NUFORC UFO Sighting 137580
Occurred: 2017-12-05 22:00 Local
Reported: 2017-12-06 09:12 Pacific
Duration: 30-60 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cupertino, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Strange red and blue pulsating lights (crafts?) to the S / SE of Cupertino? 12/5/17 @ 10pm

Last night (12/5/17) at around 10pm, I noticed a strange light in the sky to the south/ southeast of my home. It was much too bright to be a star as you could see stars up above where this object was and the contrast between the stars and this object was very obvious. It was definitely not a plane either as this object would hover then make jolted type movements. At one point I watched this object completely disappear gradually, and about 45 seconds later reappeared closer to my home. It had a pulsating light that would change from red to blue, then to white but with no distinct pattern. I couldn’t figure out what this thing was and I started to get a bit nervous. Living near the San Jose airport, I’m fairly good at spotting the objects, even in the night sky, but for the life of me I couldn’t figure out what this thing was. If it had been a helicopter we would have easily heard it and would have recognized the flight patterns. At about 10:20pm this object was! still hovering in the night sky, only moving once in a while, and very quickly. I called for my mother-in-law to come to outside so I could get another perspective on what this object was. Immediately my mother-in-law was also convinced this was much to close to be a star, as the pulsating red and blue lights were fairly obvious. That’s when my mother-in-law noticed there was a second object as well. It was further away than the one I had been watching but as we watched this other object it too looked as if it was making similar movements and color changes, and coming closer to our home. I even pulled up a star chart on my phone and this object was appearing on the star view camera but not registering as a star, nor was it close enough to any star that it would be mistaken as such. Normally if it’s a satellite, this star map app will tell you. I tried to take photos and videos but my phone’s camera isn’t the best quality. I just want to know what this thing was, and if anyone else in the Cupertino / San Jose area also witnessed this object?


((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS))

Mr Davenport,
Thanks for your response. I’m sorry to bother you guys, but yes I believe you’re right that it was Sirius. I guess I just never realized how bright it can be at times! I must have stared a bit too long as well because I could swear it was moving. I’ve since read that that can happen if you’re focusing on an object too long in the night sky? The night I saw it, it wasn’t registering on the star map app I was using, but I know those apps can be faulty on exact gps locations because last night when I looked, it did register as Sirius. Thanks again for your response!

((END ADDENDUM))

Posted 2017-12-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 102269
Occurred: 2013-09-11 10:45 Local
Reported: 2013-09-12 10:19 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 4

Location: Cupertino, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Possible abduction

Red loud ufo, another big white light appeared in front of it then disappeared all Recorded for prove

My cousin, brother, and a neighbor and I were outside my apartment we saw 2 UFOs we heard a very loud spaceship noise that looked invisible with red lights then when it was flying another white big shiny light turned on like it was a another spaceship then the white light turned off then turned on and disappeared.

We have it recorded and its just something unexplainable something we never seen before. Contact me for prove of video!

Posted 2013-09-30

NUFORC UFO Sighting 72806
Occurred: 2009-10-10 23:23 Local
Reported: 2009-10-11 23:06 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cupertino, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Bright red light object made random moves horizontally and floated for a while and then went up vertically. It was completely silent.




NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD


Posted 2009-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 65464
Occurred: 2008-08-29 22:15 Local
Reported: 2008-08-30 08:22 Pacific
Duration: 1-2 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Cupertino, CA, USA

Shape: Sphere


Bright spherical object streaking west to east in skys over San Jose

My son and I were sleeping in a tent in our backyard. The top of the tent was a screen and the skies were perfectly clear.

At 10:15PM while looking up I saw what appeared to be a spherical object probably 1/8 size of the moon streak across the sky going west to east. It was not a shooting star and there was too much "shape" to it to be an Irridium flair.

It had a very white magnesium/titanium color to it. It was almost blindingly bright.

Absolutely no noise.

It seemed much closer to the ground than jets and other aircraft that I saw in the sky throughout the night.

Posted 2008-10-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 56762
Occurred: 2007-05-19 10:30 Local
Reported: 2007-05-21 15:01 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Cupertino, CA, USA

Shape: Circle


black dot rapidly flying across the sky in silicon valley.

Object first appear to be a floating balloon. Round in shape floating in a straight line but then I realized that it was flying against the win so it couldn't have been a balloon, plus it flew in a straight line and didn't waver like a balloon would have. It was flying very fast and crossed the sky until it was out of sight in maybe 20 seconds. I realize this is a fairly non-descript report but I watch the skies a lot and this was definitely out of the usual.



Posted 2007-06-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 52421
Occurred: 2006-09-09 18:30 Local
Reported: 2006-09-09 20:15 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Cupertino, CA, USA

Shape: Cylinder


Stationary cyllinder in sky

While waiting in traffic at the intersection of De Anza Blvd and Hwy 280 in Cupertino, I observed an anomalous object for approx. 5 minutes. This particular object was due east from my location, at about 25 degrees elevation, just to the left of Mt. Hamilton, a prominent landmark. It shape was a cyllinder with rounded ends, long axis parallel to the horizon--and fixed in the sky during the 5 minutes I watched. The object subtended approx. 1.5 degrees, and in the evening light shone in the same colors seen in nearby stratocumulus; I judged it to have a reflective surface. The atmospheric effects on the object gave the appearance of considerable distance, perhaps even as far distant as the Mt. Hamilton range. While unproven, I had the impression of considerable size.

Naturally, when I observe something puzzling, I try to eliminate any conventional possibilities. The only prosaic explanation was a blimp or approaching aircraft, but as there were no visible protuberances, such wings, fuselage, or stabilizers, I'm not satisfied with that explanation. Have observed many blimps before, this distinctly cyllindrical object was quite different from a blimps familiar ellipsoid shape.

When traffic cleared, I watched this object until it was lost behind the local skyline of rooftops and trees. Since I was near home, I quickly dropped by and grabbed my binoculars for a closer view, then drove to my previous viewing point. The object could not be seen, and upon driving towards Mt. Hamilton and away from ground obstructions, I could not find this object anywhere in the sky. Since only 5 minutes from my last sighting had elapsed, I do not believe a blimp could have left local airspace during that brief time. Local wind conditions were calm. With those details, and a bit of skepticism I submit this report.


((ADDENDUM FROM SOURCE OF REPORT))

The report below was incorrectly entered as "Cupertino, CO". I had meant to enter Cupertino, CA.
http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/052/S52421.html

Thanks,
((name deleted))

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Posted 2006-10-30

NUFORC UFO Sighting 15431
Occurred: 2000-12-12 06:35 Local
Reported: 2000-12-12 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 15-20 min.
No of observers: 6

Location: Cupertino, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

7-9 very bright yellow lights in equal spacing, some hoovering, very fast, no sound, cupertino

While walking from the Stevens Creek/85 interchange to the coffee shop I observed one bright yellow light, non-blinking but sortof candlelick with a faint flickering, rising over the horizon due west (roughly over the hills where Ano Nuevo would be/Pacific Ocean) and as it climbed another came up, and another spaced about the distance from pinky finger-tip to thumb tip if fingers are fully extended, etc....the first two (i think) then joined closely together (about width of two fingers) and moved to the left of where the lights were coming from; then they just stayed there, bobbing slightly, but more or less motionless..... went into the coffe shop and when I came out (3 min.) there were 5 other people witnissing this + two cars stopped on road...by now there were 7 objects in sky (last one coming up over horizon) and one of the first 2 barely visibal due South/SouthWest (so there might have been 8, or 9 who knows the true total....they all continiued their arc up and to the south/southwest except the final two which then broke North NorthEast once at the apex and stayed there for a moment....one then proceeded N/NE while the other remained there for about 3-4 min. more until none of the S/SE or the N/NE object were visible anylonger, then it bolted off covering the distance to the S/SE ones ini 2 min. or so (this would have been, by the time the bright light wasn't visible) about 200-400 miles i guess?).....there were no sounds audible the entire time, nothing. Don't know what else to say...There was a film student from the local jr. college who happened to have a video camera (she was unsure that the quality of it would collect images well in the given light of pre-dawn) who I may be able to refind some morning should you feel it worth pursuing.

Posted 2000-12-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 64428
Occurred: 1996-10-01 17:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2008-07-09 19:55 Pacific
Duration: 10 mins
No of observers: 1

Location: Cupertino, CA, USA

Shape: Sphere


Metalic ball floating motionless in high winds over San Jose, CA.

I was driving down the interstate between San Jose, CA and Cupertino, CA on a day that looked like it was going to storm and there were very high winds. I looked at the sky because the clouds were so menacing and saw a stationary spherical object staying motionless about 1000 feet up in the sky as if were on a tether, but it was much too windy for that. The object reminded me of an old World War II floating mine--a metal ball with "sticks" protruding out from it. It was defenitely metallic, and was so shocking to see that I pulled off the freeway and watched it for about 10 minutes trying to figure out what it was. It eventually moved away and up into the clouds fairly slowly until I could no longer see it.






NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD


Posted 2008-08-12