sightings
Reports of glimpses
Sightings are instances of seeing something notable, rare, or sought after.
The word usually implies the thing seen is elusive or unexpected: UFO sightings, celebrity sightings, the first robin sighting of spring.
Birdwatchers log sightings; tabloids report them.
A sighting confirms presence without necessarily providing proof.
Unidentified aerial craft
- ghostApparition of the dead
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- cryptidUnproven legendary animal
- BigfootLegendary North American ape-man
Loch Ness · mothman · chupacabra · alien · extraterrestrial · unexplained · mysterious · encounter
Perceiving or identifying visually
- witnessingSeeing something occur
- reportingConveying documented information
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- recordingCaptured audio or video
photography · binoculars · telescope · monitoring · surveillance · tracking · fieldwork · cataloging
Observing wild avians recreationally
- safariWildlife observation journey
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
migration · endangered · conservation · nature · fauna · ornithology · mammals · cetaceans
Aggressive celebrity photographers
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- spottingPerceiving or identifying visually
- autographHandwritten personal signature
- fanAdmirer or air mover
encounter · public · candid · social media · viral · photograph · airport · restaurant
UFO
Unidentified aerial craft
- ghostApparition of the dead
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- cryptidUnproven legendary animal
Bigfoot · Loch Ness · mothman · chupacabra · alien · extraterrestrial · unexplained · mysterious · encounter · haunting
spotting
Perceiving or identifying visually
- witnessingSeeing something occur
- reportingConveying documented information
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
recording · photography · binoculars · telescope · monitoring · surveillance · tracking · fieldwork · cataloging · logbook
birdwatching
Observing wild avians recreationally
habitat · migration · endangered · conservation · nature · fauna · ornithology · mammals · cetaceans · national park
paparazzi
Aggressive celebrity photographers
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- spottingPerceiving or identifying visually
- autographHandwritten personal signature
fan · encounter · public · candid · social media · viral · photograph · airport · restaurant · incognito
- UFO LoreUFOs, flying saucers, alien abduction, alien abductions, close encounters
- birdwatchingbirders, birdwatchers, ornithologists, binoculars, field guides
- celebritycelebs, stardom, A-list, A-listers, movie stars
- haunted placeshaunted house, ghosts, haunted mansion, apparitions, haunted castle
- UFOsUFO, flying saucers, UFOs, flying saucer, space aliens
- missing personsmissing person, disappearance, missing children, missing child, vanished
sightingsdisappearances
Acts of becoming gone
vanishings · absences · losses · departures · concealments
- UFO sightingsReported observations of unidentified craft
- ghost sightingsClaimed encounters with spirits
- celebrity sightingsEncounters with famous people
- Bigfoot sightingAlleged cryptid observation
- monster sightingsAlleged observations of legendary creatures
- first sighting