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El Cajon · CA, USA
A driver near El Cajon, California, in August 1969, reported a brief roadside encounter with an unidentified being that appeared to signal not to be harmed, lasting five to seven seconds.
Cachuma Lake · CA, USA
Summer 1969 in California's Cachuma Lake campgrounds 2 friends and I rented a boat.While sitting in the back of our rented boat wit
Fresno · CA, USA
Near Fresno, California, in July 1969, a witness described a large object with a stinger-like projection emitting sparks before speeding away within about two minutes.
Hollywood · CA, USA
Abduction from bed in 1968.
Rocky Mountains (east face of) · CA, USA
Witnesses reported an open-frame object flying eastbound about 100 feet above the desert floor near Interstate 80 by the Rocky Mountains in June 1968, during a twenty-to-twenty-five-minute sighting.
Rocky Mountains (east side of ) · CA, USA
Witnesses reported a tetrahedral object trailing a sphere in broad daylight moving eastbound near Interstate 80 by the Rocky Mountains in June 1968, observed for twenty to twenty-five minutes.
Betteravia · CA, USA
Playing kickball, I was on home base and looked up to see a UFO that looked like a fireball in the shape of a cigar directly over me.
Montague · CA, USA
Near Montague, California in June 1966, a witness reported a fast-moving, star-like object in the sky, observed for about five to ten minutes.
Auburn · CA, USA
Near Auburn, California in June 1966, witnesses reported a craft flying low to the ground that stopped near them, observed for about five minutes.
San Fernando · CA, USA
The shape of the object looked- like a parachutte ( glowing ) moving very slowly across the sky - form my observations it looked like
Whittier · CA, USA
A witness and their mother in Whittier, California reported an unusual sun-like object over a nearby hill, apparently unnoticed by others nearby, lasting about five seconds, June 1965.
Paloma · CA, USA
A witness near Paloma, California reported seeing an orange light at a window in June 1964, describing unusual effects afterward. No sighting duration was recorded in the case file.
Fresno · CA, USA
A witness in Fresno, California reported what initially appeared to be a star exhibiting unusual behavior in the night sky, in a sighting lasting about 30 minutes in August 1963.
Long Beach (Terminal Island) · CA, USA
On September 17, 1960, a witness at Terminal Island in Long Beach, California, reported four crescent-shaped objects above broken clouds near the naval shipyard, for four to five seconds.