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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
June 9, 2014 · 8:30 PM · CONE
Castro Valley, CA
It was slowly moving from the north down to the south. It took about 15 minutes for it to get directly over my head before I lost it. My estimate was that it was around 6,000'. It was moving around in a circular (counter clockwise) motion. The object seems to show some color (red/green) in some areas. At the mid section of the cone was the densest where it extended up to a rounded point. Bottom had a thin straight rod hanging down. There were no lights on it or sound made by it. At first I thought it was a funny looking drone but the movement suggested it was not. Then I thought it could be a clump of balloons. I could not rule that out 100%. The object did not deviate from its trajectory before I lost sight of it.
June 7, 2014 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Simi Valley, CA
Bright red object hovering in place for approx 15 seconds, then fast speed, then hover, finally faded out.
June 7, 2014 · 1:00 AM
San Jose (East), CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 6, 2014 · 3:30 PM · OTHER
Clearlake, CA
The incident occurred over the town of Clearlake. The object was silvery in color with no lights, and was moving fast at about 20,000-25,000 feet. I first saw the right half of the object, then the left side seemed to just appear like the right side did, as if de-cloaking.. I then saw the object clearly it was two cubes each with a sphere inside it, and the cube's corners were rounded, and linked like a train/chain thing. Each cube was about 20 stories cubed and the sphere's edges stuck out from inside cube. I went to get my camera and when I got back it was gone. It was about 10-12 seconds in duration,and was heading SSW as of sighting... I drew what the object looked like and am e-mailing the image..
June 6, 2014 · 1:05 AM · OTHER
Oakland, CA
While walking in a westerly direction in Oakland, CA, just after 1 in the morning, the night of Thursday, June 5, 2014 (thus technically ~1:05 AM June 6, 2014) there was a very quick, very bright green flash of light in the sky , due west-to slightly west-northwest, apx. 30 degrees above horizon. It was followed about 10 seconds later by an identical band very bright green double flash of light. There was a bank of clouds right at that spot in the sky rolling in as is common from the bay. It looked very much like the intense lightning that illuminates from the inside of clouds in monsoon type storms (common in other areas, but rare in this part of California), but there was no sound whatsoever, during or any time after either double flash. There was no precipitation. I heard another person who was out on the street exclaim as I saw the second flash. It also looked like the illumination of fireworks, but again, no sound at all, and just the two bright pulses of green light. It was impossible for me to tell if it was coming from the ground or from within or behind or above the bank of clouds. No movement, just the two pulses, separated by about 10 seconds. Then I was inside so wouldn't have seen any more if there were.
June 4, 2014 · 10:40 PM · CHANGING
San Jose, CA
Between the time of 10:30PM-11:05PM PST a strange ghost-like orb was sighted by me. It was seen 310° NW in Alum Rock, California. I looked up above my neighbors house, and this ghostly orange orb was seen floating vertically at an 80° slant. This orb can barely be seen with the naked eye, but was an obvious object that had a ghost like appearance. It was not glowing, let's make that clear; it was a light orange color that blended into the dark sky.. As it moved it was like an upside down flame, floating ever so slightly leaving a ghost-like trail behind it.. It would stop a couple of times and would revert back to its original form; a sphere. Gazing upon it, for about 3-5 minutes, it disappeared blending into the night sky, I tried to keep motionless and staring at it, but soon it vanished without a trace. It was an eerie heart-beating event, I've never seen anything so astonishing in my life. I also want to point out, there were many aircraft in the sky, less than a dozen had been spotted during the time of 10:30PM-11:05PM. They could have been military, but as it was a moon lit night so I couldn't be certain.
June 4, 2014 · 3:00 AM
Rancho Bernardo, CA
I woke to get a snack and smoke a cigarette. Sitting on my patio I started hearing what sounded like a high pitch winding of a motor or machine. Kind of like the sound a car makes with a loose belt but deeper and much louder. I lit my cigarette not thinking much of it. It started to get a bit louder and kept going not like a passing car with a loose belt. It seemed to fill the whole sky. I got up and peered above my patio and realize the sound was right above me in the sky. At that point it had a vibrato to it. It was very strange and very different. It vibrated in my ears like the sound a crystal glass makes when you run a finger around its wet rim. I went inside and went to my boyfriend to ask him if he heard it. You couldnt hear from inside. Wasn't loud enough. Then it just stopped.
June 4, 2014 · 2:00 AM · RECTANGLE
Atwater, CA
I was laying down on chair cushions enjoying the shooting stars. I noticed a rectangular rough looking object flying approx.150mph. No lights and no sound came from it. It was maybe 3-1000 feet from ground level. It was heading eastwards. I was a little frightened realizing it is intentionally meant to not be seen. I hesitated for 20 minutes to call 911. But if someone else seen it then I would feel better about such a strange call. Anyhow 911 responded "what is your emergency"?. I said it isn't an emergency but more a inquiry. Has any one called about a dark large craft flying eastward no sound or lights? They were understanding and asked shape and size. I guessed on size and said about size of a football field but it was more size of a 18 wheeler. I just got excited, I guess.
June 3, 2014 · 12:00 PM · OTHER
Rosamond, CA
Ok all of you are going to think I'm photoshopping again but I promise you I have not altered the fist image it comes straight from google earth. I was zoomed in looking at the dark side of the moon and came across this, the coords are as follows if you want to look it up and see for yourself (25'50' 55.09" N 147'18'00.42"). I then did a print screen, pulled it into photoshop and did some quick level adjustments to be able to see through some of the shadows which is the second image. I don't know about anyone else but I don't see any other rectangular objects on all sides anywhere else on the moon, but I'm going to start looking now. Posted link can be found here:https://www.facebook.com/jim.adams.549/posts/pcb.797406036950737/
June 1, 2014 · 9:05 PM · LIGHT
Bonny Doon, CA
Slow moving pulsating light moving due east. Too slow to be typical commercial aircraft. Pulsating cycle about once every 10 seconds. Then just disappeared .
June 1, 2014 · 5:15 PM · DISK
Spring Valley, CA
I was swimming in the pool. I noticed a long chem. trail in the sky right over head. I said to my Son, "Another chem. trail." As I was looking at it, I noticed a tiny light speck moving along with the trail of chemicals. As the wind moved, I could clearly see a very shiny bright object. So shiny, that the reflection of the sun, made me blink. It came to a stop two or more times, back tracked and then headed east very slowly. It must have came closer, because I could see clearly that it was a disk and not an aircraft. Excited, I asked my Son to run and get our camera. When he came back I had lost sight of it. We both watched it for at least 4 minutes, before I asked for the camera.
June 1, 2014 · 4:00 AM · LIGHT
Sacramento, CA
I am going to be completely honest. I was out at night collecting wood pallets, that's the reason I was up so early in the morning. We ended up in front of a friends house to store the pallets away for the night. As we were sitting around talking, I noticed a light through the trees. So I stepped aside to get a better view. When I did get a clear view, I immediately knew exactly what I was looking at. What I saw was a bright violet light with mist trailing behind it. It was about the size of a semi truck and it was moving slowly. So I had called my friend to come and look at it, and around the same time he had eyes on, it had stopped. When the UFO came to a halt, the mist that was trailing it suddenly surrounded the light like a sphere as if it were (For lack of a better term) a force field. The light maybe 10 seconds after stopping shot away into the night sky like a meteor. I am very knowledgeable in aircraft, this wasn't man made in anyway. I have actually seen other types of UFOs as well. This one I am absolutely sure to be extraterrestrial, at the least! One day I will catch one on camera. Hopefully my drawings will help others somewhat visualize what I saw, or maybe prove me wrong. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 31, 2014 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
San Mateo, CA
2 small/faraway Star-like objects moving across the sky in a zig-zag direction and making sharp turns. Moving relatively fast, appearing across the sky in under a minute, appearing and disappearing. Also, 3 shooting star-like streaks in the sky next to areas where the objects were last seen, seemed to be coming from space.
May 30, 2014 · 7:00 PM · DISK
Fresno, CA
On May 30, 2014, I happened to look out my window and saw a low flying object over my nneighborhood, at first I thought it was a plane but I said it's to low so I grabbed my binoculars a went outside and what I saw was no plane it was a flat round object that had multi colored lights all around it. The object traveled N then turned E went up high then SE when it traveled SE another object followed it as to give chase then stopped. The main object still traveling finally stopped in the SE sky. After about 30 minutes the main object started to travel back to my area traveling now NW coming low once again I then saw a small plane traveling N, it seem when the object came close to the plane it retracted back to the SE sky. I then tried to call my local airport but no answer, I then called a local news room while I was speaking to the woman I saw other objects flying high in the eastern sky giving off bursts of light or flashes the woman thought I was nuts and hung up. I then called Lemoore air base they told me to call my local 911 so I did so they in turn connected me to the fresno airport tower and after telling them what I was viewing and the location of the object in the SE sky changing color he then said hold on as he looked for it he told his co-workers what the report was and he said to them "I'm dead serious" He the picked up the phone and said that he could see it as well he then told me to call 877 787 7444 Bigelow arrow space ((sic. Aerospace)) I said okay and hung up I then called the number but it was a bunk line. There is something going on in the eastern sky of fresno and it must be looked into Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 29, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
San Jose, CA
It was truly beautiful. My daughter was very frighted. As we got home I noticed it was still hovering moving slowly northbound to Hwy 101. I wanted to take a video but my daughter told me to get inside and lock the door. This is not the first time we had seen this light nor will it be the last.
May 29, 2014 · 3:35 AM · LIGHT
San Pedro, CA
The light was bright enough to light up a huge portion of the sky, very interested to see if anyone else saw the same thing and possibly have details I was not able to see.
May 28, 2014 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Calistoga, CA
Almost silent but I detected a very slight pulsating sound. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 28, 2014 · 1:45 PM · DISK
Shasta City, CA
Small (24 foot across) saucer was seen hovering in alpine tree line, slowly ascending over a tree lined hill in Mt. Shasta area.
May 27, 2014 · 8:50 PM · UNKNOWN
La Puente, CA
Object was neon like ranging from red purple and blue. Always a solid color before transitioning to another color. No flashing lights near or on object. Could not determine shape of object. Very briefly the light multiplied into many lights. The only way I can describe that brief moment is it was like there was a diamond in sky and the object flew right behind it. Object traveled in sky very erratically. Object reacted to helicopter flying by. Object traveled very fast in a downward motion. As soon as helicopter passed, the object turned blue again and continued flying erratically.
May 26, 2014 · 9:05 PM · OTHER
Laguna Woods, CA
Crystal clear sky, according to my Droid compass from the 92637 Zip code location in Laguna Woods, CA, the object appeared at approx. 166-degrees south of my vantage observation point. It had HUGE bright red lights on each end (left & right), with smaller very bright white lights backing them and another white light in the center, all in a straight horizontal fashion left to right. At first it appeared as if an air plane, but the lights were WAY brighter than aircraft lights and an airplane would have had a red light on its port side and a green light on its starboard side. But, there were no green lights and these lights were WAY larger and MUCH brighter than air craft lights. I have never seen lights this bright in the sky and I worked much of my career at LAX in the AOA (Arport Opertions Area, where the planes and runways are). So, I know what air planes look like and how they act in the sky. I waited expecting it to move like an airplane, but it held its position perfectly still, then slowly began to move to the Northeast. Then, not as if traveling at a high rate of speed, but rather it just disappeared as if someone turned out the lights. It was several times larger than air planes observed in the same location.
May 26, 2014 · 4:00 PM · SPHERE
Fremont, CA
Craft was silver, orb-shaped and clearly visible towards the southern sky. Craft was visible, at least as soon as I was aware of it, for about 10 secs, before traveling towards space and rapidly disappearing.
May 26, 2014 · 3:00 PM · CIRCLE
Grass Valley, CA
While watching borate planes dropping borate on a fire that had started not far from us, we live in the mountains out of Grass Valley, California, my son-in-law spotted a small white dot way up above the borate planes that remained in one spot the whole time while we were watching the borate planes. He got his binoculars and watched it for a while. Said it was round and concaved in the middle. My daughter was using her camera taking pictures of the planes and zoomed in on the object and took a picture. The object stayed in one spot in the east of us and never moved for the two hours we were looking. Don’t know how long it had been there before we spotted it. Later we went in the house, but my husband sat out for a while longer and said it very slowly moved to the north and faded out over about Tahoe area. It was way above the borate planes. We have a very good photo of the object.
May 26, 2014 · 12:30 PM · CIRCLE
Grass Valley, CA
Standing in our driveway, looking up, as our borade ((sic. borate)) planes were dropping borade on a fire, we noticed a round white circle object in the sky, not moving for a very long time. It was slowly traveling sideways across the sky at straight line. It was white with an indent in the middle. Very slowly it moved across the sky and then disappeared. Photo attached
May 26, 2014 · 12:00 PM · CIRCLE
Cool, CA
On May 26, 2014, at 1200 noon I glanced up from yard work to see something white in the sky. I initially assumed it was a pair of geese flying together at a high altitude. I thought one flew off to the left but one remained, which didn’t make sense and gave me pause. As I concentrated on the object, I realized it wasn’t a bird at all but something round, shiny, and stationary. I took a picture of it with my phone. From my yard, which is 40 miles NE of Sacramento, the direction was ESE at 45 degrees. The altitude and actual distance were difficult ascertaining because I lacked a point of reference. Judging from aircraft throughout the afternoon, I would assume it was higher than a helicopter and lower than a jet. I called and left a somewhat animated message for my fiancé about this, then ran into the house for my glasses and binoculars. I was afraid to leave the site I was standing for fear it would be gone when I returned. I have to stress here that when I first saw the object, I was only wearing protective safety glasses, not prescription, yet could clearly see it was round, white, and shiny. With the binoculars it was round like a ball, white, shiny, with bright light on the top, which could have been the sun’s reflection. Sometimes the light became brighter, sometimes dissipated completely. It was difficult to tell but it seemed as though there was something grey on the back of it that would occasionally be visible. I wasn’t able to visualize any apparatus or ropes dangling from the bottom of it. In an attempt to eliminate the possibility I was imagining this, I called friends who were one mile away. They saw the object, with the same coordinates, also stating it was shiny and unusual. They gathered additional people to evaluate this, ensuring that the entire town would eventually be as crazy as we were. I watched a couple of YouTube videos on weather balloons and read two articles, but I still wasn’t able to tell if this was a balloon or something else. The weather balloons online drifted and, while the photographers had to continually adjust the camera to follow them, I didn’t. What if it was Venus? Or worse yet the Moon and I was creating perplexities out of the rational? The mind is capable of creating any reality it wants to so I have tried to remain as logical about this as possible. I called the local airport. I was told they had no reports of any sightings or weather balloons in the area and they expressed concern about flight paths. I was asked if it could be an advertisement but it was much too high for that. I was given two numbers for the FAA. Since it was Memorial Day, the offices were closed so I left messages. The object remained stationary for over three hours, completely undeviating in location, my point of reference being between two trees. The sun’s position was changing over my right shoulder and back, this was not. By 1500 it began slowly drifting East, remaining at the same altitude. It became increasingly difficult to find it in the sky until it eventually disappeared from view at 1630. I received return calls from the FAA this morning. One person said it was likely a weather balloon, while another encouraged me to contact NUFORC. I was told someone else reported a similar sighting, only 24 hours prior and 1 ½ hours north of mine. It is now 1200 on May 27. There is presently nothing in the sky where this object was yesterday. That, coupled with the fact that it traveled east, eliminates the planet theory. I suppose a logical explanation would ensure our sensibilities. The unexplained though, would make our current perceptions of reality a lot more interesting.