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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 6, 2015 · 7:45 PM · CHANGING
Tracy, CA
At due north in the sky on 12/6 at 7:45PM, three people witnessed a bright glowing orange roundish object, approximately 30-45 degrees from horizon in the northwest sky. Two minutes after first observing the object, it separated into two pieces, with the smaller piece at 5:00 relative to the larger. The smaller piece dimmed after a few seconds of appearing and went out and the larger piece continued to glow orange. After a few seconds, the larger object appeared to decrease in size and brightness. Then the larger object dimmed and disappeared. After a couple of seconds, it suddenly brightened to same original intensity and then after a second or two it dimmed back to a faint orange glow. It then disappeared again. While this was going on, a strong beam of light from the North East flashed from the ground toward the object. This happened a couple of times for a period of a few seconds. Within a minute of the orange object disappearing, in the same gener! al area, we then saw what appeared to be a white translucent jellyfish like object, which at first was traveling slowly in a due south path directly towards us. It came almost directly overhead and it slowly took a north easterly path and continued to take that path until it disappeared from view. All three of us got a good look with binoculars. Under the binoculars, object was pale white, translucent, shape-shifting. It looked like a jellyfish that can change its form. The shapes were not discernible, nor symmetric, almost like random shapes, but very broadly changed from being roughly spherical to more flat and back to spherical, with protrusions sometimes coming out. Was very easy to see changing of shapes with the naked eye as well. Seemed large maybe 50 to 100+ feet in diameter, but very difficult to say how large with any confidence. The changing of the shape appeared to be unlikely due to wind alone (like a balloon) as far we could tell considering very low wi! nd speed (we looked online and there was a 4mph gust north eas! t wind). There was no wind we could feel (trees were completely still). The object was changing shape much more quickly than what seemed possible due to wind alone. Object also seemed to be moving noticeably faster in the northeast direction than what seemed possible by wind alone (although the low wind was blowing in the direction it disappeared from our view). Estimated altitude, very difficult to say, no clouds for altitude reference, but probably between 1000–4000 feet. Jellyfish-looking object disappeared from view after ~2 minutes of initially seeing it. This witness testimony was written by all three witnesses within minutes of the event. A cell phone video was attempted but could not get the objects in focus.
December 5, 2015 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Seal Beach, CA
While relaxing in the jacuzzi in our backyard, we suddenly looked up and saw 8-10 orange fireball like UFOs that seemed to stop and hover over our area for 5 minutes before heading north from Seal Beach toward Long Beach. It also looked like a couple of the fireballs had fire emanating from them, and they did not make sound.
December 1, 2015 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Montague, CA
On Sunday, 11/29, at about 8 pm we saw and reported a UFO. The same two witnesses saw what appeared to be the same UFO last night, at about 6 pm, in the same part of the sky. This most recent sighting lasted about 2 minutes, and occurred near the northern horizon, which was the only patch of sky clear of clouds. A bright white light flashed a couple of times to the NNE, attracting our attention. As we had had the previous sighting, I grabbed my binoculars to view this light, which we initially suspected to be an airliner. Instead, I immediately saw that it was the same group of lights or object with several randomly flashing lights. It was dim enough that it was only visible with the binoculars, once the bright white flashing light stopped flashing. The object moved west, estimated at about 200 mph, then disappeared behind the mountains to the north. These mountains are about 8 miles from our house, and the object appeared to subtend 2 to 3 degrees of horizon. This would give it a width of 1,800', if eight miles away. It did not have the legally required navigation and anti-collision lights that all aircraft must display during hours of darkness: red navigation light on left wing tip, green on right plus white anti-collision strobes. The object only had randomly flashing lights of various colors. We are both professionals and have been involved in general aviation and in the airline business for years.
December 1, 2015 · 4:37 PM · CONE
Half Moon Bay, CA
I was not aware of the object while shooting or afterward until recently. When I saw it, I was mystified. Object is moving from left to right, south to north, against the wind. Wind verified with wave action. As for appearance of object, zoomed large (am sending unedited images), the object seems to have multiple colors, graphic lines, perhaps print.
November 30, 2015 · 10:00 PM · CHANGING
Arroyo Grande, CA
Last night, at around 10pm, myself and one other member of my family witnessed numerous round objects in the sky that were filled with allumunating colered lights-blue-red-yellow. The lights would twinkle on and off almost like watching a ferris wheel as the objects changed shape and form. The objects were to big to be stars and were amazing to look at with binoculars. There were also displays of whited lights shooting through the clouds and then just disappearing. Possible sighting of "twinkling" stars, we wonder. PD
November 28, 2015 · 8:05 PM · LIGHT
Montague, CA
Two witnesses saw an odd, blinking white light around 8 pm local time, which moved from the northeast to the north, then it slowly moved out of sight behind the mountains, as if it were traveling north. We had it in view for at least 5 minutes. We retrieved a pair of 8 power binoculars and continued to watch, seeing a very strange blinking sequence with no discernible pattern, and the light "jumping" around as if it were several objects, or one extremely large one. Distance from viewers to object at least five miles, probably more. Very clear sky, no clouds, calm winds, the moon is just rising to the east a few minutes after the sighting. The light definitely moved around the sky, and the stars twinkling nearby had a completely different appearance. This light varied in intensity and blinking rate and seemed to change color from white to red when flashing quickly. Both observers are professionals with college degrees and are private pilots.
November 28, 2015 · 2:20 PM · LIGHT
Torrance, CA
I drive for a ride sharing company. I picked up a passenger, a girl in her late teens apparently, from the Del Amo Shopping Center in Torrance around 2pm. Heading north on Hawthorne blvd., I noticed an extremely bright white light ahead, about 1000 ft. up. (Bright like the reflection of the sun off a car on a sunny day.) It headed east, about the speed of a helicopter. I turned right on Redondo Beach Blvd., traveling east as well. As I had a customer on board, I wanted to remain professional, and asked if it was okay if I pulled over for a second. She complied. I parked and stuck my head out the door. The light was now stationary, at about an 80 degree angle from us and northeast. I then noticed a second light to the right, stationary, at the same height. This one displayed a lattice-like protrusion, with structure inside, but I could see the sky in between its spaces. This "tail" swung counterclock-wise from 2 to 7. No sound from either. I told my passenger to take a look and grabbed my phone to take a picture and video. It didn't work, informing me that my SD card was full. I know it had plenty of space. I hated to leave, but felt the need to get my passenger home safely. She told me she took video on her phone! I had her send it to me and I will forward it as part of this report. Later that night, my phone was able to take pictures again, but all the photos that had been stored on it were now gone.
November 28, 2015 · 9:38 AM · OTHER
Sonoma, CA
Continued to glow and pulse in tree for a number of hours. No sign of anything in tree when we woke up.
November 27, 2015 · 10:15 PM · FIREBALL
Imperial Beach, CA
Standing outside under a clear sky and saw a bright orange round shaped object moving across the sky from east to north west. It was not blinking but moved steadily across the sky like at the height and speed of an airplane but was the color of a fireball and completely silent. It went straight in the one direction and then slowly faded and then disappeared altogether. Witness elects to provide no contact information. PD
November 25, 2015 · 11:32 PM · TRIANGLE
Loleta, CA
a triangular shape craft the size was about 10' x 10' x 10' about 1000 ft. in the air with three lights from the bottom. The craft rose from a lower to a higher elevation in vertical motion. There was no noise and no blinking of the lights. The lights were a dull yellow like old headlights. It appeared to be monitoring something in the area. This is the third sighting in same area. that area is a huge cow fields with some trees off of highway 101.
November 25, 2015 · 7:55 PM · FIREBALL
Willits, CA
Walked outside to grab wood and looked up to the NNW and saw a slow moving light much like an airliner or satellite but the red ball that it was at that size and altitude would be much larger than any plane. It was visibly bigger than any jet. First thought was jet on fire. I ran 15 feet to a window to get another witness but it had vanished when I returned 10 seconds later and looked for it where it should have been. Please let me no if anyone learns what it was.
November 24, 2015 · 7:30 PM · DIAMOND
Sears Point Raceway, CA
Driving alone highway 37, between Marie inland and Sears Point archway at night. We are heading to Petaluma. We were right in the middle of the stretch and wife blood out window, looks like a big star. I glance over to look, too big to be a star, it's low, bright. I look again to see if it's moving. I look again and again to see if it has moved, no movement. My best guess is it was at 1000ft right over "Scaggs Island," it use to be a navy base there. Size was 3 times the brights star. Wife thought it looked like a cross. We continued to Lakeville Rd and got to the 116 turnoff before I said to look to the southeast and band it was still there right over the top of the mountain top. I could not believe it was still there. I look again and it's gone. I've see one back in 1975 above Sugarloaf orange/red spiraling and hopping, then still. The reflective color always stayed with me, like a an led kind of color, different.. So hard to believe anything these days of misinformation, but I know what's out here, more then people want you to know too.
November 24, 2015 · 5:35 AM · OTHER
Torrance, CA
UFO Sighting Report: Nov. 25, 2015 (0535-0540) Torrance CA Shape: Football like shape (bright half halo above the object). My daughters and I watched it move across the Eastern Hemisphere for about 10 minutes. I first noticed the object lights, were white almost clear or translucent. As it moved across the eastern sky the lights changed red and remain a duration of 8 minutes and changed back to white as it move back northeastern and disappear into the clouds. We realized that it was not commercial plane, jet nor helicopter… however, it was “UFO” appearing during the dawn of Tuesday morning. Note: from the car it appeared to be ‘triangle’ from the car. I managed to take photos with my cell phone. Note: saw same image in Santa Monica, California, around 1710...the moon set in the southern hemisphere - same object hoover and shot immediately from where I was walking behind the moon. Sighting of Venus? PD
November 23, 2015 · 11:20 PM · LIGHT
Los Angeles, CA
There were 3 balls of light floating in the sky in the distance. Their colors were alternating quickly between white and red. They would fade out then appear quickly in the same position.
November 23, 2015 · 5:40 PM · OTHER
Fresno, CA
Bright square lights in the western sky. Went straight up then set down over the horizon. I saw it and so did everybody on the jet airplane taking off from Fresno. I suspect this will be on the nightly news as there was no way that I was the only one who saw this.
November 23, 2015 · 6:15 AM · CIRCLE
Orange, CA
I noticed the first fireball while driving east on Chapman ave in the city of Orange at around 06:15. I watched it come in and out of sight for over thirty minutes as I rode to work with my friend in her car all the way to Santa Margerita. The fireball was heading north/northeast and had a long tail of fire. It was about 30 degrees high at first and gradually worked its way down to about 15 degrees high after about 35 to 40 minutes when it suddenly burned out fell straight towards the ground. The fireball turned into a large ball of smoke before it fell, and the straight tail of fire was replaced by a serpentine smoke trail. We picked up another worker in Santa Margerita and headed towards El Toro shortly after 07:00. I saw another fireball identical to the first and at about the same trajectory that I had last seen the first one disappear. I thought it was the same fireball initially, and I puzzled over how it could burn out, turn to smoke, and fall from the sky only to reappear ten minutes later. I watched this second fireball flying in the sky for about five minutes before I lost sight of it behind the hills. I sighted Two more fireballs within a minute of losing sight of the second. Judging by the size of the fireballs and the length of the tails, these last two fireballs were much further away than the first two and lower in the sky, but they were all heading in the same direction. I could see what looked like a bright white light with a concave shape in front of and separate from the fire tail following directly behind it a few times and only when it appeared to be heading towards me. It looked like a shield or something that was suspended directly in front of and well forward of a craft to protect it from burning up as it entered the atmosphere from outer space. It was most often heading away from me, though, and it looked like a ball of fire with a burning tail. I thought they were meteors at first, but I found out that meteors are hard to see in the daylight and usually burn out within 30 seconds when I looked to see if any one reported seeing any meteors at that time. I don't know what I saw, so I guess they are UFOs.
November 22, 2015 · 4:44 PM · CHEVRON
San Diego, CA
I am reporting for my sister-in-law who saw the ufo on three digital images after the fact of taking photos of a sunset. I have uploaded all the images here on my web site. http://www.hardtofindseminars.com/UFO.html
November 22, 2015 · 4:15 PM · TEARDROP
Rohnert Park, CA
At approximately 16:15, heading west, northwest a highly reflective seed-, or teardrop-, shaped object, moving across the sky at a very high rate of speed. Its contrail is what first caught my attention, best described as a curlycue swirl shape. Object moved across the visible horizon in only seconds, incredibly quick. This is roughly the same heading that the recent test rocket seen on the Pacific coast took, I managed to photograph that sighting. This time the object had the sun behind it and its contrail, so none of the photos came out. I submitted a report and photo from the previous rocket launch sight in a few weeks back, same city.
November 21, 2015 · 6:27 PM · SPHERE
Auburn, CA
Saturday, 11/21/15, 18:27 was the date and time on the sales slip as I walked out of the Dollar Store in North Auburn along Highway 49 at the address of: 2136 Grass Valley Hwy, Auburn, CA 95603, having just paid for my goods and walking due west into the parking lot to my car. I immediately noticed two very strange bright red lights that were far in the distance and very high up, the kind of altitude you would expect to see a high flying jet, or even higher. It just seemed high up and distant. They were roundish and brilliant red, no other colors. It did not look like airplane lights since no other colors appeared, just extremely pure brilliant red. One seemed to be heading upward and getting closer and the other appeared to be heading downward and getting closer, coming toward my direction in other words and they had a roundish appearance to them. I did not think to take out my cell phone and try taking photos, they might not come out since it's not really a good camera for in the dark anyhow. As I watched, soon the lights came near to one another, maybe touched, but I could not know for sure. Then one shot outwards to the left and going higher and disappeared out of sight, in the matter of a few seconds. Then the other shot up and outward, at an angle heading exactly back in the opposite direction while going up - and it seemed to accelerate as it got smaller and smaller, then disappeared in a few seconds also, like it had traveled out of sight in a very short time. There was no noises from these lights, but I doubted there would be given how far away and high they appeared. The only noises were sounds in the parking lot and long the main road of cars driving by or peoples' voices in the background going in and out of the stores. That is all I know and can report on what I saw tonight here in North Auburn, CA, 95603. I am 61 years old, male, non-drinker, non-smoker, non-drug user, of clear mind and body, do not suffer from haulucinations or anything of the sort. So I am certain I saw what I saw with my own two eyes and have reported what I saw as accurately as I can remember. It is now 1 hour and 20 minutes after seeing what I saw. So my memory is still very fresh and clear too. The event lasted about 1 to 2 minutes, no longer.
November 21, 2015 · 1:30 AM · EGG
Vannuys, CA
So me and my wife where coming home from dinner as we were driving I noticed this big yellow reddish light first I thought it was a sign with an add because it was street level but as we got closer it was moving away from us then I said to my wife it's the moon babe so we kept driving towards it to get a better look at it By this time we had already passed the street we live on by like three miles and was determined to get a better look at it as we noticed the egg shaped object getting lower that's when we knew it wasn't the moon, suddenly the object started going lower and lower until we could no longer see it, this thing was very big as we kept getting closer it was I'd say as big as a blimp I've never ever seen anything like it, Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 20, 2015 · 11:05 PM · CHEVRON
sacramento, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 20, 2015 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Rosemead, CA
There were about a dozen blinking red dots flying around, and disappeared about 10 minutes later.
November 18, 2015 · 1:50 PM · EGG
San Diego, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 17, 2015 · 7:44 PM
Tustin, CA
Its height was about where you would expect to see a small aircraft. It caught my attention because it was moving too fast for a bird. Also it seemed to have flashing lights. It also flapped its wings in a mechanical fashion. No propellers or other engines notes. It flew to the vicinity of the John Wayne airport in Orange county, California. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD