NUFORC UFO Sighting 186910
Occurred: 2025-01-16 02:00 Local
Reported: 2025-01-16 09:37 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA
Location details: On top of Apartment complex and in sky

Shape: Orb
Color: Bright
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: Angle towards the right
Angle of Elevation: 75
Explanation: Drone - Possible
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Emitted beams, Landed

On January 15th seen a weird drone with flashing blue and red lights. As I looked at it it flew fast into the sky. Later that night the next day around 2:47am I heard a weird noise like something on the roof I then asked if anyone else heard it they said no. I then reviewed the cameras to the apartments and seen some extraordinary activities happening on top of the complex a orb floating up into the sky leaving from somethings on the roof. Later around 3:30 am seen it flying back to the location as seen from another camera. Video catches it pretty clear. I went out side with my drone to see if I can get an upclose video of what is on the roof but my drones kept glitching and wouldn't record the whole footage.But I believe what ever it flew from is still on roof top.

Posted 2025-01-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 179053
Occurred: 2023-10-21 02:25 Local
Reported: 2023-10-21 02:31 Pacific
Duration: 1.5 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA
Location details: I was diving west on wildcat canyon road home

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

Diamond shaped appeared out of middle of sky and stopped after a short drop and hovering in sky for about 30 to 45 seconds

Looking in the west facing sky. A diamond shaped craft in very bright white light appeared out of middle of sky and dropped to a stop hovering for 30 to 45 seconds then just vanished. Upon arriving home did see in sky a similar shaped light just stop and moved very slow

Posted 2023-10-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 159772
Occurred: 2020-10-05 06:30 Local
Reported: 2020-10-05 15:32 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Circle


White spots in space

2 white dots in the sky (Space) 1 4times larger than other close together only one showed in picture. The pics with streaks is just the camera moving

Posted 2020-11-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 157642
Occurred: 2020-07-14 00:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2020-07-14 21:27 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Lakeside, AZ, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Lights on object

Bright orb with no blinking lights or sound

I was sitting outside and saw this craft out of the corner of my eye. It was just a very bright orb that was going in a straight line. It didn't make any sound at all. Compared to how high commercial airlines fly it was much lower than that. We watched it for about 3-5 minutes just flying in a very straight line until it disappeared over the trees. There was no blinking lights on it either, no wings. Just one solid orb that was very bright. Not saying it was a UFO at all just very very weird. It didn't seem like a satellite either because it was so low. It was around 8:40-8:45 pm on July 14, 2020. I'm also dumb for not grabbing my phone as well. It was just so intriguing that we didn't think about grabbing phones. Stupid I know.

Posted 2020-07-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 153805
Occurred: 2020-03-02 18:50 Local
Reported: 2020-03-02 21:18 Pacific
Duration: 19:10
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Changing


Bright light with shifting shapes. At times had chevrons emanating slowly changing to ball of light with a ball of red appearing at the lower right side. Traveling at very slow rate from south to north.

Posted 2020-04-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 153107
Occurred: 2020-02-07 05:30 Local
Reported: 2020-02-07 06:45 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Lights on object

Ten craft where seen flying over Lakeside in formation at a high rate of speed.Headed East by North East.9 in a row with 1 straggler. The event lasted no more than 10 seconds. It was still quite outside (no background noises) and I couldn't hear any noise coming from the crafts.



Posted 2020-02-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 145906
Occurred: 2019-04-27 17:30 Local
Reported: 2019-04-28 10:12 Pacific
Duration: 60 minutes
No of observers: 0

Location: Lakeside, AZ, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby, Landed, Electrical or magnetic effects, Missing Time, Animals reacted

i was outside with my dog and i saw 3 of those scary things comming from the southwest going northeast they disapeared when they got to porter mtn and hot on their trail was 3 of those heavy duty twin bladed military helicopters and they were flying to low might want to let the nazi communist goverment know FAA regulations state in a noncongested area you cant fly helicopters below 500 feet they were so close to the ground i could almost shake hands with the pilots . and when are you people going to realize that this mountain is a hot spot for ufos. remember travis walton ? his alive and living in snowflake.

also fyi iam not a 20 year olde pot smoking punk little girl getting high and am not trying to file a joke. iam a middle aged disabled lady there also a secret underground military scientific base behind the sanitary district so quiet the sherrifs dept is under contract to make sure those who work and the sanitary district stay quiet they even lowered themselves to surrounding a family with 3 small kid.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2019-05-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 145783
Occurred: 2019-04-21 20:15 Local
Reported: 2019-04-22 00:13 Pacific
Duration: 6 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Lakeside, AZ, USA

Shape: Fireball


I saw a ball of fire in the sky

I was sitting at the lake in my car by myself and looking out the window, when all of a sudden I saw a ball of fire shoot up at an angle up in the sky pretty close and it went in the air for 4 to 6 seconds and then disappeared out of no where.

But as it went up in the air behind it was a streak of fire that led up to the big ball of fire.

It was the same type of alien craft that I have seen in Kansas traveling from the east coast to west coast with my wife.

Posted 2019-04-25

NUFORC UFO Sighting 145110
Occurred: 2019-03-05 03:00 Local
Reported: 2019-03-05 09:02 Pacific
Duration: 3 hours


Location: Lakeside, AZ, USA

Shape:
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby, Electrical or magnetic effects, Missing Time, Animals reacted

i went out with my dog at three ten this morning and it was in the sky approxamitly in the sky about south east then it moved a little to the left and the only way i can describe it was it was blinking on and off like flipping it like a light switch on and off it was still there at 5:45 when i took my dog out again to potty only that time had moved to morth east sky . its been there alot for about 6 months and always moves and sometimes is very close




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2019-03-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 144967
Occurred: 2019-02-20 22:30 Local
Reported: 2019-02-20 22:12 Pacific
Duration: didnt stop


Location: Lakeside, AZ, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects, Electrical or magnetic effects, Missing Time, Animals reacted

was out with my dog facing south east mind you its cloudy winter storm warnings in effect i cant even see the moon but these were hoovering about 300 feet off the ground not a hoax you think iam filing a prank its not funny to me to be scared to death or to see my dog scared there here

Posted 2019-02-27

NUFORC UFO Sighting 128404
Occurred: 2016-07-09 21:15 Local
Reported: 2016-07-09 22:52 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Circle of multi-colored lights in Lakeside, Ca. observed for 30 minutes

Observed an object in the sky north west. Lights in a circular pattern. Green, Red, Blue, and White lights could be seen with the naked eye as object moved slowly towards the south west it paused in the sky twice.

Both times it changed direction and eventually moved east until it was not visible.

You could see the light rotating and the shape as it direction changed with the use of binoculars.

Posted 2016-07-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 127648
Occurred: 2016-06-02 03:55 Local
Reported: 2016-06-02 04:49 Pacific
Duration: 3-4 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, AZ, USA

Shape: Flash


Bright flash in sky followed by loud distant boom.

At 3:55 we witnessed a bright flash that was overhead in the sky, coming from the southwest direction. About two and one half (150 seconds) minutes later was a loud sound which sounded much like an explosion.

We checked our video recordings and every camera caught this occurrence.




NUFORC Note:

Object reported by the news as a probable meteor. We agree. See photos of smoky trail left high in the sky above Arizona. PD


Posted 2016-06-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 126790
Occurred: 2016-04-10 00:00 Local
Reported: 2016-04-10 00:14 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

I was watching the sky from my bedroom window and a orange round illuminated object proceeded through the sky from left to right in a jagged manner until it was out of my sight.



Posted 2016-04-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 120008
Occurred: 2015-07-03 22:18 Local
Reported: 2015-07-03 23:40 Pacific
Duration: 4-5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, OR, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Orange orb (fireball) over Ten Mile Lake, in Lakeside, OR; moving toward the coast, then south.

I was outside looking at the night sky to the west, deciding to go inside. I then turned east and spotted a large orange orb in the sky. It was very bright with points, as a star appears, but appeared to be an orange fireball.

Initially, I thought it was a fire work, then realized the size and direction and speed of travel ruled out the possibility of fireworks. It was perhaps 100 ft. up, just above the trees, coming from Ten Mile Lake.

As it moved closer, the fire dimmed some and it appeared as an orange orb. It was moving at a fair speed WSW flying adjacent to Hilltop Drive. It then began to turn south and continued, moving out of sight beyond the treeline.

My daughter had come outside and witnessed the final moments, as it moved beyond our line of sight. It was amazing.

Within 2-3 minutes, you could hear helicopters coming toward us heading in the same general direction that the orb went in.

Posted 2015-07-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 108294
Occurred: 2014-04-02 21:00 Local
Reported: 2014-04-02 21:15 Pacific
Duration: Still there
No of observers: 0

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

In the air and no other planes in sight.

A blue, pink, purple ( changed colors) small circular shape craft on a clear night. Still there in the sky. Moving in zigzag type of movements and then will stay in position and not move. Still iccuring and is witnessed by all my neighbors (about ten of us) plus myself.

Posted 2014-04-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 103411
Occurred: 2013-10-17 06:45 Local
Reported: 2013-10-20 13:52 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Circle


Bright lights in early morning sky in eastern San Diego County.

I was driving my vehicle on 67 North towards the Mapleview exit at approximately 6:45 am on 10/17/13. The sun had not risen above the horizon yet and the sky was getting light. There are two mountains directly east of there about 50 miles away with a “valley” in between. I saw a spot in the sky that was as bright as the sun but was only “aspirin” size in the sky.

I didn't know what it was but knew it wasn't a star or plane as stars and planes are not that bright from that distance. It was like a little piece of the sun in the early morning sky. As I sat at the stoplight, I watched the light in the sky slowly move in a northerly direction by noticing how it moved with a stationary object, a tree, as my focal point. Then all of a sudden a second and third light appeared.

One of the lights was sort of elongated, almost like a shooting star with a tail but not. It seemed kind of stationary, but I also got the feeling it was moving in a southerly direction.

The third light was a little bigger than the first light and appeared like it was moving in a northerly direction. As traffic started moving, I tried to keep watch. The lights stayed for a few moments and then all of them disappeared. As I continued up the hill on 67 North, I saw one of the lights had come back. I then traveled too far to see it anymore and don’t know how long it stayed there.

When I arrived at work in Poway, I watched the area periodically from a second story window, but the sun had risen by then and it was too bright. I didn't see them again. As I drove to work the following morning, I looked for the lights but they were not there.

On 10/19/13, we went to dinner with our neighbors and I mentioned the incident to them. My neighbor told me that on 10/17/13 she was stopped at the stoplight before getting on the freeway, and was giving some money to the panhandler standing there. He told her that his wife had seen some bright lights in the eastern sky that morning. From my neighbor’s description of the conversation, it was in the same direction and approximately the same time as the incident that I witnessed.

Posted 2013-10-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 97991
Occurred: 2013-05-19 21:30 Local
Reported: 2013-05-19 21:53 Pacific
Duration: hour
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, OR, USA

Shape: Circle


Bright white light moving super slow. Almost like not at all

Bright white light. It was moving so slowly I thought it was a star and then I noticed it was moving because I measured it between the tree branches. No stars are out that I can see.

Posted 2013-06-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 96879
Occurred: 2013-04-01 20:13 Local
Reported: 2013-04-01 20:30 Pacific
Duration: Continuing
No of observers: 5

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Lights on object

Line of 5 blinking lights moving slowly across the sky.

We received 5 citizen reports and 1 deputy confirmation of sighting. Line of 5 blinking lights moving from NW to SE at about 5 knots per hour at approximately 5,000 to 10,000 ft elevation. 2 of the citizens are in military housing. Sheriff airsport was advised and will attempt to evaluate, weather permiting.



Posted 2013-04-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 96738
Occurred: 2013-03-10 21:30 Local
Reported: 2013-03-11 08:48 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Lakeside, OR, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

My wife and I was in the Spinreel Dunes area trying to watch a comet that was supposed to be seen that night. We had been out there for about 30 minutes. There were some clouds, but mostly it was clear and visibility was great. As my wife was looking straight up above us she noticed a bright flashing up high. It flashed twice before telling me. I looked up and seen the same thing. It would flash once, then pause about 3 to 4 seconds, then flash again. When it flashed, I could partially make out it was a triangle. The flash itself was a brilliant one looking like the flash you see during welding with a plasma cutter. We both counted at least 6 flashes and it was gone. It also moved fast, silent and made a turn unlike anything I ever seen. It came from the west and made a turn to the north. My wife was getting her cell phone to video it, but it was gone. We even seen a couple of Meteors flashing across the sky. This was not a meteor.

Now, I am very well familiar with how aircraft fly, I have even flown myself. I am a retired Firefighter and know the dunes very well from doing rescues, firefighting brush fires and just playing in the dunes in our old Jeep. I've never seen anything like this out there before. It was amazing and left us a little stunned. It was my second experience of seeing a "UFO" within my 58 years of life.

I hope this helps you in your trying to understand if we have extraterrestrials trying to contact us.

Posted 2013-05-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 94501
Occurred: 2012-11-15 07:45 Local
Reported: 2012-11-15 19:59 Pacific
Duration: still happening
No of observers: 3

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

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

I am an advertising company owner and my son and his girlfriend are in the hospitality business. We were outside and noticed movement in the sky, at least 15 orbs of light were going in and out of the clouds "playing." It's an amazing sight! We thought at first they may be a spot light of some sort but the orbs did not make routine movements they flitted here and there in all different directions and moving around each other. Unfortunately our video camera was not with us, I would love to share this with everyone.

Posted 2012-11-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 91390
Occurred: 2012-08-02 23:00 Local
Reported: 2012-08-02 16:18 Pacific
Duration: 18 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

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

Unusual colored turquoise object keeping pace with Navy or Marine Corps helicopter

At approximately 23:00, during a security guard shift, just outside front gate to construction compound, The off-going security officer called my attention to the military craft (helicopter) traveling in a fast mode from east to ship west. The craft was either Navy from NAS North Island or Marine from MCAS Miramar. Craft had the usual blinking red and white lights with the normal loud sound identifying it as helicopter. Aircraft from both air stations fly east out to desert and return on a daily and nightly bases.

When I looked up I clearly saw helicopter being paced just to its left side by a bright turquoise colored light. The object was silent and appeared to easily keep pace with the military craft. The UFO seemed to fly smoother, faster and at some point tended to overtake the conventional craft as we watched both fly into the night towards a mountain range. The sighting was relatively close and not as high as some of the aircraft often seen operating in the area.

This sighting reminded me of Russian Bear bomber fly- bys observing the aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE during operations in the Indian Ocean back in the mid eighties. At that time I was part of a NAS North Island Helicopter squadron attached to the ship during a Western Pacific cruise. Whenever Russian aircraft fly by the ship, we send up jet aircraft to closely escort them away. I personally never seen any UFO(s) during any WESPAC cruises I ever been on. Also Wednesday’s UFO sighting marked the only time I ever seen any aerial object of any unusual or turquoise color. Both crafts were not as high up as the ones I witnessed in 1995 and the sighting a couple weeks ago in Lakeside. After this sighting I asked the off-going guard and others have they ever seen aircraft with turquoise colored lights, and the answer was always, "No, never," or words to that effect.

Finally, the only other UFO sighting I’ve ever been present, occurred back in 1971 during operations in the Gulf of Tonkin. It was a no-fly day and a friend from North Dakota and I was at the bow on the flight deck. It was a clear night and very quiet up there. We were lying on the deck looking up at the stars when he mentioned that he noticed two white lights, flying very high and fast. He said both lights flew parallel to one another before suddenly speeding away in opposite directions, lightning fast. I looked for the objects but apparently they had vanished before I could see them.

We never discussed UFOs with each other prior to that night.

Posted 2012-08-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 91148
Occurred: 2012-07-23 22:41 Local
Reported: 2012-07-24 15:53 Pacific
Duration: 33 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Light


UFO travelled much faster covering greater distance across sky than conventional crafts in area.

While on security guard patrol inside fenced-in locked industrial compound,sitting in private vehicle facing South, noticed aerial light to my left moving from East to West. Exited vehicle and saw object travelling higher than conventional crafts in area, and moving faster. Noticed object covered distance much faster across sky than the civilian and military craft seen nightly in area. Light came almost to where I was parked, then suddenly made hairpin U-turn back into the direction from which it came. Noticed object maintain same speed during turn and not any slow, laborious wider turns I've seen displayed by military fighter jets at various times and areas in recent and distant past. I served four tours on aircraft carrier and witnessed numerous flight-ops both on land and at sea during normal operations and air shows, but never saw any conventional craft move along in this fashion and as easily and as fast as the lighted object last night. Also became aware that object displayed no blinking lights always displayed by other conventional craft. Sometimes cannot see blinking lights on our crafts until looking very attentively. I watched this thing carefully but saw none. Compared conventional crafts high in the sky with the object,and they moved quite slow in comparison. I realize UFOs can change directions without turning, perhaps like a zigzag fashion, however, the one I saw appeared to make sharp, quick turn; like a U-turn. The sky was clear and starry. The weather a bit cool. Last lighted UFO I saw was on warm Labor Day in 1995 at about twilight travelling North to South over Santee, CA just south of Lakeside. Santee object seemed to have blinked out as compared to object seen last night which simply sped away. Personal background: U.S. Navy from 1971-1991. Into UFOs since age 16 in 1997 while attending high school. Graduated 1968.

Posted 2012-08-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 94974
Occurred: 2012-06-30 21:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2012-12-04 23:13 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 9

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object

Glowing orange orb that pulsated like fire and flew silently overhead.

Sometime in June, 2012 my wife and two children saw a glowing orange orb in the sky, that pulsated, as if it consisted of flame.

My wife told me the orb moved slowly overhead, pausing once or twice, before disappearing over the hill to the West of our apartment complex, just as I had see a similar orb do on a previous occasion.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD


Posted 2012-12-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 88363
Occurred: 2012-04-11 20:04 Local
Reported: 2012-04-12 00:04 Pacific
Duration: 25 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, AZ, USA

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

dragonfly shaped object with white and blue lights

I was taking my dog out and noticed an unusually bright object kn the sky. I thought it was a star or Jupiter. Then it turned and started radiating blue and white light that looked like sunrays. The light then sucked itself back in to the middle of the object..about 15 seconds later the lights reappeared. It looked like a prism..I called my neighbor and she came out and looked at it,telling me it was a galaxy. I watched it for nearly 35 minutes before going in.

Posted 2012-05-13

NUFORC UFO Sighting 87027
Occurred: 2012-02-04 19:00 Local
Reported: 2012-02-05 00:39 Pacific
Duration: 45 min
No of observers: 5

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

There was a red light in the sky. It was way to high for someone to have shot a flare off. It blinked a few times before it disappeared.

I have seen a few times before, unsure of what it was though.

It seemed to stay there, did not move at all just blinked.

Posted 2012-02-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 94973
Occurred: 2011-10-31 23:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2012-12-04 23:11 Pacific
Duration: 8 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object

Glowing orange orb that pulsated like fire and flew silently overhead.

Unlike my previously reported sighting in 2002 (which was a COMPLETELY different kind of object), I had a repeat sighting of a glowing orange orb that pulsated, as if it consisted of flame, which was seen in July of 2011. The second sighting of this orb occurred a few months after the first, and was far less dramatic.

Unlike the previous sighting, I had no prior feeling of anything special. However, the orb rose into the sky the same way it had on the previous occasion, from between the same trees I could see out of my South-facing window. Like before, the orb rose to approximately sixty feet in the air and hovered before moving (again) to the Northwest.

Like before, I followed the light outside where it stopped over the same hill. However, unlike the last time, it did not land on the hill and moved, instead, Westward, until it passed out of sight.

There were no sounds associated with this sighting.

As of December 2012, I have not had a repeat sighting of either craft. However, my wife, children and several neighbors witnessed it, earlier this year...

Posted 2012-12-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 84195
Occurred: 2011-08-02 21:50 Local
Reported: 2011-09-28 19:34 Pacific
Duration: 10 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Circle


Orange circle of light above East County

My husband and I saw a bright, orange light in the sky while on vacation back home in the East County area of San Diego. At first I thought it was a very close planet, but I knew that I had never seen one in that position in the night sky. We sat outside to watch it for approximately 10 minutes, until it faded and finally went out, still in the same place it had been the entire time. It was as if a circle of orange light was beaming around the circular object, approximately 17,000 ft. in the sky. It also had a small fire coming out of it at times, toward the end of the ten minutes. I thought it could be a flare, which I've heard of but never witnessed, but the craft was stationary in the sky the entire time, and quite large and unusual. It is not like any military or civilian aircraft either of us had ever seen. Slowly the light on the craft began to lessen as it went around, and then it extinguished entirely. There was no sound that we detected. It! was approximately 20 miles from our location.

Posted 2011-10-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 94972
Occurred: 2011-07-31 23:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2012-12-04 23:07 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 6

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object, Landed

Pulsating orange ball that landed, then disappeared.

Sometime in July, 2011, I had gone throughout the entire day with the unshakable feeling that I was going to witness something, or that something was going to happen. The feeling was vague associated with the sky, and since I had been watching the sky closely since a strange sighting in 2002, I was filled with much anticipation. However, as the day wore on into night, I experienced absolutely nothing.

At approximately 2330 hours (11:30 p.m.) I approached my bedroom window (which faces South) and observed a bright, orange orb rising between the tree tops, on the other side of my apartment complex. The orb pulsated, as if it consisted of flame, but I did not see flames. The orb rose steadily until it was above the height of the trees -- approximately sixty feet up -- before coming to a complete stop. The orb hovered completely still for a few minutes before slowly moving to the Northwest. When it passed out of sight, I ran outside and saw it was coming over the dog-runs we have at the West end of the complex.

After a while, it again stopped and hovered for several minutes. The area was very quiet, aside from some distance sounds of passing cars on the freeway about a half-mile away. The orb made no discernible sound.

I ran inside, to get my video camera, but when I tried to get the orb on film, it was too dark for my camera to detect it. When I tried to zoom in, the orb appeared on the camera's screen, but the image was too blurry to have any discernible likeness. The orb then moved farther Northwest, towards the hill behind the dog-runs. It again stopped and hovered, for a couple of minutes, right over the house behind the dog-runs.

The orb then moved downwards and landed on the hill, just to the North of the house, coming to rest between a couple of trees.

Using the trees as a guide, I was able to estimate the size of the orb to have the same approximately diameter as a Volkswagen Beatle is long.

There was no light on the hill, except for a floodlight on the East side of the house (facing East) and the light from the orb. I thought, for a moment, that I could see something moving to the left (South) of the orb, but I still could not see any details. Attempting to use my camcorder again had the same results as before.

While I considered trespassing on someone else's private property to get a closer look at the thing, there was a very loud popping sound, similar to what happens when one steps on a light-bulb, and then darkness and silence. I continued to stare at the area for several minutes, and again considered trespassing, but I could not see anything well enough to determine if there was anything still on the side of the hill, where the orb had been.

I examined the area (from the dog-runs) early the next morning, but I saw no indication that anything had ever been resting on the hill, the night before.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD


Posted 2012-12-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 81514
Occurred: 2011-05-24 11:05 Local
Reported: 2011-05-24 23:49 Pacific
Duration: 6 to 7 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Circle


It was bright blue, round, moving unlike any aircraft I have ever seen, then disappeared!!!

While walking south down the street from a friends house to my own, I noticed a bright blue light, round in shape in the sky, at about a 45 degree angle. It was about twice the of a star. It moved very slow for about 4 seconds since the time that I noticed it in the sky.

Suddenly it tripled its speed for about 1 and a half seconds, and covered about 3 times the distance it had already traveled from the time I started watching it. It then slowed down instantly to its original speed just before making a very sudden and Sharp movement straight up right before it just disappeared.

It traveled in a straight line before it moved up and disappeared. Very bright, very blue in color, stood out from everything else in the night sky.

This object left no trail behind it. It was a solid mass. It did not strobe.

Its movement and change in speed and direction were very sharp, sudden, and precise.

I have been working with the military air wing for the last 7 years. This object was flying, but not like any aircraft I have ever seen.

It was shocking.

Posted 2011-05-29

NUFORC UFO Sighting 72891
Occurred: 2009-10-17 19:15 Local
Reported: 2009-10-17 19:56 Pacific
Duration: 15-30 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

unusal lights appearing in San Diego east county northwest sky

I noticed last night (10/16/2009) for the first time, and again tonight (10/17/09) the same unusual light in the sky from San Diego’s east county appearing in the north/ northwest sky that seemingly is a star, but upon closer observation with the naked eye I could tell this light had red and blue alternating lights near the top of it.

I went and got my rather small but good binoculars to reexamine the light. The red and blue lights were more pronounced and you could see how the red and blue lights seemed to move through one another unlike lights that would go on an off next to each other. The activity varies from minimal to very active some times going completely white for a split second then back to the colors.

It stays in the sky at the same spot like a star from about 7:15 PM until about 7:50 where it follows the curve of the earth and disappears with the horizon (at least it did last night).

As I am writing this at 7:34 PM, I walked back outside to see it again and it is now gone. I started writing the report five minutes ago and it was too high in the sky to go below the horizon that quick. Damn I knew I should have continued to watch it instead of writing this report. For those who are interested watch tomorrow night and see if it comes back. Let me know and respond on this website. (The light is not very high in the sky)




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2009-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 64356
Occurred: 2008-07-05 10:15 Local
Reported: 2008-07-06 14:45 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 10

Location: Lakeside, OH, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

It was one object triangular in shape, with three circular tubes of flame, moving slowly.

It was one object triangular in shape, with three circular tubes of flame, moving slowly, hovering over the shore of Lake Erie, directly west of the Lakeside dock. It was seem immediately after the Lakeside fireworks display by a dozen or more people near Lakeside Marine.



Posted 2008-08-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 57255
Occurred: 2007-06-23 12:30 Local
Reported: 2007-06-23 12:46 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 0

Location: Lakeside, AZ, USA

Shape: Disk


disc in lakeside

i saw a shape in front of me (in the northern sky) as i was driving. it was close enough that i could see it was not a plane. it was most likely a disc. it left no contrail. i watched it move slowly east and out of sight. i called a friend who said he had seen it also.



Posted 2007-08-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 37923
Occurred: 2004-07-03 20:00 Local
Reported: 2004-07-04 07:53 Pacific
Duration: 2min
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail, Emitted other objects, Aircraft nearby

White Fire ball over Lakeside.

Faceing North at Appx 20:00,witnessed bright white ball of light travel from Southwest to Northeast in a decending arc,object appeared to disintigrate during decent,it also had long tail also bright white.What was odd was the fact the sun had not set,yet the object was a very bright,phosphorus.It was very reminiscent of Space shuttle disaster during re-entry with multiple debri seperating from object.I have spent many years as a crew chief in the Air Force and built and tested cruise missles at General Dynamics,and with the exception of Space Shuttle had not witnessed anything similar.



Posted 2004-07-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 31528
Occurred: 2003-09-16 20:20 Local
Reported: 2003-09-16 21:31 Pacific
Duration: 10 min.
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, OR, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

A six lighted wedge flying north to south in the western sky.

It was six lights in a wedge shape, looked like the same formation I seen in Phoenix Arizona a few years back.Tonight it was moving from north to south in the western sky.About 45 degrees above the horizon. The background was a clear sky with lots of stars. It did not change shape, it was white lights that fluxuated to orange.It moved slowly across the sky.There was a coast guard helicopter flying in the same direction but very low and faster.



Posted 2003-09-17

NUFORC UFO Sighting 133797
Occurred: 2002-06-30 05:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2017-04-25 10:39 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 0

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

I witnessed a black triangular craft that appeared over Rattle Snake Mountain at my workplace in Santee, Ca., probably in 2001 or 2002.

It was not silent as others have reported, it had an engine sound, much like a vacuum cleaner off in the distance or down the street.

The craft was at approximately 1,000 feet, flew east to west at the speed of a blimp, directly toward MCAS Miramar, which is west of Santee.

Initially I could see the bottom of the craft and there were three white lights (like flood lights), one at each corner, pointing down.

As it passed by, there appeared four lights, two red and two white. A white light on the left and right corner at the rear of the craft.

The two red lights were positioned centered on the rear, same as license plate lights on an automobile.




NUFORC Note:

Date in 2001 or 2002 is approximate. PD


Posted 2017-04-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 94971
Occurred: 2002-04-19 22:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2012-12-04 22:36 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle


Massive, silent, traiangular craft that flew slowly overhead (NO LIGHTS).

On or about the 19th day of April, 2002 I was patrolling the South parking lot of Barona Casino when I looked to the West, over a nearby hill. At the top of my peripheral vision, I saw movement. When I looked up, I noticed some of the stars in the night sky were winking out of existence, as if blocked by something overhead. My view was initially obscured by a parking lot lamp, so I jogged down the isle a little way, to get a better view.

What I observed was a massive, triangular shaped object floating silently over the mountain, moving slowly towards the Northwest. The object had no visible lights and I could only (initially) discern its shape by the stars that it blocked, which came back into existence as the object passed by. There were a couple of quiet vehicles traveling in the area, but I could clearly discern absolutely no sound coming from the sky. There was a slight breeze (can't remember the direction), but nothing strong or abnormal.

As my eyes adjusted to the light, I began to see a dim reflection of the light from the parking lot, indicating the object was approximately 300 to 500 feet above (just high enough to clear the nearby hill it was floating over). I thought I could see some features of the object, but the reflected light was far too dim to be certain of any detail.

Using the estimated height, the casino and the hill as guides, I estimated the visible surface area to be approximately 36,450 square feet (about 100 yards to a side). Bigger than any aircraft I had ever seen, except in science fiction. Gauging by the disappearance and re-appearance of the stars, I figured it was traveling at approximately 50-75 miles per hour, much too slow to be lift-driven, like tradiitonal aircraft.

As I watched, the object changed direction, moving to the West and flew slowly over the hill and out of sight, revealing all of the stars it had previously blocked.

After the object left my sight, a guest (Caucasian, mid-forties, clean-shaven with light-brown hair) drove up to me in his sedan and exclaimed, "What the hell was that?!" I replied, "I don't know what you mean, sir," because I did not know if he was talking about the same object I saw, and I did not want one of ours guests to think I was a nut-job.

The man then said, "That "thing" in the sky! What the hell was it? !" I replied, "I don't know, sir. I've never seen anything like it." The man then said, "Did you hear it make any sound? I didn't hear anything." I told the man I did not hear any sound either. He then drove away.

I spoke with several co-workers, but none of them saw the object, neither did they hear anything overhead.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD


Posted 2012-12-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 10207
Occurred: 1999-10-08 21:30 Local
Reported: 1999-10-13 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Diamond
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams, Changed Colo

Object moved from southwest to northwest sky, irradicke in flight, but maintained general direction, reddish blinking lights, similar to a strobe. The height appeared to be similiar to stars.

Posted 1999-10-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 5230
Occurred: 1999-01-06 21:30 Local
Reported: 1999-01-08 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 3:00 min.
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Flash
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

On Tuesday night at my job at the Barona indian reservation in Lakeside, Ca. another officer and I saw three white strobe-like craft racing across the sky in a zig-zag pattern; all were going faster than conventional known aircraft speeds. One went north, the second one went northwest, and the third headed west, during and after we saw military jets flying in the same airspace, one headed south and the other headed west. Earlier in the evening, and all evening there had been a noticeable increase in aircraft activity.

While working as an outside security guard at the Barona indian reseervation on the night of the sixth of January I noticed earlier in the evening at around 6:30 p.m. shortly after I began my shift that there was increased aircraft activity in the airspace over that region of Southern California. There were military jets, heliocopters, and commuter planes. Later in the evening at 9:30 another guard that I was standing with saw the first white flashing strobe-like craft appear overhead traversing at a tremendous speed zig-zaging across the night sky; thats when he told me of it and I looked up startled at a white flashing craft zigzaging across the sky making pin-point moves seemingly defying the laws of movement, then at about 20 seconds into that another craft appeared but not overhead it was moving around up and down strait ahead north of us, then as suddenly as that had appeared a thrid one appeared just a little west of the second one. They all danced around the sky in strobelike fashion for around another minute, during which a military jet, with red and green lights on the wing tips, going at a fairly normal speed, which helped to compare speeds of the crafts, crossed the sky heading south. Then as suddenly as they had appeared the third one headed west, the second one headed northwest and the first one was still visible heading north and went out of range at around 9:34 p.m. Just as the first one was getting out of range we saw another military jet heading south and then veering west. That was the first time I have ever witnessed such a craft going through space at such tremendous speeds, I would guess they must have been going in the thousands of miles per hour based on the time it took them to go from directly overhead to a point north of us in only around ten seconds time. This was much faster then conventional aircraft I have seen cross the same distance in time.

Posted 1999-02-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 22121
Occurred: 1996-03-06 18:05 Local
Reported: 2002-03-06 14:26 Pacific
Duration: 20 min.
No of observers: 0

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

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

I CALL THIS "BIG RED' APROX 100 ft .accross---NO sound--HOVERED barely above tree tops.

I had just got home from work. Very "HOT DAY " in SanDiego.My cottage was very hot when i went inside. I opened the doors& windows, turnedon couple of fans,then went outside to wait until the place cooled off. I was standing inthe yard, (HIGH ON A HILLSIDE OVER-LOOKING THE VALLEY ) I first noticed a "RED "light way -off in the distance , Looking toward MEXICO. I kept looking at the BRITE LIGHT ,wondering if this was one of the "HUGHIES "the millatery had warned were to pass over our valley, soon.(This was on the NEWS) As the light came closer, only a few miles away now, 'IT' seemed to be "HUGE", VERY BRITE, and "NO SOUND " at all.?? I kept watching, it kept coming. I had watched it for about FIFTEEN minutes, now.WHEN it came into the VALLEY, IT seemed to be "FLOATING " COULDNT SEE ANY SHAPE IT WAS SO TERRIBLEY BRITE . I watched in amazement. HUGE-NO SOUND-SO BRIGHT that it HURT my eyes to look at it. IT was still barely light outside. The SUN wasin the process of going down. I was so CONFUSED at WHAT THIS COULD POSSIBLEY BE . IT was just barely over the tree tops , & telephone Poles now. It went directly over the SIX LANE HIWY. below my place. Went on over the HILL to my left, that is where the BARONA INDIAN RESERVATION is.THE NEXT DAY , I MEASURED THE HWY >WHERE IT WENT OVER. THE AREA WAS APROX. 100 ft .wide. I HAD NO PHONE, I had no film in my camera, my car had been borrowed, neighbors all gone out. WHAT TO DO ? I did nothing. I felt like I shouldnt say anything , at work the next day. I have been rediculed before.



NUFORC Note:

One of several reports from the same source in Washington State. We are grateful for her having taken the time to record here her unusual experiences. PD


Posted 2002-03-19