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4/13/23 13:50 Washington DC USA Cylinder 30 sec Elongated, silver, reflective object hovering over Capitol 5/19/23
3/1/23 19:00 Washington DC USA Light ~30 min 2 slowly descending objects over Capitol Hill area 5/19/23
2/28/23 18:50 Washington DC USA Light Ongoing A motorist stopped us to point out two lighted objects in the sky. NUFORC Note: Jupiter and Venus 3/6/23 Yes
11/6/22 19:46 Washington dc DC USA Light 38 seconds 3 red lights forming a triangle and maneuvering in sync 3/6/23 Yes
10/21/22 21:15 Washington DC DC USA Formation 10 seconds I was walking home and took a picture of the monument. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flare caused by photographing bright lights. PD)) 12/22/22 Yes
10/21/22 20:51 Washington dc DC USA Formation 5 sec I was walking home and took a few pic of the monument. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flares. PD)) 12/22/22 Yes
8/21/22 21:48 Washington DC DC USA Light 20 seconds Fast moving light in sky over Washington DC 9/9/22
2/7/22 18:39 Washington, D.C. DC USA Unknown Half a second I saw something big and pitch black fly between my building and the building across the street that was completely silent. 3/4/22
7/1/21 17:24 Washington DC USA Circle 2 minutes Spherical UFO flies behind the US capitol building. 10/19/21
6/13/21 13:36 Washington DC USA Other 10 minutes Georgetown Bridge P Street and 23er Street NW 3/6/23 Yes
5/27/21 00:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 4 seconds Light dots moving in the sky 7/31/21
5/27/21 06:50 Washington DC USA Light 10 seconds Light charging from one dot to multiple dots of light crossing the sky 3/6/23 Yes
4/14/21 23:29 Washington, DC DC USA Triangle 1 hour Washington, DC, craft and sky events 5/20/21
12/10/20 18:00 Washington DC USA Light 30 seconds Bright light not blinking moves across sky making no sound. 12/23/20
11/20/20 16:44 Washington DC USA Circle 10 minutes In car driving into DC and saw two UFOs 6/22/22 Yes
3/25/19 22:22 WashingtonWhite House DC USA Other 21:26 - 21:28 2 seconds Sideways 8, yellow, steady, UFO seen during TV News Show, during Adam Schiff’s Comment at the Whitehouse. 3/29/19
9/21/18 22:00 Washington, D.C. (6 miles west of) DC USA Rectangle 2 minutes ((HOAX??)) I had the urge to buy Hersheys Kisses afterwards as I felt on a sugar low. ((anonymous report)) 9/27/18
6/16/18 21:58 Washington DC USA Light Took a photo of the waxing moon June 16, 2018, and notice ufo in photo. 6/21/18
5/14/18 00:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Disk 5 minutes Odd this is the second time it’s Happened! 5/15/18
12/21/17 06:24 Washington DC USA Unknown 1 minute Buzzing Lighted Craft. ((anonymous report)) 12/21/17
5/12/17 14:30 Washington, DC DC USA Orb 1 hour + Directly SE of DC, driving S on 395 I saw a BRIGHT yellow light ~3000' in the sky COMPLETELY still. ((anonymous report)) 5/15/17
10/2/16 11:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Other 4 minutes I have never reported a sighting before so please forgive missing details. I was walking home Sunday morning around 1100hrs in northwes 10/11/16
8/8/16 22:00 Washington DC USA Triangle ongoing There are 3 lights in the DC sky that are stationary and forming a triangle. 8/16/16
4/12/16 01:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Circle Few seconds Watching tv, I see a round object with a bright light coming from it. The object flew across the sky at about 4/15/16
3/15/16 23:15 Washington, D.C. DC USA Chevron 2 minutes large boomerang floating across sky in wash.d.c.-observed with night vision goggles. 3/18/16
3/13/16 05:40 Washington, D.C. (above I-295 bridge) DC USA Flash 2 seconds I want to be clear on this event, I was on my way to N.H from Doswell Virginia, after staying the night in Kings dominion Best western. 3/18/16
10/17/15 13:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Unknown 10 seconds 'Unidentified Ground Object' Spotted in Northwest, Washington, DC 3/17/17
2/9/15 20:20 Washington, DC DC USA Changing 40 minutes A colorful object was seen from a far distance. It gave off red, then orange. then yellowish white light. have pictures. 2/12/15
1/1/15 21:25 Washington, D.C. DC USA Other 2 minutes 2 glowing orange crafts, in the shape of hang-gliders, passed across the sky. 1/7/15
12/23/14 02:20 Wilmington DC USA Circle 20 minutes + Sighting of a look alike 6 bright star like in circle with 1 bright starlike in middle in Wilmington, De 12/22/2014. 1/7/15
12/8/14 01:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Flash 2 seconds Saw a green orb shoot straight down. Too low for a shooting star. Brilliant emerald color. 10/16/15
10/26/14 10:10 Rehoboth Beach DC USA Light 30 seconds 4 orange lights flying east to west. ((NUFORC Note: Possible advertising lights, in a rotating display? PD)) 11/6/14
8/27/14 19:40 Washington, DC DC USA Light 4 minutes A light as if a star was observed around 7:30 PA while it was still bright and no other stars were visible. Initially I thought that th 8/29/14
7/31/14 18:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 5 minutes Green, red light that hovered, moved, hovered and disappeared. 8/1/14
6/20/14 21:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Formation 30 minutes Multiple light formation seen at 9pm Friday, June 20th, over the Potomac river in VA, from tallest hill in Washington, DC. 6/24/14
2/22/14 10:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Formation 20 seconds 8 orbs of light flew directly over head in a formation before a synchronized deformation and dissapearance. Lone orb 5 min later. 2/27/14
7/4/13 23:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Triangle 5 seconds Triangular shaped object flew across sky during Wash, DC 7/4/13 fireworks display. 9/30/13
3/16/13 13:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Circle seconds Taking a picture and two objects moved quickly past in both pictures. It was so quick no one saw them but they are in the two pictures 5/15/13
12/31/12 01:20 Washington, D.C. DC USA Triangle 10-15 minutes Saw a triangular craft flying north to south, few minutes saw a chemtrail moving east to west. 2/4/13
12/4/12 14:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Orb 15:00 MUFON CONFIRMS ORB UFOS OVER WASHINGTON DC, DEC. 2012. 12/20/12
8/9/12 03:00 Washington DC USA Light 10 minutes 6 glowing objects fly near roof. (reoccuring) 8/19/12
7/26/12 22:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 30 minutes Ball of light brighly flashing green and orange. 8/5/12
7/25/12 21:30 Washington DC USA Changing 10-15 minutes 3 objects in 15 minutes, 2 balls of light moving north to south and 1 shape changing white "ball" moving in same direction 8/19/12
7/4/12 23:40 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 15 minutes Two lights/objects over DC with quick, erratic movements 8/5/12
7/4/12 21:06 Washington DC USA Sphere 5.5 seconds Luminous spheres in flight, then suddenly vanishing into nothingness 8/5/12
6/22/12 20:02 Washington, D.C. DC USA Other 1 ML sec Perfectly vertical streak of light 7/4/12
5/6/12 22:52 Washington, D.C. DC USA Sphere 3 seconds 2 luminous spheres converged into the image frame from 2 different directions, and flew by 5/29/12
4/9/12 03:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 3 minutes At about 3:00 am I was watching out my window, which faced East. I noticed a very bright ball of light passing from North to South. It 5/13/12
1/29/12 19:20 Washington DC USA Other 8 to 10 seconds A group of darting/revolving round white lights moving together at a very high speed across the sky. 2/3/12
12/11/11 20:08 Washington DC USA Cylinder 4 seconds Luminous object thought to be a star? 1/12/12
12/5/11 23:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA 1 minute 22:55 U.S. eastern From a third floor balcony facing Northwest, observed a bright red-orange light that I thought at first was a Chine 12/12/11
7/31/11 19:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Sphere 10 seconds while watching the debt debate on cnn news channel we witnessed an ornage sphere flying over the capital during an commercial break on 8/7/11
7/4/11 00:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Cylinder 1.5 seconds Black cylinder zips through Fireworks.at the Washington Monument 7/17/11
7/4/11 21:15 Washington, D.C. DC USA Cylinder 2 seconds My family and I saw something fly over head silently and without lights. 7/17/11
6/15/11 20:19 Georgetown DC USA Disk 6 seconds metallic disk hovering silent in crowded airspace shoots up out of site leaves smoke cloud 6/20/11
5/21/11 20:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Triangle on going ((HOAX??)) Saw hover triangle with eight lights in D.C. 7/17/11
2/12/11 22:24 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 50 minutes I was watching web-cams in Washington DC as The Agency had notified forums members on the 10th of Feb that they would fly their craft o 2/18/11
8/28/10 22:06 Washington DC USA Fireball 2 minutes Red flaming object flying low over Washington DC with no sound 8/30/10
7/25/10 10:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA 30 seconds I saw a silver metallic ball fly over my house in Wash., D.C. in broad daylight! 8/24/10
7/20/10 03:18 Washington, D.C. DC USA Sphere 3 seconds At 03:18 AM I was called to take a look at a bright object, by a friend. I went outside with my camera and camera platform (tripod) and 7/28/10
7/20/10 03:10 Washington, D.C. DC USA Sphere 5 minutes Moving star with beam of light 8/24/10
7/20/10 03:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light nightly I live in Wash., D.C. For weeks I had observed a bright luminous celestial body in the sky I couldn’t identify. The object would rise 8/24/10
7/4/10 21:11 Washington, D.C. DC USA Sphere 1 second 2 luminous objects over Washington Monument July 4, 2010 7/6/10
7/4/10 Washington, D.C. DC USA Circle 2mn. I saw Two ufo object's over the Washington Monument during the 4th. of July events. 8/24/10
6/19/10 14:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Disk unknown In June 19 while on vacation in Washington CD with my wife I took a photo of this sighting by chance. We didn't know of the UFOs until 7/29/10
5/8/10 23:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 5 min two star light object seen minutes apart moving slowly across the sky originating and ending at the same locaiton 5/12/10
4/30/10 20:45 Washington, D.C. DC USA Sphere 1 minute luminous craft with halo's in slow flight over the rooftops of the buildings 5/12/10
2/14/10 12:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Oval Unknown Object spotted in photos of D.C. 4/13/10
12/9/09 23:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Sphere one minute Sighting of a large flying sphere near our nation's capital. 12/12/09
8/19/09 20:57 Washington, D.C. DC USA Fireball 2 seconds a vectoring orange streak, which at the end of forwards vectoring, makes a sudden 90 degree turn? 12/12/09
8/10/09 23:12 Washington, D.C. DC USA Other 5 minutes I captured a red sphere like anomaly in 15 frames of 1080 i HD imagery? 5 minutes later and 100 yards from POV we stopped the car and I 4/13/10
5/27/09 23:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Fireball 4 minutes Glowing orb with sharp turns in Washington ,DC 6/9/09
3/20/09 20:40 Washington, D.C. DC USA Other 5 minutes The object looked like top of a heart shape and was very large and appeared to make no noise and also had no patter 4/14/09
1/20/09 17:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Cigar 1 sec I was watching this video on cnn.com look in the far right and watch object fly past sky infront of statue 3/19/09
1/20/09 Washington, D.C. DC USA Hello, im a 17 year old girl and Im from New York. I was watching a video, before Barack Obama inaguration, these news people were spe 3/19/09
1/2/09 20:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Sphere split second A green colored sphere appeared out of nowhere and fell straight to the ground 1/10/09
11/18/08 19:06 Washington, D.C. DC USA Other 19:06:54 UFO flies into frames taken @ US Capitol Building @ 17:06 PM 1080 HD 1/10/09
9/23/08 21:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 56 minutes 3 lights moving very smoothley at the capital 10/31/08
8/17/08 22:06 Washington, D.C. DC USA Egg 1 minute (egg shaped) anomaly shooting a beam of light towards the ground? 10/31/08
8/13/08 20:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Cylinder 3 to 5 min Cylindrical object over Washington D.C. viewd from near Smithsonian Metro Station 10/31/08
6/11/08 16:45 Washington, D.C. DC USA Disk 1.5 -3 min Daytime sighting of bright light changing to stationary white/blue gray annulus and then moved very fast. 7/5/08
5/29/08 06:47 Washington, D.C. DC USA Other 30 min It was a round white light with tentacles sticking out blue and white, look like a spider. 6/12/08
1/3/08 Washington, D.C. DC USA Disk 1 min The news caster seen it also, then shut up. I saw it plain as day. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes 3/10/11
10/31/07 21:45 Washington, D.C. DC USA Sphere about 1 hour Two UFO's Lingering In The Sky On October 31, Followed By Lights And Surrounded By Green Fog. ((NUFORC Note: Satellites?? PD)) 11/28/07
3/5/07 19:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Other 10 min Hovering saucer-shaped object, yellow lights, approached by bronze-colored object, triangular or flying wing shape, which hovered near. 3/8/07
1/27/07 12:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Fireball 4 seconds Fireball Over Capitol Hill- Very Long Deep Blue Tail- During Anti- War Rally 2/24/07
12/30/06 20:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light NA cell phone picture of Capitol - apparent objects 2/24/07
11/10/06 08:20 Washington, D.C. (area) DC USA Cylinder 30 Seconds Sighting recorded Friday November 10th, 8:20AM. I witnessed an object off the lower left side of the plane (South/West). It would be be 12/7/06
9/11/06 01:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Diamond 12 minutes ((HOAX??)) It was a very shiny diamond-shaped crystal UFO craft, and it sounded like a high pitched whistle. 12/14/06
5/17/06 00:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Triangle 10 seconds black triangular object with three red lights underneath it flying over DC 7/16/06
4/16/06 23:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Triangle 20 minutes This is my second report of these Triangular shapped flying objects with red flashing lights. This second sighting compelled me to rep 7/16/06
4/5/06 00:45 Washington, D.C. DC USA Oval 1.5 min Large object covers the moon 5/15/06
2/15/06 04:15 Washington, D.C. DC USA Formation 30 seconds a formation of dimly glowing objects...maybe birds? Very odd. 3/11/06
12/6/05 20:40 Washington, D.C. DC USA Formation 2 minutes I witnessed a series of lights traveling from the north (heading south) over the nation's capital from my apartment balcony. At first I 12/16/05
7/27/05 06:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Disk 25 Minutes U.F.O. Reported in Washington D.C. 9/2/05
5/22/05 22:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light still going on. its now 1 Unidentified Light circling houses 5/24/05
12/11/04 19:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Unknown unknown Possible UFO seen in skies over nation's capital 12/14/04
12/9/04 03:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA this being was observed in the city. ((NUFORC Note: Bizarre creature apparently witnessed by sec. guard in Washington, D.C.. PD)) 1/11/05
12/8/04 23:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Other In the air flying very low 20 feet above tree line. No sound at all. Moving from north to south. looked like a flat dark hangglyder typ 12/14/04
10/31/04 20:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 10-15 seconds 3-4 crazy star-like objects moving at very high speeds and direction change. defies convention. I saw over D.C! 1/19/05
9/29/04 02:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Circle 10 minutes circular disc coming to a slight point-like the bottom of a top, only flatter-lights pointing at Andrews Air Force Base or Reagan Nat'l 7/13/05
8/31/04 15:39 Washington, D.C. DC USA Cigar Five seconds Cigar-shaped craft over Washington, D.C. 9/1/04
7/17/04 18:10 Washington, D.C. DC USA Flash Split second Bright flash of light exploding off the horizon into space - Washington, DC 7/25/04
5/25/04 08:10 Washington, D.C. DC USA Other 10 seconds Craft with bright white lights motionless over Southwest Washington D.C. 6/4/04
5/21/04 22:42 Washington, D.C. DC USA Orb five minutes Lights moving in a counterclockwise oval pattern 6/4/04
3/13/04 18:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Disk less than one minute? I am not the witness to this sighting. My sister mentioned that a lady in her office saw the UFO along with her husband while in their 4/27/04
3/2/04 20:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 1 minute A "formation" of about 20 pale lights moved slowly across the Washington, D.C. evening sky. 3/23/04
11/30/03 16:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 10 seconds Bright light that was stationary and moved and light became smaller over a 10 sec period untill it vanashed 12/9/03
11/21/03 16:00 na DC USA 15 minutes USO seen my military coming up out of the water. 3/4/08
7/22/03 21:15 Washington, D.C. DC USA Chevron 2 minutes Chevron-shaped craft gliding over Washington, D.C. 7/23/03
1/27/03 02:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 1 hour Light hovering in sky that jerked and wobbled about, surrounded by brief flashes of light 2/5/03
12/8/02 16:55 Washington, D.C. DC USA Disk Disk 12/23/02
11/19/02 05:25 Washington, D.C. DC USA Triangle 30 seconds Three orange triangular lights in the Washington, DC sky during the Leonids. 12/23/02
9/8/02 20:00 Washington, D.C. (Georgetown) DC USA Rectangle 30 min Red white and green rectangular object tilted rhythmically while moving horizontally above the Potomic River. 9/13/02
8/1/02 14:30 Washington, D.C. to Kansas City DC USA Cylinder 20 minutes Metallic cylinder shape hovering at 45 degree angle outside airplane window 4/27/07
7/31/02 16:45 Washington, D.C. (Roosevelt Island Area) DC USA Changing 5 -6 seconds Red Object Hovering in Sky Over Washington, DC on July 31, 2002 9/6/02
7/26/02 01:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Circle UNKNOWN Military Jets scrambled and chased unknown flying object 9/6/02
7/26/02 01:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA while listening to pbs on sat early am news I heard this report: of 2 fighter jets scrambled over dc due to an unidentified aircraft sh 9/6/02
7/25/02 00:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 5 minutes coloured moving lights over washington 5/15/06
7/20/02 19:15 Washington, D.C. DC USA Fireball 2 minutes Green Object in the Night sky over the nations capital 9/6/02
7/16/02 01:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Sphere 45 seconds On July 16, 2002 at 1:30 am, I went to photograph a building called the Carpenters Building. It had started to rain, and I didn't want 9/6/02
6/6/02 19:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Changing 20 minutes Strange, yellowish light spinning behind President Bush's head during 6/6/02 speech 9/6/02
6/6/02 18:08 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 35 approx. UFO sighting during President speech 6/12/02
12/14/01 23:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Triangle 1-2 minutes Three lights in a triangular formation being followed by a smaller light. 9/6/02
9/11/01 09:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Orb 1 min Small orbs circle the pentagon on Sept 11th 7/16/06
7/23/01 18:20 Washington, D.C. DC USA Fireball 15-20 Mins ? Delta 434 reported flaming falling object which left a visible contrail. 9/6/02
7/23/01 18:17 Washington, D.C. DC USA Fireball unknown Ball of fire on the East Coast. 8/5/01
5/12/01 22:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Fireball 20 mn I was on my way to Washinton D.C. Getting to the entrance to the city i was listening to my radio, my friend was driving and i was jus 9/6/02
5/11/01 14:55 Washington, D.C. DC USA Oval 15 minutes Silver ball shape over DC. 9/6/02
11/9/00 08:47 Washington, D.C. DC USA Disk 4 minutes UFO appearing behind BBC correspondent on Breakfast News during US Election coverage (November 2000) 9/6/02
10/15/00 12:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Unknown 5 minutes Unusual Contrail..had evenly spaced lines across the entire length of the contrail 9/6/02
10/15/00 12:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Unknown unk Observed unusual contrail very high above the Mall between the Museums. It ran North/South,was white in color against the blue sky and 9/6/02
9/29/00 16:35 Washington, D.C. DC USA Circle ~15 minutes Saw dancing metallic balls high in the sky over the Mall that moved unlike any plane I've EVER seen before. 9/6/02
3/3/00 22:05 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 10 seconds I observed two small lights cross the night sky from approximately Orion to the North Star. They appeared to be chasing one another. 9/6/02
1/1/00 01:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Cylinder about 1 minute Near end of 1AM fireworks while standing outside Metro station in DC observed at least 5 cylindrical things moving at high speed across 9/6/02
8/14/99 20:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Disk 2 minutes Black motionless disk spotted in the evening above Washington, D.C. 9/6/02
4/14/99 22:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Fireball 15 seconds Intensely fast green glowing fireball crossed the sky from nw to se over the Washington DC beltway and went below the viewable horizon. 9/6/02
7/24/98 14:30 Washington, D.C. (Capitol Hill) DC USA Cigar split second Visiting the capital and city, did not see object at all while taking the pictures, object was unseen at the time. Took two pictures, 11/21/98
7/28/97 13:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA other .23 secs While on vacation in Washington, DC, standing in front of the White House, my 8 yr old son captured something very strange on our video 9/6/02
7/4/97 23:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Other 30 seconds Elongated and flattened 6 inch dome, with 1 bright light, hovers and darts like dragonfly, D.C. Mall, 7-4-97 3/19/09
7/4/97 23:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Other 30 seconds Elongated and flattened " dome," with 1 bright light, hovers and darts like dragonfly, D.C. Mall, July 4th 1997 8/5/12
10/15/95 22:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Light 10 Minutes Million Man March had visitors? 1/20/03
6/6/74 20:30 Washington, D.C. DC USA Disk two minutes Roiling, red/orange disk traverses nation's capitol at supersonic speed, near White House...never reported (1974). 10/31/03
4/4/62 Washington, D.C. (area) DC USA Sphere total 30 to 40 minutes My brother. At a family gathering in the early 1960s when my brother, who served in a special part of the armed forces, revealed tha 10/31/03
6/1/55 Washington, D.C. DC USA Formation Two fighter airplanes, assigned to inspect a white-dot cluster, suddenly disappear off radar, and then the cluster also disappears. 10/31/08
7/13/53 21:00 Washington, D.C. DC USA Orb 3-5 min. Four of us saw a ball of light come out of the sky, circle a plane then shoot off out of sight. 3/11/06
7/17/52 Washington, D.C. DC USA Unknown long http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31625-2002Jul19.html 7/30/02