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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
April 15, 2020 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Santee, CA
Looking in night sky very clear saw single Lights that looked like stars going from west to east in a triangle formation Moving fast.then some stopped moving side ways. called my wife out she witnessed same thing I have lived in San Diego All my life and never have witnessed these Lights that resembled stars And when they stopped they would blend with there surroundings.there are military Operations all the time but this doesn't come close. No sound and very high altitude.
April 15, 2020 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Riverside, CA
At first thought it was a satellite then saw these bright lights (not blinking) move across the sky. They were In a line formation but apart prob a couple hundred yards. Saw these move across The sky for almost an hour so was way over 50-60 of these. Checked to see if they were satellites but didn’t see online that any where over my area at the time.
April 15, 2020 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Citrus Heights, CA
I was on the phone, I went outside to smoke and this huge bright orange/red orb seemed to be hovering above my neighbors house. It seemed so low, but I thought this can't be, this huge orange blinking orb right here? I was telling my cousin on the phone what I was witnessing. It scared me, so I went back inside. I never even thought about taking a picture. Here's where it gets really weird. The following day I had zig zag scratches on my back and a mass near my spine. The scratches are gone, the mass is still there. I'm not sure if related, but they weren't there that night and were the next day. Scary.
April 15, 2020 · 5:30 AM · LIGHT
Montebello, CA
I saw at least 50 bright white lights traveling in a one line formation keeping the same distance between one another. I saw 10 at a time and they kept coming and coming for several minutes. I saw one traveling at an extremely high rate of speed and I lost sight of the object within seconds.
April 15, 2020 · 5:30 AM · FORMATION
El Sobrante, CA
Around 5:20am i looked up and saw a line of ufo's at first i counted 10 then i called my wife because there was more zo i grabbed my camera and recorded what i could also we took pictures. But these crafts were in a single line all spaced apart evenly traveling from north to west it started at 5:20 last one i saw was 5:48am. Also there was other ones passing but jot in formation just different routes. Btw they were traveling fast and there was no noise at all you would think all these flying objects and no sound!? Weird..
April 15, 2020 · 5:30 AM · LIGHT
Los Angekes, CA
Looked up and saw lights, not flashing like stars, far away like an airliner high up or like a satellite - I am not sure as for the size but this was far up. The lights were flying fast in on line evenly spaced - maybe 50 to 100 miles apart... some of the lights were flying on the side as well but not as many as on the mainline. I saw about 25 of these lights one following the other but not sure how many were there before I noticed this.
April 15, 2020 · 5:26 AM
Seaside, CA
I got up to go walk off a leg cramp and looked out a west facing window to check the weather and visibility which was totally clear. My phone showed 5:26 am and 53 deg f. Quite a few stars were visible. I then noticed one very bright star disappearing past the south jamb of the window which started me. I then saw another identical star moving in the same direction and then a line of maybe ten or twelve more equally spaced, equally bright objects coming one after another from approximately NNW to SSE. I was too bewildered to count or time them accurately. They finally all passed out of view to the SSE. I then went to an east facing window and all I could see was the very bright waning half moon and a couple of stable dim stars. I went back to the west facing window and saw another string of identical lights moving in the same direction. Then my wife came out to see where I was and I pointed out the objects to her. To my great relief she also saw them (I thought maybe the covid had quietly snuck up an scrambled my brains). We watched a few more disappear beyond the window then went back to bed @ 5:39 am, extremely perplexed. I don’t know if we saw the beginning or end of the event. When I got up later I checked my reasonably accurate iPhone compass an estimate the line of flight was originating somewhere between NW (315 d) and NNW (330 d). There was no variation in direction. The Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) terminal is almost exactly 1 mile slightly east of due south of the viewing point and the pacific coastline is about 0.8 miles NW. I wonder if their radar detected anything? We could not estimate the height of the objects, but if they were airline height they were moving extremely fast. We could hear no sound but the house is insulated stucco construction with double pane glazing and plane take offs from the airport are fairly faint if the widows are closed. No shape was distinguishable, only a bright unvarying white light. When l googled the basic information the only close hit was a similar sighting (on your website) in Roseville, CA on 02/09/2020 @ 5:30 am. The Roseville post office is 152 miles a little east of north from here, not on the same flight line observed. I am 76 years old, of reasonably good mental condition. I worked in various aspects of the engineering business for 55 years. I am extremely skeptical generally and especially concerning the possibility of extraterrestrial visitations to earth. I have spent a great deal of my life s from childhood on observing the night sky both sober and otherwise including many meteor showers. This is the first time I have encountered anything similar to this. I would attribute it to military maneuvers of some sort but they probably would not be so noticeably bright. Sunrise here today was 6:33 am and astronomical twilight was 5:01 to 5:34 am so it was possible a convoy of planes illuminated by the sun far over the horizon in a very dark sky. Seems unlikely to me.
April 15, 2020 · 5:15 AM · LIGHT
Lodi, CA
Lights traveled from northwest to southeast. They were evenly spaced, in a curved line, one following the other. For each group of 15, one was flying off to the side, like a group leader. They made no sound as they traveled.
April 15, 2020 · 5:00 AM · SPHERE
Santa Rosa, CA
Long straight line single file of orbs perfectly spaced out of north west sky travelling south. One orb turned on a collision course with the one behind it and joined or combined with the other to become one orb and kept on going.
April 15, 2020 · 5:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Encinitas, CA
At 5 am, it was still dark. I looked up and from the northwest, traveling southeast I saw what I thought was a satellite. the more I watched I noticed another behind it, then another and another. I stopped counting at 23. there were more but the sun was rising and they got harder to see. There stayed almost the same distance apart. I saw no navigation lights, there no sound. I could not tell the altitude although it was lower than a satellite as I saw a satellite pass above them. it was moving south to north. the objects were bigger. I noticed another posting on 4/9/20 stating a similar appearance. Although I saw more of them than in the post from 4/9/20, it sounds like the same encounter.
April 14, 2020 · 8:35 PM · FORMATION
Palm Springs, CA
This is my first sighting. I had a former partner who was a military pilot in The Korean war and he once saw a squadron of ships fly over him while in the South Pacific. Honestly, Monica Bianchi
April 14, 2020 · 8:30 PM · TRIANGLE
San Diego, CA
I went outside to go to my garage to put my clothes in the dryer when noticed the sky was clear. I thought to myself "Finally" because it had been raining and cloudy for about 2 weeks straight. I always look up at the stars when I can see them because I have witnessed UFO's on several occasions. I barely stepped out on the porch, looked up and it felt like as soon as I did a triangle shaped object with at least 3 lights on each side flew over me, but it was somewhat see through like it was cloaked. Sort of like a hologram. It was flying very low at a steady pace, but it was silent. I heard nothing at all as it flew over me. I stared at the craft as it seemed to disappear into thin air, almost like it knew it had been spotted. I was in awe, in a frozen like state. I assume because I never seen a UFO that close up. As soon as I "unfroze", I turned around, went back into the house and straight to my daughter's room. woke up my daughter and told her what I just saw. My heart was beating out of my chest and I told her to feel it . She told me "You look like you seen a ghost"!! To be honest, that is exactly how I felt. I didn't even want to go back outside and put my clothes in the dryer.
April 14, 2020 · 5:15 AM · LIGHT
Thousand Oaks, CA
Witnessed more than 20 circular white lights silently traveling in formation at same or equal distance from each other in a straight line coming from the north heading to the south along the coastline. Objects traveled in unison, like a strand of beads across the night sky.
April 14, 2020 · 4:50 AM · SPHERE
Oroville, CA
Looking at planet line up. Gazed up at the stars and became aware of what appeared to be some stars moving across the morning sky three objects in triangular formation followed by three objects in single file over a short period all moving at a fast steady speed all objects disappeared into the distance near the planetary alignment.
April 14, 2020 · 4:45 AM · LIGHT
RIO VISTA, CA
This morning on my way to work I stopped at my normal stopping place and gazed up at the stars when I noticed an object/light almost star like flying high as I followed it through the sky about 15 one after another came behind it perfectly distanced apart looking like stars in the sky. About 7 or so in there was one that flaked another and as they passed it was like a reflection was bright enough to make them shine like a bright spotlight in the distance
April 14, 2020 · 4:00 AM · SPHERE
Davis, CA
(I live on an airport in the Central Valley. If I am facing north, to my left, about 7 miles away are the mountains containing Lake Berryessa. Because the ground is flat, to my right I can see all the way to Sacramento, thirty or so miles away. At night I can see sky scrapers. Where I am, in the sticks, is mostly void of city light. Also have you ever gone camping, away from the city, to where the sky is fuller of stars than you’ve ever seen? Have you ever spotted a satellite flying over you, on its singular strait pathed orbit? Or perhaps the international space station? It has a different path and is faster and brighter than satellites. The only reason you see the satellite, is because the sunlight is reflecting from the sun, off of them to you. And on its path, if it happens to duck behind the earth as you’re watching it. Shows the sunlight slowly start to fade as it does. Otherwise you can watch satellites travel their path for many many miles until they become dim from the curvature of the earth. They absolutely look like one solid point of light just like the surrounding stars. Get stars kind of have a slight red blue flicker to them if you really concentrate on them. I’ve also spotted what seems to be a high-altitude jet that must be secret, really high up in the stratosphere, yet leaving the usual ice trail that any regular jet would leave. I am a skydiver. I live on an airport. I grew up next to an airport. I was a ship look out in the Coast Guard. If I don’t know about anything else, I should at least be able to spot a craft in the air, on the land or sea. And be able to hypothesize as to what it is.) It was 4 am. I walked out my door facing east. Out of the corner of my left eye, my attention was brought to a satellite looking type of light. But if was almost at a fourth five degree angle from me. I turned to loo at it. It was not an aircraft. It was not blinking. It had no running lights. It was as if I was looking up in the sky and spotting a satellite way up above our atmosphere. Yet, this thing had to be about a mile away from me, at 20,000 to 30,000 ft. It was heading towards my right, with is a path towards Sacramento. (Interesting fact. At night, during normal not virus. You can watch the commercial jets flying in and out of the Sacramento airport in the way of my view of the city. All day, all night. Difference with this night. We are all coincidentally all stuck at home. No jets. No one getting up to go to work. No one to see what I was seeing.) As this thing passed me, I realize it’s being followed by another one, about a mile to three miles behind it. Same path. Same speed, which is under a hundred casual. As that one passed my position, another one behind that. Now I’m watching seven, eight, nine go passed. One of them was different. The only one out of the entire night. It was spinning in a different direction than the path it was on with its buddies. The side I was looking at, was just as bright as the rest. But once it spun its other side around. It was as bright as a strobe. Not strobing, solid light. Nothing about these things were blinking. Just a bright period floating by. At one point a second path was formed, to the side of the original path and light points. It was closer to me, and started a pattern of the same spaces light sources, but staggered from them. Now they were coming in bulk. Same configuration, but continuous. After about ten minutes, I counted fifty of these things before running back in for my iPhone. When I came back out, I had lost count. But they just kept coming. I’m in the parking lot trying to take pictures of them, but the light is too low for the phone. I start trying to call people in my area. No one picks up, other than the owner of the property I’m on. I tell him to go out and look at these things. I explain to him what to look for and he goes. These things were coming from what my perspective saw as the bottom half star of the Big Dipper. At four in the morning, if I’m looking north, the Big Dipper is to my north west. The handle is sticking strait up, ladles open in facing right to the north. The handle would be positioned over what I’d say is in the direction of Calistoga. If you follow that path, it probably brings you to the ocean after Jenner going north, and fort brag. All Mendocino county. Forrest and open land forever. No one but sleeping farmers to see. The path to my right takes them south past Lake Tahoe. If you follow that path. Well. Area 51. Over the the hour that I was out there watching. They must have realized the path they took was a bit close to sac, and too close to the ground. Because by the time the end was wrapping up, their path had gained altitude, and had corrected more south heading towards Lodi (south, the direction of the moon and Jupiter/mars). That was taking them right over my head! about a mile up. I took a picture of the last two that were together, but with an iPhone it’s garbage. I watched this go on for more than an hour, and had watched more than a hundred go past. When I was able to get my landlord up, he text me about ten minutes later and said he saw what I was seeing. By then, it died down to just about one a minute. They were still coming in when dawn broke and I could hardly see them anymore. So I went back to bed. The next morning I woke up at four, just to see if I could spot anything. I was out there for ten minutes. I spotted three. This morning I tried again. I stood out for about twenty minutes. And did spot two. But everything was so overcast. It could have been anything.
April 14, 2020 · 4:00 AM · SPHERE
Montebello, CA
There were many light orbs I counted over 50 only in the time I noticed it. They were all going in the same direction south east . They were traveling very fast and they at times waited for each other . I searched for there origin and that's when I noticed a much larger orb about 3 of them that appeared to be shooting them out. Even saw a dual for ation right before sunrise.
April 13, 2020 · 10:14 PM · SPHERE
Modesto, CA
I took several images from the international space station external HD camera ( EHDC ) of luminous sphere shaped objects. The ISS was located over the southern tip of South America so I believe that the UFOs are close to the Antartica Peninsula. I have these images posted at my web site mysteryportals.com It was past midnight in that region. One photo shows the objects in a spiraling formation which is fascinating.
April 13, 2020 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Thousand Oaks, CA
Very large seemingly floating.... multiple flashing lights, my pictures did not capture it, other than a bright light.
April 13, 2020 · 5:55 AM · SPHERE
Oakley, CA
Multiple lights / orbs (15) traveling in formation from north to south . First sighted 5:55 am to 6:10 am . I drew formation on paper . Most maintained steady speed & distance from each other . Color was bright white like a star or satellite. I took video w/ iPad.
April 12, 2020 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Danville, CA
From Osage Park/ GreenBrook Neighborhood on the trail in Danville. Looking at Triangle glowing within orange orb... Craft facing NW, it hovered over a house then turned its lights off. Then seen E from there, going E,it had giant flashing yellow orb style light in sky w a few dispersing lights from it. Lit up the sky around it a lot w every flash and went over the hill. Visible from Near Iron Horse Trail in Greenbrook Neighborhood.
April 12, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Coronado, CA
Two parallel light, white and red hovering about 2,000 ft AGL. I waved at the craft, I flashed a red and white pattern. I waved in a "come over here gesture, it flash reddish orange once. It hovered for 3 more minutes. My dog witnessed it as well, growled slightly when the lights flashed. The vehicle then shot up vertical at a high rate of speed.
April 11, 2020 · 12:07 AM · CIRCLE
Woodland, CA
Huge object caught on home ring camera for about an 45 minutes. Heard a weird low humming sound coming from over the house at same time.
April 11, 2020 · 12:00 AM
Le Grande, CA
Hi! I’m resending this information with a photo that one of my former students took Saturday night from Le Grand, California when the red moon was up. Her images are scattered much more Irregular as if other crafts trying to catch up or scouting behind. Do they look like satalites? (Images from ((name and grade deleted)) grade teacher) These are similar to what I saw but my UFO’s were not as high in space. I saw a big group of 10-14 planes or UFO’s last night flying in a squadron V pattern. They were traveling so fast like a flock of birds so I’m not sure if they were ours or perhaps true UFO’s? You told me in our conversation that you thought they were a linked group of satalites, but mine changed shape and rearranged as if slower crafts were trying to stay next to other crafts. I emailed the military to ask them about them about practice flights and I know the military is running test missions in the Middle East and Miramar right now so maybe our military is running big flight crews in practice missions?? I’ll send the photo from Ellie Reimen taken Saturday night.