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SENTIENT ORBS • PATTERN ANALYSIS
PATTERN 107

Fast White Light Movements in Clear Skies

Sightings report fast-moving white lights with various descriptions of motion and disappearance, all occurring under clear sky conditions.

SIGHTINGS
91
YEAR RANGE
1996 – 2023
PRIMARY TYPE
uap
PATTERN ID
#107
white lightfast movementdisappearancesclear skies

Sightings in this pattern (60 shown of 91)

Horizontal bight light

Thu Dec 14 2023 20:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Bright white light traveling faster than any aircraft seen. Travelled horizontally and at very high elevation. Suddenly appeared traveling and within 15 seconds disappeared.

UAPNUFORCFort Wayne, IN, USA

Rapidly changing altitude bright light

Wed Nov 29 2023 17:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Crossing the sky heading from West to east changing altitude rapidly. Flying lower than a commercial or military aircraft. Steady white light. Then dissapearing suddenly.

UAPNUFORCKensington, NH, USA

Light fading in and out

Thu Oct 12 2023 20:30:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

At approx. 20:30 local time I observed a solid white light that remained stationary. It would fade out and then fade back in again. It never changed location as it was about 30 degrees above the eastern horizon. It remained there for 45 min in the exact same spot

UAPNUFORCGreen Valley, AZ, USA

Fading white light

Thu Oct 05 2023 18:53:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

It was a small white light, and it faded out at sunset as I pulled out my phone. It was slower than a shooting star. And it did not blink or leave a trail like an aircraft.

UAPNUFORCAvon Park, FL, USA

Looked up while walking north towards Villa de la Valle saw brightest white light, thought star but way too close to be a star.

Wed Jun 21 2023 20:35:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Looked up while walking north towards Villa de la Valle and saw the brightest white light, thought star but way too close to be a star. I couldn't figure out what it was while walking to car but it was absolutely stationary. After a couple minutes of walking I looked up again before crossing the str

UAPNUFORCDel Mar, CA, USA

Fading white light in my backyard

Fri May 19 2023 19:20:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

I was letting out my dogs in the backyard while looking northwest, I saw a Light, the best thing I could compare it to is a flashlight far in the distance. It moved southwest from its position, and faded completely out of existence and blended with the sky. It could be a airplane that went behind a

UAPNUFORCSebring, FL, USA

Light from the east moving at incredible speed, then comes to dead stop.

Tue Apr 11 2023 19:40:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

I was sitting on the patio outside my cabin just after dusk. The ship was moving south and i was on the port side on floor 9. My eyes caught a white light moving east to west. It was 15-20 degrees above the horizon and moving at an amazing speed in line with the horizon. I am a private pilot and liv

UAPNUFORC, , International Waters

A white light came straight down out of the sky, thought it was a shooting star but it came down fast not like a plane and hovered for a second and headed down south over the houses and disappeared out of sight. I followed it until I could no longer see it over the houses

Fri Dec 30 2022 04:45:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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UAPNUFORCCarlsbad, CA, USA

A amber/like white light traveling under lildipper stars ,disappears after 8 secound of watching it

Sat May 29 2021 22:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

NaN

UAPNUFORCValdosta, GA, USA

Fast moving white light over Salt Lake County.

Sat Sep 12 2020 20:30:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

I saw a round bright white light move very fast from north to south over the Salt Lake Valley. Because of my house to the north and trees to the south I saw only about a 30 degree angle of the sky. The object was low in the western sky. It seemed to be moving too fast to be any sort of airplane.

UAPNUFORCMillcreek, UT, USA

White light traveling east to west .The light blink blue twice then turned red,flying down slow then back up.The light turn white flew back east went flying down out of sight.

Thu Aug 27 2020 21:20:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

NaN

UAPNUFORCSan Antonio, TX, USA

Lights in the sky

Thu Aug 20 2020 21:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Me and a co worker were outside discussing certain events in politics and stuff. He proceeds to tell me that that is only star he has seen tonight so I look up and I responded that is no star it was slowly moving across the sky an orange yellowish light and then it vanished. So when I got off work

UAPNUFORCKnoxville, IA, USA

Unblinking solid white Light traveling south to north, moving slowly. I was just stargazing and the light began to move.

Sat Aug 15 2020 21:45:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

As it moved, the light faded and shortly disappeared entirely. Seen from Grove Street, facing west.

UAPNUFORCBurlington, VT, USA

I bright white light came from the southeast 1/3 of the way across the sky. I thought it was a satellite, but my boyfriend said it was going way too fast and too high in the sky to be a satellite. As we watched the light stopped and reversed a short distance. Then it made what appeared to be an obtuse triangular path. Then shot off to the south and disappeared.

Thu Aug 13 2020 22:30:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

NaN

UAPNUFORCTwin Sister's Lakes, WA, USA

Looking North towards Coburg hills. I saw a bright white long line of light. Nothing flashing, no other colors. I took a photo and it has a star above it. No noise, Not a plane.

Fri Aug 07 2020 03:03:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

NaN

UAPNUFORCEugene, OR, USA

It looked like a white light stick in the sky it was canted to the right. It was moving south towards San clemente. There were 2 bright points 1 at each end and 1 bright point in the middle. I tried to snap a photo but it was moving quickly but never changed its angle.

Tue Jan 07 2020 05:20:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

NaN

UAPNUFORCMission viejo, CA, USA

Quick white light came and went rapidly

Fri Nov 22 2019 08:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

While looking north East at Sirius a brilliant white light passed at extremely rapid speed in the shape of a triangle then disappeared. Approximately 1 sec

UAPNUFORCFreehold, NJ, USA

Slow moving medium brightness white light, small, with no blinking lights appears bright on one side of sky and slowly moves across the sky estimating between 5 and 10 thousand feet. Will deviate slightly but mostly straight line with no sound. Then slowly dims out after about a minute. Seen multiple times before tonight also.

Mon Aug 05 2019 21:26:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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UAPNUFORCAliquippa, PA, USA

Bright white light crossing from Southeast to Northwest fast and Bright/large.... faster than airforce jets that are normally crossing overhead. Again it was singular bright light. Not an airplane or jet or small/tiny slow satellite. It's an abnormal nonairplane bright white light.

Sat Jul 27 2019 00:13:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

NaN

UAPNUFORCCrystal Lake, IL, USA

Round bright white light traveling at a high rate of speed.

Fri Jul 19 2019 12:34:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Single round bright white light at approximately 3000' - 5000' traveling at a high rate of speed (it appeared faster than the jets from nearby DFW airport and the Joint Naval Reserve) traveling in a linear north- northeast direction. No trail or aura other colors or objects.

UAPNUFORCFort Worth, TX, USA

Single constant white light observed traveling north to south over Sumrall, MS, at 4:10 am on 06-13-19.

Thu Jun 13 2019 04:10:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Approximately 4:10 am on 06-13-19 near Sumrall, MS, observed a single white light traveling north to south. Light did not blink or change color. The altitude seemed to be very high and the speed moderately fast as it was visible to the naked eye for a count of about 11 seconds.

UAPNUFORCSumrall, MS, USA

Facing south, whiteness 1 saw it moving fast whiteness 2 noticed it as well one large light then 2 moving fast.

Tue May 14 2019 01:11:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

All of a sudden it was 2 large lights then original one burnt out and object changed direction going west then gone.

UAPNUFORCOgden, UT, USA

Bright light moving along the sky heading 57 degrees NE.

Sat Mar 23 2019 19:59:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Saturday, March 23rd, 7:59 pm, Norfolk, VA. A bright white light slowly passing over my house heading 57 degrees NE. The light was very high in the sky. Possibly higher than an airplane could go but I am not too sure. I could not see any FAA lights, wings, or anything, for that matter, other than

UAPNUFORCNorfolk, VA, USA

Bright white light moving at speed headed south to north without flashing lights or sound.

Wed Jul 18 2018 21:30:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Bright white light moving from south to north at a significant rate of speed. It did not have blinking lights, or sound. It was too low to be a satellite, it seemed to be flying at an altitude similar to commercial aircraft. The object was as bright as Polaris, moving fast, without sound. I have

UAPNUFORCVance, AL, USA

White bright light.

Fri Nov 24 2017 19:16:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

It was a very bright light & very high up. At the same time an airplane passed below that was also high but not as high as this was. It was travel from the west heading East toward the ocean at a good steady speed. When all of a sudden it darted South and upward out of sight. Satellite re-entry??

UAPNUFORCJensen Beach, FL, USA

So I was supposed to be headed to work well I was late and ended up not going well I had gotten into a. Fight with my gf when I just stepped outside walked across the road I had looked up to have seen a white spotlight bright be focusing down but not toward me as it had passed me already then this went on for few seconds until it shut off and it is as if you could still see it but it was like a star moving in the sky?

Sat Oct 21 2017 06:20:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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UAPNUFORCMooers, NY, USA

Fast white light over orlando.

Wed Oct 04 2017 20:25:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Witnessed a small bright white light moving from the northwest to the southeast at an incredible speed. It went from one horizon to the other in less than 90 seconds. Object moved in a straight line and never deviated. There was no sound involved. The object was not a satellite as it appeared to

UAPNUFORCOrlando, FL, USA

Bright white light, moved slowly eastward then slowly faded out.

Mon Feb 13 2017 18:40:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Eastern sky. Bright white light slowly traveling east, not blinking, no other colors, watched for approx 3 minutes then slowly faded out.

UAPNUFORCBrick, NJ, USA

Sitting in the back of my truck around 1am looking at the stars when my friend and I saw a bright (white) light that continued to get brighter and larger. The light continued to get brighter for about 30 seconds to a minute until it disappeared. The light did not move and it was stationary.

Fri Apr 15 2016 01:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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UAPNUFORCTahuya, WA, USA

A bright light changed intensity over 30 seconds.

Tue Jan 19 2016 08:49:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Watched a bright white light in the Eastern sky. It was strange because the sun was up and the light from the sun was hiding all stars. The white light dimmed after about 15 seconds to about 50% strength. 15 more seconds later, it disappeared completely. A meteor would have gradually dimmed. Th

UAPNUFORCCedar Springs, MI, USA

I saw a white light due south just above the horizon. It looked like a bright white star. It was motionless and it sat stationary in the sky until within about 5 seconds it faded and disappeared.

Fri Jan 08 2016 08:10:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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UAPNUFORCRoyal Oak, MI, USA

Witnessed a single point of light heading South and make an instantanious 90 degree turn to the West.

Fri Dec 11 2015 21:19:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

On 12-11-2015 at 2119 hours, I witnessed a single white light streak heading South at an undetermined high altitude while watching from my backyard in Costa Mesa, CA. The light continued heading South across the sky until the object made a 90-degree, instantaneous, turn West. I know of no plane or

UAPNUFORCCosta Mesa, CA, USA

Bright angled light from the sky directed towards object moving West at a 45 - 50 degree angle observed for 45 seconds to a minute.

Sat Nov 07 2015 18:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

US Navy missile launch. PD

UAPNUFORCRancho Cordova, CA, USA

Bright white light like a star, flashes and disapears

Mon Oct 12 2015 19:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Driving down I-94 going west and the sun was setting. It was clear sky's out. I notice a light in the sky not moving, thought it's early for a star to be out. Kept looking at it and the light got brighter like a flash and than went back to normal for a few second and disappeared. I called to tel

UAPNUFORCColoma, MI, USA

Brilliant white, pulsating, orb at high altitude.

Tue Sep 29 2015 19:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

9/29/15 7:55-8:05 pm Bullhead City, AZ, Extreme bright white, pulsating light at extreme altitude. Only white flashes every 10 secs. No red or green lights. Many planes visible and obvious; this was not a plane. Tracked SW to Ne For 10 mins. until neck was tired. Light remained brilliant.

UAPNUFORCBullhead City, AZ, USA

Low altitude bright white light slowly travelling south east.

Wed Sep 16 2015 21:15:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

My husband and I observed, at a fairly low altitude, a white light moving slowly from south east to north east. It was fairly bright and as we observed it, it just dimmed and went out. We have an app on our iphones that tracks commercial planes flying in the air around us and we both confirmed that

UAPNUFORCBrampton (Canada), ON, Canada

Flying west to east bright white light impulsed once very bright then dimmed down to nothing while flying at a constant pace. Not fast not slow.

Sun Sep 06 2015 21:12:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

NaN

UAPNUFORCBrampton (Canada), ON, Canada

Bright light over NE Oklahoma, moving southeast at constant speed slowly faded away

Wed Aug 19 2015 21:30:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

A bright object brighter than any star, with no flashing lights, or colored lights. It was moving from North to South and slightly east. It was moving at a constant speed then started to fade. It then faded and disappeared. There may have been a streak behind it but not sure, if there was it wa

UAPNUFORCSkiatook, OK, USA

White light, almost like a star.

Fri Jul 31 2015 21:35:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Last night watching moon from our telescope observed a bright light (almost like a star), travelling west to east, very quietly no noise at a very high elevation in a straight line.

UAPNUFORCEdison, NJ, USA

A solid white light traveling slowly in a southerly direction was verified through 7X50 Fujinon binoculars. The object did not show running lights or strobe lights.

Wed Apr 22 2015 07:40:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

After approximately four minutes the object faded and disappeared abruptly. This light was also viewed simultaneously by my son in Mesa, Arizona.

UAPNUFORCGold Canyon, AZ, USA

Very bright white light traveling at great speed and at a low altitude was observed for approx. 5 seconds, before I lost sight of it.

Fri Dec 26 2014 20:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

It appeared somewhat oblong in shape.

UAPNUFORCLeland, NC, USA

My daughter and I were sitting at the traffic light at Cox Creek Pkwy and Florence Blvd. facing S.W.?

Thu Nov 20 2014 20:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

A large white light streaked across the sky in front of us, low to the horizon as if it came from behind us. It was like a dash space dash space dash. Then it was gone. We have never seen anything like it. It moved extremely fast like a shooting star, but was not steadily lit like one. It remi

UAPNUFORCFlorence, AL, USA

Bright white light moving fast across the sky.

Mon Jun 02 2014 22:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

A friend and I were sitting on the swing around 10 p.m chatting and looking at the stars. A bright light moved across the sky at a rapid pace heading north, then it turned and headed east. Just a solid bright light.

UAPNUFORCOttawa (near), KS, USA

Brightest white light about twice as high as airliner hovering about 5 secs and disappeared in a flash

Sun Apr 20 2014 06:10:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

On 95 heading north at 215 at 6:10 am saw a bright light blob thing about 50,000 or 60,000 ft up in the sky through my windshield over the mountains to the east. It was exactly the same thing I saw 12 hours prior over a different mountain range.

UAPNUFORCLas Vegas, NV, USA

An odd white light streaked briefly overhead and then disappeared. Looked like it was on a diagonal path. Lasted only 3 seconds, but was too fast and low to be a plane or helicopter. Weird.

Sun Jan 19 2014 23:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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UAPNUFORCPortland, OR, USA

Large white light moving quickly west to east

Sat Jun 22 2013 23:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Large, single bright point of white light, no colored blinking lights, moving west to east very fast, faster than heliocopter or plane.

UAPNUFORCCreston, IA, USA

Oval bright white light, traveling fast for about a minute, then disappearing.

Sun Jan 20 2013 23:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

As I´m standing on the rooftop of my building, I see a bright light approaching. At first I thought it was a fast moving plane, but as the travel path of the light changed in angles (moving from right to left, a plane light would have diminished and it's wing signals become visible), it was the sa

UAPNUFORCMar del Plata (Argentina), , Argentina

Bright white light, moved in straight line fm south to north, just disappeared. Stafford, VA

Thu Sep 06 2012 21:20:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

I was in my backyard, looking up at the sky when I saw a bright light pretty much directly overhead, heading from south to north. Before I realized it was moving, I thought it was a bright star. It moved at a medium speed in a fairly straight line for about a minute, then it just winked out. I wai

UAPNUFORCStafford, VA, USA

Bright light in sky zoomed by at an incredible speed.

Mon Aug 06 2012 21:30:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

I was driving on a road surrounded by marsh so I had a great view of the sky. I looked up in the sky noticing the airplanes lights about to land at Logan when a bright light went by so fast it couldn't have been anything I ever saw before. I thought maybe it could have been a comet or falling star

UAPNUFORCRevere, MA, USA

Bright light traveling east to west at a fast speed

Mon Jun 25 2012 22:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Sometime between 10 and 10:30 p.m. while watching TV I looked out the window and saw a very bright light fly by going east to west and then disappear. It wasn’t a shooting star as it was too bright and traveled in a straight line really fast. A few minutes later my daughter looked out the window a

UAPNUFORCMiddleton, WI, USA

Bolivar, MO. Bright white light moving across the sky then vanishing.

Wed May 02 2012 02:51:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

I was outside and looked up at the stars and noticed a solid white light moving across the sky. It was much brighter than the stars. Not twenty seconds after I noticed it the light vanished. I have seen this on multiple occasions over the past five years in Bolivar and Springfield.

UAPNUFORCBolivar, MO, USA

White light with strange behaviour.

Sat Mar 31 2012 21:35:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

I've seen a bright white light on the sky similar to a star's light but the sky was clear other than that single light. It was moving with a steady pace toward 4-5 o'clock direction, then after a few seconds, it took a sharp turn into a 3 o'clock direction, still maintaining this steady pace. Afte

UAPNUFORCKecskemét (Hungary), , Hungary

A large extremely bright silent white light moved on straight track from due south horizon to north and changed to a red dot then disappearing when directly overhead. Complete movement from horizon to directly above took less than 20 seconds. Light was seen from Lakepoint State resort Campground.

Fri Oct 14 2011 20:35:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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UAPNUFORCEufaula, AL, USA

Stationary white light faded in and out

Thu Oct 06 2011 02:12:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

I just walked outside to the sidewalk to smoke a cigarette and when I first looked up to the sky the white light object faded in and then out once. Object was stationary and appeared just a fraction below Pollux.

UAPNUFORCNewburgh, IN, USA

Bright white light hovering in sky. Hooked around and jetted away.

Sat Jul 16 2011 11:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

I was traveling on the interstate heading west late at night around 1 on a clear night when I noticed a bright white light hovering in the sky it sat there for about 5 seconds , then it dropped down and hooked around to the north , and all of a sudden just took off , slow enough where I can still se

UAPNUFORCOrlando (outside of; on 14), FL, USA

Vertically descending bright white light in Carmel, CA

Thu Mar 10 2011 19:30:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

On Thursday evening around 7:30 pm I was out on our back deck looking up at the sky. I noticed a very bright white light in distance south east of my position. I could not judge the size or distance of the object but it was very high up and appeared to be descending vertically at smooth and steady

UAPNUFORCCarmel, CA, USA

One white light moveing very fast and irraticly over hope mills/fayetteville for over 4 hours

Sat Feb 05 2011 21:50:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

at first we thought it was a falling star..it fell very fast, straight down..stopped for a few seconds then went left straight across.It then moved back up and to the right. it would disappear behind clouds for a little bit..then reappear. It moved very fast and was very irratetic. We watched it fo

UAPNUFORCFayetteville, NC, USA

Noticed a bright white light moving across the sky in the north/northwest sky of Las Vegas, Nevada. It appeared high in the sky. It was moving slowly. It would then stop for a minute or two at a time and stay stationary, then move again. It was partly cloudy and it appeared that sometimes it would maneuver to get into or more clear area of the sky. In its maneuvers to re-position, it would move in very short, extremely fast speeds. This having appeared so to me, at its seemingly high altitude the speed there must have been tremendously fast. I watched for approximately an hour, after which it became faint and I could not see it anymore

Sun Oct 31 2010 05:15:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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UAPNUFORCLas Vegas, NV, USA

I was north on a mountain facing south with my friend. We were star gazing and I looked up in the sky at about a 45 degree angle and saw a white light, which I thought was just a plane moving west horizontally then the light stopped and changed color to this bright neon green color and dropped vertically for about 5-10 seconds then shot south at light speed. Within an instant it was gone.

Mon Oct 11 2010 20:50:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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UAPNUFORCGlendora, CA, USA

Bright white light, Flying w to e. no change in direction no red or green lights no sound., very fast, very low, bright. if i was to say how high i would say less then 1000 feet but i dont know. i thought it was a falling object like a "shooting star" but it just kept going. no sound and very fast VERY bright white.

Fri Jun 25 2010 23:50:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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UAPNUFORCBellingham, WA, USA