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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
September 27, 2016 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
El Monte, CA
Clouds came in from the mountains as I was looking up i saw a flash of light in the clouds and then two objects that were glowing came out from the same place as the flash and zoomed off very quickly. There was no sound
September 27, 2016 · 1:10 PM · DISK
Monterey, CA
I immediately realized it was not a plane or helicopter, and I thought the only man-made thing it could possibly be was a blimp even though it was more disc shaped. I reached for my camera phone, but the object became obstructed by a row of trees as I drove. When I passed the trees about 4 seconds later the object was gone. At this point I had a clear view of the Bay including the water and the object was nowhere to be seen.
September 27, 2016 · 1:42 AM · CHANGING
Roseville, CA
I went to the bathroom in the middle of the night, then went back to bed. I was facing the bedroom window (westward pointing). I saw a really bright twinkling light in the sky but, I knew it wasn't a planet. It twinkle so wildly it gave the illusion of moving but, not across a trajectory. I saw and photographed something like this before JAN 2014: https://goo.gl/photos/ngv9AMW6zQNfj2mX8). So I ran downstairs and grabbed my camera gear an proceeded to take photos. I took these shots early this morning 1:42-1:54am 09-27-16, facing west approximately 25-30 degrees from horizon line: https://goo.gl/photos/qLddXwnp1iqMmqNt5 If you click on the link there are a series of images I took. The strange thing is that there were 3 of these 'light/plasma anomalies" in the sky last night. And they seemed to be synchronized with each other! All images taken using standard astro photography protocol & settings to prevent any movement of the camera : -tripod -trigger release -lens on eyepiece closed off -settings: iso 1600 - 6" - f2.8 I've also reported this incident to Linda Moulton Howe. Apparently, others have actually seen the same thing in 2008 & 2010. My original sighting was in Jan 2014 and now, here again, in Sep 2016. What are these?! And, why are there multiples now? I be be happy to provide the original camera raw files if needed.
September 26, 2016 · 7:35 PM · OTHER
Goleta, CA
I was finishing dinner at the backyard table with my son and a friend's son. At 36* elevation looking NNE a flying object was traveling approximately 500 mph at 30K ft. or the radial ratio equivalent at an unknown altitude. The trajectory was east, just touching on south. This is directly toward Pt. Mugu from my location in Goleta. The object had a front and rear light of equal brightness magnitude -5, brighter than Venus at maximum, amber in color. There was no noise associated with the object. At first it looked like a low flying jet with landing headlights traveling sideways. I did not observe any flashing lights or the red and green wing lights so obvious to anyone on a flight path. It did seem as though there were smaller lights in between the two large ones but I couldn't really tell. The object ( lights) faded away after about one minute. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
September 26, 2016 · 3:30 PM · OTHER
Oakdale, CA
September 26th, 2016, at approximately 3:30 pm Today while I was sitting in my car, in front of my house and talking on the phone, I saw a white object that I first thought was a white napkin that the wind current must have picked up. I observed this object move horizontally from 8 feet above my neighbor’s roof line to my home and across our roof, then back to about the middle of the roof, hover and then slowly move vertically away. I continued watching the object for about 1 to 2 minutes until it was too far away to be visible which I approximate to be 1 to 1 1/2 mile or so away. It became obvious to me as the object continued moving away, that it was not just white, but brightly glowing.
September 26, 2016 · 12:30 PM · TEARDROP
Antioch, CA
My husband and I saw 2 white objects high in the sky, through binoculars there appeared to be a tail with another smaller white part attached. They moved across the sky, then stopped on one area above the foothills before movi ng more to the southwest. Did have similarities to small parachute perhaps a weather balloon that had burst...just not something we could discern.
September 26, 2016 · 11:35 AM · OVAL
Sacramento, CA
Around 11:35 AM, I went outside to get fresh air, I looked up toward the west to look at the moon (which was barely visible) and I saw the first object gradually appear. I started dim like a star then became brighter up to a 4.4, like Venus. A few seconds after it came into view it started to swing from north to south then started to travel south, very slowly. I called my mother to view what I was viewing, just to confirm what I was seeing and she saw the same thing too. I told her to keep an eye on the object while I grab binoculars. By the time I got back, my mother said it had faded away, I'm assuming it went back up into the atmosphere? Then a commercial aircraft passed by and then we saw another star trailing the commercial craft - that one was blinking. I brought up my binoculars to look at the plane and the blinking thing that was trailing it but it and the plane left my view because my house was obstructing my view. However, in the area where we first ! spotted the blinking thing that was following craft I saw through the binoculars a silver-whitish gray pill. It looked like it was tumbling to the east then froze, then glided west and then it tumbled up into the atmosphere where it faded away.
September 26, 2016 · 5:20 AM · CIRCLE
Coachella, CA
I was trying to keep track on them with the nvg goggles heading east to west within one minute. The flying objects were side-by-side to each other doing different types of formations. At one point I noticed that the flying objects were in a square form shape and breaking up from each other and going back to each other very fast. I tried to see them without the nvg goggles and I was unable to locate them with my eyes. I use the nvg goggles again and saw them again disappear further and further away from me heading west. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 26, 2016 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Long Beach, CA
at approximately 5:00 am 5:10 am PDT I observed a bright white light over head at about 70 degrees south, south west moving erratically and periodically flashing on and off light. the object appeared to be right at or just above the atmosphere. In the span of about 6in in my field of vision the object at extreme rate of speed traveled that distance and immediately stopped with out any distance to decelerate. It did the several times over the course of the sighting. it moved in straight lines and in a tight circular motion and it appeared to hop like in motion quickly accelerating and stopping moving in a circular motion as well as quick straight lines. At approximately 5:30 - 5:45 a high altitude aircraft traveling east passed by the object that was frozen in motion, after aircraft passed by the object it followed behind at about a half inch distance for 6-7in until the object broke away and traveled back to its original position. Continued to move erratical! ly until 6:10 - 6:11 am it abruptly stopped and froze in place, when a second dimly lit smaller light quickly moved from the north to the south and met the first light and stopped at about 9 in away and moved from left to right maintaining the same distance away. About 20 min later the second approaching object moved closer to the first. the first object quickly accelerated away and put about 12in of distance between them in an instant and then flashed out lights. they continued this same patter until I lost sight of both objects with the rising sun. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 25, 2016 · 10:15 PM · RECTANGLE
San Jose, CA
I was on my balcony around 22:15 this evening when looked up at the sky and saw this rectangular shaped object with bright red lights and flashing green lights. It did not look like an aeroplane or a helicopter. It stood still in the sky for about less than a minute. It was amazing because it moved so swiftly for something so big (even from such great distance I could see it was big). And it rotated around for a bit and seemed to glide effortlessly with only the red lights still shining brightly.
September 25, 2016 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Sacramento, CA
((ADDENDUM FROM SOURCE OF REPORT)) hello mr Davenport it was tonight.at 9:30 pm...sorry I was a bit shaken we I first saw it...thank you again ((END ADDENDUM)) We have corrected the time indicated above. PD
September 25, 2016 · 7:47 PM · FORMATION
Roseville, CA
Witness elects to remain semi-anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
September 25, 2016 · 7:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Rocklin, CA
I went outside to put out the garbage Sunday night, it was dark, but a large formation of lights appeared to be traveling slowly in the sky. It didnt count how many lights there were, but over 50. They really stood out. I yelled to my wife to come outside, she did, and she tried to take pictures, but they didnt come out. Some of the lights were brighter than others. They were traveling from the east to the west. As they passed over the house, they began to turn in a southerly direction, but instead of staying in a formation, the turned and went single file. Then they really accelerated and disappeared pretty quickly. They were pretty high in the sky, and I never heard a sound. When the sighting was over, my wife and I were talking about what we saw, and the next door neighbor walked up to us and said "did you see that, and pointed to the sky". So he saw it too!
September 25, 2016 · 7:30 PM
Rocklin, CA
I was headed towards sunset on whitney at about 730 and noticed a man standing outside his truck at quick stop and taking a picture of something across the street towards the US Bank. When I looked over as I made a right turn I noticed above the bank was about 50 lights or so in a streak formation. Too many to be drones I think, but looked like stars. I kept going and then when I was coming home 45 minutes later it was gone.
September 24, 2016 · 10:15 PM · FORMATION
Long Beach, CA
I was driving over what is known as Signal Hill, within the city limits of Long Beach, CA. I noticed a strange object with multiple lights blinking in sequence flying past about a quarter mile away. As i proceeded over the top of the hill and began to drive down the other side I saw that it was suddenly at least 2-3 miles away but still shone very very bright. About two blocks further down the hill i looked south and saw three VERY bright lights in an isoceles triangle formation. I made a sudden Uturn to head back to higher ground and pulled over to take some pictures. As minutes passed the lights moved across the horizon but stayed in the formation. I then noticed as i scanned the skyline, of which i had about 180 degree field of vision i took notice of an inordinate amount of other aircraft and helicopters flying around rapidly. From where i stood i could see clear for at least 20 miles. When i would unfocus my eyes on a darker area of the sky, other faint! lights throughout the sky became visible, some moving slowly, others staying in place. After a few minutes i got back in the car to head home. On the 10 minute drive from the hill to my house I saw four helicopters and what i belive to be a military jet, all moving quickly and at varying altitudes. I captured some very clear shots of what i saw and upon returning home pulled them up on my laptop to adjust contrast and other photo settings. This revealed many more lights than i was aware of as well as showed that the three main lights I was trying to photograph were all in the shape of a triangle/delta.
September 24, 2016 · 7:39 PM · RECTANGLE
Redding, CA
No wind, thought it was a kite. Fixed position but moving in place. Started before night time and stayed in same position even after dark. It is black. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 24, 2016 · 7:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Oakland, CA
Flashing lights in triangle form above I-80 in Oakland.
September 24, 2016 · 8:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Fountain Valley, CA
coming out of the black Angus restaurant in fountain valley, two objects in the sky over the fountain valley high school one large other one smaller. Bright Blue, with a red top too large to a drone. very bright vibrant colors helicopter was checking it out it went up super fast and down super fast. little one just moved around took off another direction. trees and houses were blocking most of the view.
September 24, 2016 · 7:30 AM · CIGAR
Silverlake, CA
I was sitting at a stop sign when I looked up and noticed something hovering in the sky that looked like a golden glowing rod. I watched it as it remained stationary. I noticed an orb come out of the right side of the rod and circle around the rod. I then noticed a second orb appear and fly around the rod. After a few minutes, the rod disappeared and i saw a third orb appear from out of nowhere from a distance to the left and fly towards the other 2 orbs. I asked a guy walking his dog to look up and told him what I was seeing and as soon as he looked up, all of the crafts disappeared.
September 24, 2016 · 3:13 AM · EGG
Downy, CA
Flying north to south at a altitude of a commercial plane. White egg shaped object originally thought a shooting star until I realized there was no glow around the object, figured a bird but how high it was and the speed couldn't have been a bird. To my best knowledge the speed had to have been of a fighter jet or faster but i heard no sounds what so ever. I saw it for about 10 secs until it disappeared into the dark sky. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 22, 2016 · 10:00 PM · FORMATION
Santa Monica, CA
Multi colored lights unlike a plane. They were quiet and I could not tell the shape. They all moved in the same direction one after another. It seemed too short of a time between objects to be planes and they were not noisy.
September 22, 2016 · 8:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Temecula, CA
So I was injoying the night view and I looked at the stars and 3 stars stared moving like they were connected hints the space craft, it looked like it was flipping around and moving side to side. It slowly got further and further away and it disappeared. I didn't know stars could move so it has to be UFO. I also saw 3 other stars that were flying across the sky just a little faster than a airplane. I would see one then it would go away then another one would come by. About a 5 min difference, I thought they were planes but you clearly tell the difference between a star and a plane! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 21, 2016 · 5:16 AM · FIREBALL
Newport Beach, CA
All weather was clear with very few clouds. Objects heading in same trajectory and would move consecutively at a high rate of speed. Some deviation occurred from flight path in a strafing motion. The craft were glowing with a yellow or orange hue. They would appear in one place then return to original position while fading to dim light then progressively getting brighter.
September 21, 2016 · 5:16 AM · FIREBALL
Newport Beach, CA
Location was off the coast from Newport Beach, CA. The orbs traveled an estimated distance from Palos Verdes to Catalina island. This distance would be covered in a matter of seconds numerous times. All weather was clear with very few clouds. Objects heading in same trajectory and would move consecutively at a high rate of speed. Some deviation occurred from flight path in a strafing motion. The craft were glowing with a yellow or orange hue. They would appear in one place then return to original position while fading to dim light then progressively getting brighter.