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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
December 23, 2019 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
Eureka, CA
Three of us were out fishing north of Eureka California ,total darkness other than flashlights when noticing a string 40 to 50 lights at very high altitude following each other across the sky, amazing sight all evenly spaced headed north easterly direction, there was no telling how many we missed before we noticed them. There was no sound seem like an endless stream of them, we did see two flying to one side of them following at the same speed that we're not quite as bright they all seem perfectly spaced. Surely not something you see everyday or nite.
December 22, 2019 · 7:15 PM · CIRCLE
Anaheim Hills, CA
Three fwhite ussy lights were seen traveling in a circular pattern each one of them above the clouds and coliding before engaging in the same pattern once a gain.
December 22, 2019 · 6:10 PM · FORMATION
Castro Valley, CA
Lights in sky in straight line at satellite heights moving very fast in easterly direction.
December 22, 2019 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
Hayward, CA
30 BRIGHT OBJECTS IN A FORMATION IN LOW ORBIT GOING EQUAL DISTANCE APART FROM SW TO NE AT 6PM SHARP - NOT SATELLITES SAW SEVERAL MORE AFTER THE PASSED IN ALL DIRECTIONS
December 22, 2019 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
San Francisco, CA
A friend was outside at a party and came to tell us what he was witnessing. About ten of us went outside and saw what I would normally think of as a satellite, but rather than one or two there were possibly a hundred of these star-like/satellite-like objects crisscrossing the sky in straight lines. Often it looked like two would almost crash into each other, but they all avoided contact. There were planes in the sky, but these were much, much higher than aircraft would go. After a while we saw less of them and the cold temperature inevitably brought us inside. I tried videoing them but they were too high. I’ve not seen any reports online as of 12/23 about this.
December 22, 2019 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
Santa Cruz, CA
I was looking at the night sky when I thought I saw a satellite, I watched it for a few seconds before it disappeared, I then noticed several more following in the same direction, all equal distant apart, I counted 30 in a row that were going West to East
December 22, 2019 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Salinas, CA
Today it rained a little, but the sky had cleared quite a bit. I was standing in my yard with my dog, looking toward the sky, looking at a planet and first stars of the night. At about 6 pm I saw the first 3 stars traveling evenly spaced in a row. There was a small gap in spacing, then one after another light after light traveled in a row. I watched 31 lights evenly spaced traveling in a row from SW to NE. One light traveled alongside one of the lights in the row, then went off into a different direction.
December 22, 2019 · 6:05 AM · LIGHT
Rohnert Park, CA
Three of us saw 15 same shaped white lights in straight line spaced at the same distances apart heading at North east 30 degrees very high altitude . No sound could be heard, I’m a Vietnam veteran , 22 year aircraft mechanic
December 20, 2019 · 6:26 PM · OTHER
Fresno, CA
I’m driving at the end of my block. There is a bright orange ball in the sky. About the size of a dime if I held it up to my eye. So I pull out my phone (while still looking at the object). The dot then breaks into 5 smaller balls and split up. One by one and just like somebody turned off a light switch, they’re gone.
December 20, 2019 · 6:00 PM · CIRCLE
Gridley, CA
The sun was going down when my sister looked up and asked what the object in the sky was. I look up and saw a circular object with 3 big lights, the lights would continuously move from 1 light to the other, it was just floating in the sky. I took a video but did not keep it because it was just way to blurry.
December 20, 2019 · 8:00 AM · LIGHT
Santa Monica Beach, CA
Three or four bright lights very high in sky in perfect formation, traveling higher and faster than the jets in the sky. Only saw bright lights, no aircraft figures. Only saw limited sky surface due to building obstructing my view. Possibly a portion of the satellite pictured on this websites' cover page if satellite was visible from downtown Santa Monica, CA on 8:00 in morning of Friday, December 20, 2019.
December 20, 2019 · 5:50 AM · LIGHT
Downey, CA
I was washing my car at the time while on the phone. I look up to see a bright light, brighter than any star in the sky stay in one spot for a second then fade away. I did not see any movement or pulsation, just the fading out. It was a lone, white light.
December 20, 2019 · 5:50 AM · UNKNOWN
Del Mar, CA
Very large bright (white Light) object falling down out of sky at a controlled rate, did anyone else see it?
December 19, 2019 · 4:00 PM · CIRCLE
Escondido, CA
Fixed burning circle during mid day. Within minutes he disappeared. Did not burn out but vanished.
December 17, 2019 · 5:30 AM · SPHERE
Bakersfield, CA
Hi Last week on the 17th of December I was in my back yard trying to finish up some yard work before the darkness set in it was probably around 530-600 when I happen to look up and notice an object in the sky. I star gaze every night and know exactly where every star in the sky sits, and know what airplanes look like when they fly overhead, and this was not a normal star or an aircraft. I have a video that I recorded of the object and it is clear to see this object is not what one can call normal. It appears to be round and spinning. My husband and I both observed the object for about 5 min before it disappeared. I live in Bakersfield Ca, and this is not the first time my husband and I have witnessed an object such as this. The event prior to this one happened in San Simeon as we were driving back from Morro Bay to our hotel on Hwy 1 an object similar in appearance popped into existence and shown very bight for about a minute and disappeared just like it appeared. Unfortunately, I was driving and could not video this event. I am not completely positive of the exact date, but it did happen in February of this year.
December 16, 2019 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Sea Ranch, CA
My husband and I saw a strange phenomenon in a very dark western sky from approximately 8 to 8:15PM on December 16, 2019, while staying at Sea Ranch, CA in a rental. The sky was incredibly clear and crisp. At first we thought it could be a military aircraft maneuver but its rapid movement up and down and back again and its remaining in the same area of the sky for approximately 10 minutes was puzzling. There was definitely 1 and possibly 2, that appeared as a white, starlike shape from your selection of shapes. It's hard to say how far away this object was, so it's appearance as a light was all we could make out. It was probably 100s of miles up in the sky. Then, about 8:15 PM light clouds obscured our view.
December 16, 2019 · 11:45 AM · OTHER
Los Molinos, CA
Monday Dec 16, 2019 I was driving from Red Bluff into Los Molinos on Hwy 99 e. I don't know why I looked up but when I did I saw something odd annd out of place in the distant sky toward Chico. There appeared to be a slender cigar shaped item sitting still at a 4:00/10:00 angle. It looked like a small slice of fire in the sky. Cigar shaped is the best way I can explain it. And the color was odd, as it looked like a candles flame, red orangish and yellow colors moving randomly (like the flame of a candles colors would move.) NOT like blinking lights or anything. At first I thought it may be the sun peeping out from clouds but there were no clouds, or anything else in the sky for that matter. I watched this for about 5 miles until I made my turn on Butler Ave. I then lost sight of it because of the obstruction of the trees on that street. When I finished my errand and got back on the Hwy 99E, it was no longer there... just an empty cloudless sky. My neighbor insisted I report this. I don't know what it was, but never seen anything like it.
December 16, 2019 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Castaic, CA
I’ve observed this craft for almost two weeks and I’m not entirely sure what it is. It might be a drone or a UFO, but it is certainly not an airplane, helicopter, or satellite because its movement patterns conflict with aerodynamic animations typical in planes and helicopters and it’s too fluid to be a satellite. The craft exhibits sporadic unidirectional movements without the buffering process of reorientation. For example, this vehicle can change directions without backing up or turning around. Additionally, it’s capable of hovering in the air for hours, or speeding (however, I’ve never observed any brisk movements, it mostly hovers around the same region for hours) which is uncharacteristic of planes and helicopters, but not drones (depending on the type, if it is a drone it’s incredibly expensive). The vehicle in question emerges exclusively during the evening, roughly between 12 AM and 3 AM, and lingers for three to five hours. Maybe it stays longer, bu! t I’ve never managed to stay up long enough to witness it. The craft possesses white lights, which amplify in certain contexts. For example, an almost indiscernible second craft approached the hovering, distinguishable vehicle and both brightened when in close proximity of each other. The indistinguishable craft immediately disappeared after, following with a bright projectile shooting from the sky. Firstly, I couldn’t tell if the amplified lights were strobe lights or solid lights, and what I’m describing might indicate drone collision lights. I researched drone collision lights and they’re functional during the full extent of drone-operation. Sensor-activated collision lights sound perfectly plausible, but I’m struggling to find any examples. Secondly, the bright projectile resembled a “shooting star” and it’s not the first time I’ve seen these “shooting stars” projected from/around this vehicle. However, correlation does not equal causation and they may be unrelated. Another detail to add, however, is that two distinct light proj! ectiles *appeared* to shoot from the isolated craft in a separate occurrence. But, I’ve only witnessed two occurrences of light projectiles coinciding with the craft, so I’m guessing it’s just a regular meteor. I am in no way assigning any definitive explanation because there’s a lot I don’t know. Do what you will and feel free to ask any questions.
December 15, 2019 · 6:45 AM · FLASH
Lake Elsinore, CA
Green UFO spotted from North Lake Elsinore moving Northwest at extremely high rate of speed, faster than any aircraft. The speed made me think it was a crashing aircraft, but the angle did not match. The shape was unidentifiable, looked like just a green light.
December 15, 2019 · 6:39 AM · TEARDROP
Santa Monica, CA
At 6:39 a.m. on Sunday morning (Dec. 15th 2019), I was walking down the alley behind our apartment in mid-city Santa Monica, California to my car. The sun was not out yet, but it was already easy to see outside. As I neared my vehicle, I observed a wingless, flying craft at an approximately 2000-foot (600m) altitude traveling in a northwest direction toward the Santa Monica mountain range. The craft, had an an oblong disc shape, much like a horseshoe crab (without a tail). It was wingless, silent and traveling rapidly. It was glowing a bioluminescent-like blue-green color. The color definitely seemed to emote from within, not from exterior lights or a reflection. It was more reminiscent of a deep-sea creature than a flying vehicle. As the sky was already a faint hue of blue, it was easy to see there were neither wings or propellers on the craft. There was a faint white shadow-trail following it, giving it more of a teardrop appearance than it actually had. This did not appear to be exhaust, but something more electrical or energy oriented. My best estimate on craft size is 10-40 feet (4m-12m) in diameter flying at 1500-3000 feet (450m-900m ) at velocity of 400-600 (650km-960km) miles an hour. I did not see windows, but there appeared to be four folds in the material of the crafts underbelly, appearing as barely visible lines going from front to back. I looked online a few hours later and expected to see hundreds of eyewitness testimonies, but saw none. From earth or beyond, I would really like to know what this thing was.
December 12, 2019 · 5:45 PM · OVAL
Norco, CA
Traveling on the 15 South from Limonite to 2nd Street in Norco. Looking towrds the south-east, probably over Cajalco between the 15 and the 215 I saw what looked like a huge (mothership) in the sky. It had a bright circlular light in the middle and five or six lights on either side. You could make out a large circular or rectangular structure. Since I was driving, I couldn't look at it for my detail, but it was very large and hovering at about 10,000 feet alltitude. By the time I got off the freeway, I could no longer see it.
December 11, 2019 · 11:00 PM · OTHER
Indio, CA
Looked like an orange star like in the night sky. It stood there for a minute. I thought it was Mars but it was 3 times brighter and it twinkled a bit. It moved slowly to the east north. It faded in and out then another orange light started falling down from it. Seconds later it lit up once more then vanished.
December 11, 2019 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL
Santa Barbara, CA
Looked up into the sky just above the Santa Barbara foothills and watched a green glowing object descend at a high rate of speed, not sure of the degree angle but it would have moved from the 10 o’clock position to the 4 o’clock position and was lost behind the foothills. It was only in view for a second. This is the second time I have seen this type of activity in the same area. Not sure if it was a ufo, a meteor or one of Vandenburg’s rockets coming down.
December 11, 2019 · 2:00 PM · OVAL
Los Angeles, CA
While driving on the 10 freeway Eastbound, my boyfriend and I saw a tic-tac or oval shaped object proceeding from the southeast to the northwest, across the downtown Los Angeles skyline. It was moving at a high rate of speed and was being followed by an LAPD helicopter The helicopter turned off as the object made its way over us and appeared to stop pursuing the object. Following the object from a slightly further distance, but moving faster than the LAPD helicopter, was an orange helicopter, followed by an unmarked black helicopter. Those appeared to be pursuing the object from the southeast.