Canada sightings / Ontario / Sarnia
UFO sightings in Sarnia, Ontario
46 UFO reports from Sarnia since 1990. The busiest year was 2010, with 13. The most common shape after plain lights: fireball. 5 were never explained.
- 46 reports
- 5 unexplained
- 1990 first report
- 2023 latest
How the reports were rated
- 11% unexplained
- 54% possibly explained
- 30% not enough information
- 4% explained
Reports by year
Unexplained cases worth reading
- Apr 20, 1997 13:40SarniaUnexplained
Object by day · white, cigar · 1 witness · 5 sec
Tube-like object discharged sphere over lake
- Oct 2, 2022 00:30SarniaUnexplained
Light at night · point of light · 2 sec
Light over lake did zig-zag, flew up
- Apr 22, 2012 23:52SarniaUnexplained
Object at night · orange, boomerang · 2 witnesses · 8 sec
Large object like B2 bomber flew low overhead, lights on back & front
- Jul 20, 2008 21:30SarniaUnexplained
Object by day · white, rectangle · 3 witnesses · 4 min
Box-shaped object passed overhead, W-E
- July 1990 23:00SarniaUnexplained
Object at night · orange, boomerang · 1 witness · 10 sec
Object flew W-E, silently over houses
Every report from Sarnia
- Feb 13, 2023 19:45SarniaExplained
Object at night · white, irregular · 1 witness
Photo: line of light in sky [NB: Starlink]
- Feb 12, 2023 19:45SarniaExplained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
Video: line of white lights in sky
- Oct 2, 2022 00:30SarniaUnexplained
Light at night · point of light · 2 sec
Light over lake did zig-zag, flew up
- April 2015SarniaNot enough information
Unusual event · 1 witness
Person awoke with triangular rash on abdomen
- Sep 23, 2014SarniaPossibly explained
white, point of light · 1 witness · 7 sec
Bright white light stationary for 7 seconds then disappeared
- Aug 31, 2014 22:30SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · point of light · 1 witness · 5 min
Flalshing light in sky might have been helicopter
- Jun 27, 2014 23:30SarniaPossibly explained
Object at night · multicoloured, sphere · 1 witness
Pulsating multi colored ball of light flew silently across sky
- Oct 13, 2013SarniaPossibly explained
Object at night · disc · 2 witnesses · 2 min
Disc like object with exhaust flying across 1-2 minutes
- Jun 21, 2013SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 2 witnesses
Orange light moving south to north with no noise
- Aug 21, 2012 21:45SarniaNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 2 sec
Bright light moving NW-SE across sky
- Apr 22, 2012 23:52SarniaUnexplained
Object at night · orange, boomerang · 2 witnesses · 8 sec
Large object like B2 bomber flew low overhead, lights on back & front
- Apr 12, 2012 23:30SarniaNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
Lights seen?
- Apr 6, 2012 23:45SarniaNot enough information
Object at night · sphere · 1 sec
"sneaky" objs.moving smoothly, disappeared in blink of eye
- Apr 4, 2012 23:45SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 2 witnesses
Object darting about, close to Moon, glittered
- Jan 20, 2012SarniaPossibly explained
Object at night · red, irregular · 2 witnesses
Reddish beams coming down from sky in all directions
- Nov 25, 2011 23:30SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 1 witness · 2 min
Light moved NNE across horiz, then vertically, descended again
- Aug 23, 2011 23:45SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
Stationary object in E
- May 21, 2011 20:00SarniaNot enough information
Object at night · yellow, triangle · 2 witnesses
Object with 8 lights over lake
- Nov 10, 2010 23:50SarniaPossibly explained
Object at night · multicoloured, irregular · 2 witnesses · 120 min
Stationary light thru telescope looked like "jellyfish" or "eyeball"
- Nov 8, 2010SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 3 witnesses · 15 min
Light popping in and out of view
- Nov 7, 2010 19:00SarniaPossibly explained
Object at night · green, fireball · 1 witness
Object with flamelike figures coming out its back
- Nov 7, 2010 17:45SarniaPossibly explained
Object at night · blue, fireball · 1 witness
Ball of light with tail in N, falling
- Nov 3, 2010 01:30SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, triangle · 2 witnesses
High in sky, quick movements in circular motion. Intensity of light would
- Oct 8, 2010 23:30SarniaNot enough information
Light at night · orange · 1 witness
Bright fast moving object slowed, vanished?
- Oct 8, 2010 20:05SarniaPossibly explained
Object at night · white, fireball · 1 witness
Large bright object crashed down into lake
- Oct 8, 2010SarniaNot enough information
Object at night · white, triangle · 1 witness
Object with 3 orbs "like plasma"
- August 2010 01:00SarniaPossibly explained
Object at night · orange, sphere · 1 witness · 5 min
Bright light going E-W, no sound
- Jul 10, 2010 22:30SarniaNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 11 sec
2 lights moved out of way of bright object crossing sky NE-SW
- Jul 3, 2010 22:40SarniaNot enough information
Light at night · white, point of light · 3 witnesses
Light low in sky, going slowly N
- Jul 1, 2010SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 4 witnesses · 2 min
Bold light in E moving strangely, faded
- Mar 17, 2010 22:45SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 1 witness
3 fast objects going N
- Aug 21, 2009 01:30SarniaNot enough information
Object at night · sphere · 1 witness · 30 sec
Large 200 ft diameter sphere in sky, flew over trees then flew straight up
- Oct 4, 2008 20:30SarniaNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
2 lights heading E
- Jul 20, 2008 21:30SarniaUnexplained
Object by day · white, rectangle · 3 witnesses · 4 min
Box-shaped object passed overhead, W-E
- Dec 6, 2007 16:00SarniaPossibly explained
Object by day · silver, disc · 1 witness · 4 sec
Object with portholes exited, entered clouds
- Mar 11, 2007 20:30SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · fireball · 1 sec
Flaming object with tail, in S
- Mar 11, 2007 19:55SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · red, fireball · 1 witness · 2 sec
Ball with long tail, disappeared
- Oct 8, 2006 18:10SarniaPossibly explained
Object by day · 1 witness
Observed object slowing drifting in sky. Seemed to have glow around it. Same witness had two other sightings that day and several
- Oct 8, 2006 12:00SarniaPossibly explained
Object by day · 1 witness · 3 min
Two witnesses observed object in distance. One witnesses believed object plane, other witness felt it was unidentified
- Oct 8, 2006SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · point of light · 2 sec
Two people observed light briefly. Disappeared. Same witness had other sightings that day
- Oct 6, 2006 22:30SarniaPossibly explained
Light at night · 2 witnesses · 90 sec
Observed bright light moving slowly off in distance.
- Jul 15, 2006 21:20SarniaNot enough information
Object by day · black · 3 witnesses · 20 min
Observed large number of "little black things" as well as a large yellow disk and an unmarked helicopter.
- Sep 12, 2005SarniaNot enough information
Light at night · red, point of light · 1 witness
Pair of flashing lights flying NE
- Apr 20, 1997 13:40SarniaUnexplained
Object by day · white, cigar · 1 witness · 5 sec
Tube-like object discharged sphere over lake
- Jan 12, 1992 19:00SarniaNot enough information
Object at night · 1800 witnesses
Hovered, moved towards witness
- July 1990 23:00SarniaUnexplained
Object at night · orange, boomerang · 1 witness · 10 sec
Object flew W-E, silently over houses
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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.