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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.
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November 7, 2015 · 9:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Bakersfield, CA
I was going outside to my car when I thought a helicopter was shining a light above me. I looked up confused because I didn't hear any sound. All of a sudden, this craft opens with a red light on the back, and a really bright light in the middle. I was facing south west. It was directly above me when it shot out this massive ray of blue light. It then disappeared in a moment, but the blue beam stayed fixed in the sky for about an hour.
November 6, 2015 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
3 bright lights appearing to travel in formation with no blinking or red or green lights. They were followed by a helicopter with green and red blinking lights. Lights travelled west to east then turned and flew over Mountains. Lights seemed to move fairly slowly around 50 mph.
November 6, 2015 · 6:30 PM · CHANGING
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
We were in the Car at 18.30 PM traffic light stop and saw the 3 objects moving very slowly and red light.. Then we arrived home following UFO seen increased speed and went over east in the city. It was flashing blue lights and red and some times objects close each others and red lights. We think it was mother ship very big as 2 story buildings. We researched it on you tube we saw some one put exact thing we saw from little distant. Please we listen to Renae we hope you talk about it. If there is a phone during rense we will happy to talk. Please this is real and the person who put it is truth as well. I am Iranian and my wife is Swedish American. It was about 5 minutes at least we wanted to call 911 also, we said we do not want law enforcement question our what we saw. We know this is 4 rimes we saw other times was in Portland single UFO and 2 F16 following it over 2 times speed of sounds. Other times also was seen single UFO hovering at our resident few days later. We are Bahai and in our religion our master and founder 1863 Baha'ullah said UFO are real and it is stupid to think we are alone in the universe. Thank you so much and my wife will write about incident in Rancho Cucamonga to you as well. Please it was silent and hamming sound also heard as well on Rancho CA. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 6, 2015 · 6:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Friday Nov. 6 around 6:30 pm my husband and myself were in a car in Rancho Cucomonga Ca. As we approached an intersection, I saw this large object in the night sky. I should say what I saw was three fairly large lights in an elongated triangle shape (with small slow flashing red light below the bottom white light). I kept looking to see what it was ??? as hard as I looked I could not see any structure!!! When we crossed the intersection I rolled down my window (non-drivers side and same side of road it was on) going from west to east...as I looked over it had seemed to stop moving and I could hear a low humming sound(not loud tho) It was very big at least one story high, but I think even bigger. You could not see any structure content and you could not see through it. Genesis, Evolution, and Aliens The Baha'i Faith, claiming to be God's most recent message to humanity, is not just another in a series. It represents the culmination of a six-thousand year cycle of Prophets, and the transition into a new universal cycle. While the religion is now in its infancy, taking a broad view of where it falls in history provides a humbling experience to any believer, while an even broader view of the universe stirs up an unparalleled sense of awe. As traditional religion devolves into an irrational superstition, and a strictly materialistic ideology begins to dominate society, the Baha'i Faith teaches the harmony of science and religion. True religion and science must agree, because the truth is one. Genesis "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Gen 1:1) A key to understanding the books of Moses is what Baha'is call progresive revelation: that religious truth is relative to the time of revelation. The people of the time of Moses were obsessed with spiritism and idol worship, with the spiritual and intellectual capacity of today's children. `Abdu'l-Baha said, "Moses established laws and ordinances; these gave life to the people of Israel, and led them to the highest possible degree of civilization at that period." (Some Answered Questions, p. 14) In this context the stories of Genesis - and other creation myths - are interpreted as spiritual allegories, in a way that outwardly satisfied people's curiosity of history, while inwardly describing spiritual truths that uplifted society. The common understanding at the time was of the world as an island continent on a flat disc with infinite water, surrounded by a dome with stars embedded in its surface. A modern understanding of how the world developed was not only impossible but unnecessary at the time. The account of Genesis had the advantage of conveying the essential spiritual truths about humanity's development with broad symbolism, and avoided the detail that was beyond the capacity to understand. `Abdu'l-Baha said, "Moses taught that the world was brought into existence in the six days of creation. This is an allegory, a symbolic form of the ancient truth that the world evolved gradually... We thus have a progressive process of creation, and not a one-time happening. Moses' days of creation represent time spans of millions of years." (Science and Religion, p. 90) As humanity has progressed with a new capacity to understand its environment, the Baha'i teachings reveal new truths about the world. Baha'u'llah teaches that the physical universe is without beginning or end, and confirms the scientists who claim that the earth developed over millions and billions of years. Yet similar to Moses, Baha'u'llah's teachings focus on the spiritual development of society and the control of one's lower nature. On the nature of creation and existence, `Abdu'l-Baha says, "If we could imagine a time when no beings existed, this imagination would be the denial of the Divinity of God. Moreover, absolute non-existence cannot become existence. If the beings were absolutely non-existent, existence would not have come into being." Accordingly, the story of Adam and Eve contains "divine mysteries and universal meanings, and it is capable of marvelous explanations," but is simply a symbol, and cannot be reasonably imagined as a historical account. Evolution On the origin of humans, Baha'u'llah similarly confirms biological development of humans over millions of years in different forms. He also taught that the human species was always distinct from the animal kingdom in potentiality. Some of the most striking and direct comments on evolution come from `Abdu'l-Baha, where he says that man's existence on the earth has developed over a long time. He says, "Between man and the ape, however, there is one link missing, and to the present time scientists have not been able to discover it... "The philosophers of the Orient in reply to those of the western world say: Let us suppose that the human anatomy was primordially different from its present form, that it was gradually transformed from one stage to another until it attained its present likeness, that at one time it was similar to a fish, later an invertebrate and finally human. This anatomical evolution or progression does not alter or affect the statement that the development of man was always human in type and biological in progression. For the human embryo when examined microscopically is at first a mere germ or worm. Gradually as it develops it shows certain divisions; rudiments of hands and feet appear--that is to say, an upper and a lower part are distinguishable. Afterward it undergoes certain distinct changes until it reaches its actual human form and is born into this world. But at all times, even when the embryo resembled a worm, it was human in potentiality and character, not animal. The for! ms assumed by the human embryo in its successive changes do not prove that it is animal in its essential character. Throughout this progression there has been a transference of type, a conservation of species or kind. Realizing this we may acknowledge the fact that at one time man was an inmate of the sea, at another period an invertebrate, then a vertebrate and finally a human being standing erect... Therefore, in the protoplasm, man is man. Conservation of species demands it. "The lost link of Darwinian theory is itself a proof that man is not an animal. How is it possible to have all the links present and that important link absent? Its absence is an indication that man has never been an animal. It will never be found." (Promulgation of Universal Peace, pp. 358-359) This statement was delivered in a speech in 1912. These ideas brought harmony to the diverging forces of science and religion at the time. Soul The rational soul, according to Baha'u'llah, gives humans an intelligence that makes discoveries and penetrates the reality of things. Animals and humans share the same physical powers, but an animal cannot evolve the intellectual powers of humans, who have the freewill to overcome the animalistic nature of the body. One evidence of this power is contemplation and reflection, as described by `Abdu'l-Baha, "It is clear that when man is thinking, it is as though he were consulting with some other person. With whom is he consulting? It is evident that it is another reality or one aside from this body with whom he enters into consultation when he thinks, 'Shall I do this work or not?' 'What will be the result of my doing this?' ... And then that reality in man communicates its opinion to him concerning the point at issue. Therefore that reality in man is clearly and obviously other than his body, an ego with which man enters into consultation and whose opinion man seeks." (Foundations of World Unity, p. 109) Origins of Life Humans developed on earth over millions of years, alongside plants and animals. A question then arises: how did it all get here? After all, the story of Genesis came to satisfy the most fundamental controversy. Even with a childish understanding of the world around them, the nomadic followers of Moses could see that they came fro
November 6, 2015 · 6:00 PM · CIGAR
Fremont, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 6, 2015 · 6:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Upland, CA
We look up and see 3 white lights moving in perfect unison with a blinking red light attached 100+ feet behind the last (Moving with the last light). Only one sound was audible (as in only one engine/humming sound.) Moving slowly and fairly low. Could not have been a helicopter, was too large for any known heli. Too slow to be a plane
November 6, 2015 · 6:00 PM · DIAMOND
Upland, CA
My daughter and I were headed East on Benson Avenue in the City of Upland loctade in California. My daughter was distraught and with a shaken voice said, "What is that in the sky?" I looked up and observed four objects in a perfectly parallel shape; directly apart from one another. They were very bright white lights, and the shape of the object was clear at first almost making diamond shapes with a slighter larger bottom to them. By the time I pulled over to view what they were, they had moved into an almost triangular shape, as far as their positions. There were two on top a small distance away from one another, and two on the bottom a further distance away; again in a perfect matching distance away. The two on top after about a minute, started to flash red lights, the two on the bottom did not and remained very bright white lights. They were making extraordinary unison distances that seemed to match perfectly, as well as gliding across the sky perfectly. By the time I drove home, they were barely visible and my daughter mentioned had vanished at one point. It was very disturbing, because so few seem talk about these events and I have another sighting which is still hard to talk about to this day, as I believe I witnessed the exact location of where these UFO's land and take off from. I will write at another time, but for tonight seemed again a four object UFO sighting.
November 5, 2015 · 9:00 PM
Anaheim, CA
Then it flew directly sideways towards the east. It stopped again and hovered then dropped down behind a row of buildings. A few seconds later it shot straight up into the sky and disappeared. I did snap two pictures of the object on my camera phone.
November 5, 2015 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
La Crescenta, CA
I saw a bright Green ball of light get bigger and move around 4 miles in 1 second and the light just vanished and went out like a dying candle light ... I have never seen green like travel horizontal at that rate of speed finally i saw a UFO in my life so happy. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 5, 2015 · 6:05 PM · CHEVRON
San Diego, CA
I was smoking outside at the corner of West Lewis and Falcon Streets in San Diego at 6:05pm this evening, Thursday, November 5, 2015. l was looking almost straight up and saw a very low set of 4 dim lights coming from the NW and heading SE. There was a lead light with 2 lights on the right and 1 light on the left. These evenly spaced lights formed a chevron. These lights were very dim. They were yellow white in color. I could see there was a solid craft in between the lights and behind the lights; but the lights were too dim to illuminate the outer edges of the craft, so I can't really say what exactly the shape of the craft was. I can only say for sure that there was a solid craft in between and behind the lights. The craft was partially illuminated by the dim yellow white lights, but also from the city lights. This craft was very low. It must have been under 500 feet. I first saw it in the NW. It flew almost directly over me; maybe at 85 degrees, at its closest point. It was completely silent. It was moving fast. I first saw it just coming from the NW and it was going out of view being blocked by houses within 4 or 5 seconds. There were other aircraft visible on the horizon; but this area of the sighting is near the San Diego airport, so there are almost always aircraft in the horizon.
November 5, 2015 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Menifeeca, CA
An unnaturally shaped bright white light appeared in sky - no moon tonight or clouds. It moved across the sky, a bright beam of white turning to a cerulean blue. A big circle appeared in the sky surrounding it. The light dimmed then faded after a minute, but a BRIGHT blue oval was left in the sky.
November 5, 2015 · 4:00 PM · LIGHT
Atwater, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 5, 2015 · 3:20 PM · LIGHT
Healdsburg, CA
I live in a rural area surrounded by vineyards and forests and was with my uncle John and my dog Rufus. It was shortly before dark and we were walking down a slight hill, towards the creek that is adjacent to our property. We were about 50 feet down the trail from my driveway when the entire sky lit up for a very short period of time. I remember a chill down my spine and a feeling that something was not quite right. I looked back and to my right at my uncle who was a couple of steps behind me and he looked slightly confused as well, but with no obvious reason something had happened we continued on our walk. I didn’t think much of it, but upon returning home I realized approximately an hour had passed, when we were quite obviously only gone for about 15 minutes. And that is why I will always remember the fifth of November.
November 4, 2015 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
San Rafael, CA
I was watching a group of 5 to 10 objects in a straight line and at times in a triangular formation to the southeast of where I was standing. These lights were incredibly bright at times and incredibly low just barely above treetop level. 5 of these lights would dip down behind the treeline and come up again and remain basically stationary sometimes a bright yellow gold and other times really dimly lit but still visible. The object on the far right was giving off a purple and blue light as well as yellowish green at times. I watched this object for a solid 20 minutes in basically the same spot hovering until it finally took off and started heading north very slow and silent. All of these lights were just kind of swarming around each other and gradually moved to the southeast. The 5 main objects were basically hovering from about 10 after 10 until about ten-thirty P.M.
November 4, 2015 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Lakewood, CA
Last night as my boyfriend and I were out for our nightly walk, he pointed out a bright blue light in the sky. The light went up pretty fast then dropped mid sky in close proximity to a plane. It then moved left towards the plane, stayed there for a while then backed away again. The light went back up kind of fast, and proceeded to drop towards earth slowly until out of sight. Object was not observed going back up to the sky. There were 2 aircraft's in the vicinity of the sighting and they remained there for a long time, as if they were looking for it or waiting for it to go back into the sky.
November 4, 2015 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Covina, CA
I was looking at the Ursa Minor constellation (due north) and all of a sudden a bright light appeared and then just faded out, I saw it just to the right of that constellation. I have seen meteors, satellites, and planes before and this was none of them. The light was brighter than any star I have seen. White with a blue tint.
November 4, 2015 · 9:30 AM · LIGHT
Berkeley, CA
They disappeared after observing them for about 5 minutes. Poof!
November 4, 2015 · 5:50 AM
Marysville, CA
I Was driving to work when I saw a light that I thought was an air plane or helicopter going down. It was coming down at a angle when it flashed a few times. Half way down, it just disappeared. I was traveling south to north and it was still dark in the morning.
November 4, 2015 · 4:48 AM · CHANGING
San Rafael, CA
While driving to work this morning I saw an object falling from the sky. It appeared to reflect light as it tumbled, leaving me to believe that it was not a meteor. I have seen many meteors as an avid astronomer, and this was not one. The object was to the East of highway 101 in central San Rafael.
November 2, 2015 · 6:13 PM · FLASH
Corona, CA
Big green flash over main street area that made no noise. After the flash the sprinkling rain turned into a pour. Stayed for several minutes after trying to get footage, but there was only the one initial flash during that time.
November 2, 2015 · 4:10 PM · OVAL
San Diego, CA
In order to see the flying objects I had to focus my vision into the sky and stare at it until I was able to spot them. They moved at a steady pace not too fast but not slow either. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 31, 2015 · 11:45 PM · OVAL
San Diego, CA
At first I noticed a red orb hanging in the southwest sky. I thought it was venus at first, but it was a bright red and it was moving. It seemed so far away, yet close at the same time. The orb moved downwards in a line perpendicular to the horizon, and it seemed to get brighter as it fell closer. At first it moved in a linear fashion, so I thought it was a shooting star or that Halloween asteroid, but it was moving too slowly and seemed too close to be a celestial object. After about a minute watching the red orb, it changed color to a pale grey and was difficult to see in the night sky. The shape of the orb seemed more disk like at this point and it changed direction from south to west - a maneuver that both my friend and I had not seen any planes or helicopters do. The dim, grey disk moved slowly and we thought we had lost sight of it, but it was distinct and clearly not something we were used to seeing move in the night sky. It changed direction from west to south again, but appeared to move away from us instead of closer as it had when it was bright red... and then we lost sight of it.
October 31, 2015 · 8:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Encinitas, CA
Craft appeared similar to most descriptions of the TR-3B craft. It was composed of three bright white lights, and passed through a ~170° field of view in about 45 seconds. The vehicle moved much like a satellite, completely silent until it passed out of my field of view, when a loud noise similar to an afterburning engine like a J79 experiencing some kind of minor malfunction occurred, lasting 15 seconds.
October 31, 2015 · 7:45 PM · LIGHT
Escondido, CA
Watched star like object go across sky at a very high rate of speed. Not a satellite. You could follow it with your eyes. It changed direction and disappeared. We have changed the time, to reflect a nighttime sighting. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information, so we are unable to contact him/her to confirm the time. PD