NUFORC UFO Sighting 164728
Occurred: 2021-09-27 14:30 Local
Reported: 2021-09-27 18:39 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Landed

I was actually surfing just south of the Manhattan Beach pier & sitting on my board. There was an object that caught my eye. I thought it was a small drone at 1st. It was about 50-80 ft above me but had NO propellers & made no noise. I thought maybe a plane or a bird but it didn't move for about 5 seconds. Then it moved to the side and back. It slightly dropped a couple feet. Then stood still. I was pretty confused on what it was. Then after about 20 seconds I watched it take a fast dive into the water about 15 feet from me. It splashed in & I saw the trail of bubbles sink down with it. It never came back up. I thought maybe someone else would've noticed but I was the only person out surfing. Maybe someone on the beach was controlling it and accidentally crashed it but no one was looking in my direction. There were only 2 couples on the beach as it were. Idk exactly what I saw but I did see it very clearly. It was disk shaped, dark gray, looked smooth as silk not metal. It moved unlike any aircraft that man can create & seemed to be able to navigate its way through the water.

Posted 2021-10-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 141491
Occurred: 2018-05-14 01:55 Local
Reported: 2018-05-14 02:41 Pacific
Duration: 1-2 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Formation


05/14/18 @ 0155h over LAX v-formation 6 items traveling westerly.

6 bird-like figures in a loose v-formation at what appeared to be about 500 ft. elevation traveling in a westerly direction at high rate of speed. Wings did not flap. No lights visible. No noises heard.

Initially thought they were fighter aircraft or geese, but the lack of lights or noise, and the high speed, didn't make sense.

Posted 2018-05-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 127212
Occurred: 2016-05-04 17:00 Local
Reported: 2016-05-07 09:59 Pacific
Duration: came up in picture


Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object

CA. circle with 5 lights underside took 3 shots with camera

Was riding my bike on beach near LAX airport, when a Air Bus came over head on take off I grab my cell phone took 3 shots hoping to get a picture sun was going down still plenty of light.

Waited till i got home to see picture and saw this object just above Air Bus in all 3 frames and when you zoomed it in you could definitely tell what it was. I was light green with 5 positioned look light lights under side because I was shooting up, everyone I showed it to said I should report it so here I am.

Posted 2016-05-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 122109
Occurred: 2015-09-21 23:55 Local
Reported: 2015-09-21 01:29 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes


Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape:


THREE GIANT FLASHES OF LIGHT ILLUMINATE THE MIDNIGHT SKY OVER MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

The very large flashes of light, about a minute apart each... and each enough to completely illuminate the sky for a second at a time.

Posted 2015-09-25

NUFORC UFO Sighting 119142
Occurred: 2015-02-25 05:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2015-05-24 21:05 Pacific
Duration: hours
No of observers: 5

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Changing
Characteristics: Changed Colo

object appeared in the western sky would change colors before it morphed object would never appear to travel very far. They also appeared to be scribbling in the sky very erratic side-to-side movements.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD


Posted 2015-05-29

NUFORC UFO Sighting 108878
Occurred: 2014-04-20 12:45 Local
Reported: 2014-04-23 19:56 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Manhatten Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Lights on object

IUFO s over tennis courts

I was working late with my friends at a country club, washing down the tennis courts from all the green fuzz.

It was getting late and we were about to call it a night so we lay down on the courts and stared up into the sky listening to music when suddenly 3 cigar shaped lights flew back and forth.

My friend called the police but they never came.

Posted 2014-04-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 100297
Occurred: 2013-07-09 17:30 Local
Reported: 2013-07-18 21:39 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

I was going for a walk on a beautiful clear late afternoon along the strand by the beach heading south towards the manhattan beach pier when I saw a dark grey object in the distance. It looked to be over the water and near the cliffs of palos verdes estates which was approximately five miles south from me.

At first I thought not much of it and thought it was a blimp but then I wondered what a blimp would be doing in that area, especially at such a low altitude (1,000 feet approximately). I hoped to get a better view of the object when I was on the pier and sadly I did not have my camera, I often take my camera with me for sunset but on this day I went earlier than normal on my evening walk.

I dismissed the blimp idea and still wondered what it was and then the object looked like two grey balloons side by side but this was not a hot air balloon or two.

As I neared the pier the object moved at a good speed towards the land and by the time I got to the pier I could not see the object, it was as if it had disappeared into the palos verdes peninsula hillside above the cliffs.

I searched for the object for many more minutes but could not see it at all.

I have been interested in UFO's for twenty years and have never seen one and was not thinking UFO at the time at all, I just wanted to know what this object was as it certainly was not a blimp, balloon, cloud, helicopter, plane, etc.

When I heard you speak about the recent flap in UFO's on Rense and then saw the recent LA sightings, I thought I should report it.

As for the size it was at least the size of the goodyear blimp, maybe twice that size. There were many people about on the beach, strand and pier but I seemed to be the only one noticing this thing,

I wonder if people down south in Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes got a good look at it.

Posted 2013-07-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 77997
Occurred: 2010-09-25 21:50 Local
Reported: 2010-09-25 22:44 Pacific
Duration: 90 sec
No of observers: 2

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Aircraft nearby

At around 950pm Pacific time, my wife and I were walking our dogs around the block when we observed a shining light in the sky. Our first thought was that we were looking at a shooting star until we saw the object come to almost a complete stop. The object then accelerated and faded away only to reappear a few seconds later. The object accelerated again and disappeared in the sky heading southwest toward the sea.

The shape of the object that we saw was a round very bright orange light. It look like it had a tail and a ring around it.



Posted 2010-11-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 68124
Occurred: 2009-01-18 17:30 Local
Reported: 2009-01-18 23:23 Pacific
Duration: 2 secs
No of observers: 1

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

I saw a fast light moving across the sky and thought it was a shooting star. But I then thought to myself, how could i see a shooting star in broad daylight. I automatically thought it was a UFO.



Posted 2009-03-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 65667
Occurred: 2008-09-13 23:35 Local
Reported: 2008-09-14 10:20 Pacific
Duration: 30
No of observers: 5

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

Circular pattern lights over Manhattan Beach, CA

At about 11:40 p.m. on September 13, 2008, I observed a flying object to the South of my home. The object appeared to be circular with blue, white and green lights with an intermittent red center. I woke up my brother and his family who also observed the object for about 20 minutes. At one point there appeared to be two objects. The second only being observed for a couple of minutes.

My sister-in-law took several pictures. One captures the shape of what we saw well.

All together, five people (two children) observed the object.

We viewed it with high powered binoculars. The photos were taken with an Olympus 18x Zoom SP-550UZ.

The objects appeared to be over Hermosa or Redondo Beach, California near the coast.

As we observed the objects, they would hover, flip, dive, rise again quickly. They went in and out of the cloud cover ceiling. Finally, one descended down and disappeared.




NUFORC Note:

Photos show a tiny, indistinct point of light, backdropped by a black night sky. PD


Posted 2008-10-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 61461
Occurred: 2008-02-07 01:25 Local
Reported: 2008-02-07 03:31 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour
No of observers: 2

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Object with changing lights over the Southbay!

It was light in the western sky which keep changing colors! At first I thought it was a plane turning or something.....after watching it for awhile I realized was not a plane, helicopter or anything like that! The longer I watched it the more I noticed the erratic movement as if it was dangling by a string. The colors at times seemed to get very bright. I watched it for over an hour before it made dramatic move and traveled NW at incredible speeds like shooting star! I called a friend who doesn't believe in UFO's to see it and they believe in them now!

Posted 2008-02-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 60401
Occurred: 2007-12-14 23:00 Local
Reported: 2007-12-15 19:01 Pacific
Duration: 2
No of observers: 3

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

Very bright light shooting accross sky. LARGE

Very bright, large ball of light in the sky traveling extremely fast.

Seen by three of the four people in our car for about two or three seconds.

Was completely illuminated and either very large or very close.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2008-03-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 48685
Occurred: 2006-01-09 18:54 Local
Reported: 2006-01-11 21:45 Pacific
Duration: 10 to 15 sec
No of observers: 1

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Left a trail

I was standing at the top floor of our home lookng south, a fire ball passed over our home and disapeared over the neighbors roof tops First thought was fireworks. My wife came home and she said she saw a fire ball. She will report separate.



Posted 2006-02-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 23043
Occurred: 2002-05-28 13:50 Local
Reported: 2002-05-28 15:43 Pacific
Duration: 45 SECONDS
No of observers: 1

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Changed Colo

Silver flying saucer floats, then wobbles then speeds away at lightspeed becoming a pinpoint of orange light.

I was standing about knee deep in the Pacific Ocean, about 25 feet south of the Marine Street Lifeguard Stattion. I noticed a cigar shaped silver metallic craft about 100 yards to the north, travelling south . It was silent and seemed to float in the air eeirely. It moved very slowly. The craft was approximately 25 feet long and 10 feet high at its highest point (the middle of the craft). It was symmetrical in shape, and in classic flying saucer shape. It had no visible windows or markings.

It was aluminum or bright siver in color. It was approximately 500 yards off shore over the Pacific Ocen in Manhattan Beach. Once it came to a point directly in front of me off the coast it began to wobble in a strange slow wobbling motion. At that point I became alarmed with internal emotion and recognized it to be 100% conclusively a flying saucer or UFO. I probably stopped beathing.

In an instant, the craft took off in a blur. It became a pinpoint of orange-yellow light, similar to a minature sun. It seemed to be imprinted as this light in the far distant horizon. the duration of this fixed pinpoint of light was approximayely 10 seconds. It then vanished.

Minutes later, shaken up and returning to my towel I noticed a whilpool of water about the same distace (500 yard off the coast) but probably just caused by the wind and tidal conditions. A clouy haze moved into the horizon. The sky had been crystal clear previously.

I reported the incident to the nearest lifeguard. I stopped at Los Angeles Air Force Base on the way home and the security guard told me to file the report on the internet.

As a Bible believing and God fearing Christian swear this to be true.

I have never seen a UFO before today.

Posted 2002-06-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 17388
Occurred: 2001-04-24 21:25 Local
Reported: 2001-04-24 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 8 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Chevron
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Flight of 6 cheveron shaped craft .

These craft were observed from my roof top deck. I was lying in my hot tub and gazing up at the night sky. Suddenly a flight of 6 objects flying in a east by north east direction (approximate heading 080) at a fairly high rate of speed appeared at about 70 degrees azimuth to me. I live on the coastline, so the craft were coming in from over the ocean. No idea of altitude, but high enough where I could not see any detail on the craft. All craft appeared to be exactly the same. The craft gave off a faint whitish glow (a slight cast of yellow), just enought to make them visible. The craft were in perfect separation. After passing overhead, three of the craft broke off and changed heading to approx. 070. The other three maintained course for approx. 1-2 seconds, then joined up on the first three. Perfect separation was maintained at all times. No sound was heard. The craft dissappeared several seconds later, still headed approx. 070. At first I thought they were birds, then jets, since I used to fly jets in the service (A-4's). What got me was the sudden brake off movement of the first three, with no roll movement observed when they changed course. They seemed to simply "translate" over, for want of a better word. Also the speed seemed very high, and the separation was too perfect. I have seen many flight demonstration teams, but nothing like that. Flying that type of perfect formation would be very difficult for a military jet. Also, some sort of roll movement is required to change heading that quickly. Very strange.

Posted 2001-04-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 8596
Occurred: 1999-08-06 20:45 Local
Reported: 1999-08-06 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 22SECONDS
No of observers: 2

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Other


BROWNISH,GREY NO LIGHTS..LIKE A BIG BIRD HIGH BUT NO WINGS FLAPPING APPROX 1000FT UP CROSSING TOWARDS LAX, SPEED FASTER THAN ANY JET, NO SOUND PEACEFUL, ITS GREYESH COLOR DISAPEARED IN DESTANCE.

MY DAUGHTER AND I (MOM) JUST ARRIVED HOME, AND LOOKING UP FOR SPIDERS ON THE WALL OF OUR HOME I SAW UP TOWARDS THE SKY AND SAW THIS BROWNISH, GREYISH THING THAT AT FIRST I THOUGH WAS A BIRD, BUT THAT HIGH UP AND MOVING DAMM FASTER THAN A JET (AND I SEE PLENTY OF JETS BEING CLOSE BY LAX) AND APPEARING IN SIZE ABOUT 9 FEET. GET GOT MY DAUGHTERS EYE AND HER SEEING BETTER THAN ME SAW IT CROSSING OUT TO LAX.

Posted 1999-08-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 23665
Occurred: 1997-08-18 19:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2002-07-08 14:55 Pacific
Duration: 10-20 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

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

Spheres clone then vanish

At a manhattan beach elementary school which sits on top of a hill a friend and I were filming ourselves perform skateboarding tricks. We skateboarded until the camera's battery died. Afterwards we sat down and took a rest. My friend and I were talking about something when he suddenly said "what is that?" I looked up from a top the hill to see 3 sphere shaped bright balls in the formation of a triangle. They were moving very slowly, practically stationary and it definetly didn't seem normal. They continued to hover and then another sphere with the same dimensions and the same level of brightness as the other spheres emerged out of one of the original bright spheres. My friend had suggested that it was the apocalypse. Out of the first two original spheres came more spheres, again the same size and brightness. Then out of the clones came out another clone. This kept happening until there were about twelve spheres. The clones then started to form the original triangle pattern which the first three spheres were in. I know others also saw the incident because their were many cars all around that stoped to observe what was happening. The spheres were just as bright as they were before and then one of the spheres sort of flashed and disappeared. The rest of the spheres did the same and disappeared in an instant. We couldn't understand what it was , how they cloned each other and how they disappeared in an instant. Note: we were observing this incident from a top a hill in manhattan. The incident was occuring close to us within clearly visible distance.



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous. PD


Posted 2002-07-26

NUFORC UFO Sighting 108870
Occurred: 1993-07-03 00:00 Local
Reported: 2014-04-23 16:12 Pacific
Duration: minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Manhatten Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Electrical or magnetic effects, Marks found on body afterwards

Weird red spots on skin.

My son was at the beach when all of a sudden he described to me a blue-ish light in the sky, and he told me that the ocean water got very warm.

He was left with dots on bis back that lasted for about two weeks. No itching, burning, scaring, etc.

I have a pic. of the dots...that are exactly 3/4" spaced apart.

Posted 2014-04-24