Shape Profile
Star Sightings
158 reports describe a star-shaped object — 0.07% of every sighting in the National UFO Reporting Center record.
Total reports
158
Share of all sightings
0.07%
Top state
CA
17 reports
Peak decade
2020s
148 reports
Trend by decade
are stars rising?Top 10 states
geographic spreadLatest 20 star sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | State | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-24 | Las Vegas | NV | 3 hours | Keeps wiggling around in a tight little area and does not leave the same location next to the moon |
| 2023-11-13 | Cumberland | VA | 2 seconds | “Falling star” drops straight down then turns 90*, streaks east just above horizon, no change of speed |
| 2023-11-12 | Prior Lake | MN | 1 min 30 sec | Long group of objects that looked like stars but in our atmosphere. Disappeared quickly and seen black object shooting... |
| 2023-10-26 | Canton | GA | 3-4 minutes | The light seemed to pulse a little. was ascending VERY slowly up then dimmed and ascended fast above cloud coverage out... |
| 2023-10-22 | Fitchburg | MA | Seconds | I’ve seen this happen more than once in past 3 months. The best way I can describe this is traveling stars, |
| 2023-10-21 | Hollywood | CA | NE | A UFO that's pretending to be a star that's letting off projectiles of other crafts that look like stars that's floating... |
| 2023-10-21 | Riverside | CA | 45 minutes | Multiple Star objects flying in different tracts. |
| 2023-10-21 | Riverside | CA | 30 minutes | Star objects moving through sky on irregular tracts. |
| 2023-10-19 | Clarksburg | MO | 1 minute | Star-like object was flying in a circular pattern before shooting off across the sky. |
| 2023-10-19 | Las Vegas (in flight) | NV | Approximately one hour. | While operating an airline flight at 37,000’ both pilots witnessed three lights at very high altitude moving in random... |
| 2023-10-13 | North Wilkesboro | NC | 10 mins | I took multiple videos of these Star like objects, the enclosed video shows 2 of them meeting at the little dipper |
| 2023-10-11 | Plymouth | MA | 10 mins | North lights going upward around 50 ft from one another fast and in a straight row |
| 2023-10-09 | Bainbridge Island | WA | 20 minutes | Saw a bright star zig zagging like a 'z' super quick. Couldn't tell how far away. Had girlfriend look at it and she saw... |
| 2023-10-01 | Fort Worth | TX | 30 minutes and more | Appeared as a small star but traveled very slowly, moving in an irregular pattern from west to east, lingered, then... |
| 2023-09-25 | Tucson | AZ | 5 to 10 minutes | Initially 3 objects moving from 45 degrees, WNW, angling out in different directions. Then up to 10, from same spot... |
| 2023-09-25 | Delta Township | MI | 3 hours | Stationary save for recording. Appeared again the next evening. Fast moving cloud also appeared with a light flash in... |
| 2023-09-18 | Grinnell | IA | 5 minutes | About 10 objects moved from one end of the sky to the other in less than a minute |
| 2023-09-16 | Indian Lake | NY | Less than two minutes | Bright star like appearance then disappears |
| 2023-09-13 | Mount Vernon | IL | Maybe 15 minutes | Object either leaving our atmosphere or transparent at times and then returning to the sky with a second object... |
| 2023-09-11 | South Bend | IN | 10 to 20 seconds | Three stars in a line, left-most star begins drifting away at a slow steady pace, eventually fades away and disappears. |