What to Do if You Have Seen a UFO

Author: Paul Geraghty

If you think you have seen a UFO the first thing to do is to think long and hard about it. Are you sure it was something out of the ordinary? On investigation, the vast majority of reported UFO sightings turn out to be something else – something much simpler. Think of all the mundane explanations there might possibly be for what you saw: birds, conventional aircraft, meteors, balloons, astronomical bodies.

If, after careful assessment, you are absolutely certain that you witnessed something beyond the realm of the ordinary, you should make a written record of it while the events are still fresh in your mind. Get anyone else who witnessed it with you to do the same. If some of the witnesses are strangers, try and get their names and telephone numbers in case you need to confer with them in future. It’s best if written records from multiple witnesses are prepared separately. When the details tally, it bolsters the credibility of the claim.

Your written record should include the time and place, a detailed visual description of what you saw; a note of any military bases or airports nearby; and some words about the weather. You may also find it helpful to prepare a sketch or two.

Reporting a Sighting

Once you have made your written record, you should think about how and if you want to take it further. Do you want to go public with the claim that you have seen an alien spacecraft? Polls show that around one quarter of Britons believe in UFOs but there is still some degree of stigma attached to it. You may find yourself the object of ridicule in your local community. This may be something you can shrug your shoulders at but, particularly if you are a professional person who depends on your ability to be taken seriously, you may find it has real effects on your life and career.

If, after pondering this, you decide that you want to go public with what you have seen, you should probably contact the local police as a first step. The police will no doubt have a good smirk at you for reporting a UFO, and may be limited in their capacity or willingness to investigate it, but contacting them will at least leave some kind of official record.

If others in the area have seen the same thing, and reported it too, it will create an impressive weight of testimony in favour of something real having occurred. And not all policemen are close-minded. If, for example, the object is still visible and the police can witness it for themselves, their credibility as officers of the law will help bolster the case for further investigation. There is in fact a website dedicated to UFO sightings made by British police officers. You can visit it at The PRUFOS (Police Reporting UFO Sightings) Database.

As a next step, you may want to contact dedicated UFO research organisations who will have expertise in this area. They will have the experience to elicit the most useful description of what you saw, perhaps offering you guidance if there is a simple explanation, and will have the resources to undertake further investigation if they think it is warranted. Most UFO organisations will be able to guarantee anonymity to you, so this may well be the best option if you decide not to go public with your claim, but would still like to see it followed up in some way.

There are many local UFO societies around the UK. You may feel more comfortable speaking with people from your own area. Most now have websites. With a simple web search, you should be able to find the closest one to you.

There are also associations which cover the whole of the UK. One example is the British UFO Research Association (BUFORA). On their website you will find a form which you can download and use to report a sighting. Another option is the Anomalous Phenomena Research Agency.

As well as the police and dedicated UFO interest organisations, local newspapers and television stations may well be interested in hearing from you. Be aware that they often treat the subject humorously, however, and you may have to face some mockery.

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Conclusion

If you do believe you have seen a UFO, there are many associations out there who would be interested in hearing your story. UFO research organisations will be able to guarantee confidentiality to you if that is important to you; if not, local media organisations may well be interested too!

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Dink 20/01/2020 at 11:03 pm

First time I have talked about this from very early age had strang encounters very strange lost time elevation lights to no imagination I’m scared for 50 years this has happened I’m In sound mind been a trucker all my life but strange things happen all the time to much to mention need help guys

Highlander 11/01/2020 at 11:33 pm

15 minutes ago, 2300 hrs, Sat 11th Jan, 2020. Dingwall, Scottish Highlands. Went out to my flat balcony for a cigarette, was looking towards the West when I saw a bright orange light emerge from the back of the hill about 2 miles away. I at first thought that it was an aeroplane but the light wasn't flashing just a pulsing glow. I was waiting to hear the sound of an engine but there wasn't any sound at all. It took about 30 seconds to a minute to pass my veiw point. I then came inside to view it from my East facing window for about another 10 to 15 seconds until it just disappeared as if to go behind a cloud, its a clear night and not a cloud in the sky. Really freaking me out!! Was very sceptical until now.

Ste 29/12/2019 at 6:34 pm

I was watching the sky and I saw 3 little bright lights in the sky or behind each other then there was another 10 following that and I've got my friends next door and we saw another 15 after that at what do I think they could have been they were all in a line and then all of a sudden one by one and disappeared they were so high in the sky why they weren't planes or lanterns.

Maverick 29/10/2018 at 9:52 pm

When I was 18 minute friend Kevin is it on the school field drinking beer looked up at the sky and never uses like no sound no external lights flashing sign it we kept staring at each other and then looking back at it and it was not moving and it started to freak at up a when I was 18 mean a friend Kevin are sitting on the school field and Cumbria looked up at the sky and loves this is like no sound notes done all lights flashing Simon we kept staring at each other and are looking back at it and it was not moving and is starting to freak us out I am now 48 and for the past week I’ve been watching At random intervals but this time I put my blinds and you started it then is that I come towards me and sounds no external flashing lights no nothing just an orange colour it was no more than 100 feet above me I’ve blinked and it was gone

My I Phone 29/10/2018 at 9:46 pm

I don’t know how to explain this when I was 18 a friend of mine Kevin and myself were sitting on the school field the number when I was a light just appeared out of nowhere no sound and nothing no movement know it’s downright on the back of my friend he looked at me then suddenly it was as if it was so fast & Silent we never saw it again I am now 48 and for the past week I’ve been watching somebody from my window in my front room and every time I look at it it shifts tonight I decided to pull my binder and yesterday it started moving towards me no external lights no noise no sound no nothing it that she was out of my house I blink and it’s gone

Bigjimhenderson 23/09/2018 at 11:01 pm

Umm literally not sure what I've just seen but it's creeped me out. Having my last cigarette before bed being a clear night I turned off the garden lights. To look up and enjoy the night sky .looked above one of the near by houses there was like a see through clear blue horse shaped thing it was high up ..felt like it was looking at me incredibly starnge feeling then the thing started to move fast up and behind my house flying into the night sky to completely disappear in front of my eyes

Robo 22/09/2018 at 11:42 am

I don't know if anyone's going to read this.

Couple of years ago now me and my mate was coming back from Games Workshop from Watford town centre we walked back to my house in Woodside. We got a giant woods where I live and we live in a Valley just a little bit of detail.

So me and my mate we got back around about 11 and we were standing there chatting and always sudden a white flash. Now I thought it was coming from the woods but my mate was looking at the other direction you go na na na came from the houses over there and it was kind of weird because the wife flash surrounded us. So I looked up and I saw a red cigar shape flying in the sky pulse red it was flying quite slow my mates saw it I was like I'm I dreaming he said no and we watched it for like until you got out of her eyesight I was like Dude That's What UFO I've never seen anything like that but what the weirdest coin was it was 2 a.m. in the morning from 11 p.m. two 2 a.m. me and my mate literally lost time.

I done some research and I wasn't the only one in the area who saw the red cigar object in the sky but what I would like to do is talk to someone about it see if I can get some more information.

Silver Editor 19/07/2018 at 12:28 pm

@sharky - I doubt it wll still be there, so there is no point in going to see where it was. We need to see this stuff now. It's odd in the era of instagram there are few reportings that look genuine. Did you record it?

sharky 18/07/2018 at 9:17 pm

Hi. Not only me but several people saw the same object moving so massively quick it would have been late afternoon. From the bar looking towards the the mountains, it was moving up and down left and right. It was burning the air. I can give you directions if you get back. Steve

Gemma 02/07/2018 at 8:02 pm

I’ve seen a UFO when I was younger outside my parents back porch. I looked outside and saw a big round shape with lights hovering in the sky. I turned my head to shout my parents and it was gone. 10 years later (a few weeks ago) I was watching a film with my partner and we both looked out the window and saw something huge and bright shoot down in the sky. I was convinced it was a UFO I didn’t even question it. I then went upstairs a couple hours later and saw the same big light shoot back up. It was not a plane, or a drone. It was a UFO. I am 100%

DMG2 17/05/2018 at 4:10 am

My wife and I were outside in our hot tub around 10:10PM, 16 May 2018. We live in Aylmer, Ontario Canada. We were both looking up at the night sky and saw a massive crescent shaped object travelling in a SSW direction high above us and slightly to our east. The sky was mainly clear, with stars overhead. We could only see the leading edge of this massive crescent shaped object. The leading edge was dimly glowing with pale (almost subdued) white lighting. It was difficult to tell what altitude it was at, or if it was making any noise, as out hot tub was operating.
It cleared our path of sight within seconds.
We both were speechless and unsure about what we just saw, or what to do about it. Because it was dark, it was impossible to make out anything else but the leading edge.
There's got to be a reasonable explanation, and somebody else had to have seen this.
(We hope)

Gifted-kel 15/05/2018 at 1:17 am

I have pictures videos, research etc from Feb 17. Hours and texts to my friend who witnessed one night! I believe certain people can see them. Tonight was amazing and coming closer- my Dad and me see them June 2002: no one interested and paper made it a joke and laughed at! Now until now and a group on Facebook who all share and see with evidence. Don’t bother reporting. I’ve got files love it! I’m noticing a pattern now.

Farrar Editor 09/02/2018 at 3:07 pm

@Tom - did you take a picture? It's weird how now we have mobile phones, you'd think we'd see more UFOs, or at least get proof of them.

Tom 06/02/2018 at 11:18 pm

Just seen 2 orange shapes flying parallel right above my head in Inverness Scotland, must have been 2-3 miles in the air don’t know what it was just whizzed past! Definitely something out of the ordinary!

Jstear 31/12/2017 at 6:49 pm

Saw a UFO outside our home at 5.30pm this evening. Both myself and my wife witnessed it in Tyrone, northern Ireland. It was low flying, it was slow for an aircraft. It had a very bright white light, travelling south to north. Suddenly it split in two and travelled eastwards at great speed. We live in a rural area, the sky is clear and not on a flight path.

Jay 31/12/2017 at 6:22 pm

Just seen green flying thing go right across sky fast but i could track it goin accross huyton a plane flew by the oppisite direction goin towards john lennon airport they must of seen it about 5.40 pm as they coming in to land very very real

Kop105646 21/09/2017 at 5:14 am

I live in Lehigh county PA and on September 21st, 2017 @ 12:03a.m. I was standing on my porch and randomly looked up over the building across the street and I seen what could have been a meteorite, yet it was pretty big. I've seen 'shooting star's before but never that big. Was moving decently fast but not as fast as ones I've seen before. Is there a way to check online somewhere if others in the area seen the same thing or of it was just a meteorite?

Antman 10/08/2017 at 1:22 am

I saw something in the the sky at first I thought it was a Airplane or a jet but I was too high in going to fast. I been seeing this every night for like 2 weeks one night it was i just saw a huge white light in the sky hovering around my house,at first I really didn't believe in UFOs but now I do.This happen in Waco TX.
Anthony M

Go Baylor bears.

Jai 18/06/2017 at 2:07 am

i just saw a huge white light in the sky hovering around my house

Amrit 23/03/2017 at 7:42 pm

At 24 march 2017 time 1 am i wake up for drinking water I thougt let see out side I see in sky suddenly I saw a red light was coming slowly slowly blinking I thougt it was but suddenly it stops in se it for 15 sec I stops right in sky then I knew it was not a plane I rush to wake up my parents but they were late the light was gone ..

Catrina 02/01/2017 at 5:26 pm

My ex partner and I saw seven flying objects in Llanfairfechan North Wales in 1996. They flew from the sea over the mountain in a moving formation. They separated and hovered at times over the A55 road. Despite RAF Valley being nearby these were not from there they flew way too close to the mountain at amazing speeds. I will go to my grave knowing what I saw that day.

MIM 06/12/2016 at 6:42 pm

Monday 5th December, -1, very cold semi clear night, a colleague and I driving to work, No natural light, very dark at 5.13am going across the moss, chatting away moaning about the Monday Blues, when all of a sudden something came across from the right of the car to the front, I slammed on the brakes, and we both just, opened mouths followed by a glance at each other then eyes front again, and we both said at the same time, what was that.we looked around, there was no other traffic, an aeroplane way up in the sky could be seen, Now I don't believe is spaceships, and all the pics you see are of a similar shape, this was so huge, right in front of us, at first we tried to explain it to each other, could it of been a meteorite, well no as it wasn't bright or flickering, it went really fast, it was slightly above eye level but filled the whole view. long fat oval shape with a long tail.
we googled meteorite sightings but nothing. I drew it in work, but hey I wouldn't believe it either, but this will stay with me for ever.

David Bonilla Sr. 25/11/2016 at 5:11 am

I had a experience that I need to talk about over the phone or in
person. this phenomena I know it's real.please get back with me
I can explain it in detail.I hope to hear from you soon.

Juicey 17/11/2016 at 6:59 pm

I saw several UFOs Nov 15,2016 in Carrollton Tx. They were triangular and had many colorful lights. They hovered over in the sky and took off fast. My cousin also so many of them in Little Elm Tx. A huge one as big as an apartment building was seen in Fort Worth Tx. With so many people seeing them at one time, it's strange that this wasn't on the news or didn't interfere with planes. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.

Dillon 30/09/2016 at 6:36 am

Thurs Sept 29 2016 around 9pm i seen three red lights which was triangular in the sky over a highschool. It didnt move and it was silent. It just stayed there in the exact spot for a couple of mins

UK 06/09/2016 at 1:08 pm

On the 14th Feb 2016 I saw my first UFO a silent triangular light formation red in colour, silent very low passed directly above me and heading East over Hull, England near the River Humber, this was just before midnight.
On the 5thSeptmeber 2016 whilst walking near the River Humber about 10pm I spotted another UFO it was still a triangular formation but they were in about 170degrees formation and white coloured again silent but heading West this time.

That's two UFO's in a matter of months, I am not saying they were Extraterrestrial but whatever they are it was not a conventionally known engine and the whole experience was surreal.

mizsplat 06/09/2016 at 5:59 am

so earlier tonight my friend and i were driving on a back road in my town. we saw these two bright lights a bit off in the distance and didn't think much of it. we have a base nearby so we assumed it had something to do with that but as we continued to drive down the road, the lights on the object got larger and we could now see that there were three lights on the object and that it was triangular in shape. at this point the object was flying to the left parallel us. it was decending as it was flying and got to about four feet above tree level. we were now seeing a very very large object that had about 15 gold glowing lights on the bottom of it, still triangular in shape. we were stopped at a stop sign that just happened to gain a few cars while we were stopped watching the craft. we were forced to continue with traffic and make a left at the stop sign. we turned around as soon as we could to go back and watch the craft, but after our 15 second turn around, it was nowhere in sight. we surveyed the area and drove in the direction it was heading and there was still no sign of it anywhere.

Ike 28/08/2016 at 2:25 am

I was standing on my back deck, looking at stars. 3 lights in a triangular shape caught my eye. It was slowly moving to the left. At this point a friend who was with me saw it as well. I thought it may have been a plane. Then it stopped and hung in mid air. A second later it began to slowly move upward in a rapid zigzag pattern. It stopped again, before shooting off towards the right. It was then that both me and my friend lost sight of it. Each light was about a thumb length apart. Earlier in the month a saw a similar ufo, also while stargazing. This one appeared much larger, about twice as large. It was to the west however, and was only visible for two seconds. No one else with me saw the first one, and I dismissed until a month later when me and a friend saw this newer one. It in itself did nothing to me psychologically, however the experience had a profound impact on me, and ever since I have seen life differently in some ways. You always see something, and wonder, is it something out of the ordinary? And you try and hope it is, hoping that there really are out of the ordinary things out there. But until you see something that really has no explanation, you don't know what it is truly like.

Cam 16/08/2016 at 1:54 am

I'm a little shaky after seeing a bright white object moving slowly before teleporting twice in front of it self and then moving forwards at speeds I can't even describe I hope there is some other explanation for this but I also don't see that many clouds, I saw this at 1:49

kevin123 15/08/2016 at 1:46 pm

Yesterday 14-08-16 I was in my front garden, and looked up as an easyjet was airborne and climbing , I believe from Stanstead Airport, I always look up at aircraft as we are on the flight path , although the airport is around 20 miles away,
However a series of bright lights caught my eye 5-6 bright lights very bright as it was a sunny day with the odd cloud,
The lights were to my left which was from the east, one of the lights went across the sky at incredible speed, and went behind the clouds on its way, it then stopped dead no slowing down just stop. The other Five lights then shot across the sky. and stopped a short distance back, At this point I shouted for my son (32) to come and look, By the time he arrived the lights were all together but you could still see 6 separate lights, Prior to his arrival I saw the lights traveling fast and stopping at once almost like they were getting in position for somthing, about 5 seconds after my son came out of the house the lights vanished

Flat earth 31/07/2016 at 1:01 am

Hi all been watching stuff on YouTube about flat earth. .. and it's made me more look in our sky at nights ..anyhow the other night I was out the back garden and seen this light moving across the sky below the clouds ..I could not belI've what I was looking at..as there was no sounds so I ran in got my girlfriends son and when we came out to the garden I pointed it out to him..he said it was a satelight ( maybe he was right ) . So now tonight around 12.30 I was out the garden and looked up the sky I seen this light going across in the sky and it was moving along then it look like it took a flash then move a long like in a path. there was no clouds and for a few more seconds it just vanished ...what is up there im looking at .

Tex 19/07/2016 at 5:16 am

Seen things only they know and if you know you know,no sound silent at warp speed no sound at all .after 2years communication every night same time in a text not of this time ,signs almost like Arabic but not ,then in autum it came the light from the sky next to the stars in under 10 seconds down it came over the houses next door over my house pasted me no sound not even wind noise smash landed in mountains causing bush fire after passing me 2seconds after then smash into hill that is aleast an hour or hour and half away from house.6years ago it started to communicate agien in this strange text no doubt it will come agien.

shelly 02/07/2016 at 3:20 am

I seen a ufo the other night in front of my house, it was big and bright the color was red and shimmered basically all kinds of colors, it was behind the woods then came up and i saw it cleary, it sat there for awhile so i went in to get my dad to see it but he was sleeping then i looked out the window and it dimmed all the way out and started going right. Sorry for my writing, im tired. But yeah I thought it was awesome.

Babyg 06/06/2016 at 5:36 am

I seen one not even 60feet above my head and the gave thing I say nothing cause no one beleaves

Jen 28/05/2016 at 12:09 am

When i was younger my nan and i were sitting at the dam on her property and we saw a ufo above us i rised my arm and the heat coming from the ship was amazing and the most beautiful lights that were around around the ship was gorgeous i didn't feel scared i felt carm

Charlie 15/05/2016 at 11:53 pm

23:47 pm stockport uk...im pretty sure i just witnessed a ufo...i looked out of my window and i see this very bright light swaying in the distance and i thought to my self its a heicopter but...it did something very strange...it switched from one direction to another just like that....i have no words right now im pistaked scared and i dont even wanna look away it flies outta shot of my window i leave it alone it comes back round 23:51 and the light dimmed down abit almost like a reddish brown...i know right...but anyway it flew up a bit and now its stopped moving and looks like an odinary star just dim...im very scared and i cant sleep

Zeme 26/04/2016 at 9:44 am

Tuesday, April 25, 2016 at approximately 10:00pm I was walking home from a friend's house it was night time but it wasn't extremely dark out. I seen what I thought was a plane far ahead in the night sky. It had 3 bright lights all of them were a clear white colour. It was moving very quickly through the sky and I realized it was getting very close to the buildings. I thought to myself that this "plane" was flying pretty low near the buildings. It was moving very fast as well. And as it got closer, I got a VERY clear picture of it. Now I do believe in other life forms outside of Earth but I don't think there's such a thing as a spaceship. This "plane" had a square shape with 3 lights and I honestly never seen anything like this in my life. It was moving SO FAST. Of course I took my phone out and started recording very steadily so I have a pretty clear video of this thing. I wasn't scared at all. I recorded until it fully vanished in the sky. Wait till you see howIt this thing flew away. I don't even think any flying object can move like that. I'm actually 100% sure it's not any form of a plane. I turned to the internet before I told anyone about this. I've had a couple people say it's a military jet or like a stealth bomber or something. Why the heck would a air war machine be flying around in the city at night though? Especially so low to the buildings. To me this thing is a UFO and I have a solid video showing it. I really hope this thing is a spaceship cause I really want to believe that spaceships are real. What was this thing? And how can a "plane" change directions upward so quickly?

Val 21/04/2016 at 10:47 pm

I have witnessed UFOs year 2010 time 3 30am outside my bedroom window .First a triangle shape that seemed to be searching for what came next from behind dark night clouds a large circular shape airship it covered my dog and myself in a silver glow and within a few moments it just shot up and away I never saw the triangular one again..All this was reported to M D O. The Sun newspaper and tried to speak to Nick Pope but had to leave message.Never had a reply.This was seen by any others and had done damage to a wind turbine in a local field .This was reported in newspaper. I am not a kid looking for recognition I saw this and the story has lots more to tell but the rest is private to me my family right now.I f any person recalls this please let me know,especially the taxi driver driving down Holderness Road Hull Keep looking they are out there.

Guardian 08/01/2016 at 7:40 am

Walking to work in Lincoln, U.K. 07:15 This morning. Weather quite clear enough to see some of the brighter stars. Noticed a bright object at some altitude travelling quickly - headed roughly North. potentially thought it was ISS until it made some manoeuvres to change heading (relatively to its speed) quickly several times. Interested to know what it might be. Something of ours, or maybe some thing else.

shawre 08/01/2016 at 3:04 am

What do I do now. Just stood in the garden having a smoke, Lookin at alight in the distance thinking I've never seen that before. So I was smoking away and then with in a flash a light light a festival spot light but with now trace behind it not bright as such about a mile maybe half a mile give or take flew over my house doing mac 10 20 50 warp speed behind the clouds not shaw weather it left like a wight sort of line behind it because it was going so fast in the clouds. My god south facing isle of wight ryde better worth rd ryde flying towards sandown shocked not to shore whether or no I heard a low rumble sound like a jet but more concentrated on 1 level like a rip through the air stealthy.it was so fast i never seen a shape just a hollow dull spot light moving like 1 sort of but not 2:30 in the morning no spot lights round here as for the noise may not have heard it so as to rule out a plane jet helicopter as to it may have been my imagination but their may have been 1 if that helps. I've been to airshows Farmborough Southport I no what air craft sound like this was no jet noise more like fire jet burning bubbling. Any body seen this object ? FK me I'm going for another smoke feel like call in the police telling them get something out my system

shawre 08/01/2016 at 2:41 am

My god just seen a ufo. sat on the chair now shocked.

Ellie Editor 05/11/2015 at 2:03 pm

@eat12pringles - it could be a laser beam?

eat12pringles 04/11/2015 at 9:33 pm

my friend and I were at the park. we were talking and doing some parkour. we saw a flashing light and then it disappeared. So we came back the next day to see it again. it wasn't there but we saw another flash of light in a different direction. Today is November 4 2015. Approximately 3:30 we saw the second flash. we were going to take some picture but our phones couldn't find the thing. we tried and tried but nothing. we saw it with our eyes but nothing showed up on our phones. some people at our school think we are seeing things or are making stuff up. but does a plane fly back words. or does a helicopter disappear? or does a drone teleport back and/or around the sky? someone please tell me...

non 13/10/2015 at 7:37 pm

i seen what i still think was a ufo about 60 years ago,,i was driving horses on a sleigh , i heard a sh sound i looked behind me and this thing came flying over me ; very low and very slow it had no outside lights i could see inside lights through the windows,there was no motor sounds wishsh sound could some one get back to me then we could talk more about it i would like to know what it was,,,,,ph 3068735158 peter janzen

Fayeking 07/10/2015 at 11:09 pm

Im not sure that I saw a UFO... But I did take pictures of a star one week... And the next week I took a picture of the same star... Except... Stars don't have red flashing lights... I have several different photos.. All took different forms... Although I was looking at it .. It was just sitting still... But my camera shows it moving... I had my sister to come look at it with me one time... Then the second one... I had my friend to come look at it with me another time... But overall... I took pictures... Either we're being watched studied or its awefully time for God to end the world... I'm taking pictures...lol

Daley 26/08/2015 at 9:11 am

Its 2:01 now on the day of August, 26, 2015 I have just came accross an encounter as I was smoking a Cigarette in my back yard around 1:25 facing east I noticed a bright star... as I looked at the star it seemed as if it got closer and seemed to be moving slightly up and down, I grabed my glasses and rushed back out and it looked even more clear, it was bright and calmly flickering almost like morose code, it looked like a star in the middle and almost as if the star had a straight line going through it... -*- it took me by suprise... I thought in my mind its 1:00 in the morning... this coukd either be my mind, A UFO, or just Saturn... I am not sure exactly what it is and woukd love some help in finding out?? Tonight was a very weird night with another unexplainable event... and I coukd not sleep somthing was keeping me awake... So I went out back... and then I saw it... I just wiah to know if what I saw was real or if Saturn just happened to be in the night sky?? I would love to come to a conclusion on what I saw...

Jakki 19/08/2015 at 9:48 am

I saw three yellow lights and one red light far away. Assumed it was just a helicopter, but continued to watch it. It suddenly started to appear closer and I was able to distinguish the shape and the lights positions; identifying it as a UFO. In one second it was far away and then 5 second later it was extremely close to me. I noticed it was coming toward me. It came right above me and I was able to take note of every detail, it was a saucer shape, red yellow and green lights around the edges in no specific pattern. It was maybe as big as a average sized house. I believe it had a slight hovering sound. As soon I noticed it was coming toward me and ended up right above me I took off as fast as I could in fear. It changed it's direction and I stopped to watch. It took off as fast as it appeared and I watched it fading into the distant lights it began as. I believe it wanted to come in contact with me. Out of nowhere it specifically came to me a couple feet above my car. But, once I took off it did as well. I recorded a small video of the lights I saw it as but stopped recording as I tried to escape out of fear when it truly was an alien spacecraft. I didn't know what would happen if I stayed and I didn't want to take my chances. Although, I regret not doing so; as well as continuing to record. The experience seemed so unreal and happened out of nowhere in such a quick amount of time. A few nights before I saw a quick light through the sky at a fast pace, in the form of a slightly downward "U". I would have believed it to be a falling star, but the shape forces me to believe it was too, a UFO.

matt 30/04/2015 at 3:32 am

Literally just seen my first ufo out my bedroom window.. It was a whitish pink light that seemed like a plane at first then it started making quick unpredictable. Movements.. What scared me the most was it made a black shadow which moved across my window and really distorted my eyesight like I had looked at a bright light..

Bee Editor 31/10/2014 at 3:00 pm

@Isthistrue - You could report it to the British UFO Research Association.

This is true 31/10/2014 at 10:47 am

On the way back from my local town I sore a wierd shaped object (this was at 8:30 at night)
It was round but had green lights all around the object also flying very low just above tree line. What should I do.

brainsjj 21/09/2014 at 11:09 pm

i have a video took on holiday a few days ago and have slowed it down and seem to have a ufo on it. what should i do with the video etc

Shoob 11/09/2014 at 10:04 pm

I'm a bit worried I just see something out of the ordinary at first I thought it was a helicopter but when it moved I realised it wasn't
It was hovering and it turn from white to red the fluorescent green in colour.it shot up then to left then back to the right and downwards,I'm confused right now in what it could be it was about 100metres away and above.there was no noise watsoever where as a helicopter that close I would of heard.im in enfield,north london

simpy 04/09/2014 at 8:17 pm

Its 11:44pm here. My brother and his friends just see an UFO. They look like same as the above pate comment. We observed two lights dancing or swirling in the western sky. Dim white lights. Elliptical shape and shining. Omg they move very fast.

pk 21/07/2014 at 3:31 am

im seeing what looks like some sort of glimmering light that keeps going up very slowly then itll stop sway left or right then keep going up i saw this last week at about the same time and the exact position but today theres 2 anyone think this is worth reporting?

Red 21/06/2013 at 7:08 am

I did see a UFO in 2000 July it was 8 30pm. Sunday I was out checking my car as I walk back to my house looking east thair it was about 100 feet by. 100 feet. Round it went straight down. Made a fast left to the north thin turn in two balls of fire .

Cats 03/04/2013 at 9:16 pm

Tonight in South Queensferry Scotland at 9pm I went into the kitchen and while looking out the windows I saw what I can only describe as a ufo next to the forth road Bridge, it had one large light in the centre and one smaller each next to the larger light yellow whitish in colour, it stayed stationed for a few minutes, I went to get my phone to film this but when I went back in the kitchen it had stared moving off slowly with the yellow white lights flashing, the lights while stationary didn't flash only as it was moving away, I wonder if anyone else has seen this in my town?

mea 20/03/2013 at 2:17 pm

This morning, 3-20-13 my son observed a UFO being chased (or escorted) by jet planes that look like fighter jets from nearby Wright-Patterson AFB. He stated that around 3:30 am he heard loud noises from airplane engines and they were so loud he went outside to see what happened and he witnessed the jets seemingly chasing a triangular shaped UFO across the sky. I checked the local news to see if it was recorded but it hadn't been. I just wanted someone to know about although I'm sure that there will be no recollection of it printed.

Pate' 19/12/2012 at 1:53 am

About two months ago at approximately 3:00pm, I observed a sparkle in the sky. I was headed home and the sparkle immediatley became a light and positioned itself in front of me. I immediatley slammed on my breaks and panic set in. I grabbed my cell phone and tried to take a photo at which time the sparkle jumped up and down and then disappeared. Then I decided I needed a drink. Not being a drinking person, I ask my self what is going on. I decided to tell my future husband later that night and also stated that I saw what I saw. Two weeks later my future husband expierenced the same sparkle in the sky. Now on December 18th at approximately 5:30 am I observed two lights dancing or swirling in the western sky. At 7:30pm I saw the same two lights in the same westeren sky but this time I had a wittness. My future husband observed the same lights as I did. I totally invite you to my home to observe the lights in the sky and see for yourslf. Thanks for your time. PS. this stuff is not funny.

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