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Sacramento · CA, USA
Glowing white cloud-like object sighted at night, dissipates into red haze and vanishes entirely.
San Diego · CA, USA
Sitting in backyard with friend, looked up and saw metal orb. It was like pin prick size in the sky. Looked like it changed shape.
Taft · CA, USA
I'm a truck driver and I've seen the reddish/orange balls of light before. But never this close. One passed over my truck from E to W.
Richmond · CA, USA
Thought it was a plane, but it stopped moving. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus?? PD))
Malibu · CA, USA
Dull object changing shape and flashing while moving in and out of vision
Azusa · CA, USA
Object sighted coming in low from foothill area, morphed into 3 rotating ovals and went east and up.
Hollywood · CA, USA
Shape shifting balls possible UFO.
Redlands · CA, USA
Slow moving and instant size changing orb with ring around it. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius, or some other "twinkling" star?? PD))
Redwood City · CA, USA
3 witnesses of a red/orange glowing orb darting above soccer field while changing size and color.
Novato · CA, USA
I don't know what it could have been , I am sure that it was not a plane
Gilroy · CA, USA
I witnessed a white dot moving slowly back and forth slowly then would sit stationary and then fade out out and reappear in another spo
Fairfield · CA, USA
11/29/2016, Fairfield, CA, large floating object moving west to east, early evening.
La Habra · CA, USA
Blue light changing size and shape moving around for a few hours
Magalia · CA, USA
Orange Light in sky changing shape and brightness lasting 40 min.
Palm Spring · CA, USA
White balls in squadron, looking like birds migration.
Goleta · CA, USA
Triple metamorphosis.
Roseville · CA, USA
3-15 lights with iridescent (rainbow-colored) tails coiling and whipping from glowing center into 'symbol' like shapes.
San Gabriel · CA, USA
Hovering 2 red lights, one green on the rear completely still, then rapid ascent.
Alpaugh · CA, USA
I took pics . it changed from a round shape with many points to a round gas like appearance. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Sonoma · CA, USA
Orange orb.
Manteca · CA, USA
Multi-colored orb seen every night.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Shape shifting sighting hovering over my daughters house.
Indio · CA, USA
Giant mass of clustered lights miles long moving through sky
Garden Grove · CA, USA
Twinkled like a star while it was still dark. Only it didn't stop when the sun came up.