Light over South Gate, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Witness provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #125779). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-02-08 → 2016-02-25
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November 25, 2023 · 10:48 PM · SPHERE
South Gate, CA
I finished yard work and laid on a hammock. Looked north eastward and noticed a few flashing lights kind of looked like balloons. I took video but they are very small flashing points so you have to look closely. One video also shows a plane for comparison. I did try to edit the settings on another video to make the lights more noticeable. Bugs, planes, birds and balloons that were also in the sky looked different and less bright.
August 25, 2019 · 4:00 PM · DIAMOND
South Gate, CA
My son and I were in the backyard enjoying the hot day in the pool... then my son says hey mom “what is that”? ... I looked up and I wasn’t expecting to see what I had seen... at first I thought to myself it’s a balloon someone accidentally let go or something but a couple minutes past and it was still there just hovering in the sky ... it appeared to be made out of something metal in a diamond shape ... as it was hovering and turned the sun I guess reflected off the object and suddenly would get super shiny/bright ... yes at this point I was recording with my phone ... once we went back in the house I went to go check out the video and when I played it and zoomed in I realized that there was a few flying around the hovering one .. but it was at speeds from somewhere else the other flying objects were shooting up and down so fast... as I kept watching the video there it was a pill shape object that flew by also something else that was long sort of cylinder ! shape... about 15-20 minutes past and I looked away for a second and when I looked back they were gone..
August 11, 2016 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
South Gate, CA
We have changed the data above, to reflect a sighting on August 11th. Witness elects to remain anonymous; shares no contact information, so we are unable to verify the date. PD
February 14, 2016 · 2:00 PM · SPHERE
South Gate, CA
Almost missed this one by mistake. https://youtu.be/pDaMu_Qf8Ls
November 7, 2015 · 6:10 PM · LIGHT
South Gate, CA
There was this strange light in the sky. It was surrounded by this cloudy mist, and had a blue trailing light behind it. It seemed to travel very fast. It was plainly visible to everyone. The light was white, and very bright. The Trailing cloud looked to be what I would see on pictures of comets, but I can't be too sure about that. It looked like it passed through our atmosphere, and then it vanished. When I first saw it, it had this strange triangle look to it, then it turned to a bright white light. U. S. Navy missile launch. PD
September 13, 2015 · 2:00 AM · OVAL
South Gate, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD