The Phenomenon

05.08.2025

NUFORC_189529

This object was bright, and moving slower than a plane so caught my attention. It was flying from south west towards north east.

Lemoore , CA , USA
Orb
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 189529
Occurred: 2025-05-08 21:43 Local
Reported: 2025-05-11 00:02 Pacific
Duration: About 3 min. Vid 2:28 min
No of observers: 3

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA
Location details: This flew over my home. We were outside playing a game when noticed Caught a similar object next day

Shape: Orb
Color: Various
Estimated Size: Hard to tell
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: I was facing north west when videoing
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: To my 1 o’clock directly above maybe a mile?
Estimated Speed: 70 mph
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

This object was bright, and moving slower than a plane so caught my attention. It was flying from south west towards north east.

A multi colored Orb was observed by my family and I. It was bright and was gliding slowly across the sky. My whole family saw it. I started videoing promptly. This is not the first time I’ve caught a uap where I live. I filmed a very similar object the next day. I will fill out a report for that as well.




Posted 2025-05-14


10.11.2020

NUFORC_159910

Streak of lights appearing out of thin air over Lemoore military base.

Lemoore , CA , USA
Light
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 159910
Occurred: 2020-10-11 04:55 Local
Reported: 2020-10-11 21:10 Pacific
Duration: 1-2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Emitted beams

Streak of lights appearing out of thin air over Lemoore military base.

Close to 5 AM several fast moving lights flew above me in a somewhat straight line. Each one looked mostly round with a slight triangle shape at the end. They flew by in an interesting pattern. One would appear then quickly shine bright for just a moment and then go back to it’s normal lighting that was equivalent to a stars lighting. Then the next one would do the same. None of them shined bright at the same time and they all only shined extremely bright once. They somehow shined brightest in the exact same spot in the sky.

They kept appearing out of nowhere and then quickly passed me by. It was beautiful and I first thought I was seeing meteors, but they didn’t have the same appearance. They were somewhat close together, I’d say each new appearance was about 4 seconds behind the last one. I couldn’t believe how fast they moved and just how close they seemed.

I immediately googled it to see what I saw and I came across the Elon Musk satellites and thought maybe that was it, but I watched the video of those satellites to compare and it was not the same. This was not a perfectly straight line nor was it lit looking circles. They were close to circles, but more like a shape I haven’t seen before. Almost like how a child draws a fish with a circle and a triangle, but still slightly different than that and soundless. It was like my whole town was muted and I heard nothing, but myself saying, “Wow!”.

Lemoore is home to a naval base so I was hoping that someone else caught this, but so far have not seen any news of it. I watch the sky most evenings and have found that the later I am out there, the more I see moving. Mostly I see satellites, but I have seen quite a few lights that were headed one way then quickly went up, down, or completely opposite of where it was going. Some have flown so close to one another and then stop and from my perspective it looks like they are having a standoff of some sort. Maybe curiosity toward each other or territorial issues. I’m not sure, but I am definitely never going to forget those moments.



Posted 2020-12-23


11.07.2015

NUFORC_123721

Bright light through an approaching fog spume, big circle of vapor, then V-cloud. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))

Lemoore , CA , USA
Unknown
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 123721
Occurred: 2015-11-07 18:10 Local
Reported: 2015-11-07 18:31 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

Bright light through an approaching fog spume, big circle of vapor, then massive V-cloud, object travels NNW and is gone over the ocean

Saw bright light beaming as if a helicopter searchlight,heading North/Northwest approx 60 degrees high over horizon apparently spewing contrail or smoke plume, then it blew through a smoke circle of it's own creation, then (and I'm guessing separation)blasted through a large lazy V-shaped cloud and kept going. Could see the light from it for a minute or two, heading off over the Pacific. Assume missile of some kind, but no official launches scheduled for Vandenberg.




NUFORC Note:

U. S. Navy missile launch. PD


Posted 2015-11-19


07.29.2014

NUFORC_112062

Triangle Shaped Object Red w/Green Lights - No Sound

Lemoore , CA , USA
Triangle
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 112062
Occurred: 2014-07-29 21:10 Local
Reported: 2014-07-31 12:12 Pacific
Duration: 60-90 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Triangle Shaped Object Red w/Green Lights - No Sound

My husband and I were driving on Highway 41 towards Fresno, Ca. This is flat farmland country and you can see for miles.

We had a clear view of the horizon at all times, when we approached Highway 198. I saw a large triangle formation above us (approx. 500 feet), with 5 lights, green with red behind the green lights. There was 1 in the middle and 2 down each side.

This object appeared to be at least a football field in width, we have no idea on length. I yelled to my husband "what is that," he was as startled as I was. It appeared to change shape into a straight line, mimicking the radio towers we have seen in various locations.

This object made no noise, we had our windows down. We just couldn't believe what we were seeing.

We immediately pulled off the road within 10 seconds we were out the car, and we saw nothing, heard nothing and there were no radio towers. The sky was just black, like we had seen the prior 50 miles.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2014-08-01


07.27.2013

NUFORC_100606

Silent Flying Cross with 3 round white lights 41 N Lemoore sighting July 27, 2013

Lemoore , CA , USA
Cross
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 100606
Occurred: 2013-07-27 22:09 Local
Reported: 2013-07-28 23:17 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

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

Silent Flying Cross with 3 round white lights 41 N Lemoore sighting July 27, 2013

Driving on Highway 41 N just entering Lemoore about a mile away from the 198 overpass at a little after 10 pm , looked to my right and saw what I thought might be a low flying crop duster. I closed my sunroof vent thinking I don't want any residue/pesticide getting in my car. But as the aircraft approached my vehicle I started to realize it wasn't making ANY noise. I looked closer and realized it was flying weird, so I looked closer and noticed it was the shape of a cross flying AT me straight up and down like nothing man made that I know can fly. It had three round white lights at the top of the cross and each side of the cross. As I was driving (very tired) and processing all that I saw, I waited for the flying object to make a sound or a gush of wind to push against my car and never felt or heard anything. I quickly looked to my left and did not see a thing!! What could disappear like that? As I craned my neck around I saw what I thought looked like a Air traffic control tower (a small one ) in a field behind me dark, and lit up only by tons of tiny blue lights in the form of a circle at the top. So weird...my husband woke up a few minutes later and I told him that I thought I saw a crop duster fly really close to our car but it didn't make any noise...he said " crop duster's don't fly at night" so I told him what I saw and he said he would look on the internet to see if anyone else saw the same thing at the same time since there were tons of other cars on the road. And sure enough, there are....Kinda freaking out now. Looks like these sightings have been going on for some time now...Weird.

Posted 2013-08-30


09.24.2011

NUFORC_84184

The stars are visible and look normal. This looks to be very high altitude, and appears to rotate slowly. It's mainly bright yellow lig

Lemoore , CA , USA
Cross
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 84184
Occurred: 2011-09-24 23:30 Local
Reported: 2011-09-27 23:46 Pacific
Duration:
No of observers: 2

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Cross
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

The stars are visible and look normal. This looks to be very high altitude, and appears to rotate slowly.
It's mainly bright yellow light but blue and red show up hear and there. Helicopters are flying around and this does not resemble them at all.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2011-10-10


07.03.2010

NUFORC_76270

craft with 3 top lights, no sound approached car, does 360 sharp turn in field.

Lemoore , CA , USA
Triangle
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 76270
Occurred: 2010-07-03 21:00 Local
Reported: 2010-07-07 16:33 Pacific
Duration: 1 -2 mins
No of observers: 2

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

craft with 3 top lights, no sound approached car, does 360 sharp turn in field.

travelling 2 miles east of north 5 freeway on the first exit to lemoore city, parallel to empty fields,2 way road,unlit, approached west aircraft ( no noise) quickly lights were shut off abruptly. aircraft suddening reappears, in field ( 3 football size empty) turns on 3 top lights bright as stadium) banks down approx 300 feet? close to ground,sweeping makes 360 turn right on drivers side,in field,makes sharp upturn,lights out, no further lights, banks straight up,sharp towards east( lemoore) cannot see further. no landing.no visible. summer night,clear,no other crafts,no other activities from people.

we were the only car in the area,for the duration. craft was just smaller then airliner. note: military base directly within 1 mile. our radio was not on,the windows were down,we were trying to find the city casino.we were sober.

Posted 2010-07-10


05.14.2009

NUFORC_70142

A large single aircraft wing with six bright lights,running across it , headed right at us,then up and over us at last min.

Lemoore , CA , USA
Other
NUFORC_70142
NUFORC UFO Sighting 70142
Occurred: 2009-05-14 02:00 Local
Reported: 2009-05-22 02:32 Pacific
Duration: 10 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object

A large single aircraft wing with six bright lights,running across it , headed right at us,then up and over us at last min.

My boy friend an I was going eastbound on 198 coming from I5 we were about 7to 10 miles from Lemoore naval base. I was driving. 198 is a straight road. There is empty fields on each side of 198, until you get to the naval base. As we were driving I saw what looked to be an aircraft flying only about 10 feet above the ground, going north to south across 198. I said, What is that look how low that plane is flying". My boyfriend said thats not a plane thats a helecopter.We were about a mile from it than. As we approuched its path which it seemed to be going back and forth on the same path it was in no way a plane or a helecopter. There is nothing on this earth known to man that can do what this craft didAs we approched it , it was in the field on the north bound side. It was already turned around and was headed back over 198 to the southbound side.I was driving so it was on my side. This thing was only a 100 ft from the ground .It had about six bright lights that ran straight across it. It was as long as a tractor, trailor. It turned right around on a dime when it made a turn it turned to the left. As we approched, the craft seemed to speed up. and was headed right for us. The lights in the front I saw start pointing downward right for us . We were so scared we thought this thing was gonna crash right into us. Right when it reached us I looked up the lights blinded us but looked up at it out my window and if i stuck my arm out the window i could of touched the bright lights on it as it went over us. thats how low this thing was. Right when I thought it was gonna crash into us the craft went up and over us then back down to the other side of the field.When the craft was about to go over our ford Ranger Truck, I looked up at it . It looked like one huge wing It was made of metal. silver in color.The lights were bright, but I could see the outline of the craft.the huge craft was very thin. The craft looked compleatly differant as we were comimg up on it , compared to what this thing looked lik! e from a side veiw. It was so unbelivable. This thing I know was messing with us . We saw this craft turn around an b line it right at us and speed up.We really thought we were dead. My boyfriend ducked just before it went over us. I was shaking for hours after that . The craft proceeded to the southbound side of 198 turned and repeated back and fourth about 3 more times before it ended up crossing 198 going north and dissapeared .I watched it cross 3 more times in my rear mirror. My boyfriend wanted to turn around but i told him forget you that thing almost just crashed into us. I know this wasnt any aircraft of ours this was huge, It houvered 10 feet from the ground it was fast and it could turn on a dime. We dont have anything like that. Also there is no piolot gonna fly across a highway that low coming at cars. That is against the law. The most unusual thing about it was as it went over us there was no sound also somthing that big would of blown me a bit for how close he came over me .There was no wind I drove steady.But No Sound . Please I wish someone will get ahold of me about our sighting. I need to talk to somone. cant stop thinking about that night.



Posted 2009-06-09


06.09.2006

NUFORC_188630

I was standing in a carport looking south toward highway 198, 2 large sheet white lights came overhead moving to the northwest slowly.

Lemoore , CA , USA
Light
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 188630
Occurred: 2006-06-09 21:39 Local
Reported: 2025-03-30 08:45 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA
Location details: on 19th street north of highway 198

Shape: Light
Color: sheet white
Estimated Size: round lights at least 20 feet across
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: south to northwest
Angle of Elevation: 90
Closest Distance: about 20 feet
Estimated Speed: 5 miles per hour
Characteristics: Lights on object, Made a sound

I was standing in a carport looking south toward highway 198, 2 large sheet white lights came overhead moving to the northwest slowly.

standing in the carport 2 large sheet white round lights came overhead at a low altitude barely above rooftop. one light would get dim the other real bright, then the dim one would get bright and then the 1st bright one would go dim but not all the off. The lights stayed moving slowly to the northwest and always just above rooftops. This lasted about 10 minutes.

Posted 2025-03-31


05.09.2006

NUFORC_50497

Strange light In NAS Lemoore airspace.

NAS Lemoore , CA , USA
Light
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 50497
Occurred: 2006-05-09 03:15 Local
Reported: 2006-05-09 21:17 Pacific
Duration: 10 mins
No of observers: 8

Location: NAS Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Emitted beams, Aircraft nearby

Strange light In NAS Lemoore airspace.

I work at the night shift In NAS LEMOORE. We were walking in the flight deck to ensure all the planes were secured when i looked to the sky and saw what looked like a shooting star and i told my other buddies so we were looking at it and the "UFO" started noving in a weird pattern going to the south.

the red light then made a spiral and disappeared.

like 2 minutes later we saw a fast aricraft making rounds in the area where we saw the object. we know its not one of our aircraft because all the planes were grounged. Then, like 1 1/2 hours later we saw the same red light only that this time the light "exploded" leaving a bright white light that looked like an asteroid "whit a tail" that dicipated in a "cloud" but there were no clouds in the sky that night.

Posted 2006-05-15


11.04.2005

NUFORC_47455

Falling star-like object that explodes with very bright white light.

Lemoore , CA , USA
Light
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 47455
Occurred: 2005-11-04 23:44 Local
Reported: 2005-11-05 00:03 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Left a trail

Falling star-like object that explodes with very bright white light.

Traveling east on highway 198, just east of Naval Air Station, Lemoore, and looking to the southeast.

Had seen several fallng stars this night so was watching the sky for more. Saw what looked like a falling star (with a trail) except that it exploded with a very bright white light. I saw nothing after that.

Posted 2005-11-08


04.09.2004

NUFORC_36208

"Cluster" of red flashing lights moving at high rate of speed from North to South.

Lemoore , CA , USA
Circle
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 36208
Occurred: 2004-04-09 21:00 Local
Reported: 2004-04-10 21:22 Pacific
Duration: 40 Seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

"Cluster" of red flashing lights moving at high rate of speed from North to South.

At approximately 2100 on Friday, 09 April, my wife and I were in the back yard star gazing. We had just finished a discussion on Big and Little Dippers and North Star. As I continued gazing straight up (90 degrees), I noticed a faint "cluster of Lights". Two things got my immediate attention. The amount of lights that were flashing, and the high rate of speed the object seemed to be moving. The lights appeared to be a "cluster" of lights, perhaps 6-10, and they were flashing, with red being the dominant color. I watched for approximately 10 seconds. During that time, the cluster kept flashing and moved across the sky from straight overhead to approx. 45 degrees. I then pointed the object out to my wife who sighted it and we watched for approx. another 20 seconds until it disappeared due to long range at about 25 degrees on the horizon. The cluster of lights appeared to be extremely high. No sound could be detected. Not knowing the size of the object or the size of the lights, it is difficult to estimate its altitude. Making an estimate based on what I know about aircraft, sizes, speeds, etc., I estimate this cluster of lights could easily have been between 25,000 and 35,000 feet, or even higher. The object traveled the entire time in a straight line from North to South. The cluster of lights did not change relative position on each other, and the craft did not change direction. I am not aware of any known aircraft that has up to 10 flashing lights on the underside. As we went to bed later that evening, we listened to "Coast to Coast" on KMJ 580 (Fresno, Ca) and several callers had reported seeing this cluster of lights, also moving North to South, along the East Coast. (Were there multiple targets that evening????, or was the same target making multiple passes?) I am a retired Naval Aviator, still keeping a commercial, Instrument rating current in the civilian sector. In over 5,000 flight hours, this is my sighting of a "really" wierd sighting in the sky which defied ! concepts of speed, shape, and lighting. I trust that this information may be useful, perhaps in pinning down what took place on this evening, or perhaps in the future,

Posted 2004-04-27


12.01.2003

NUFORC_33600

Bright red light , moving upwards and at crazy angles

Lemoore , CA , USA
Light
NUFORC_33600
NUFORC UFO Sighting 33600
Occurred: 2003-12-01 02:00 Local
Reported: 2003-12-03 21:07 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

Bright red light , moving upwards and at crazy angles

ok.. me a a freind of mine when we got off of work at NAS LEMOORE NAVAL BASE, we headed down to the river not to far from base.It was a very clear night and i recall seeing a few shooting stars. We settled down fishing off one of the damns that were there and we seen what we thought was a flare being shot off. It just topped over the tree line and it stopped .. we thought nothing of it. Well it started moving towards us slow,and upwards and the same time. This really really intense light started moving faster making these very sharp turns... we watched it do this for about 5 minutes as it was moving upwards. There was this flash,and right after that we seen like a tail as if it was moving like a comet would but only going up. Shortly after the flash,this red ball of light vanished... FAST and at another really sharp angle. Adding to this.. i work on this base.. i know every aircraft that is here, I know alot about many of the planes that fly around here. I know for a fact that it isn't one ofthem around here that can fly that fast a make sharp turns as this did. Also i know what position light and taxi lights look like on many of the aircraft and none have this big ass red light.



Posted 2003-12-09


11.01.2003

NUFORC_33558

Last night my husband and his friend were out fishing. They saw a small ball of light rise from the ground to the sky. The color of the

Lemoore , CA , USA
Circle
NUFORC_33558
NUFORC UFO Sighting 33558
Occurred: 2003-11-01 02:00 Local
Reported: 2003-12-02 16:15 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail, Changed Colo

Last night my husband and his friend were out fishing. They saw a small ball of light rise from the ground to the sky. The color of the light was a yellow-white color. It was very bright and making very rapid movements! They also said that it left a trail behind it. My husband and his friend are in the Navy, and there is a Navy Airstation very close to their siting. They are convinced that it is not from the government! The light reappeared, turned red. They said it seemed to vanish as if leaving the atmosphere. I have never seen my husband so disturbed! He couldn't sleep!



NUFORC Note:

We have checked for launches from Vandenberg AFB for this date, and our data show that none occurred. We do not know what the witnesses may have observed. PD


Posted 2003-12-09


06.26.2003

NUFORC_29425

I observed a something that apeared to be a glowing orange and white ball over Naval Air Station Lemoore. I was observing this about 5

Lemoore , CA , USA
Triangle
NUFORC_29425
NUFORC UFO Sighting 29425
Occurred: 2003-06-26 22:30 Local
Reported: 2003-06-26 23:19 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes
No of observers: 0

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

I observed a something that apeared to be a glowing orange and white ball over Naval Air Station Lemoore. I was observing this about 5 miles away from the base. As I was observing that I was distracted by a Triangle shaped object thet flew directly over me. It was a good distance up, but I could make out from the glow of the lights that it was a triangle. I watched it slowly drift away. as it went overhead it made no sound. I focused my attention back on the glowing object over the air station. this object moved slowly to the south then moved north slowly and kept going. I know it was at a fairly low altitude because I could see it move through the trees that were in my field of vision. I think they are doing tests on some new technology. There were also alot of military jets flying around earlier.



Posted 2003-07-16


09.19.2002

NUFORC_25167

UFO???

Lemoore , CA , USA
Light
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 25167
Occurred: 2002-09-19 19:00 Local
Reported: 2002-09-19 20:12 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 8

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

UFO???

My son announced that we needed to come outside and look at the sky. I noticed a man in a van taping the event on his cam corder on the side of the road. We all saw a round llight that was changing directions, and then came to a stop for about 1 minute before taking off at about 2000 miles per hour.

It left an extremly long wiggly trail that the lit up the sky for over a half an hour. The trail was greyish and parts of it was orange , red blue, and then purple.

We thought this was a misle from the base, but they don't dance around they get down to business.

Oh, and there was no noise, but it sure was a traffic stopper.

Thanks for listening.



((BEGIN ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTICLE ABOUT LAUNCH))

Air Force Test Missile Out West
Fri Sep 20, 1:25 AM ET


VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - An Air Force missile test Thursday provided a spectacular light show seen over California and much of the West, as far away as Utah and New Mexico.

The colorful contrail was seen soon after the unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile blasted off at 7:36 p.m. from an underground silo at the Vandenberg military base north of Santa Barbara.

"The smoke went up in spirals as the sun was setting and turned into an orange, amber color. It was like a flower going into bloom pretty quickly," said Simon Cox, who saw it from a restaurant terrace in Santa Barbara.

The missile traveled about 4,200 miles in about 30 minutes, striking a predetermined target at the Kwajalein Missile Range in the western chain of the Marshall Islands, the Air Force said.

Vandenberg spokeswoman Kelly Gabel said clear conditions were responsible for the spectacular light show.

"We do this two or three times a year, but because the weather was so perfect we decided to launch it early," Gabel said. As a result, people were still awake to see it, and although the sun had set, sunlight below the horizon glinted off unspent fuel particles and water droplets.

"Suddenly we're getting calls from people as far away as New Mexico who saw it and want to know what it is," Gabel said.

The mission was directed by the 576th Flight Test Squadron at Vandenberg and the 341th Space Wing and the 341st Space Wing, from Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.

The purpose was to test launch systems and the missile's accuracy and reliability.

((END ARTICLE BY ASSOCIATED PRESS))

NUFORC Note:

Missile launch from Vandenberg AFB. Please see article. PD


Posted 2002-09-28


02.16.2001

NUFORC_16517

Unidentified Silent Aircraft near Lemoore AirForce Base

Lemoore/Hanford , CA , USA
Other
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 16517
Occurred: 2001-02-16 19:00 Local
Reported: 2001-02-17 00:00 Pacific
Duration: approx 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lemoore/Hanford, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams

Unidentified Silent Aircraft near Lemoore AirForce Base

A friend and I were traveling back from San Francisco on Friday, February 16, 2001 and on our trip we both saw something that was really weird... We were on the I-5 going south and we realized we had gone to far south of Fresno (where I live) when we hit the 198 going east/west. Realizing our mistake we got on 198 heading east towards Hanford with the intention of transferring to the 99 Northbound in Hanford and heading back up to Fresno. However, about halfway there (not far from the Lemoore Airbase, I found out) I saw something out the window that made me do a double take. I saw several pale 'twinkle' lights like those seen on airplanes and helicopters, however they were all white (no red or blue or green) and there were several beams of pale light moving across the ground. My very first impression was that there were 3 helicopters flying in very tight formation using spotlights to look for something.... my next thought was that maybe it was a crop duster or something doing some sort of night job... but after a few seconds I realized that neither of these were correct.... I pointed it out to my friend (who was driving) as it was out his window (to the north) and I think maybe less than 100 feet off the ground... and it seemed to be moving very slowly and gracefully.... it then arced upward and turned back towards the freeway (coming south) that we were on and as it passed overhead I managed to see a really faint silhouette against the black night sky... I could barely make out an airplane shape with very long thin wings and large, ellipsoid shaped bulbs at the tips of both wings... and as it flew overhead there was absolutely no sound whatsoever... it then performed a very graceful but tight turn and flew back over the freeway again (this time heading north) and as it flew over the field to our left I saw again 3 faint, silvery nimbus's of light (almost like searchlights) coming from what looked like the underside of the nose and the 2 ellipsoid shapes at the tip of the wings, and the light app! ared to be sweeping back and forth over the ground. At this point I was really excited because I had never seen anything like it before. My friend told me to dig the camera out from the backseat and try and take pictures of it... so I dug around in the back really quickly and by the time I got it ready, the object had once again flown over us and was pacing us to the right (south of 198 heading east in the same direction as us) maybe a quarter of a mile out and a hundred or so feet off the ground... I then attempted to take several pictures... but as the craft was completely dark and there was no real light reflections the only thing I could see were its steady blinking lights... So I tried to time it as best I could to try and capture a picture when the lights were actually on instead of off, but as I write this I don't know how they've turned out... However I'm pretty sure its not a UFO but some sort of secret plane from the Lemoore Airbase... and I was wondering if I draw a picture of what I think I saw, do you know someone who might be able to tell me what I saw based upon its outline and its behavior...?? My friend thinks it was maybe an A-10 Tank-killer, because what he saw differs from what I saw by a little... however, I don't think this is correct because of the 3 lights and the fact that it made no sound at all... So anyhow, I am trying to find out if the plane is something common or if it is might be one of the top secret ones that you hear about (like the aurora)...



NUFORC Note:

We have corresponded with this witness. He seems to have ruled out most possible explanations for the sighting, and he apparently will speak with personnel from Lemoore Air Base in the near future. PD


Posted 2001-08-05


03.05.1996

NUFORC_1112
Lemore , CA , USA
NUFORC_1112
NUFORC UFO Sighting 1112
Occurred: 1996-03-05 00:00 Local
Reported: 1996-03-06 00:00 Pacific
Duration:


Location: Lemore, CA, USA

Shape:


Telephoned Report:

Woman w/ Australian accent calls to report seeing a "ball of light" sitting beside the highway. She will submit report.

Posted 2005-11-03


06.15.1994

NUFORC_2810

I saw a large, triangluar shaped object with off-white lights at each corner slowing moving about 3-500ft high in the sky.

Lemoore , CA , USA
Triangle
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 2810
Occurred: 1994-06-15 03:00 Local
Reported: 1997-10-30 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5mins
No of observers: 1

Location: Lemoore, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle


Summary : I saw a large, triangluar shaped object with off-white lights at each corner slowing moving about 3-500 ft high in the sky.

I believe that it was the summer of 1994. I was sitting in my patrol car at about 0300 hrs., when I noticed movement in the sky to the north. What I saw was a very large, triangular shaped object with off-white lights at each corner slowing moving from north to southeast. The craft could have only been maybe 300-500 feet high and there was absoulutely no sound coming from it. I watched in dis-belief and tried to make sense of it. I thought about the Stealth bomber, but wouldn't that at least make some sound? I could tell that this object was solid, as the middle of it darkened out the clear sky behind it. The lights seemed erie, not bright, but not dull, and they were steady, but also seemed to flicker. It took maybe two minutes for the craft to pass over me and as it began leaving my field of vision, I finally realized that I needed to follow it. I followed it for about another two minutes as it travelled southeast out of my city limits and Im not sure why, but I decided to stop my "pursuit". I also am not sure why I didn't tell anyone about this incident until fairly recently, when I told my wife. I'm a 15 year police veteran, who has seen alot of weird stuff late at night, but I've never seen anything like this. There is a Naval Air Station nearby, but I've been out there many times and as far as I know, they don't have anything like what I saw.

Posted 1999-01-28


05.01.1989

NUFORC_36522

Lemoore/I-5 corridor, red light with many planes flying around the object. Moved quickly to the west.

Lemoore/I-5 corridor , CA , USA
Other
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 36522
Occurred: 1989-05-01 17:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2004-04-25 12:26 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lemoore/I-5 corridor, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Lemoore/I5 corridor, red light with many planes flying around the object. Moved quickly to the west.

While driving from Sacramento to Hanford with my brother, we noticed a bright light in the sky, not moving, with many planes flying around the object. The lights were red and blue. This is over an area close to the Lemoore Naval Air Station and I grew up in the area. This is a very restricted area for aircraft so it made no sense to us why so many planes were in the sky at the time. We could see the object from as far away as Santa Nella. As we continued sout on I-5, the object disappeared then reappeared off to the west over the Coastal Mountain Range. All the planes which were flying around the object moved to the west towards the unknown light/object. It was so startling that we pulled off to the side of the road, so did about 5 or so other cars. The object eventually disppeared. This thing moved faster than anything I am familiar with or know about and there were too many planes flying in a restricted area. I know others saw this. The year was 1988-1990. I was in college at UC Davis comng home to visit with parents. I can't remember the exact year/date.

Posted 2004-04-27


06.23.1978

NUFORC_12358

silent like wind in the trees @ 150 yards in length 75 - 80 yards in width, multi color lights, within a transluecent outer shell, Movi

Lemoore Naval Air Force Base (sic) , CA , USA
Oval
NUFORC_12358
NUFORC UFO Sighting 12358
Occurred: 1978-06-23 09:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2000-03-16 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 7 - 10 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Lemoore Naval Air Force Base (sic), CA, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Landed

silent like wind in the trees @ 150 yards in length 75 - 80 yards in width, multi color lights, within a transluecent outer shell, Moving @ 15 to 20 mph. About 1/2 mile away.

I said to my friend do you see what I see? 50 yards in the air silent like wind in the trees @ 150 yards in length 75 - 80 yards in width, multi color lights that appeared to be within a transluecent outer shell, Moving slowly @ 15 to 20 mph. It appeared to land about 1/2 mile away. With out saying any thing my friend and I took off running towards it and both of us ran into something at the same time (like a force field) and deceided to go home and tell our parents. No body believed us. Every body seemed to be more interested in the CHiPs episode on tv that night.

Posted 2000-03-16


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