Single or grouped lights exhibiting unusual movement — the most frequently reported UAP observation.
24,468Total Sightings
37Gov. Confirmed
ONTop State
2012Peak Year
Notable Light Sightings
Colares — 1977
Between October and December 1977, hundreds of residents of Colares island, Brazil reported being struck by beams of light from ae…
— 1952
Over several nights in July 1952, radar operators at Washington National Airport and Andrews Air Force Base tracked unidentified o…
Rhineland — 1944
SHAEF military documents declassified in PURSUE Release 01 describe "night phenomena (foofighters)" observed by the 415th Night Fi…
— 1976
In the early morning hours, residents of Tehran reported a brilliant, maneuvering light in the night sky, prompting the Iranian Ai…
— 1977
In 1977, residents of the island of Colares in Pará, Brazil, reported repeated encounters with glowing aerial objects nicknamed 'c…
— 1952
Unidentified radar targets and lights were tracked over Washington, D.C. on consecutive weekends in July 1952, appearing on radar …
— 1976
On the night of September 19, 1976, an unidentified flying object was reported over Tehran, prompting the Imperial Iranian Air For…
— 1976
On the night of September 18-19, 1976, residents of Tehran reported a brilliant, maneuvering light in the night sky, prompting Ira…
— 1952
Over two consecutive weekends in July 1952, radar operators at Washington National Airport and Andrews Air Force Base detected uni…
— 2008
Dozens of witnesses in and around Stephenville, Texas reported a large silent object with bright lights moving erratically across …
— 1976
In September 1976, Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom jets were scrambled after residents reported a brilliant object maneuvering over …
— 1969
Apollo 12 lunar surface photographs released in PURSUE Release 01 contain highlighted areas showing unidentified phenomena visible…
— 2023
A declassified FBI FaceTime interview from September 2023, released in PURSUE Release 01, documents an FBI interview with a drone …
— 2024
U.S. military mission reports from Syria in 2024, released in PURSUE Release 01, document "multiple glares or light from an unknow…
— 1976
On the night of September 19, 1976, multiple civilians and Iranian Air Force pilots observed a brightly lit, maneuvering unidentif…
— 1976
On the night of September 19, 1976, hundreds of residents across Tehran reported a bright, maneuvering unidentified object in the …
— 1968
Multiple witnesses reported sightings of formation lights with trailing sparks over the Hobart, Tasmania area in late December 196…
— 1960
A star-like object was observed over South Australia in 1960, recorded in the same RAAF School of Radio file (NAA A12639 5/1/AIR).…
— 1965
A bright stationary light was observed and reported in Victoria, Australia circa 1965, documented in RAAF Department of Air HQ UFO…
— 1952
Over two weekends in July 1952, radar operators and pilots reported unidentified objects in the skies over Washington, D.C., an ev…