When it comes to the world of unidentified flying objects, the most compelling evidence often arrives not from a lone hiker in the woods, but from the bright, unfiltered glare of live television. Below we count down 10 eerie videos of UFOs captured live on television, each one a strange, baffling moment that left millions of viewers scratching their heads.

10 eerie videos: Live UFO Sightings That Stunned Audiences

10 Orb Spotted From The Roof Of The TVA Building

During an October 2, 2014 evening broadcast for TVA News, weather reporter Colette Provencher was perched atop the network’s Montreal headquarters. While she delivered the forecast, a luminous green orb drifted silently across the night sky behind her, seemingly unnoticed by the on‑air talent but unmistakably captured by the camera.

Observers later debated the phenomenon. Some, like Sebastian Giguère of the Mont‑Megantic Observatory AstroLab, dismissed it as a meteor or shooting star. Others argued the orb’s size and steady, deliberate motion didn’t match any known natural aerial event, fueling a lively online discussion that still echoes today.

9 ‘Streak Of White Light’ On BBC Breakfast

On the morning of August 5, 2009, BBC Breakfast anchor Colin Briggs was presenting the day’s news when a brilliant flash zipped across the live webcam behind him. The streak of white light darted beneath an arch of Newcastle’s Millennium Bridge and then shot upward at a sharp 45‑degree angle, catching the eyes of millions of viewers.

Within minutes, the clip was being re‑uploaded across social media, spawning a flood of theories ranging from a rogue model aircraft to outright extraterrestrial visitation. The incident attracted the attention of noted UFO researcher Nick Pope, who, after slowing the footage, ruled out birds and called the sighting “an intriguing film and a genuine mystery.”

Even years later, the clip remains a favorite reference point for anyone hunting for unexplainable aerial phenomena on mainstream news.

8 UFO Caught On TV Gazeta

In February 2009, Brazilian broadcaster TV Gazeta aired a bewildering segment that showed a multicolored UFO gliding over Rio Branco, Acre. The craft shifted through white, blue, and red hues while performing a series of erratic maneuvers, all captured live on air as approximately 25 on‑site witnesses also observed the spectacle.

The object lingered for more than two hours, gliding calmly above the city with both the moon and a bright star visible in the background, providing a useful reference for gauging its size and altitude. While skeptics suggested a drone or an LED‑lit kite, the footage continues to circulate online without a definitive explanation.

7 UFO Appears Over Washington Monument Live On Fox News

On the night before President Obama’s second inauguration, January 20, 2013, Fox News aired a live feed of the Washington Monument. In the broadcast, a bright object seemed to materialize “out of nowhere” above the iconic obelisk, prompting a flurry of speculation among viewers.

Although many argued the sighting could be attributed to a security helicopter or a fleeting reflection, a closer look at the video reveals a pattern of illumination that doesn’t match a conventional aircraft. Some viewers propose a secret government craft employing advanced stealth technology, while others entertain the notion of a portal opening above the capital.

6 Mysterious ‘Blobs’ Appear On KOTV’s Storm Tracker

During an April 2017 broadcast on KOTV, meteorologists Darren Stephens and Travis Meyer were discussing an approaching storm when two dark “blobs” materialized against the cloudy Oklahoma sky on the live feed. The unexpected shapes quickly caught the attention of viewers, who began recording and sharing the footage online.

Analysis of the clip suggested the blobs were simply insects that had collided with the camera’s windshield, a mundane explanation that many accepted. Nonetheless, the incident sparked renewed interest in the long‑standing correlation some researchers see between severe weather events and sudden UFO sightings worldwide.

5 UFO Live On KLKN’s Towercam

At 6:00 a.m. on September 4, 2013, Lincoln, Nebraska’s KLKN channel aired its HD Towercam 8 during the morning weather segment. Meteorologist Sean McMullen froze mid‑sentence as a triangular object, festooned with flashing lights, hovered silently over the cityscape.

McMullen repeatedly exclaimed, “I have never seen anything like this before!” The footage was promptly sent to MUFON, which labeled it “curious.” Intriguingly, a separate sighting under investigation by MUFON had been reported earlier that morning in nearby Lee’s Summit, Missouri, describing a similarly shaped craft.

The mysterious object lingered for roughly 45 minutes, and at least one viewer managed to capture independent footage, adding further layers to the puzzling case.

4 UFO Live On RT

During a 2013 edition of The Keiser Report on Russia’s RT network, a sudden blur zipped past the studio windows in London, England. The object streaked along the River Thames, moving at a speed and in a straight line that quickly ruled out birds or insects, according to early online debates.

While the clip does not constitute irrefutable proof of extraterrestrial technology, the sheer velocity and precision of the movement left many viewers convinced that something genuinely anomalous had been captured on live television.

3 German News Crew Films UFO On Live TV At Upside Down Mountain

In 2014, a German news team reporting from France’s famed Upside Down Mountain—renowned for its history of strange lights and alleged alien activity—captured a disc‑shaped object hovering silently over the summit. The crew, filming a local festival, observed the craft remain motionless for several seconds before it ascended and vanished from view.

The mountain, often dubbed “End Of The World,” has long been a hotspot for UFO enthusiasts, many of whom claim it houses a secret extraterrestrial base. This live‑broadcast footage added yet another mysterious chapter to the area’s storied legend.

2 UFOs ‘Summoned At Will’ On Las Vegas TV

In 2005, Las Vegas station KTNV invited self‑proclaimed prophet Ramon “Prophet Yahweh” Watkins to demonstrate his alleged ability to summon UFOs on live television. Watkins claimed he heard voices directing him to the precise time and location of the craft’s appearance.

Accompanied by a camera crew at Lake Mead, the duo witnessed two bright spherical objects materialize overhead as they filmed. The event was broadcast live, allowing viewers worldwide to record and dissect the footage, sparking intense debate over whether Watkins truly possessed supernatural powers or simply staged a hoax.

1 Red Spherical Object Seen Live On Cincinnati Morning Weather

During a June 16, 2011 morning weather segment for Cincinnati, a vivid red sphere appeared on the station’s live webcam backdrop. Some speculated the object might be the planet Venus, but its distinctive crimson hue and erratic movement disproved that theory.

Adding intrigue, a similar sighting had been reported just two weeks earlier in downtown Cincinnati, describing a red orb roughly twice the apparent size of Venus. Neither incident could be conclusively explained, leaving the local community with an enduring mystery.

When we talk about 10 historical first moments in space photography, the excitement is palpable. From the daring V‑2 rocket snaps that first lifted Earth off the ground to the haunting silhouette of a black hole, each picture marks a milestone that changed how we see the cosmos.

10 The Very First Image Taken From Space

In October 1946, a daring team of scientists and soldiers in New Mexico propelled a V‑2 missile to a soaring 105 kilometres (65 mi) above the desert. This rocket carried a 35 mm camera that clicked a frame every one and a half seconds, reaching heights five times higher than any previous photograph.

When the film was finally developed, the reaction was electric. “They were ecstatic, they were jumping up and down like kids,” recalled Fred Rulli, an enlisted man on the camera‑recovery crew. “The scientists just went nuts.” The images revealed Earth as never before— a blue marble floating beyond the atmosphere. Over the next few years, more than a thousand pictures would be taken from space, but those 1946 frames remain the inaugural glimpse of our planet from the void.

9 The First Image Taken Of The Sun

The Sun, our steadfast companion, was a mystery for millennia because its glare made detailed observation painful. In 1845, at the dawn of photography, French physicists Louis Fizeau and Léon Foucault captured the first photographic image of the Sun on a 12.7 cm (5 in) daguerreotype. While sunspots had been recorded by naked eye as early as 28 BC, this daguerreotype offered a permanent, detailed record of those dark blemishes.

By 1858, systematic solar photography was underway, and between 1858 and 1872, Warren de la Rue at Kew Observatory in England catalogued over 3,000 solar images. He even photographed a solar eclipse in Spain in 1860. Today, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory streams near‑real‑time images of the Sun across multiple wavelengths, continuing the legacy of that pioneering 1845 photograph.

8 The First Image Taken From The Surface Of Our Moon

After several failed attempts, the Soviet Union’s Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to safely touch down on another world. On 3 February 1966, the probe landed in the Oceanus Procellarum— aptly named the “Ocean of Storms”— and unfurled a turret camera that snapped the inaugural photograph taken on a celestial body other than Earth.

Powered only by batteries, Luna 9 survived for three days, enough time to transmit a panoramic view of the lunar landscape. Remarkably, the first image was intercepted and published in England before the Soviet Union could officially announce its achievement, marking a historic moment in both space exploration and international media.

7 First Image Of Auroras And Lightning On Another Planet

During Voyager 1’s historic fly‑by of Jupiter on 5 March 1979, the spacecraft captured a black‑and‑white snapshot that revealed two dazzling phenomena on another world: the planet’s auroras and massive lightning storms. The three‑minute‑and‑12‑second exposure illuminated Jupiter’s curved horizon with shimmering auroral curtains while also freezing bright lightning bolts generated by planet‑wide storms.

This image was merely the beginning of Voyager’s discoveries. The same mission later unveiled Jupiter’s active volcanoes, its faint ring system, and two new moons. Today, Voyager 1 continues its odyssey, drifting over 21.9 billion km (13.6 billion mi) from the Sun, a testament to humanity’s reach into the interstellar abyss.

6 First Image Of An Interstellar Visitor To Our Solar System

On 19 October 2017, the Pan‑STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii spotted a strange newcomer— initially labeled 1I/2017 U1. First thought to be a comet, the object showed no cometary activity, prompting reclassification as an asteroid. Yet its acceleration and extreme brightness variations, caused by a cigar‑shaped body rotating rapidly, defied conventional asteroid behavior.

Further analysis confirmed the object’s extra‑solar origin, making it the first confirmed interstellar visitor. Named ʻOumuamua (pronounced “oh MOO‑uh MOO‑uh”), a Hawaiian word meaning “a messenger from afar arriving first,” it zip‑ped through our system at 315 000 km/h (196 000 mph). The resulting image is a modest white speck against smeared stars, a seemingly humble picture for a truly extraordinary traveler.

5 First Image Of A Comet Hitting A Planet

Discovered in March 1993 by astronomers Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy, comet Shoemaker‑Levy 9 was unlike any before it. Rather than orbiting the Sun, it looped around Jupiter, likely captured decades earlier. After months of observation, the comet fragmented into 21 pieces and plummeted into Jupiter between 16 and 22 July 1994.

Although the Galileo spacecraft was still en route and unable to record the impact, ground‑based telescopes worldwide captured the dramatic event. The collisions, occurring on Jupiter’s far side, rotated into view shortly after, revealing dark scars that lingered for weeks before being swept away by the planet’s turbulent storms— a vivid first record of a comet striking a planet.

4 First Image Of An Exoplanet

For years, astronomers knew planets existed beyond our Sun, but their faint glow made direct imaging a daunting challenge. The breakthrough arrived with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) array—a quartet of 8.2‑meter mirrors (Antu, Kueyen, Melipal, and Yepun) complemented by four 1.8‑meter auxiliary telescopes. Working together, they could detect light four billion times fainter than the naked eye.

Using this powerful ensemble, scientists captured the first direct image of an exoplanet orbiting a brown dwarf 230 light‑years away. The planet, five times Jupiter’s size, became the inaugural exoplanet visible in a single photograph. Today, more than 4 000 exoplanets have been catalogued, but that first image remains a cornerstone of planetary science.

3 First Image Of An Unborn Exomoon

Finding exomoons is a Herculean task, but catching one in the act of forming is slightly more approachable. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) zeroed in on a young planet surrounded by a bright ring of material—a circumplanetary disk. Unlike Saturn’s ice‑rich rings, this disk is forged from the same material that birthed the planet itself.

This observation marked the first time astronomers imaged a moon‑forming region around an exoplanet. Over time, the disk’s dust and gas will coalesce into one or more moons, offering a glimpse into how satellite systems may arise elsewhere in the galaxy.

2 First Image Of A Black Hole

Black holes, the cosmic heavyweights that even light cannot escape, seemed forever invisible— until the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team linked eight ground‑based radio telescopes across the globe, effectively creating a planet‑sized virtual dish. The most distant pair, perched at the South Pole and in Spain, afforded an aperture nearly equal to Earth’s diameter.

In 2019, this global network captured the first image of a black hole’s shadow—a dark silhouette against the glowing accretion disk of a supermassive black hole 6.5 billion times the Sun’s mass, located 53 million light‑years away. The image proved Einstein’s predictions and opened a new window onto the most extreme objects in the universe.

1 First Image Of A Survivor After A Supernova

Supernovae unleash unfathomable energy, sometimes outshining entire galaxies for weeks. One such explosion, recorded in 1054, blazed the daytime sky for a month and lingered at night for nearly two years. The Type IIb stripped‑envelope supernova SN 2001ig, located about 40 million light‑years away in galaxy NGC 7424, resulted from a binary system where a companion star siphoned away most of its partner’s hydrogen envelope.

When the hydrogen‑star finally detonated, the companion— a massive star that had been feeding on its partner— survived. A decade later, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a striking image of this survivor, revealing the very star that had robbed its partner of hydrogen and triggered the supernova, offering a poignant glimpse of cosmic cause and effect.

10 Historical First Snapshots of Space

The ten images above collectively chart humanity’s visual odyssey from the first glimpse of Earth from above to the haunting silhouette of a black hole, each a 10 historical first that reshaped our understanding of the universe.

The top 10 amazing fossil finds give us a vivid window into prehistoric life—if an organism dies at just the right moment and place, mineral replacement can lock its shape away for hundreds of millions of years. These records serve as our most detailed clues about ancient ecosystems, even when scientists must piece together only fragmentary bones.

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10 A Snake Hunts a Dinosaur

When we picture the age of dinosaurs, we often imagine them as unrivaled rulers of the land. Yet, they co‑existed with other predators that could, if given the chance, take a bite out of these colossal reptiles. One striking example shows a snake slipping into a dinosaur nest to make a snack.

The species Sanajeh indicus, a snake that roamed the Earth about 67 million years ago, was uncovered alongside a clutch of dinosaur eggs. While flood events can occasionally wash unrelated carcasses together, the coiled posture of this 3.5‑meter snake indicates it died abruptly inside the nest itself, surrounded by the tiny, freshly hatched sauropod remains—vulnerable prey for a hungry serpent.

Further fossils from the same site reveal additional Sanajeh individuals wrapped around other eggs, confirming that this was not an isolated incident but rather a pattern of snakes preying on newborn dinosaurs.

9 A Shared Burrow

Imagine a burrow fossilized 250 million years after it was packed with mud—already fascinating on its own, but this one holds a surprise: two very different creatures sharing the same underground chamber.

The first occupant identified was Thrinaxodon, an early mammal‑like reptile thought to have dug the tunnel. Nestled beside it lay an amphibian named Broomistega, a type of animal that would normally be prey for a carnivorous Thrinaxodon, making their cohabitation highly unexpected.

Researchers examined the specimen and proposed several scenarios, but the key clue came from bite marks on the amphibian’s skull—two wounds that did not match Thrinaxodon’s teeth. The team suggests that a sleeping or torpid Thrinaxodon was interrupted when an injured Broomistega sought refuge in the burrow, perhaps to escape the scorching sun.

Unfortunately, a sudden flash flood rushed in, sealing both animals in a muddy slurry that fossilized them together for eternity.

8 Parasite Escapes Dying Host

Parasites are both fascinating and unsettling, having evolved to siphon nutrients and protection from their hosts. Their tiny size makes fossil evidence rare, yet amber has preserved remarkable snapshots of parasitic behavior.

When an insect meets its demise, a hidden nematode sometimes makes a dramatic exit. In a piece of amber, a planthopper caught in thick tree sap was found dying, while a long nematode worm, having filled almost its entire body cavity, began to unfurl itself in a desperate bid for freedom.

Both the insect and its parasitic companion became trapped in the sticky resin, preserving their final struggle for 35 million years—a vivid reminder of the hidden battles that unfold in nature.

7 Death March

The fossil record often captures tracks left by wandering creatures, from massive dinosaur footprints to the delicate trails of earthworms. Occasionally, these trace fossils record an animal’s last desperate steps, known as Mortichnia or ‘death marches.’

One horseshoe crab left a nearly 10‑meter‑long trail of footprints before meeting its end around 150 million years ago. The creature slipped into a low‑oxygen lake, flipped onto its back, managed to right itself, and continued to crawl for several minutes before suffocating.

The low‑oxygen waters quickly covered the crab in fine mud, preserving the exact pattern of its final, frantic movements for scientists to study today.

6 Pollen Sneeze

Fossils can capture moments that last only seconds, especially when amber freezes rapid events. One extraordinary case records a plant literally ‘sneezing’ out its pollen in a split‑second burst.

Researchers studying 20‑million‑year‑old amber discovered an extinct plant they named Ekrixanthera—meaning ‘explosive anther.’ The fossil shows the plant’s anthers bursting open, ejecting a cloud of pollen in a rapid, explosive release.

These ancient plants evolved to launch pollen during brief dry spells in tropical forests, building tension in their reproductive organs that snapped open like a tiny firecracker, ensuring wide dispersal of their genetic material.

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5 Turtle Sex

Sexual reproduction isn’t limited to flowers; even ancient turtles left a fossil record of their most intimate moments. Two turtles were found locked together mid‑orgasm, providing a rare glimpse into prehistoric love.

These male‑female pairs, dating back 47 million years, were preserved in volcanic lake sediment with their rear ends aligned and tails positioned exactly as seen in modern turtles. Initially, scientists speculated the specimens might have died in combat, but further analysis confirmed they were caught in the act of mating.

The lake’s waters were likely saturated with toxic gases released by volcanic activity. As the turtles descended from oxygen‑rich surface layers into deeper, gas‑filled waters, they would have inhaled poisonous gases through their skin, leading to a rapid and fatal demise.

4 Sea Creatures Giving Birth on Land

Birth can be perilous for marine reptiles, and several fossils capture mothers that perished while delivering their young. These specimens shed light on the reproductive strategies of ancient sea creatures.

Ichthyosaurs, dominant marine predators from about 250 to 90 million years ago, are often found with embryos inside them, suggesting birth at sea. However, a 250‑million‑year‑old ichthyosaur named Chaohusaurus was discovered giving birth to offspring that emerged head‑first, a trait typical of land animals.

The head‑first birth implies that early ichthyosaurs may have crawled onto land to deliver their young, representing an intermediate evolutionary step before fully adapting to a completely marine lifestyle.

3 Battling Dinosaurs

Velociraptors may be famed for their cinematic ferocity, but they were actually about the size of a turkey. Nevertheless, they were lethal hunters equipped with razor‑sharp claws, and one fossil captures a dramatic showdown with a Protoceratops.

The two skeletons were found locked in combat, with the velociraptor’s claw embedded in the protoceratops’s throat. In a twist, the herbivore clamped onto the predator’s arm with enough force to shatter the raptor’s bones, turning the tables in a deadly duel.

Both animals are preserved in three‑dimensional detail, suggesting they were buried by a collapsing sand dune during their fierce encounter, which froze the battle in stone for millions of years.

2 More Battling Dinosaurs

When you think of iconic dinosaurs, the names Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops instantly come to mind. Finding either fossil is a dream for paleontologists, but discovering both locked together in combat is a near‑mythical find.

On a Montana ranch, a Triceratops pelvis was initially overlooked due to its difficult location. The presence of a nearby theropod foot hinted at a more complete skeleton, prompting further excavation.

The final reveal showed the Triceratops still holding the teeth of its predator, while the attacking juvenile T. rex (or similar theropod) sported a split skull, as if it had been kicked hard by its prey—an extraordinary snapshot of prehistoric warfare.

1 The Moment the Dinosaurs Died

The mass extinction that erased the dinosaurs has long fascinated scientists. Decades of research now point to a colossal asteroid impact as the primary cause, but recent fossil discoveries may capture the very day the world changed.

At the Hell Creek formation in North Dakota, an entire ecosystem has been frozen in time, revealing clues about the catastrophe. The impact hurled molten rock and dust into the atmosphere, creating tiny glass beads called tektites that rained back down, some of which are now embedded in amber and even in tiny holes gouged into ancient mud.

Earthquakes and massive tsunamis followed, flinging fish onto land. Fossilized fish from the site still retain the debris from the impact within their gills, offering a direct snapshot of the chaotic aftermath.

Further study of this site promises to sharpen our understanding of how the asteroid strike delivered its lethal blow, bringing the final chapter of the dinosaur era into clearer focus.