013 · 15:00St. LouisFormation· 15 min

    Cluster of silver orbs fading in and out of view.

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  11. 12 Oct 2013 · 07:45FestusOrb· 1 min

    2 large orange lights hovering near each other. Moving up and down, side to side. Zoomed & disappeared, seemingly realizing us noticing

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  12. 10 Oct 2013 · 17:00St. Louis CountyOrb· 3 h

    Hovering bright object moving slowly around St. Louis.

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  13. 25 Oct 2012 · 16:30St. LouisDisc· 1 min

    Two black circular objects flying through storm clouds in rotating flight pattern.

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  14. 15 Oct 2012 · 18:20St. LouisCigar· 1 min

    A cluster of 10-12 metal orb-like objects hovering above the street.

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  15. 27 Oct 2011 · 22:18St. LouisOther· 3 s

    World Series Game 6 in St Louis on 10/27 @10:18pm CST Light 'Flying' rear of blimp - unknown

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  16. 23 Oct 2011 · 13:30Creve CoeurDisc· 3 min

    Shiny saucer shaped object hovering near Creve Coeur Lake.

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  17. 23 Oct 2011 · 03:10CaliforniaSphere· 10 min

    Round bright light that both hovered then zipped across entire sky

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  18. 22 Oct 2011 · 06:15St. ClairOther· 5 min

    MISSOURI INVESTIGATOR GROUP REPORT: Driving E on I-44 approx. near mile MM 243 when I saw a very bright star light obj. in the sky.

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  19. 21 Oct 2011 · 18:54Lee's SummitTriangle· 1 min

    Unknown Aircraft

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  20. 15 Oct 2011 · 23:00St. LouisOrb· 4 min

    8-10 lights following each other

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  21. 15 Oct 2011 · 16:45Holts SummitDisc· 3 min

    5th incident same craft.

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  22. 14 Oct 2011 · 02:30CartervilleOther· 30 min

    Follow up to a report I just submitted

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  23. 14 Oct 2011 · 02:30CartervilleOther· 30 min

    Strange object seen moving slowly between Carterville and Carthage Missouri

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  24. 14 Oct 2011 · 00:00BlackjackOrb· 1 min

    i saw orbs of light in daylight sky and they were moving in a fluid circular motion and appearing and disappearing

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  25. 2 Oct 2011 · 17:44Lake SpringsDisc· 1 min

    Three opaque oval craft sighted over mid missouri. with witnesses

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  26. 2 Oct 2011 · 17:30Lake SpringsDisc· 1 min

    I saw these three craft flying around the same vicinity.

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  27. 1 Oct 2011 · 21:43Kansas CityOrb· 45 s

    Unusual fireball-like orb moving in the sky, and suddenly disappears

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  28. 1 Oct 2011 · 21:43Kansas CityOrb· 1 min

    Orange fireball crosses the sky in Kansas City.

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  29. 1 Oct 2011 · 20:00LinnOther· 5 s

    Huge green flashing light low to the ground in missouri

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  30. 27 Oct 2010 · 19:00St. PetersOrb· 5 min

    I saw a very low light, definitely not a plane as there was only a bright white light like a star, no flashing red lights and no noise.

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  31. 26 Oct 2010 · 21:00St. LouisBoomerang· 15 s

    V-shaped perfect formation of lights traveling over St Louis, heading eastward, soundlessly.

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  32. 14 Oct 2010 · 06:15ImperialFormation· 20 min

    cluster of lights in wheel shape with center hub light largest.

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  33. 13 Oct 2010 · 20:40GrandviewBoomerang· 1 min

    V-Shaped aircraft moving slow and low. 5 glowing lights underneath. No cockpit, or fusilage

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  34. 13 Oct 2010 · 18:30GrandviewBoomerang· 10 s

    Black V-shaped UFO with 5 orange lights.

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  35. 13 Oct 2010 · 18:15GrandviewBoomerang· 10 s

    V-shaped UFO with 5 glowing lights underneath was seen flying low and slow, without much sound.

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  36. 12 Oct 2010 · 20:15BridgetonRectangle· 2 min

    Dark rectangular object ascended into the sky near St. Louis International airport

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  37. 2 Oct 2010 · 22:00St. LouisBoomerang· 15 s

    Saw what appeared to be a commercial jet headed for airport but no lights or sound

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  38. 24 Oct 2009 · 16:15Maryland HeightsOther· 3 min

    shiny oval like object over maryland heights area

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  39. 23 Oct 2009 · 19:05WaynesvilleOther· 2 min

    One object with two white lights, one red and one blue light hovering without sound about 300 - 400 feet in the air.

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  40. 20 Oct 2009 · 18:58St. LouisOrb· 8 s

    brilliant pink light observed then emitted sparks then vanished

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  41. 17 Oct 2009 · 20:40ManchesterBoomerang· 10 s

    Bright white chevron shaped object traveling at very fast speed over St. Louis area.

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  42. 26 Oct 2008 · 23:17St. LouisTriangle· 10 h 30 min

    Metallic object, square/triangular shape, with blinking lights.

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  43. 25 Oct 2008 · 20:00SpringfieldOrb· 30 s

    Two bright objects next to each other going in an upward motion.

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  44. 24 Oct 2008 · 10:12De SotoOrb· 6 min

    small yellow-white light seen in De Soto , MO

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  45. 18 Oct 2008 · 17:30WentzvilleOther· 10 min

    Possible UFO fleet?

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  46. 1 Oct 2008 · 09:00LanaganOrb· 15 min

    I reported this same object last week ,so far three times i have seen this blinking object which moves horizontially and does tight cir

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  47. 22 Oct 2007 · 06:30FarmingtonTriangle· 5 min

    UFO Sighting - Outside Farmington Missouri.

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  48. 20 Oct 2007 · 22:00ColumbiaTriangle· 2 min

    MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: The shape of the UFO was triangular with white lights on each of the corners and a big red light.

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  49. 15 Oct 2007 · 18:58ColumbiaDisc· 3 min

    It was a dull matte grey color and looked like two inverted contact lenses with a little turret on top,

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  50. 12 Oct 2007 · 01:45SedaliaFormation· 15 s

    2 Golden Round Lights Simply Vanish before our eyes

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  51. 2 Oct 2006 · 20:02JoplinOrb· 7 min

    Two bright lights turn into 20 to 30 planes!

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  52. 1 Oct 2006 · 15:05ThompsonCigar· 1 h

    MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: I saw glowing green lights in the sky at night and 5 objects in the sky during sunset..

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  53. 26 Oct 2005 · 19:30ChesterfieldOrb· 10 s

    Bright-light object ascended rapidly through clouds which were about 5ꯠ ft up

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  54. 25 Oct 2005 · 17:50St. LouisOther· 5 min

    Two shining objects spotted in the day time sky high above St. Louis.

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  55. 20 Oct 2005 · 20:00SpringfieldOther· 5 s

    Green light seen hovering over south Springfield, then moving southwest at a rapid speed.

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  56. 20 Oct 2005 · 19:00NixaDisc· 3 min

    it was confirmed to be machine like, metallic in nature, traditional saucer format with port holes and multicolored lights

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  57. 15 Oct 2005 · 22:00SpringfieldOrb· 15 s

    Descending lights were observed by two groups of people within a single hour and 100 miles apart.

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  58. 15 Oct 2005 · 10:19St. CharlesSphere· 2 s

    Bright Blue Ball of light

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  59. 15 Oct 2005 · 10:00Kansas CityOrb· 2 s

    Bright blue light very fast, defied physics.

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  60. 1 Oct 2005 · 00:00HarrisburgOrb· 40 min

    The waves of lights seemed to materialize high in the sky and move in an "ocean tidal manner" that is one wave after another,

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  61. 10 Oct 2004 · 22:00ColumbiaOrb· 1 min

    A light moved across the sky in a zig zag way then straightened out and went straight out into space in a matter of seconds.

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  62. 2 Oct 2004 · 15:30St. LouisOther· 10 min

    Sat. Oct 2nd. 3:23 - 3:30 pm. St. Louis, MO. Object hoovering in the sky with flashing light.

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  63. 18 Oct 2003 · 21:40Kansas CityOrb· 20 s

    Shooting stars that changed direction.

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  64. 18 Oct 2003 · 17:35ColumbiaSphere· 5 min

    3 silver circles floating in the air in a triangle pattern.Traveling east to west with the point of the triangle to the south. Insatntl

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  65. 15 Oct 2003 · 23:00MaryvilleOrb· 10 s

    Amber Lights in formation, and then changing alignment

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  66. 11 Oct 2003 · 22:40IndependenceBoomerang· 10 min

    UFO with black exhaust sighted in Independence, MO Oct. 11, 2003

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  67. 15 Oct 2002 · 01:00BlandTriangle· 5 min

    UFO? spoted chasing cattle

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  68. 11 Oct 2002 · 06:17SpringfieldOrb· 6 s

    bright green triangular object throwing sparks traveling extremely fast

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  69. 1 Oct 2001 · 19:00Kansas CityOrb· 15 min

    3 bright lights at high altitude west of Kansas City at 2100 hours on 10/1/01 in a general westward movement.

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  70. 26 Oct 2000 · 17:30AgencyOther· 1 min

    Reflective object see on ground by pilot.

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  71. 16 Oct 2000 · 23:00Jefferson CityTriangle· 3 min

    Silent triangle object, very low, moving north then east.

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  72. 10 Oct 2000 · 20:30BrinktownOrb· 30 min

    3 bright golden lights moving independently above the tree line flaring and fading intermittently for approx. 15 min.

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  73. 10 Oct 2000 · 20:20Valley Park Area Of St. LouisDisc· 15 s

    Driving on Hyw.141 at Hyw. 44 and going East, I witnessed to my right a glowing orb of light streak horizontally from East to West at a

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  74. 10 Oct 2000 · 03:00PerryvilleDisc· 3 min

    The craft was big, orange, and oval shaped.

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  75. 1 Oct 2000 · 21:30MaryvilleOrb· 30 s

    white disappearing lights

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  76. 27 Oct 1999 · 16:45Kansas CitySphere· 15 min

    I saw what appeared to be a moving star, but stopped andchanged speeds noticeably, and finally direction.

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  77. 22 Oct 1999 · 22:45SikestonOrb· 6 s

    Fast falling light in the south southeast sky turning from white to green.

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  78. 21 Oct 1999 · 11:55Kansas CityCigar· 20 min

    I and four other people watched a very large cylinder slowly move across the noon sky and enter a long, narrow cloud through one end, n

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  79. 15 Oct 1999 · 19:00Kansas CityOther· 5 min

    MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: I was looking to my left when I spotted a white light about 9 o'clock high

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  80. 15 Oct 1999 · 06:01LewistownOrb· 3 min

    Colour shift= green->blue->yellow->metalic white. Slow movement to west, then east, then high velocity NNW.

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  81. 15 Oct 1999 · 04:30MillersburgTriangle· 3 min

    i've already submitted a report, i had the wrong date!

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  82. 15 Oct 1999 · 02:30ColumbiaTriangle· 1 min

    My friend and I were out looking for shooting stars on a country road when this large unknown object flew over us. It was a large tria

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  83. 11 Oct 1999 · 20:35KirbyvilleOther· 1 h 30 min

    About 2030 cst I noticed what apeared to be a "tumbler" a flashing satellite. After observing for approx.10 min. I realized that the ob

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  84. 1 Oct 1999 · 22:05IndependenceBoomerang· 15 s

    Looked up an saw tiny points of light creating the shape of a Chevron.

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  85. 28 Oct 1997 · 18:45Willow SpringsTriangle· 3 min

    triangle shaped with 5 red lights along the edge and 1 white light in the middle traveling east and low to the ground.

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  86. 15 Oct 1997 · 22:00St. LouisOther· 1 min

    inside the house, but could tell it was above us

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  87. 10 Oct 1996 · 03:20HigginsvilleTriangle· 3 s

    illuminated triangular craft, flying at high speed from South to North

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  88. 13 Oct 1994 · 19:30FarmingtonCigar· 2 min

    I spotted what I thought was a bright landing light of a larger than usual aircraft for our airport.

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  89. 1 Oct 1994 · 21:00WarsawCigar· 10 min

    Triangle shaped object hovering above the water.

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  90. 1 Oct 1992 · 18:00SpringfieldDisc· 2 min

    MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: We saw a large football shaped object hovering above an apartment complex .

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  91. 15 Oct 1988 · 20:15BelleOther· 10 min

    Lights on a huge craft slowly going overhead. (Official explanations unacceptable)

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  92. 15 Oct 1988 · 20:00Pilot KnobCigar· 15 min

    I did not actually see this myself, but my mother did. I was 10 years old in 1988 and I remember my mom running in the house saying she

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  93. 11 Oct 1987 · 23:59OttoOrb· 1 min

    bright blue ball of light.

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  94. 15 Oct 1984 · 21:00StraffordSphere· 10 min

    I was only about 8 or 9 years old. I had spent the weekend w/ my father & step mom when they were getting ready to take me to my moms

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  95. 14 Oct 1974 · 20:00OranOther· 15 s

    Saw triangle shaped craft, light on each corner, low overhead, few hundred feet above. As craft went by saw light on top. Soft noise l

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  96. 14 Oct 1974 · 16:30FultonDiamond· 1 min

    I saw a golden orange diamond shaped object traveling south in the sky in mid october 1974 near Fulton MO

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  97. 1 Oct 1952 · 12:00Kansas CityDisc· 2 min

    1952 daylight sighting of multiple discs in formation

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About this data

Where these reports come from

Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.