Beyond explanation: the top 10 UFO sightings captured in witness artwork

The Cosmic Report rounds up the best drawings, paintings, and computerized interpretations of UFO/UAP sightings from NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center).

After a lot of talk lately about UAP disclosure, Cybernews decided to take a lighter approach and present some of the best UFO/UAP art depictions from witness sightings. The beauty is in the list's breadth and bizarrerie. We present our favorite ten.

10. UFO: spot the difference – (08/20/2025), Belgrade, Montana

Personally, I love the 8-bit aesthetic here. It seems entirely plausible that the UFO’s formation of lights could have been either of these, but it’s tempting to touch the screen and pick one. Both win.

9. Coloring book encounters – (10/10/1991), Algiers, Algeria

The effort that's gone into this is super. Tidy art that unambiguously captures what happened at the sighting, coupled with the height and length measurements. We have a big wheat field and onlookers present. My only gripe is that the tree is a bit lopsided.

8. Ring the doorbell – (07/02/2022), Honolulu, Hawaii

Quite self-explanatory why this was chosen really – the graphic is fine as is captures "a disk shape with a blue ring on the center with a metal gray looking color around the rest" as the witness described intricately. It's the way "bottom" is plonked in there (at the bottom) that made this one get on the list.

7. With subtitles – (unknown) Hubei, China

The labels here are of technical use. "Top view," "side view" and "front view" coupled with "meeting point" just by the small circle near the dotted line there. Plus, it's an endearingly earnest account of what was most likely quite a bizarre moment, hence the inclusion.

6. Alien over the range – (03/13/1997), Phoenix, Arizona

Future vs frontier. This is like a film poster in and of itself. I'm not sure if the witness was actually on horseback themselves (you would assume so) or if they've thrown in some desert stereotypes for effect. Either way, the late-night mythical quality is top. Probably digitally edited with Photoshop, it's aesthetically pleasing nevertheless.

5. Stadium lights, nope – (12/10,2016), Lahaina, Hawaii

So banal that it becomes funny – it feels somehow like a product review. Instantly readable, your brain gets it right away – it's four lights and a beam. It's amazing the range of reactions you can find to what is quite a monumental happening.

4. 2001: Lawn Edition – (07/05/2019), Piqua, Ohio

Feels like the apocalypse arrived on a Tuesday afternoon in the most normal place possible. Neat lawn, brick house, parked cars, then – giant void slab! If aliens can actually bend dimensions, perhaps this is how it would take effect.

3. "It looked at Mike" – (11/02/1986), Anaheim, California

Here the caption is the hook. "Alien looking at Mike" reads like a sitcom, and the figure inside the fireball is a very unique way for an extraterrestrial to present itself.

2. Real cul-de-sac location (!) – (07/21/2014), Torrelodones, Madrid Province, Spain

This light beam is pure drama. Like UFO fan art in Powerpoint form, the "My house" label tickled me here. Visual reconstruction of a cinematically cosmic experience? Done!

1. Turn left after closing time – (06/02/2010), Tempe, Arizona

Purely because it's like the user dropping the pin in the map is like the evidence that the sighting happened. Removing most of the mysticism from the event, here the emphasis is on location. If this were a meme, you could imagine it saying "bro really mapped it."