Shape Profile
Sphere Sightings
12,311 reports describe a sphere-shaped object — 5.74% of every sighting in the National UFO Reporting Center record.
Total reports
12,311
Share of all sightings
5.74%
Top state
CA
1,567 reports
Peak decade
2010s
5,352 reports
Trend by decade
are spheres rising?Top 10 states
geographic spreadLatest 20 sphere sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | State | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-20 | Norwalk | OH | About 30 minutes viewed i | Strange orb, light with blue and white lights, hovering in air, looking like it’s separates in the two or three lights... |
| 2023-12-20 | Irmo | SC | Stationery Object | Stationery ufo object was viewed from the outside of home. |
| 2023-12-18 | Murdock | FL | 1.5 minutes | We saw an orangish sphere heading south then turning east. |
| 2023-12-14 | Harleysville | PA | 1 minute | Spherical object moving with bright flashing lights |
| 2023-12-11 | Alexandria | VA | Five seconds and minute | Ball of bright light no noise softball flew over house. It had a tail. Too low to be comet it was 25ft above the ground |
| 2023-12-04 | Lorain | OH | approximately 6 mins | A Semi Transparent, White Colored, Luminescent Spherical Cloud circled directly above my home before disappearing... |
| 2023-11-29 | Clinton | MA | 10 - 15 seconds | My dad was driving me to work and he said what the hell is that and in the far distance there was a big shiny metal... |
| 2023-11-24 | Odell | IL | 5 to 10 seconds | We saw a 10’ black ball off our right wing at 5500’. |
| 2023-11-19 | Denver | CO | 5 minutes | Large object appeared hovering above Sec. of State bldg then opened and released 4 reddish/orange orbs |
| 2023-11-18 | Oro Valley | AZ | 20 minutes | Metallic UAP or Balloon |
| 2023-11-18 | Fairfield | IL | Saw it for about 2 mins | Clear blue skies. I was pulling out of my property and saw the sphere. |
| 2023-11-10 | Mill Valley | CA | 35 seconds | Large unidentifiable aircraft flying. The UFO disappeared on in front of my eyes. |
| 2023-11-03 | Colorado Springs | CO | No more than 10 minutes | Flashing red hot air balloon look-alike |
| 2023-11-02 | Washington | NJ | Roughly 3 minutes | Shiny silver sphere reflecting the setting sun moved south away from my viewpoint |
| 2023-11-01 | Sheboygan | WI | 6 minutes | Silver round ball in sky heading towards Fond Du Lac county on 23 |
| 2023-10-30 | Veneta | OR | 2 minutes | White orb disappears |
| 2023-10-29 | Marshville | NC | 30 seconds | Large bright solid white round object with orange light surrounding it. Silent no trail |
| 2023-10-17 | Valley center | CA | 5-7 seconds | I witnessed a bright white sphere with light surrounding it 360 degrees |
| 2023-10-17 | Phoenix | AZ | Approximately 5 min or so | Bright white ball of light traveling very quickly w/ a slight soft glow of translucent blue light surrounding the bright... |
| 2023-10-14 | Saint Cloud | MN | 10 mins or more | 3 of these were hovering and moving by my house. I recorded the object and it got extremely large in a split second and... |