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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
January 23, 2019 · 9:35 PM · TRIANGLE
Rohnert Park, CA
Triangle shaped, no sound, no lights, moved slowly across sky in a straight direction.
January 22, 2019 · 4:20 AM · LIGHT
Desert Hot Springs, CA
January 22nd 2019 at 4:20 in the morning we're driving from yucca valley to Desert Hot springs going down 29 palms highway highway 62 when I saw a bright floating object in the sky it was very visible very bright there were no aircraft markers there was it was sunrise so it was very identifiably you UFO I was in the passenger seat while my partner was driving and I pointed it out to him and we were both trying to figure out what it could be have video of it and I will be attaching it to this report in hopes that maybe you can investigate
January 19, 2019 · 11:40 AM · CIRCLE
Los Angeles, CA
I had been waiting for the Delta Heavy launch and wanted to take some photos of it. It was late. When I saw it streaking across the sky, I started snapping photos. I couldn't see much in my video lens on the camera because of reflections. So I didn't know if I was getting it. But I kept snapping anyway. Finally I was able see the contrail in my camera. I got some pretty good photos of the contrail. I was certainly surprised to see the missile go completely across the sky because I wanted to take some photos of the separations of the tanks. Well, to make a long story short (too late now), I came to my apartment which was right across the street from where I was snapping the pictures. I hooked up the camera to the computer and began looking at the photos I got. I noticed nothing but sky on several initial photos. But when I looked at this one my jaw dropped. I saw these 9 very clear dots of light that appeared to be near the path of the rocket. I checked the photos after that one and the dots didn't appear. I think I may have inadvertently photographed a swarm of UFOs watching the launch. Witness provides photo, which shows small whie objects against a blue sky. We are unable to determine whether the objects might be birds in flight, but it is a possibility, we believe. PD
January 15, 2019 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Cathedral City, CA
Very big craft came right out of fog no lights no noise just moon light shining off of the craft went right back into fog.
January 15, 2019 · 2:15 PM · CIRCLE
Los Angeles, CA
It was slightly raining, we were walking west on Beverly in LA. My friend saw it first. It looked like a leaf falling, but also hovering sideways. It was black round and flat.
January 8, 2019 · 10:42 PM · LIGHT
Covina, CA
One object observed flying from about the horizon higher into the sky, towards the left, something dropped off of it and it disappeared.
January 8, 2019 · 7:40 AM · TRIANGLE
Imperial Beach, CA
We saw a triangle shaped object. Looked to be mirrored on one to two sides. As it rotated it appeared to change color to white. It looked to hover about 400 to 500 feet up in the air and then slowly ascend upwards, then disappeared. We saw it change rotation.
January 7, 2019 · 11:30 PM · CHANGING
Poway, CA
My two friends saw something strange in the sky while smoking in the back yard. One of them fetched his high powered video camera and shot a video of it. The object flashed random light patterns. It changed shape constantly. It appeared to be purple, but the outline of the object glowed green. The object moved extremely fast and would change direction on a dime. It would also change shape just as fast. It lingered in the same general sky space for quite a long time and it appears to know it is being watched for it seems to be putting on a show of some sort. Possibly attempting to communicate with the flashing light it emits? After a while it just disappears into the night.
January 7, 2019 · 8:40 PM · SPHERE
Oakland, CA
LOCATION: on a plane heading in Oakland CA, had to be 30 mins before landing. .WITNESS: not only person who saw it, the person in front of me saw it and also took pictures. SIGHTING: looked out the window because the person in front of me thought they saw something strange. There was an orb of light following the plane out of the right side a decent distance from the wing. It was level with the plane and we were still at an altitude that wHere no man-made object was build as well as being over unoccupied land. it stayed generally the same distance for the 13 minutes it remained with the plane and changed altitude and shape once or twice. we went through a few clouds and it followed, we went through one big cloud and it was gone. THOUGHTS: thought it was strange and went quickly went through what it could be but nothing made sense. could not have been a star bc it was not at the right location. could not have been a building bc there was none and it remained at a high altitude and stayed with a plane going at least 300 mph. was not light from the plane because it was white and did not blink. It was not a mechanical light. REACTION: thought it was cool and made me think of doc Australian skies. thinking of that as I watched it I made some notes and took a few pictures.
January 6, 2019 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Sacramento, CA
Bright green orb of lightning first flashed above storm clouds then descended just below, and then shot northbound at same elevation, then flashed and went up. No sounds other than storm. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 5, 2019 · 12:00 PM · OVAL
Mammoth Lakes, CA
While on a ski trip to Mammoth, we witnessed what we first thought was a drone hovering above us. We couldn’t get a handle on its size or distance for several minutes as it didn’t make any sense to what we knew was possible. It was shaped like a very shiny Tic Tac, perhaps 10 feet long. It was hovering then would drop and ascend very rapidly. My 14 year old step daughter became quite afraid, while I assured her it had to be some sort of drone, but I don’t think any of us was buying my story. We watched it for the duration of the chair lift, the group behind us seeing it as well. After about 8 minutes it flew off into the interior of Yosemite. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
January 3, 2019 · 3:00 PM · OVAL
San Jose, CA
Viewed from Calero Lake on McKean Road. Very slow flying object. Size very large, approx 2-3x an airplane — appeared pale in color but hard to distinguish details. Very, very slow. Wondered how it stayed in the air at that slow speed. It was headed north toward San Jose.
January 3, 2019 · 4:35 AM · CIRCLE
Pacifica, CA
Bright orange/yellow object either very low in sky or on horizon/ocean. Pointed telescope at it - perhaps a star? Seems way too bright/orange for a star though.
January 1, 2019 · 8:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Arroyo Grande, CA
January 1 my friend and I were outside skateboarding when we saw a green red yellow triangle in the sky it was too high in the sky to be a drone and too low to be a plane and it was silent so I went back to the house in front of the house I got off the skateboard and I felt a burning on my arm we got into her room and there was a bruise on my arm
December 31, 2018 · 6:45 AM · OVAL
Benicia, CA
A shining bright circle came from the top of the sky it went down towards earth then turned into an oval then turned around and disappeared
December 29, 2018 · 5:46 PM · OVAL
Ojai, CA
A bright blue/green object fell from the sky at approximately 5:46 pm in a southwest direction above the town of Ojai. It was very bright green!
December 28, 2018 · 6:38 PM · LIGHT
San Simeon, CA
Very bright orange light seen to the north east of Hearst Castle during a night tour. Orange light suspended low over the Santa Lucia Mountains near Fort Hunter Liggett. Light was observed stationary for a few minutes. Returning to the same location 10 minutes later, the light had vanished.
December 23, 2018 · 6:00 PM · EGG
Corona, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 23, 2018 · 1:00 AM · OVAL
Kentfield, CA
Very loud ongoing noise, similar to a hair dryer or leaf blower frequency, filled the Larkspur/Kentfield, CA, valley area near Marin General. Weather was clear with some light patches of fog. From our terrace, (400 ft. above city street level), in the distance I saw what looked like a huge drone, with a big green flashing light, bright white light with smaller red and yellow lights, but this was not a drone, pretty big aircraft. Slowly making its way up vertically then flew horizontally to about the middle point of Mount Tam, made a right, then started approaching the house. That weird sound became very loud. I looked up at the aircraft, the bottom was black, red lights surrounding the oblong aircraft. The other color lights became stronger as well. It was not a jet/plane sound or shape, didn’t see blades, did not sound like a helicopter or chopper. As it flew over the roof and out of sight, I could still hear the sound of that aircraft for a least 5 t! o 6 minutes later, either heading towards San Rafael, San Anselmo, or Woodacre. Living here for ten years I’ve never witnessed anything like this. I’m very interested about this aircraft. I'm emailing a map with description.
December 19, 2018 · 8:15 PM · UNKNOWN
Anaheim, CA
There were three outside my work when I came out for a break. I heard a loud noise which turned out to be a Helicopter (possibly a military helicopter) chasing 2 little red lights about 1,000 ft in the air or less one in front of the so fast that the helicopter seem to have a hard time following. the red lights were traveling at a very high speed (to me they seemed to be going to fast to be drones). As they passed almost directly over our heads, one of the red lights sped up passing the other one and leaving the helicopter way behind. They were traveling north through orange county towards Los Angeles. I watched until they out of my sight.
December 19, 2018 · 5:41 PM · LIGHT
Cotati, CA
At 5:41pm my mom called me and told me to look out my back window, which faces West. She was at the Costco in Rohnert Park and said there was a strange jet-stream in the sky that was glowing brightly. The sun had already set and when I looked out the window, I was shocked by how bright this was. It looked like a lasso in the sky. The oval was on the top right and it trailed down to the left. It slowly faded over 5-10 minutes. After looking online I found this was identical to the lights seen over Reno, NV, at the same time. However, I am in Cotati (very close to the coast - maybe 30 minutes) and I was also looking West towards the coastline. Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
December 19, 2018 · 2:00 PM · CYLINDER
Poway, CA
A cylindrical shaped very shiny metallic object moved South very slowly but at considerable altitude. I thought it was a jet, but it moved way too slowly, no contrail or sound. It moved around and wouldn’t be seen, then shift positions again revealing a cylindrical shaped object without wings or a tail. Finally after approximately 20 minutes it disappeared, not being seen again.
December 19, 2018 · 5:38 AM · OTHER
Salinas, CA
Corkscrew sort of smoke heading downward but at a slow speed and pausing. It was evening and the smoke/ cloud seemed to be very bright and illuminating it's trail above. Clearly it represented a "?" (In that"?" form) precisely when it was over.
December 19, 2018 · 4:00 AM · LIGHT
Fresno, CA
I am aware that there were several reports of a comet being seen on this same day, but those sightings were seen in the evening of 12/19/2018 and my sighting was in the early morning on this day.