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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.
Norwalk · CA, USA
A witness in Norwalk, California reported a disk-shaped object hovering about 20 feet above the ground for about eight minutes in June 1957.
Albany · CA, USA
What looked like a moving star and a stationary star seemed to collide, whereupon the stationary star also began to move.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I was 11 years old and my family and I were at a kite flying contest in a park . About 7 silver saucer shaped ships hovered over the pa
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Witnesses in Los Angeles reported five to seven gray, saucer-shaped objects flying in a V formation, in a mass sighting involving roughly 200 people, for about 15 minutes in March 1957.
Sacramento · CA, USA
A witness in Sacramento, California reported a slow-moving, circular disk object that left a silvery contrail before disappearing, observed for about seven minutes in July 1956.
San Francisco · CA, USA
A witness in San Francisco, California reported a silver, football-shaped object flying very high and fast for two to three minutes in June 1956.
Palo Alto · CA, USA
A witness in Palo Alto, California reported a fireball-like object appearing to land, then retreating when the witness attempted to approach, over five to ten minutes in June 1956.
Vista · CA, USA
A witness in Vista, California reported a bright orange, cigar-shaped object estimated at several miles long, observed for 15 to 20 minutes in June 1956.
Madera · CA, USA
A witness in Madera, California reported a half-spherical object with portholes along its side, observed in daylight for about two minutes in June 1956.
Sequoia National Forest · CA, USA
object had crashed , door open and got inside - found origins of our history
Petaluma · CA, USA
Objects were several thousand feet in altitude and bounced around the sky basically overhead. I was 17 years old at the time. The Pet
Mono Lake (area) · CA, USA
A witness near Mono Lake, California reported a silent object executing a rapid 360-degree circular maneuver in about five seconds, in October 1955.
West Covina · CA, USA
A witness near West Covina, California reported a brilliant green, meteor-like object streaking northwest across the sky for about four seconds in October 1955.
Covina · CA, USA
A witness in Covina, California reported a disk-shaped object hovering at roughly 1,500 feet for about ten minutes before disappearing, in August 1955.
Homaland · CA, USA
My grandfather saw it crash, in foot hills behind house. Saw it on ground, airforce picked it up. I saw crash site. some time in 50s
Martinez (outskirts) · CA, USA
We observed a large object aprox.size "football field or larger" aproach us 45mph make 90 degree turn. color "red glowing ember".2000 f
Quartz Hill · CA, USA
childhood ufo
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
A witness in Santa Rosa, California reported a large disk-shaped object, estimated at over 200 feet across, observed for about ten minutes in 1955.
Yucaipa · CA, USA
A witness in Yucaipa, California reported a luminous oval object in the sky in December 1954, similar to one described in Los Angeles newspapers over Inyokern Air Base.
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.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
A witness in Los Angeles reported a red, glowing circular object traveling at an extreme reported speed across the night sky for about 15 seconds in 1954.
Walnut Creek · CA, USA
I have not reported this before. I feel it should be recorderd somewhere. My friend and I used to take time-lapse photos of the stars a