Last updated on June 1, 2024

Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2019

This page aggregates and analyzes all UFO sighting reports made in Hawaii during 2019.

How many Hawaii UFO sightings were there in 2019?

  • There were 49 officially reported UFO sightings in Hawaii in 2019.
  • In 2019, Hawaii ranked #37 on the list of states with the most UFO sightings for that year.
  • Adjusted for population size, Hawaii ranks #9 in the list of states with the most reported UFO sightings in 2019, with an average of 3.6 reports per 100,000 residents.

Hawaii Cities with the most UFO Sightings in 2019

Rank City Number of Reports
1 Honolulu, HI 7 UFO Reports
2 Waianae, HI 5 UFO Reports
3 Haiku, HI 3 UFO Reports
4 Kahului, HI 3 UFO Reports
5 Waikiki, HI 2 UFO Reports

Hawaii UFO Sightings Analysis

We analyzed all 49 UFO sighting reports in Hawaii from 2019 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:

Hawaii UFO Sighting Reports in 2019

This is a sampling of 20 Hawaii UFO reports from 2019, 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).

Captain Cook, HI

Full Report Text:

40 + sparkling lights high up moving slowly east south Approx. 50 multicolored lights blinking , moving all the same direction in close proximaty together. Their blob change shape.

They moved from west to south east. Moving slow. Appeared to be 30 thousand feet or higher.

12/31/19 10:30 PM

UFO Shape: other

Lasted: >30 minutes

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Waianae, HI

Full Report Text:

Once again same spot as last week. Blue flashing light that didn't move for about 14 minutes, then fell from the sky. My phone would not record.

My daughter could also not get her phone to record.

12/31/19 11:55 AM

UFO Shape: circle

Lasted: 14 minutes

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Honolulu, HI

Full Report Text:

40+ UFOs flying at a very high altitude from the east to the west over Oahu, Hawaii At approximately 0600 hours hawaii standard time, 40+ UFO’s were observed flying at a very high altitude in an equally spaced line from the east and heading to the west. The UFOs were not blinking, the sighting lasted approximately 8 minutes.

12/15/19 6:00 AM

UFO Shape: unknown

Lasted: 10 minutes

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Waianae, HI

Full Report Text:

Blue flashing light that didn't move for about 6 minutes, then fell from the sky like it was dropped.

12/07/19 8:00 PM

UFO Shape: flash

Lasted: 6 minutes

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Haiku, HI

Full Report Text:

Lights seen from the night sky 1st night-flickering & moving around the sky as if inspecting the clouds-movin up & down-sideways & lighting up clouds with a beam-as thought of near star Vega but a star does not move in these ways-Milky Way if in the sky over the ocean! So clear & dark-hope someone is filming-I have seen 3 say 1-towards Hana, Oahu Molokai Wow.

11/25/19 12:00 AM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 4 days

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Kapolei, HI

Full Report Text:

Two bright lights at altitude over Kapolei Bicycling in Mililani shortly after sundown. Saw two bright lights over Kapolei. One was much brighter than the other.

They were both horizontal over the horizon, at about 6,000 feet if judged in comparison with the Waianae Mountains. Too bright to be a star or planet. Didn't move like a plane.

11/24/19 7:30 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 0:45

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Haliewa, HI

Full Report Text:

Scary but exciting at same time Me and my daughter just pulled up to our house I heard her say oh Wat the hell is dat as I got out the truck I looked up and seen Wat started out as 5 lights lined in a straight line they started to spread out as they were spreading apart they were I like to say multiplying from about 3 football fields long was now almost the whole skyline then it slowly was desappering not fading away but disappearing like and the whole time there was almost a dead silence idk but was like Wat you see in movies and stuff was scary and cool at same time.

11/13/19 7:00 PM

UFO Shape: other

Lasted: 25 seconds

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Lahaina, HI

Full Report Text:

We were walking to dinner looking at end of street when I looked up and there was a line of lights moving across the sky. As they slowly moved across the sky in a line a plane or an object flew behind them that I assume was a plane. As the plane moved its way to intersect, the lights dispersed or disappeared.

((NUFORC Note: We have amended the time above. Space-X satellites?? PD)).

11/12/19 7:30 PM

UFO Shape: unknown

Lasted: 1:11

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Kapaau, HI

Full Report Text:

25 or more white lights flying in straight single-file line. My wife and I saw 25 or more white lights appearing over the E horizon flying SW in a single file, straight line formation, many quite close in the front becoming further apart toward the end. They were traveling a little faster than a "satellite " and were about the same size, seemed quite distant, same brightness as a medium sized star.

Lost sight of them toward the S.

11/12/19 7:07 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 2 minutes

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Kona, HI

Full Report Text:

String of lights in the sky above Kona moving together in an absolutely razor perfect line at the same rate of speed. Lights appeared to be at an extremely high altitude and spread out over several miles, possibly a hundred or more.Moves SSE at a somewhat slow pace, but in unison, gradually disappearing one by one.

11/12/19 7:00 PM

UFO Shape: other

Lasted: 2 minutes

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Kahuku, HI

Full Report Text:

Multiple satellites connected with a solid streamer Just outside of Turtle Bays outside restaurant. 7pm on the dot. I walked my son to the park benches near the water to watch the waves and I noticed 4 other people watching what appeared to be 20-30 white light satellites all in a perfect linear line orbiting the earth at a very high rate of speed.

The lights did not flash in or out, brighten or dim. They stayed the same level of brightness throughout their orbit until the light was blocked from the Earth and they disappeared. The lights appeared to be connected with streamers from the first all the way to the rear.

The streamers were the same diameter, level of brightness, and general distance from satellite to satellite as if they were in synchronization. The streamers also did not dim or get brighter with flairs of light. Everything was very consistent from one horizon to the other.

It is important to state the altitude was also similar to one of a satellite, these were not close to standard aviation level! s. Good luck and look up.

11/12/19 7:00 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 2 minutes

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Waiehu, HI

Full Report Text:

At approximately 7:05 a line of about 70-100 or so lights in the sky, which looked like stars we’re flying in straight formation, moving from northwest direction to south. All 5 of us saw it from our back deck in Waiehu, Maui. None of us were drinking or on any mind altering substances and knew what we just saw.

11/12/19 7:05 AM

UFO Shape: formation

Lasted: 1-2 minutes

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Haiku, HI

Full Report Text:

The light was white with flashing green and red lights. It hovered in one area going up and down then left to right. I have never believed in aliens but this has got me thinking.

10/23/19 11:15 AM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 15-20 minutes

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Kula, HI

Full Report Text:

What I saw was not any aircraft, it was massive amount of booms and visual explosions that was all over in every direction, the first time I saw this I would say it lasted at least 90 seconds to 2 minutes, I could see the explosions all over the skyline in different areas every time towards kihei to kahului and wailuku the only direction I never saw it in was up towards haleakala, it was a quiet night no wind and semi cloud coverage, I was so afraid and the incident lasted so long I truly thought we were being bombed I ran inside shut all my doors and windows looked out my front door towards kihei and saw more flashes along with booms, I woke up my husband made him come out to the porch and he caught the last few booms and explosions said it was weird went back to the bedroom, I went on fb to the local news page and briefly detailed my experience asking if anyone else saw it and near 50-60 people shared there experience of the event which was included in laha! ina and hana and haiku everyone was ruling out gun shots,transformers blowing and fireworks, we were all so confused on what caused it hoping maybe it was meteors in our atmosphere but the explosions were so low in the atmosphere it seemed to be just above town with zero damage being reported. Since that night there have been consistent reports of booms and flashes at random times of night by locals on fb. I'm a heavy smoker and have spotted at least 10 since that 1st incident.

Something is up, lots of people are reporting it, I have saved as many screenshots of every report I have seen posted if anyone is curious. Mahalo and be safe. Something is up and I'm scared.

10/19/19 1:15 AM

UFO Shape: unknown

Lasted: Weeks

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Lahaina, HI

Full Report Text:

STREAKING LIGHT IN TEAL GREEN COLOR LIKE A LASER LIGHT IN DAYLIGHT? Saturday, September 28th while driving to Lahaina just before Launiopoko Beach while checking out Surf at the old dump around 8am a streaking thin teal green light over Lanai disappeared then streaked again and disappeared again, it looked like someone was using a laser light, must have lasted 1 second each time, but it was sunny, so hard to imagine a laser light.

09/28/19 12:00 AM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 2 seconds

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Waikiki, HI

Full Report Text:

UFO over Hawaii We took 2 pictures on top of Diamond head in Oahau, HI. One picture shows a UFO. The next picture shows the UFO is gone.

The pictures were taken only seconds apart.

09/26/19 9:00 AM

UFO Shape: triangle

Lasted: 1

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Hau’ula, HI

Full Report Text:

My wife and neighbors wife were in our driveway when I was called outside as they observed two moving stars running parallel with each other headed east. I then observed about a minute later a single star light moving north then my wife and neighbor saw two moving east again but cannot tell if these are same two lights turning around as they fly pretty straight and out of our view. I then observed a single star light moving northward.

These “ star lights “ were white in color and left no trail of any kind in its wake. It’s speed were consistent, silent with no blinking lights indicating aircraft. I am a former FAA aircraft inspector and recently retired welding inspector with decades of observation experience.

This isn’t the first time I’ve noticed things in the night sky but tonight was the longest duration and the amount of objects left me wondering. I know satellites cruise along but usually one at a time and that’s it, not seemingly making loops around th! e sky but still very cool.

09/21/19 8:00 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 15 minutes

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Captain Cook, HI

Full Report Text:

I thought it was lightning. It light up the dark sky, and then I heard a crashing sound. When I went outside there was clear skies.

I waited to see if more "lighting " would occur but nothing after 20 min. Checked weather no reports of thunder or lightning in the area.

09/21/19 1:00 AM

UFO Shape: flash

Lasted: 3 minutes

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Kapalua, HI

Full Report Text:

Four vertical lights, evenly spaced, top three lights LED white, bottom light LED red. Observed at Kapalua looking up and out to the right of Molokai in open ocean, silently descending from stratosphere toward horizon where sky meets water. Took about 3 minutes for bottom red light to reach horizon, then they moved to the left in unison, remaining in perfect vertical formation and disappeared in front of Molokai cliffs.

Project Loon perhaps?.

09/16/19 9:00 PM

UFO Shape: formation

Lasted: 4 minutes

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Honolulu, HI

Full Report Text:

Green spherical “Orb” traveling exceedingly fast east to west at apparent low altitude over Oahu. Spherical object. Phosphorescent green.

Moving east to west at amazing speed. Object appeared to be extremely low. It passed over valley in less than 1 second (valley +/- .

75 miles across). When directly overhead object appeared to be the size is a “normal” chewing gum ball. I was certain the object would collide into the valley ridge.

It did not. The trajectory would have let the object pass over central Oahu but there were no reports of the object nor reports of falling/colliding objects. Estimating speed of object difficult but based upon a comparative analysis of commercial jet aircraft that take approximately the same vector daily, one could assume the UFO was traveling in excess of 3000 mph (perhaps significantly faster).

No trailing sparks or fumes. No sound. Lasting impressions: 1.

Appeared very low yet cleared all obstacles (path was linear). 2. The glowing green color was firm; no radiating haze.

3. Amazing no one else saw this albeit it’s speed was astronautical.

09/09/19 8:00 PM

UFO Shape: sphere

Lasted: 5-10 seconds

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Hawaii UFO Sightings From 2019 By Shape

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

Shape / Appearance Sightings % Of Total
Light 16 reported sightings 32.65% of all reports
Triangle 6 reported sightings 12.24% of all reports
Unknown 5 reported sightings 10.20% of all reports
Flash 4 reported sightings 8.16% of all reports
Other 3 reported sightings 6.12% of all reports
Oval 3 reported sightings 6.12% of all reports
Sphere 3 reported sightings 6.12% of all reports
Circle 2 reported sightings 4.08% of all reports
Formation 2 reported sightings 4.08% of all reports
Disk 2 reported sightings 4.08% of all reports
Cigar 1 reported sightings 2.04% of all reports
Fireball 1 reported sightings 2.04% of all reports
Rectangle 1 reported sightings 2.04% of all reports

Hawaii UFO Sightings From 2019 By Month

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

Month Sightings % Of Total
November 8 reported sightings 16.33% of all reports
May 8 reported sightings 16.33% of all reports
September 7 reported sightings 14.29% of all reports
July 6 reported sightings 12.24% of all reports
January 5 reported sightings 10.20% of all reports
December 4 reported sightings 8.16% of all reports
August 4 reported sightings 8.16% of all reports
March 2 reported sightings 4.08% of all reports
October 2 reported sightings 4.08% of all reports
April 1 reported sightings 2.04% of all reports
February 1 reported sightings 2.04% of all reports
June 1 reported sightings 2.04% of all reports

Hawaii UFO Sightings From 2019 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
Saturday 10 reported sightings 20.41% of all reports
Tuesday 8 reported sightings 16.33% of all reports
Thursday 8 reported sightings 16.33% of all reports
Monday 7 reported sightings 14.29% of all reports
Sunday 7 reported sightings 14.29% of all reports
Friday 6 reported sightings 12.24% of all reports
Wednesday 3 reported sightings 6.12% of all reports

Hawaii UFO Sightings From 2019 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
11/12/19 5 reported sightings 10.20% of all reports
05/30/19 3 reported sightings 6.12% of all reports
12/31/19 2 reported sightings 4.08% of all reports
01/07/19 2 reported sightings 4.08% of all reports
09/21/19 2 reported sightings 4.08% of all reports

Hawaii UFO Sightings From 2019 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
Night 20:00 - 23:59 19 reported sightings 38.78% of all reports
Late night 00:00 - 03:59 10 reported sightings 20.41% of all reports
Evening 16:00 - 19:59 8 reported sightings 16.33% of all reports
Morning 08:00 - 11:59 5 reported sightings 10.20% of all reports
Early morning 04:00 - 07:59 4 reported sightings 8.16% of all reports
Afternoon 12:00 - 15:59 3 reported sightings 6.12% of all reports

All Hawaii Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2019

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Hawaii, in 2019

City Number of Reports View Reports
Honolulu 7 UFO Reports Honolulu UFO Sightings in 2019
Waianae 5 UFO Reports Waianae UFO Sightings in 2019
Haiku 3 UFO Reports Haiku UFO Sightings in 2019
Kahului 3 UFO Reports Kahului UFO Sightings in 2019
Waikiki 2 UFO Reports Waikiki UFO Sightings in 2019
Kona 2 UFO Reports Kona UFO Sightings in 2019
Lahaina 2 UFO Reports Lahaina UFO Sightings in 2019
Kapalua 2 UFO Reports Kapalua UFO Sightings in 2019
Captain Cook 2 UFO Reports Captain Cook UFO Sightings in 2019
Wailea 2 UFO Reports Wailea UFO Sightings in 2019
Kula 2 UFO Reports Kula UFO Sightings in 2019
Waiehu 1 UFO Reports Waiehu UFO Sightings in 2019
Honululu 1 UFO Reports Honululu UFO Sightings in 2019
Hawaii Kai 1 UFO Reports Hawaii Kai UFO Sightings in 2019
Kailua Oahu 1 UFO Reports Kailua Oahu UFO Sightings in 2019
Kahuku 1 UFO Reports Kahuku UFO Sightings in 2019
Hauula 1 UFO Reports Hauula UFO Sightings in 2019
Kapaau 1 UFO Reports Kapaau UFO Sightings in 2019
Ewa Beach 1 UFO Reports Ewa Beach UFO Sightings in 2019
Ka’anapali 1 UFO Reports Ka’anapali UFO Sightings in 2019
Haliewa 1 UFO Reports Haliewa UFO Sightings in 2019
Kailua 1 UFO Reports Kailua UFO Sightings in 2019
Mililani 1 UFO Reports Mililani UFO Sightings in 2019
Lihue 1 UFO Reports Lihue UFO Sightings in 2019
Hau’ula 1 UFO Reports Hau’ula UFO Sightings in 2019
Kapolei 1 UFO Reports Kapolei UFO Sightings in 2019
Anahola 1 UFO Reports Anahola UFO Sightings in 2019
Keaau 1 UFO Reports Keaau UFO Sightings in 2019

Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Hawaii

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

Year Number of Reports View Reports
2024 3 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2024
2023 12 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2023
2022 19 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2022
2021 9 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2021
2020 47 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2020
2019 49 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2019
2018 12 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2018
2017 15 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2017
2016 29 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2016
2015 27 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2015
2014 71 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2014
2013 53 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2013
2012 36 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2012
2011 21 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2011
2010 30 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2010
2009 19 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2009
2008 18 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2008
2007 22 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2007
2006 10 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2006
2005 16 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2005
2004 18 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2004
2003 11 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2003
2002 15 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2002
2001 13 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2001
2000 13 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 2000
1999 9 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1999
1998 6 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1998
1997 6 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1997
1995 6 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1995
1994 4 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1994
1993 6 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1993
1992 2 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1992
1991 1 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1991
1990 2 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1990
1989 2 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1989
1986 1 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1986
1985 3 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1985
1984 1 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1984
1983 3 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1983
1980 2 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1980
1979 1 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1979
1978 1 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1978
1977 2 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1977
1973 3 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1973
1972 1 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1972
1971 1 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1971
1970 4 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1970
1969 2 UFO Reports Hawaii UFO Sightings in 1969