NUFORC UFO Sighting 165043
Occurred: 2021-10-24 02:30 Local
Reported: 2021-10-24 03:18 Pacific
Duration: Ongoing
No of observers: 1

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Changing
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects, Changed Color, Landed, Electrical or magnetic effects, Animals reacted

Heard footfalls outside window. Was having intimate time with my wife. Flash ofights and believed our photo had been taken. Stopped and went out to check, heard footfall indicating quick movement towards front of our home and door opened was our backyard so went around side to gate leading to front yard. Saw odd flicker of enery near our vehicle a wl a to my 2 o'clock and 7 o'clock, vehicle was at my 5. Kept seeing flickers so got phone out to see clearer. Camera app with IR sensor opens and I see what looks like light reflecting off rain on a window or glass piece. But looks as if hundreds of tiny cameras that form a being of multiple people or things.. creatures. There are many. I have noticed sickly feeling, such as extreme allergic reaction in throat and itchy over most of my body. Felt like I was being Sar on at one point and look in screen to see multiple being or camera clusters.. must se photos. Also have video feed.

Posted 2021-10-26

NUFORC UFO Sighting 170477
Occurred: 2019-09-19 20:22 Local
Reported: 2022-07-15 22:16 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA
Location details: Campton Heights Area

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

Orange circles flying up and disappearing one by one.

I was outside waiting for a friend to come to my house when I saw about three orange lights come over a mountain side. As the objects went up higher more followed behind in a line. Each object made maneuvers from left to right while still staying in a line. They simultaneously stopped and started blinking. The first object slowly disappeared, and the object next in line would move into the same position and disappear. They all preformed the same movement until the very last object had vanished.










Posted 2022-09-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 148883
Occurred: 2019-09-16 20:25 Local
Reported: 2019-09-16 20:50 Pacific
Duration: 60 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Animals reacted

UFOs in a formation

I witnessed 9 oval shaped orange lights come over the mountains in a straight line formation and up into the sky at a speed of about of an air plane, they then, one by one went higher into the air and disappeared slowly.

Posted 2019-09-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 139511
Occurred: 2018-04-08 20:45 Local
Reported: 2018-04-19 06:48 Pacific
Duration: 2 hours
No of observers: 2

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted beams

3 weeks of nightly sightings of several white hot glowing UFOS.

So this sighting may be a bit unique because it is current and ongoing. The sighting I have entered in is the most significant one. It actually goes back to April 3, 2018, until this morning (April 19, 2018).

On April 3, I was letting my dog out the side garage door facing east. Up about 30 degrees in the sky was seemingly a very bright star which began to move. It was very bright and did slow circles and a triangle pattern. I watched for about ten minutes and went to let the chickens out and went around to the backyard and spotted another southwest a bit higher in angle in the sky. I had to go to work so the sighting ended. That night there were objects in the same location in the sky and one more due west. It was a very clear night and star filled. These stick out because of how bright they are. White hot light that sparkles.

As I scanned the sky I noticed 4 more in other locations. I didn't pay attention to the others however because of the significance of ! the other 3. Every clear night and early morning since then I have spotted these and have spoken to a close friend and a few other people that have seen them. The significant report that I have filled into the boxes is the Sunday night following the incident. We contacted one another via text message and updated on what we were seeing. The three main ones were in the same positions in the sky plus I spotted 9 more. The three main ones have stayed in the same locations only deviating by a few miles sometimes getting sort of close and sometimes out towards the ocean. They appear daily from approximately 20:00 to 6:00. The pattern changed last night and they are no longer in the same locations. I spotted one east and one west that seemed very close to town. The flying patterns don't deviate much from circles to dipping up and down, sometimes dipping down and back up in a teardrop shape. They seemingly look like they are scanning around or signaling something. My parents live 12 miles south, and they have been seeing them west over the mountains towards the ocean. These sightings are picking up attention in the area. I didn't file a report at first because the photos and videos I have are only like stars in appearance and don't do them justice. They should be seen in person.

Posted 2018-04-26

NUFORC UFO Sighting 134588
Occurred: 2017-06-12 03:45 Local
Reported: 2017-06-15 07:33 Pacific
Duration: 60 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Fortuna, AZ, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Emitted beams, Missing Time

Stopped to assist several entities.

I'm not sure how this fits in but the experience has stayed with me; and I had to post something.

I am a long haul driver and was travelling east on Interstate 8, just east of Fortuna, Arizona. Having checked the clock, it was 3:45 AM when I alerted my partner to the presence of three or four individuals standing in the middle of the traffic lane. After sounding the truck horn, I began to slow our rig. Given the fact that the area is well known for human smuggling and is dangerous to travel, I wondered if, perhaps, we should keep going.

But, when it became apparent that at least three of the individuals were wearing some kind of uniform, I decided to stop along the right shoulder. Nevertheless, my second driver emerged from the sleeper with the shotgun that we carry. Both of us agreed that neither of us was going to step from the cab, and we kept the engine idling.

Three individuals walked slowly toward me, toward the driver's side of the cab. At about fifteen feet, I could tell that all three of them were suited, if you will, in some sort of gear. I wondered if the Marines, from the nearby Marine Corps air station, had crashed and were going to ask us for help.

As I lowered the driver's window, the shortest of the three, bundled in heavy white gear, with what looked like white armor around the chest, and a partial faceplate that emerged from below the chin, said to me, in perfect English, "Not to worry, we have a minor situation." He (it) motioned with his left arm toward the distance, off the highway. It was strange because neither my partner nor I saw anything as we approached the group but, sure enough, something was putting out intense red flames, maybe fifty feet off the right shoulder from where we were parked.

Before I could say anything, a triangle-shaped wedge of the landscape to our right, with the flames at the base of the triangle, rose up and sliced through the truck cab. For lack of a better description, I felt like I was looking at some kind of image--as it came through the cab. I mean, the individual who spoke to me appeared first on the left side near me, and then appeared on the right side, the raised side, then on both sides, which appeared raised.

My throat was so dry, my stomach in knots; honestly, I felt like I was going to heave. I figured we had it. Three individuals, two in white, wearing helmets, and one who appeared burned or blackened and without a helmet, appeared in the image to our right, as they made their way around chunks of rock, walking towards our cab. There was a lot of communication, like radio, between them, or between somebody.

The one who had spoken to me, after I had lowered the window, now sounded metallic. So I turned once again towards the voice, to my left again, toward the open window and he (or it) wasn't there. I turned toward my partner, in the right front seat, who was still cradling the shotgun, nothing. I mean, it was black. It was perfectly silent. There were no flames off to the right in the distance.

Our clock showed 5:15 AM, only the entire encounter felt like it had lasted fifteen minutes or so. I don't know what to claim. I stopped to assist several entities that appeared to be projected from somewhere; and I still feel nauseous.




NUFORC Note:

Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD


Posted 2017-06-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 117262
Occurred: 2015-02-10 18:00 Local
Reported: 2015-02-11 11:56 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Fortuna lights.

Two strange whitish-yellow lights hovered in the air like fireflies, floating slowly down to earth. At first we thought they were parachuters.

I took a video with my phone, and upon a second viewing I realized the lights were also moving sideways!

About 5 minutes later we saw the same kind of light again, only this time is was purplish and there was only one. It also meandered about the sky before floating to the ground in the distance.

Drones? Aliens? Parachuters?




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2015-02-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 80808
Occurred: 2011-04-09 01:00 Local
Reported: 2011-04-09 00:43 Pacific
Duration: 4 days
No of observers: 3

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

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

5 different lights and sizes floating in our sky

The first time i saw the object i thought it was a star.But low for a star. It kept dimming in and out .At times it got real bright. It also danced around alot. It kept coming each night for 4 days now. Then one day a big one with 3 lights came two nights in a row.It was as big as three football fields. It kept flashing its lights one two three. Then dimmed out also. Then about 3 others kept moving around the sky two were reddish colors one was sort of blue and then they all hovered at different parts of the sky. One was southeast of us the others were west and south west of us.Im freeking out over all this. Before i went to bed one hovered over our place. Also once there was a sonic boom that we thought was lighting.Days before i saw trails of what looked like jets but real low to be and wide. There were two of them and i heard nothing.I didnt know who to tell and hope you can help me out. Thanks

Posted 2011-05-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 68160
Occurred: 2009-01-21 22:30 Local
Reported: 2009-01-21 00:10 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Aircraft nearby

it was a clear night, me and a friend were outside, i looked up after hearing a large "jet" overhead, i pointed out to my friend that a normal plane was flying over with a large triangular plane (2xs as large as 1st plane) followed. the triangular plane had white/light yellow lights on it points and a red light blinking from it's center... the the triangle seemed to twist and become 2 different ships.. this is the truth, call me to verify please.

-((name deleted))

Posted 2009-03-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 66047
Occurred: 2008-09-21 14:36 Local
Reported: 2008-10-03 23:12 Pacific
Duration: 1 second
No of observers: 2

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

When reviewing pictures taken at a civil war re-enactment in Fortuna, CA on September 21, 2008, I noticed an oval/circular object in the picture. Very interesting. My husband and I looked and studied the picture together and we cannot figure out what it is. What do you think?

I'll be forwarding the picture via email named "Fortuna Civil War UFO Sept 21 2008"

Posted 2008-10-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 73631
Occurred: 2008-03-15 23:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2009-12-09 23:46 Pacific
Duration: 5 Min
No of observers: 1

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects

Bright, low flying orange craft drops several orange orbs before vanishing.

While walking on a clear night near a large park, I looked to my left and saw a big orange ball of light heading my direction. It was coming towards me completely silent about the same height that a private plane would fly. As I stopped to watch, it came and hovered over me. In complete shock, I put my arm up to shield my eyes from the light to get a better look, but couldn't see anything. After hovering over me, it quietly resumed flight. After a few seconds, it stopped again (this time some distance away) and dropped two smaller orange orbs from it's bottom. Both orbs disappeared before hitting the ground. The craft then suddenly moved away quietly as I ran down the sloped street I was on.

When I got to the bottom, I looked back, only to see that the craft was gone.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that date is approximate. PD


Posted 2009-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 43271
Occurred: 2005-01-02 06:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-03-31 16:32 Pacific
Duration: 1 second
No of observers: 2

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail, Landed

A bright green light streeked from the sky down to a mountain.

After reading the report about a lady who saw a bright, red light streek across the sky, I decided to submit a similar expeirience I had.

Me and my friend were driving home at around 6:30. We were taking the backroads near a small, local airport.

As we were driving, I looked towards the mountains, and for about a second, I saw a bright green light streek from the sky into the trees. It gave off a long, green trail, which lasted for less than a second after the object disapeared.

I don't think it could have been a plane, because I would have seen a fire from where I was when it crashed, it would have been on the news, and planes aren't glowing green. Plus, the object just dissapeared. I don't think it could have been a flair or other object dropped from an aircraft, because It was going to fast and I did not see any other objects in the sky.

We do not live by any military installation or research centers. The town we live in is a slightly isolated one in the middle of the redwoods.

I will e-mail an illustration of the object with the same subject name as the one I typed in the Summary Description field when I'm done drawing it.

If any UFOCenter employees would like to email me any questions, I would be happy to answer them.



NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD


Posted 2005-05-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 40010
Occurred: 2004-10-27 19:35 Local
Reported: 2004-10-28 12:14 Pacific
Duration: +/- 3 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects

My wife and I saw a bright red-orange apparently burning object ejecting material as it transited 110 degrees of sky.

Through an east facing window, my wife and I saw a bright red-orange object coming up behind a hill to the ESE .We went out on our south-east facing deck which has an unobstructed 110 degree view of the sky. When the object cleared the trees we were suprised that there was no motor noise heard since we expected the object to be a low flying helicopter because of it's slow speed.

We watched for about three minutes as the object transited our section of sky. During that time we were impressed by the brightness of the object and that the intensity seemed to vary over time.The color was flame-like, and in fact at one point we thought that the object was a plane on fire.The shape could not be determined and the size seemed to be about a quarter to three-eights inch on a scale held at arms length. As the object approached the hill to the SW it began to coruscate and just before it disapeared it ejected a pieace or two of the same color material.

The sky was for the most part clear with low patchy clouds to the SW and high thin clouds in the area in which it disapeared behind a house and hill.

I am a retired photographer and for many years had an aerial mapping service. During that time I amassed over four thousand hours in the air flying in light planes. I have seen many strange things that I always have been able to explain, but this was unexplicable. It certainly could have been some space debris burning in the atmosphere, but I am surprised that at 10AM the following day, no mention was made in any press reports.

My wife Jenny, who was with me the whole time, assisted me in the preparation of this report.She is a retired nurse, and for the last ten years or so of her career, was a nursing supervisor with a group comprising twelve doctors and eighteen or so nurses.



NUFORC Note:

We spoke with this witness at length via telephone, and he sounded quite credible, and we assume that he is an exceptionally good witness. PD


Posted 2004-11-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 29797
Occurred: 2003-07-15 00:15 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2003-07-18 15:11 Pacific
Duration: >1 hr
No of observers: 4

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Light


fifteen minute timer

LIGHT WAS SEEN OVER MOON at about 55 minutes after the hour.

as moon followed its pass, the light, for lack of better phrasing, passed about 15 minutes ahead in time, keeping roughly the same distance from the moon.



NUFORC Note:

Mars in conjunction with the Moon. PD


Posted 2003-07-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 27993
Occurred: 2003-02-03 21:00 Local
Reported: 2003-03-04 18:24 Pacific
Duration: 90 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects

orange glow emitting tear drop shaped orbs

My neighbor and I witnessed an orange glow approaching our town from the east. The object moved slowly from a great distance, then appeared to change course due south.

Several seconds later, it emitted what I can describe as small colored tear drop shaped orbs (2 or 3) straight to the earth, it repeated this process twice more, about 10 to 15 seconds apart then disappeared. The path of the object seemed to be manulipated. It first appeared about 30 degrees above the horizon and slowly dropped elevation a few degrees, it was a cloudy nights with only a handful of visible stars high overhead.

Posted 2003-03-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 21615
Occurred: 2002-01-30 21:50 Local
Reported: 2002-01-31 10:19 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects, Changed Colo

Bright orange object once again seen over Fortuna, CA

At approximately 2150, my husband came in from outside where he was getting firewood for the woodstove. He said "What color is that thing you've seen before? I think it's outside." The object was almost directly over the house, located in the SE at about 500-1000ft in altitude, floating slowly NW. Within a few minutes, it stopped in a hover and was close enough to discern a vague gray colored triangle shaped outline behind the main point of round orange light. At this point, the object began alternately glow brighter orange and fade, then it began to kind of change in appearance. Several times the object was clearly visible as a line of small bright orange dots which would then resolve into one large orange glowing object again. It did this 'dance' at least 3 times. During the times it would again resolve into one object, smaller white sparks appeared to fall off the bottom. After approximately 12 minutes, the object began to fade in brightness and float off towards the west. Shortly thereafter, it faded altogether and since the night was clear with an almost full moon rising, the gray outline was visible clearly at this point. It picked up speed and then disappeared altogether from visibility behind some trees in the neighborhood. We then witnessed a local police patrol turn down the nearest street in the direction that the object went, and I have little doubt that the officer probably saw it too. My 15 y/o daughter who also witnessed the event was on the phone to one of her friends; her parents have a police scanner and she told my daughter that the radio traffic from the local police stated it was "balloons someone set on fire". That doesn't make sense. Helium filled balloons would not be able to stand up to the heat of any attached fire source, and this object emitted no smoke trail. Nor did it make any sound. We tried to get videotape of the incident, however, the batteries for the video camera weren't charged up. This is like the 5th or 6th time I've seen this object in various locations in the a! rea.

Posted 2002-02-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 16469
Occurred: 2001-02-14 18:55 Local
Reported: 2001-02-14 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

An orange light, circled by two planes, then moves up and out of the sky and vanishes.

As we were walking our dog, we looked up to see a stationary bright orange light in the sky. It was very near the brightest star in the sky and almost as big. Two similar looking airplanes in close proximity flew together and circled the area once. Then the planes flew off in different directions. Immediately following this, the light began to wane and flicker slightly and move up (which is the only way we can describe it) in a seemly westward direction, but definitely up. It was also moving side to side in quick movements as it went away from us. The light got smaller and smaller until it disappeared into the clear night sky. As we saw it, it seemed to go out of the atmosphere as opposed to any direction imparticular. We watched for several minutes afterward, but nothing returned.

Posted 2001-02-18

NUFORC UFO Sighting 15733
Occurred: 2000-12-24 18:00 Local
Reported: 2001-01-02 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 9

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Circle


Circle shaped orange object sighted in southeast over Fortuna CA with two black dots in circle and no trail or tail

We had just come outside and we noticed a cirlce object in the sky. It looked like a fire ball but there was no tail or trail. It was probably about a holf a mile up in the southeastern sky and it was going away from us. I viveo taped it and upon zooming in i saw two back dots in the middle of it and it looked like the top and bottom were flat. It stayed in the sky until it finally faded away to the southeast. We wtched the news and listened for other reports but did not hear about anything. It was not a heliocopter or a plane. There were no flashing lights it was orange in color except for the two black dots that were off center.

Posted 2001-01-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 14806
Occurred: 2000-11-03 22:35 Local
Reported: 2000-11-04 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Oval


Bright orange oval object, located over Hwy. 101, Fortuna, California

Object located over Hwy. 101 near Main Street Exit, northbound traffic lanes. Object was oval in shape, bright orange with no other lights noted, no sound or noise heard. Object was stationary in the sky, estimated altitude 750 ft. Observed object for approximately 30 minutes, then I had to leave the area (was on my way to work in Eureka) This object has been seen before--first sighting January 17th, 1998, and has been observed by myself on 2 other occasions, with the last sighting February, 2000. On this occasion, the object was not seen to emit "sparkly" objects from the bottom of the 'craft'; however, this phenomena has been observed on 2 other occasions.

((

NUFORC Note:

Because of recent UFO reports from California, we requested additional information. Our request, and the subsequent response, are below:

Dear name deleted)),

Thank you very much for the report! I am interested to know who the other witnesses were. Would they like to submit reports, as well? Did they leave the scene at the same time you did?

Thank you very much for sharing the information with our Center!

Cordially,

Peter Davenport
--
Peter B. Davenport, Director
National UFO Reporting Center
PO Box 45623
University Station
Seattle, WA 98145
[email protected]
http://www.UFOcenter.com
Hotline: 206-722-3000 (From 8AM to Midnight Pacific preferred)

I don't know who the other witnesses were. Traffic was light and some of the other cars were slowing to look...2 vehicles stopped. One was in the southbound lane, and
one was just behind me. This was a man and a woman (I
think), he asked me "What the hell is it?" Good
question. As I stated, I have seen this object before,
it appears to be the same thing each time with no color
variation except when it drops the sparkly-looking stuff
from the bottom. I can supply the names of witnesses to
the Jan, 17th 1998 (first) sighting which occured at
02:30; this sighting was the most dramatic and clear of
them all so far. Something weird is going on up here...
please: any ideas of what??????


Posted 2000-12-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 14269
Occurred: 2000-07-31 03:20 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2000-09-26 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects

round ball of light. looked like suns light reflecting off of ball in the sky. stayed motionless and hovered for 2-3min then moved north. I had enough time to get my night vision scope and look thru it. when I did I saw it emmiting something out of it in large arches. in the scope I saw small ball like objects leaving from the object heading west in arch.

Posted 2000-12-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 21574
Occurred: 1986-05-04 12:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2002-01-27 20:10 Pacific
Duration: a few seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Fortuna, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

It was a triangle three thrusters under it with lighting like going through the ship

I was youg about 12 years old and I walked onto my moms back porch and looked up into the sky for a brief second and I saw triangle shaped object with like three thrusters under neeth it it was copleatly silent and had differ coulers of well I would say lighting under neith it it passed from one cloud to another



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD


Posted 2002-01-29

NUFORC UFO Sighting 77085
Occurred: 1972-10-05 21:45 Local
Reported: 2010-08-09 18:37 Pacific
Duration: 1 & 1/2
No of observers: 100

Location: Fortuna (foothills), CA, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Emitted beams

HUGE ufo , spherical w/translucent force-field self illumined hour&1/2, 100's witness

This UFO appeared in the sky as a second moon. After watching it for an half an hour it began to move slowly down to a point above the Van Duzen river then followed it to the junction of the Eel River. It then proceeded down the Eel river to just past Fernbridge where it fired off three long translucent bolts reminding one of the O in morse code. When it came closer approx 1000 ft or so above the river-bed it was HUGE.

In passing, it lit up the entire vally. It also had a force field around it, that was clear excpt for the edge of it which appeared very bright. We could see the stars through the force-field. Calling the police and fire Dept.'s, the lines were busy till 430 a.m. ... no wat in.




NUFORC Note:

Date of sightng may be approximate, although the witness does not indicate that fact. PD


Posted 2010-08-24