Canada sightings / Ontario / North Bay

UFO sightings in North Bay, Ontario

46 UFO reports from North Bay since 1989. The busiest year was 2012, with 8. The most common shape after plain lights: sphere. 6 were never explained.

46 reports
6 unexplained
1989 first report
2025 latest

How the reports were rated

13% unexplained
61% possibly explained
24% not enough information
2% explained

Reports by year

2’89

1’90

1’91

1’92

1’93

0’94

1’95

0’96

0’97

0’98

1’99

0’00

1’01

0’02

2’03

1’04

1’05

3’06

8’07

4’08

1’09

1’10

0’11

8’12

2’13

2’14

0’15

0’16

0’17

0’18

0’19

1’20

0’21

1’22

0’23

1’24

1’25

Unexplained cases worth reading

Jun 9, 2006 02:45North BayUnexplained
Close encounter · 15 min
Man driving along highway saw three orbs perform various maneuvers, including flying right by car.
Nov 29, 2004 03:45North BayUnexplained
Object at night · green, boomerang · 2 witnesses · 10 min
Object hovering in sky near house, moved behind cloud
Sep 22, 2009 05:45North BayUnexplained
Object by day · point of light · 1 sec
Multi flashing lights following a jet plane
Aug 6, 2003 00:32North BayUnexplained
Object by day · grey, disc · 3 witnesses · 5 min
Stationary saucer, humming sound, became "wavy" & disappeared
Apr 21, 2007 23:30North BayUnexplained
Object at night · orange, sphere · 2 witnesses · 30 min
Large bright ball broke into 2, flew across sky
Oct 24, 1989 05:20North BayUnexplained
Light at night · white, point of light · 3 witnesses · 30 sec
Military witnesses, lights going E-W, not on radar

Every report from North Bay

Sep 25, 2025 23:24North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
No footage: CADORS 2025O2873: "3 to 4 bright lights moving up and down
May 21, 2024 09:24North BayPossibly explained
Object by day · 3 witnesses
CADORS 2024O1372 "bright object appeared to break up into multi-coloured pieces"
Nov 17, 2022 09:36North BayNot enough information
Photo or video · 1 witness
8 strange lights found on photo
Sep 25, 2020 21:50North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 2 witnesses · 10 min
Light changed colours, stopped in NE, then shot away; hid from helicopter?
Aug 22, 2014 18:30North BayPossibly explained
Object at night · silver, irregular · 1 witness · 10 min
Silver object seen in sky
Jun 22, 2014 18:30North BayPossibly explained
Object by day · silver, sphere · 1 witness · 10 min
Silvery sphere moving across sky
May 10, 2013 22:40North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 1 witness
Bright orange object in sky
Jan 5, 2013North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 2 witnesses
Orange lights flying in a line over lake
Dec 24, 2012 20:40North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · red, point of light · 1 witness
5 pulsating lights going E-W in V formation
Dec 24, 2012 17:30North BayExplained
Object at night · orange, sphere · 5 witnesses · 15 min
Several lights hovering in sky [Chinese lanterns]
Oct 8, 2012 21:00North BayNot enough information
Light at night · green, fireball · 1 witness
Fireball "hit somewhere north"
Oct 8, 2012 21:00North BayPossibly explained
Object at night · green, fireball · 1 witness
Fireball with burning tail impacted ground, explosion?
Oct 8, 2012North BayPossibly explained
Object at night · orange, fireball · 2 witnesses
Fireball in S going E-W
Jul 19, 2012North BayNot enough information
Light at night · white, point of light · 2 witnesses
Starlike lights appeared after flashes, moved off
Apr 3, 2012North BayNot enough information
Object at night · irregular · 1 sec
Funnel shaped object in sky
Mar 14, 2012 22:00North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 2 witnesses · 60 min
2 bright lights stationary in sky
Oct 2, 2010 00:20North BayNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 3 sec
3 lights moving across sky
Sep 22, 2009 05:45North BayUnexplained
Object by day · point of light · 1 sec
Multi flashing lights following a jet plane
Dec 13, 2008 15:00North BayPossibly explained
Object by day · silver, point of light · 3 witnesses
Shiny object in sky, vanished
Nov 15, 2008 02:20North BayPossibly explained
Object at night · red, sphere · 1 witness
Bright object flew steadily & slowly to E
Sep 21, 2008 20:40North BayPossibly explained
Object at night · white, sphere · 2 witnesses · 30 sec
Solid ball of light going W-E, vanished
Apr 29, 2008 22:30North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
2 points of light like satellites
Sep 14, 2007 04:24North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 2 witnesses · 180 min
Stationary light in sky, going slowly S
Aug 21, 2007 21:10North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 2 witnesses · 2 min
5 lights dancing & zig-zagging across sky
Jun 11, 2007 23:00North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 3 witnesses · 120 min
Multitude of lights high in sky, moving, stopping, etc.
Apr 29, 2007North BayNot enough information
Object at night · 1 witness
UFO captured on cell phone camera?
Apr 25, 2007 02:50North BayNot enough information
Light at night · orange · 2 witnesses · 60 sec
Large bright object seen
Apr 21, 2007 23:30North BayUnexplained
Object at night · orange, sphere · 2 witnesses · 30 min
Large bright ball broke into 2, flew across sky
Apr 9, 2007 22:30North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness · 30 sec
Starlike object in N, slowly descending, vanished
March 2007North BayNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 2 sec
Secondhand reports of "Phoenix Lights" over Hwy. 17
Jul 25, 2006 22:17North BayNot enough information
Light at night · multicoloured, round
Red, green, white, yellow flashing lights. Seen to be largely hovering, but also seen to move forwards, backwards, upwards. Same w
Jul 23, 2006 00:17North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, round · 3 witnesses
Red, green, white, yellow flashing lights. Seen to be largely hovering, but also seen to move forwards, backwards, upwards
Jun 9, 2006 02:45North BayUnexplained
Close encounter · 15 min
Man driving along highway saw three orbs perform various maneuvers, including flying right by car.
Oct 28, 2005 19:30North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 2 witnesses
Bright light in SW, high alt., descending slowly
Nov 29, 2004 03:45North BayUnexplained
Object at night · green, boomerang · 2 witnesses · 10 min
Object hovering in sky near house, moved behind cloud
Aug 19, 2003 22:30North BayPossibly explained
Object at night · orange, triangle · 1 witness · 5 sec
2 triangular objects flying fast S-N
Aug 6, 2003 00:32North BayUnexplained
Object by day · grey, disc · 3 witnesses · 5 min
Stationary saucer, humming sound, became "wavy" & disappeared
Mar 25, 2001 22:55North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 1 witness
Object over Lake Nipissing; flashing b,r,g lights; stationary
May 3, 1999 23:20North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · point of light · 2 witnesses · 30 sec
Starlike object moved across sky
Aug 31, 1995 12:15North BayNot enough information
Object by day · silver, cigar · 1 witness · 60 sec
Cigar-shaped object, 15 feet long, no sound
Jan 15, 1993 05:19North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · red, point of light · 1 witness · 3 sec
Nrc004
Nov 20, 1992 06:40North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness · 2 sec
Nrc n92/70
Jul 24, 1991 22:45North BayNot enough information
Light at night · red, point of light · 3 witnesses · 10 min
Object moved "like a firefly"
May 7, 1990 20:25North BayPossibly explained
Object at night · multicoloured, oval · 1 witness · 25 min
Large object emitting gree/oraneg/blue lights
Oct 24, 1989 05:20North BayUnexplained
Light at night · white, point of light · 3 witnesses · 30 sec
Military witnesses, lights going E-W, not on radar
Feb 24, 1989 00:32North BayPossibly explained
Light at night · yellow, point of light · 1 witness · 60 min
Stationary flashing/rotating light, far-off?

Seen something over North Bay? Report it How to tell a UFO from a plane or satellite

Nearby towns

Sudbury Barrie Peterborough Aylmer Gatineau Pickering Ottawa Oshawa

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.