NUFORC UFO Sighting 181107
Occurred: 2024-04-10 11:59 Local
Reported: 2024-04-11 01:28 Pacific
Duration: Around 15 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Color: Unknown
Estimated Size: About the size of a average house
Viewed From: Land
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: 250 feet
Estimated Speed: 50 mph
Characteristics: Made a sound

I did not see the UFO with my eyes but the noise is unlike I’ve ever heard before.

I was woken up at 11:59 pm on 4/10/24 to a very loud sound that lasted about 15 seconds. My house rattled and the noise sounded like a bunch of chains being dragged on the ground mixed with static electricity. I couldn’t believe it at first until I opened flight radar and saw no aircraft in the area. This is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in my life and it really freaked me out. I am also currently on vacation as well.

Posted 2024-04-27

NUFORC UFO Sighting 147275
Occurred: 2019-06-28 08:45 Local
Reported: 2019-07-03 14:19 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA

Shape: Chevron
Characteristics: Lights on object

UFO captured in a video moving in the sky above Mammoth Lakes California

We were on vacation in Mammoth Lakes California and on our last day Friday, June 28 we decided to drive up to take some pictures of the waterfall and the snow on the mountains south of Lake Mary.

It was about 8:30 AM and we took some pictures of the waterfall but it was really cold and windy so we kind of were in a hurry and went back and got in the truck and started to drive away when I stop the truck because I wanted some pictures with the truck in front of the lake that’s when I got out walked across the street took some pictures with the lake in the background.

It wasn’t until Saturday, June 29 evening I was sitting on the couch looking at my iPhone and the pictures I took when I noticed a neon blue spot in the sky on one of the pictures I thought it might be a reflection and almost deleted the picture but I zoomed in to see what it was that’s when I noticed it Looked like some kind of craft and had details like lights or whatever they are evenly spaced along the edges and underneath the craft. This was not a reflection or water drop or anything else but a well measured out craft with well measured out features in even distances from each other.

The picture was taken with my new iPhone In live mode so it captures a three second video combined with a still photo and when I swiped to see the picture I could see this was moving like a blue laser pen wiggling on a wall moving all over the place up down back-and-forth never in a straight line or flight path.

I downloaded the app called Lifey it allows you to take these live shots and save them as a MOV file to see the video and what I saw is incredible! this craft moves all over the place like a pinball never in a straight path it moves up down backwards sideways forwards diagonal just like if you were to wiggle a laser light on a wall.

In the video the craft appears from the dense clouds at ridge line of the mountain range south of Crystal Crag Lake and then it continues to rise up to a higher altitude and move around and the recedes backward towards the clouds south of the ridge line of the Eastern Sierras, At 10,364 feet, Crystal Crag is a dramatic and rugged mass of rock that is a recognizable landmark on the Mammoth Crest. The crag is a popular destination among mountaineers and climbers and sits above Lake George Mary and Crystal Lake.

When you see the video you can see why this was not something I noticed because I was looking at the cellphone screen it came in went so fast I just happen to be in the right place at the right time and pushed the live picture button at exactly the right moment to capture this amazing craft and it erratic movements in a Live shot giving me the really awesome video.



Posted 2019-07-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 146571
Occurred: 2019-01-05 12:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2019-06-02 12:00 Pacific
Duration: 8 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA

Shape: Oval


Large & shiny tic tac hovers and then flies off.

While on a ski trip to Mammoth, we witnessed what we first thought was a drone hovering above us. We couldn’t get a handle on its size or distance for several minutes as it didn’t make any sense to what we knew was possible. It was shaped like a very shiny Tic Tac, perhaps 10 feet long. It was hovering then would drop and ascend very rapidly. My 14 year old step daughter became quite afraid, while I assured her it had to be some sort of drone, but I don’t think any of us was buying my story. We watched it for the duration of the chair lift, the group behind us seeing it as well. After about 8 minutes it flew off into the interior of Yosemite.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2019-06-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 109628
Occurred: 2014-05-22 21:30 Local
Reported: 2014-05-23 00:12 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 4

Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA

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

color shifting light moving in strange ways and making no sound.

The object appeared to be very small and very close. The weather was cold, about 35 degrees Fahrenheit, and partially cloudy with thunderless lightning.

Within 500 feet was a small red light making no sound, we originally thought was a firework rocket. Until it stopped moving and stayed perfectly still for a few seconds.

It began shifting color and moving left and right at perfect right angles. It turned red again and lowered toward the ground. We could clearly see the trees it was in front of and the trees it was behind.

It lowered to the ground and we didnt see it the rest of the night. It was over a creek behind some buildings.

The witnesses are 3 100% sober teenagers and one woman walking her dog.

We plan to take a look at the place we saw the light in the daytime.




NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides litle contact information. PD


Posted 2014-06-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 101427
Occurred: 2012-11-15 02:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2013-08-22 23:11 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Ball of light that was able to turn on and off as well as move at speeds that seemed regardless of inertia.

I was looking up at a bright star in the sky at 2 am in mammoth lakes, CA, when a white light flashed on and became brighter than the star and the nearby planet (brightest light in the sky at the time) and sped off to another point in the sky and then disappeared. It must have traveled thousands of miles an hour.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2013-08-30

NUFORC UFO Sighting 63466
Occurred: 2008-05-21 21:15 Local
Reported: 2008-05-21 21:58 Pacific
Duration: two minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Bright, silent light moving across the sky

I took my dog out at about 9:15 PST. And happened to look up in the sky, almost directly above me a brilliant, bright, white light was moving across the sky from S.W to N.E. Moving at a constant speed and direction. I'd estimate at an elevation of 30 to 35 thousand feet. And I'd estimate the speed to be around 200-300 MPH.

An airplane had past North of the object heading West. I could hear the engines fading away as I noticed the light moving basically in the opposite direction. I kept my attention on the light, noting there was absolutely no sound coming from the object. This was definitely not a shooting star, there was no trail what-so-ever, and moving much too slow. And I'd rule out a satellite, this was closer, more like commercial airlines fly.

The night was clear directly over Mammoth Lakes tonight. The moon has already set, or hasn't risen yet. I lost sight of the light approximately two minutes after noticing it, disappearing behind distant clouds N.E. of town.



Posted 2008-06-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 50711
Occurred: 2006-02-16 23:30 Local
Reported: 2006-05-24 16:55 Pacific
Duration: 1.5 min.
No of observers: 2

Location: Mammoth Lakes (near ), CA, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Lights on object

Strange lights in formation, could have been a single object.

I was the passenger in a car driving North on Hwy. 395 next to Crowley Lake. I happened to look out the window to the East when a red flashing light caught my eye. The first thing I noticed was the cadence of the blinking. It was like nothing I had every seen before. Then I noticed two more identical flashing lights behind and off to the sides in a triangular shape. Now the first light was visible out the windshield of the vehicle. I said something to my friend (the driver), and he craned his neck to look at the light. As he noticed the strange light, it banked left across our path heading West. He mentioned at this time that he saw four blinking lights in a huge trapezoid formation. After a few seconds I also noticed the forth set of lights. The objects (or object) was directly in front of us around a mile away and approximately 15,000 to 20,000 vertical feet. As the lights moved to the West it stayed in perfect formation and appeared to be one huge object. But I could not confirm this. If this were one object, the shear size of it is mindblowing. The lights slowly disappeared to our West obscured by Mt. McGee and the Eastern Sierra's. The whole incident lasted around a minute and a half. There was a steady stream of traffic heading North on 395 that night. There must have been others to witness this, but I have not come across other reports yet.



Posted 2006-07-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 31765
Occurred: 2003-09-19 20:00 Local
Reported: 2003-09-23 17:04 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA

Shape: Light


Point that would shift left or right as it slowly moved downward.

Around 8:00 pm in the Inyo National Forest in the Sierras while watching stars we observed a light slowly moving downwards from its first observed point around 30 degrees up from the horizontal in the southern sky. The light had a slight reddish tinge and looked like a faint star or satellite. As it slowly moved downward towards the tree line, it would would jog slightly to the left or to the right and then jog back to approximately the original downward line it was following. These left and right shifts were irregular in terms of distance and frequency. The greatest sideways displacement was approximately 1/8 degree. The downward speed was not completely constant. After a few minutes it started to fade and then completely disappeared a few degrees from the treeline. This was observed on a very clear night in the mountains and would have been completely hidden by city lights.



NUFORC Note:

Date above is flawed. We believe it to be 19SE03. PD


Posted 2003-09-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 18881
Occurred: 2001-08-07 03:45 Local
Reported: 2001-08-08 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA

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

From the west, I noticed a dark disk shaped object slowly moving and stopping as it made its way towards my location.

I was camping out near Mammoth Mountain by the hot springs when all of a sudden the crickets stopped chirping. I was awake at this time because I was staring at the stars. Out here you can see all of the stars without the city lights interfering. From the west, I noticed a dark disk shaped object slowly moving and stopping as it made its way towards my location. I wasn't sure whether it was my eyes playing tricks on me until the object got within 50 feet of where I was. I was inside my sleeping bag next to my girlfriend which was asleep. I did not want to wake her in fear of her possibly scaring the craft away by getting up and screaming. I was frozen in fear and curiosity. I watched the craft slowly slip by, stopping for a few seconds at a time and continuing. There was a very slight hum amongst the silence around me. It was very eerie. At one moment, the craft emitted a dull blue beam from the far edge of disc as though it was searching for something. When this craft, which was now clearly visible as a shiny disc, came to a complete stop again, I crawled towards it hoping it didn't detect me. I kept thinking that this craft might have infrared or heat sensors to detect any movement outside, but there was no deviation from its course/task. At one point, the craft got to about 2 feet from the ground and the humming became louder. I got back without causing any notice when all of a sudden, the craft seemed to become enveloped by the surrounding area. It's as though it became invisible but with a slight atmospheric distortion. I watched this mirage-like phenominon float upwards until I could not see it anymore due to the darkness around. After about 5 minutes, the crickets started again and I stayed up until the sunrise anticipating the return of the object. This has changed my life forever and makes me realize that we might not be alone after all. I just wish that contact with another intelligent life form wouldn't be so uncommon or so hush-hush. I can handle the fact that there might be other humanoid ! lifeform s that we can associate with and learn from. Why should there be fear in contact? It's not like it's an alien inquisition or missionaries! They are scientists exploring without trying to interfere with our future. Something like Star Trek's prime directive of non interference. Besides, we have more to gain from them than they do from us. Maybe it is a form of mercy to our primitive minds that they don't make contact yet - or self preservation.

Posted 2001-08-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 28086
Occurred: 2000-01-24 13:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2003-03-11 17:24 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 2

Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA

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

Two white craft, flying in close formation.

Two white craft, I first saw them come over the top of the mountain, (I was on a ski trip at Mammoth Mountain California) I was sitting in the snow. I looked up and saw two disks, traveling in close formation. They appeared to be small, but I could tell they were in the upper atmosphere. My father told me they were birds, but birds cannot fly at 30,000 feet. I looked away and they were gone.



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD


Posted 2003-03-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 89779
Occurred: 1979-08-15 01:00 Local
Reported: 2012-06-21 00:40 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds


Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA

Shape: Circle


I saw a rolling ball of fire in the sky 500 ft off the deck traveling at 80-100 mph.

In the month of August 1979 I was overnight camping in Mammoth Lakes, California. I was located 100 ft north of highway 203 in the town of Mammoth Lakes. At approximately midnight to 0100 hr, I was looking at the stars when my attention was drawn to the sound of swirling fire. (It was similar to the sound when you swing an ignited long stick from the fire pit and swung slowly it in a circular motion). I looked to the east and saw a ball of fire rolling through the air at 500 ft off the deck. The ball was traveling at 80-100 mph from a direction from east to west and was approximately 50 ft in diameter. The object maintained its altitude neither accenting nor descending. The ball was red-orange in color very similar to a fire pit of burning wood. The ball also did not strike any hillside and I did not hear any impact after it left my view and hearing range.



Posted 2012-07-04