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Sightings
Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
14,194 entries
July 5, 2018 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Marin County, CA
Multiple bright gold yellow orange lights seen in groups at treetop level. Slow moving and stationary lights seen in groups of up to 5 or 6 at a time coming from Mt. Tamalpais area and swarming around this area. Lights seem to appear about 15 to 30 seconds apart and follow each other in an evenly spaced flight formation. This same activity also happened on 6-28 and 6-29 with these glowing spheres of light following each other about 15 seconds apart for about 45 minutes.
July 5, 2018 · 9:25 PM · LIGHT
Floristen, CA
Driving west bound outside of reno at approx.9:10 the object came from the south east of reno over highway 80 and went toward the west. the Object was so bright I was waiting for it to burn out. It stayed strong with its pattern and the speed was much faster then a air craft. what caught my eye is that this object never brock direction and never blinked to show other air travelers of flight path. Also,i could tell the other drivers on free way were seeing cause the truck in front of me almost didn't turn with Freeway and went into guardrail.
July 4, 2018 · 11:00 PM · OTHER
San jose, CA
Driving down the free way in a convertible I noticed what looked like a neon letter A floating though the sky. Extremely low. Lower than the peak of the surrounding hills. When I fully became aware of the UFO it stopped in its place. As if it noticed me. From my peripheral vision an identical craft floated and stopped right next to the original one. The two crafts stayed next to each other for a moment. Until eventually the second one took off into space in an instant. Leaving a trail of light that curved as it shot into outer space. The original craft stayed and hovered there until I could no longer see it. This was event was profound to me as I actually saw the UFO take off at light speed into space. Opening up my mind to the idea that the impossible is reality.
July 4, 2018 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Riverside, CA
There was a lot of air traffick but anyway fireworks started n the stars started being visible for Independence Day so I went to look at the sky cuz a baby is about to b born in my family tonight n I noticed a lot of bright lights which I thought to be planets n one in particular was the brightest n I noticed 2 not so bright stars connected to a triangle n looking to my left another triangle with 1 bright star n then tried to see if any connected to a star or anything to connect all 4 or 5 bright lights but it was weird the 1st really bright one never moved but the others seemed to be getting further apart so went to the front of house see if I could get a bigger view. N the 1st triangle literally went from perfect 3 triangle to a long /l triangle. So go back to back yard n I notice yes there is fireworks going on around but there is booms n sounds like boom and hitting something n no sizzle or pretty fireworks in one certain area of the sky. Like I could still see sky n stars but I could see weird flashes of light in the sky like it was reflecting behind an invisible object. N then all of a sudden one of the lights broke away from the 1st really bright light n blanketed the sky slowly within 5 min I couldn't see mountains in background or any of the stars except straight up in the sky. N I suddenly got a whiff of I dunno gun powder fireworks but smooth n less harsh n only for a second. I noticed the 1st bright light had another light replaced n a triangle again. I got my binoculars n zoom in the bright light had 3 lights n it was like the triangle was tilted facing toward where the booms were booming from. I went inside after about 30-45 min n don't know what happen after the.
July 3, 2018 · 10:59 PM · SPHERE
Burbank/Glendale, CA
Possible sighting of a planet, we wonder?? PD
July 3, 2018 · 10:05 PM · CIRCLE
Citrus Heights, CA
Sitting on back patio of apartment with husband. We looked up and saw an orange globe flying through the sky at a very fast rate. It was not a drone, helicopter or plane. The shape was a perfect circle and about the size of lime from our distance. So it would be much larger up close. Neither my husband or myself have ever seen a craft like this before. We live near two aircraft runways and a local airport so sky crafts are common and we would be very able to tell if this were any of those more common crafts.
July 1, 2018 · 7:00 PM · TRIANGLE
North Hollywood, CA
I just saw 2 UFO's over North Hollywood!!! The first was toroidal shaped (like a donut)... I could see through the middle. The second was triangle shaped w 5 flashing lights in a hexagon pattern. It was spinning around as it flew overhead. At first I thought they were silver balloons... but as they got closer I saw that they were vehicles. They were absolutely silent. The first went off to the East. The triangle went east, and then turned around and came back. The donut shaped craft came back, joined the other and they went off to the southeast. Tried taking pictures but I dont think they showed up very well. They were really high up. I saw a few jets fly over and could tell they were far below the UFO's. Here is a pic from my phone... I think this is the donut shaped one... when the light went out I could see through it. ((name deleted)) :) P.S. it is the little light dot it lower left of picture... zoom it to see it!
July 1, 2018 · 6:15 PM · DISK
Elkhorn Blvd, CA
I took photos not realizing there was a UFO. But on closer inspection it was there clear as day hovering in the same spot above the road I was driving on out in a vast field. It wasn't moving it was just hovering and I was maybe 2 miles away from the Sacramento Airport. There are a few questionable buildings around the facility I work at I may add.
July 1, 2018 · 5:00 PM · CHANGING
Moreno Valley, CA
We were sitting outside in the driveway when we looked to the west skies and saw what I can best describe as a super fast shape shifting object that almost resembled an eye floaters. 3 of us saw this and a few minutes later we saw a bright light coming towards us that shot away with incredible speed.
June 30, 2018 · 10:05 PM · SPHERE
Newbury Park, CA
This incident occurred in Newbury Park, CA on Saturday June 30th 2018. I went outside to move my vehicle from the street to my driveway. On my way back into the house, a blue light in the eastern skies caught my attention. Initially, it looked like an electric blue disk heading west at roughly the same speed as a Cessna aircraft. Judging the object’s velocity, altitude, and size accurately is difficult as there is nothing to compare it to in the 10:05 pm skies. Because this object reminded me of another sighting that I had 6 years earlier, I ran inside, grabbed the 12mm x 50mm binoculars to get a quick glimpse as I wanted to rule out airplanes, satellites, drones, etc. What I saw amazed me. The object looked like a translucent electric blue orb, no defined outline. My GUESTIMATE is that the object was 30-50 feet in diameter and very roughly 1000-1500 feet above me. I then ran into the house, grabbed my night vision monocular and proceeded to track the object. I was tracking its trajectory in relation to the (stationery) stars. To my surprise, the object turned to the south. I concluded that satellites don’t turn, at least not sharply. Then, I remembered that I had a cell phone in my pocket, so I pulled it out a recorded a lousy/shaky video before losing sight of it as it went over the roof of my house. Shaken up and puzzled over what I had just witnessed, I sat in my backyard for a few minutes to gather my thoughts when I look up and I see a red orb in the east heading west, same size, shape, speed, and elevation as the first one. Then, I sat in the backyard, where I have a much better view of the western skies and tracked the red orb with my night vision monocular for about 15 minutes. It headed west. It then turned north and back to the east. Having no clue what the objects are, I started to panic. So, I went inside for a drink of water and to calm my nerves. After a few minutes, I went outside to check the skies to check for additional orbs. Directly above me, I saw a red orb following a green orb. The red orb was approximately 6-8 “orb lengths” in back of the green orb. I took my eyes off of them for about 5 seconds to grab the binoculars and when I looked up the red orb was in front of the green orb by quite a bit. The red orb had stopped, while the green orb proceeded forward toward the red one. When the green orb reached a position that is parallel to the red orb’s position, the green orb stopped and the red one proceeded to move forward. Again, I followed the red orb, but this time with my binoculars, but for only about a minute. I then abandoned the red orb to investigate the green orb, however, it was nowhere to be seen. After the orbs had disappeared, I scanned the skies with my bare eyes for 10-15 minutes when I witnessed something incredible. To the north-north east (NNE) of my location, approximately 1 to 1.5 miles from my location, a blue orb (30-50 feet estimated diameter) ascended from the ground (exact location is unknown as it was dark), in plain view. I immediately called my wife. She came out running and witnessed the orb ascending. We both looked at the orb thru the binoculars as it ascended to the same location where the other orbs had previously been. It seemed to undulate as it rose. It ascended faster than a helicopter, about 2 times faster. This entire incident lasted approximately 40-50 minutes. After this incident, I conducted extensive investigation looking for answers. I searched the internet for local events that involved the release of balloons, local newspapers, local news organizations, looked at the local high school website for weather experiments or other events (high school is closed for the summer), sales events, searched the MUFON and National UFO Reporting Center for new, but similar reports, NOAA website, visited Youtube to see if anybody has posted anything about this specific incident, but no luck. As of yet, I have no answers as to the identity of these objects. Being a scientist, I explored many possible explanations for what my wife and I witnesses. Two possibilities: (1) colored weather balloons with a source of light inside and (2) drones. After careful consideration, I dismissed these explanations as weather balloons don’t stop on a dime, especially when a nearby balloon is in motion. Weather balloons don’t maneuver intelligently. Secondly, drones return to their launch locations. These objects never returned back to where they came from. Large drones tend to be loud. No sound was heard while the orbs maneuvered above us and no sound was heard when the last orb ascended not far from our location. My search for answers did reveal a Youtube video that shows similar orbs that appeared above Newbury Park, CA, some 5 years ago. Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/4vk7du7Hekg
June 28, 2018 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Pleasanton, CA
We stopped and took some photos and a video clip. One of the lights slowly flew off into the west. The lights were most likely between Pleasanton and Fremont, CA. at an altitude much lower then commercial airliners, but wouldn't be out of the ordinary height for a helicopter. The witness has submitted two high-quality night photos, showing an almost full Moon, and four much smaller lights in a triangular formation. We do not know what the lights are. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and found him to be quite serious-minded. We suspect that he is an excellent witness. PD
June 27, 2018 · 12:08 PM · CYLINDER
Discovery Bay, CA
I came out on my deck, sat down, and looked up, and there were 3 very large, bright white lights coming in my direction. They were not any kind of planes that I had seen, so I watched for a minute, grabbed my iPhone and took 3 pictures. The closer they came, there was no sound, complete quiet. Once they passed, I looked at the pictures. There were 3, and as I enlarged the picture, it showed 3 cylinders per object. The more I zoomed in, they were very distinctive 3 cylinders per object. One seemed to glow red in the middle cylinder. I would send pictures if I knew how to down load to my PC. Will never forget this one, and I have proof!
June 27, 2018 · 12:07 AM · OTHER
Brentwood, CA
I was driving home when I saw three bright lights in the distance, sort of just sitting there. I pulled over by a small clearing so I could watch them and see what happened. The three lights then got closer to me and I assumed maybe it was a set of drones because of how quiet they were. They ended up flying right over me almost in formation, but they were still silent. I could then see that they were some sort of aircraft and a boomerang or triangular shape with lights on them, they seemed brighter in the distance. I filmed them and sent them out on snapchat to a few people, but because of my excitement I only saved two of the multiple videos. They then flew away as quickly as they came, and as silently as they came.
June 27, 2018 · 12:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Byron, CA
there were 3 fling in a triangle shape really low and very slow and quiet flashing red white lights. Possible aircraft?? PD
June 21, 2018 · 10:30 PM · FORMATION
Torrance, CA
Was in the back yard with my dogs when I noticed several objects to the West and moving towards me to the East. They were dark black against a gray sky. At first I thought they might be drones but the objects were different shapes. There were a few round objects that seemed larger than a helicopter and one large object near the middle that looked like two large tubes in an "L' shape. The objects approached fairly rapidly, then stopped others slowed or moved more up than forward for a few seconds. One of the round ones came almost directly overhead. It looked like it had lighter colored parts on the outside I could make out as it got closer. It was odd. I felt like we were aware of each other. I don't know how to describe it. Then two more objects came from the same direction. The moved more rapidly than the others but from the same direction and slowed down over me. They were several hundred feet up. They didn't come close. They were silent. Then they started disappearing. First one, the poof poof, two more. A larger object stayed over head for a while, then it also slowly disappeared. It was strange...
June 21, 2018 · 12:00 AM · FLASH
Truckee, CA
I am a retired RF Engineer living here in Truckee California where the skies are clear and dark at night. I occasionally watch the eastern sky hoping to see something interesting. I got my wish, at 10PM on Thursday, June 21st, looking easterly in the heavens where satellites pass by I looked closely for movement and was about to give up when I saw a brilliant bright flash and from that flash emerged a lightly glowing orange object which began moving across the horizon to the north at an incredibly fast speed, gone and out of sight in about 90 seconds. Never have I witnessed anything that unusual in the skies before. The following night while asleep I was awoken from a dream where I was outside watching the skies when a small UFO no bigger than a motorcycle zoomed up next to me and in my head I knew I was not to tell anyone about what I saw that night. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 20, 2018 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Bridgeport, CA
I was camping along Highway 108 on top of Sonora pass (@ 9,350 ft. elevation in the Sierra Nevada's) near Bridgeport, California, in the national forest 6/20/18. I just so happened to look up to the sky and observed a white circular 3 dimensional sphere floating along at what I thought to be about 35,000-40,000ft (possibly higher) in altitude at roughly the same speed as a airliner, and along the same flight path as previous air traffic earlier that day. It was heading northeast. I was obstructed by the forest trees so could only observe for about 5 seconds. It was completely silent, and I was really taken back by that, it actually kind of scarred me. The sphere dimensions took up about as much space as a 747. About 90 seconds later a regular airplane continued along that same flight path as noisy as they always are. 1st time seeing a UFO. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 19, 2018 · 8:29 PM · OVAL
Perris, CA
I observed a round metallic object traveling southeast at a speed of about 80 miles per hour. It is hard for me to distinguish the altitude and size of the craft, but my best guess is that it was about the size of a small car and was at a height of about 800 meters. I figured it was metallic because the sun appeared to reflect on it. I also distinguished two lights on the underside that glowed intermittently; they turned on every ten seconds and were red and green. The object came from a Northwest direction and traveled in a perfectly straight line, and made no sound.
June 8, 2018 · 2:20 AM · OVAL
Bridgeport (Twin Lakes), CA
June 8, 2018, at 2:00 am Friday awaken by a bear, and chased away twice. At 2:20 while searching for the bear with my night vision with inferred, with weak batteries. My nephew with high intensity light was sweeping the area, when I saw an orb hovering 8 feet off the ground about 150 feet away. The orb was the size of a baseball. I told my nephew to hold the light in place, as I observed the orb which my nephew could not see with his light. It moved to right out of the beam of light, I then told my nephew to move the light just to right. I observed the orb again, and this time it knew I was on to it and scattered away. I saw the same type of orb in 8/20/2006 and reported 8/29/2006 to the NUFORC. These orbs from a distant are fainted light, but up close as I saw in 2006 with night vision, which you see thing in phosphorus green. It showed that it was violet and plasma blue, over riding the phosphorus green. The astronauts in the shuttle took video of these same orbs. I call them the Plasma Orbs
May 31, 2018 · 3:45 PM · FLASH
Torrance, CA
Date of report: June 1st 2018 Date of sightting: May 31st 2018 Time 2:45pm PST Approxiamately UFO Description: Silvery reflective object Description of UFO object actions: Remained stationary well over, one minute and then flew away in a westernly direction. location of the witness UFO sighting: Torrance Memorial Medical Center, in the middle of and northern section of the medical facility on the 5th floor. Visiting family member there!. Estimated location of UFO: Mahattan beach and Redondo Beach in the state of California! Estimated altitude of ufo over hover location 500 or more feet AGL. My statement regarding the UFO: I saw the silvery reflecting object hovering and motionless, I looked at it and carefully did some motions I moved left and right looking for any anomilies reflection off of other objects no result determined maybe UFO. The view i had I can see LAX traffic departures and determined object was too far south of LAX traffic departures and to low as well. I determined a UFO at this point, attempted to picture of UFO with cell phone object was unable to be seen in screen and no picture was attempted, at this point attempted a 2nd time object was losing brightness and moved away reflection brightness gone. My statement of my background: I have general aviation flying experience though no longer active, I have flown in high wing Cessna mostly 152 and 172 models and low wing Piper PA-25's mainly. I have worked at LAX as a ramp service agent and refueler. I attend airshows and I am avid aviation afficienado. I fly drones general hobby consumer products and R/C Model aircraft. I'll state this “if it's got wings I am pretty much familiar with it.” Final statement: Airplanes require forward movement to maintain flight or go higher in height this did not happen and ruled out helicopter because of windy conditions, and reflections not consistent with rotor blades spinning i.e. rapidly continuing pulsating flashes of light and police helicopters would be only authorized to fly low over a city and still have a forward motion for hindering ground gun fire common practice!.
May 28, 2018 · 10:30 AM · SPHERE
Gilroy, CA
Two witnesses observe white sphere move slowly to the northwest, reverse direction and move to the southeast. Clear skies with no wind and unlimited visibility. 80 degree weather. No noise from aircraft. Speed estimated at 100-200 MPH. Object did not appear to be a drone. Height estimated at 5,000 ft. Memorial day parade that day. (( Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD))
May 25, 2018 · 8:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Los Angeles, CA
May 25, 2018 - at the hotel at LAX heading home from the week at the Space Tech Expo. It was 8:00am. I was in my room looking out my window, north, aircraft were coming in on final approach to LAX. Right to left. The sun was bright to my right from the east. It had rained in the early morning and my window was littered with droplets. Off to the west over the channel about 2 miles away, there were clouds with frequent breaks to blue sky. I was scanning the sky for any anomaly that didn’t fit the normal airport traffic. Hoping to spot something before going home. So, was it my imagination or did it really happen? As I looked at one particular blue patch in the clouds, I noticed a short yellow streak of light ascending at about 30 degrees from right to left (north to south) could have been several miles away and 3-8,000 feet altitude. I was focused on that spot and then I saw another and another in the space of about 2 seconds there must have been maybe 10 separate streaks in the same location close to each other but occurring separately. I thought hmmm, probably weather anomaly or some kind of refraction from the rain drops, I went to finish packing to go to catch my flight. About 8:30, just before leaving my room, I took another look in the same general area and as I looked, I saw a streak just like before only this time for the period of maybe a minute, I only saw the one. Seemed weird, but maybe I saw an exodus of a few UFO’s. it was too far away to make out any craft, only the streaks. Hmmm
May 24, 2018 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Livermore, CA
(( Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD))
May 24, 2018 · 9:35 AM · SPHERE
Fresno, CA
It came out of thin air it like formed into a light right in the middle of the night. It didn’t come across the sky it just started right in the middle by getting brighter then slowly gliding across