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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
August 28, 2014 · 10:28 PM · TEARDROP
West Hills, CA
West Hills, California, Thurs., 1028 pm, 08-28-2014. Sitting in my back yard looking to the north in about the 10 o’clock position. Two frosty white streaks appeared. Just for a fraction of a second they seemed to be falling vertically downward. Then stopped and stayed stationary. After 4 to 5 seconds they disappear quickly. They were right next to each other and perfectly parallel to each other in a vertical orientation of 90 degrees. Each were slightly wider at the bottom than the top kind of resembled what you could describe as a comet tail and were identical in shape and length.. I estimate that they were 20 to 30 mile away.
August 28, 2014 · 10:00 PM · CIGAR
Fontana, CA
I saw 2 very bright blue lights in the sky, I thought It was a plane at first, then two red lights suddenly came on making a red, blue, red, blue pattern. I thought ok maybe helicopter, but it shot straight up inthe air at a rate of speed I've never seen a helicopter go. Then all lights went out, a white light came on and it shot back down just as quickly out of my sight. I yelled to my husband and ran further down my yard to see if I could see it again, by this point the white light is out red and blue are back on it shot down again but this time it shot diagonally. My husband and I saw this. After shooting diagonally, it shot straight back down at an unbelievable speed and disappeared out of sight behind houses.
August 28, 2014 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
I was coming down from a hike off the Etiwanda Preserve Trail in Rancho Cucamonga. My boyfriend first noticed the lights in the sky and it was odd that they weren't moving. They didn't have the same lights that you would see on a helicopter and plane. We saw planes coming in from a different direction as there is a airport near by. However, unlike the airplanes, there was no movement, no change in size, and they would appear and disappear at the exact same location they had been originally. The more we watched I noticed another light off in the distance doing the same thing. The lights also didn't twinkle the same way as the lights in the city below did, they definitely had. They seemed to have a more unstable light and more of pulsing light from them. I would see them appear and disappear and not change location. As they disappeared the light became more faint and pulsed more. As we got in our car and went closer to the bottom of the mountain we noticed that! we were too low to see them (we originally knew they were low because we saw helicopters fly under them). Here are a couple videos I recorded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii6tTpMt01s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2L-RCHI40M
August 28, 2014 · 7:45 PM · RECTANGLE
San Francisco, CA
August 28th 2014 – Approximately from 7:45pm – 8:00pm. This evening, as I was leaving my house in the outer Parkside district of San Francisco, (I live on 44th Avenue), I noticed an object in the sky westward with flashing sequencial Red Lights. The Fog had already began to cover most of my view of the sky, which means I would not be able to see any stars tonight. However, Commercial Planes coming from and leaving San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose would still be visible by their flashing navigation lights upon departure and approach to their respective airports. This was not one of them. My neighbor also noticed the object and we both attempted to try and figure out what it might be. The object remained fairly stationary for about 15 minutes. Occasionaly it would appear to drift to the right, then to the left, and then return back to its original position. Both my neighbor and I suggested that it might be someones toy drone that they were flying above the Fog (I would estimate that it would have been at least 5 to 15 feet across to account for the number of lights on the object). With that said, I still can not ruled out that I was looking at something else, not man-made. After watching it for 15 minutes the object began to move westward towards the Pacific Ocean while also drifting northward and southward in a pattern similar to a sign wave. After It moved far enough away, I lost sight of it due to the roof of my neighbor's house across the street from my house. Red Light Sequence: <--------------*-> Ooooooooooooooo.oo ^ All Red lights except for the Right most light would sometimes appear to be blue, white, or green in random order.
August 28, 2014 · 4:02 AM · OTHER
Santa Ysabel, CA
A Loud rumbling noise in the sky coming from the southern direction. Almost like the rumble you hear when a earthquake is coming. Only their was no earthquake.
August 27, 2014 · 4:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Menifee, CA
Wednesday, August, 27, 2014 – I saw an unidentified flying object “UFO” at approx. 4:30 p.m., due east of Menifee, CA. Bright, "glowing-in-brilliance" shining silver/white UFO flew straight up, stayed briefly and then before an eye's blink was glowing due south (quite a distance from the first sighting); then darted back east to the first spotted location, but much higher. With each shift of direction it was as fast as the blinking of an eye. Incredible speed--no sound and glowing a brilliant diamond-like crystal silver/white light. I then heard a sound and it was a grayish-colored helicopter passing far beneath where the glowing object was, but I could still see the bright glow of the UFO. It then completely disappeared. I believe it ranks in the "UFO" category. To compare the speed it was as fast as a USAF jet might fly (comparing the speed to something I have seen at an air show). The object flew straight up and stopped, hovering, and within less than a second it was far to the south and glowing brightly, which was what made me think it was not a military jet. I noticed (and possibly due to staring into the daytime sky), my eyes were seeing "a lot" of mini-type specs or stars. I can't quite describe it, as I noticed it was unusual but I was too preoccupied keeping my eyes on the UFO so I would not lose sight of it. My vision experience, along with the sighting, was very interesting and unusual.
August 27, 2014 · 4:00 PM · CIGAR
Woodland Hills, CA
I was swimming in the pool, then while in the water I looked up into a very clear blue sky. I noticed that there was no air traffic in the area. After a minute or two I spotted a white shape moving slowly, possibly cigar shaped. I watched carefully as it moved in an Eastward direction, slowed and came to a stop and appeared dissolved into then air, in the matter of a few seconds. The entire sighting lasted about 15 seconds. After about a minute or two of vanishing from sight a couple of regular airplanes flew approximately in the same location at various altitudes, which gave me a very good reference as to the difference in the esthetic of what I was seeing.
August 26, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Ventura, CA
saw 5 lights in sky vertically over ocean then slowly disappeared one after the other in a strange way that i have never seen before. (( Source of report corrects time to 21:30 hrs.. PD)
August 25, 2014 · 10:28 PM · LIGHT
San Marcos/Vista, CA
He told me he saw two circular lights hovering around the P, on top of the Palomar hill. One light would get brighter (bigger), while this happened the other got less bright(smaller). The lights were a yellow (goldish) color. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 25, 2014 · 10:20 PM · DISK
Carlsbad, CA
I saw two disc-like, bright, orange UFO's hovering to my north as I drove northbound on interstate 5 freeway while I was around Carlsbad and Encinitas. They were quite a bit north in the distance, but seemed bright and too large. They were not flashing the usual red lights as helicopters would, and their flight patterns seemed erratic. My sister saw one of them as well while driving in San Marcos, which is not too far from Carlsbad and Oceanside, at around the same time. Sometimes, one would disappear, then reappear. I have seen one before just like these a few months ago, in the same area. It was hovering over the freeway. It appeared bright orange from a distance, but as I drove nearer, it started changing colors from orange, to dark blue, to green, to red. It looked like a sophisticated LED lighting system that completely covered the surface of the craft. The color change would start at one point, then spread over the craft with the new color. It felt as if it was putting a light-show for me. I looked at other cars on the freeway in disbelief, but no other drivers were paying attention.
August 25, 2014 · 10:11 PM · FIREBALL
Aliso Viejo, CA
In the beginning I saw one orange light hovering. There was no way it was any aircraft, it did not seem to be moving. Then another one appeared to the right of it. This one almost looked like there was another one directly below it. Then about 5 minutes later the original light started to flicker and then went out. Another 5 minutes passed and another light appeared to the right. After another 5 minutes the light before that one flickered and dissapeared. Then another 5 minutes passed and the last one flickered and disappeared.
August 25, 2014 · 10:09 PM · SPHERE
Escondido, CA
At approx 10:09pm PST tonight, I saw a sudden bright light appear in the sky just above the treeline and hill tops. The light increased and decreased in brightness and was the shade of an orange streetlamp. Upon stepping outside for a clearer look, I noticed it had a primarily orange color with what looked like red lights spread throughout. The light continued pulsating in brightness but appeared to be staying in the same position. It would grow faint and then bright again until after about 3-4 minutes max, the light slowly faded from view completely while still in the same spot.
August 25, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Murrieta, CA
In the distance of Temecula/Murrieta, just above the mountains there was a small cluster of four extremely bright lights. They seemed to be fairly still but moving toward eachother. 3 disappears and reappeared rather often, and when they finally went out they sizzled out like a flame. Slowly and dramatically.
August 25, 2014 · 9:38 PM · CHANGING
Oceanside, CA
I was on the south side of the city returning from a class and I noticed two large objects in the sky, my first thought was helicopters because the seem to be staying in one place, my home is about 4 miles from where I first saw the lights there were two large clusters of yellow light, then it changed and there were four for a minute I thought they were street lights but they were to high and to yellow. I watched them my entire trip when I got to my house they seem much closer to the ground and it appeared to be two objects I went in to get my partner who is a retired nuclear physicist and my binoculars. I could see what appeared to be smoke rolling of of the top of one of the objects then is just disappeared. Looking through the binoculars the other object appeared to be two very large circular shapes almost on top of each other, in the back round I could see faint light in the clouds of the other object. The circular object that was still in the sky appeared to have lights all around it and a smaller circular object in the middle with lights around it as well then it started to fade and disappeared. When I was on the south side of town the objects were very high in the sky but on the north side of town they appeared lower still the view with binoculars was more defined that what I saw just looking with my eyes. My partner was astounded and could not find an explanation as to what we were seeing. I took photos with my iphone and the objects just appeared to be small balls of light that were very far away. After they were gone you could see the smoke through the binoculars behind the clouds and faint red balls in the sky. I have three photos.
August 25, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Crestline, CA
Driving home on state hwy 18, 21:30. Looking south, noticed two very bright lights hovering above what seemed to be Corona CA. I then stopped in a turnout and began to film for twenty five minutes. The first two lights hovered next to each other for several minutes then each split into two lights. Minutes later one pair disappeared, then for the next fifteen minutes one light would appear above and to the west from the first, and the lower light would disappear. It is also important to note that the lights began at exactly 21:30, and ended at exactly 22:00.
August 25, 2014 · 9:30 PM
Mission Viejo, CA
Bright flashing lights with red in middle and top,bottom and side to side at a low altitude. First there was one and suddenly another appeared out of nowhere. Soon the first disappeared and so on twice. Suddenly two appeared together side by side and then there was two more a total of four and they seamend a lot closer or bigger in size. Again one disappeared and then the next,, it was like the lights dimmed before it totally was gone. Then the last disappeared and the sky was like if nothing had happened,
August 25, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Corona, CA
Orange pulsating light. Up to four at a time. Close together. One goes out and most often another to the west lights up. Viewing from north to south. New light begins just west of existing or outgoing lights. One to four at a time.
August 25, 2014 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Long Beach, CA
Looking south east at night over towards Huntington beach.. I'm on the roof at 6 th floor level. The big balls or round objects were not much higher in the sky.. Not much neck strain! I first saw two yellowish light orangish objects side by side... They then moved above and below each other. That was about five minutes in the first position. After they formed above and below, another same looking object appeared to the right of the two above and below two! Now there was three. The new third object split and become two.. Now there was four in total. The two newer ones also changed position and were disappearing and reappearing as well as the two others. One would fade then come back on.. This went on for a half hour. The four objects joined to make a side by side symmetrical formation one above and one below it was like a mirror image of each other. Then two disappeared two stayed for a half hour then disappeared They were huge. Never in 17 years have I seen such big objects and I always sky view! Not sure if it was a huge singular ship doing a light sow or four separate objects! Thank you
August 25, 2014 · 8:45 PM · SPHERE
Lake Forest, CA
I was driving home on the freeway on Aug. 25, 2014, at approx. 8:45 pm. I noticed 2 very bright orange orbs in the sky to my right. They were very bright. They were horizontal to each other, side by side and the distance between them stayed the same. There were tall trees along the fwy so from time to time I lost sight of them, but whenever there was a clearing I could see them. Although I was traveling at 65 mph, I never got closer to the orbs of light, nor did they get any farther. For a period of 3-4 minutes I lost sight of them due to trees but then I got to a point where the sky was very visible. There they were but now they where in front of me, slightly to my left, but now there were 4 bright orange orbs, 2 that were verticle and next to it 2 that were horizontal. They seemed to be stationary in the sky, very bright and had to be seen by everyone traveling down the freeway as well as others who live in the area. There are some news reports about it as well as youtube videos. The news said it was probably flares from Camp Pendleton during a training exercise. I don't believe that at all. These orbs stayed in the same position in the sky for 14-15 minutes. If they were flares, then they were anti-gravity flares. Camp Pendelton is @ 35 miles to the south of where I was and if they were flares from Pendelton they would not have appeared so big and bright nor stay fixed in the sky for 14 -15 minutes. Flares descend, these did not. I have seen flares in the past and these were not flares.
August 25, 2014 · 8:20 PM · LIGHT
Santa Barbara, CA
Friend visiting. We were outside. I looked NNE, just looking for planets. I saw a round white light in that direction slowly moving NE. At first I thought it was the ISS, but knew that it would be traveling along our horizon from W to NW tonight; the opposite direction from where I was seeing this bright light. It then began to get smaller and shrink into the night sky, as if it were heading out into space. I tapped on my friend's shoulder telling her, "Look, look!," but by the time she turned around, it was gone. It was approximately 20 seconds from first sighting it to when it disappeared. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she sounded to us to be quite serious-minded. PD
August 24, 2014 · 8:30 PM · CIGAR
Atwater, CA
It maintain s teady speed until disappearing into the SE direction of the Central Valley. We confirmed it NOT to be the Goodyear blimp as we've seen that many, many times
August 24, 2014 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
Sacramento, CA
It was red, very big lights at first but it looked as if they were descending into space. There was 4-5 or 5-6 of them, all in formation. One by one they were fading into black. As soon as one of them were pitch black, you can start seeing star-like lights moving really fast. Not the speed of light but the speed of a jet & remember the look on the moving lights were star-like so they were really really small, meaning they were really really far. Jets, or private jets any type of planes have flashing LIGHTS. These were just bright. No flash at all. I hope the news tells us whats going on.
August 24, 2014 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Sacramento, CA
I was looking North. It was still light outside. All of a sudden a large bright light entered my view. It was very bright. It started to move upwards and then like a flash disappeared into the sky. Using a tree near the location of where I thought it would be I estimated that he size of the light was about 25 feet across. I have never seen a UFO before and this experience left me shaken. I wonder what else I didn't believe in that is really true.
August 24, 2014 · 12:05 AM · SPHERE
Ontario, CA
I'm a retired aerospace design engineer, and while walking across my living room, I noticed in a high window something odd that caught my eye. 6 slowly pulsating red orbs traveling near each other but not in a formation of any type from the northwest towards east, and then slowly off individually to the northeast, total viewing time approximately 2 minutes.