NUFORC UFO Sighting 177250
Occurred: 2023-07-28 23:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2023-07-30 01:27 Pacific
Duration: 3 to 4 mins
No of observers: 5

Location: Ben Lomand, CA, USA
Location details: Loma Prieta Santa Cruz Mountains

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

Red orb lights. Pulsing,.hovering, darting

At approximately 11pm with dark, clear skies atop the Santa Cruz mountains near Loma Prieta multiple witnesses observed red round lights that shifted position from a diamond shape with 4 lights to a single red light, flashing, then steady, slowly floating up and down, then flashing red to bright white,and bright purple to red, streaking and darting rapidly, then fading and reappearing in a different spot. .A halo / haze was noticed around the activity that blurred out the stars within it, yet stars were visible everywhere else. These lights had a high bright scintillation that was different from typical aircraft nav lights also visible in distance at the same time.

Posted 2023-09-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 88415
Occurred: 2012-04-14 21:30 Local
Reported: 2012-04-15 00:46 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 2

Location: Ben Lomond, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

Bright light that pulsed from orange to red, before fading away and "disappearing" into the darkness.

I took my 2 year old son outside to look at the stars, at approx. 21:35 (9:35pm). He is a total night-owl, and I was trying to him to calm down so he would go to sleep. The sky was very (VERY) clear, with virtually zero visible fog or moisture in the air, and the moon wasn't directly visible, and there was not a whole lot of "light pollution" from the ground.

We looked around for a few minutes, when a flying object of some sort appeared from behind an oak tree. It produced a relatively bright orange light, brighter than any star, but not by a whole lot. It was bright enough that it produced a clear halo. The light was pulsing from orange to red at a steady rate, approx. 60-80 pulses per minute. (I am a musician so I am pretty good at determinating pulse/rate.) It appeared to be at a fairly low altitude, I would say less than 2000 ft. possibly less than 1000ft.

The object continued pulsing as it travelled, maintaining a straight line. I watched the object closely as it approached our location, for 10-15 seconds, and when it was just about directly over our heads, it began to "disappear" into the darkness. Again, I was watching it VERY closely, and it looked like it was passing behind clouds or fog, but there was clearly no fog or clouds in the sky. It disappeared compeletely for about 2 seconds, but then I was able to make it out faintly for about 2-3 seconds. I swear it looked just like when you see a plane pass behind a remnant of a cloud or thick fog. Then it desappeared completely and never re-appeared. I scanned the whole area for 3-4 more minutes, hoping it would re-emerge, but it didn't.

I turned to my son and said "Whoa dude, you just saw your first UFO!" The object did not necessarily look like a solid object that was producing light. I couldn't make out a solid mass, just a bright pulsing light. I wonder if it could have been an earth produced, gaseous ball of fire, but it was such a slow and steady pulse, which seemed to be deliberate, or mechanized. The object also did not necessarily appear to be under "intelligent control." It very well could have been a manmade aircraft, maybe some new technology perhaps? NOTE: I live about 15 miles from a Lockheed-Martin Facility which is very remotely located at the end a winding two lane road road, in the densely wooded Redwood forest, which is also very close to the coastline. I am pretty certain that they are doing research/development and testing of experimental aircraft and/or propulsion systems at this particular site.

Posted 2012-05-13

NUFORC UFO Sighting 49793
Occurred: 2006-03-23 21:30 Local
Reported: 2006-03-24 06:58 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Ben Lomond, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects

Looked like stars but they changed direction and moved in random like patterns and multiplied and then faded.

I was laying down looking up through a skylight, there was at first a single bright pin point of light like a star. This light moved in several directions, in circles, going left going down, and then several more like fire flies darted around, one was the brightest, and the others came and darted around and then faded. There was a light haze around the pin point bright lights. They stayed in one area of the sky. I called a friend and described what i was seeing.



Posted 2006-05-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 28768
Occurred: 1994-07-01 12:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2003-05-13 23:05 Pacific
Duration: 45min
No of observers: 2

Location: Ben Lomond, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Changed Colo

Multiple lights, very distant, moving and turning rapidly, playing and dancing together for 45 min+

This happened a long time ago, I was about 13 or 14 at the time, but I remember it all very clearly, as does my friend who was with me. We were sleeping on my ceiling one clear summer night with my dad. He had gone to sleep. We were talking and watching stars and satalites. One of us pointed one out, when suddenly it began to turn rapidly. Then it would suddenly turn directions, very smoothly and very rapidly, far quicker than any known craft. Then we noticed another, and then another. At first we thought it was some sort of battle beween the craft, but the craft just seemed to be playing. They would pair off, then regroup. They could turn any direction they wanted, they could stop on a dime, and change color. At some point we woke up my dad, who is usually a light sleeper. He seemed TIRED. He looked up, said something, I forget what, and then he just went back to sleep. We kept watching these little lights play in the sky for a long time, close to an hour. There were between 4 and 5 five them. We could tell they were very far away, much much higher than any plane Ive seen.



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. Witness elects to remain semi-anonymous. PD


Posted 2003-05-27