An open record of things people cannot explain

People who described red lights

1,411 accounts in the record mention this, spread across 1950s to 2010s.


3%
of every account in the record mentions red lights. Common enough that on its own it means little.

What else those witnesses noticed

a triangle shape 233hovering 152moving in formation 97pulsing light 45vanishing suddenly 24a bright white light 16

Where it comes up most

Tinley Park, IL (28) · San Diego, CA (19) · Gilbert, AZ (13) · Oak Forest, IL (9) · Madison, WI (8) · Chicago, IL (6)

When people reported it

1950s3
1960s9
1970s22
1980s27
1990s185
2000s631
2010s531

Counts follow reporting, not necessarily the world. More accounts in a decade can simply mean more people writing them down.

The accounts

1978-05-15

April-May 1978 Hope, Arkansas. Hempstead county Sighting was at a farm house (no longer there) on hwy 73 between hwy 278 and hwy 195. My family lived on a farm with all of your typical farm animals, a…

1998-07-25

In late July of 1998 my youngest son (who was 18 then)and I lived in Western Arkansas and took a week-long camping trip to the Wet Mountains in Colorado west of Pueblo. I had done most of the driving…

1992-08-15

Younger Brother: In 1992-93 we went to visit family friends. And when playing outside us kids built a tent-like fort over the clothesline. With sheets and clothespins. Then later when were called in f…

2004-10-05

I was returning to my home in Kennewick, WA, after delivering Christmas gifts to relatives in southern Idaho. It was early evening (around 5:45 pm), and I was driving in the westbound lanes of I-84. I…

undated

During an expedition in the western foothills adjacent to Mt St Helens, two men from our group spotted themselves in a trail depression approximately 100 yards from, and looking down our location, pla…

2005-07-15

I and my husband were at the local swimming hole, called Black Bridge. I was at the gravel watching over our two nieces who were wading around the water. The swimming hole is under a rail road bridge.…

undated

It was opening day of modern gun deer season in Logan County Kentucky, Nov. 14, 2015. My husband took me to my deer stand at the edge of the hay field. There was no moon, and I couldn't see much of an…

undated

About three hours after eating dinner I was sitting around a campfire with 3 friends and my husband.We were just sitting around the campfire and talking when we heard a loud crashing and rustling in t…

Did this happen to you?

Yours would join 1,411 other people who noticed the same thing.

Tell us what you saw