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E. Los Angeles · CA, USA
A witness reported two bright white-and-blue, star-like lights near Mt. Baldy, east of Los Angeles, being pursued by jet fighters in 1957.
San Leandro · CA, USA
A witness in San Leandro, California reported five or more lights appearing to race across the sky, in a sighting lasting about a minute and a half in June 1957.
North Hollywood · CA, USA
A witness in North Hollywood, California reported a star-like point of light slowly traveling across the sky for about 30 minutes in 1954.
El Cerrito · CA, USA
It was a Sunday evening and must have been in November of Decemberme to Berkeley because it was dark and I needed to be in Berkeley for
Fish Canyon · CA, USA
Helix flight pattern at zenith
Palm Beach · CA, USA
Witnesses near Palm Beach, California reported multiple bright lights high in the sky, resembling illuminated light bulbs, briefly observed in June 1954.
Hawthorne · CA, USA
A witness in Hawthorne, California reported a distant, stationary light in the sky for several minutes before it suddenly departed at great speed, in June 1954.
Vallejo · CA, USA
Witnesses in Vallejo, California reported lights in the sky initially mistaken for shooting stars, observed for about an hour in August 1953.
Mill Valley · CA, USA
3 lights appeared, manuevering rapidly and at impossible flight angles, changing formation until winking out after little more than a m
Ojai · CA, USA
UFO sighting in Ojai, CA in 1948
Fontana · CA, USA
A witness in Fontana, California reported a cylindrical light appearing overhead with no sound, observed for five to ten minutes in August 1937.
Altadena · CA, USA
A pulsing red light seen above the skies of Altadena, California