The catalog
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 30, 2019 · 8:10 PM · TRIANGLE
North Highlands, CA
It was very easy to make out the shape of the craft due to the backdrop of the sky being many shades lighter, almost a dim blueish black color, than the craft. It was amazing how slow and low this thing was flying. I thought for sure it must be a plane or drone of some sort but looked around in the sky and could actually see other planes flying around much further away and looked nothing like this craft in comparison. The triangle was not very large, maybe 10-12ft wide, about the size of a king size matress or medium sized vehicle. It was moving very slowly and gracefully, almost making small S turns but at a very slow rate of speed, maybe 3 to 8 MPH. The triangle was flying very low, only about 20-40ft off the ground, I could tell that was the altitude because it was just slightly above the light poles and building that werent much lower than it was which were only about 100 yards away from where I saw it. As it flew slowly from Sount to North towards McClellan, one of the 3 lights slowly went out and stayed off for about 1.5 second and then started to come back on as another light started to extinguishing. The triangle craft continued its S turns and lights alternating until it flew back behind the building that I first orginally noticed it heading north towards. Keep in mind all this happened in a matter of 15 seconds or so, I have never seen anything odd like this in my life so the details of the peculiar nature of this craft made quite an impact on me. It's too bad I was so fixated on the craft and what it was doing that I didnt think to take a picture since this was so close and vivid in the sky, there is no way it wouldnt have shown in fairly good detail, especially with how good low light cell phone cameras have gotten. Anyway, just thought I would share what I saw. I suppose it could of been a drone of some sort but if it was, its unlike any drone iv ever seen before or anything that I could even find after doing a little research. I dont even think a drone would be able to fly as slow and as smooth as this craft was flying. There was no jerky movement or momentum, no changes in speed or trajectory. It was like it was able to effortlessly flutter through the air as if gravity wasnt there. Regardless, it was definitely a UFO, alien or otherwise.
September 30, 2019 · 5:15 PM · RECTANGLE
Bakersfield? (east of), CA
I was on a 737 flight from San Jose, CA, (SJC) southbound to Burbank, CA (BUR). We were airborne at about 4:50-ish PM. Pilot stated right before take-off that we’d be going up to 31,000 ft and we would in the air for 43 minutes. We were over the coastal mountains following the San Andreas fault. About halfway, I could see the highway 41 and 46 split (were James Dean died). Minutes later, I saw this glowing object across the San Joaquin Valley to the southeast. It appeared to be at mountain ridge level. I guess that would be the southern end of the Sierra Nevada range. I would estimate that it was whatever the mountains are due east of Bakersfield. The object was rectangular and either glowed, or reflected the sun. It had a red color to it, like if sun was reflecting off of red colored foil. The size had to be huge. I’m looking at it from quite a distance over on the coast range side of the valley. The shape looked like one of those rectangular banners being pulled by an airplane over events. But since it appeared to be so far away, it would not be possible for it to be that big. My estimate would be a couple of miles in length. As I tried to get my phone out to record, the “glowing/reflectiveness” of it would slowly fade in or out. I tried to record it on 2 separate devices but none of them came out. After observing this for about 10 minutes, it stopped and the plane veered to the right and went over the mountains above Santa Barbara and Ventura. I checked to see if perhaps it was a forest fire and I happened to just catch the moment when the bright flames crested the mountains, but could not find such news. The horizon was hazy, but there wasn’t any sign of smoke from a fire.
September 29, 2019 · 11:36 AM · CIRCLE
Riverbank, CA
It was clear day i was sitting when i noticed 5 bubble like things in the sky within 10 seconds there were 50 bubble like things they came from every direction i watched for two minutes before i remembered i had my phone. i couldn't tell if i was getting the objects because of the glare on my screen so sorry about the moving.
September 27, 2019 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Firebaugh, CA
Driving on the highway 5 going north, there was 3 white bright lights shaped liked disks coming in a straight line, it looked like it was coming straight to our car on the highway it was very close (less than half a mile away from us). As it got closer it went up and changed shape to a triangle and changed it's path to go right. It flew away so fast and changed shapes again.
September 26, 2019 · 9:54 PM · UNKNOWN
Aliso Viejo, CA
Noticed a circle of lights in a very cloudy night sky. Rotating pattern. White object hovering then disappeared.
September 26, 2019 · 6:01 AM · TRIANGLE
Sacramento, CA
I got up a little after 5am to check my emails and check some things on my pc, went into the main room and let the dogs go out do thing outside. After i did my pc work i went outside myself at or around 6am to relax, sitting in table and chair at my cover patio i looked to the southwest up to the sky and saw a ufo triangle shape with lights all along all sides and three lights on the bottom this was at a 55 degree angle for the time i was watching this ufo up 3 to 4 mins it NEVER moved No sound and i told myself get your camera now and i did when i came back out it was gone dam i told myself. The size compared to the moon where it is, this ufo was almost half the size of the moon.
September 26, 2019 · 4:45 AM · SPHERE
Redlands, CA
HUGE perfect ball shaped, dull metallic gray, with a white light that appeared to wrap all the way around it- hovering fairly close to the earth considering the size of it. This thing was enormous! I was getting on the 10 Freeway East at California Avenue. As soon as I made a right onto the on-ramp I was amazed. It was just right there hovering. At first I thought it was the moon and was in awe of how BIG it was. But the white light ring around it made it look like a lunar eclipse. Once I merged on to the freeway safely I tried to get a better look. Had to rub my eyes to make sure I was really seeing what I thought it was. It didn’t appear to be moving. Just hovering. After I was sure it was not an eclipse of the moon I thought to myself that maybe it was a blimp....but knew it absolutely was not- waaay too BIG, wrong shape (this was like a perfect ball). Because it was just hovering I became excited that I was going to be able to “catch up” to it for a better look. So I glanced to my left as I got over to the fast lane of the freeway. When I looked back again ahead of me it wasn’t gone but within a fraction of a second it wasn’t there anymore. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I have never seen anything move that fast.... especially something that massive in size. It was just gone.....poof! I so wish I had been able to see it up closer. I am still in awe of what I saw. It was amazing. It was beautiful. Unfortunately there was nobody in my truck with me to share the experience :( I couldn’t even talk to other drivers because we were on the freeway at an interchange. And when I got to where I was going (San Manuel Casino) I couldn’t find a soul who witnessed what was just up in our sky. Yes it was so big I am certain if any of those gamblers had been outside they could have seen it all the way from the casino. When I got there I told a few people (that I didn’t even know’) what I saw....a couple of them looked at me like I was crazy.....one guy was interested and believed me....he was jealous. I would be, too. It was an amazing experience. PS--I didn’t hear ANY sound of an engine or motor. And when it disappeared it was very fast but VERY smooth movements.
September 25, 2019 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Tres Pinos, CA
I saw a bright, speeding light, south to north, instantly turn 90 degrees east with no change in velocity.
September 25, 2019 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Tres Pinos, CA
I saw what I thought a satellite in a polar orbit very bright, traveled 30 degrees and instantly turned 90 to the east and into the earth shadow.
September 25, 2019 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Santa Cruz, CA
I went out on my deck to bring my dog inside because she was barking. While waiting for her, I looked up at the clear night sky. I noticed two objects with blinking lights, and watched them for a while because they moved together at the same speed, in the same direction, which I had never seen before. They were higher than the commercial flight planes, but not as high as satellites. After the closest one started to move out of view, I noticed two small white (like stars) lights moving much higher in the sky. They made 2-3 tight circles around each other, and then moved in unison along the same plane, in opposite directions. The farthest one faded out of view, but closest one appeared to become stationary, like a star, and didn't move again for as long as I watched. I am a recently retired nurse, and have never seen anything in the skies like it before. It was the circling of the two lights and the fast and uniform movement in opposite directions that made me want to report it.
September 25, 2019 · 4:00 PM · EGG
Buellton, CA
Saw two egg shaped oblects flying in opposed directions. A plane flew between them and both disappear.
September 24, 2019 · 10:46 PM · TRIANGLE
Hollywood, CA
3 red lights shaped as a triangle was fling about 100 ft in sky then vanished then spotted again fling lower and the 3 red lights were shining down in a shaft of light. then vanished behind a building.
September 24, 2019 · 10:50 AM · CHANGING
Rancho Mirage, CA
I stepped outside into the backyard late last night just before 11:00pm and noticed what appeared to be a string of lights, similar to the landing and beacon lights on an aircraft and about the same level of brightness as stars, that were hovering horizontally and at first stationary in the sky to the southeast of my location near Palm Springs. I observed the anomaly for several minutes, taking a few long exposure nighttime shots on my phone, as the string of lights came together forming what appeared to be one single source of light that then began to move slowly in a southern direction, changing direction slightly towards the east then vanishing completely from view. There was a second that I at first thought was a star further off in the distance where this craft was moving towards, and this light also disappeared not long after the first. I'll also mention that were no (zero) registered aircraft in the vicinity of the lights throughout the entire duratio! n of the event.
September 23, 2019 · 11:50 AM · OTHER
Sherman Oaks, CA
Two aircraft sitting still and closely with multi colored lights, then one craft took off while the other remained stationary for quite a long while, the craft that moved away became stationary once again hovering at the same high altitude for a long time. The lights flash in a pattern and are red, white and what appeared to be either green or blue. The two craft are still currently in the same position.
September 22, 2019 · 8:20 PM · SPHERE
Los Angeles, CA
My sister pointed out that something was moving in the sky, and I figured I’d check it out. My sister focused on one of them, and I focused on both and my older sister also focused on it. I basically saw it with the light pollution; otherwise, I would have not even seen it. Two sphere objects going at similar speeds just drifting my sis and relatives all saw it. It wasn’t a plane because I know the lights they carry.
September 22, 2019 · 2:48 PM · RECTANGLE
Saratoga, CA
Irregular, angular silver metallic craft, appeared to be several miles high, moves upward for 20 minutes until out of sight. Had one white light that flashed randomly. When first seen, the light was 5 times brighter than a star, the craft about 10 times larger than the light.
September 22, 2019 · 7:20 AM · CIRCLE
Piedmont, CA
I was outside and looked up at the moon and noticed what looked like a bright star meandering west to east. I thought maybe it was a satellite catching the rising sun, but it started moving laterally to its direction of motion. Maybe a balloon, but it was a bit early for that... Object maintained movement direction, but occasionally stopped and hovered, then continued on its way. At one point I looked away and had difficulty relocating the object, but finally caught a glimpse of a very tiny dot that then seemed to disappear in a whisper of smoke. Very strange, especially given its luminosity. Probably a shiny balloon but felt compelled to report. The longer I looked the more floaters appeared in my eyes, so it became pretty futile.
September 22, 2019 · 3:30 AM · LIGHT
Boron, CA
I was sitting around a campfire with a group of people about 5 miles off of Route 395 in the Mojave desert. It was around 330am and I had been looking up all night because the stars were amazing. Directly east, I saw a light way off in the distance, which I first thought was a star but it began to move. My second thought it was a shooting star because it was dropping but then it made a sharp left, then straight back up. I had to rub my eyes to make sure it wasn't an illusion. My next thought was it was a satellite, but then it dropped straight down again. All of this was happening in the same location, and I knew this because I was using a star for reference. Once my brain realized what I was seeing I woke people up and it made a left and took off faster than any aircraft would and covered a huge distance in a matter of 1 second. My friend caught the last bit of it. I have seen UFOs before in northern Michigan and Washington (which only hovered) but I've never witnessed any aerial gymnastics like this. I kept thinking maybe it's government craft because I was in the middle of the desert, but who knows
September 21, 2019 · 8:45 PM · SPHERE
Lakewood, CA
I live 1 mile south of the 91 freeway, was looking in the southern sky at how unusually bright Orion's belt constellation and surrounding stars were then, then bright non blinking light crafts flew away together in unison, in same star positions leaving the real constellation behind in the sky, and they traveled south in the sky until we could no longer see them. Right after a military helicopter approaching from the west, heading east flew over and also an F-15 flew very high over our house for at least an hour, looking for something.
September 21, 2019 · 12:35 PM · OVAL
Red Bluff, CA
Was driving in hogsback road looking for locations to do some night photography. Stopped at a location to take a test shot with my phone... the object appeared or caught my eye as I was shooting the picture... went back to my jeep to get my camera with telephoto lens, keeping my eye on it the entire time, about 20 seconds opened door and grabbed my camera taking my eyes off for approx 10 seconds when I turned around it was gone. There was no sound coming from it, it was approximately 1/4-1/2 mile from me. It appeared to be between 10-20 feet across and shiny...
September 21, 2019 · 6:30 AM · CIGAR
Oakdale, CA
I saw a plane when looking up to the north, it was to right side in the sky with contrails going south. Then I noticed a cigar shaped object to the left of the plane with no contrails. Looked silver in the sky. I tried to get my phone out of my pocket to get a video and then is shot away. Time was around 6:30.
September 21, 2019 · 12:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Citrus Heights, CA
Partner and I having cigarette just after midnight. Clear sky but a considerable amount of light pollution. After we sat down I looked south into the night sky and saw what looked like a star at first but upon focusing my eyes better it looked like a dim fireball very far off in the distance at about 30* up from southern horizon. Looked like tiny fireball boosting leaving a tracer, breaking or slowing for an instant and then boosting again as if some kind of pulse propulsion. Had a tiny decline between pulses. It "boosted" about 6 times. So distant I had to look away and blink a few times to make sure I wasn't seeing a bug under a lamp etc. Incident occurred quickly over about 15-20 seconds and was gone. My partner watched the whole thing too. We both questioned our vision at first before I actually spoke up.
September 20, 2019 · 8:43 PM · UNKNOWN
Corona, CA
Ok, so this has been bugging me for the past few days because of random constant reminders I have been having through the my time after seeing something in the sky. I don't know what it was I saw but I know that I could not explain and have not seen anything like that before. I live in kind of a secluded house not like other homes but right next to a community park. I was laying in bed with my boyfriend when his sister started yelling for help to find her dog. Apparently her dog had just out of nowhere freaked out and ran off our property. I got a flash light and started looking around the property with my boyfriend. Around 8:43 or around that time (I didn't have my phone on me), I happened to look in the sky at the perfect time. What I saw was a formation of lights just suddenly appear in a triangular shape (when they appeared they were moving forward) before disappearing quickly (while moving forward). Honesty I find it hard to explain all together. The only thing I saw were lights but staggered in a triangle shape but a triangle without the bottom line lit up if that makes sense. There were maybe 9 lights, there was no noise at all. This happened very fast and unfortunately my boyfriend did not see it. My sisters boyfriends came back from taking her car out to look for her dog and luckily she had the dog. She said she had found her dog had run pretty far off near the area I had seen this in the sky.
September 20, 2019 · 3:00 PM · LIGHT
Laytonville, CA
I'm not sure about the nature of this event but I found it quite unusual. I've got drone footage from Mendocino area, September 2019 and just had the chance to watch the footage. I can see random lights appearing from one point to another, sometimes at very fast speed and sometimes slightly changing direction. This has occurred several times (at least 8) and in different camera drone direction. I would like to know if you could be interested in watching the footage, perhaps through a screen sharing.