Last updated on May 1, 2024

Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2024

This page aggregates and analyzes all UFO sighting reports made in Connecticut during 2024.

How many Connecticut UFO sightings were there in 2024?

  • There were 12 officially reported UFO sightings in Connecticut in 2024.
  • In 2024, Connecticut ranked #16 on the list of states with the most UFO sightings for that year.
  • Adjusted for population size, Connecticut ranks #10 in the list of states with the most reported UFO sightings in 2024, with an average of 0.33 reports per 100,000 residents.

Connecticut Cities with the most UFO Sightings in 2024

Rank City Number of Reports
1 Stamford, CT 2 UFO Reports
2 Sterling, CT 2 UFO Reports
3 Greenwich, CT 1 UFO Reports
4 Guilford, CT 1 UFO Reports
5 Naugatuck, CT 1 UFO Reports

Connecticut UFO Sightings Analysis

We analyzed all 12 UFO sighting reports in Connecticut from 2024 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:

Connecticut UFO Sighting Reports in 2024

This is a sampling of 20 Connecticut UFO reports from 2024, presented as they were submitted other than paragraph breaks added for easier readability where necessary.

You can click the 'Report' link to view the original report along with any photos that may have been submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).

Stamford, CT

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Orbiting UFO spotted near rainbow Shortly before 7 pm on 3/27, my boyfriend and I went onto our balcony to take video and photos of a massive double rainbow that appears almost exactly in the same spot each time we have significant rainfall. While standing on our balcony, almost at the exact same time, we both recognize an airplane, seemingly flying through or next to the rainbow on the left-hand side. And then, above that, also to the left of the rainbow, we noticed something in the sky that we could not identify.

I immediately began trying to capture the image on video, but because of how far away it was and how old my phone is (iPhone XR), anytime I got close enough to the unidentified object the video would become unfocused, and I would have to zoom back out and try to find the object again. What we noticed was that it appeared two round or possibly square pieces were connected and seemed to be orbiting each other. I was able to catch some of that on video and I will attach that here.

We considered the possibility that it was two balloons stuck together, rotating around each other across the sky, but we couldn’t say for sure, and couldn’t shake the feeling of not being able to identify what we had just seen. In just a couple of minutes, the object shifted across the sky from incredibly far away on the horizon, to much closer until it moved behind our building, and we were unable to see the object anymore. We stayed outside for some time, trying to understand what we captured or see it again, but all we saw after that were easily identifiable as planes.

03/27/24 6:43 PM

UFO Shape: other

Lasted: About 2 to 3 minutes

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Harwinton, CT

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Driving on highway in a wooded area and saw a chrome like sphere object hovering in one spot quietly. It was a sunny day with mostly clear sky's. Barely any clouds were around.

I was driving my car on the highway from Litchfield to Plymouth and glanced up at the sky for a moment and then saw a chrome like sphere hovering about 20-30 miles in the air. Didnt seem too far. This is the second time I've seen an object like this in the past 12 months.

I was very amazed. It seemed to be unaffected by wind. At first I thought it could have been some sort of balloon however it was still and didn't move at all.

The chrome color was so prevalent that the suns glare was very bright against one side of it. I went back to looking at the road wondering if I could take my phone out to photograph it, but by the time I looked back up (10 seconds or so) it just vanished. No trail in the sky, no sound.

After that I saw some birds flying in the sky opposite of its direction. Not sure if they felt or saw that thing but figured I should note it. At the time when I saw it.

There were no birds in the sky at all. I was driving so I could have passed by the sighting location a mile through. Very peculiar sighting and was upset I couldn't take a picture of it.

03/14/24 4:45 PM

UFO Shape: sphere

Lasted: 20 seconds

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Stamford, CT

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I saw a stationary orb of flashing lights in the sky surrounded by an aura-like electric looking mist At around 9:20pm on Friday, February 16th, 2024, I was out walking my dog up the hill of Dann Drive in Stamford, CT when I spotted a bright light in the sky to the west, which was completely stationary. It was a cold and clear night, many stars were visible and this was noticeably larger and closer than any star. It blinked multicolored lights (I think blue and red and maybe one other color) like an airplane so I thought that it likely was, until I stopped to stare at it in reference to the trees below it.

I realized it wasn’t moving - it was completely still except for a hazy, mist-like aura that surrounded it that seemed to be flashing with an electric charge. I couldn’t make out a shape of a craft if there was one - it was a little too far and all I could make out were what I think were three flashing lights and the electric aura. I fixed my eyes on it as I walked my dog further up the street, only 3 houses away from mine, feeling in my bones that I was witnessing something not of this world.

The feeling that overcame me was complete awe and amazement because I had never seen anything like it before. Not more than a minute and a half after the first sight of it, I took my eyes away and looked further up the street in front of the next house and quickly noticed a dark figure standing in the yard near the street and immediately feel like I’m being watched and it terrifies me. My knees literally started shaking and I dragged my dog to run back home and get inside.

I believe he had seen the figure too, because his eyes were fixated on something as I was trying to drag him away. It might’ve been someone out walking their dog, but whatever it was spooked the hell out of me and I felt an instinctual need to run away from it. Regardless, I wish I had more time to witness the phenomenon in the sky for longer, but the whole ordeal lasted about 3 minutes.

For as long as I saw it, the uap remained in the same position and elevation in the sky. I didn’t have my phone on me the entire time but when I went inside, I immediately texted my partner exactly what I saw and how terrified I was. About 8 minutes after I first noticed the uap, I heard and saw a helicopter circling the area, which seemed to confirm my suspicion that something strange might be happening.

I investigated further to see if there had been any other uap sightings in the area and I came across this database. The two most recent submissions from CT were from two days ago and they detail the exact same thing that I saw in the sky, and the videos confirmed it. I had to report my account too, in hopes it can contribute to research and/or discoveries of any kind.

I don’t know how long it was in the sky for, but it remained while the helicopters were around, but it was shrouded in what looked like a tiny gray cloud when I looked out my window to see if it was still there about an hour later. An hour after that, it was completely gone. I am not a UFO expert by but I am deeply invested and interested in UFO discourse and disclosure by the government.

I look to the skies in hopes of seeing something extraterrestrial every day! I finally had my first experience and I had to share it.

02/16/24 9:20 PM

UFO Shape: orb

Lasted: 3 minutes

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Somers, CT

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odd, flashing object i could only describe during recording as "flying police car" saw an object in the sky, thought first plane, then noticed the odd lights, not in a plane shape, along with weird flashing, and at first thought the lights were red and blue like a police car but in the sky, so i took my phone out and recorded it. noticed later it had multiple lights, red, orange, yellow, blue, green and white. 15 minutes later a jet flew over in the same direction, looked like jet, acted like a jet, did not match what i got on video.

02/14/24 10:44 PM

UFO Shape: unknown

Lasted: about 1 min

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Guilford, CT

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Object seen at private residence The sky was very clear (cold night)- no haze, fog or clouds. Object had a light scatter halo that was unusual and did not match to atmospheric conditions. Moved slow and steady followed by rapid direction change and full disappearance (not behind horizon).

02/14/24 7:25 PM

UFO Shape: circle

Lasted: 1 minute

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Sterling, CT

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Strobing colored light Husband went out to let the dog out and spotted the strobing light in the sky and then someone on the next door app posted seeing the same thing. She was seeing the 2 nd one we spotted on the NW direction of our house. When a plane passed Uber the southern one.

The lights disappeared and came back after the plane passed.

02/05/24 9:27 PM

UFO Shape: cylinder

Lasted: About15mon

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Sterling, CT

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Video of one object Some posted on the Nextdoor app about seeing strange lights in the sky. I thought maybe a drone or satellite. She lives the next town over.

My husband went to let our dog out and said that the UFO object the lady reported was outside I went out and took a short video. My husband then looked west of the one we saw. And there was another one.

Which was probably the one the other lady was seeing . My husband said it moved and then came to a stop at the location and it just sat there.

02/05/24 8:47 PM

UFO Shape: unknown

Lasted: For hours.

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Greenwich, CT

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Daylight White orb sighting over very populated area on I95 close to the CT / NY state border On 23 JAN 2024 at 9:26 am, I was driving southbound on US Interstate 95 from CT to NY. In the vicinity of exit 3 (South) I noticed a very bright, white phosphorous colored ball of light in the sky as I looked out towards the upper left of my windshield. Ball of light size was slightly larger than a passenger aircraft which had flown into view below and in front of the bright object.

The passenger aircraft was very dark in color due to the hazy, low cloud cover at the time, contrasting the dark aircraft when compared to very bright object behind the passenger aircraft. Bright object was observed as moving away from my direction heading towards the Long Island Sound / New York City direction, making me believe I was not observing bright aircraft headlights heading towards me on approach to Westchester airport. This area has a lot of air traffic as it is in the airspace of Westchester airport and I am very familiar with the various silhouettes of aircraft and their FAA lights and this object stood out immediately as not being the typical airborne lights I am used to seeing.

The bright white object was below the cloud cover, making me believe it wasn't a star or planet I was observing. I lost sight of the object for about 2 or 3 minutes as I went around a large bend on I95 then required visual contact with the white light as I entered another straight away that was back on the objects flight path. The bright white light was now smaller in size and appeared to be continuing to move away towards the direction of New York City.

Shortly after this secondary visual contact, I once again lost sight of the bright white light as I entered an area of I95 that had increased dense tree cover bordering the highway. I was unable to get a picture of the object due to driving in traffic and I would have endangered myself and the other drivers around me.

01/23/24 9:26 AM

UFO Shape: orb

Lasted: About 5 minutes

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Naugatuck, CT

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Object spotted approx. 2000 ft above tree line. Object was stationary in the northwest sky Observed object approx.

2000 ft. Above tree line . Object was stationary in the sky.

Did not have the typical red/ green lights of a commercial airline. White lights 5-6 horizontally placed. Watched the object for 3 minutes or so, it did not move.

01/14/24 6:53 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 3 minutes

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Windsor Locks, CT

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Highly illuminated orb like light traveling at extremely high speed in a NNE direction passing out of visual range in under 5 seconds. Returning from BDL to Springfield MA on I-91N with my wife. Both of us spotted an orb like light estimated several thousand feet in the air traveling at hypersonic speed (this as compared to other planes in the sky visible around the airport).

Estimated speed 10x speed of standard jets in area vanishing from sight in under 5 seconds. Bluish green in color.

01/08/24 6:10 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 5 seconds

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Plymouth, CT

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Pulled in my driveway after a late dinner at 8:00 Looked over my house as I was pulling in my driveway and Me and 3 other people witnessed a Ferris wheel shaped craft floating in the South Eastern sky toward Groton, Martha’s Vineyard direction from my property.

01/02/24 8:53 PM

UFO Shape: circle

Lasted: 3 hours

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Newtown, CT

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Elongated white light moving slowly or not at all, which then also displayed a series of colored lights in a line as I got closer. I was driving tonight (very clear night) with Google map guidance and in a hurry to a destination I was not familiar with. If I had seen a place to pull over, I would have tried to get video or photos on my iPhone.

I could not, so here is the story and a link to the best drawing I can come up with. I was in a hurry to pick up one of my kids, so I made mental notes and made the image about 4 hours later. Dark but clear night and I was driving northeast.

I pretty much always look for UFOs but rarely see them. I saw normal air traffic and some stars, but then I also saw an elongated solid white light – like a white hyphen on a black screen instead of the “period” that a star or distant aircraft normally looks like. It looked similar to the way stars look to me in the corner of my eye when I need a new glasses prescription, but my prescription is up to date and I could other aircraft that did look like normal dots.

This flying hyphen was maybe slightly oblique, maybe more like an illuminated piece of orzo pasta. It was up and to the left of in my field of vision through the windshield, and it did not appear to be moving (or really slowly?). I watched it for a good 45 to 60 seconds but having to take my eyes back to the road intermittently.

I do this all the time whenever I see lights and, eventually, the airplane I am looking at turns and I can see it is moving, etc., and I know exactly what I’m looking at. So, as usual, I kept assuming I was looking at a normal aircraft at a weird angle — like coming toward me at like a 45-degree angle or something — and that, at any moment, it would turn and I would see its beacon lights, etc.

But remained solid white. Until I approached an intersection where I needed to make a left turn. I was closer to it now, so it was bigger in my field of view.

Now, I did finally see blinking or moving lights, but they have the pattern of normal beacon or navigation lights. My car was moving almost the entire time I was watching it. Now, for about two seconds when I had to stop briefly to make the left turn did I get to see this light/object while not in motion myself.

Even then, it didn’t appear to be moving to the left or right. I can’t say for sure it was not moving slowly toward or away from me. Anyway, now, superimposed in front of the illuminated white orzo was a line of colored “period” lights.

At least three, maybe as many as five. I didn’t have time to gawk long, let alone count. I was startled to see them at all because until this point, I had seen only one solid white light.

I’m not sure if I was now seeing the colored lights now because I was closer or if they just “turned on” at that time. I think maybe the latter but that is a guess. No idea on distance.

Could have been 1,000 feet up and away from me or a mile or two. So that means I have no idea of size. It is a very clear night tonight but it was pitch dark so I couldn’t see anything for scale.

My gut tells me it was somewhere between 15 feet and 30 feet long but that’s a huge guess. There were, red and blue lights in a line They were either strobing quickly at different intervals or possibly moving laterally, like a line of lights on a blimp. I had to keep my eyes on the road and take the left at the intersection, so I can’t tell exactly.

I only know they were not static. They were sparkling on/off or moving. I had to make my left and so I passed and lost sight of it.

At this point I only had about 200 feet to my destination. I went into a school parking lot and picked up my daughter, and within about five minutes was back at the same intersection, with my daughter driving and me as a passenger. But I didn’t see it again.

I really tend to think I did not see an extraterrestrial craft tonight, but I did not get drone vibes and I just can’t figure out what I saw. This is my third sighting of something I could not identify in 30 years. Sketch: https://i.

imgur.com/gaAcGKK.jpg.

01/02/24 6:45 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: Approximately 2 to 4 mins

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Connecticut UFO Sightings From 2024 By Shape

This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.

Shape / Appearance Sightings % Of Total
Light 3 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
Orb 2 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
Circle 2 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
Unknown 2 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
Other 1 reported sightings 8.33% of all reports
Cylinder 1 reported sightings 8.33% of all reports
Sphere 1 reported sightings 8.33% of all reports

Connecticut UFO Sightings From 2024 By Month

This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.

Month Sightings % Of Total
February 5 reported sightings 41.67% of all reports
January 5 reported sightings 41.67% of all reports
March 2 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports

Connecticut UFO Sightings From 2024 By Weekday

This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the day of the week the sighting occured on.

Weekday Sightings % Of Total
Wednesday 3 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
Tuesday 3 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
Monday 3 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
Friday 1 reported sightings 8.33% of all reports
Thursday 1 reported sightings 8.33% of all reports
Sunday 1 reported sightings 8.33% of all reports

Connecticut UFO Sightings From 2024 By Date (Top 5)

This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the date the sighting occured on, limited to the top 5 dates with the most sightings.

Date Sightings % Of Total
02/14/24 2 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
01/02/24 2 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
02/05/24 2 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
02/16/24 1 reported sightings 8.33% of all reports
03/27/24 1 reported sightings 8.33% of all reports

Connecticut UFO Sightings From 2024 By Time

This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the time of day the sighting occured during. We took logical 4 hour windows in order to split the day into early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, night, and late night buckets for this analysis.

Time Of Day Hours Sightings % Of Total
Evening 16:00 - 19:59 6 reported sightings 50.00% of all reports
Night 20:00 - 23:59 5 reported sightings 41.67% of all reports
Morning 08:00 - 11:59 1 reported sightings 8.33% of all reports

All Connecticut Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2024

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Connecticut, in 2024

City Number of Reports View Reports
Stamford 2 UFO Reports Stamford UFO Sightings in 2024
Sterling 2 UFO Reports Sterling UFO Sightings in 2024
Greenwich 1 UFO Reports Greenwich UFO Sightings in 2024
Guilford 1 UFO Reports Guilford UFO Sightings in 2024
Naugatuck 1 UFO Reports Naugatuck UFO Sightings in 2024
Plymouth 1 UFO Reports Plymouth UFO Sightings in 2024
Harwinton 1 UFO Reports Harwinton UFO Sightings in 2024
Windsor Locks 1 UFO Reports Windsor Locks UFO Sightings in 2024
Somers 1 UFO Reports Somers UFO Sightings in 2024
Newtown 1 UFO Reports Newtown UFO Sightings in 2024

Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Connecticut

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Connecticut.

Year Number of Reports View Reports
2024 12 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2024
2023 65 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2023
2022 62 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2022
2021 78 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2021
2020 132 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2020
2019 126 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2019
2018 110 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2018
2017 84 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2017
2016 75 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2016
2015 85 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2015
2014 97 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2014
2013 141 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2013
2012 156 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2012
2011 80 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2011
2010 66 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2010
2009 69 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2009
2008 62 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2008
2007 65 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2007
2006 28 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2006
2005 29 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2005
2004 44 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2004
2003 35 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2003
2002 23 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2002
2001 37 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2001
2000 23 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2000
1999 15 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1999
1998 16 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1998
1997 12 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1997
1996 13 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1996
1995 18 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1995
1994 4 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1994
1993 4 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1993
1992 5 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1992
1991 4 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1991
1990 2 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1990
1989 5 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1989
1988 5 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1988
1987 3 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1987
1986 3 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1986
1985 8 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1985
1984 6 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1984
1983 6 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1983
1982 3 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1982
1981 1 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1981
1980 8 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1980
1979 1 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1979
1978 4 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1978
1977 8 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1977
1976 8 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1976
1975 11 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1975
1974 5 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1974
1973 4 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1973
1972 3 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1972
1971 4 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1971
1970 4 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1970
1969 6 UFO Reports Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1969