Shape Profile
Triangle Sightings
19,942 reports describe a triangle-shaped object — 9.3% of every sighting in the National UFO Reporting Center record.
Total reports
19,942
Share of all sightings
9.3%
Top state
CA
2,236 reports
Peak decade
2000s
7,722 reports
Trend by decade
are triangles rising?Top 10 states
geographic spreadLatest 20 triangle sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | State | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-17 | Lynnwood | WA | 30 seconds | Seen a huge black boomerang shaped craft flying low from east to west , very little sound |
| 2023-12-14 | Pawleys Island | SC | 5-6 seconds | 4-5 orange solid lights arranged in a triangle shape |
| 2023-12-14 | Oxnard | CA | 5 seconds | Immediately discounted normal aircraft and birds. |
| 2023-12-14 | Chicago | IL | A minute | I saw a line cloud descending from space as far as I could see and I couldn’t recognize the object I assumed it was... |
| 2023-12-11 | Seffner | FL | It kept flying zig zag | They kept flying zig zag and when I pointed a laser at it it disappears and reappears |
| 2023-12-07 | Roberts | WI | 1 hour | Silent craft with 9 flashing lights was seen on a clear night before the clouds interrupted visibility. |
| 2023-12-05 | Payson | AZ | Less than five minutes | I saw a triangular shaped craft while driving through Payson, AZ. |
| 2023-11-29 | Valley Stream | NY | 5-10 seconds | Aircraft with unusual lights, triangular shape with 5 circular lights on the bottom, heading west. |
| 2023-11-28 | Merriam | KS | 3 min | On tape no aircraft but very large |
| 2023-11-25 | Arlington | MA | 20 seconds | Triangular shaped craft over Route 2 |
| 2023-11-24 | Battle Ground | WA | 5-10 min | Extremely shiny object in the sky |
| 2023-11-23 | Hartford | CT | 2 minutes but was longer | Had no sound. All flew into the same direction |
| 2023-11-19 | North York | PA | Maybe 15 seconds | Black triangle object with 5-7 dimmed lights moving in deep space |
| 2023-11-18 | Buffalo | NY | 5 minutes or longer | Grey bicycle seat shaped object with flashing red lights |
| 2023-11-16 | Oak Ridge | TN | 3 min | Triangle shape only saw one light in the front and two in the rear. Was not super high in the air and made a low/soft... |
| 2023-11-13 | Milan | IN | roughly about 7 mins | Triangle black craft |
| 2023-11-11 | Slippery Rock | PA | Two minutes | Triangle shaped craft that moved like nothing I’ve ever seen. |
| 2023-11-11 | Lakeland | FL | 10 seconds | I saw a HUGE triangle craft with at least 7 bright white lights in a perfect “V” at the front and no lights on the... |
| 2023-11-11 | Polk | PA | I don’t know exactly how | I walked out of my garage looked up at the sky and saw a triangle of three lights two green and one white . |
| 2023-11-06 | Blairsville | GA | 5-15 seconds | Triangle craft with green lights gliding through sky |