Shape Profile
Flash Sightings
3,609 reports describe a flash-shaped object — 1.68% of every sighting in the National UFO Reporting Center record.
Total reports
3,609
Share of all sightings
1.68%
Top state
CA
423 reports
Peak decade
2010s
1,790 reports
Trend by decade
are flashs rising?Top 10 states
geographic spreadLatest 20 flash sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | State | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-16 | Tunkhannock | PA | Quarter of a second. | I saw a bright blue flash in the Eastern sky. 2 other people saw it as well. |
| 2023-12-14 | Batesville | IN | 40 Seconds | No trails eyes couldn’t track seemingly instant, Appearing in/out in complete opposite initial trajectory Curving around... |
| 2023-12-06 | Pearland | TX | 15 min | Whille stargazing with nitevision monocular, spotted a curious flashing light that had a pattern to it, wasnt a plane,... |
| 2023-12-04 | Corinth | NY | 2 seconds | Mechanical light from Def UAP |
| 2023-10-18 | Corona | CA | 15 minutes approx. | Flashing Objects in Sky Middle of Day |
| 2023-10-06 | Madras | OR | 1 hour | Stepped outside pitch dark and I look to my North and I see these bright flashing lights blue red white yellow just... |
| 2023-10-05 | Gatlinburg | TN | Gatlinburg | ufo's were seen while taking picture of skybridge |
| 2023-09-28 | Spokane | WA | 30 to 60 seconds | A light show in the early morning hrs...wow |
| 2023-09-23 | Huntersville | NC | 5 seconds | 3 individual bright flashes of light and a separate large orb of light. |
| 2023-09-21 | Loveland | CO | 10 - 15 seconds | Flashing light going across the sky |
| 2023-09-19 | Revere | MA | 15 seconds | Something was spotted looking through the window I went outside to my backyard and recorded a flash of light that... |
| 2023-09-16 | Sagola | MI | Whole past year | I have been witnessing strange lights almost every night sometimes in the sky, sometimes in the woods or on the ground. |
| 2023-09-13 | Shakopee | GA | 5 mins | Outside relaxing in hot tub when these lights started flashing then moving over and over. |
| 2023-09-11 | Spokane | WA | Total run time X's 2 = 5m | Colourful -brief- interlude in the evening skies above ID |
| 2023-09-08 | Morse | LA | 15 minutes | Three objects in sky |
| 2023-08-31 | Rockfish | NC | Two or three minutes | Extremely bright flash occuring overhead every thirteen seconds. |
| 2023-08-23 | Eugene | OR | aproximately 10 minutes | Bright light with shooting star sped to a dead stop hovering strobe. |
| 2023-08-22 | Escondido | CA | 2-3 minutes | Flashing different colored lights, hard to tell shape since was really high up in the sky. I took a 14 second clip of it... |
| 2023-08-17 | Hedgesville | WV | 15 minutes | Was at river. Saw a stationary flash start moving ironically. Then it reversed directions, and remained stationary for a... |
| 2023-08-12 | Beavercreek | OR | 5 seconds | Green flash amongst the stars |