Light over Long Beach, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I walked out of Trader Joe's to the parking lot and saw at least a dozen people pointing up to the sky; pointing and gasping looking due north toward/above Palos Verdes from Long Beach. I have never made any such report before but this was truly a strange event. The sky was cloudless but for only a few miles square in this northern part of the sky; and in the middle of this "clearing" there was a large spotlight- like a flashlight around 1/2 the size of the moon shining eastward. The power of this perfectly focused and precise light was extremely intense and appeared to cover at least 50 miles shining parallel to the ground at, and I'm guessing of course, a height of around 20,000 feet? This enormous spotlight/flashlight was not moving whatsoever; it was transfixed in the night sky. Witnesses were absolutely freaked out, and although I am not too excited about much of anything, I will admit that this was quite creepy and without obvious, logic! al explanation. My 9 yr old daughter will not stop talking about it. We took photos. It lasted full strength for around 20 minutes and then abruptly tapered off, and close shut, in around 15 seconds. Then all the witnesses started talking together, comparing notes, trying to figure out what we'd seen. It was a professional crowd and yes there was some anxiety among everyone. I cannot find a single report anywhere of this event but then again I am not part of the UFO community.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #143394). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Ask for the records
What would the paper say?
For a dated, located U.S. sighting, FAA radar data and ATC communications are the records most likely to exist. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-10-04 → 2018-10-21
From the same sky
Related entries
October 28, 2023 · 6:50 PM · TRIANGLE
Long Beach, CA
5 objects total, 3 went into a triangle and all faded. Not helicopter, drone or plane as this was above LGB flight path.
October 21, 2023 · 1:25 AM · LIGHT
Long Beach, CA
Before the video starts it had a bright red and blue trail , which you don’t see anymore throughout the video. [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
August 22, 2023 · 2:33 AM · FIREBALL
Long Beach, CA
At 2:33 am pst, as i was going to my bathroom on the second floor, i looked out my window saw a ( fire ball ) with trailing red and orange flames moving from WNW to SE. I thought it might be an aircraft with flaming engine or maybe some kind of space junk, i estimated my sight was 45 degrees horizontal plane. This object was moving in a horizontal direction for about 11/2 minutes before the flames went out. After the flames went out there was a small bright dot with a faint glow behind it that continue for 3-5 minutes moving SE. But after this, a lower orange ball of light appeared well below about 10 degrees horizontal plane, that appeared to circle for 30 seconds and disappeared.
August 2, 2023 · 4:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Long Beach, CA
Moved fast, not in a straight line. Was over my backyard for about 20 minutes before it started moving forward. Very very strange. I’m not sure if these pictures or videos uploaded correctly
June 25, 2023 · 7:00 PM · CYLINDER
Long Beach, CA
It was nearing sunset and the moon was nearly full and out in the sky. I saw a cylinder shaped craft cross in front of the moon and travel south towards Seal Beach, California…until it disappeared into the midair. There were no clouds in the sky. It was moving very slow. It had no lights flashing on it. It had no sound. It had a shadow on the bottom and was very shiny on top. It was right above Long Beach Harbour in, Long Beach, California.
August 26, 2022 · 9:45 PM · CHANGING
Long Beach, CA
For initial description, please see the pictures. There is also an impressive red light activity around this UFO seen on the video I took of the sightseeing ( it’s 2 min and 45 sec long ) but which I am unfortunately unable to download on your site ( it’s a video using my IPhone ). However, I can certainly send it to you via email, should you find, from the pictures I downloaded that they appear to be potential UFO material.