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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.
27,433 entries
December 22, 2017 · 5:45 PM · LIGHT
Buena Park, CA
A strange cloud formation (seemingly appearing as a streak or jetstream) in the sky, strangely backlit from an unknown light source. At the tail-end of the jetstream, a minuscule light from an indistinguishable aircraft was lingering in the sky. I got out of my car to get a closer look at the streak, which remained distinctly illuminated in an otherwise clear and cloudless evening. My friend lives in a nearby city, roughly 4 miles away from me. Both of us took a photo of the peculiar cloud streak/jetstream of this flying object. Rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB @ 5:26 p.m.. PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:40 PM · LIGHT
Pomona, CA
Two lights were moving slowly across the sky one looked like a spot light and the other a ball of light one looked liked it crashed into the horizon
December 22, 2017 · 5:38 PM · LIGHT
Huntington Beach, CA
Rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB @ 5:26 p.m.. PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:38 PM · LIGHT
Wilmington, CA
My mom bursts in the door and talks about gigantic stars. I first think, "She must be talking about Venus or Mars." I go outside and two massive looking "comets" are streaking gradually away from a gigantic cloud formation. I can understand comets but their trail was astounding. It was a square Z shape cloud or a stair-case kind of bend with an enormous cloud formation that glowed in the moonlight. Their cloud trail ended abruptly and no longer left any kind of cloud. One of the objects appear to gradually lose radiance and appear to make gradual decline in altitude until it disappeared. The other took off west over the ocean with no apparent drop in altitude but a loss of brightness. My neighbor was outside and watching longer than we were. However, he only noticed that they moved away from the cloud. The cloud quickly dissipated over the next few minutes adding that it was just recently made. There are other clouds in the sky and none were reacting the same way. We later waited. The sky cleared as if nothing happened.
December 22, 2017 · 5:37 PM · LIGHT
Vista, CA
Rocket launch. PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:35 PM · LIGHT
San Pedro (port of Los Angeles), CA
We have amended the time above, to reflect the 5:26 p.m. launch from Vandenberg AFB. PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:35 PM · LIGHT
Escondido, CA
Glowing vapor trail. 2 moving slow objects in sky going two separate directions. Rocket launch. PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:35 PM · LIGHT
Hesperia, CA
We suspect a missile launch sighting. We have corrected the time and date above. PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:32 PM · LIGHT
San Diego, CA
Rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB @ 5:26 p.m.. PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Ramona, CA
We are in a 99 cent store parking lot in Ramona, CA, and we notice everyone in the parking lot had stopped and was looking to the sky i looked out and it look like light energy moving very quickly to the east that left a cloud of light that luminated the dark night sky that is still there as i write this on my phone a mere 10 minutes later i also caught video of it i dont know if it will be link in this report though. Rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB @ 5:26 p.m.. PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Torrance, CA
It was Friday, December 22, in Torrance, California, around 5:30 pm. The sky was already dark (just after twilight). I was stuck in pre-Christmas traffic driving North on Crenshaw Boulevard just east of a local Torrance Airport. I looked toward west from my car window and saw a bright light which appeared to be a small airplane emitting contrails, but it looked odd since it was much brighter. As I stared, what appeared to be contrails got thicker, and as the airplane (or what I thought was an airplane) gained its altitude, contrails became massive almost exploding, leaving a bright white gas in the air. As I observed the object which kept moving in the direction of south east, it looked like it split into two separate objects which moved together. It almost looked like the object in front was pulling the object in the back. It was difficult to identify since both objects were super bright or surrounded like some kind of energy field. The object which appear! ed to be being pulled kept emitting something because whatever it was, it was shooting out some kind of white gas or energy, making circular ripples in the air. Other drivers were also looking up and taking videos or pictures (turning around by this time, since we were heading north in the opposite direction). Since traffic began moving, I could not see what happened after that, but my husband and I both witnessed the incident along with many other drivers, and the objects were not airplanes. They almost looked like they were floating, and no sound of engine or jets could be heard. Missile launch. PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Missile launch. PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Palm Springs, CA
Rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB @ 5:26 p.m.. PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Irvine, CA
Irvine CA at the 405 and 133. Two large lights moving through the sky. Missed the starting point but there is a brightly lit cloud trail from what looks like a start location. One light moving west shining a wide bright light back towards the following light. The following light was emitting what could only be described as light “bursts” in a circular pattern around the light. Both moved away in the same direction then I lost sight of the following light. The lead light kept going west towards the ocean and moved out of site. The cloud pattern it left behind remained bright and lit until it dissipated. Missile launch. PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
San Diego, CA
On December 22, 2017. My family and I had just landed in San Diego, California, for Christmas with my grandmother. After landing at about 5:30 pm PST, we started driving north towards La Jolla and saw what looked like a plane’s smoke trail. The smoke started expanding and had a luminescent glow to it. That’s where two lights sources that appeared to be parts of the rocket. But at about 1 minute and 52 seconds of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UaZFDmLbLE two light anomalies occurred. The first is a quick light that appears on the left side of the screen and the second is a bright light that travels from the left of the screen, first decelerating and then quickly accelerating and disappearing off the right hand of the screen. Both my brother and I saw the light anomaly and you can hear our reaction upon seeing it. The cars window, from which we were filming, was down. This bright light went at a speed that cannot be seen on Earth. This appearance is unexplainable and has left many people speechless and with doubts about what they saw. Possible second stage rocket? PD
December 22, 2017 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Ramona, CA
Update on last post same day same time. It was a ballistic missile launched by the air force.
December 22, 2017 · 4:38 PM · LIGHT
Los Angeles, CA
Two objects moving slowly from North to South. At first they were close then separated one eventually disappeared the other continued South. UFO? Missile test? Rocket launch. PD
December 21, 2017 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Southington, CT
My husband & I coming back home from dinner. Noticed light from corner of my eye in car close to home. Cloudy a bit but saw from sky dot red & occasion green. The red light dot in sky dropped straight down then back up at high speed. It also moved from left to right fast then again straight down from view. Stayed out for a bit to see it again but nothing. Hard to see even more because cloudy, plus trees and houses.
December 21, 2017 · 8:08 PM · LIGHT
Pleasanton, CA
I was outside in the backyard when I noticed a bright orange light in the sky. When I saw another light behind it, I called my daughter and her dad to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. We then noticed two more lights coming up behind them. The lights went sideways before it started to dim and disappear one by one. We didn’t hear any sounds coming from it.
December 21, 2017 · 5:37 PM · LIGHT
Vista, CA
Two objects swirling and giving off some kind of trail with a light beam following slowly behind it.
December 21, 2017 · 5:35 PM · LIGHT
Spring Valley, CA
We have corrected the time and date above. PD
December 21, 2017 · 4:45 AM · LIGHT
International waters, GA
I was in my stateroom on a cruise ship in international waters heading home to port Everglades in florida (I live in Georgia so I put the location in Georgia), when at about 4:30 am I woke up and went to the bathroom to get some water. When I came back I watched tv for a while (maybe 10 minutes ) and noticed a bright light shining through the glass door and curtains to the balcony. I assumed it was a light house or some other light because it was moving back and forth. When it went on for about 30 seconds I went out to the balcony and attempted to investigate, when I opened the balcony door I noticed that there was a solid circular object with a bright light scanning the ship hovering about 5 feet off the water about 10 feet in diameter and around 50 feet from the ship. During its scan, it hit me and dropped in the water, sank, and turned off all lights. I went inside scared and lied in the bed for a bit and headed back out to see if it had came back but I saw nothing and we were close to land and starting to dock. As I was sitting out there my younger sister walked onto the balcony asking if I was ok and where I had gone.
December 21, 2017 · 1:35 AM · LIGHT
Wilton, CT
Took dog out on dark north facing side of house. Clear night with beautiful stars out. I notice one slightly different in character. It looked like a star but was clearer, brighter, and had reflection rays around it. The rays were in a chevron pattern on either side but you had to look carefully to notic. The tops of the leafless tree branches were eye level and it was moving. It was very high up as the movement was slight. I hugged the movement against branches and other stars. It moved around not directional. Sort of like a ballon would....a little to the left, a bit up, then back down, then a minute still, then over to the left again, then to the right. It might have been some sort of balloon but I thought i’d report it. To my eye it looked like it could have been made up of several likes on one object. Facing due north it was around 10-11 o’clock, in the northwest central sky (I don’t know how else to say it). It was still there when I left. It was not f! ast moving. If it was moving directionally I would have thought it was a satellite.
December 21, 2017 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Freehold, NJ
Walked outside to smoke and sky watch. Looking east because because it was my best view on a stary night I sky watched as I slowly smoked my cigarette. Not really a sky nut where I know where every star is located, but not uninformed either Finished my cigarette and turned and walked to the house. As I was walking to the door I looked up and noticed orions belt. Stopped dead in my tracks because I was just skywatching orions belt dead east. Walked back into the yard to look and there was orions belt. I stood there and ask myself why there is two belts and just then what I originally thought was the belt started to tilt and them started to move. I put my phone on video and started to film but didn't think it would pick it up. I ran inside to wake my brother for an eyewitness and then continued to film not knowing my phone actually filmed it. Well to say the least next time I will stick to the phone because what i did capture was good video and I'm disappointed cause I could have captured the whole event.