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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
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · CIRCLE
San Luis Obispo, CA
US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
Santa Barbara, CA
Living on the 154 came out the house with my friend and saw a white cloud that left a blue glowing trail flying north almost right above our heads then out of the cloud a yellow orb came out slowly and traveling slowly changed direction heading north up the coast. I saw flashes around it then it made like a blue hourglass underneath it at one point while it was traveling. We saw it pretty close. Next day navy said it was a tritan missile but it wasn't and it was silent. Me and my griend were stunned
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · DISK
South Pasadena, CA
We have corrected the date. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Riverside, CA
Other have reported seeing it as far north as the Bat Area, south as far as San Diego and east as far as Nevada. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · OTHER
San Jose, CA
US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Wilows, CA
Driving on I-5 South, south west of Chico CA two of us observed what at first looked like a helicopter facing east shining a spot beam across the sky (not pointing down). There was a very distinct blue cylinder of light emanating from a bright white light which had crisp lines as if it was perfectly uniform in width, it extended a few degrees of azimuth across the sky. Additionally there was a smaller but much wider cone of whitish light emanating in the same direction. However this object was way too high to be a helicopter. The helicopter comparison would seem logical if the object was 100 or 1000 times closer. We stared at this object for what felt like a few minutes discussing what it could be. During this time it became obvious that is not a helicopter and not static as it seemed. Then we noticed the object was moving west and the white light in the shape of a cone moved with it, the blue light column was still there pointing east (not at the ground). At this point it looked like the bright spot of light was the rear of the object and the cone seemed to be the effect as the object moved, kind of like a wake. This conical wake was impossibly big though. As we drove the object moved an extremely long distance West or WSW. The crisp cylinder of blue light appeared to smear and slowly fade over a few more minutes. During this time we could see the cone of light remain while the bright light of the object continued west. As it moved, narrower cones were created. While we were still looking at the blue light cylinder (now smeared, no more distinct lines) we commented how it was blue. I traced the object west and we saw two pickup trucks pulled over on the side of the road liking in the same direction as the event with their phones out. Eventually you could trace the object until it was extremely far away. At this point a fainter cone of light was behind it and looked to pointing up. To better clarify, the blue cylinder looked like a very bright light until it dissipated 5 minutes after it showed up, the conical "light" seemed to not really be light. A good analogy would be that space craft reentry vehicle having a large cone of disturbance behind it, however it would have been impossibly large as the object was so far away. I am an electrical engineer specializing in real time digital signal processing for high precision GPS receivers and the other observer is a general contractor. Both late 30s driving back from a fly fishing trip. I am VERY interested in hearing back from anyone with an explanation for this, whether it can be explained by a natural phenomenon and any other reports of this incident. I would expect 100s or 1000s of people should have seen it due to the duration and nature. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Carpinteria, CA
We were walking home from dinner when we looking into the sky and saw a bright white light almost resembling a comet and moving pretty slow at an upward diagonal angle. We stopped to watch because it looked so strange, it had a tail of white light coming out which massed into a large white cloud that appeared lit. There are absolutely no clouds in the sky tonight and everywhere around this light mass was empty sky. While the light was on the right of the cloud a thick somewhat translucent green beam was stationary coming out of the left side. The light continued to move upward and to the right and eventually got far enough away that it was no longer connected to the light cloud. When this happened the green beam also dissipated. The light cloud however remained in the sky for the next 10 minutes. The original light moved far away but remained visible, it appeared to move further up in the sky and then there seamed to be another shower like light beam extendi! ng downward. It remained in that position for roughly 5 minutes and then disappeared. We both watched this unfold as well as two other people on the street across from us. There are no missile launches or rocket launches recorded near this area tonight and we are left wondering what we saw. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Santee, CA
US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · CIGAR
Paso Robles, CA
Craft had large powerful triangular search light with trailing iridescent blue beam. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · FLASH
Seal Beach, CA
US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Riverbank, CA
US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Downey, CA
Daughter looked up into the sky to a bright object. She called her father. He observed a bright white spot light like light shining into a forming shape that seemed to resemble a green beam glowing thru a cloud. Stood there watching the light while daughter rushed to call me and grandma out. While rushing out to see we watched the stationary light break away from the cloud. Moving slowly what looked like backing away from the cloud. The light keep moving and dimmed but also elongated vertically and faint. All the while the green glowing cloud like shape remaining quite bright long enough for me to go get phone and snap a few pictures. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Ridgecrest, CA
We saw it in the western sky about 6 p.m. (1800) What I saw looked like the moon emitting light except the white light was surrounded by a cloud or fog-like material. The white light emitted a ray type light through the cloud/smoke cover. The rays of light quickly dispersed into a cloud. There was cloud cover around the object as it became a diaphanous object when it dispersed. It was really strange. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · CIRCLE
Corona, CA
US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · CIRCLE
Patterson, CA
US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · CONE
Redding, CA
It was freaky and we did not know what it was. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Los Angeles, CA
At approximately 6:00 pm I was feeding my dogs in my northeast Los Angeles backyard. The sky was already dark as sunset in Los Angeles was at 4:55pm. I happened to look to the west when I saw a bright white light. The object was approximately 50 degrees above the southwest horizon. Emanating from the point of white light was an area of illumination resembling a cone, with the tip of the cone at the light and the bottom part of the cone shining to the east toward me. The cone of diffuse light was approximately 10 degrees in length. This cone shaped area of illumination seemed to consist of light reflecting off air particles, similar to the way a flashlight shows a shaft of light when shined into a dusty sky. There was no noise associated with the light. The object and its cone-shaped shaft of light remained stationary for a minute or two. Then the object moved to the north very slowly until it was due west of me. Behind the white light (extending south of the light) appeared an area of blue glow approximately 10 degrees in diameter. The area of blue glow was diffuse and somewhat oval shaped, like a diffuse cloud. The blue glow was pronounced at first, but slowly began to grow dim. At this point the white cone-shaped shaft of light that had been emanating from the white point of light had disappeared. The white point of light grew dim but still traveled northward very slowly. The diffuse, dim blue “cloud” remained for approximately 10 minutes and then gradually faded. The white point of light also faded away as it traveled slowly in a northward direction. This may have been a rocket launch from Vandenberg Air Force base north of Los Angeles. However, I am not sure and so decided to issue this report. I have witnessed a few Vandenberg rocket launches from Los Angeles in the past. This object, whatever it was, looked nothing like those previous launches. U. S. Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · CYLINDER
Barstow, CA
A huge cylinder green fire ball (with a brighter green/white cloud fan shape at the end of the cylinder) sighted on sky today 07 Nov 2015 at 1800 pacific time at Barstow, CA. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
Escondido, CA
Light greenish hazy cloud perfect spherical in shape, about the size of a football stadium. Three witnesses approximately three miles apart and saw it at the same time. Stayed in the same location and had soft edges. Cloud was due West of Orange Glen High School and due South of Escondido High School, both in Escondido, CA. Elevation approximately 600 feet. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · CHANGING
Escondido, CA
Saw a fireball type thing going up into the sky with a fire trail, shortly after saw large white cloud like mass with a tail of lighted cloud as well, illuminated but dull, in a blue color, became less visible over time, but it did seem to be coming closer at first. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
San Diego, CA
I am a delivery driver 50 years old, and on Saturday night I was traveling west on robinson ave. and at about tenth st. I noticed an orange-ish golden light moving from my left to right. I at first thought it was a helicopter but noticed it was way out there - higher than a plane would fly. Then quite quickly the light flashed brighter like an explosion, and then I could see a trail of debris or sparks spread out behind the light. If the light was half an inch wide in the sky the debris field was 4 inches about. I was pointing to other drivers saying "are you seeing this?", and then the light changed colors to white/blue-ish and started to travel towards me. The light then expanded in a concentric circle from the center like when you see a plane hit mach speed, - so the center light is there with this ring around expanding slowly, and this starts to fade. Now it looks like the light went to the right and back again, but in hind sight the lig! ht may have been spinning and appeared to be moving left to right. The whole light seemed to fade then into a cloud that was square/rectangular in shape. This "cloud" then turned green, and stayed that way for at least 5 minutes, then the whole cloud faded out. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · OTHER
Santa Ana, CA
Traveling north on the 5 south of Santa Ana. Small craft looked like a plane or helicopter traveling north with a white light. followed by bright green/ blue light trailing behind. with a giant orb or fog. The green/ blue light grew and faded. US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
San Diego, CA
US Navy missile launch. PD
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · FIREBALL
Oceanside, CA
US Navy missile launch. PD