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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 18, 2023 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Vacaville, CA
I was in my backyard stargazing as I had heard the Perseid meteor shower was still going to be visible until the end of the month. I actually viewed several a night over the past several nights leading up to Aug 18th and I'm 51y/o so I have seen my fair share of "shooting stars" in my life. My eyes were acclimated to the dark sky as I had been outside looking up for about 40 minutes prior so more and more stars were coming into focus and in my field of view. I then saw what I thought was a shooting star but it took a 90 degree turn went a distance while slowing and then made another 90 degree turn before it accelerated and faded out. I literaly didn't believe what I had seen. It was at a very high altitude. Looked like a star in the sky making turns. So weird. I'm one city away from Travis AFB in northern California so I've seen plenty of military aircraft before and this wasn't one of "Ours". It moved at a ridiculously fast but smooth speed and then changed direction on a dime and appeared to slow down but then sped up and changed direction at 90 degrees again. The entire event lasted maybe 2 or 3 seconds. I will never forget it. It's been bothering me for nearly a week now. What the hell was it? Drones can't operate that high right? And at supersonic speed?
August 18, 2023 · 6:30 PM · CIGAR
Riverside, CA
It was about 60 feet in diameter, the coloration was a flat grey. It was at an altitude higher than a plane could travel, it had no trail of steam or smoke, it had no visible form of propulsion. It pretty much defied the laws of physics.
August 17, 2023 · 9:20 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalMalibu, CA
At around 920pm, I was outside approximately 200 feet from the beach when I looked up and noticed a long string (approximately 30 lights) of round, white lights, all the same size, traveling south. They were moving at a farily quick pace. As I watched the lead light reach a certain point over head, it disappeared. Each light behind it also disappeared when it reached the same point. There was no mistaking these lights for aircraft and they were completely silent. It took about a minute for the entire chain to completely disappear. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
August 16, 2023 · 9:21 PM · LIGHT
Valley Center, CA
There were about 25-30 cluster of lights moving in the same direction. Lasted for less than a minute then they all disappeared at the same time. (They were not in a line. It was a cluster of lights in different formations.)
August 16, 2023 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Redlands, CA
About 9:20 pm, i seen a line of staggered lights in the sky coming from the west and they were heading easty moving considerably fast. I didnt count but there was about 20+ lights. They were fairly bright and were one solid color. I called for my dad and sister to come out who were also perplexed at the sight. The lights weren't spaced evenly and were weaving as they moved. As if they were slaloming. After watching for a minute, the scattered and disappeared practically instantly faster than they were moving before.
August 16, 2023 · 7:08 PM · SPHERE
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
When I seen it I ran inside got my camera and telephoto lens and took a couple pictures although it was there for a bit I only got a couple pictures it was moving kind of fast and not at a steady pace
August 15, 2023 · 4:57 PM · CIRCLE
San Diego, CA
A random monsoon cloud started sprinkling but it was sunny so I went out to take a slow-motion video of the raindrops and saw it while I was looking up. I thought maybe it was a meteor coming in or a satellite reflecting the sunlight, but thought it was too early for that I soon realized it was flying in a straight trajectory at a high rate of speed, was very puzzled by its donut shaped appearance. It was also very, very reflective as if made of chrome I research weather balloons and couldn’t find any donut shaped weather balloons, and this was moving way too fast to be a balloon as well. I’ve seen weather balloons reflect in the evening before, this was different. It was clearly traveling faster than an airliner would. As a point of reference, I can see the planes coming in to land at Lindbergh field from my house and it was moving much much faster. That’s all I got.
August 14, 2023 · 2:06 AM · OVAL
Gilroy, CA
Oval shape solid light moving slow and at low altitude with no sound. Its lights doesnt shine brightness to anything and doesnt have the characteristics of a normal light have. Its just solid contained light in its self.
August 13, 2023 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Ocotillo Wells, CA
Witnessed from 32.74532, -116.13906 viewing in a due north direction myself and 5 others witnessed lights that were very bright (some not as bright as others) enter atmosphere along the horizon adjacent to the Big Dipper constellation between the hours of 12:30am-3am August 13, 2023. These lights made geometric shapes, re-aligned to make other formations and also witnessed 5-6 appear and move down towards horizon (coordinated group) then make a sharp high speed right turn in perspective of the viewing position. These lights appeared to be some white and some red and seemed to stop once the Big Dipper constellation moved past the horizon.
August 12, 2023 · 10:10 PM · TRIANGLE
Los Banos, CA
We were driving at approximately 10pm on Highway 152 near Los Banos and saw a large triangular object with 4 bright lights and something attached to it that looked like a tail with lights. It was hovering in the sky along the side of highway 152 (not too high and we heard no sound) then we saw it go to the ground for several seconds then go back up to the sky very quickly and hovered not real high in the sky. The 4 lights were very bright and formed a triangular shape. Then the object began moving towards the highway and crossed right above us slowly and we heard absolutely no sound. It crossed over us (and other cars) and then quickly speed off in the distance—no sound, and moved very quickly. Myself, my Husband and two teenagers were driving home from a soccer event—it was something we’ve never seen before and we all said “is that a ufo?” I believe it was!!! It was scary and also fascinating we couldn’t take our eyes off it.
August 12, 2023 · 9:40 PM · SPHERE
Bakersfield, CA
Green orb appeared suddenly mid sky and fell so fast, different than falling star and then disappeared
August 12, 2023 · 8:08 AM · OTHER
Lucerne Valley, CA
These things are all around that island traveling in massive groups. I'll gather the coordinates, you can decide for yourself. Hatched egg? 51°54'19"N 177°14'29"E Right across from it are these things that are all around the island. They are elongated in shape, they have a bright blue shining aura to them(giving them a type of blue light, highlighted in color) some of them are black. They travel in swarms. Some are bigger than others. An email or text message would be the ideal way of contacting me. I have also witnessed UFO sightings. And also my first memory (when I was 3) involved something that related to a UFO abduction/lights. I don't remember being abducted, I remember being implanted/placed into a home. ²I have witnesses that can testify to this (they had there own experience of it, but I don't believe I was abducted, since I was with the light from the beginning and was placed into a home that the light brought me too). The story is rather unusual and very interesting like no other.
August 11, 2023 · 4:00 PM · SPHERE
Santa Monica, CA
I was driving, headed from the I-405 towards Ocean Ave on Wilshire Blvd in Santa Monica, CA around 4:00pm. It was a bright sunny afternoon with no clouds in the sky, and suddenly in front of my car maybe 50 ft above the tree line I saw a perfectly spherical orb hovering. It was almost black against the sky, but had a slight metallic sheen to the surface. It was hard to tell whether or not it was moving, but it appeared to be hovering at a fixed altitude as I was driving. It quickly passed out of my view as I was realizing what I was looking at, and when I looked behind me expecting to see it in my rear view as I kept going, it was gone. I didn't see it again.
August 10, 2023 · 8:55 PM · UNKNOWN
Tehachapi, CA
At first, i thought the object was approaching, but as it moved SE, it seemed to take a path over the mountains south of Tehachapi. I could not determine the shape of the object, but as it turned toward the mountains, the orange light elongated as if a beam, and then seemed to reflect or emanate off the length of the object. I thought it might be a blimp, but my friend, who observed it alongside of me, thought that whatever it was emitted an orange-colored exhaust cloud ejected from the rear. I don't believe I ever saw a blimp over this area. As the object continued in the same direction, the light faded, becoming a faint point of light like an airplane, and then disappeared from view.
August 9, 2023 · 9:45 PM · CHANGING
San Diego, CA
I tried uploading the video to the website but it said the video exceeds the file size limit. I can upload some snapshots of the video that I was able to brighten and enhance. If there is another way to submit the video I will. The massive object hovered in the clouds over the naval station for approximately ten minutes emitting rapidly fluctuating neon colored patterns. Two military helicopters were circling underneath it and occasionally a searchlight was shown on it from either one of the helicopters or the military base. I captured a 6 minute video of it, and with the brightness and resolution turned up some of the colors and patterns are visible. In the video you see small blinking lights below the object near the horizon, those were the blinking lights of the helicopters circling beneath this thing. It appeared to be larger than a football field. At first the lights were purple and flashed several times before turning a dark neon blue, then a wide range of colors and patterns appear throughout the video. It was incomprehensible and beautiful.
August 9, 2023 · 9:15 PM · DIAMOND
Alhambra, CA
I saw 4 to 5 large red lights in the formation of a Diamond or square outline. The lights slowing glided into a triangular alignment & seemed to slowly tilt before no longer being visible. There was a small aircraft that shortly came through the same route.
August 7, 2023 · 9:23 PM · FORMATION
Upland, CA
Headed out back to water the plants, I scan the night sky as always. Suddenly, appearing as if from a cloud, a centipede like, segmented, well lit with a green hue, each segment sort of square. Rounded front and rear. Appeared segment by segment until a full, long craft appeared then seemingly "flowed by" for about 7 seconds, disappearing towards the slight southeast, segment by segment. It was oddly low in the sky, I could see the stars above it. I see many small planes in our local skies with an airport roughly a mile from my home. They fly low and they were in the sky at the same time tonight. This was clearly hundreds of yards above at most, and enormous. Wide, but longer. Kind of like a bunch of train car bottoms lit up green, with some additional patterns, from underneath, but flying silently above me. It had to be seen by others. Brief, but enormous and well lit. Terrifically bright against the sky in the background. So low anyone outside looking up at that moment surely witnessed it as well. I clearly, rationally viewed this UAP directly above my home in Upland Ca this night of 8/07/2023. I've always believed, have often watched the skies and now have been completely blown away, as if witnessing a dream sequence so realistic. But, I have never dreamed of seeing a UAP. I was watching it live. I now know for sure. Could have been nothing else but a flying craft. A fucking, flying , unidentifiable craft appearing briefly in the sky. Truly magnificent and mind blowing.
August 7, 2023 · 8:59 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedSanta Clarita, CA
Coming in, it Looked like a shooting star almost … had a long fire tail behind it… once it stopped burning it just continued flying… almost looked like a satellite but was red. It didn’t blink lights like a normal aircraft. Also thought it had to do with SpaceX since I am in California. Was able to get a small clip of it and a few pictures. SpaceX Starlink-97 (6-20) launch from Vandenburg [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 7, 2023 · 9:05 AM · LIGHT
IdentifiedVan nuys, CA
A bright starlike object was seen shooting towards south east direction coming from the west above van nuys city. It had a reddish tail like after burners from a jet but was quite. I thought it was a shooting star or space debris but it was not, it had trajectory. After a few seconds the after burner was gone then it did a gl free fall. It was spining as it fell then dissappered halfway going down. I dod not hear any explosions or saw an impact. Thats all Starlink-97 (6-20) launch from Vandenburg [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 6, 2023 · 9:17 PM · OVAL
Acton, CA
On August the 6th at around 9:15/9:30pm on the 14 freeway (CA) going towards Santa Clarita, from Acton (around the more mountainous area) I saw what I first thought was a blue shooting star. As we drove closer (finance was driving) I saw that it wasn't a streak of light but a bunch of blue lights (some small some big, but all in a row). As we drove closer, the lights and the out line of the ship around it became more clear. It was a long rice grain shape with the blue lights in the center of it looking almost like windows (?) it also was about the size of a football field. It was hovering above the desert/cliffy area on a slant (it was in it was not straight it was at a 45 degree angle) on the right hand of the freeway. I kept staring at it panicking and sticking my head out the widow to get a better look. It moved and hovered over the freeway and and within seconds the lights turned off in a row and it completely vanished. I know others saw it, as i looked at the truck behind us and saw the truck driver sticking his phone out the window towards the sky and other people in cars sticking there heads out the window. The freeway wasn't in traffic but was densely populated.
August 6, 2023 · 9:15 PM · SPHERE
Rocklin, CA
At first glance I thought it was a satellite. The object was glowing with no flashing light. As the object grew closer I noticed it had an additional light following just above it but dimmer. 10 seconds later as it got closer I noticed it was being followed by a flashing light, approximately 200 to 500 feet from the first light orb, as the orb was directly overhead the flashing light vanished and the orb continued on a straight path through the sky.
August 6, 2023 · 9:09 PM · SPHERE
Fallbrook, CA
The craft had a very bright light on it which is clearly visible in the video. At the end of the video whatever was illuminating was no longer luminous. If there is a way to use my gyroscope data to show how I was orienting my phone that would help. Personally my best theory is it was a fighter jet but I have never seen or heard one in my area over the last 5 years [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
August 6, 2023 · 3:00 PM · OTHER
La Mesa, CA
Second time I saw a black, shiny, strangely shaped object moving in the sky
August 5, 2023 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Fontana, CA
Yesterday at night at my parents house were sitting and me and my family seen above in the sky from 9pm- 10pm aircraft’s going from one direction to the other bright white light it moved faster then a plane then disappears and also would move side to side it was multiple sightings some where even following others or and it was so so high in the sky after about 30 seconds or so it would disappear