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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
October 30, 2023 · 1:57 PM · CHANGING
Whittier, CA
It was like looking at the night sky but in the day time. From about 30 to 40 objects as if they were forming patterns in the sky. Then I took out my phone and filmed for about a minute and 15 seconds. Incredible.....
October 29, 2023 · 5:13 PM · SPHERE
Elk Grove, CA
We saw one orb appear at what seems a very high altitude followed by another orb appear in the blue of the sky. There were no flashing lights however the color changed from white to pinkish red then slowly moved until out of sight.
October 28, 2023 · 6:50 PM · TRIANGLE
Long Beach, CA
5 objects total, 3 went into a triangle and all faded. Not helicopter, drone or plane as this was above LGB flight path.
October 28, 2023 · 6:24 AM · SPHERE
Santa Clarita, CA
I was on my Tablet watching YouTube, when I went to open my window for som fresh air. I stopped to watch an airliner passing by since my home is under the traffic lane of an airport, so I like to plane watch frequently. I noticed what I originally thought to be another airliner, so I turned my attention to it. That was when I realized it did not have any navigational lights. I am familiar with what satellites look like and it did not match up. To add to that, there was a second orb which orbited around it as it moved across the sky. They made no noise, whereas I could clearly hear the airliner. Both of them were moving across the horizon at what I believe must have been supersonic speed. The entire sighting lasted approximately 2 minutes. During that time, crickets which were making noise outside had stopped entirely. Everything was dead quiet, I could hear my circulation.
October 27, 2023 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Davis and Woodland (beetween; closer to Davis), CA
There were two yellow lights, it seemed like the bigger brighter one was still, but the smaller one was seemed to be moving. The bigger one was moving with the smaller one, as if they were connected on one craft, but it only seemed like the smaller one was moving up and down. Another light appeared above the bigger one. It was the smallest, it too was yellow. It seemed like, as we were driving the lights were moving across the sky, only the smaller two were going up and down. When we were getting close to Davis, the lights seemed brighter and bigger too sort of a bright reflection on them. And then they disappeared behind the trees, even when we looked at the direction they were, we couldn't see them.
October 27, 2023 · 6:47 PM · FORMATION
San diego, CA
At 6:47pm while sitting at Kate sessions park in San Diego my 3 friends and I noticed some mysterious lights in the distance over the military base north island. There were 5 lights spaced out and seemed to reconfigure to 3 into a shape of a triangle. Then they proceeded to form a straight line. At this point there were 4 lights. They eventually all vanished. [NUFORC annotation: Flares - Possible]
October 27, 2023 · 6:46 PM · SPHERE
San Diego, CA
At around 6:46p PST, I was finishing up walking my dog near the gated entrance of our building on a cul du sac in Banker's Hill, San Diego. I turned to walk towards the gate, facing southwest towards San Diego Harbor and noticed what appeared to be a meteor falling in the sky. It was very bright and falling more slowly than I would have imagined a meteor to fall and I kept staring at it in awe as it continued its decent in the nights sky. I had watched for about 30 seconds and yelled to my neighbor who was also walking her dog to look up in the sky. She asked, "what is that?" and I began filming as best I could. The tail of fire had begun to descend beyond my line of sight due to the tree line ahead but just as it neared the tops of the trees, the fire separated out into 5 rays of falling light and then began moving into a more horizontal formation which clearly became 5 separate hovering orbs of light. 4 of the orbs began moving west across the harbor and 1 orb can be seen moving west and then shifting towards the east. I ran down the street to get to a place with an unobstructed view of the harbor and only one orb remained for a brief moment before disappearing towards the south. I have captured 2 videos depicting what I saw. The first video is the very tail end of the meteor like fiery formation falling from the sky and you can see it separate out into 5 separate lines. The next video captures the 5 hovering orbs, right above the tree line as it began to descend lower over the harbor and then finally disappear. In the first video, you see the fire/light and hear my neighbor exclaim, "Okay...it's breaking up now." In the second video, it immediately starts with showing the 5 separate orbs and then I ran down the street and the video is poor but when you get to the last 00:30 seconds left you see one remaining orb over the harbor and I exclaim, "there it is" and then it quickly disappears.
October 27, 2023 · 5:54 AM · UNKNOWN
Sherman Oaks, CA
A yellow, unnatural light moving in the Southern Sky moving West to East eventually entering the SouthEasterly Sky at a very rapid pace seemed to stop on a dime upon aligning with Venus, almost using the planet’s bright light as a cover source. I confirmed via ADSBExchange it was neither airplane, nor was the airspace locked down due to rocket or other launch. Also confirmed via Satellite Tracking App that it did not align with any orbiting SAT at that time or angle.
October 26, 2023 · 10:30 PM · CYLINDER
Arbuckle, CA
One craft broke into two objects and flew into different directions
October 25, 2023 · 2:55 AM · LIGHT
colton, CA
The two round green lights moved at a high rate of speed. Faster than any helicopter or drone could possibly go. I don’t think a jet can move that fast. The lights flashed. As each flash the object would move about a mile. It went out about 10 miles and stopped and hovered for a few minutes then shot back the opposite way . It seemed to stopped once it passed me and hover and even turn around, then turned back and left. It had a glow around it but a light one.
October 24, 2023 · 12:35 PM · LIGHT
Pasadena, CA
At the time of the sighting, approximately 12:35pm, the skies were clear with 10-mile visibility conditions. I was, for a second time today, walking laps around my backyard to stretch my sprained left hip muscle, which is why I wasn’t at work. Now what I’m about to write might sound strange but considering this is my fourth or fifth sighting to leave me baffled, I’ve actually come to expect these types of sightings in my every day life. Specifically in the San Gabriel Mountain area near Pasadena I’ve witnessed dozens of craft that may very well be balloons of some sort since most that I see travel extremely slow and reflect the sun’s white light to appear like stars in the middle of the day. As I paced in my backyard and turned to face the mountains, a dim gray-colored craft flying west to east caught my attention for some reason. It seemed to be at or above 30,000 ft traveling as fast as a plane, but I like to test things now by “transmitting” a telepathic thought out; something along the lines of, “If you can hear me, stop and reverse course.” I then used a helpful technique of finding a nearby tree branch as a reference point to not lose sight of crafts flying through cloudless skies. I followed this first plane-like object with my eyes, taking small steps toward my left to keep it in my sight as it flew eastward. Then it stopped mid-flight and I immediately thought, “Of course, another balloon about to drift in a new direction.” Then for the next 3 to five minutes it remained stationary, and gradually grew so faint that I lost sight of it. Nothing spectacular, but I’ve learned the hard way that an initial disappearance does not signal the end of the experience. Patience is key. I scanned the same area of the sky for another couple of minutes before a craft reflecting or emitting bright white light at the same altitude and speed of the first came into my view. “Must be a plane,” I thought as it approached the spot where the first craft had vanished. Suddenly the second UAP begins circling that very spot in the sky. I’ve never seen a plane exhibit bird-like behavior and make full tight circles within a few seconds. My immediate thought was, “Nobody will believe this,” since I had left my phone in the house and couldn’t record video. As I became fully aware of what I was witnessing, the circling craft started emitting smaller white flares at different points perpendicular and outward of its circular path. I counted four flares in the first four “orbits” and then it circled for at least another 3 or 4 loops before continuing eastward like a regular plane for one or two minutes before I lost sight of it behind the neighbor’s tree. Of course, I “transmitted” a message of thanks before I lost sight of it. I went back inside the house and on my laptop, visited RadarBox.com to look up any possible flight using the playback history feature but nothing stood out to me that matched what I had seen.
October 23, 2023 · 10:25 AM · OVAL
San Francisco, CA
I was taking a picture through the skyline and I saw these two blips on my screen and then I found them again and took two pictures within 3 seconds of each other. This thing is definitely a UAP. It's not a lens flare because it's not bright. I've also included a photo that I enhanced with luminosity. It's the one with the brown tint. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Possible]
October 22, 2023 · 4:34 AM · OTHER
Hollywood, CA
GREY ENTITY was seen time Skipped forward in time by HWY101 S and. N Cahuenga Blvd
October 21, 2023 · 9:09 PM · LIGHT
Hollywood, CA
A UFO that's pretending to be a star that's letting off projectiles of other crafts that look like stars that's floating location Northeast of Los Angeles towards Glendale area of Los Angeles
October 21, 2023 · 7:42 PM · LIGHT
Riverside, CA
Over western Riverside county south of city of Riverside west of March ARB. The video was taken with a Pixel 7 phone camera.
October 21, 2023 · 7:42 PM · LIGHT
Riverside, CA
Multiple Star objects flying in different tracts.
October 21, 2023 · 2:25 AM · DIAMOND
Lakeside, CA
Looking in the west facing sky. A diamond shaped craft in very bright white light appeared out of middle of sky and dropped to a stop hovering for 30 to 45 seconds then just vanished. Upon arriving home did see in sky a similar shaped light just stop and moved very slow
October 21, 2023 · 1:25 AM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalLong Beach, CA
Before the video starts it had a bright red and blue trail , which you don’t see anymore throughout the video. [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
October 21, 2023 · 1:25 AM · DIAMOND
La Mesa, CA
Driving west on wildcat canyon road in Lakeside Ca, I saw a Brite white diamond shaped craft appear in midsky dropped down and hovered for 30 to 45 seconds then just vanished. Upon arriving at my home about 20 min later in La Mesa ca I noticed a white orb moving and diapering in sky the a similar diamond shaped craft with brute white lite in western sky just staying stationary for 15 min then vanished. Note if you called me I mistook your Washington number for a telemarketers So please call again Thanks
October 21, 2023 · 1:23 AM · CIRCLE
Kingsburg, CA
A bright circular light with red flare spotted high in the sky with a slight decline. It leveled out as the flare diminished into a short but persistent tail. It then changed direction slightly then when went upwards with great force with a visible orange ark in front as though it was going too fast. Similar to the look of an asteroid entering the atmosphere it behaved the same as it went upwards back into the the sky and eventually too distant to see into space.
October 19, 2023 · 4:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Monterey, CA
Since around 10:00PM 20231018 I have been hearing a type of craft outside of my home in seaside California consistently. I first looked at the weather because when the craft gets loud it sounds like thunder but some times with my high pitched frequencies. It’s has been sunny all week and continues to be sunny last night and today. Then I attempted to record the sound although difficult to fully pickup from the inside of my home. I explored the possibility that it could be a military craft, but the sound which can sound anything like passing cars on a highway, to an airplane flying over head, to full blown thunder has lasted over 7 hours so far staying in the same location. I am not entirely sure what it is but I could not help but to feel anxious as I’ve never experienced sounds like this coming from what seems to be nowhere. I have not been able to sleep more than 3-4 hours tonight because of these sounds and I think an investigation is definitely worth while.
October 18, 2023 · 12:30 PM · FLASH
Corona, CA
I was driving my daughter home at approx 12:15 pm and saw what I thought were pigeons moving erratically in the sky. Upon focusing closer, I could see they were way too far up to be birds. I pulled over to observe- they were flashing and moving in the sky, about 15-20 of them. They did not look like drones. I called my husband who was at our home about three minutes away- he went outside and saw them as well and was confused as to what they might be. I first contacted a local news station who replied to my submission but that was all I heard from them. Then I posted to instagram to see if anyone could suggest what they were- people seemed just as confused as me. I posted to the Next Door app to see if anyone else saw it, not one person. I then called the Riverside Sheriff to see if they had info or anyone had reported it and they had no information. I have no explanation for what these are at this point and would be so grateful if you find out they are not UFO’s that you let me know as I am creeped out!!
October 18, 2023 · 7:55 AM · LIGHT
Chico, CA
Same as above: object appeared as l turned my head to the SE. Bright light at approx 15 degrees shot towards the SE horizon and disappeared in less than a second
October 17, 2023 · 7:05 PM · SPHERE
Valley center, CA
The sphere was surrounded by light, like headlights in fog. But the sky was clear and cloudless. It traveled east at a high rate of speed and was silent. It went from west of me to about 2-3 miles East while turning out the exterior light and only the sphere was lit up. It sat in the sky for a second and then went dark. It was extremely bright and fast. I live in the country with very little light pollution and it is quiet outside.