All Countries
Seattle, WA
Washington · Kitsap County · Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Metro
Seattle is a major city in Washington with a population of 741,440. Residents earn $121,984 per year, which is 62% above the national average.
3.3
/5.0
B
Good
741,440
Population
8,827/sq mi density
$121,984
Median Income
$82,508 per capita
$912,100
Home Value
$848,869 Zillow
$1,998
Median Rent
27.4% income on rent
53°F
Avg Temperature
244 sunny days/yr
585
Violent Crime/100K
4,496 property/100K
B
Overall
3.3 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
A+
Economy
4.8 / 5.0
$121,984 median income, 3.1% unemployment
C
Affordability
2.4 / 5.0
$912,100 home value, $1,998/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
585 violent crimes/100K (54% above avg)
A+
Education
5.0 / 5.0
67.5% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Seattle
UFO Sightings
591
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
Currently viewing
Historic Markers
4
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
View all →
Mines
1
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
View all →
UFO Sightings Near Seattle, WA
200 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Seattle, WA.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle (shoreline district), WA | 2014 | Bright light, zig zagging eastward, visible from 98133. |
| Seattle, WA | 2014 | Spot of light zig-zagging over Seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2014 | White green lights dancing over Crown Hill at 01:45am. |
| Seattle, WA | 2014 | I'm a college student at the University of Washington. I regularly spend nights on the roof looking at stars. I have taken astronomy. |
| Seattle, WA | 2014 | Small solid white light with sudden movements. |
| Seattle, WA | 2014 | I witnessed two lights in formation moving in a straight line, far faster than any aircraft, and with no sound whatsoever. |
| Seattle, WA | 2014 | Blue fireball in night sky. |
| Seattle, WA | 2014 | ((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information. Photos are of a "sun dog," not a UFO. PD)) |
| Seattle, WA | 2014 | Object appeared near the Orion; cycling through a number of colors. ((NUFORC Note: Probably Sirius? PD)) |
| Seattle (ballard neighborhood), WA | 2013 | 2 red lights rising into sky and blinking out |
| Seattle (west seattle/seatac), WA | 2013 | Two fireballs above West Seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Rectangular Wing sited over Seattle Washington, on July 18, 2013. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Light in Sky Warps towards space. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Red "fireballs" in the sky. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Black sphere over Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Orange sphere seen by 7-10 people in Seattle over Elliott Bay |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Saw a UFO that looked like a star several times near the Big Dipper |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Darting amber glow moving hummingbird-like through the clouds east of capitol hill in Seattle at 3:30am |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Orange fireballs. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | My wife and I witnessed 15-20 orb shaped lights heading south and gaining elevation over north Seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | At 11:00 pm I was with a group at an outdoor cinema on Capitol Hill. I noticed three reddish orange orbs of light moving south from ov |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | 7-10 bright orange orbs flying past Space Needle Saturday, March 23 10:33pm. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | 6 or more objects over Seattle Science Center/Space Needle, irregular movement, disappearing and reappearing |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | White/orange orb seen near Golden Gardens, Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | I witnessed a large glowing transparent ovoid shape with very bright orange light inside. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Red green and golden yellow lights flying over Snoqualmie pass, Seattle WA. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Two large, brightly lit oval disks seen from West Seattle South over Puget Sound |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Lights over Aurora. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Dark orange pulsating lights - not conventional aircraft as by how they moved and were full of light. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Small orange fireball type object fell to the pavement on Alkai Beach area |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Object with red and green lights hovered and then headed north disappearing from view in Fauntleroy neighborhood. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Glowing light hovering over north Seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | On the date and time stated above, I had just come from the grocery store and was exiting my vehicle. While walking across the parking. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Slow and steady moving orange/red circles sighted in lower altitude sky above northeast Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Orange spheres/orbs over Seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | A RED Light was seen over the Highland Park area of Seattle (((Drone?))). |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | LIGHT FLASH OVER SEATTLE 5/O3/13 1:05AM THURSDAY NIGHT / EARLY FRIDAY MORNING |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Sighting of two orange reddish objects, north of Puget Sound in Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Stingray shaped object with red lights. |
| Seattle, WA | 2013 | Possible UFO appears in a photo. ((NUFORC Note: Appears to be a seagull, with one wing raised above the bird's body. PD)) |
| Seattle/kirkland, WA | 2013 | Formation of 9 red balls of fire changing color |
| Seattle (fremont district), WA | 2012 | Standing in Fremont one street up from the Canal as I came out of my store I noticed an orange glowing object in the sky over Queen Ann |
| Seattle (madison park), WA | 2012 | Lights hovering over Lake Washington |
| Seattle (northgate), WA | 2012 | Big amber oval seen traveling north over Peugot Sound just after midnight? |
| Seattle (wedgwood), WA | 2012 | Brilliant sparkling orange object over North end of Lake Washington |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | lights started appearing out of nowhere. |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | 3 fast moving and low aircraft |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Red-orange objects moving slowing in north to south and also south to north directions over a 20 minute period in Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Multiple glowing objects flying South down Puget Sound |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Orange glowing oval of light |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Saw numerous red-orange objects moving slowing in north to south and also south to north in Seattle over a 20 minute period during Lake |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Several large orange lights flying in one row over Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Bright object in sky fades away over Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Oval craft seen flying over lake washington towards Seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Fireball sighting in Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Flying saucer over I-5 in North Seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | SW sky. right of the half moon about 5 fingers as you hold your hand up to the sky. A bright orange ball moving right to left fairly sl |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | I saw about 8-9 red-orange lights hover over the Eastside of Seattle and change formations from triangles and lines before disappearing |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Several bright lights dropped out of cloud coverage/night time followed by same grouping minutes later by myself and neighbor. |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | A yellow orange shield shaped object about 3 to 4ft tall with a flame inside traveling in a S/SE direction at treeline. |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Multiple bright strobes in a circular pattern over Puget Sound near Mebane Point navigational bouy. |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Low flying aircraft with red and green lights over Green Lake area in Seattle. ((NUFORC Note: Aircraft? PD)) |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | [seattle] Chain of 8 equally spaced, fast moving constant orange lights over Cascades, Western Washington. |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Lights heading for a collision in the sky over Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Staying in condo on 1st ave in downtown seattle. Saw very bright object transverse sky from north to south, 75 degrees above horizon t |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Lone Fireball flew over my apartment, zig-zagged, changed colors, flew off(?) |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | 4 golden/glowing chevrons moving across the sky in formation |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Red/orange ball of fire, noiseless and moving steadily for two minutes, south to north in seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Two asterisk shaped yellow lights floating around above Lake Union in Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | there here it's obveious |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | A BRIGHT CRYSTALLY RECTANGLE FLOATS OVER SEATTLE ON A CLEAR BLUE SKY MORNING. |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Location: On top of Magnolia in Seattle. Eyres Pl W. Looking North Time: 11:40 PM PST It was a perfectly clear and still Seattle nigh |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | 15-18 lights seen over Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Five orange orbs with flickering light inside, silent, moving slow over Lake Washington. |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Falling Unidentified metallic object with trail |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | My room mate and I live on the fifth floor of an apartment complex that looks over the downtown Seattle, Space needle and I-5. We were |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Orange glowing orbs over Seattle July 4th 2012 |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | They appeared 1 at a time, starting below the big dipper, from the west, flying just beyond the North star before they faded and disapp |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Silent moved from west to southeast across the sky and then faded away |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | 15-16 bright objects seen in Seattle, WA on 7/7/12 |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Cluster of 15-16 bright lights traveled from East to South over Puget Sound from Lake Union |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Bright white light seen over west seattle on august 3rd, 2012. |
| Seattle, WA | 2012 | Multiple "fireballs" seen over North Seattle |
| West seattle, WA | 2012 | Orange light travels from the north over west seattle then accelerates into the sky. |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | 2 orange balls traveling far faster than any jet in straight line with no sound. |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Orange sphere appears and skirts across the sky |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Three Silver Unknown Objects Observed Over Western Seattle Sky |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Stationary object, Very brightlights, swooped to the NW into a fog bank. |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | UFO briefly hovers over Seattle, then disappears in a straight upward movement. |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | A starng white circle with a black inner circle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | 3 orange orbs or fireballs fly in formation over Seattle (Capitol Hill/Madison Valley) on December 26, 2011 at around 2:17 AM. |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Glowing orange orb flying North to South across Lake Washington 10/31/2011 |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Thin white or gray line, like side of disc, with two lights in the middle moving across the early morning sky. |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Seatte |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | all of a sudden a new star appeared in ((NUFORC Note: Possible flare from an Iridium satellite?? PD)) |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Orange Orb over Magnolia/Discovery Park |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | orange Chinese lanterns fly in formation over large party over 50 kids and adults witness |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Reddish/Orange light seen over Seattle, WA |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Two, bright, reddish-orange lights went across the sky, seemingly close as well as not making any noticeable sound. They headed across |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Three orange lights over northeast Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Vibrant Orange Lights jump in and out of the atmosphere over Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | 5 red lights flying north |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | 8-10 orange UFO's sited New Years Eve, just before midnight in Seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Star-like light with humanly incapable flight pattern |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | 8 yellow Orange orbs spotted in U village Area |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Unfathomable beauty in the sky in the form of something which I cannot explain |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Green to red fireball sited in Seattle, traveling E to W and a large flash of light beyond the horizon. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor? PD)) |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | V-Shaped Formation of Objects Over Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2011 | Eight orange lights appeared over downtown Seattle and then disappeared. |
| Seattle/ballard, WA | 2011 | Stationary,triangular object over Shilshole bay with bright red/green alternating light on the 3 points |
| West seattle, WA | 2011 | Do they Enjoy fireworks? |
| West seattle, WA | 2011 | Orange Reddish Orb at first! |
| Seattle (above), WA | 2010 | Huge space shuttle like --- blimp like object observed floating above Seattle |
| Seattle (ballard), WA | 2010 | v-shaped craft, no lights, no sound, flew quickly passed me. |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Witnessed 25+ UFO's in the sky (orange lights), all in same flight pattern. |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Reviewing my photos I came across a suspicious object in the upper right corner and it way flying at an odd angle. Too steep for a plan |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | This is the most awe inspiring moment of my life and i was somewhat sad too see them leave i really felt like i ment our creator. |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | peculiar moving bright lights over seattle sound headed sw |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | This U.F.O. was similar to other reported ufo'swas extremely |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Two fixed orange lights over Seattle, Puget Sound |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | there formation/armada was huge. |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | A moment later I looked up again and saw two lights (only slightly smaller and less bright than the planet) below Jupiter. |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Blue Green object streaking across the sky |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | something is glowing in the sky ..yellowish ornage in color .this is the brightest light I have ever seen.. |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Bright Light with Tail SSE travel over N.W Region US 7:40 AM 12/29/2010 |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | I saw a dark triangular object with lights around it and there was golden light emerging from the craft |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | I was driving North on I-5 about to take the 405 exit, and over the hills/treetops I saw a dark gray object that was the shape of a lar |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | there were 20-30 objects in the sky. they all looked the same; an orb that was colored red oarnge with an yellow aurora. they were firs |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Fireball above Puget Sound |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Orange balls of light in Seattle night sky on July 17, 2010 at 11:37pm |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Seattle strange star-like objects |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | 4 glowing objects travel in formation over Puget Sound. |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Four orange/red flare like objects flying across Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Bright Flash and Light |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Bright orange/red light orb seen over Gasworks Park, Seattle just moments before fireworks show. |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Looked like a star but it rotated and signaled other white beams of light and just hanged there. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling stars? PD)) |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Observed motionless black sphere in sky. |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Strange orange light hovering in the sky seen during ISS visible overflight. |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Bright, flickering orange light |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | When space ships decend out of the stars and come down to earth very slowly, hardly anyone notices. |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | I was driving home from work. I do not remember the exact date. It was light out in Seattle and it happened within a year of now. I was |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | A friend saw the lights reported from Beacon Hill Seattle on 7/17/2010 and took Pics, |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | July 3, 2010 sighting over Seattle,WA |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Fireballs over night sky in Seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | Visually observed and photographed pentagon-shaped/faceted object; light colored/no lights. ((NUFORC Note: Probably not a UFO. PD)) |
| Seattle, WA | 2010 | shperical object sighted in west seattle 7-6-10 |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | Bright hot object leaving trail over Seattle in early morning of December 2nd, 2009 |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | Strange low flying lights over Seward Park in Seattle, Washington on March 25, 2009. |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | 7 unblinking lights in triangle formation flying low and northward fast in seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | A lit-up disc in sky does some chaotic zig-zagging and flies off in a matter of seconds. |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | brief sighting of object with faint amber lights traveling over Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | I am a trained scientist and skeptic. I come from a military and nasa background. This thing I am seeing and recording, hovering, is hu |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | A flying light in Seattle to the west of the aurora bridge |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | Three Red/Orange hovering lights in the Seattle metro area |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | UFO in Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | 3 bright orange oval objects floating slowly overhead then slowly disappearing one by one |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | obseved star like UFO fading from very bright to a dim red light, disappering altogether and reappering for 25 minutes at 11:25 July 22 |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | bright erratically moving light over south seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | 4th of July - 3 Orange/Red Lights Above Lake Union |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | Bright light ball seen over Ballard extraordinary speed. |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | Orange glowing sphere, vanishes above Fourth of July crowd in Seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | Bright light headed East, swerving, boosting, pulsing. stopped, continued east, beam came from center. ((NUFORC Note: ISS. PD)) |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | large white lighted craft viewed over seattle, wa |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | Two craft hovering in the sky above north seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | Hovering then slowly moving black object silhouetted by grey clouds over Seattle, WA (videotaped). |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | object moving in a very erratic way, changing colors, very high up |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | A glowing orange elongated orb was seen by 2 men to be moving swiftly over Seattle, Washington during daylight. |
| Seattle, WA | 2009 | Formation activity over Seattle, persistant strange lights. |
| Seattle (shoreline), WA | 2008 | bright flickering light like a star moving left to right and heading west |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Fast moving lights over Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Abduction |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Bright, FAST moving lights above Seattle, visible only using 3rd Generation Night Vision. |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Bright flying object over the puget sound |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Today’s date is 12/22/2008. At 4:25 pm. I observed ‘three’ flying objects from my kitchen window. The first object flew by, from Sou |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Bright red orbish light hovering over Seattle bay area! |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Teardrop-shaped, pulsating, hovering object seen over water |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Blue and Red Light/w random flashes on all sides and one beam of white light shining down but not touching the Ground |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Blue/green light falling from the sky (NE) viewed from West Seattle |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | white disc with silver color change shaped object trailing slowly hovering above clouds at sunset on Elliot Bay |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | turned around above my house with a flash and a noise |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Strange Green Light sighted floating horizontally for 2 seconds over Phinney Ridge in Seattle, not matching normal flight patterns |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Sighting through photographs |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Boeing Airfield |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Around 8:00 pm? I Went out side and looked up at the stars and I saw a light which I thought was a small faded star until it started t |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | ((HOAX??)) Bight light seen northwest of downtown Seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | 5 white objects hovering in Seattle in a unique uniform pattern. |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Star like light moving in a zig zag pattern |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Slow red strobe light, static in position, high above air traffic |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Large burnt-orange object hanging low in the sky near Downtown Seattle. |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Flaming ball moves slow and turns on a dime |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Static object observed in clear skies in high commercial air traffic area. |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Disk shaped object seen by Seattle drivers over I5 |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | At approximately 11:30A.M. PDT, I witnessed a strange glowing object appear from out of the thick cloud covered sky and literally drop |
| Seattle, WA | 2008 | Two yellow lights moving slowly across the sky. |
| West seattle, WA | 2008 | I was with my friends @ Camp Long and we saw an oval shaped black object that floated along @ an even pace for about 8 seconds. Then fl |
| Ballard (seattle), WA | 2007 | Chevron shaped craft turning at low altitude to intercept a jet in Seattle |
| Seattle (above), WA | 2007 | Flash of light over Seattle similar to rocket burn, moves upward quickly. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Iridium satellite. PD) |
| Seattle, WA | 2007 | Strobe-type light moving quickly |
| Seattle, WA | 2007 | Black disk with red lights flys over the seattle area. |
| Seattle, WA | 2007 | Saw same thing thake place in Seattle like reported in Arizona 1997 but dooring daylight hours. |