Shape Profile
Orb Sightings
5,381 reports describe a orb-shaped object — 2.51% of every sighting in the National UFO Reporting Center record.
Total reports
5,381
Share of all sightings
2.51%
Top state
CA
642 reports
Peak decade
2010s
3,062 reports
Trend by decade
are orbs rising?Top 10 states
geographic spreadLatest 20 orb sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | State | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-18 | Waterloo | IL | <5 seconds | Viewer was driving home from work. Saw "3 balls of light" that fell amazingly fast towards the ground. Sighting lasted... |
| 2023-12-16 | Tacoma | WA | 5 seconds | 5 or 6 linked orbs descending |
| 2023-12-16 | Cabot | AR | At least 5 minutes | There was no real pattern in the movements other than being in 2’s. |
| 2023-12-14 | Fort Wayne | IN | 15 seconds | Horizontal bight light |
| 2023-12-13 | Greensboro | NC | 2x - 1st 10 min 2nd 3 hr | AM sighting of a bright intense light that was hovering over tree line and a PM sighting with 2 crafts of the same... |
| 2023-12-12 | Austin | TX | 45 seconds to a minute | Three white lights behind the clouds in triangular formation zipping around in random order |
| 2023-12-12 | Ocala | FL | 15-20 seconds | Bright, slightly shape shifting orb |
| 2023-12-09 | Brooklyn | NY | 6 minutes | My son told me there were lights in the sky so I came to look. We saw 9 objects in the sky that disappeared into the... |
| 2023-12-08 | Kingston | TN | 5 seconds | 5 second pulsating light low altitude moving steady and fast |
| 2023-12-08 | West Goshen Township | PA | 1 to 2 minutes | Amber light. High altitude |
| 2023-12-08 | Lawrence | KS | 15 minutes | I’ve seen it before but never recorded it. Pulsing orb with “solar flares” coming from it. Hovers for 15-20 mins then... |
| 2023-12-07 | Columbus | OH | About 4 minutes | Another glowing white orb passing over my house |
| 2023-12-06 | Latexo | TX | 15 minutes | Standing on front steps of house, looking west. Seen between Mars and horizon. |
| 2023-12-05 | Saint Paul | KS | My house | This was the earliest I've seen one out. Sun was still setting. It was before 5:30,only star out was Venus or mercury. |
| 2023-12-03 | Davenport | FL | 20 minutes | We were swimming, I just so happened to look up and saw strange lights. |
| 2023-12-02 | New York | NY | 25 minutes | This thing caught my eye as I looked up over the elevated train. I watched it for about 20 minutes making odd turns |
| 2023-12-02 | Haverhill | MA | 20 minutes to an hour | Multiple unidentifiable points of lights observed both stationary and traveling in the night sky unlike meteor shower or... |
| 2023-11-30 | Gouverneur | NY | 30 sec 3 times 15 min apr | one orb changing to 4 orbs from left to right 3 times 15 min apart |
| 2023-11-30 | Sterling | KS | 30 minutes | 3 stationary larger lights in triangle shape with 5 smaller lights on the bottom |
| 2023-11-30 | Franksville | WI | 15 minutes | 4 Objects Moving and Dimming On and Off |