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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
October 29, 2017 · 10:00 AM · OTHER
Rancho San Diego, CA
I sighted a disk shaped object making a large rumbling sound, before disappearing. My neighbor had seen the craft late the previous night. Her cat freaked out and ran away. My pets seemed less energetic. I was not able to snap a photo of the object. The craft had a light blue circle on its underside that glowed before it disappeared. No beings or entities were seen. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 29, 2017 · 5:45 AM · LIGHT
Weed, CA
Oct 29, 2017, I was awake at 5:45 am. As I was looking outside where it was very dark and then the lawn was flickering with light. It lasted about 4 seconds. This area is probably 100’ x 200’, and the house sits in the middle. The light was not extremely bright, and it seemed to come from over the house, as if a helicopter was hovering over the house (there was none) and there was no sound.. Then I looked out beyond the yard and saw a large star north east of Mt. Shasta very low in the sky slowly go straight down very slowly behind the mountains that are about 10 miles away.
October 28, 2017 · 7:25 PM · LIGHT
San Bernardino, CA
Light high up,slightly bigger than a star went across the sky, not fast as a meteorite, then shot up and disappeared.
October 28, 2017 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Banning, CA
I figured it was probably a plane but it was moving very slow. At times not moving at all. Then the light started changing colors, sometimes flashes of Red Lights sometimes white lights but it would be the whole light not a part of the light. It stood still for a several minutes as the lights got dimmer and dimmer, until it was no longer visible to me. The whole thing lasted between 10-12 minutes. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 28, 2017 · 5:00 PM · CIGAR
Pleasanton, CA
Around 5pm on a clear, sunny day, I spotted a slow moving craft about 500 feet above me. I originally thought it was a small airplane and disregarded it further, but when I noticed the craft stopped and hovered I paid closer attention and realized that it was no plane. Planes don’t hover. And it was not shaped like a helicopter, it was cigar shaped. Indeed I could not see any wings or rotary blades on it, just a white cigar shaped craft with a lone slow, blinking light at the rear of the craft. The light was very interesting. It wasn’t the normal cobalt blue you might see on a plane. It was more of an aqua color, which would then become a lighter aqua after it blinked and then blink back to the darker aqua. And it would blink more slowly than a typical craft light. Even more bizarre was after about every 10 blinks, a large square black object seemed to replace the light for about 3 seconds only to be replaced back by the blue blinking light. This black door would take up about one third of the craft and then completely disappear whenever the blue light came back on. I thought maybe a cargo door was opening and closing, that’s my best guess, but the switch happened too quickly. In fact there was something that defied the laws of physics about that black square. It was so densely black that it felt like a black hole had opened up, not just a cargo door. Also, the white body of the craft seemed to have a white mist around it – its outline seemed blurred by the mist – which was odd because there were absolutely no clouds in the sky. And there was no vapor trail tailing behind the craft. By contrast the lines of the black square were extremely crisp, no mist, no blur. I pointed the object out to some passing neighbors and they too thought it was an odd craft. We all agreed it couldn’t be a blimp and but instead seemed like a UFO. After about 3 minutes the craft stopped hovering and proceeded eastbound at the same slow pace. I looked away for about 15 seconds and when I returned my gaze the craft was gone. The whole sighting was no more than 5 minutes. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 27, 2017 · 2:00 PM · CIRCLE
San Diego, CA
I sighted an unidentified moving object from the shore of Ocean Beach San Diego California at about 2 pm October 27 2017. Duration of sighting was between 5 and 10 minutes. On this day the weather was very hot and dry as Santa Ana weather condition gave way to clear unlimited visibility and a cloudless bright blue sky. I was laying on my back on the sandy beach so naturally I was looking skyward. My feet were pointed straight to the surf so my body was aligned northwesterly looking out to sea. The sun was about 40 degrees to my left. As I watched an airliner pass by at mid altitude (approx. 10,000 feet) I noticed it pass by a small white spot in the sky. The spot was roundish, stationary, and had the washed out white color the moon has on a sunny day. This led me to think I was looking at Venus or some other celestial object though I was skeptical as I have never seen any celestial object in the bright day sky other than the moon. For the next several minutes I stared at the spot for a short while and then looked away for a moment and looked back up again still puzzled at what I was looking at. After looking away, relocating it took a few moments as the small spot was difficult to see against the bright blue sky so I pointed straight at it so I could better relocate it. From a perpendicular skyward view I pointed about 20 degrees to my right and about 20 degrees forward. Again I looked away for a short while and looked back up to relocate the spot, but I did not see it. I pointed my finger in the direction I had just pointed a moment ago but the spot was gone. I scanned the sky for a few seconds and I relocated the spot. The spot had moved about 15 degrees to my left and was stationary. Now my attention was peaked. I could rule out Venus or any other celestial object. I stared intently at the spot for about 10 or 15 seconds when suddenly it appeared to move very slightly in a circular motion. The movement was hard to tell against the bright blue sky so I extended and steadied my left hand and finger to try and gauge movement. In the next few seconds I confirmed the spot was moving slightly in a circular motion, grew in brightness, then dimmed and vanished. End of story. As an observer of credibility I want to note that I am a middle aged adult with fine far vision (no glasses). I had sunglasses and viewed the object with and without my sun glasses. I was not under the influence of any drug, alcohol, or medication. Since childhood I have been an avid sky watcher. I am sure what I saw that day was not of this Earth. Witness indicates that the date above is approximate. PD
October 27, 2017 · 1:32 PM · CIRCLE
South Pasadena, CA
There have been a lot of birds in the sky today feeding on the palm trees in my yard so I've been looking up a lot. I saw four circling- what I believed to be Birds initially -flying super high in the sky- much higher than I've seen birds fly and they were curious to me as they were white. As I looked at them, they seemed to start reflecting light-brightly. My "white birds" seemed to have silver underbellies. They were moving circularly initially and then broke into a Southeast Direction and as they got closer to me I could see that they were dispersing the air circularly around them. It was very faint but our air is totally dirty today and cloudless. The air dispersment was visible through their entire movement South East. The closer they got to me it became clear that they were not reflecting light as much as they were pulsing out a light. Their Southeast motion was like a regular flight-i mean to say they weren't circling.
October 27, 2017 · 12:17 PM · DISK
Irvine, CA
I was travelling north on Interstate 5 just south of the Irvine Spectrum and saw what I thought was a plane pulling a banner near the old Verizon Amphitheater. The "banner" was towards the north and the "plane" was towards the south. I then realized that the objects were actually moving north towards the Irvine Spectrum so the "banner" had to be something else unless it was being pushed by the "plane." The formation then crossed Interstate 5 heading east. The formation consisted of four separate objects flying in close proximity. The objects were shiny and appeared disc-like. The front three objects were very close to each other; the forth was trailing behind. Once the objects crossed the interstate one of the object in the group of three broke formation and went straight up very quickly. I then lost sight of the remaining three object. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 26, 2017 · 11:39 PM · TRIANGLE
Wilmington, CA
I positioned myself to get a better view and it wasn’t a street light, it wasn’t anything like I had seen before, like it was on fire and brighter than the sun! I went into the garage and told my friend Craig to come check it out. At first, he couldn’t see it, but as soon as he did he said, What ((words deleted)) is that and as soon as he said that the object turned bright white and was gone faster than a blinking eye. It was like poof vanished in to thin air. We stood in the patio for about the next hour just watching if anything would reappear, but noting. The distance we were at from the object was probably 20 miles and it was about .75” wide evenly, it would fit behind your thumb at arm’s length. No noise, no atmospheric change, no obvious differences. I did find out that exactly when we spotted it at 11:39, a 2.5 mag Earthquake occurred in coastal OR. Unbelievably bizarre, I don’t have any explanation for what we saw…
October 26, 2017 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Mount Washington, CA
Very bright light that crossed the sky from northwest to southeast in the Mount Washington/Montecito Heights area of East Los Angeles. It lit up the entire sky, but did not make a sound. Everyone in the surrounding neighborhood experienced power flickering, and/or power surges at the exact same time. It even blew out a few peoples’ cable and satellites. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 26, 2017 · 6:40 PM · SPHERE
Laguna Beach, CA
I take pictures of the beach, sunsets, clouds almost every night from my deck in Laguna Beach. In October 26/27th, I saw this orb show up almost out of no where. It hovered around the clouds (NW very close to Catalina Island) right after the sun had set, and was there until it was pitch black, then disappeared. I did not see it disappear as heavy clouds rolled in, but I look every night at the same place and there is no star or planet or anything like that at all there. ((ADDENDUM #1 FROM WITNESS)) Hi There, I wanted to submit a couple photos that I took from My deck in Laguna Beach, California. I take pictures of the beach, sunsets, clouds almost every night from my deck. In october 26/27th I saw this orb show up almost out of no where. It hovered around the clouds (NW very close to catalina) right after the sun had set, and was there until it was pitch black, then disappeared. I did not see it disappear as heavy clouds rolled in, but I look every night at the same place and there is no star or planet or anything like that at all there. Not sure fully what I have here, but if you guys could take a look at my pictures and let me know what you think, id love it! I will attach photos that are on my Digital camera as well. I will show you some zoomed out, so you can see the scale of everything. I will also send pictures of it zoomed in so you can see what I was seeing up close. On the zoomed out pictures, the ORB in right above the cloud in the middle, you will see it. ((END ADDENDUM)) ((BEGIN ADDENDUM #2)) Hi Peter, Thank you for your timely response! I am sure of where I was looking becuase I have Catalina Island as my base point. I was looking out 285 degrees W over the Ocean about 1.5 miles out and 1 mile up. ((END ADDENDUM #2))
October 26, 2017 · 6:15 PM · CIGAR
San Diego, CA
On the evening of October 26th, 2017, I witnessed and filmed a cigar-shaped UFO from my balcony. I was able to take two videos of it before it disappeared behind some trees. I went out to my balcony to look at the sunset, which I do every evening, and I noticed a cigar shaped (glowing bright white) object, hovering in a vertical position. It caught my eye because it was so bright. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, so it was easy to see. When I started to focus on the object, it rotated to a 2 o’clock position, and then started to descend in a slow, deliberate manner. As it descended, it rotated to a horizontal position, as it was moving south. It descended to a few hundred feet off the ground, and then continued to move in a somewhat straight line, until it disappeared behind some trees in the distance. I live in San Diego, CA, approximately 3 miles from the ocean. The object looked to be a few miles off the coast. Also, as it was moving south, a commercial airliner flew in front of it (on video). It gives a good perspective of how large it was. Even though the object was a few miles west of the airplane, it seemed to be as large, or bigger than the plane.
October 25, 2017 · 4:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Western Oregon, CA
I did not see a report in your database corresponding to the events outlined in this article posted on TheDrive.com so I thought I would forward the link: http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18473/faa-recordings-deepen-mystery-surrounding-ufo-over-oregon-that-sent-f-15s-scrambling Please ignore this report if this has already been reported for NUFORC. Thanks for your time and keep up the good work. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 25, 2017 · 2:00 AM · CIRCLE
Sonoma, CA
Last night we seed over at south-east a bright circle with many lights in it changing colors and flying up and down and sideways the other one was exactly the same but this was north-west this in relation of Sonoma, Ca. I had seen this before, the first time was like a month ago and they seem to appear quite often.
October 24, 2017 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Apple Valley, CA
Witness provides no information about her apparent sighting. PD
October 24, 2017 · 2:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Sheridan, CA
I didn't see any trails in the sky to indicate a jet had flown by. Within a minute or two of the boom, a U-2 spy plane took off and flew straight up until it disappeared. It is worth mentioning my 5 year old didn't hear anything. Him not hearing it blows my mind because not only did I hear it I felt the ground shake. He must of been to busy throwing rocks in the water. It was really amazing, because I haven't heard a sonic boom since the late 90's and that was reported as the blackbird.
October 23, 2017 · 8:15 PM · RECTANGLE
Poway, CA
This occurred on 10/24/2017. Last night at approximately 2015 +/- 1 hour, I saw the following. The conditions were dark, the only light in the sky was coming from celestial bodies. I live in an area with a moderate amount of light pollution, but this was an abnormally clear night with no fog, significant humidity, or other factors which would further degrade visibility. If it helps to nail down the time, one of the San Diego Sheriff helicopters was flying fairly low in the southeast sky, within a one minute after my observation, going due north. That was a couple of miles southeast of where they normally pass by at that time, as the normal flight path is directly over my house. Its bright red light was on in addition to the mandatory flashing red light, so that was really easy to recognize, and the sound was familiar. The object itself was discernible at first only because it was blocking out the sky behind it. I thought it was an owl or flock of birds, but quickly realized that it was about the size of two aircraft carriers end to end, based on my estimate of the altitude. I believe it was at about 50,000 feet or higher. Unfortunately, there is just no way for me to guess the altitude. It may have been much lower and smaller than I believe, but it was completely silent and it would have taken a massive amount of engine power to maintain lift (although the shape was less than aerodynamic) on anything that size, so I am unable to comprehend it being any lower. I can't imagine anything being much higher, because of the massive size. My rational brain does not compute that. There was no apparent exhaust or visible means of propulsion, which probably would have been evident at lower altitudes. It was jet black, although there were six or seven evenly spaced, small, lighter areas on each side of the craft which provided enough contrast so that I could make out the perimeter and track the object itself rather than extrapolating the path based on the stars it was blocking out. It was all very dark and visually difficult to follow, but it was just visible enough for me to report objective facts with absolute certainty. It was cigar or diamond shaped; the ends were not blunt but there was no way to tell how the ends were specifically shaped from my perspective. It definitely had a length to width ratio of about 1:5 from my vantage point. It was traveling at a high speed regardless of altitude, covering a 20 degree arc of sky in about 30 seconds. It actually looked more like a speeding rail car than an aircraft, just smoothly gliding through the sky. The entire sighting lasted about 45 seconds. At that point, I was no longer able to visually track the object because of light pollution in its general direction. I was quite bewildered. MCAS Miramar is about ten miles west of the objects apparent position. They do operate various RADAR sites. Montgomery field is a municipal airport which has RADAR, 10 miles southwest, as is the international airport, Lindbergh Field, which would be twenty miles southwest of the apparent object position. Miramar maintains 24 hour "full service" jet intercept ability with at least two pilots and interceptor/fighter jets available at any given time, along with proper ground control and communications. That info was provided by the base Provost Marshall several years ago and is not speculative. It would be worthwhile to verify that again. I have seen an intercept; and can safely say that two fighter jets flying at 3,500 feet with afterburners on over a residential neighborhood is quite audibly (and visually) spectacular at night. This occurred minutes after a sighting which occurred with my family in about 2009. A report was filed on that sighting as well; with the in! vestigation ultimately suggesting that we may have seen the ISS in orbit. Last I checked, the ISS was not a self-luminous saucer shaped object making impossible maneuvers and scaring the hell out of my family and myself, only to be chased by jets less than three minutes after we saw it. But I'm no NASA engineer, that's for sure.
October 23, 2017 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
San Diego, CA
I happened to look up while standing outside and I saw two lights that seemed to look like a part of a constilation. The began to rotate slightly clockwise while slowly disappearing to the south east night sky. The two lights seemed to pivot one another and then in an instant they vanished!
October 23, 2017 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT
West Los Angeles, CA
3 bright lights, white with a blue-ish hint... Stationary forming a large triangular pattern, at about 45 degrees up from horizon, East/South-East looking toward Long Beach from West Los Angeles. Sliver of moon in South/SouthWest sky at same height from horizon. Saturn just barely visible near moon. The triangle configuration was about the size of the triangle of the tail of constellation Leo. These three "stars" were so bright, too bright to be planets at that time, stars were not yet visible at that hour. Thin coastal haze blocks out most faint stars here at night. These three bright objects remained in position for a few minutes, then just 'winked out' one by one. Vanished. No movement, no streaks, no coloration, no blinking. Just diminished over a few seconds, by degrees until gone.
October 23, 2017 · 6:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
I grabbed my iPhone and opened Sky Guide app. The screen shot revealed on Sky watch said that there 2 rockets named C. 2228 and C. 1328 I guess the third was not there on sky watch.
October 22, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Ontario, CA
For some reason, source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
October 22, 2017 · 8:38 PM · LIGHT
West Hills, CA
I was looking to the north from my back yard, in West Hills California, a little bit above the tree line, I estimate 25 to 35 miles out, I noticed a light that I didn’t really think much of at first. But then I realized it was moving around odd way and it was a constant light that was not blinking off and on, it was bright and greenish in color. It moved up then down, then to the left then, up again, then to the right, then down, then to the left, then down, then to the right, then up. These up, down and side to side maneuvers were all sharp right angles. Then it disappeared as if the light just turned off.
October 22, 2017 · 8:10 PM · RECTANGLE
Redondo Beach, CA
My fiancé and I saw at about 8:10PM in Redondo Beach heading Southeast, silently, and at a high rate of speed at low altitude, two circles side by side which were obviously part of the same structure, and were the bottom of a larger rectangular body. It was faintly lit, and it was only visible for approximately 5 seconds. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 22, 2017 · 3:00 PM · CIGAR
Tustin, CA
On Sunday, 10/22, (last Sunday) at about 3 p.m., three of us saw a very strange object in the sky. Comparing it to cigar shaped UFO sitings online, it's the only thing we came up with. We watched it ... it was not moving like a plane or balloon, but was stationary, and would only turn.... it was so distant, that you would only see it when the sun reflected off it. It was silver. I took some photos with a 500 mm lens and then enlarged them.