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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
September 21, 1954 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
UnexplainedBarstow, CA
Barstow, California. 1 a.m. Witnesses: two local policemen, four U.S. Marine Corps police, one highway patrolman. One red-orange ball giving off sparks, and a smaller light, made a zigzag descent and then hovered. Total of 20 minutes.
August 1, 1954 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
North Hollywood, CA
Star like point of light slowly travelling across the sky in 1954
July 30, 1954 · 10:00 AM
UnexplainedLos Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, California. 10:15 a.m. Witness: Hughes Aircraft test pilots Englert and Peterson, flying a B-25 bomber. One metallic, pencil-shaped object flew slowly or hovered for an unstated length of time.
July 7, 1954 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Walnut Creek, CA
I have not reported this before. I feel it should be recorderd somewhere. My friend and I used to take time-lapse photos of the stars a
July 1, 1954 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Los Angeles, CA
In 1954, I saw a red glowing disc traveling thousands of mph straight over the Los Angeles night sky.
June 30, 1954 · 3:00 PM · CIRCLE
Pasadena, CA
An incandescent white circular object passed over Pasadena, CA and ejected a smaller version of itself.
June 30, 1954 · 12:00 PM · LIGHT
Hawthorne, CA
Stationary light for several minutes (far away), takiing off suddenly at great speed.
June 1, 1954 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
El Cerrito, CA
It was a Sunday evening and must have been in November of Decemberme to Berkeley because it was dark and I needed to be in Berkeley for
May 10, 1954 · 12:00 PM · CHEVRON
UnexplainedElsinore, CA
Elsinore, California. 12:40 p.m. Witness: U.S. Marine Corps Squadron Leader D.R. Higgin, flying an F3D-2 jet fighter. One dark gunmetal delta-shaped object, 22' long and 10' wide, with a fin on the top, descended at a 25-30' angle under the lead airplane of a formation, and over the airplane of Higgin. Sighting lasted a few seconds.
February 15, 1954 · 7:30 PM · DISK
Burney, CA
Observance of one large and two smaller UFOs in a comparitive prolonged period of time.
December 28, 1953 · 11:00 AM · DISK
UnexplainedMarysville, CA
Marysville, California. 11:55 a.m. Witness: Yuba County Airport Manager Dick Brandt. One saucer, with a brilliant blue light, reflecting on a nearby building, hovered briefly during the 1.5 minute observation.
December 24, 1953 · 8:00 AM · OVAL
UnexplainedEl Cajon, CA
El Cajon, California. 8:04 a.m. Witnesses: U.S. Navy Lts. J.B. Howard and L.D. Linhard, flying F9F-2 jet fighters. Ten silver, oval objects flew at more than 400 kts. (450 m.p.h.), straight and level, for 5 minutes.
August 20, 1953 · 9:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedCastle AFB, CA
near Castle AFB, California. 9:05 p.m. Witnesses: crew of TB-29 bomber/trainer plane. One grayish oval object made four passes at the airplane (three times at 10-20 miles distance), then dived vertically as if two objects.
August 7, 1953 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Vallejo, CA
At first we thought they were shooting stars
June 1, 1953 · 9:00 PM
Fresno, CA
i seem to be the only one of my siblings to recall this event.i do not understand why this is. 500 Lights On Object0: Ye
April 15, 1953 · 12:00 PM · FIREBALL
Los Angeles, CA
Green fireball traveling north at a low altitude over Los Angeles
February 20, 1953 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
UnexplainedPittsburg-Stockton, CA
Pittsburg-Stockton, California. #1 time unknown; #2, 10:30 p.m. Witnesses: USAF B-25 bomber pilots. #1 was a bright yellow light seen for 8 minutes. #2 was a bright light which flew on a collision course, dimmed and climbed away fast.
January 28, 1953 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
UnexplainedCorona, CA
Corona, California. 6:05 p.m. Witness: USAF T/Sgt. George Beyer. Five 25' green spheres flew in V-formation, then changed to trail formation at which time the end objects turned red. Sighting lasted 12 minutes.
January 10, 1953 · 3:00 PM
UnexplainedSonoma, CA
Sonoma, California. 3:45 p.m. or 4 p.m. Witnesses: retired Col. Robert McNab, and Mr. Hunter of the Federal Security Agency. One flat object, like a pinhead, made three 360* right turns in 9 seconds, made abrupt 90* turns to the right and left, stopped, accelerated to original speed and finally flew out of sight vertically after 60-75 seconds.
December 28, 1952
UnexplainedMarysville, CA
Marysville, California. Case missing from official files. Bluebook Part 4
September 27, 1952 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedInyokern, CA
Inyokern, California. 10 p.m. Witnesses: two couples, using a 5x telescope. One large, round object, which went through the color spectrum every 2 seconds, was seen to fly straight and level for 15 minutes.
September 14, 1952 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
UnexplainedSanta Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, California. 8:40 p.m. Witness: USAF C-54 transport pilot Tarbutton. One blue-white light travelled straight and level, then went up. Seen for 30 seconds.
August 19, 1952 · 2:00 PM
UnexplainedRed Bluff, CA
Red Bluff, California. 2:38 p.m. Witness: Ground Observer Corps observer Albert Lathrop. Two objects, shaped like fat bullets, flew straight and level, very fast for 25 seconds.
August 18, 1952 · 12:00 AM
UnexplainedFairfield, CA
Fairfield, California. 12:50 a.m. Witnesses: three policemen. One object changed color like a diamond, and changed directions during the 30 minute sighting.