Dozens of witnesses took to social media to post photographs and video clips of the unusual aerial phenomenon.
Social media was awash on Friday with reports of strange objects, vapor trails and colored lights over the country.
Here we take a look back at our most popular UFO-related news stories of the last twelve months.
The iconic UFO incident is set to become a movie courtesy of Netflix and the Obamas' production company.
Several video clips have emerged of a peculiar phenomenon witnessed by multiple people on the same night.
The new office was set up earlier this year to track and investigate reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs).
The popular astrophysicist is certainly no fan of the term 'unidentified aerial phenomena' or the idea of alien visitation.
Back in 1996, a mother, her son and her friend encountered something unexplained in a remote part of Scotland.
The pop star, who rose to fame as part of boy band 'Take That', has long held a keen interest in UFOs and the unexplained.
The center will contain the largest ever archive dedicated to the preservation and centralization of UFO-related material.
The mysterious object, which zoomed off at high speed, was seen in the vicinity of a Coast Guard plane.
The 61-year-old had a close encounter with something unexplained in a remote Scottish forest back in 1979.
The footage, which was uploaded recently onto Twitter, has since been picked up by numerous news outlets.
A report to be delivered to Congress this week allegedly states that only half of cases can be satisfactorily explained.
Footage allegedly captured during a UFO incident in Brazil in 1996 is rumored to be in line for release in the near future.
NASA is preparing to test one of its latest creations - and it could very well spark a spate of UFO sightings.
Gerry Woodcock encountered something potentially out-of-this-world one summer afternoon four years ago.
The space agency has revealed the names of the people who will be on its independent UFO investigation team.
Back in 1978, Frederick Valentich disappeared without a trace after encountering a UFO on a flight to King Island, Tasmania.
The famous Frisco Futuro House had been a popular attraction on Hatteras Island , North Carolina for over 50 years.