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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.
9,368 entries
July 27, 2016 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Palmdale, CA
Reported to be re-entering Chinese rocket shell. PD
July 27, 2016 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Santa Clarita, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:50 PM · FIREBALL
Tracy, CA
Fireball (comet like) flew towards the east over Tracy, California. Watched it travel low across the sky and as I watched it, noticed that it extended from yet one fireball, but two, yet joined together. Fascinating to see and could not see how far it traveled or if it even landed or burned out. Reported to be re-entering Chinese rocket shell. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:50 PM · FIREBALL
Mojave, CA
It might have been a meteor traveling west to east north of the zenith line. It was trailing a iridescent debris cloud and appears to have broken into two (maybe three (pieces before continuing beyond the eastern horizon. (I hope this can be corroborated). Chinese rocket re-entry. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Lake Hughes, CA
Comet-like in appearance, however, the object was moving much, much slower than comet. I got about 15 - 20 seconds of view time before it disappeared from sight behind a mountain (as I was driving). The object was extremely bright and seemed at high altitude, with a bright comet-like tail that seemed to produce light of its own. Its slow movement betrayed its large bright trail. It appeared to be separating into multiple objects (looked like 3 of them) as it disappeared from my view. I would imagine this (ufo) will be reported far and wide (at least through southern California.) I saw the mass reported "missile test" ufo last November from the same area, except - I must say, this one being altogether different in appearance, and heading in the opposite direction (east). If that is a missile, WTF kind of a missile is THAT?!...
July 27, 2016 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
San Jose, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Mesquite, NV
Saw what appeared to be a streak of light going west to east. It might of been a metro as sparks were flying off of it as it streaked across the sky and it finally disappeared. It appeared to take about a minute or two before it was gone. Chinese rocket re-entry. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Stockton, CA
Photo & video of lights 2 separating green trail slow moving horizontal Not falling but rather creeping along First thought drone but for trail Next thought meteor but motion Was not falling next thought a plane Crashing but very tough to figure Silent disappeared low on horizon Helicopter way up high spotted trailing This object… Chinese rocket re-entry. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:40 PM · FIREBALL
Ventura, CA
It looked like a comet. White ball bigger than any shooting star I've seen with a trail glowing 8x its width behind just above our low hill tops over two trees. Then the ball disappeared not sure if it was out of sight or vanished but appeared again slightly smaller but 2 balls with glowing g trails the balls did change color from a white to a light green then a light orange. Lost sight after two trees. Chinese rocket re-entry. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:40 PM · FIREBALL
Reno, NV
Just 15 minutes ago, (at around 9:40 p.m) I was sitting in my apartment and just happened to look outside my window and saw 2 large orange fireballs with long tails slowly streak across the Reno, Nevada sky. They were coming from the soutwest and heading north east very close to the horizon. One was a good distance behind the other but traveling at the same speed and appeared to be the same size. I did not hear any sound. I watched them for a good 40 seconds then left to find my camera. By the time I returned they were gone. Kinda spooky but exciting at the same time. First time I've ever seen anything like that. Wierd. Space debris. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:40 PM · FIREBALL
Tonopah, NV
We saw a fireball come in from the SW moving to the NE, The object appeared pinkish in color and moved slower than any meteor I have ever observed. It broke apart and a piece of it was blue. We saw it aprox. 90 seconds. Chinese rocket re-entry. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:40 PM · FIREBALL
Truckee, CA
Observed for second time within month of July including today, July 27, 2016, about 9:40pm. Objects appeared to be fixed together about 50ft apart. Two red-orange glowing balls of light with a cloud-like glow trailing behind each 'unit' and making them appear like comet trails about 1-1/2 times in length longer than the width of the units or glowing balls. At first appearance it seemed like perhaps two closely piloted helicopters carrying glowing balls rigid to their bodies and the glow lingering in a trailing cloud or mist behind them. There was no sound from the object or possible paired objects. It flew from west to east overhead maybe two hundred feet above Interstate 80 going past Donner Lake in Truckee, toward Reno. It traveled about the same speed as freeway traffic below in a straight path coincident with the freeway. The appearance of the two glowing balls of light with glowing tails, the lack of any audible noise, the steady and straight navigation, and with no experiences in my life of seeing such object(s) in night sky in my lifetime, and the seeing such an event twice in the same month, all provoked me to research the Internet for any such similar sightings tonight or in the past. I found this site and read the report for California UFO sightings and found some were similar to mine, so in the interest of contributing to this data am filing this report for the record. Chinese rocket re-entry. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:40 PM · FIREBALL
Tracy, CA
Space debris. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:40 PM · FIREBALL
Phelan, CA
Chinese rocket re-entry. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:40 PM · FIREBALL
Bakersfield, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:37 PM · FIREBALL
Stockton, CA
First appeared as bright white light with green trail on a gradual descent. Then the object broke into two red objects with much smaller trails, also red. Video started after the object turned into the two red objects. The objects ultimately descended out of sight. Object was seen by my household of three and a neighbor who we have never met, but struck a conversation with when we ran to be front yard to see the object once it descended out of sight and saw the same exact thing we did. Space debris. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:37 PM · FIREBALL
Livermore, CA
A large, bright light was traveling fast from West to East in a smooth trajectory, but seemed to be falling. It had a trail of some kind, such as what you see come out of a jet. There were no lights on it and it seemed to be burning. There was no sound associated with it. My husband and I have seen meteorites and satellites, but nothing this large and bright. We were afraid that it would land nearby and cause damage of some kind, as it appeared to be under the clouds. Space debris. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:35 PM · FIREBALL
French Camp, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:35 PM · FIREBALL
Costa Mesa, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:35 PM · FIREBALL
Los Angeles, CA
While feeding the dogs in my backyard in the El Sereno district of Los Angeles I looked to the southern sky at approximately 9:35pm and saw a fireball which was yellow-orange in color. It left a luminous trail as it crossed the sky. It traveled level about 30 degrees above the southern horizon for approximately 30 seconds from the time I first began observing it. It then began to fall in altitude and break up into fragments as it reached the southeast horizon until it disappeared behind the trees and rooftops of the neighborhood. This was most likely a meteor entering the atmosphere, but I decided to leave this report nonetheless.
July 27, 2016 · 9:35 PM · FIREBALL
Minden, NV
At approximately 2100 hours, after an extremely hot day, my friend and I were outside enjoying the cooler night air when he shouted, "Look, look" while pointing toward the south-east sky. We watched a whitish-yellow colored, fireball break up into two pieces for approximately 1 full minute. Before the object flew behind the mountains, we observed it break up into several pieces. I have witnessed Perseid fireballs in the past. This object moved much slower. I believe it may have been a large piece of space junk. I also contacted DCSO on the non-emergency line and was informed that they had taken several reports of the object. ((name deleted))
July 27, 2016 · 9:35 PM · FIREBALL
Sacramento, CA
While walking my dog I saw what looked liked an orange ball shaped light with a trail following of what looked like sparks. The ball shaped object looked to be similar to a burning sparkler like the type kids light on the 4th of July. The object was flying approximately 50-100 feet above ground and navigating between larger objects in the area. At first glance it looked like a meteorite with the trail of sparks but it was too low and seemed to navigate around large standing trees, power lines, and two story homes. I've seen other strange things around this area, but nothing quite like this. I went to take a closer look to see if maybe it were a crashing plane or meteorite but there was nothing where it should have landed. I first observed it through trees and assumed the trail of what I'm going to call sparks were just glare, but when it came into the clearing I saw that it was not. There also seemed to be a dark residue in the sky in the objects flight path, but not smoke. No sound was heard from the object, just a visual observation. I'm curious if anyone else has seen this object. I've seen other lights that would hover and make figure 8 patterns in the air, which I tracked for miles while driving home where it settled over an old building and put on a show for 20-30 minutes before disappearing into thin air. This light looked like a police siren that would flash green for a while, then red, then blue, then purple and repeat in no discernible order. I took a video of this but it somehow got deleted off my phone. When I had looked at this video I saw other strange lights that I didn't see when filming with my phone. This was approximately one year ago. I've seen other very similar lights but just dismiss them now because they are so common. I'm not sure what to make of what I've seen but it keeps getting stranger and stranger as time goes on. Space debris. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:35 PM · FIREBALL
Waterford, CA
Space debris. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:35 PM · FIREBALL
Corona/Lake Mathews, CA
Space debris. PD