Chevron over Elk Grove, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
2 Craft seen in Elk Grove, Ca. Defying inertia and gravity with no sound. Seen by USMC Scout/Sniper.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2013-01-22 → 2013-02-08
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October 29, 2023 · 5:13 PM · SPHERE
Elk Grove, CA
We saw one orb appear at what seems a very high altitude followed by another orb appear in the blue of the sky. There were no flashing lights however the color changed from white to pinkish red then slowly moved until out of sight.
July 30, 2023 · 2:50 PM · SPHERE
Elk Grove, CA
I have seen and documented things flying around above elk grove for 20+ years. More in the past 2 years as I have started paying attention more. Today was different, almost nightly you will see white balls moving. Some fast some slow. Not planes and not any satellite I've ever seen. I've shown them to multiple people. I am also not actively hunting or looking. I see this when I'm walking to my house after parking or out front smoking a cigarette. I have never seen in broad daylight though. Few hrs ago. Blue sky day, no clouds, I went out to have a smoke. I look up and see a plane moving east. I'm facing east. We'll off to the left of the plane I see a little white ball. First thought it was a party balloon. But then it 90 degree turned left and it startled me. Then I got out my phone. I have the galaxy 23 ultra. Best camera on a phone. My zoom takes high res moon pics ok. I zoomed in at 200x just to see what it was and it was a sphere and was moving strange hard to keep track. That's where I snapped a few pics then switched to video. You can tell how zoomed in I am due to the size of my neighbors roof shingles and it helps see its movement since I'm surrounded by 2 story homes. Object was not a party balloon. It was massive. Much higher up than I thought originally too. At least commulercial jet height. It darted off behind the roof and I lost it. Then it reappeared to the right again and went back again behind the roof and I lost it. Tried running upstairs to a window but it was gone. It had incredibly speed and was able to change direction instantly. Absolutely amazing sight to see.
December 2, 2021 · 6:30 PM · OTHER
Elk Grove, CA
First, I looked on line to locate a UFO site to make a report, I became discouraged as the sites I found seemed to be complicated and had their own agenda. A couple of days ago my wife was talking to a friend who is retired from US Navy Intelligence telling my incident and she said look again on line and make a report. So, I located your site. On December 2 2021, 620pm I walked to our community mailbox a few houses from ours and across the street. This is in a northwest direction. Upon getting our mail and walking to return home in a southeast direction I normally look to the south and observe the exisiting planets and stars if visible. This night a couple of planets were visible, I believe Jupiter and Saturn. I then scanned toward the east above the two-story homes and slightly overhead. What caught my eye was an object in this direction (east) appeared to be 6 to 8 white lights in two parallel rows, it is now 624pm (according to the camera phone photo). I stopped to observe the lighted object. I could not tell if this was one object or multiple. As tight as the lights were, I would say one object. Absolutely no sound or blinking lights were observed from this object. I tucked the mail under my left arm, took my phone out with my right hand, activated the phone and snapped a photo which of course it turned out blurry since I had the phone camera in an exposure mode that delayed completion of the photo. I should have activated the video. As this was happening, from the east - northeast we had a very high layer of cloud cover approaching the object. I trotted to the house to get my wife to step out to the back patio and observe this, however the object was gone or hidden by the cloud cover. Total observation time was 1 minute. My wife looked on the site Next Door to see if any reports of lights had been reported, none have been.
July 26, 2019 · 11:59 PM · RECTANGLE
Elk Grove, CA
On the evening of Friday, July 26th, 2019, I was out in my side yard just South of Sacramento California. It was close to midnight and dark, with normal light pollution for my area. I was facing North when I saw above me in my peripheral vision something moving fast in my direction. I looked up and saw a very large rectangle moving very fast approximately North to South over Sacramento and it continued its course until I could no longer see it in the distance (was still heading South). It crossed almost directly over my head at what seemed to be above a normal airplane altitude but spanned the distance of the entire sky in approximately 8 seconds from the time I first saw it. I don’t know how fast that is but it made the F-22 Raptor I’ve seen near Fresno seem sluggish, cumbersome, and awkward flying in comparison. It traveled effortlessly, was a light color, possibly silver or a light grey—I could see it in the dark but it had no lights on at all—and it also made no sound. The rectangle was approximately the shape of a stick of gum. I’d guess about a 3 to 1 ratio with no other form to it and it went forward in width rather than length wise. I wish I knew more but I only had enough time to think I would Google it to find out what it was. In doing so I found no explanations for what it could be besides a UFO. I was elated after seeing this, it was a pretty wonderful sight. The only thing I can think is Beale Air Force Base up North but again I found no satisfying information on the internet.
February 17, 2018 · 4:30 PM · SPHERE
Elk Grove, CA
Viewed them for approx. 20 minutes. Witness provides no contact information. PD
January 26, 2018 · 8:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Elk Grove, CA
I was sitting on my back patio enjoying a cigar and watching the northern sky above Sacramento. The sky in the distance was partially overcast. I watched the periodic aircraft and then noticed one object with a red and yellow light moving slowly. It was 10-15 degrees above the horizon. Suddenly it picked up speed and then started making maneuvers in approx. 10 degrees of air space. It would slow and speed up and then do complete reversals at hi speed. It then dropped below my line of sight. I might add that this object was in the far distance as it went behind clouds periodically. I am a retired electronic engineer.