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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
January 13, 2018 · 8:00 PM · OVAL
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
During the evening while sitting around our fire pit, my family and I noticed a small yellow/orange oval-shaped object zipping across the night sky traveling well over the normal speed of a plane/jet or fighter jet. Going from left to right (W to E) from our perspective, it was zipping across the top of the San Gabriel Mountains. As crazy as it sounds, once it just got passed Cajon Pass, the oval-shaped object split into two. When this occurred, the second object became red and both the yellow/orange and red object looped around in a full complete circle. Once the object meets up with one another during the course of the loop, the object became one again only making the yellow/orange oval shape visible and flew back westward towards Mt. Baldy. When it got past Mt. Baldy, the object seemed to have vanished, not to be seen by our eyes any longer. We tried to capture what we were seeing via our cell phones, as we didn't have a camera on hand, but we were to far away for our cameras to capture the oval-shaped object. This all occurred in under 3 and half minutes (31/2 minutes)
January 13, 2018 · 2:30 PM · CHANGING
Carlsbad, CA
As I continued to view the two objects I watched a third that seemed to drop down from above my focus to an altitude similar to the other 2 objects and north of them again the three maneuvered back into a horizontal line with quite a bit of distance between each other. After that maneuver, they then b roke the line and moved closer to form a triangular formation and slowly moved out towards the ocean and then back towards my viewing position. After watching these slow manuvers for some time I noticed a 4th and 5th object materialiing or moving from very high in the sky down towards the other objects and as these other two became about the same size as the others they all formed another horizontal line from north to south, evenly spaced, and kept that formation for a short while then the orginal two pretty much stayed at the same altitude and eventually moved appart and one went west into the sun set and flew into a contrail that was left by a passing aircraft while the other stayed in my viewing location at anywhere from 50 to 80 degrees angle to my location. The other additional 3 slowly moved west outside of my location viewing as roof lines and trees blocked me from following them and by this time my arms were getting tired of holding binoculars plus it was getting darker and the red filters were losing affect and just darkening my vision. Also when I tried viewing without the red filters or with just my naked eyes but without the filters, the objects weren't visible to me. I will check again on Sunday around the same time and see if my elusive objects return to the area.
January 13, 2018 · 12:45 PM · CIRCLE
Pasadena, CA
My cousin went outside to throw away the trash after we finished eating breakfast. He then returns and tells everyone that their are UFO’s outside. I thought he was joking but his wife went outside to look first my wife followed and then my kids and I followed. I looked up and in the sky I saw shiny dots in the sky. I observed the objects and then returned inside to get my iPhone to document what I saw. I called my sister and told her what I saw and I tried to face time her so she could witness the UFO’s that I was looking at. The face time did not work because they were to far up and I could not zoom in. I texted her the photos and videos I took on my phone. We continued watching the objects for 15 minutes or so. Everyone else went back inside and I continued watching the UFO’s. I then walked for a block to catch a Pokémon and when I looked up I did not see the UFO’s. As I walked back to my cousin's house, I then saw a father who was looking after his son who was riding a bike. I told him what I saw and I showed him the pictures and Videos I took. I then started walking back inside my cousin's house, and I saw the UFO’s, so I ran to the Man with his son and asked if they wanted to see the object I saw. They said yes. We walked closer to the house and looked up and showed them. I asked if they looked like drones. He replied, “No Way”. I observed planes in the air and compares them to what I saw and the objects were much higher. The objects seemed to hover and remain still. One was slowly moving as the others remained still. My wife and two kids were hanging out by the pool and I joined them. I only sat outside with my wife as the kids were playing in the pool. I continued to look at the sky and could only observe one UFO. The UFO eventually was so far up in the sky I could no longer see it. I was able to observe the UFO’s for close to an hour. I did not know who to call so I looked up the UFO hotline online on my phone. I left a message and received a call back and I then wrote down what I observed and filled out this report. Take a look at the videos and pictures for reference. Thanks, ((name deleted)) We spoke via telephone with the witness, and found him to be well-spoken, and seemingly quite serious-minded. He has forwarded four photos and videos to NUFORC, which we plan to post, together with this report. PD
January 11, 2018 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Manteca, CA
I've been watching the sky's since 12/16/17, when I first started noticing something in the sky that looked like a star but it had white and red lights twinkling. But when I realized there were others who looked somewhat identical. They've even come down and posed for photos on another night. 2 nights ago I put my tablet up in sky cuz I noticed they were up there posted just hovering when I saw one moving west, I aimed tablet at it trying to record it when this report like object came down to me again but I can't see it in plain site only through Tablet camera.
January 11, 2018 · 7:00 AM · CHANGING
Upper Lake, CA
I live in a UFO Substation area. I see so many UFOs that dates and times are completely useless. I have videos and screenshots of hundreds things flying in our skies here in Upper Lake California. I take footage daily. I am not a “Crack Pot” I’ve been following UFO reports and researching UFOs for most of my life. I just always seem to wind up living where UFOs are stationed at. UFOs have Substaion areas - “Hot Spots” and I live in one of them. This is the second place I’ve lived in where it’s a Substaion. Wilseyville California was the first Substation Hotspot that I lived in, I didn’t have an IPhone at that time to take footage from Wilseyville California (UFO Hotspot) when I lived there in the early 90’s. . I accidentally captured a UFO photos. I stumbled upon UFO photos completely by accident by taking photos of our town for someone who lived in the East Coast. When I developed pictures, I noticed a UFO in the photo and I’ve been busy taking photos and video ever since. RARELY do I get a day of NOTHING in my photos and videos. I have to say in all fairness, it’s a bit of an Art finding these UFOs in a video and photo (you must be Sluthy) but once you figure it out, you know what to look for. I’m willing to share my stuff with someone if they make a trip over my way. I have too much to email or print from my phone. Give me a ring or email and I will be happy to accommodate you in any way I can. Sicereley, ((name deleted))
January 10, 2018 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL
Long beach, CA
We were in the vehicle on the 710 exiting willow when we saw a fireball in the sky. It was the size of an economic automobile that hovered intuitively in the night sky above us. Time seem to slow down and we managed to take 3 pictures of the craft. The unidentified flying object would hover in the same spot for seconds at a time and navigated away from us. It was sparkling object and it was ejecting sparks and the center omitted bright luminous gold's and red. When looking at the photos that we have capture of this event the object appears to be white light projection.
January 3, 2018 · 10:50 PM · LIGHT
Bakersfield, CA
I walked out onto my balcony tonight and when I looked up I seen a unusually bright star. (wasn’t moving so I figured it couldn’t be a plane). Then I looked to the left of that and noticed a more orangish looking thing that looked to be pretty close to earth. (I thought it was a drone). It was moving in different direction very quickly. Then I happened to notice another one doing the same thing. As I kept looking, I had noticed about 5 of them oddly in a somewhat perfect circle. My mother in law said they are the satellites that the rocket launched not to long ago .
January 3, 2018 · 7:05 PM · FLASH
San Jose, CA
I was sitting on the right back side of a car. The sightseeing happened approximately at 7 - 7:05 PM, somewhere on Camden Ave and S Bascom Ave./Union Ave in San Jose, CA 95124. A small blinking object was seen in the sky, flying at unusually high speed. I first thought it was an aircraft, but again, but I never saw an airplane flying that fast. I don't know how to describe the speed, but it flew faster in the sky than the driving car. After 10-15 seconds, it disappeared. I still cannot give a direct answer what that really was. Maybe it really was a UFO, or just an aircraft flying at very high speed and then hiding through the clouds.
January 3, 2018 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Santa Clarita, CA
Suddenly, to the southeast we saw a bright white light float upwards into the clouds and then it disappeared! Then a second time it appeared and went upwards and disappeared again. This craft was not flying like a normal aircraft. The white light was brighter than any light on any aircraft I had ever seen! We did not see it again.
January 2, 2018 · 3:00 PM · OVAL
Richmond, CA
I was driving back home from work. I was at a red light, when suddenly, I look over the horizon, I saw an oval metallic shape UFO floating/steady over some power lines near some train rail track and overlooking the chevron refinery. When I realized what I was looking at, I decided to turn around to recorded on my phone but it was too late, it was gone/disappear. But I can assure you it wasn't a drone, it didn't have any fan looking propeller or power source. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 2, 2018 · 10:20 AM · OTHER
Rosamond, CA
January 2, 2018. This report is being filed from Rosamond, California. Daylight conditions: partially cloudy. Today at 10:20 AM, while traveling south bound on U.S. Highway 14, approximately between Avenues D and E, an object was spotted at an estimated distance of ¼ mile above the highway. First impressions were that it was a large bird like duck or sea gull. As I kept my attention on the object, it became clear to me that it was not a bird, but perhaps an aircraft. Seconds later, the object is now about two hundred feet ahead of my car, and moving alongside the highway about 150 feet parallel to the highway. As the object flies by my right hand view moving straight with a speed less than my 65 MPH, I can now see that it’s an object about fifty feet in altitude. The object is chrome skinned, appearing smooth, and not a conventional aircraft. I can only estimate that it’s an object about 20 feet in length with an equal height in a pyramid shape. No audible sound was heard from this object as it came at the closest position to my car. Highway 14 was unusually heavy with traffic as many are now returning home from the holidays. Others had to have seen this object.
January 1, 2018 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
Sylmar, CA
FROM 2ND STORY BALCONY 8PM. AGAINST OUTLINE OF DARK MOUNTAINS FEW CITY LIGHTS. OBS. HORIZONTAL ROW OF RED LIGHTS NO FLASHING. HOVERED ABOVE HOUSES IN HIGH HILLS. IT MOVED UP DOWN UP DOWN, LIKE A ELEVATOR. IN A BLINK OF EYE IT WAS GONE. THEN, IT APPEARED IN ANOTHER AREA OF THE SKY AWAY FROM HOUSES MOUNTAINS. I NOTICED A SMALL PLANE, BUT THE PLANE WAS MUCH HIGHER MOVED SLOW. THE OBJECT HOVERED ABOUT 2 MIN. THEN DIRECT QUICKLY BACK OVER THE HOUSES. IT APPEARED TO DESCEND... SAW NO MORE. HAD INTERESTING DREAM LATER.
January 1, 2018 · 2:46 PM · FIREBALL
Moss Beach, CA
While at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, at approximately 4:46 PM, the sun was setting so the perfect moment to capture the moment came upon me. Although, while looking back the pictures after I got home, between the several photos that I had captured, there is an apparent green object, almost in a full circle, but not quite. I took several photos of the sunset, focusing the sun in different corners of the shot, and the circle appears in the same spot. I have done my own research, seeing if any others that occupied the beach that evening had possibly captured that same thing, but have yet to find anything. In addition, I have taken into consideration that it could be a possible meteor or iridium flare. I’m not fully convinced though.
January 1, 2018 · 3:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Eureka, CA
Orange object flying north to south for few minutes a little faster than aircraft and split in two east to west at incredibly fast rate of speed and disappeared.
January 1, 2018 · 12:14 AM · CHANGING
Arvin, CA
Thinking it was a plane till it just stopped and was hovering over in one place. It was also to red and didnt blink. For like 45 seconds it was visible, then just disappeared, faded out of the sky. This happened around 12:15a.m. 2018
December 31, 2017 · 11:57 PM · LIGHT
Riverbank, CA
Me my boyfriend and daughter where driving when I noticed three orange/red lights that where moving together in a triangle formation when one by one the lights started dropping smaller lights from it until that light disappeared and then the same thing happened to the next light until they all where gone right before new years
December 31, 2017 · 10:15 PM · CIRCLE
Bakersfield, CA
saw a glowing object,I went to get my phone it sat above and as I recorded it, would it would go side to side as it spun in circles really fast. it was glowing yellows and orange, and it looked like it has little spikes all around it. then would zoom closer to me. almost like it knew I was recording it. then it turned away from me and slowly went the opposite way, then it was gone. the video shows all.
December 31, 2017 · 8:00 PM
Fort Bragg, CA
3 orbs with red lights all were moving one in middle stopped then vanished. Then other two orbs stopped and vanished. The orbs were traveling from south to north.
December 31, 2017 · 6:00 PM · OTHER
Chico, CA
We have discussed this a few times and with family and we can't figure out how we lost time. We were both shaken up about it at the time. It still bothers us because there isn't a logical explanation as to what happened to us that night.
December 30, 2017 · 5:00 PM · LIGHT
Santa Ana, CA
Was driving south on the 55 freeway near the 17th street exit, traffic slowed significantly as a large bright orange and white light passed over the freeway. When I returned home I checked online to see if there had been any planned rocket launches by Space X, or any reported sightings, but haven’t found anything, not even on social media.
December 28, 2017 · 4:00 PM · CIRCLE
San Diego, CA
I noticed what I thought was a planet like object near the moon as I was walking. It was when I first noticed it approximately 5 or 6 degree east north east of the moon. I watched as it moved from east north east to west south west at approximately 1 degree per minute. The sky was totally clear and sun light still very bright. There was no contrail.
December 27, 2017 · 9:30 PM · TEARDROP
Corte Madera-Mt. Tamalpais, CA
Strange grouping of plasma fireball objects were observed interacting with each other in groups of 4 to 5. These were some of the most bizarre looking objects I've ever seen. One object to the left of this group was an oval bright yellowish orange. 2 objects appeared hovering side by side over the top of this Corte Madera hill for a solid 5 minutes. These two objects were every color of the color spectrum all blended together. These 2 objects were oblong and very tall and looked like the shape of a flower vase or wood burning stove with a curved section on the bottom. Several groups of these bizarre looking objects were seen in groups of 4 to 5 and sometimes in groups of 7 to 8 in loose formations. I estimate I saw 30 to 40 of these strange fireball objects on this evening. I saw these strange objects swarming through this Ross Valley area at two different times tonight at 9 to 9:30 and earlier in the evening roughly 6:30 to 7 o'clock.
December 26, 2017 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
San Jose, CA
I was looking towards South San Jose mountain line where many flight paths travel into S.J.C. airport. I saw a red ball travel vertical, stop and rich back towards the ground and change color to blue. Then at a high rate of speed travel up and down in a wave pattern. No human made craft can perform the maneuver I witnessed.
December 26, 2017 · 10:55 AM · UNKNOWN
San Jose, CA
While driving for a ride share company, two passengers and I witnessed what may have been a rock launch. I was in San Jose on Capitol Expressway at the intersection of Marten/Ocala facing South. My two passengers and I saw a white plume shaped as a triangular trajectory as if an upward bound craft was making its ascent. I turned East onto Marten Avenue and could no longer see the unidentified object.