Something Strange Is Up There
Have you ever seen a UFO? Well, if you have, then you have something in common with some of the most famous celebrities on the planet. And some of these stories are quite unbelievable (or believable, depending on how you see things).
John Lennon: UFOs Over New York
John Lennon and May Pang said they watched a large circular object pass near their New York apartment on August 23, 1974. Pang described flashing white lights around its edge and a red light on top. Lennon later placed a wonderfully blunt note on Walls and Bridges: he had seen a UFO at nine o’clock.
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Jimmy Carter: Roughly a Dozen Witnesses
Before becoming president, Jimmy Carter said he and roughly 10 to 12 other people saw a bright object near a Lions Club gathering in Georgia. He described it changing color, moving closer and then receding. Carter never claimed it came from another world—but he stopped laughing at people who reported seeing something unusual.
Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center, Wikimedia Commons
January Jones: One Light, One Empty Field
January Jones said she was 24 and near an Iowa field when she noticed a light moving erratically across the sky before disappearing. Another person was in the car, although he missed the sighting itself. Jones said he believed her afterward. Or at least said all the right things.
Original: Peabody Awards / Derivative work: Danyele, Wikimedia Commons
Russell Crowe: The One With an Earthly Explanation
Russell Crowe once wondered publicly whether a camera near his Sydney office had captured a UFO. He and a friend had actually set it up to photograph fruit bats. Analysts offered a less exciting answer: a passing sailboat stretched into glowing streaks by a series of long exposures.
Kendrick Lamar: Six Years Old and Already Looking Up
Kendrick Lamar said he was six years old in Compton when he saw repeated flashes moving through the sky like a dart. His mother was nearby, but she did not share his certainty. Decades later, Lamar still insisted the moment was real—even if nobody believed him then or now.
Olivia Newton-John: The Silver Object
Olivia Newton-John said she was 15 when she saw a silver object moving across the sky at what she called amazing speeds. She later clarified that she believed she had seen an unidentified flying object—not proof of visitors from another world. Even Olivia kept one foot firmly on Earth.
Liam Mendes, Wikimedia Commons
Dan Aykroyd: Four Sightings and Counting
Dan Aykroyd has said he witnessed several UFOs. During one sighting from Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel, he and friends watched a gray rectangular object he estimated at roughly 150 feet long and 50 feet wide. It moved slowly past the 23rd floor in broad daylight, which is not exactly keeping a low profile.
Bernard Gotfryd, Wikimedia Commons
Nick Jonas: Three of Them
Nick Jonas said he was in his Los Angeles backyard as a teenager when he looked up and saw three objects he described as flying saucers. A friend saw them too, and Jonas later found reports of similar sightings. One would have been strange enough. Apparently, they arrived as a set.
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Kesha: Joshua Tree Gets Weird
Kesha said she was completely sober in Joshua Tree when she spotted five to seven objects in the sky. They disappeared, then returned in a different formation. She came away convinced she had seen spaceships—and the experience helped inspire the space imagery surrounding her album Rainbow.
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Post Malone: Apparently a Repeat Customer
Post Malone has claimed several sightings. He said the first happened around age 16 in upstate New York while his cousin was beside him. Years later, he saw something dome-shaped over Tarzana, California—and said four other people watched it with him. That is a fairly crowded coincidence.
Tore Saetre, Wikimedia Commons
Dave Foley: Absolutely Not a Bit
When comedian Dave Foley said he had seen a UFO near Los Angeles, people naturally wondered whether he was joking. Foley insisted it was “absolutely not a bit.” He described a silent object the size of a Greyhound bus that hovered, moved quickly and pulsed with light. A friend was there too.
Jesse Grant via Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, Wikimedia Commons
Shaquille O’Neal: Even Bigger Than Shaq
Shaquille O’Neal said his sighting happened near the fairgrounds in Madera, California, during a double date in 1997. According to Shaq, everyone in the car watched a spinning object covered in lights descend and then race away. The entire encounter lasted less than five seconds—but apparently that was plenty.
Airman 1st Class Alex Gouchnour, U.S. Air Force, Wikimedia Commons
Aaron Rodgers: Then Came the Jets
Aaron Rodgers said he, Steve Levy and Levy’s brother saw a huge orange object moving behind clouds on a snowy New Jersey night in 2005. About 30 seconds later, Rodgers said they heard roughly four fighter jets. He also connected a distant siren to a nuclear plant about 30 miles away.
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Woody Harrelson: The Whole Street Saw It
Woody Harrelson said he was a teenager in Ohio in 1974 when he noticed neighbors gathering in the street and staring upward. He joined them and watched several blinking lights dart across the sky for a few minutes before vanishing. Then everyone went back inside. The 70s apparently required less follow-up.
LBJ Library c/o: Gabriel Cristover Perez, Wikimedia Commons
Miley Cyrus: The Flying Snowplow
Miley Cyrus described being followed through San Bernardino by something resembling a glowing yellow flying snowplow. Her friend saw it, and Cyrus said drivers in other cars also stopped to look. She acknowledged one reason her own perception might be questioned—but those other witnesses make the story harder to wave away.
Sgt. Michael Connors (302nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment), Wikimedia Commons
Demi Lovato: A Question Mark in the Sky
Demi Lovato said a group celebrating their 28th birthday in Joshua Tree saw a huge orb of light after meditating outdoors. According to Lovato, it was larger than the surrounding stars and began moving in the shape of a question mark. Everyone saw it. Apparently, subtlety was not part of the display.
Robbie Williams: Close Enough for a Tennis Ball
Robbie Williams said a large, dark and silent object passed low over the trees at the Beverly Hills Hotel around 10:30 one night. He believed it came close enough to hit its underside with a tennis ball or golf ball. The woman beside him saw it too—and had the same immediate question.
Kevin Payravi, Wikimedia Commons
Kacey Musgraves: Hundreds of Miles
In April 2026, Kacey Musgraves said three glowing orbs followed her flight from Fort Worth to Nashville for hundreds of miles. Her manager watched as the lights changed size, color and formation for roughly 45 minutes. Musgraves said the pilots had encountered unusual objects before. She later posted her own videos.
Wyatt Russell: Apparently It Runs in the Family
Wyatt Russell said five other people were with him when he saw an unusual object in Muskoka, Canada. He described five orange lights, a faint whirring sound and movement too slow for a plane but too quiet for a helicopter. At this point, looking up during a Russell family trip feels almost mandatory.
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Tom DeLonge: Even He Would Not Name It
Tom DeLonge has spent years investigating UFO reports, but his own account was surprisingly careful. He said he once watched objects move from horizon to horizon over the desert while zigzagging across the stars. DeLonge did not claim to know what they were. He simply said satellites did not move that way.
Ian T. McFarland, Wikimedia Commons
Kurt Russell: The Phoenix Lights Connection
Kurt Russell was piloting a plane into Phoenix in 1997 when he and his stepson Oliver Hudson noticed six lights arranged in a V above the airport. Russell reported them to air traffic control, which said nothing appeared on radar. Two years later, he realized his flight matched the famous Phoenix Lights event.
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, Wikimedia Commons
Goldie Hawn: This Went Far Beyond Lights
Goldie Hawn’s account was not a conventional UFO sighting. She said that as a young woman, she became conscious inside a friend’s car, unable to move, and saw two or three silver beings with triangular heads staring at her. Years later, during a conversation with an astrophysicist that she compared to regression therapy, Hawn said the memory of them touching her face returned. A few strange lights suddenly seem reassuringly normal.
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So?
Are you a believer? What do you think of these celebrity sightings?
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