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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 1, 2015 · 9:45 PM · SPHERE
Pacific Grove, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 1, 2015 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Victorville, CA
My 16 year old daughter is really convinced she saw something paranormal and specifically stated that she is convinced that this light was neither an aircraft or stadium lighting. She walked into our kitchen and noticed a huge light aimed into our window from the north- east. It was too bright to see past it, didn’t move, and it was too quiet to be an aircraft. She said she was surprised and stared at it hoping to figure out what it was when it flashed after 20 seconds of staring at it. It wasn’t a flash like something passed in front of it, it wasn’t like a regular camera flash because it was a massive size, but flashed like it blinked or possibly took a picture. She yelled, “What in the hell” and that’s when I got up from the living room to see what she was looking at. She said it flashed once more and then it disappeared before I was able to see it. We are in a second story apartment and she made it crystal clear that it wasn’t headlights either because shortly after it disappeared, a car drove down 11th street from the north. This isn’t the first time she and I have seen something like this. In 2010 we saw lights flying over that alerted the entire town and it was reported in the Dailey Press the following day with pictures.
January 1, 2015 · 5:30 PM · OVAL
Oakland, CA
It floated for a few seconds which made me think it was some sort of helicopter, with the sun reflecting a bright orange reflection off it. When it started moving up down left and right with ease and fluidity, I knee it could not be eirg.
January 1, 2015 · 5:15 PM · SPHERE
Oakland, CA
It was about 17:15 in the evening of January 1st, 2015. I was walking west down my street in Oakland, CA. The sun had just set behind the buildings in front of me but there was still a lot of light outside. I noticed in the sky something that was bright orange, almost fire like. I thought it was a blimp, but it moved differently. Its movement was fluid, not jerky, and it seemed to move around in all directions with great ease. At one point It must have turned in an orbit, like a planet turns, because it seemed like the orange glow was a reflection of the sun off a silver looking sphere in the sky. I took my phone out, took a picture, and then started recording it. I recorded for about two minutes until it dissapeared. The video goes blurry because the autofocus was on. Initially when I saw the object, it seemed to hover at the hight of what planes fly at, but within two minutes it was so much higher. Here is the link to the video: http://youtu.be/YIfWstTjGkQ We spoke with the woman who submitted the report, and she seemed to us to be quite eloquent and sober-minded. Because of the nature of her employment, we suspect that she is a very good witness. PD
January 1, 2015 · 12:20 AM · CIRCLE
San Jose, CA
Red bright object following straight pattern.... Stops in middle of trajectory .. Than it fades out, re-appears ahead in the sky by a huge distance before fading out completely Witness provides no contact information. PD
January 1, 2015 · 12:10 AM · FIREBALL
Whittier, CA
I was outside listening to all the firework going on and I noticed a strange object which caught my attention. It was traveling in a northwest direction. It was orange and it looked like it was on fire. I watched it for about two minutes and then it just vanished
January 1, 2015 · 12:10 AM · RECTANGLE
Quincy, CA
At approximately midnight and about 15-20 minutes after midnight (New Year's), 6 or 7 elongated reddish orange lights moved slowly across the sky from East to West. With binoculars the shape of each object seemed to be elongated rectangular with an aura of soft white light surrounding the top in an arc shape. The first two lights at first appeared to be large wingtip lights but then several other lights followed the first two in a one-by-one procession. There was no sound, they moved rather slowly, no jerking and it was difficult to determine how high up in the sky the objects flew. At the exact point in the sky, overhead from the observation location, each light was no longer visible (faded/blinked out) when it arrived at that point. The lights were spaced apart, not side by side except for the first two observed. They did not travel in a line, but were staggered in formation. No photo was taken because no smartphone or camera available with night photo capacity. A map and possibly drawing will be forwarded via email to ufocntr@nwlink.com.
January 1, 2015 · 12:01 AM · FIREBALL
Rio Dell, CA
As is typical of the New Year's tradition, we went outside to light some fireworks and howl at the moon. Plenty of others have joined us in this escapade, lighting a good portion of the street with fire while an occasional bottle rocket would flitter upward. As we look into the sky to gaze at a fireworks display, something catches my eye beyond the show. A bright orange light shines in the distance. It's brighter than Venus by comparison, glowing a dull yet vibrant orange. Fireworks dissipate over time while this unidentified light glimmers behind. We stare in some mild form of disbelief. Tears are coming out of my eyes for no particular reason I can fathom. The light sits, unwavering. My first thought was that it might be a paper lantern. Being a holiday it seemed likely that someone might light off a few. It's possible that a paper lantern could have been caught in an inversion current leaving it in a point of temporary stasis. From experience we know what paper lanterns look like however, regardless of distance. The light being emitted was far to bright to be a little ball of fire in a bag. After a few minutes the object begins to move away from us, getting smaller steadily. I begin to run to tell my neighbors, looking over my shoulder every moment or so to make sure it's still there. By the time I make it to my neighbors front door, the object has vanished. While it's very plausible that this was something mundane, we can only go with the emotions during the event. The feeling was grandiose, like witnessing a miracle. Hearts were racing, not with fear, but a feeling of tranquility and unrequited joy. Tears came down as there seemed to be no other way to express such a thought. I simply remember thinking, "We are not alone."
January 1, 2015 · 12:00 AM · FORMATION
La Puente, CA
New years eve night, family went outside to watch nearby fireworks when we noticed 3 orange reddish orbs of light flying in triangular formation slowly headed east over San Gabriel Valley. Sisterly the lights hassled, staying in formation for approx 10 minutes, before each light slowly faded away 1 by 1. Not an instant lights out but a slow fade out.
January 1, 2015 · 12:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Watsonville, CA
I reported it to the FAA and U. S. Coast Guard, and found out the next day there was reports up and down the California coast of the exact thing I had seen. The scariest part of my experience was watching it fly with intelligence and as odd as it may sound. When it noticed me noticing it, it changed course and flew away.. Triangle shaped no other color but red and could stop and go at will and hover. Never seen anything like it. Made me shake in fear! We believe that the report was submitted by the party who had just telephoned the Hotline, but we cannot be certain it is the same person. This is one of two reports from the Watsonville, CA, area, submitted by the same person. PD
January 1, 2015 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
Redlands, CA
The date that this event took place is january 1, 2015. I had just came back from a get together with my family. Me and my dad were the first once to arrive at my house. Then my sister arrived with her baby girl from our get together. She took out her baby girl out of the car and came inside the house. She was trying to put her baby to sleep. Afterwards, my sister went outside to get something from her car. Then she said, she saw an orange circle down the street do south of my house. My sister said it was really low and then it went up to the sky. She got scared. The orange circle past up my drive way and headed to the mountains. Then, my sister came inside the house and told me to come outside. She can barely speak. She said it was urgent! At first it was me and my sister that went outside. When I saw that orange light of circle in the sky, I told my sister that its just a plane. But as I started to focus more on the flying object, it did not look like anything I've ever seen before. I was very shocked. My dad came out of the house to see what was going on. This was around twelve thirty something cause I didn't check the time. I told my dad to go get my tablet. When I got the tablet, I started to take pictures. Then video. As i was recording, my dad yelled out to me, theirs another one coming from the south! I aimed my tablet to capture them on video. Then another one was coming from the same direction. Then I starded taking video again cause to more were coming from the same direction. They all headed to where the other flying objects were. I capture at least 4 flying objects coming from the south and headed towards the mountains. I got 2 pictures, and 3 videos on my tablet. Then I told my sister to go get her camera so she can record the flying objects. We stayed outside for a couple of minutes to capture them on video. Then we went inside our house. Finally, when everyone was asleep, at 3:26 a.m., I went outside to see if they were still there. They were, and still in the same position that we saw them. My dad counted to see how many flying objects we saw and he said 8 in total.
December 31, 2014 · 9:26 PM · SPHERE
Cayucos, CA
I saw a orangish, yellow white orb. It had 8 spikes like those of the points of a compass. I was able to snap a photo, which I do have. I feel con tried to get a video of the event but, it vanished before my eyes. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be sincere and sober-minded. PD
December 31, 2014 · 8:48 PM · FIREBALL
Shasta Lake, CA
Dec 31, 2014 Approximately 8:48pm Location of siting: Shasta Lake, California Object: Like a shooting star but really big. Color was bluish with reddish tail and reddish debris coming off of the main segment. Direction: Was from north to south. Appeared to be going in a slight arc from horizontal. Possibly a 45 degree angle. Other aircraft: There was a jet airliner going opposite direction
December 31, 2014 · 10:15 AM · RECTANGLE
Temecula, CA
Temecula is in Southern California, and today was very odd because it snowed last night. We drove up to a small mountain range off of Hwy 15, parked, and my wife two small kids and I were playing in the snow (a ~4" blanket of snow was on everything). There were scattered houses in the area, each on 5-15 acres. After about 10 minutes of playing/pictures, I was looking at the nearest house, that was about 1/4 mile away, when I noticed a rectangular blue sheet rise out of a small grove of fruit trees near the house. The sheet appeared to be about 6' x 12' and was semi-transparent and oscillating...it looked like a thin sheet of blue fire (it moved much like fire would). Before it cleared the tree-line, a very bright whitish flash emanated from the top and it was gone. My wife happened to be looking in the same general direction, she saw the bright flash (but did not witness the blue sheet). The final flash was as bright as lightning. The entire incident was silent and lasted about 3 seconds. I have heard of "Sheet lightening" but this doesn't fit the description. This was very, very odd, out of place, and nothing like I have every seen before...it seemed out of this world.
December 30, 2014 · 10:30 PM · DISK
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
While driving down my street I seen a huge metal flying disk hovering over the houses on my block. I seen a lot of lights spinning or flashing and square windows spinning. When I turned the corner to get a better look, the object was gone.
December 30, 2014 · 12:14 PM · SPHERE
Anaheim, CA
Around 50 silver spheres flying in circles and also forming shapes, seems they were protecting something. We saw the spheres 50 meters about Walmart on Euclid Ave. So many, that we got scared.
December 29, 2014 · 10:00 PM · FORMATION
Tustin, CA
I saw round red glowing objects that rose up from behind my house, I was out front walking our dogs, that seemed to have taken off one after the other and each followed the path of the first "exactly". All five seemed to rise into the sky heading South West and gained altitude very quickly before disappearing into the night sky one after the other at precisely the same spot in the night sky. I live directly beneath the flight path for John Wayne airport in Santa Ana and planes were landing, these objects were above the landing planes shooting upwards into the sky and nothing like what I have ever seen before. The formation of one following the other was precise and tight, I believe the objects were moving far too fast to be commercial aircraft and the altitude was far too high. I know the flight paths for most flights flying over our house and these crafts took a flight path upwards that I have never seen before. These were not your ordinary crafts; these were definitely something different, and the glow of red light from them was brighter, not flashing, than anything I have witnessed before. Has anyone else reported seeing these crafts? Can someone explain what they were?
December 29, 2014 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
Wilmington, CA
Fireball seen heading west towards Pacific ocean from Hollywood,while moving into new apt myself and crew saw a large fireball along with several small children while visiting the ice cream truck parked in front of apt building.
December 29, 2014 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL
San Luis Obispo, CA
We were driving south on the 101 at the top of the grade at spotted a large white object with fire trailing behind it. Object appeared to make a right angle turn away from us. The fire stopped. We lost sight. The object was descending at a shallow angle when it turned. ((ADDENDUM FROM A SECOND WITNESS, LOCATED NEAR VENTURA, CA)) We saw a fireball driving home from Utah last night that matched this very closely at the exact same time - 7PM. We were on Hwy 126 about 10 miles east of Ventura when I saw a white fireball streak across the sky in front of the car slightly to our left. That would have put it to the South of us toward Oxnard, likely out over the ocean. It was traveling left to right, meaning it was heading pretty much due South. It seemed to turn slightly green and left a long trail behind it. It was low in the sky, I'd estimate 10 degrees, was obscured by some trees, then reappeared on the other side of them, then we lost sight of it. I'd estimate we saw it for 5 seconds. Since in the report below they were looking south I think this was the same object. I however did not see it make any turn (although we lost sight of it at the end) and assumed it was a very large close meteor. ((END ADDENDUM)) Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 28, 2014 · 8:58 PM · LIGHT
Culver City, CA
I was in my car on my way way home from work. As I turned right onto my street I noticed a red light to the west in the sky. It disappeared within a few seconds. I continued to look where the light came from, thinking it might be a blinking plane, but it did not reappear...
December 28, 2014 · 1:00 PM · OTHER
Menifee, CA
Observed a craft hovering in a wheat field during work. The craft was not making any noise and was rotation in the whole time. The craft appeared to be larger than my vehicle, a Toyota fj cruiser. We started to approach the craft when it appeared to come down, but quickly went up when we got closer. The craft then went straight up and we lost site of it. A few photos were taken with cell phone, not great.
December 28, 2014 · 12:10 PM · CIGAR
Bonsall, CA
Coming down Hwy 76, i notice a totally 'black' cigar shaped object in the sky and not far away and not that high up in the sky - shaped like a helicopter WITHOUT the blades or landing gear - It appeared to be just floating - when i actually reached the red light on 76/Bonsall i noticed just how slow it was actually moving - it was moving but very slowly. I turned onto Mission Road and lost sight of it.. Since there is Camp Pendleton close by - that was my first thought and i could not dismiss that it could possibly be an military aircraft - but hovering and moving so slow with no noticeable blades was what concerned me
December 27, 2014 · 11:00 AM · SPHERE
La Canada, CA
I was out hiking and came to a bench and sat down. A shadow passed over me from a Red Tailed Hawk that was flying. The Hawk was near the sun and I stood up to photograph it with my cell phone camera a Samsung Galaxy 5s. With the Hawk near the sun, it makes for a good picture showing the colors of the Hawk really well.I was holding the camera out away from me arms length. I Noticed A LIGHT IN the picture and figured it was sun light because I was taking pictures with the sun in them. When I brought the camera down to view my shots there was a sphere in the background in some of my shots. It was white and had brighter dots of raised lights that changed patterns seemed to rotate from top to bottom I have 6 or 7 very clear pictures of it. I was standing a 1/2 mile away to the south from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in LA Canada California.
December 26, 2014 · 6:42 PM · UNKNOWN
Lancaster, CA
a ufo just passed my security camera going back and forth than up and gone this has been going on for some time now as in months if you live here in lancaster ca. hook up some security cameras point them up and down up if you don't see anything the first few hours keep moving them all angels all directions a lot of activity early morning sun rise and sun coming down make sure to have one pointing in your yard even inside the house i have one in all areas you will be very surprised to just how much activity is happening here in lancaster calif i get activity 24-7 from ufos flying in flying out spears shooting in the sky lasers probing my yard there a real high beam freakquency all around lancaster the clouds will try to hide a lot ' lots of bubbles floating in the air and big big bubbles shooting by just keep your cameras up all the areas i mentioned here . you need the cameras rolling a lot of it is not visible to the naked eye thats because of the high freakquency there using if your cameras seem like there in the twilight zone theres nothing wrong with them its the ufo's are your animals acting very strange they can hear whats going on when i'm checking the Characteristics of Object i'm talking about all of them they all do something different