State Report
UFO Sightings in Oregon
5,484 sightings on record from 1905 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
5,484
Share of US total
2.56%
Peak year
2013
359 reports
Top shape
Light
1,150 reports
Years active
118
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-18 | Lebanon | fireball | Around 2 minutes | What looked like a fireball was flying calmly, making sudden turns before abruptly disappearing. |
| 2023-11-27 | Bandon | cigar | 2 minutes | It almost collided with the Coast Gaurd Helicopter |
| 2023-11-27 | Gresham | light | A few minutes | White light in the sky. At first glance the light almost looked like a star seen during the day, however there were no... |
| 2023-11-25 | Mount Hood | cone | 5 minutes | Saw static object while driving |
| 2023-11-21 | La Grande | light | 1:00 | Bright white light that I thought was a planet. Moved to the southeast and suddenly disappeared completely |
| 2023-10-30 | Veneta | sphere | 2 minutes | White orb disappears |
| 2023-10-21 | Klamath Falls | cylinder | A couple of seconds | Heard loud crash and then saw object fly by. |
| 2023-10-19 | Portland | triangle | about 10 minutes | 3 very bright lights directly south, colors not typical, gave a strong feeling immediately |
| 2023-10-18 | Portland | changing | 4.5 hrs+ | Bright object hovering overhead expanding and turning and changing shape. flashing lights at times. A streak across sky |
| 2023-10-08 | Powell Butte | disk | 6 seconds | Large disk |
| 2023-10-07 | Springfield | chevron | 10-15 seconds | 12 or more dim lights in a perfect chevron or boomerang shape |
| 2023-10-06 | Madras | flash | 1 hour | Stepped outside pitch dark and I look to my North and I see these bright flashing lights blue red white yellow just... |
| 2023-10-04 | Aurora | unknown | 3 sightings in 15 minutes | Sitting on deck in dark, I live near a small airport. Saw what I thought was a routine plane coming in. But something... |
| 2023-10-04 | Portland | orb | 3-4min | 4 year old son reported lights in sky while securing in car seat. Glimmering lights viewed. Video taken. |
| 2023-09-28 | Milwaukie | circle | 0.01 of a second | UAP fly by 6 F-18s in formation |
| 2023-09-06 | Sutherlin | unknown | 3 or 4 minutes | It looked like a contrail but wasn't long enough also was to broad to a contrail |
| 2023-09-06 | Portland | circle | 2 hours | A circular object hovering to the West of Portland , North of the moon |
| 2023-09-06 | Portland | orb | Hovering over PDX | Not sure what this is, but it is over Portland, OR right now. |
| 2023-09-06 | Sherwood | oval | 35 or more minutes | Birders alĺ saw perfectly stationery big white vertical pill shape by setting moon in clear blue sky. Unaffected by... |
| 2023-09-06 | Keizer | oval | 1 hour plus | Neighbor told me he saw what he thought was a drone in the sky. |