Shape Profile
Oval Sightings
9,437 reports describe a oval-shaped object — 4.4% of every sighting in the National UFO Reporting Center record.
Total reports
9,437
Share of all sightings
4.4%
Top state
CA
1,112 reports
Peak decade
2010s
3,688 reports
Trend by decade
are ovals rising?Top 10 states
geographic spreadLatest 20 oval sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | State | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-05 | Santa Monica | CA | One minute | Woke up early and saw strange lights hovering over the ocean. One had lights of different colors. |
| 2023-11-26 | Columbus | NM | 30 minutes. | Blimp or hot air balloon like object just below cloud line, never moved for 30 minutes. Dark to metalic depending on... |
| 2023-11-16 | Bedminster | NJ | 10 seconds | It looked like it was landing |
| 2023-11-15 | Kokomo | IN | 4 Minutes | I saw a silver object flying SE to NE. No Aircraft running lights. |
| 2023-11-15 | Lexington | SC | 2min | Desending. |
| 2023-11-08 | Chicago | IL | 3 seconds | An oval-like light shot across the sky from north to south within 3 seconds. |
| 2023-11-05 | O'Hara Township | PA | Extremely fast Streak | I looked up a saw a giant flash in the sky. |
| 2023-11-03 | Mansfield | CT | 2 minutes | Very still looked like a shiny weather balloon |
| 2023-10-23 | San Francisco | CA | 10 seconds | Could not see this with the naked eye. I believe it was in an infrared spectrum because phone cameras pick up infrared. |
| 2023-10-17 | Tucson | AZ | 1 to 5 seconds | Sitting on deck facing west saw white oval/round light moving slow with a halo around it. |
| 2023-10-17 | Jacksonville | FL | 2 minutes | Could not see craft - 1st object was red - second object following in same path same size was orange |
| 2023-10-14 | Spring Hill | FL | 1:00 | I was filming the eclipse through my telescope and saw two oval objects |
| 2023-10-13 | Greenville | TX | 10 Minutes | Witnessed at Greenville Texas High School Homecoming Football Game. Many witnesses saw a mysterious light moving in the... |
| 2023-10-13 | Irving | TX | 2 minutes | UFO sighting |
| 2023-10-13 | Groton | CT | Walked away after about 5 | Saw stationary object in the sky potentially over Groton, Ct (navel base) |
| 2023-10-11 | Gastonia | NC | 30 seconds | Tumbling large red circular shape that was changing shape and moving NNW and didn’t appear to be too far above the... |
| 2023-10-08 | Littleton | CO | 3 minutes | Black object moving south, then north minutes later. |
| 2023-09-18 | Elburn | IL | 5 min | High altitude, 3 contrails, strange shape. Suspected due to the reflection of the Sun but honestly can't tell it is... |
| 2023-09-17 | North Bethesda | MD | 1:20 minutes | Oval Craft Moves Slowly Over Potomac, Maryland |
| 2023-09-07 | Ironton | OH | Approximately 20 seconds | Looked out bedroom window & it was Hovering in the clearing at the height of the treetops |