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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
December 12, 2017 · 6:14 AM · FIREBALL
Santa Rosa, CA
6:00 am: sitting in hottub 6:13 am: looking at neighbors fence 6:14 am: orange sphere rises over 7 foot tall fence two feet over, stops accompanied by low humming 6:14'12 am: object is roof hight (10 feet) 6:14'17 am: fireball slowly makes its way in my direction 6:14'20 am: ran back inside 6:14'27 am: looking outside, where object was sighted, object has disappeared
December 11, 2017 · 4:00 AM · OTHER
Victorville, CA
There was an Alien in my room I have my ADT camera for proof. Something was opening my mouth
December 10, 2017 · 10:50 PM · FORMATION
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
A formation of 2 objects (1 pulsing deep ruby-red light at a higher altitude, and 1 pulsing deep ruby-red light that also had a periodic phosphorescent strobe, following behind and below the first object) were observed moving from the southeast to the northwest, seemingly at a high altitude or otherwise totally silently, and at a very high rate of speed, traversing the whole visible sky from horizon to horizon in about 4 minutes. No green or white navigation lights were observed on or to the side of either object, and the phosphorescent strobe on the second object seemed to be oriented vertically above it rather than on a wing or tail, and was itself comprised seemingly of 3 or 4 vertically clustered strobing points of light. Despite the apparent altitude, the lights were very large. A commercial airliner was observed crossing near the flightpath of the 2 objects at a similar altitude on a perpendicular heading. The appearance of the airliner in the sky was strikingly different from the 2 silent objects: by comparison, the objects' lights were much deeper and their colors more saturated than the airliner's obviously electrical lights. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 10, 2017 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Santa Clara, CA
Looked up to see flashing blue/green light moving overhead, the light flashed about once a second. After observing for a few seconds it stopped in mid air and flew straight up, turning white with a red light just below it. After flying up a distance it stopped and flew back the way it came at a fast speed, changing from white back into blinking blue/green. It disappeared momentarily and reappeared a few seconds later a little farther, about 6 miles away. It hovered high up still blinking for about 20-30 seconds and then vanished. No noise was heard.
December 10, 2017 · 5:37 PM · OTHER
Turlock, CA
I don’t think this was a ufo, but rather some secret VERY quiet aircraft of some sort that passed near overhead at around 5:35 pm. (Dec 10. '17 ) heading northwest. I went outside to grab a smoke, and almost immediately I saw off to the north east a craft rather low but seemed much larger then a Cessna and this made me curious about it, and I listen for the engine noise, NONE! No sooner then that I began to feel a pressure wave in cycles ( about 2 per sec ) but NO NOISE, and here’s where it got strange, I live 300 yards from a major highway and the sound from the traffic also was muffled during these cycles …. Quiet – then normal –quiet – normal repeatedly, I could feel a pressure on my ear drums very similar to going deep in a swimming pool, the same kind of pressure the same deadening of sound….. I estimate that the sound of the highway traffic dropped by 80% during these cycles so it was very evident this craft was doing something to cause it. I watched the aircraft head away with my ears paying close attention to the traffic noise and after the craft was ¼ ~ ½ mile away the normal traffic noise returned and the pressure on the ear drums went away. Its speed was that of a Cessna, but there was enough visual indicters showing that this was larger, a helicopter of some sort, Drone?
December 9, 2017 · 12:00 PM · CIRCLE
Redding, CA
We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be quite serious, and very sober-minded in his description of what he and two of his children had seen. The time of noon on Saturday, December 09th, is correct. PD
December 8, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Hornbrook, CA
For the past 2 nights, between 9-10 pm PST, I've noticed what I thought was a bright and twinkling star near the bottom left of Orion. Both times, this bright light appeared to hover and subtly move in different directions, diagonal movements being most noticeable. It stayed in the same little area and didn't make any sudden movements at all. It appears to flash multiple colors and be extremely far away. I pulled out my phone to use my SkyMap tonight, to see if there was a corresponding planet or star, and the app kept malfunctioning.. Which is unusual. From where I am at, the light was straight in the direction of Mt. Shasta. I thought maybe I was just tired last night, but when my friend saw it tonight, that confirmed it for me. Both nights I watched it for a good 10-15 mins before I got too cold and went in.
December 8, 2017 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Arcadia/Monrovia, CA
As as we were driving down Irwindale Ave., the city of Arcadia/Monrovia, we saw a "GIANT WHITE CIRCULAR OBJECT," It was as I it was landing in the rock quarry right near there. We saw it disappear and go in the quarry. There was a security guard working there and looking down, as if he had seen it . If you have any questions you can reach me at my Email. ((deleted))@gmail.com
December 8, 2017 · 6:47 PM · FORMATION
Hawthorne, CA
On December 8th, 2017 Friday night. I was sitting in my car facing west as I noticed red lights traveling together in a cluster of 5-6 lights gliding together. I looked around and saw airplanes traveling towards airport which is the opposite direction. The lights traveled low enough for me to hear a craft sound flying above and as each light disappears one by one until all gone I could hear the sound shut off until all you heard was the sound of people and cars. A min later I could see helicopters or small planes flying around way different that the huge cluster of lights spread apart. I immediately text two of my friends to log the time I saw the red lights and I also drew what I saw on a blue piece of paper with red lights. After hearing other witnesses come forward I knew I had to account for my Experience.
December 6, 2017 · 9:00 AM · DISK
Santa Rosa, CA
Source of report provides no information about sighting; remains totally anonymous. PD
December 6, 2017 · 9:00 AM · DISK
Santa Rosa, CA
No information provided by witness, who elects to remain totally anonymous. PD
December 5, 2017 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Cupertino, CA
Last night (12/5/17) at around 10pm, I noticed a strange light in the sky to the south/ southeast of my home. It was much too bright to be a star as you could see stars up above where this object was and the contrast between the stars and this object was very obvious. It was definitely not a plane either as this object would hover then make jolted type movements. At one point I watched this object completely disappear gradually, and about 45 seconds later reappeared closer to my home. It had a pulsating light that would change from red to blue, then to white but with no distinct pattern. I couldn’t figure out what this thing was and I started to get a bit nervous. Living near the San Jose airport, I’m fairly good at spotting the objects, even in the night sky, but for the life of me I couldn’t figure out what this thing was. If it had been a helicopter we would have easily heard it and would have recognized the flight patterns. At about 10:20pm this object was! still hovering in the night sky, only moving once in a while, and very quickly. I called for my mother-in-law to come to outside so I could get another perspective on what this object was. Immediately my mother-in-law was also convinced this was much to close to be a star, as the pulsating red and blue lights were fairly obvious. That’s when my mother-in-law noticed there was a second object as well. It was further away than the one I had been watching but as we watched this other object it too looked as if it was making similar movements and color changes, and coming closer to our home. I even pulled up a star chart on my phone and this object was appearing on the star view camera but not registering as a star, nor was it close enough to any star that it would be mistaken as such. Normally if it’s a satellite, this star map app will tell you. I tried to take photos and videos but my phone’s camera isn’t the best quality. I just want to know what this thing was, and if anyone else in the Cupertino / San Jose area also witnessed this object? ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Mr Davenport, Thanks for your response. I’m sorry to bother you guys, but yes I believe you’re right that it was Sirius. I guess I just never realized how bright it can be at times! I must have stared a bit too long as well because I could swear it was moving. I’ve since read that that can happen if you’re focusing on an object too long in the night sky? The night I saw it, it wasn’t registering on the star map app I was using, but I know those apps can be faulty on exact gps locations because last night when I looked, it did register as Sirius. Thanks again for your response! ((END ADDENDUM))
December 4, 2017 · 10:07 PM · LIGHT
Kramer Junction, CA
It was by the Pilot truck stop on the north side of the HWY. Moving in an east direction.
December 4, 2017 · 6:15 PM
Arcadia, CA
While driving North on Santa Anita Ave at around 6:16 we watch two white lights fall straight down from the sky. One on top of the other a minute apart. Very bright in the early night sky. Me and my wife both saw this and could not beleive our eyes. We are in the San Gabriel Valley and this happened heading north toward the mountains of San Madre. I don't believe that they were falling stars or flares. They came down way slower than a shooting star, and was not helicopters. Source of report corrected the date during a telephone conversation. PD
December 3, 2017 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
Berkeley, CA
Came in from the direction of the Supermoon at the west at an incline then flattened out and flew directly overhead then proceeded east towards Lawrence Berkeley Lab when I lost sight of it.
December 2, 2017 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
Phelan, CA
I was riding horses with my partner and as the sun was about 30 minutes from setting the horses stop, and stare to the east. My partner noticed the object first and pointed it out to me. All the other animals on the property were also watching (8 horses 3 dogs and 2 goats). I gave my horse a gesture to move but she wasn't going to, and I wasn't really worried about the horse. As soon as I see it there is no doubt in my mind it's a UFO. It was about 5 miles away, and didn't fly quite as high as planes in the area normally do. It was black in color, had a sphere on top with a diameter of about 20 feet, and a spike pointing downward extending about 40-50 feet with 3 rings that seemed to be floating around the spike. I reached for my phone to take a picture while my partner was calling a friend in the area to see if he could see it. After I opened my camera app on my phone and look bake at the object; it was gone. Since the incident I've been searching the internet unsuccessfully for the same object. So this is my last attempt to find out if anyone else has ever seen this. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
December 2, 2017 · 6:00 AM · DISK
Citrus Heights, CA
We have written the source of the report, requesting more information about what it was they witnessed. PD
November 30, 2017 · 10:20 PM · FIREBALL
National City, CA
Moving left to right and lining up in a straight line then moving again then separated at the end and one by one disappeared.
November 29, 2017 · 6:25 AM · OTHER
Pittsburg/Antioch, CA
partly cloudy skies at high altitude, pinkish color in commercial air craft exhaust vapor from pre dawn sunlight visible and showing aircraft direction easily. Vapor trails observed were sharp and crisp due to absence of wind. I was observing a line of 5 aircraft following each other in line separated by a regulated distance of about 5 miles. The next closest air traffic in the same direction was approx. 25 miles and following in the same flight pattern. I looked back to the 1st group of aircraft and noticed 2 bright dots to the right rear of the last aircraft. The observed bright dots were compared to turning on and off a light switch. There were now 2 black dots to the right rear of the known aircraft. They were separated from the jet approx. the length of the jet itself and the distance between the 2 ufos by 1/2 the jet. The 2 UFOs followed for approx. 5 seconds then traveled in south in the same pattern passing into a cloud formation approx. 20 miles away. Unable to locate UFOs after that. The unknown dots following the jet liner appeared to be the size of a airliner baggage cart in scale to the jet from observed distance. UFOs appeared as black dots and did not leave any vapor trail. No other witnesses as I was the only person at the county bus stop at time of incident. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 28, 2017 · 8:43 PM · TRIANGLE
Sacramento, CA
There were 3 very dim lights in a triangular pattern, with a dark silhouette of a triangle surrounding it, flying near the power lines. I followed it for about 20 ft, but it went too far. No sound at all. Not mistaken for birds, or drone, or anything that I can think of besides a craft. It was about the size of a car.
November 28, 2017 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Orland, CA
What we saw was not the pictures showing. We saw what appeared to be clouds or some type of fog spinning in a circle. In pulsating in and out. With the picture shows in the video are eight lights in the sequential order, as if there entering the mortuary across the street from my house. We stood there and watch them for approximately 5 minutes walked underneath them to see if we could see beams of light coming from the top bottom or sides. We saw nothing like that they appeared to be individual lighted crafts of some type.
November 25, 2017 · 9:05 PM · LIGHT
Newhall, CA
On the night of Saturday, November 25, 2017, I was walking my dog in Newhall, CA, when I noticed a giant red light in the sky, and it was not a plane. I audibly said “No Way,” and stopped to watch. I could not stop staring as it seamed to be fixated on me and my dog. It then turned off the light and within a millisecond was quite close to us, although I was not really able to make out the shape. It would sit still turning the light on and off and then would “dart” from one side of the sky to another, doing maneuvers that I have never ever seen before. It did this for approximately 2-3 minutes. It was unbelievable to watch. It then turned to a smaller light green and blue light flying away at incredible speeds and continuing with the impossible maneuvers done earlier. It was an experience that I will never forget. It was very quiet also for a Saturday night, no cars that I can remember driving by or anyone walking like usual.
November 25, 2017 · 6:39 AM · UNKNOWN
Moreno Valley, CA
My boyfriend thinks it could be a hot air balloon, but wouldn’t it be too cold this time of year that high?
November 24, 2017 · 12:10 AM
Manteca, CA
I was sleeping and I woke up because I heard a strange humming noise that was intermittent but repetitive. I have room darkening shades and light from outside cannot be seen, but a red or burnt orange light was so intense I could see the flashing from inside the room. It sounded like it was hovering nearby and then the lights and humming stopped.