NUFORC Sightings Report: 01/2022

This document is a comprehensive compilation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sighting reports submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) for the month of January 2022. The report spans 22 pages and lists hundreds of individual accounts from witnesses across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and other international locations. The entries are organized chronologically, beginning with reports from January 31, 2022, and extending back through the month. Each entry provides the date, time, location, and a brief description of the object's shape and the witness's observation. The shapes reported are highly varied, including triangles, disks, orbs, spheres, cigars, ovals, and various lights. Witness descriptions often emphasize unusual flight characteristics, such as hovering, rapid acceleration, silent movement, and sudden disappearance. Several reports mention the use of security cameras, cell phone photography, or video recording to capture the phenomena. In some instances, witnesses describe the objects as having specific features like blinking lights, halos, or metallic surfaces. The document also includes occasional notes from NUFORC staff, which offer potential mundane explanations for certain sightings, such as lens flares, aircraft landing lights, contrails, or insects, though many reports remain categorized by the witness's own description. The report also references the MADAR (Multiple Anomaly Detection and Assessment Response) network, with several entries noting specific MADAR node activations. The accounts range from casual observations of lights in the sky to more detailed reports of craft-like objects, and in one instance, a witness claims to have experienced an abduction or soul-taking. The document serves as a raw data repository for public-submitted UAP reports, reflecting the diverse and often subjective nature of these sightings during the specified period.