Canada sightings / Ontario / Burlington
UFO sightings in Burlington, Ontario
51 UFO reports from Burlington since 1996. The busiest year was 2012, with 26. The most common shape after plain lights: sphere. 2 were never explained.
- 51 reports
- 2 unexplained
- 1996 first report
- 2025 latest
How the reports were rated
- 4% unexplained
- 53% possibly explained
- 35% not enough information
- 8% explained
Reports by year
Unexplained cases worth reading
- Aug 18, 2012 21:00BurlingtonUnexplained
Object at night · orange, irregular · 1 witness · 80 sec
2 attached spheres arching through sky, changed direction SSE
- Nov 20, 2012 05:50BurlingtonUnexplained
Light at night · red, point of light · 1 witness
2 tight rows of 4 lights moving slowly SW above trees
Every report from Burlington
- Apr 12, 2025Burlington
Object by day · white, cigar · 1 witness
- Dec 13, 2020 09:16BurlingtonExplained
Light at night · green, point of light · 1 witness
Photo: witness reported seeing "four green lights in a square shape" [NB photo is lens flare]
- Dec 10, 2019BurlingtonPossibly explained
Object at night · 1 witness
Luminous object seemed to make ascent into sky
- Jul 24, 2016 02:30BurlingtonNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
2 orbs chasing each other clockwise, one vanished, other remained
- Sep 6, 2014 21:00BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · red, point of light · 1 witness
20 reddish objects in sky
- Oct 2, 2013BurlingtonPossibly explained
orange, point of light · 1 witness
Orange glowing object in sky
- Jul 12, 2013 21:45BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 2 witnesses
8 orange lights moving across sky
- Jul 12, 2013 21:20BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · yellow, point of light · 2 witnesses · 20 min
Bright yellow light falling from sky
- Jun 18, 2013 22:30BurlingtonPossibly explained
Object at night · multicoloured, disc · 1 witness · 60 min
Lights red/white/blue in ski, red ship with circular red lights in sky
- Jun 10, 2013 22:30BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 1 witness
Shooting stars with red, blue, and white lights
- May 25, 2013 22:25BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · red, point of light · 3 witnesses · 3 min
Red/orange object with flashing red light moving across sky
- May 19, 2013BurlingtonPossibly explained
Object at night · white, oval · 1 witness · 5 min
7-10 oblong lights moving across sky before descending
- Nov 20, 2012 05:50BurlingtonUnexplained
Light at night · red, point of light · 1 witness
2 tight rows of 4 lights moving slowly SW above trees
- Nov 19, 2012 20:00BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 2 witnesses
8 objects moving erratically, faded, disappeared
- Oct 17, 2012 00:55BurlingtonPossibly explained
Object at night · green, fireball · 1 witness
Flare or "Roman candle" fell from sky
- Oct 12, 2012 21:00BurlingtonExplained
Object at night · orange, sphere · 1 witness
Chinese lanterns released over city
- Oct 12, 2012 20:55BurlingtonNot enough information
Object at night · orange, sphere · 3 witnesses
4 objects in loose formation heading NW over city
- Oct 12, 2012 20:30BurlingtonExplained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 1 witness
Bright lights over city [Chinese lanterns]
- Oct 8, 2012BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 2 witnesses · 8 min
Flashing light moved slowly, disappeared into distance
- Sep 8, 2012 21:00BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 16 witnesses
20 lights 2x2 to SE, photos
- Sep 8, 2012BurlingtonNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 3 sec
20 bright lights silently flew overhead quickly
- Aug 25, 2012 20:30BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · red, point of light · 10 witnesses
4 lights going WNW in N of city
- Aug 18, 2012 21:00BurlingtonUnexplained
Object at night · orange, irregular · 1 witness · 80 sec
2 attached spheres arching through sky, changed direction SSE
- Aug 13, 2012BurlingtonNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 2 sec
2 lights in sky; 1 vanished, 2nd zipped away
- Aug 3, 2012BurlingtonNot enough information
Light at night · red, point of light · 1 witness
Light "like it was on fire" faster than plane in sky
- Aug 2, 2012 21:00BurlingtonNot enough information
Light at night · fireball · 1 sec
"something flew quickly in sky", E-W
- Jul 28, 2012 22:20BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · red, point of light · 2 witnesses
Objects like "people hang-gliding with flares"
- Jul 28, 2012 22:15BurlingtonNot enough information
Light at night · red, point of light · 2 witnesses · 10 min
4 lights flying over treetops, stopped, vanished
- Jul 28, 2012 22:00BurlingtonNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 2 sec
Lights seen in sky
- Jul 19, 2012 22:00BurlingtonNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 2 sec
Lights in sky?
- Jul 9, 2012 23:16BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 1 witness
Bright objects floating E-W
- Jul 5, 2012 21:45BurlingtonNot enough information
Light at night · orange, point of light · 2 witnesses
Lights flying overhead; "either aliens or Chinese lanterns"
- Jul 5, 2012 21:45BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 2 witnesses · 2 min
8 lights floating over city, faded 1x1
- Jul 5, 2012 21:45BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 2 witnesses · 2 min
8 lights in 2 grps of 4, disappeared
- Jul 5, 2012 21:45BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 2 witnesses
8 floating lights, going E, faded & disappeared
- Jul 5, 2012BurlingtonNot enough information
Object at night · orange, sphere · 2 witnesses
8 glowing balls of light flying in 4 grps of 2, disappeared 1x1
- Jul 3, 2012 21:20BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 4 witnesses
Object going E, zig-zagging, several minutes
- Apr 3, 2012 20:15BurlingtonNot enough information
Light at night · orange, point of light · 1 witness
Glow near horizon fast, silent, ascend into sky, vanished
- Dec 12, 2011 21:45BurlingtonNot enough information
Light at night · green, point of light · 1 witness
Light seen on horizon
- May 22, 2011 21:30BurlingtonPossibly explained
Object at night · orange, sphere · 6 witnesses
Objects moving from S-N
- May 22, 2011 19:55BurlingtonExplained
Object at night · yellow, triangle · 4 witnesses
Low-flying object with 8 lights hovered [anonymous hoax]
- May 24, 2010 22:50BurlingtonNot enough information
Object at night · red, irregular · 5 witnesses · 2 min
Diamond-shaped object flashed, hovered, glowed, moved N
- Sep 25, 2009 21:10BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · blue, point of light · 2 witnesses · 8 sec
2 blue/red lights in sky that didnt move, sky lit up blue, then they disappeared
- Sep 1, 2008 22:30BurlingtonNot enough information
Object at night · irregular · 1 sec
4 lines floating in sky? Formed triangles?
- May 24, 2008 13:11BurlingtonPossibly explained
Object by day · silver, oval · 2 witnesses · 10 min
Blimp-like object hovered, rotated, flew away, hovered
- Sep 22, 2007 17:00BurlingtonPossibly explained
Object by day · white, irregular · 2 witnesses
Comet-like object descending, turned
- Mar 11, 2007 20:00BurlingtonPossibly explained
Object at night · fireball · 1 sec
Fireball fell, burned out in SW
- Jan 21, 2007 14:30BurlingtonNot enough information
Object by day · silver, triangle · 1 witness
Domed object moved slowly, sped away; video?
- Jul 11, 2005 01:30BurlingtonPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 2 witnesses · 120 min
Starlike light with flashing red light
- Jun 12, 2004 17:15BurlingtonPossibly explained
Object by day · silver, disc · 1 witness
Object found on photo
- Aug 2, 1996 22:30Burlington
Light at night · white, point of light · 2 witnesses · 5 min
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About this data
These reports come from the Canadian UFO Survey, compiled each year since 1989 by Ufology Research of Winnipeg. Each year the survey gathers sightings sent to police, airports, the military, researchers and UFO groups across the country, and rates each one. We left out every report the survey received from MUFON, NUFORC or Enigma Labs, so the totals here are lower than in the survey itself.
The ratings are the survey's: explained means a likely cause was found (a plane, a planet, a satellite re-entry), possibly explained means there's a good guess, and unexplained means the investigators couldn't find one. Notes are short summaries, lightly tidied. Most places are the nearest town, not the exact spot.