How do I report a UFO sighting in Washington, D.C.?

Note the exact time, compass direction, height above the horizon and how the object moved. Check a flight tracker, a satellite pass predictor and a sky app first. Then file a report with the National UFO Reporting Center (nuforc.org) or MUFON (mufon.com), which accept reports from every US state including Washington, D.C..

UFO sightings · Washington, D.C.

UFO sightings in Washington, D.C.

The capital is the setting of the July 1952 radar flap over National Airport and, in 2023, of the congressional hearing at which a former officer testified under oath that the government holds recovered non-human craft, a claim the Pentagon says it cannot substantiate. It is where the subject meets the state.

Washington, D.C. case files in the archive

2023Grusch hearingUS House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., USAA former intelligence officer told Congress under oath that the United States held recovered 'non-human' craft and biological remains, based on what he said colleagues had told him. Two Navy pilots testified about their own sightings. The Pentagon said it had found no evidence for the crash-retrieval claim.

Saw something over Washington, D.C.?

Most strange lights have an ordinary cause. Run the identifier: seven questions and the three most likely explanations, from a Starlink train to Venus to a drone, each with how to confirm it.

Note the exact time, the compass direction, the height above the horizon, how long it lasted and how it moved. Check a flight tracker and a satellite app before deciding it is unexplained.

File it. The National UFO Reporting Center and MUFON take reports from every US state, Washington, D.C. included, and their databases are where the per-state counts actually live.

Other states with famous cases

The famous cases above follow the public record; XenoAtlas documents claims and their explanations and takes no position on whether any involved non-human contact. Per-state sighting counts are maintained by NUFORC and MUFON. For the big cases on a map, see the case files.