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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
March 3, 2023 · 2:00 PM · CYLINDER
Fullerton, CA
On a walk in the afternoon, I noticed a hawk circling above. Using my cell phone, I took 6 quick shots of the hawk. As I stood there and reviewed them I noticed that the third picture had an object in the sky and then the rest did not. I did not see this when I took the picture. I don't know how far or close it is in relation to the hawk.
March 1, 2023 · 7:35 PM · UNKNOWN
Sherman Oaks, CA
Right now, I see 2 lights attached to some sort of craft that is sitting in the sky above Sherman Oaks. It has not moved for 43 minutes. There is no noise that would identify it as a helicopter. It is just sitting out there.
March 1, 2023 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
Oceanside, CA
Two very bright "star" looking objects side by side, just above the hills. I thought they were stars but they kept moving slightly, especially the one on the right. Went back outside to look again, about 15 minutes later, they were gone. They were very white and bright, as it was night. Jupiter and Venus
March 1, 2023 · 7:35 PM · CIRCLE
Laguna Woods, CA
Two bright stars in the west sky, stationary, one appearing larger than another what appeared to be an aircraft moving underneath it to the left three pictures were taken Jupiter and Venus
March 1, 2023 · 6:57 PM · EGG
Fontana, CA
I was outside my house . When this thing shows up out of nowhere. Minding my business and came across it .
March 1, 2023 · 6:30 PM · OTHER
Jurupa Valley, CA
2 lights hovering over several cities but not moving at all completely stationary
March 1, 2023 · 6:20 PM · LIGHT
Torrance, CA
two small lights apart, about the width of a wing span of a commercial airplane - just hovering motionless over Torrance, CA. Its been 45 minutes already. The craft hasn't moved at all - just motionless. Freaky....
March 1, 2023 · 7:15 AM · LIGHT
Riverdale, CA
Lights appeared to be stars at first site but were floating to low to be assumed they were stars. Two lights observed standing still in the sky and did not appeared to be airplanes. Airplanes lights turn on/off and do not stay still. They were too big to be drones. After stepping inside the house for a moment(15 mins.)and returning to document, the observed lights were no longer in the sky. Jupiter and Venus
February 26, 2023 · 1:10 PM · SPHERE
san juan capistrano, CA
My daughters and I were taking a break on our bike ride and looking at two red tail hawks circling high above. The object was traveling toward us in our eye line with the birds. At first I thought it was another bird, but soon realized it was going very very fast. It is difficult to determine our distance to the object, but I could clearly see it getting closer, passing us, then continuing on toward the ocean. It seemed rather small. It made no noise and it left no contrails. It was flying well below low hanging clouds. The object was completely black or colorless. My daughter said it looked like a flying bowling ball.
February 26, 2023 · 11:40 AM · TRIANGLE
Sisquoc, CA
I was out for a Sunday drive snapping photos of the snow on the peaks east of Santa Maria. The snow level had recently dropped down to about 1000 ft--a rare event here. Hoping to snap better pictures, I drove about 12 miles southeast of Santa Maria to the little village of Sisquoc which offers more dramatic views of the mountains. I was looking for snowy picturesque peaks, not UFOs. At approximately 11:40 AM (give or take 15 minutes), I had just driven east of Sisquoc and started snapping more pix. Sisquoc is at about 460 ft elevation. My guesstimate is that this craft was flying about 100 ft above the ground at an elevation of 560 ft above sea level. I guesstimate the vessel to be travelling 800-1200 MPH. The craft had no visible engine or intake humps, no sound, no contrails, no visible lights, no markings & no tail. The craft was far too large & fast to be a drone. Also, the nose of the craft was too blunted, the "wings" too "vee'd" & the craft was too tailess to be a Stealth or an F117. I did check out "secret" prototype aircraft online to see if there was anything like it but they all had long needle noses or were otherwise too different so no match. THE MOST ASTOUNDING THING ABOUT THIS CRAFT WAS THE SPHERE SUSPENDED BETWEEN THE END OF THE TWO "WINGS" AT THE BACK OF THE VESSEL. THE SPHERE HAD NO VISIBLE MEANS OF SUPPORT! I guesstimate the craft to be about 50 ft in length & the sphere at the back to be about 6-10 feet in diameter. These are just my extremely unprofessional estimates. The craft was about 5 miles east of my position & appeared to be flying northbound. I would estimate the craft to be 5 1/8 mile east of Sisquoc flying quite low for the speed it was travelling.
February 24, 2023 · 9:27 PM · CIRCLE
Eureka, CA
I was outside smoking a cigarette when I happened to look up and noticed a bright white light in the sky. At first I thought it was a planet, but it was moving. Then I thought perhaps it was a plane, but it was moving to fast and it wasn't flashing. I took a 3 second exposure photo at 3x zoom, then a 6 second video at 3x zoom. I looked down to ensure video saved, but when I looked up the light was gone. I've tried to upload the picture and video, but there seems to be an issue uploading.
February 22, 2023 · 4:52 PM · CIRCLE
Sierra Valley, CA
This is a second hand report, person who captured the image reported seeing a hovering circular object above their house during a snow storm. Typically I'm skeptical of these types of events/ sightings but as you will see in the image, this isn't a flashing light or a dimly seen object. The person who took this picture is a 60 year old man who works as a carpenter and is not computer savvy and the meta data on the picture indicates no altering. The image looks like a metal trash can lid hovering in the sky during a snow storm and is the most clear image of what looks like what a CGI artist would create to put in a movie about UFO's.
February 21, 2023 · 6:34 PM · UNKNOWN
Ventura, CA
About 634. I was walking out to my car in the parking lot area of community medical center in Ventura when I saw the moon which was a beautiful crescent. I marveled at how clear it was, and I saw the two planets above the moon, which looked like Jupiter and Venus according to what I found out later online and off to the left, I noticed a large contrail or trail of some kind, heading steeply down, edit angle toward the moon and then below Every 20 or 30 seconds I saw a red light at the tip of this contrail; nothing else was evident beyond the contrail, which just kept moving steeply down past the moon, and then disappeared into the horizon, which would be in the location of the Pacific Ocean. I have a photo of this that I would be happy to share with your investigators however, I do not want to relinquish rights to this photo so if there’s another way, I can send this so you can look at it I would be happy to do so.
February 20, 2023 · 10:52 AM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalGonzales, CA
At first the object looked like a red balloon in the sky but it did not move at all as would a balloon being pushed in the air. I took out my phone to record it and as I zoomed in on the object, it appears as if lights were being emitted in a sequence. I then tilted my camera from side to side to see if anything else was around but the object was the only thing in the sky. Then it vanished from sight. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Probable]
February 18, 2023 · 7:58 PM · TRIANGLE
Lodi, CA
A triangular craft of unknown size or height travelled across the sky above Lodi, CA just before 8pm on February 18, 2023. I could just see three dim points of light in a triangle formation, assumed to be one craft. They were either dim lights or metallic points reflecting light from the town. I couldn’t gauge size or elevation, and it moved very quickly across my view of the sky for a few seconds before fading from view. No sound that I could hear, no other lights or shapes that I could see. I did not get any photos or video.
February 18, 2023 · 7:43 PM · FIREBALL
Concord, CA
We saw a bright, reddish light in the sky. It moved around a little but not in a straight line. It seemed to change colors from red to pink to yellow. After a little while there was some kind of a burst - and then it faded out as if flying away. I do have video although it is a bit blurry.
February 17, 2023 · 7:10 AM · OTHER
San Diego, CA
I saw the object approaching at a slow rate of speed . I thought it was a flock of birds then noticed the size wasn’t consistent with a group of birds and the movement was strange almost as if it hovered . Then I noticed it had what seemed to be a payload attached. The object seemed to hover then moved in a westerly direction. I thought it was moving slowly but it went out of sight as if it was traveling faster than the wind would carry it .
February 13, 2023 · 3:00 PM · OVAL
Santa Monica, CA
In Santa Monica, California, on the afternoon of February 13, 2023 I noticed a very bright orange glowing football shaped object through my window hovering across the street against the background of a large tree with a lot of foliage. It was about 12 -15 feet below the tree top. It seemed to simply appear. I could not figure out what it was so I kept staring at it for a minute or two. Then it flew directly in a straight line toward my window and me. It was low and passed over my apartment. I wanted to go out and watch it but knew the view would be obscured. There were no lights on it and no means of propulsion. It was not a balloon. It only occurred to me that it might have been a UFO afterwards. I had no thought of taking a photo of it while it was happening. I did not expect it to move from where I first saw it. I called the non emergency police department phone line on Thursday, Feb. 16, curious if anyone else reported it, but no one did.
February 13, 2023 · 2:50 PM · CIGAR
Corona, CA
The object moved very slow at the estimation of height of a helicopter's flight pattern. It was about the size of a large bus, cylindrical in shape, with a black glass type front end and silver metal type body with additional black side panels. There were what appeared to be 2-3 fin type appendages in the rear of it. I didn't pull over or stop my car because of traffic concerns. I literally passed under it as it moved toward the 15 freeway. Didn't appear to look like a blimp of any kind. No lights or noise from it. In the far distance toward the east was a commercial airline, but nothing close to it.
February 13, 2023 · 5:48 AM · LIGHT
Rosedale, CA
Video but I have video but I can't upload it so give me an option. I'm going to post a link and you can look at my Google photos on it. And download it yourself https://photos.app.goo.gl/BNxgza2kFYkWFa968 At 5:45 a.m. I stopped from the morning walk to look up at the stars I was facing west, sun had not risen, sky was clear temperature was about 35°, I was looking at the Big Dipper I could see it to my right when I saw, because satellites reflect the sun when it hasn't came up yet and I saw what appeared to be a satellite coming to view to my right which would have been North. It was a solid light dimming and glowing but just like any other satellite I've seen maintaining chorus is about 25° off the horizon low, when following the same trajectory but about a half inch higher or more toward straight up another one. Coming of you because of the sunlight I imagine and it was going slightly faster and as it overtook the other one it slowly changed its course to be right in front of the other one but as it passed the other one the other one seem to acknowledge it in some way because it started to follow it there were no sharp turns they were long slight course changes and I imagine they were at high speeds but the second one was following with the one that I saw first was now in pursuit or playing with the other one following behind it. This went on for the remainder of the minute and a half I put my camera on it I believe I caught some of it but all I could do is point at the dark sky and hope it got something cuz my screen is broke. I thought it personally could be drones but for them to cover the sky like they did as fast as they did I just know they were what I thought they were they were at least at that altitude I don't know if they were planes but there were no flashing and they're altitude is way up there and to turning like they were it was seem friendly but fun a little bit you know high-speed chase but not I don't know I just got this into the second one was offended.
February 11, 2023 · 11:30 AM · CHANGING
Palm Springs, CA
Two fighter jets fly over my house everyday just before noon. They are very loud and when I hear them coming I often step outside to watch them fly by. On Saturday I saw the first one fly by shortly followed by the second. But the second one appeared to be towing an oddly shaped object. But then I thought fighter jets don’t tow things. The object appeared to be to be following closely but not in a true straight line. Not jerky but like someone steering a speed boat towing a skier. The object was grey-ish sort of rectangular wider than high but with many facets. Then I heard a third fighter jet approaching. I turned to look at it and when I looked back the other two were out of sight. I figured the third pilot must have known what was going on. I didn’t think much about it until all the other sightings started to be reported.
February 10, 2023 · 5:50 AM · RECTANGLE
Hollister, CA
I always look up, have had multiple UFO incidents over the last few years, but this one was rectangle, flying about 2000 feet, and had lights at both ends. It was slim in nature and was traveling rather slow, just cruising. I've witnessed two triangle-shaped crafts about three .months ago, and more earlier last year and the year before.
February 9, 2023 · 11:02 PM · CHANGING
nipomo, CA
I had just got home and was in the process of getting some food for my dog when i noticed this glowing orange light moving across the night sky. There were no clouds, and the stars were out in number, very crisp and clear night. It seemed rather low, this light, and at the speed it was travelling I took it for a helicopter with a search light on, which is nonsense, there was no beam of light as a search light would give off, they are not orange, but that was my first thought. I expected to see some kind of outline of a helicopter and waited for some noise, but nothing was presented. Total silence, which is what really made me take pause. The sphere then ascended, its movement more like floating rather than something propelled. As it rose, it seemed to lengthen out, the orange ball became more stretched out into a ovular shape. At this point, it stopped moving for about ten seconds then the orange light went out from the front to the back and was replaced with a fuzzy whitish blue. It popped, or split in half, the orange light returned for the front with a kind of fuzz or blur with it, and remained still, while the other light, the back part, took off away from where it had been blinking and white. This continued for a few seconds, and it seemed almost at times like I was watching an optical illusion, as if they would look like they were coming towards me then they were right back where they were, simmering and elastic, then they both completely disappeared. That’s it, I didn’t just come from the bar, and im not on any drugs, just a random crazy thing that left me quite perplexed and man, its movement was so fluid and graceful, really something else. Strangely beautiful.
February 9, 2023 · 3:23 PM · SPHERE
Escondido, CA
I was flying my drone for a contract in a residential neighborhood. I had my drone above a house at about 50’ AGL. While I was looking up at my drone at an upward 70 degree angle toward the east, I saw an extremely small spherical white object with no other distinguishing features moving eastward in a straight line smoothly and rapidly at the same altitude. My estimate is that the sphere was at 2000’ AGL and moving at about 500 mph. I continued to track it with my eyes until I could no longer see it for about 30 seconds. I expected to hear sound from the object but I did not. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to record photos or videos. If I looked away I assumed I would lose sight of the object.