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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 21, 2016 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Clayton, CA
Approx 10:00pm in Concord, CA, my daughter and I were arriving home and facing north, when I noticed two circle objects that were a reddish orange. They were different enough that I stopped the car and pointed them out to my daughter as possibly planets. She loves hearing about the stuff that goes on up there and at 5 loves the telescope. There were two when I first saw them and initially thought they were planets. With so many planets in sight soon, it was my initial thought because they weren't stars, shooting stars or airplanes. Clearly. Then as I looked closer, I noticed they were the same exact shape and looked to be the same distance from myself, so being planets seemed impossible and the size was a little too large for a planet. One was a bit higher than the other one but directly on top of it. It was an odd site at first. They were bigger than an airplane and it never blinked green or any other color. They both looked to burning brightly the more I looked at them, and luckily, there were planes in the sky that were somewhat nearby and those gave a quick way to compare and notice the obvious difference between the two. I then quickly parked my truck and took my daughter to walk back to where we could see them. When we got back over there, it was maybe 1-2 minutes later, the highest one was gone and the lower one looked to be a little closer but pretty similar to its last position. When looking at it, I felt like it was moving although its position in the sky wasn't really changing much. It's hard to explain. As I watched for another couple minutes, telling my daughter to watch it and pay attention, it didn't seem to brighten or dull much other than the thin, low flying clouds coming in between us at times, but never lost visiblility of it. It sat there as bright as it had been and then quickly vanished. I couldn't explain it and thought, maybe clouds, but quickly saw another airplane fly in the same direction and it affirmed to me that it wasn't clouds and the quickness in which it disappeared affirmed to me that it wasn't the clouds that made it disappear from site. It wasn't an obstructed view, it disappeared from the sky. Like it just turned off. Although it wasn't doing much, it didn't seem like anything I'd ever seen. The bright glow compared to an airplane and the way it moved or even the way it didn't move was just odd and I'm a sky watcher so this is coming from someone who watches a lot and this was the first time I believed I'd seen something out of my realm of understanding.
January 21, 2016 · 7:00 PM · OVAL
Santa Maria, CA
At about 6:51 PM tonight I stopped to get a pizza on E.Main St at little ((deleted--a restaurant)) in Santa Maria, Calif.. As I walked to the building, I saw this bright green glowing object in the sky to the east from where I was standing. I didn't have my camera with me or my phone. I went in to get my pizzas, and when I came out, the object was pulsating still glowing fluorescent green it was so bright it was eye catching. I continued to watch it moving to the left and then to the right sideways. Two other women in the parking lot were watching it too. One said out loud, "Can you see that?" I said yes I see that. Another girl was standing watching and she said look at the color. I said ya that is a UFO. As we all continued watching it, suddenly it stopped moving it was still and it dropped straight down so fast and it was gone. I think it might have landed somewhere off of highway 166. I didn't chase it but was lucky enough to view it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 18, 2016 · 11:20 PM · FIREBALL
Bakersfield, CA
We have changed the date, assuming a sighting in 2016. The source of the report elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information, making it impossible for us to confirm the date. PD
January 17, 2016 · 11:00 AM · TRIANGLE
San Francisco, CA
I took a photo yesterday of a ship in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco. When I looked at the photo there was an object which appeared like the shape of a plane above the ship. I did not notice this object when I took the photo. We have looked at the photo, which shows a badly blurred object. Our suspicion is that the object may have been a bird, possibly a seagull, but we can't be certain. PD
January 16, 2016 · 7:30 PM · CIRCLE
Sacramento, CA
Stepped outside at about 7:30 pm and saw what looked like a low flying airplane with red flames shooting out of the top with the bottom half glowing a yellowish white. There was no sound at all. The object was flying across the sky at a good clip heading east/north east. We kept watching it then it suddenly disappeared. We've never seen anything like it.
January 15, 2016 · 10:00 AM · SPHERE
Desert Center, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 14, 2016 · 1:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Bakersfield, CA
I saw an airplane traveling southeast towards the mountains just south of Bakersfield, CA. In front of the plane was a smoky grey area. It looked like it could be exhaust from a craft but I could not see any other aircraft in front of the plane. It looked like the plane was following this grey cloudy formation, almost looked like something was cloaked that created this grey funnel.
January 14, 2016 · 6:30 AM · CIRCLE
Santa Clarita, CA
UFO Sighted in Southern California (Santa Clarita) On the early morning of Thursday, January 14th 2016 around the time of 0630 I was unwinding watching TV on the couch; I just finished working my usual night shift. Now to quickly paint a picture; our house sits high up on the side of a small mountain; the back of our house faces east (facing the Los Angeles National Forest Mountain Line). While watching TV I noticed a large object hovering still over the top of one of the mounts in the LA National Forest, the morning sky was just starting to light up with the sun rising in the east behind the object, but the sun hadn’t peaked over the mountain just yet. The object caught my attention since it was the only object in the sky; at first I thought this was only a cloud, however there wasn’t any other clouds in the sky. I took a couple photos and then sat back down on the couch continuing watching TV but still keeping an eye out the window when all of a sudden 5 or 10 minutes later the image moved a bit and had looked like it broke up showing other objects hovering below and to the sides of the larger object; that’s when I confirmed to myself its only a cloud since it had broke up a bit.. But then what happened next is when I realized it’s a UFO.., the object came together as one again and started to leave; it moved east away from where I was. After the UFO left I noticed the morning sky filled with more then a dozen fighter jets. About 1 hour later around 0730 the object repapered; the UFO was cloaked and appeared as a large cloud; next there were 2 fighter jets which flew over our house and headed east toward the UFO.. as the jets approached, the UFO started to leave and head east away from the incoming jets pursuing it; in the distance I noticed what looked like the first jet to plummet down (as if the jet was shoot down or it pursued a drone or something). The scale of how large the UFO was enormous, in the pictures you can tell that the size of the jets in comparison were tiny, this UFO dwarfed our jets, this was their mother ship as it's referred to or a floating city. One hour later the object reappeared and headed west toward our house and then north and dropped down behind the mountain ridge. In the distance you could see jets flying all around in that direction. Further I saw another plan flying overhead, this was a radar plan, the plan with the large circle dome on the top of it. There was a lot of activity over the Los Angeles National forest this morning; I called the news station and the LA National Ranger Station, but no one followed back up with me. The object in the photo seems to us to be a cloud. PD
January 14, 2016 · 3:15 AM · CIRCLE
North Hollywood, CA
Facing SE from 2nd floor apt. Facing Studio City/Burbank. Glowing turquoise circular light. If I was holding up a dime it would have blocked it. Caught my eye out open front door. Guessing 10 stories high, as close as above the 2 story building across the street/night sky (3:15 am) facing Hollywood Hills backdrop/perception of height and distance might be off due to mountainous backdrop. Mimicked a "stationary" hummingbird's quick back and forth movement. Felt slightly nervous/excited, forced my eyes away take photo, eyes back on light instead, duration 3 more seconds/light quickly dissolved, no trail, smoke, color change, no noise, no movement. Don't believe I confused this sighting with the various antenna on the hills. I've lived in this unit 10 years; familiar with the lights on horizon. I am also a sky watcher. Perhaps a telephone transmitter (my second thought), however, my fixation on the light was enough to contact NUFORC. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 13, 2016 · 9:50 PM · FIREBALL
Sutherlin, CA
I was driving home from work tonight going northbound and it was very dark and there was light fog. On the right side of the freeway, I seen a bright red ball pretty big coming from lower part of the sky going Horizontally across to the left side. It had like a lighter red following tail following behind it. I don't know if it was a falling star or a meteor, for I never seen either. I do know it was red.
January 13, 2016 · 8:11 PM · OTHER
Mecca, CA
It was my friend and I in my backyard we where talking. It was a cold clear night sky, you can see everything. I have a thing of always looking up in the because you never know what you might see. Well, back to the point. I was looking at the sky looking southeast I didn't see anything that got my attention, so I turn around to talk to my friend. As fast as I turn around to talk to him, something inside of me told me to turn around again, so I did. As soon as I turned around, there was these bright light in sky. I mean way to bright to be a star, plane, flare and etc.. So that light got my attention real quick so I asked my friend was that light there right now he said no I said thought so. So we start looking at it then these one its by it self in the sky and another one just appears out of no where. We didn't see any tail like you would see if it's a flare going up. At this time my phone is inside charging, so I run inside to go it. Come back outside, start recording it my phone had a little bit of charge, so I recorded a little video with my phone. Then my phone died. Tell me what you think. Thank you
January 11, 2016 · 6:18 PM · TRIANGLE
Kingsburg, CA
The objects were flying in unison for the majority of the time they were viewed. They flew side by side from east to west over the 99 freeway just before the Kingsburg, CA city limits. The two objects were in site for approximately 2 – 3 minutes. As I stopped to look, the objects flew from the 10–2 o’clock position then disappeared. The night was clear, no fog. The lights were a constant white glow. They did not change colors or flicker.
January 9, 2016 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Corona del Mar, CA
Extremely bright light in ocean near Balboa Pier. It could not of been a boat. I have lived here my whole life and never seen something so bright. Beyond that, was a fast moving red light moving across the sea near Catalina. I have seen this red light many times, on top of many other mysterious "crafts". Contact information is bogus. PD
January 8, 2016 · 7:20 PM · LIGHT
Susanville, CA
I observed three amber/reddish color lights, no visible running-lights, traveling in a southeasterly direction, at roughly equal distances apart, until they disappeared behind a cloud-bank, one-by-one. They appeared to be travelling at roughly the altitude and speed, of a small civilian aircraft. They made no discernible noise. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 5, 2016 · 9:18 PM · LIGHT
San Diego, CA
Earth-bound aircraft must have strobe lights. These had none. One sped into view going in a straight line and, within one second, another followed even faster, catching up to the first one. They then diverged from one another, making several immediate and instantaneous sharp angle turns. This is something our aircraft cannot even come close to achieving. It was as if they were doing aerial maneuvers in a somewhat playful way. At one point it appeared like they might run into each other. I cannot tell how fast they were moving because I do not know how far away they were. One is a function of the other. My best educated guess would be they were one mile away which would put their speed at something like 600 mph. I base this on seeing airplanes flying at a given pace at 30,000 feet knowing they are moving at 500-600 mph. However, they could have been 20 miles away putting their speed 20 times faster, or 12000 mph. Both scenarios are equally plausible. The whole viewing lasted maybe 5-10 seconds and it was frustrating that I couldn't see it over and over again in a rewind/play/rewind fashion. It leaves more questions than answers....Could these have been drones? That thought entered my head but I've seen drone flight aerodynamic characteristics on line and there is no way they come close to what I saw....I was just lucky enough to have been looking at the right section of the sky at precisely the right moment.
January 4, 2016 · 9:20 PM · TRIANGLE
San Diego, CA
Immediately after this happened a helicopter came flying towards that area going really really fast. Then turned around heading west. I tried to get it on my snap but couldn't get a good shot, I was moving to much. First time that's ever happened here. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 4, 2016 · 8:30 PM · OTHER
Orangevale, CA
The object was inverted triangular in shape, but changed to a long [vertical] tail, almost like a comet would leave. It changed colors from red to purple to blue and green. It pulsed as it changed colors. It was in the North East sky, at approx. 30 degrees from the horizon. Our sky was overcast, and there was a very light rain. Local TV stations have received numerous reports, but are unable [at this time] to advise.
January 4, 2016 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Citrus Heights, CA
Stationary object hiding behind the clouds. Pulsating color lights in the sky that repeated the same flashing pattern of red to purple to blue and green. It was very cloudy that night and I could see the lights illuminating behind the clouds. I watched it do this for approx. 20mins and then it switched from a flashing light reflecting in the clouds to a straight thin beam of light that flashed the same colors and in the same pattern. This was especially an amazing sight to see. It did this for another 10 minutes, or so, before I finally went inside.
January 3, 2016 · 7:05 PM · FIREBALL
Chula Vista, CA
At around 19:05 a coworker and myself saw a round ball of yellow light fly over Aquatica water park. It appeared to come from the northwest and I lost sight of it over the Sleep Train amphitheater.
January 3, 2016 · 6:15 PM · FIREBALL
Santee, CA
Hill obscured the eastern horizon so my view was blocked as it transitted eastward. Characteristics appear identical to green meteors described and videoed.
January 2, 2016 · 3:00 AM · FIREBALL
Imperial Beach, CA
I was waken up and went straight outside and heard cats meowing, and when I look up in the the sky towards the South, there were two fireballs far apart but side by side gleaming in the night skies. Lasted about 20 minutes, then faded smaller and smaller into the hemisphere. It was a sight to see.
January 1, 2016 · 8:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Aptos, CA
They all seemed to be moving simultaneously suggesting to that they were all attached to the same object. Then one by one the lights went out.
January 1, 2016 · 12:20 AM · FIREBALL
Sacramento, CA
When getting out the car we've seen 3 more in a single file traveling at the same speed
January 1, 2016 · 12:15 AM · FIREBALL
Sacramento, CA
I stepped outside to celebrate midnight on new years. About 12:00:30, a bright red light came from the northeast horizon heading south. It moved fast like a jet or plane. It was very high like a plane. My first thought was "wow what a strange plane." Then the second one came across the horizon as if it was chasing the first. Few seconds later the second light fizzled out with a pulsing fade out. Then the other also started to pulse and fade out.