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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 27, 2019 · 4:45 AM · SPHERE
Lake Forest, CA
just left my house to walk to the gas station down the street. right as i look both ways to cross the street i see to my right, between some tall trees i see a spherical light bounce, came down then went up and away really quick
August 26, 2019 · 1:12 AM · DISK
Madera, CA
I was driving home on the freeway it came as low as an overpass on a freeway looked like it was going to crash in to the ground it suddenly stopped and leveled out but began to wobble from side to side like it was unbalanced it then continued heading south and quickly vanished there was semis and two cars by me but not many people witnessed it with me, although we all slowed down and almost stopped, as this was happening
August 25, 2019 · 4:00 PM · DIAMOND
South Gate, CA
My son and I were in the backyard enjoying the hot day in the pool... then my son says hey mom “what is that”? ... I looked up and I wasn’t expecting to see what I had seen... at first I thought to myself it’s a balloon someone accidentally let go or something but a couple minutes past and it was still there just hovering in the sky ... it appeared to be made out of something metal in a diamond shape ... as it was hovering and turned the sun I guess reflected off the object and suddenly would get super shiny/bright ... yes at this point I was recording with my phone ... once we went back in the house I went to go check out the video and when I played it and zoomed in I realized that there was a few flying around the hovering one .. but it was at speeds from somewhere else the other flying objects were shooting up and down so fast... as I kept watching the video there it was a pill shape object that flew by also something else that was long sort of cylinder ! shape... about 15-20 minutes past and I looked away for a second and when I looked back they were gone..
August 25, 2019 · 12:00 AM · CYLINDER
Garden Grove, CA
When it went behind a cat wash sign it did not reappear from the other side of the sign.
August 24, 2019 · 3:20 PM · LIGHT
Randsburg, CA
I’m an amateur photographer, and today, my wife and I visited Randsburg, California, specifically to take pictures of that old mining town. I took a bunch; afterward, I returned to my home in Lancaster, California and downloaded them from my cameras. After the download was completed, I reviewed each picture for clarity, etc. When I came to this one, it showed a “teardrop” type light in the upper portion of the photograph with a large halo surrounding it. I didn’t notice the halo at first, I just wondered why the light was in that picture. At first, I didn’t think to much about, but as I reviewed them a second time, I began to wonder more about that light. Initially, I thought it reflected of something, so I enlarged the picture and the halo became more evident. I checked the area all around it, regular and enlarged, and I couldn’t see anything that would cause that light to be in the picture. This may not be nothing at all, but it doesn’t show up in any of my other pictures. I don’t want to waste anyone’s time, but I thought maybe I should let someone know about it. I went online and asked where to submit a report for strange sightings and saw your site. Maybe you would be interesting in looking at the picture, I don’t know. If you are interested, I have the pictures and will be glad to send you a copy. Thank you.
August 24, 2019 · 2:15 PM · SPHERE
Sacramento, CA
i was smoking a cigarette and saw what could be a blue green weather baloon which dispeered then about 15 white dots in the sky which would come and go. never have seen anything like it
August 22, 2019 · 4:55 AM · SPHERE
Napa, CA
On my way to work i came to a red light on the highway. While at the red light there was a bright flash and a streak in the sky right in what i thought i had a fron row seat to a beautiful shooting star. There was a flash and a tail however as it fell the tail got smaller and almost reversed to where now there is a short flame out of the bottom to slow the object down and brought it to a stand still hover in the sky. The object that had been an orangish red had illuminated to a very bright white orb and then proceded to fly to the east side of the valley very fast. Id say its altitude would bounce between 200 -1000 feet off the ground and changed direction several times. I filmed the orb flying while it was on the east side of the valley with my phone but unfortunately did not film when i thought it was just a shooting star and actually watched it enter the earths atmosphere
August 22, 2019 · 2:15 AM · OTHER
Hayward, CA
High Altitude craft I thought was a plane flying in roughly a northerly direction until it split into two craft with each craft immediately and instantly changing direction. One craft proceeding roughly east while the other proceeding south. The direction changes were instantaneous with no long turning just immediately going in the other directions. No known craft can change direction like that at those speeds. I was in the Military and have witnessed a lot of military craft but these did impossible things and moved at amazing speeds.
August 19, 2019 · 9:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Ukiah, CA
A green object came into the atmosphere, Southwestern area of the sky. It fell towards the ground and appeared to be close. This was different than a fireball as the color was a glowing green and seemed to Be cool not hot. It fell in a diagonal pattern and I faintly heard a high pitch sound. The night air was heavy, dense, and dark. The temperature was cool for August; the air had a smell of an overheated radiator. I felt an uneasy energy .
August 19, 2019 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Seaside, CA
We observed a very high speed, star-like object traveling in a south/west to north/west direction holding altitude. This particular direction is uncommon for commercial aircraft along the central coast of california. Miltary aircraft don't fly this particular direction at that altitude either. That includes fighter jets or larger. When they do fly higher, they leave trails with this object did not. We observe military aircraft with regularity in this area. This object had no navigation lights and made no sound. It appeared as a white to slightly orange color and except for its odd speed and altitude, looked similar to a star. We were able to determine its height to be between 'two and three times' the altitude of commercial aircraft traveling along the south to north route, (so-cal to the bay area), by using cloud layers and other aircraft at the time of sighting, (appox 30,000-40,000 feet as I often watch them on the flightradar app),. There were more than one commercial aircraft on the evening of sighting flying along the usual route. The sky was extremely clear in places and commercial aircraft could be heard and navigation lights clearly seen on all aircraft. We counted off the seconds and estimated the speed to be appox ten times that of commercial aircraft seen? It held a straight line until out of sight - approx half the observable sky, in 10-15 secs. Four family members observed it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 18, 2019 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Half Moon Bay/San Mateo (between; Hwy 9), CA
At first I thought it might be a house, but the lights were too big, and at some point I would've passed the house. Yet, as I kept driving the lights were still hovering over this mountainous peak. Once I started to make my descent on the road, I could no longer see the peak of the mountain and lost sight of the lights. I saw them for about 5-10 minutes of driving as I was driving up the road and the peak of the mountains/hills were visible from the highway. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 18, 2019 · 9:45 PM · CIRCLE
Laguna Hills, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 17, 2019 · 2:15 AM · TEARDROP
Oroville, CA
I’m a disabled veteran with chronic pain. I was out in my hot tub at around 2:30 am. I am an avid star gazer, and the area around my house is perfect for watching the night stars! On this particular night, I was gazing up into to the night ski. When all of a sudden it flew right into my vision. I was looking south toward Sacramento California, when it came into view, I could clearly see that it was the same type of craft from the movie Predator. Being a propulsion engineer In the navy, and stationed onboard the USS Ranger CVN 61. It was no higher than 5-6 hundred feet from the ground. I immediately look for a propulsion signature as it passed over. There was no noise, no flames, or heat signatures, no wind from engines, to speak of. I live not too far from Beale AFB, it came from that direction. It was a very clear night and I saw it as clear as that seen In predator as it flew over!!!
August 17, 2019 · 12:00 AM · FORMATION
Yuba City, CA
I have video proof of the 4 diagonal crafts.
August 15, 2019 · 11:00 PM · CIGAR
Tiburon, CA
54 year old father driving with his four year old son south along Tiburon boulevard saw a bright red and orange cigar shaped object pass silently approximately 80 feet over his car. The object looked to be about 24 feet long and 3 feet wide and was glowing violet or purple along its shaft and was brighter red-orange at the end, which appeared to be slightly wider than the rest of the cylinder. The object moved in a straight diagonal path from the Tiburon peninsula at approximately the Hilarita neighborhood at the level of the Saint Hilary School directly over Richardson Bay toward Sausalito and the Golden Gate Bridge. As the object passed over the 2016 Kia Sorento SUV, the satellite radio cut off for a second, the dashboard lights flickered and the motor lost acceleration. The father kept watching the object as long as possible but lost sight of the object over Richardson Bay. He then proceeded to drive south along Tiburon Boulevard through downtown to the end of the peninsula between Tiburon and Angel Island where he looked for the object but saw nothing. He waited at the parking lot across from the Caprice Restaurant for approximately three minutes watching the bridge lights of the Golden Gate Bridge with his young son while the car remained idling and parked with the the car windows down. Suddenly, there was an extremely strong downdraft of wind that moved the trees in different directions as well as a loud whooshing sound. The father immediately closed the car windows and drove out of the lot, returning toward Tiburon downtown. At this point, he realized the entire town was now dark and later learned that a blackout had occurred across most of the county that lasted more than an hour.
August 14, 2019 · 6:00 PM · CYLINDER
Bakersfield, CA
Towards dusk thought I saw a plane but this object was slowly moving and then came to what appeared a stop then began moving at a slow speed again...there were no blinking lights. It appeared as tho it was moving with the sun for reflection to mislead but was definitely not an aircraft I had ever seen due to the unusual flight pattern....do airplanes fly at such a slow seeps with no identifiable markers no lights... Zg Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 13, 2019 · 4:00 AM · OTHER
Chico, CA
Large ufo structure class sighting. Additional drone type ufo doing repairs along edges of large structure. In the space where the large structure sat, there was a clearly definable dark, very dark area, which was extremely distinguishable from the sky which was starting to get lighter by the minute due to the sun rising. There is no possibility that it was a cloud, it was precise and had an exact shape. I couldn't take an adequate picture, but I drew a picture of the approximate shape. If it weren't buried In a pile of old files, I would post it. However, the large structure wasn't the only thing that convinced me it had to be an alien origin. In the center of the larger object it appeared a set of lights began moving to possibly open up a what I would assume to be a hangar type area? And then a light appeared and began moving along the outer edges of the overall object very precisely. Moving most likely at hundreds of miles an hour. It would stop every so often and "light up" the area it looked as though it was repairing the hull of something for only fractions of a second to a second or two at most. Every so often it would move much quicker between what I would call " apparent repair points" and changed directions as it went along the structure multiple times, with very precise movements. The overall structure took up about 1/4-1/3 of the sky that was visible within our eyesight and leaning back to see as much as we could. My girlfriend and stone cold sober roommate witnessed in addition to myself. I probably should have posted this much earlier but I have been skeptical of what I saw considering how crazy it was. Also have been searching for any account of an identical sighting. I've never seen anything like this before and this is coming from someone who has seen a dozen different ufos with a dozen different people. It made me feel incredibly small. To anyone who doesn't believe this story, that's up to you. But trust me I know what we saw and I am only posting this in hopes of creating a better account of sightings such as this. I probably could add more detail and try to make this post more legit seeking but that's again not my point. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
August 12, 2019 · 9:00 PM · DISK
Modesto, CA
Is round and real white looking. It is just sitting there not moving.
August 12, 2019 · 8:00 AM · OVAL
Patterson, CA
White dot on a clear blue sky hovering with the naked eye looked like a white dot/star but thru binoculars it was oval shape, the end towards the sun was bright but as you moved to the other side it was transparent or clear. I did not see any others objects in the sky at that point I was using my camcorder at the same time after the event and when the tape ran out I viewed the tape on my tv and could see the object which looked like a white dot I could also see multiple objects near and around object. When I first turn the camcorder towards the object I had a big glare in the view box I tried to shade it, but it didn’t work so I pointed it in the general area and I did get the object not knowing that I had it I moved the camcorder again think I had a better angle in which I didn’t, I was either above or below at this point but I still was catching other objects zipping around.
August 12, 2019 · 8:00 AM · OVAL
Modesto, CA
Possibly a helium-filled balloon, carrying a scientific payload?? PD
August 12, 2019 · 8:00 AM · OVAL
Patterson, CA
Object was a white dot in a clear blue sky, when I looked at it thur binoculars it was oval shape and looked different then with the naked eye it was white on the edge towards the sun and the rest looked transparent, clear and oval in shape. I had my camcorder set up, but I had a bad glare so I pointed it in the general direction of the object, when reviewing the chip on the tv I could see the object and other objects zipping near and around the main object I could not see the other objects with the naked eyes or the binoculars. I didn’t see the object leave with the naked eye but I could see it was gone, while in the process of trying to film the object I moved the angle of camcorder which was on a tripod and at one point lost it but was still in the general area and still caught other objects, when I could no longer see the main object I reposition the camcorder at house level and let it run in till the tape had ended. There were no objects at that level only when it was positioned up at about 70-80 degrees up.
August 12, 2019 · 8:00 AM · OVAL
Patterson, CA
8am approximately I was in my backyard video taping as I was reading I looked up and there was a small white dot, I got my binoculars and looked, it was oval shape and the end towards the sun was bright but as you moved to the left it was transparent looking, I pointed my camcorder at it but had a glare on the view screen which I could not shade so I pointed the camcorder in the general direction after awhile I readjusted the camcorder thinking it was a better angle, after the object left I lowered the camcorder to almost a level view. After the tape ended I looked at the tape on tv at first I did have it on the camcorder and it looked like a white dot and there were other objects flying near and around it when I readjusted at one point I did lose the object but was in the same general area and caught more objects the main object was still there though I didn’t level the camcorder in till the object left.
August 12, 2019 · 6:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Santa Cruz, CA
I was sitting in the car with my family parked in front of a beach. Everyone in the van was a sleep except me because we had been driving all night. I was watching the waves crash on the beach. I looked down at my phone for a second and looked up and saw a floating object above the water. I thought it was a helicopter. But there was no noise and there was no wind coming from it. It also couldn’t be a airplane because airplanes can’t stay in one spot. It sat there for about two minutes and then flew away over the houses next to where we are parked. And I never saw again.
August 11, 2019 · 10:00 AM · DISK
North Palm Springs, CA
It should also be noted that the Palm Springs airport and air museum is nearby, and being avid sky watchers, the observers have become accustomed to the typical air traffic associated with each. This was something very different from anything that might be usually seen and did not match any reported callsigns or known aircraft. Observers regularly use the mentioned phone apps to match aircraft they see to that which is reported and passing nearby or through the airport. Traveling westbound via car on 10 Freeway, exited on Indian Canyon to turn into the North Palm Springs Motel 6 parking lot. Passenger spotted and pointed out to driver a shiney, silvery-white, disk shaped, wingless craft ascending in the Eastern sky, directly out past the windmill fields. The center of disk was raised enough to be where this would be where it seems like a pilot could reside. No sound could be heard, though if it were a plane, the associated sound could have been heard. Sky was perfectly clear, winds the night before had been very gusty and might have kicked up sand but at this time all dusts had settled and only a very slight breeze existed. Spotted at about 60 degrees - the horizon being 0. At first the craft seemed to climb slowly and steadily in elevation similar to any typical passenger plane, but after about 30 seconds of us observing this, the craft seemed to come to a hovering hold. What appeared to be doors folded out from under the craft and then back up into it. The craft then started ascending, up and away, amazingly fast, straight up into the atmosphere; within a matter of seconds, it shrunk from view until it completely disappeared. No trails were left behind. ((ADDENDUM SUBMITTED BY WITNESS)) Good evening Mr. Davenport, I just wanted to let you know that I got your voicemail about my report and I thank you for taking the time to look over it. I just wanted to let you know though, that the time I initially reported is the correct time - 10:00AM; I know that might seem a bit unusual, as most reports seem to reference the night, but I have come to notice that there's just as much interesting activity going on in our sky during the day as there is during the night. Also, there was no evidence of anything left behind, but that's likely due to the elevation of the object and that from its initially high elevation, it only zipped away, higher and higher until vanishing. I'd be happy to answer any other questions you might have. Thank you again, ((END ADDENDUM))