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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 25, 2014 · 11:00 PM · FORMATION
Fresno, CA
On 10/25/14 around 11:00 p.m. my daughter, husband and I saw pale green lights swirling in a circular fashion around in an elliptical circle. No lights were emanating from the bottom as a spotlight would have. We watched them and then went inside to get a jacket. When we came back out they were still then but stopped. We then saw above us a "Y" shaped grouping of colored lights (red,greeen,pink,white fading in and out).It was very cloudy; we would see this grouping of lights come in and out of the clouds as they moved; motionless, hovering; the lights stayed in formation. We then saw at different times two triangular shaped formations with 3 lights. In the distance at one time we saw 3 lights in a straight line, which later disappeared. As the clouds moved, we would see the Y shaped lights again and again. They were hardly moving. Later in the distance the green swirling lights occurred again, first only one, then it seemed light 2 to 3 and they w! ere "dancing" in swirling formations. There was a triangle of lights to the right of it. As this triangle faded, so did the green swirling orb like lights disappear. We watched this for 2 hours. We were in West Fresno; the lights were to the Eastern portion of the sky.
October 25, 2014 · 7:05 PM · LIGHT
Apple Valley, CA
we noticed a bright light moving from the north west to the south east, east of our location. it did not streak across the sky like shooting star, but much faster than an air liner. I was unusual enough , that we went from our back yard to the front yard to observe the large bright light. we watched for about 5 more seconds stating to one another. What do think that is? then it just went out. Gone. This sighting was unusual enough that we decided to report it. I'm not a believer in extra terrestrial but I do know that this is a very unusual thing we saw.
October 25, 2014 · 6:47 AM · SPHERE
Hollister, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 25, 2014 · 2:30 AM · SPHERE
Moreno Valley, CA
At 12:30 AM, we observed a circular object hovering toward our direction in the sky, over a 30 second time span we witnessed it almost pulsate colors, orange, red hues before it sunk and gradually disappeared completely. It looked very odd, bulbous in shape and unlike any aircraft we've ever seen. I noticed it first because of the odd hues it gave off, a glow, rather than the typical blinking of airplanes and helicoptors. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 24, 2014 · 6:00 AM · OTHER
Cardiff by the Sea, CA
trio of lights (red, green, white) close formation in the southwestern sky above ocean half mi. from shore. They dipped down & appeared to skim the surface of water rapidly in a zig-zag pattern. Then they took a diagonal path towards the shore & came within 10 yds. of the beach-very fast-stopped briefly-returned to where they first came down, zig-zagging rapidly & flew back up to where I first saw them in the sky, where they appeared to hover, then disappeared.
October 23, 2014 · 11:30 PM · SPHERE
La Habra, CA
Thursday 10-23-2014 Approximately 11:30pm. I had my sliding glass door open and I noticed 2 bright green orbs (circular balls) in the sky side by side. I would estimate that they were about 1 to 2 miles away from my house in La Habra when first saw them. I was looking in a south west direction at them. Within a few seconds they began to separate and go in different directions. One of them went in an easterly direction the other went north. There were no visible blinking lights on them. Just a green glowing ball of light. I walked out into my balcony and continued to watch them. They both seemed to be completely silent. The one going east was going over the hills along the south La Habra and Fullerton border. This orb was not high above the hills. Maybe it was only 200 to 300 feet above the hills. The other orb going north eventually went out of my sight range when it passed beyond the hill where I live. At this point I continued to watch the orb headed in an easterly direction over the hills along the La Habra and Fullerton border. I would estimate that it was traveling about 50 miles per hour I would guess. I noticed that this green orb then turned completed red for maybe 5 or 10 seconds and then back to green. After traveling about 1 to 2 miles it then came to a stop and just hovered for about 30 seconds to a minute. Then it began to descend straight down getting closer and closer to the ground. Where it was descending is about 1 to 1 ½ miles from my house. I expected that it would descend beyond the hill and out of sight but it turned out that it was on this side of the hill and I was able to continue to see it descend. During it’s descent I noticed that the other orb that had left my field of view reappeared from behind the hill and was moving directly toward the other. The orb that was descending then appeared as 3 lights. I saw a green light, a red light and a white light. The other orb as far as I could tell passed the one that was descending and seemed to go over the hill and out of sight. The orb that was descending eventually was obscured by trees across the street from me. I waited maybe 10 minutes to see if it would reappear but it did not. The next night I kept a watch out at the same time to see if they reappeared but I saw nothing.
October 23, 2014 · 5:25 PM · SPHERE
San Diego, CA
Four metallic looking spheres were witnessed hovering approx 400 meters off the ground. Objects were 7-10 meters in diameter, all the same size, in a single line pattern evenly spaced approx 50 meters apart. No lights or sounds could be seen or heard. Objects hovered in place and were observed for 45-60 seconds and when I looked down and looked back up, they were gone. Objects were seen from Allied Gardens area of San Diego and were approximated to be located near Qualcomm Stadium/ Mission Valley area. I was driving west along Waring Road just off I-8 freeway. Objects appeared to be approx 3-5 miles away. I was alone, and on my way home after picking up my toddler from daycare and thought it strange to see two hot air balloons in this area, but then looked down and back up and saw a third and then a fourth. Objects appeared grey, but then shined in sunlight looking metallic. Objects did not move. There were other commercial airplanes in the area.
October 22, 2014 · 2:00 AM · CIRCLE
Sacramento, CA
Me and my fiancé ages 21 and 27 were chatting up late when my wife askef me what these lights are. At 1st glance i thought plane but as i watched the pulsating red green and white light i noticed it seemed stationary. Hovering around Orion's belt. As i went out onto the porch i noticed another pulsing red green and white light about 40° to the east but further away. When i got downstairs to the street, a T intersection in which i can see down the vertical section of the T, i noticed a third green and red pulsing light that appeared much closer and more vibrant. It was low in the sky about even with roof tops about a block away.i felt almost like on the red pulse that a Laser pointer was hitting me but i could see no discernable light in my vicinity. I turned to yell to my wife asking if she could see or feel the same sensation as me. She had gone inside to find a camera when i turned back after no more than three seconds had elapsed the light direct in fron! t of me had vanished. The other two i saw remained in place for over 10 minutes. But have disappeared sometime in the 10 to 15 minutes i have been writing this on my celll. My wife says she saw as 5 lights in circular shape stretched across the sky. But can lffer little detail because it was her first encounter with a UFO and she became frightened. In all 20 -30 minutes from when we noticed the lights until their apparent departure.
October 21, 2014 · 10:30 AM · TEARDROP
Antioch, CA
I was laying on the grass looking up. I saw bugs, birds and airplanes flying by. Then I saw a white teardrop object that went straight, stop and then do a 90 degree turn up then stop and then another 90 degree right turn and sped off. It did a reverse Z but with straight lines. I figure that it was going about 4-5 thousand miles per hr. or more. I am retired air force and I have seen all types of planes, but nothing that fast. Oh, the sky was blue.
October 21, 2014 · 3:00 AM · OTHER
Chico, CA
I woke up to use the restroom around 2:30 AM and upon my return to bed my wife said she saw a three lighted object in the sky. I looked at where she was pointing and noticed three lights moving up and down then side to side in a lazy slower way. The lights were yellow in color and a little bigger than a big star in the sky. They would grow brighter then fade almost to nothing. They were parallel to the horizon, in a line with each other, and close together. I grabbed my binoculars and steadied them to the side if the window pane to get a closer look. Upon seeing them I also noticed four fainter light "beams" emitting from the UFO in a direction of NE. SE. EW. SW. We were both excited to see our first UFO and thought it wouldn't happen again but to both of our surprises it happened again last night, (10/24/14) which is why I am writing this report. I got smarter and while it was happening last night I download a night sky app to see where in the sky I was seeing it. The lights were in between Jupiter and the star Algeiba. It has happened around the same time for two nights as far as we noticed. Hope someone else sees them one night too! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 20, 2014 · 5:45 AM · SPHERE
Tarzana, CA
I saw an unknown spherical object hovering in the sky. It consistently changing colors from blue, green, and red. Its movements were too precise to be an airplane or helicopter, plus it was silent. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 19, 2014 · 11:00 PM · TEARDROP
Escondido, CA
It was bigger than any shooting star we have ever seen, and it shot straight down to the earth. It was yellow with green trails around the outside of the teardrop. It was way faster than a Meteor would have been. It left my buddy who was driving in disbelief, and he doesn't believe in anything like that till tonight. Couldn't get pics or videos because of how fast it happened.
October 19, 2014 · 10:44 PM · FIREBALL
Santee, CA
While driving home from Santee, CA, heading South on HWY.125 (about one mile South of the Intersection of Mission Gorge Rd. & HWY.125, I saw a falling object/fireball through my front windshield that was emerald green in color. It was visible for about three seconds, going out of sight near ground level behind a hillside. It consisted of a main emerald green fireball with what looked like small pieces breaking away from the main object (leaving a small trail). It was falling in a slight North to South direction.
October 19, 2014 · 7:55 PM · SPHERE
Pomona, CA
On 19 Oct 2014 I witnessed two separate events. These events were viewed from my front yard in Pomona, Ca. All objects I viewed were a orange, and sphere shaped. First event I assumed was military activity, from Edwards AFB or even Vandenberg AFB. The second event was not from either site. Event one: At 19:55 I witnessed a orange light appear from behind the San Gabriel Mountains. The mountain range is from west to east. I am about 10 miles from the peaks. From my yard, I witnessed a orange sphere appear from behind the range. It was in view from 10° and rise to 45°+ above horizon. It began at 350° N and with straight up trajectory. Within 15 seconds, passing through clouds it faded away. Looked like a rocket launch, compared to ones I have seen in the past. This one did not last long, and faded quicker than any other launch. My thought was that it was a short range missile. Event two: At 20:04 I witnessed my second sighting. This one was nothing like the first. This event started on my side of the mountain range, with two orange spheres. The objects were brighter than the first. They running together, parallel along the mountain range. The lights were separated by at least 20° in altitude from my perspective. The lower of the two spheres, I believe was lower than the mountain peaks. Or less than 10° from the horizon. They traveled for 15 seconds or so. When they hit the 350°N line, like the first. They both went vertical, and faded away around 45° up. I can not tell what they were.
October 19, 2014 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
fort bragg, CA
Orange lights looked like they came up from Hare Creek Beach about 1/4 mile away. The lights followed each other in a line up into the sky until they went out of sight into the high clouds. They were silent and moved slowly.
October 18, 2014 · 7:06 PM · SPHERE
San Francisco/Daly City, CA
I took two pictures In San Francisco Daly City Ocean Beach of a sphere oval looking object with three lights flashing around it I was able to get underneath it... after time tis it hovering quietly so oddly my way Hovering my way....about 400 yards above my head I filmed lights blinking in the crazy crazy matter and it went south toward the airport that's the video that I have in pictures unbelievably no doubt an extraterrestrial type craft.
October 18, 2014 · 3:00 AM · OTHER
Fresno County, CA
this is a update on your call to me today fri, 14 ok checked my logs I know for sure 10/18/2014 after 3am, sorry to be so vague, this was a BALL OF BRIGHT BLUE LIGHT ? DEEP BLUE AND THAN DEEP RED ON TAKE OFF ? I didn't think I would ever hear back from anyone about something like this !!! Iit was I 5 somewhere north of Bakersfield , south of Fresno ???? the middle of no where , it wasn't A PLANE NOT A CHOPPER , NOT A TOY PLANE, NO WINGS NO ROTORS, NO JET STREAM, thanks for looking into this I know we are not being told a lot of things and when you see something like this !!!! its like WOW how can that fly ??? One of four reports, submitted by same witness. PD
October 17, 2014 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT
San Anselmo, CA
I am filing this report because I met 2 other witnesses and engaged in a conversation with them as we witnessed multiple yellow gold orange lights in various locations in a cluster or group hovering or floating about in the night sky. These "lights" would hover at treetop or hilltop level in the southeastern sky coming up and then dipping below the treelines basically coming out of nowhere. There would be 2 or 3 lights and then there would be 6 to 10 objects a few seconds later in various locations. I saw a string of 7 objects line up in a row at one point. This is the second time I've had 2 other witnesses with me lately observing this activity. The other time was on 9-30-14, same 2 witnesses same activity and same mysterious yellow gold lights. I am baffled as to why there are not more reports or other people noticing this although 2 reports were filed on the night of 11-10-12 that are quite interesting in this same area. These sightings are occur! ing up to several miles away which also include San Rafael, Ross, Larkspur etc. I will add that the 3 of us met while out walking the dog and agreed that we were witnessing something unusual.
October 17, 2014 · 12:30 PM
Thousand Oaks, CA
Object was stealth like and reflected or used the sky as camouflage. What gave it away were three vents I could see, two of which undulated or moved and one that opened for a second and then turned sky colored again. It was oval shaped and was 10-11 times bigger than a airliner. It was traveling very fast but track able across the sky. I only told my family.
October 17, 2014 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Baldwin Park, CA
Having a smoke, saw a police helicopter flu by, right after saw a bright flying object with incredible speed zoom across and vanishes. duration approximately 1 second.
October 16, 2014 · 8:23 PM · OVAL
Buena Park, CA
At approximately 20:23 on October 16, my boyfriend and I were walking up the long driveway to our apartment. I looked up into the night sky and saw a cluster of ovals. There was one oval by itself and to the right of that oval was a cluster of five ovals in an oval shaped cluster. At first glance, they seemed to be "floating." Momentarily I thought they might be Mylar balloons, but then realized that each oval was floating away from each other "on purpose" and there was a very dim circle of lights around each oval. I started to shout, "Look, look, look" to my boyfriend. As I was shouting for him to look up, the ovals purposely moved into a "V" formation, very similar to what a flock of birds looks like when flying long distances. The singular oval craft stayed to the left of this formation and then the entire group of ovals picked up speed. During this entire time, there was no sound of any kind being emitted by these objects. They did not fly like a plane... They propelled forward, but could also move from side to side or up and down. It took less then 2 seconds to get into the V formation. By the time my boyfriend spotted them in the sky they were already in the V formation and flying away. They flew away from where we were and just appeared to "disappear" into the sky, like the sky "swallowed" them.
October 16, 2014 · 5:30 AM · SPHERE
Placerville, CA
we were in the yard and a red with a yellow halo moved from east to west with not a single sound. we watched it make a few moves left and right.at one point it looked like it was not moving at all. As it moved just to the west of us at the apex of the sky it vanished. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 15, 2014 · 9:00 PM · OTHER
Daly City, CA
Each evening for three weeks I have observed a bright silver star like object rising from the west over the San Mateo County/San Francisco county line. It hovers and then over a period of one-four hours very slowly moves higher and higher and more easterly. It has emitted a red light on two occasions. I showed my husband who said it was a planet or a satellite. I don't think so at all.
October 15, 2014 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Salinas, CA
At approximately 8pm on the night of Wednesday, October 15, 2014, my wife and I noticed the fastest flying object either of us have ever seen in the sky above Salinas, Ca. We were on N. Main Street in our car facing South in moderate traffic when we noticed a bright constant white light in the sky above the valley traveling right to left, or West to South East, at an extremely fast speed that instantly grabbed our attention. It had no blinking lights as would normally be present on an aircraft and it was traveling so far that we immediately concluded that it wasn't a plane or jet. It maintained a horizontal trajectory, never falling the way a shooting star would. We watched it for approximately 20 seconds before we lost view of it in the distance, still glowing bright white as it traveled down the valley towards Soledad. There were clouds in the sky, and while we saw common airplanes in the sky immediately after, moving slowly in comparison and receding occasionally behind a cloud, we both noted that the UFO never receded behind any clouds during our brief observation. This indicates that it flew below the cloud line low enough in the Salinas Valley to rule out a satellite or missile. We have an annual air show here and we both grew up watching jets race over the valley one weekend out of every year. We both agree what we saw was by far much much faster than any jet we've ever witnessed.