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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 5, 2023 · 8:12 PM · SPHERE
Sunland, CA
What looked like a bright star in the day lights caught my eye.I thought to take a pic, but didn’t… then I backed up to take it. This was the same spot my friend saw 6 lights hovering/floating over the mountains ridge. When I looked for the star, it was gone! I literally had a conversation with myself about what I was looking at… I said it was a star… but feeling to return and photograph it drew me back. And it was gone.. SO, it wasn’t a star!
August 5, 2023 · 7:52 PM · SPHERE
Wasco, CA
An orb of light hovering overhead. Seen from Wasco, CA.
August 5, 2023 · 5:50 PM · CIGAR
Norwalk, CA
Daytime sighting with clear skies. Object looked to be stationary in the skies over Norwalk, ca for the duration of the approximately 30 I was able to keep in view while riding in the back seat of friends car traveling on Hwy 91 east. Object appeared to be metallic and reflected the sun strongly at the end of sighting due to angle of sight. It looked to be cigar shape but not completely uniform. I got a good enough view for a long enough time to realize it was not a plane or blimp due to the irregular shape, metallic finish and the fact that it did not seem to move at all while hovering at approximately 500ft-1000ft above the city. The distance from me was just enough for my eyes to not completely be able to focus and understand exactly what I was looking at but to me it's what I know it wasn't that only leaves an anomaly as a explanation. I believe many others closer could and should easily have long duration of views of this object and I'm curious to see if similar reporting are sent in by any one else that witnessed the same object.
August 5, 2023 · 3:46 PM · FLASH
Studio City, CA
While sitting in my backyard I observed these reflective objects flickering in the sky. Checked for drones and there were none. My partner saw what I did and witnessed it all.
August 4, 2023 · 10:44 PM · TRIANGLE
Whittier/Santa Fe Springs, CA
On Friday August 4th at 10:44pm pacific time me and my boss witnessed a triangle haped UAP OR UFO over the Oil Refinery next door to our job as we witnessed this object and started taking pictures. It started to fly away, I was able to take a few pictures before it disappeared in the night skies. It was triangle or pyramid shaped it had three lights one on each corner it was black and made no sounds as it was flying over head.
August 4, 2023 · 7:45 PM · SPHERE
Hesperia, CA
I was in my front yard and it slowly hovered over my neighbors house. It stopped for a few above our street. I ran in my house for my phone and it was gone when i got back.
August 3, 2023 · 8:32 PM · SPHERE
Pacific Palisades, CA
As I was closing windows, I saw these orbs of light, moving at an amazing speed. They might have been oval, I'm not sure. I see planes over head all the time and launches from Edwards and military bases near by with some frequency. I have never seen anything like this.
August 3, 2023 · 8:20 PM · CIRCLE
Studio City (Looking South), CA
I'm a 58 year old widow, walking my dog with my 89 year old mother who was walking her dog. I saw very bright white lights that travelled toward the setting sun. Bright as a welder's arch. They were silent, moved too fast for a plane or helicopter. East to West with a slight arch. Not very high in the sky. My view was intermittently blocked with a row of Italian Cypress. I'm not sure if the lights were a reflection of the sun or if they emitted light. Not sure if it had a tail or if there were more than 1 traveling in sequence. Lots of air traffic in the sky.
August 3, 2023 · 8:17 PM · FORMATION
Los Angeles, CA
While watering in my backyard in Elysian Heights I looked absentmindedly up to the sky and suddenly saw a formation of 2-3 bright lights streaking across the sky in the direction of Hollywood. I would say they were traveling northwest. Although the formation entered from outside my field of vision, I was able to view them for some time crossing my field of vision. There was a bright blue one, what seemed like a light green, and then a red one, that looked rather like a plane light. All three of these lights were stacked very nearby one another, and moving together. I assumed it was a plane and then a firework, but I noticed no sound emitted whatsoever, during or at the end. I only realized it could not have been a plane nor a firework once it was gone. Firstly, the formation was moving horizontally across the sky at a low altitude. Secondly, the lights moved together in a line and then seemed to separate and then “fizzle out” before leaving my field of vision. Due to this I thought it could be a firework… But a firework lit on the ground would not have the chance to travel so far horizontally, and at such great altitude. It would also have made some noise —this was silent. I was on a hill near the highest point, and the lights were far above the crest of the mountains. You couldn’t shoot a firework off from that height. A drone, too, would not have been able to travel that fast, perhaps unless it was a stealth military unmanned drone…but the multiple lights and the splitting up of the formation looked to me like it was multiple objects OR that one object was breaking up, the way something would in the atmosphere. However it was not moving down, but sideways. This made me think of a shooting star as well. But a shooting star appears to happen much higher up in the atmosphere, and fizzle out as it approaches the Earth. These were definitely moving HORIZONTALLY across the sky, not vertically up or down. From my perspective, the phenomenon occurred right above Sunset Blvd on the way from Echo Park to Silverlake, so I assume that other people will have noticed it too. This is a densely populated area and the sighting occurred in a fairly visible place. They left no trail, other than maybe a light trail on my retinas. The whole thing must have lasted only a few seconds, the way a firework does as you watch it burn and fizzle out. I only caught the end of this event. It was clear to me that the objects had already been moving for a considerable amount of distance/time by the time I saw them. This i judge by the speed at which they moved once I noticed them. Overall a very curious event that I will be wondering about for a long time.
August 2, 2023 · 8:05 PM · RECTANGLE
Escondido, CA
I was alone and had just parked my car. Something caught my eye and I looked up. The object was pretty bright and visible for 30 to 40 seconds before it just "winked out" and went black or disappeared. This was in Escondido at a little after 8pm
August 2, 2023 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Venice, CA
On the evening on 8-2-23 as I took a typical fresh air break whenever, at approx. 20:20hrs & as I sat on a long bench facing N.E. in direction did the clairvoyant familiar 'ping!' of "hey?" presents itself to me yet again. I whip my head around to the left, which would be looking N.W. and instinctively upwards and there is a single odder than usual glowing spark. Odd why? It was effectively IMO 'zooming' into or 'looming' into view, latitude/longitude at that precise moment of looking up. It had trajectory it clearly was coming in from somewhere to somewhere. And wow! I did just see that, huh? I lingered my gaze upon it as it oh, so, very slooooooowly crept to stand still. Executing incredibly subtle movements and boy howdy. Have they got a speed control device on it or what? Wow...At an altitude, mostly overhead now. Made no sound. Huh... It remained static for the remainder of that fresh air break and I headed back inside the communal living area. Not so much stunned yet, perplexed. As that was an entirely new experience with UAPs for me... whatever it was?, odd best describes it. *Took a three hour nap and went outside upon waking to look at that point in the sky. Gone. Not a planet. Loomed large in presence that high in the nighttime sky. When it presented itself... Literally felt mass or 'vast oddness' from whatever it was/is/isn't - end
August 2, 2023 · 6:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Concord (near), CA
Was relatively low to the ground. No clouds were in sky. I stayed and watched it for a few minutes before it suddenly disappeared and it didn’t move at all. Though it was the shape of a large commercial airplane, it had no markings or windows.
August 2, 2023 · 4:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Long Beach, CA
Moved fast, not in a straight line. Was over my backyard for about 20 minutes before it started moving forward. Very very strange. I’m not sure if these pictures or videos uploaded correctly
August 2, 2023 · 9:39 AM · CIRCLE
Wildlife, CA
I walked out my back door per usual however I felt the need to look up and straight ahead. That’s when I noticed several really white what appeared to be circular objects slowly moving together then apart .then I noticed them continue to go together then apart and then I realized there were four I thought. But as they slowly moved slowly in and around then slowly down ward they broke up into 6 and slowly proceeded downward until I could no longer see them
August 1, 2023 · 11:50 PM · CIRCLE
Los Angeles, CA
Round glowing Hovering yellow/orange light …..we even went under it and it was just floating there
August 1, 2023 · 10:00 PM · CYLINDER
Chico, CA
Was scanning night sky hoping to take videos of meteors using Nikon D500/500mm telephoto lens. Observed bright object. With my finger on video button, I could only capture about 0.5 seconds of the object that was travelling at very high speed (velocity). Have observed the International Space Station (ISS) a number of times, even directly overhead; this object was not the ISS. The speed of this object was impressive. Subsequently, I edited the video from 16 MB to reduce the file size. I have attached the shortened portion of the video which is included in a powerpoint slide file. The original video data shows the video speed to be 30 frames per second. I used some very basic image filters on enlarged images of the object to get a better sense of the object profile. Frame 6 of the PPT slide file gives what appears to be the profile of the object. I am an amateur photographer and environmental scientist; just being curious about what I observed.
July 31, 2023 · 4:30 AM · CIRCLE
Pinon Hills, CA
I was looking at the stars and the disc appeared simingly from the north...It was huge. Turning clockwise as it traveled over my roof..It was moving very slowly…I ran to the front yard to continue to watch it…It was gone.I somehow felt unthreatened…mufon don't laugh but I actually waved at it..This happened in the summer I think it was 2021…I didn't mention it t anyone..They may have thought me crazy..I don't drink or use drugs..I met Buzz Aldrin once if that means anything…I don't know how to copy and paste..I hope someone reads this ..thank you for all you do. Sincerely, ((female name deleted))…ps I searched and search Elon Musks lights ..Starling etc. This disc was totally different .
July 30, 2023 · 11:50 PM · SPHERE
Sacramento, CA
I was driving to work in West Sacramento when I saw 3 orange orb-like objects I the sky over the freeway just outside of Carmichael. They formed a slight arch. They were spaced evenly apart. I didn't see them move or hear any sounds. They seemed fairly close. Farther away than the streetlights but closer than the red lights on top of the tall buildings. I observed them for several seconds but, once I drove underneath them I didn't see them in my rear view mirror.
July 30, 2023 · 10:02 PM · LIGHT
Monrovia, CA
looked like a star at first. moving fast then slow, then zig zags , circles. irratic movement. it stopped a few times very still. bright like a star.
July 30, 2023 · 9:12 PM · OTHER
Oroville East, CA
Watched and determined unknown craft.. ran into house, got phone only got it flying away and it disappeared. Very bright, husband said solid yellow gold looking so bright shape unknown...no blinking, no other colors, silent. Husband says 4, to 5,000 feet in elevation. Our house is on a hill and outside of Oroville some distance, no competing light source. Just noticed from video in front of house a street lamp. We were watching in back yard.
July 30, 2023 · 2:50 PM · SPHERE
Elk Grove, CA
I have seen and documented things flying around above elk grove for 20+ years. More in the past 2 years as I have started paying attention more. Today was different, almost nightly you will see white balls moving. Some fast some slow. Not planes and not any satellite I've ever seen. I've shown them to multiple people. I am also not actively hunting or looking. I see this when I'm walking to my house after parking or out front smoking a cigarette. I have never seen in broad daylight though. Few hrs ago. Blue sky day, no clouds, I went out to have a smoke. I look up and see a plane moving east. I'm facing east. We'll off to the left of the plane I see a little white ball. First thought it was a party balloon. But then it 90 degree turned left and it startled me. Then I got out my phone. I have the galaxy 23 ultra. Best camera on a phone. My zoom takes high res moon pics ok. I zoomed in at 200x just to see what it was and it was a sphere and was moving strange hard to keep track. That's where I snapped a few pics then switched to video. You can tell how zoomed in I am due to the size of my neighbors roof shingles and it helps see its movement since I'm surrounded by 2 story homes. Object was not a party balloon. It was massive. Much higher up than I thought originally too. At least commulercial jet height. It darted off behind the roof and I lost it. Then it reappeared to the right again and went back again behind the roof and I lost it. Tried running upstairs to a window but it was gone. It had incredibly speed and was able to change direction instantly. Absolutely amazing sight to see.
July 30, 2023 · 12:20 AM · LIGHT
Davis, CA
At approximately 12:15 AM, I was standing on the roof of the Social Sciences and Humanities building on Davis campus and looking out in a north/northeastern direction. I noticed some bright lights in the sky, which struck me as being a few miles out; they were more luminous than any plane, star, or planet. At first I assumed they were planes coming directly at me, but I quickly realized that they were moving parallel to me rather than perpendicular. I took out my phone and began filming at 12:20. The two objects, moving in opposite directions, completed two long ellipse like maneuvers where one would pass over the other when they met in the middle. I also noticed at one point that the object to the right (east) appeared to stand still for about 20 seconds (at the point in the video where I point this out it appears to have just started moving again), although it is possible that it was just moving very slowly. About 9 minutes into filming, both objects dipped below the tree line in front of me (as I said they seemed some miles out, so I didn’t think they were as low as the trees, it just appeared so) and disappeared from sight. At 12:42 I saw one briefly reemerge above the trees. At 12:49 both reappeared and I began filming again. I still thought they might be planes executing some kind of long bank maneuver, because at one point the object on the left (west) appeared to glow the brightest at approximately the time that it changed direction and began moving the other way. They performed one more ellipse, and at this point I noticed that the light on top was red and the one on the bottom was blue or white. Shortly after this final maneuver, first the blue and then the red light disappeared below the tree line one more time, not to reappear for me. I noticed another bright light, but it was directly over Sacramento and heading my way, so I assumed it was a plane. I’m a history major at UC Davis, but I’ve always loved the cosmos—my favorite Christmas present ever was a telescope. I’ve become interested in UAPs specifically over the course of the last few years. I'll post a screenshot of exactly where I was in the images section. Here are the videos I took: https://youtu.be/VQUbBljYdWk https://youtu.be/8C0Sv6PjoXA
July 29, 2023 · 9:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Placerville, CA
I went out to my front yard to water plants at about 9pm. Something caught my eye and I looked up. What I observed was light. It was pulsing on and off, nearly directly overhead, and moving to the SW. It was not a single light but more like a cluster of many different lights and colors. The brightness varies as it pulsed on. Pulsing off it disappears completely. And when it pulsed on there was a very distinct triangle. All 3 edges were very clear as if it must be a solid object. However nothing of the object itself is observed except for the edge. The on and off occurs many times as the lights keep moving at a leisurely pace. The triangle appears several times, but at least one time the triangle was replaced by a rectangle with again only the edges visible. So it seemed the hidden object was capable of changing shape. Just as I thought it was about to move beyond my field of view the lights made a hard left turn moving back to where I had a clear look. There are many large trees where I live so I can only clearly see a limited part of the sky. The lights made a single loop to my east and.then returned to the orginal heading. And was gone from view. I could cover the triangle completely by holding my thumb above my head at arms length. So unless it's a tiny object it's probably pretty high up. No noise at all. And the movement was odd. Hard to describe but it seemed almost that it was sliding not flying. And then to my amazement it returned again. I had originally observed the lights from my front yard. For the 2nd sighting I was on my back deck. As I'm looking basically south it emerges from behind trees to my right. I've grabbed some binoculars and I'm trying to get a better look at it, when it's just gone. But in an instant I realized it's now all the way off to my left. To achieve that new position in a fraction of a second it has to have been nearly instantaneous travel. Trees to my left made viewing difficult. But I don't think it was at that spot for more than a few seconds. The trees made it hard to see exactly when and in what direction it went. Throughout the event the lights kept pulsing, and the intensity varied. And every time it pulsed off it was completely invisible. So at each off pulse I'm wondering where it will reappear having kept moving while invisible.
July 28, 2023 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Ben Lomand, CA
At approximately 11pm with dark, clear skies atop the Santa Cruz mountains near Loma Prieta multiple witnesses observed red round lights that shifted position from a diamond shape with 4 lights to a single red light, flashing, then steady, slowly floating up and down, then flashing red to bright white,and bright purple to red, streaking and darting rapidly, then fading and reappearing in a different spot. .A halo / haze was noticed around the activity that blurred out the stars within it, yet stars were visible everywhere else. These lights had a high bright scintillation that was different from typical aircraft nav lights also visible in distance at the same time.