NUFORC UFO Sighting 178363
Occurred: 2023-09-12 19:30 Local
Reported: 2023-09-15 17:51 Pacific
Duration: 2 Minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, GA, USA
Location details: Lakeside Soccer Field

Shape: Other
Explanation: Balloon - Possible


Odd shaped object floated silently over the treeline.

My wife and I were attending my daughter's soccer game and about halfway through the game, I noticed a strange looking dark object floating over the treeline. It wasn't moving much at first, but after a few seconds it began to move north. My first thought was that it was a mylar balloon, but it didn't go up. It stayed moving horizontally. I pointed it out to my wife and she stared at it for a while and agreed that it was something very unusual.




Posted 2023-10-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 176035
Occurred: 2023-06-03 22:35 Local
Reported: 2023-06-04 17:32 Pacific
Duration: 5min
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, CA, USA
Location details: Fullmoon clear skies warm evening

Shape: Cylinder
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Craft moved across the sky heading south bright white glow..not a sound

Craft move across the clear moonlit sky
Glowing brightwhite with out a sound.




Posted 2023-07-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 167148
Occurred: 2022-03-20 10:13 Local
Reported: 2022-03-20 10:25 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, CA, USA
Location details: High up in the sky, traveling southeast, constant speed

Shape: Orb


Light colored orb traveling at a constant speed, se direction.

I was in my hot tub looking up and noticed a shiny sphere moving se at a constant speed over Martinez and Pleasant Hill. There is a municipal airport nearby, but this was not an airplane. It was clearly spherical in shape.

Posted 2022-04-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 142415
Occurred: 2018-07-22 21:30 Local
Reported: 2018-07-24 22:25 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Stationary, then slow moving, transparent triangle with bright corner lights that dimmed & disappeared.

My boyfriend and I were stargazing the southern sky when simultaneously, we both saw 3 bright white lights forming a large triangle. The lights were the brightest objects in the sky besides the half moon, and brighter than either of the two planets visible low in the southern and eastern skies, respectively, that night.

The triangle was stationary as we watched but the interior area was either exactly the same color of the sky or otherwise completely transparent. Within a few seconds, the corner lights began dimming down until they only had the intensity of the surrounding stars. Then while holding its shape, the triangle slowly moved upwards until it became stationary for several minutes and the lights dimmed to the point that they were no longer visible.

Posted 2018-08-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 137297
Occurred: 2017-11-17 13:17 Local
Reported: 2017-11-17 15:11 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Formation


Eight white spheres observed against clear blue sunny skies & vanished before the observer could take a photo.

Friday, 11-17-2017 at 13:17, I heard a loud, low flying helicopter, which prompted me to go outdoors & observe. The day is sunny, clear blue skies, wind NE prox. 8mph. The ‘chopper’ is flying north bound, about 45 degrees above the horizon, & is white with some black markings. High above the chopper, about 15k-20k feet, is a tight group of 8 white spherical objects, some dark underneath, about 1/8inch diameter as viewed from ground. The formation is not moving except for 3 which are moving in various directions, then the entire group proceeds to move slowly SW.

I ran to get my camera, which took under 5-seconds, I fired up the camera & the objects disappeared. Gone, before my eyes, & unable to snap a picture. The chopper had passed, still heard distantly, however, I could not see the objects anywhere in the clear blue skies.
They were not birds nor balloons.

Sighting lasted about 1-2 mins.

My background: 66yrs., careers in medicine, & construction/engineering.

Posted 2017-11-17

NUFORC UFO Sighting 135174
Occurred: 2017-07-15 22:00 Local
Reported: 2017-07-16 03:41 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Bright lights moving.

Bright light, showing many colors, purple, blue, red, yellow, all flashing.

The object then moved, you can see two stationary lights below the object.

Posted 2017-07-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 122648
Occurred: 2015-10-08 23:00 Local
Reported: 2015-10-09 03:36 Pacific
Duration: 1-2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Black triangular UFO over Martinez, CA.

We were driving home and were 3 blocks from our home when my girlfriend pointed out this black shape to the right and above our car. It was about a block away and was moving very slowly at first.

It was huge, triangular and its bulk blotted out the sky.

I estimate it was 1-200 feet above the tree line as we were near a stand of trees near our local park, across from our 3 story apartment building. It was higher than our building as well by at least 1 time.

It moved silently and slowly from right to left (We live 8 blocks from San Francisco Bay and it was headed in that direction ). It then sped up somewhat and by the time we went 1 1/2 to 2 blocks it had disappeared.

NO engine noises were heard.

It had 2 bright lights on each corner from left to right and a bright blinking light at the top corner but looked like a triangle if you stand it on its base.

I am a former member of the Civil Air Patrol, have attended dozens of air shows across the country as well as military open houses and this object did not display any of the characteristics of powered craft.

Since the local refinery borders our area as well as the courthouse and county jail, no aircraft would be flying that low.

It was not a helicopter either. The police and sheriff use them here on a regular basis and I am familiar with what they look and sound like. They fly near my building and are very noisy.

This object made NO noise.

Posted 2015-10-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 168660
Occurred: 2015-09-03 03:08 Local
Reported: 2022-06-16 04:32 Pacific
Duration: 2-4 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, CA, USA
Location details: Directly above me at the end of my driveway on orange st

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

Blinding whiter than white glowing moving fast from high up but getting lower as if I was direct target as it crossed the sky.

There I was sneaking out my house, walked out to get in my car surveyed the clear sky noticing stars when I immediately noticed the brightest blinding white stadium sized mass of light far off across the bay over vallejo coming swiftly but steady closer and lowering as a plane does when coming in to land. I felt a fear come over me like I was in danger. I knew from looking at it it wasn't of this world. But as scared as I felt I couldn't take my eyes off it and it was making me squint and I put my hands above my eyebrows to help with glare and I didn't want to be there on the street all by myself but I was memorized by how frigging bright this thing was it must have narrowed directly above me as I broke my neck following it trying to figure out what is it. I will say it was so low I could have jumped and touched it right above the telephone poles and I couldn't even tell you the shape of it and I remember it was dead silent. No noise no rumbling no vibration no static no humming just bright white blinding like a spot light but not a spot light.i had to look down as I turned around so my neck didn't break and as it passed over moving away
Staying same hight moving fast I kept looking for shape of some kind then it just kept going till it faded out my view. It had no reflection on my car or gleaming off other metals. I still have that feeling I was going to get snatched up and nobody would have known what happened to me. Like in the blink of an eye.. gone. I was so sure this was it like I showed up early and ruined the abduction in a sense. Like scared as fu.k but willing. I could of threw a football at it and hit it for sure it was so close. It was a force. I never told anyone. I ran back in my house so lucky to see the inside. This impacted my life. It had so much power I could have only been God. But felt like hopeless evil.

Posted 2022-06-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 118717
Occurred: 2015-04-30 23:20 Local
Reported: 2015-05-01 02:16 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Animals reacted

Large bright light hovering and making arc like movements.

At approximately 23:20 hours, myself and two friends noticed a large, bright light. It was the level of the hillside across the road. About 100 yards high. It hovered and moved left and right, forward and back.

The distance of the movements was probably a few feet at a time. These movements happened randomly, and were not rhythmic in any way. When the movements were executed they seemed circular, they did not move in a straight line from left to right, but made an arc.

The light was round, bright and white. We could also see a red light that was much smaller and appeared to be behind the white light. At the beginning of the sighting, the object was about a half mile away from us.

After a couple of minutes of watching it, it moved forward toward us to about 1/4 of a mile away. Then it moved back to its original distance. After around 10 minutes it began to move away while keeping the same position in the sky, for the light got smaller and dimmer. It finally moved beyond the crest of the hill and disappeared.

Posted 2015-05-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 113453
Occurred: 2014-09-11 21:10 Local
Reported: 2014-09-11 22:18 Pacific
Duration: 5-10 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Changed Colo

2 red lights becoming 3-white lights seen over Martinez,Ca, Marina park area.

Observed in Martinez, Ca., with 2-witnessess, a craft or crafts slowly moving in a NE direction towards another city, Benicia. Picture a pencil at arm's length with a red light at each end in a straight line away from each other & remove the mental image of the pencil.

The 2-red lights would move closer together to 1-red light & then become 3-white lights & moving in a ball juggling fashion in tight proximity/formation,then back to 1-red light which expanded to 2-red lights & increasing in distance from each other again. This activity would occur for many miles until the lights separated at a great distance from each other with one stationary & the other moving away at a greater distance. The stationary light would then rejoin the other red light until out of view.

Posted 2014-09-18

NUFORC UFO Sighting 111641
Occurred: 2014-07-17 21:20 Local
Reported: 2014-07-17 18:40 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, GA, USA

Shape: Light


I was sitting on my front porch talking to my husband when i noticed something out of the corner of my eye. I looked across the street up high between the trees and I saw two bright lights, not close enough to be an airplane by any means, as I had my eyes locked on it, it disappeared.

Two seconds later, it was lit again and quick as it happened, it was gone.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2014-07-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 109276
Occurred: 2014-05-08 23:15 Local
Reported: 2014-05-09 05:38 Pacific
Duration: 30-60 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, GA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Electrical or magnetic effects, Animals reacted

Bright orange light that faded on and off with smaller lights surrounding it.

My husband and I were sitting on our front porch and I noticed a strange look on my husband's face. I then look in the same direction, towards I-20 West bound. We noticed a round orange light that appeared to "fade" on, then got really bright and then "faded" off with several smaller whitish lights around it. They moved side to side then up and down in a diagonal motion. After a few seconds the orange light then "faded" back on for a few seconds and back off again. Still seeing the whitish lights around it, but only for about 15 more seconds and then it was gone, appeared to move off in a westerly direction. There was no sound during this time, however, just a few seconds after the lights were gone, there was a "humming type noise and the dogs in the area started howling and then all of sudden it was silent. I reaffirmed with my husband, who is a HUGE skeptic, that he too in fact just witnessed the same thing that I h! ad.

Posted 2014-06-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 98521
Occurred: 2013-01-01 23:00 Local
Reported: 2013-06-09 08:32 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, GA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Electrical or magnetic effects, Marks found on body afterwards

ufo gives friends a sunburn.

me and a friend were partying for new years eve. we looked up and saw a bright, red, ball shaped light streaking across the sky. being a Augusta native, I know the aircraft light patterns. this was not one. it made absolutely no noise, and was only 200 to 500 feet off the ground. we both saw this object, and a local sheriff also saw it as well. this was on a clear night, and as far as I know there were no missiles, or meteors in the skies. my friend is a former air force pilot, and he has no clue what it was. when I woke up the next morning, I had a very bad SUNBURN! so did my friend, and unless I am wrong, we didn't see no sun.

this was a very strange event, and I thought it should be reported. (noting, we have seen strange lights in our swamp before.)our car started as well, even though no one was inside.




NUFORC Note:

We are unconvinced that this report is intended to be a sincere account of a real event. PD


Posted 2013-07-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 89285
Occurred: 2012-05-30 19:30 Local
Reported: 2012-05-30 17:17 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Martinez, GA, USA

Shape: Cigar


My son and I were in our backyard and saw a long, cigar-shaped object with no wings, sound,or exhaust fly through the sky like a plane.

My son and I were in our back yard. It was 19:30, so the sun was setting, but there was still plenty of light. We saw what we thought was an airplane flying over. It was flying fairly low, an we realized that it had no wings. We continued to watch it "disappeared" behind the trees(it did not disappear, but flew into an area where we could no longer see it). The body of the craft was cigar-shaped, but had a divot near the front that seemed to extend around its entire diameter. There was no exhaust or trail extending behind it, and it made no noise. It looked to be about the size of a large, jet airplane. I am not sure how far up in the sky it was flying, but it was low enough to see some details. It appeared to be a shiny, aluminum color.

Posted 2012-06-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 83990
Occurred: 2011-09-18 03:00 Local
Reported: 2011-09-18 03:57 Pacific
Duration: over an hour
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

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

extremely bright light seen moving and stopping for over an hour

for the second night in a row, I've seen an extremely bright light moving erratically in the night sky. The object is at an altitude higher than a commercial airplane and much brighter than any helicopter or airplane, the object emits no noise and moves very slowly. The light moves in waves and stops periodically, the light was in the same vicinity as the night before. The light is brighter than the moon and appears to have some sort of small tail.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2011-10-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 83974
Occurred: 2011-09-16 01:00 Local
Reported: 2011-09-17 10:47 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour
No of observers: 1

Location: Matinez, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams

extremely bright "x" shaped light moving very slowly in a floating manner for over an hour

Extremely Bright light moving very slowly across the night sky, was observed for one hour. Appeared to be much higher than an aircraft and much brighter, light rays were appeared in a "x" cross with an occasional red tail. Light slowly moved towards the southeast in a floating manner.

Seen by the naked eye so I can't be certain, but object appeared to have 3 brightly lit tails that moved.

This is the first UFO I have seen, extremely different than any flying craft seen before.

I'm a college graduate with experience in aerospace.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2011-10-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 78969
Occurred: 2010-11-18 22:43 Local
Reported: 2010-11-18 23:08 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 0

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Teardrop
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Inverted Teardrop-shaped UFO Martinez, CA.

My wife, an amateur astronomer, who has for years enjoyed meteors and satellites, just walked in from outside (she was looking for more Leonids) and said she saw a UFO. I quickly wrote down what she saw. This happened less than 20 minutes ago. No wind, temp 54 F., cloudy with patches of haze. My wife saw an object that was an inverted teardrop shape, a dull brick red (possible dull glow), around 1/8th the size of the Moon, no noise, heading northwest in an ARC, at a slow pace, below the cloud cover. It's her first UFO and she's sketching it, right now. Sadly, I didn't see it. I sent a text message to George Norry's show, which is on live.



Posted 2010-11-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 78439
Occurred: 2010-10-18 06:30 Local
Reported: 2010-10-18 08:02 Pacific
Duration: 30sec
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown


just a object that moved across the sky at a steady speed

just a large light that moved west to east at a steady rate of speed,a red streak of light seemed to come from the ground!

Posted 2010-11-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 78357
Occurred: 2010-10-13 20:30 Local
Reported: 2010-10-14 08:59 Pacific
Duration: ~8 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Faintly glowing wedge-shaped craft flies swiftly and silently over San Francisco East Bay town.

Between 8:30 and 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, I had taken the dog to the backyard so he could relieve himself. I often stand on the deck in the center of the yard and gaze up at the stars at such times.

I noticed a dim light in the sky to the east-northeast, moving a bit fast. I thought it was a meteorite, but as I watched, it seemed to change course and “fly” horizontally.

As the light approached, it appeared to have a definitive shape, sort of like a wedge or boomerang. The entire object seemed to glow with a faint reddish-orange light, and there appeared to be rows of slightly brighter lights underneath it.

From my perspective, it would have been approximately half an inch wide. I heard no engine or wind noise.

The object passed overhead and continued on a straight path toward the west-southwest. From the moment I first spotted it to the moment it disappeared from sight, about eight seconds passed.

Posted 2010-11-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 71606
Occurred: 2009-08-10 23:00 Local
Reported: 2009-08-11 15:07 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Red light over Conta Costa County

A red orangish light that varied in intensity, was in an oval shape moving in an erratic fashion for over an hour. It went from south to west, then back to south. It seemed to stay in the same position for about fifteen minutes at a time. It moved in small circular up and down movements, like a tadpole, as it traveled across the sky.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2009-08-27

NUFORC UFO Sighting 70536
Occurred: 2009-06-16 22:30 Local
Reported: 2009-06-17 04:21 Pacific
Duration: 25 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Light


Bright Red Light Hovering in the sky

Driving south on I-680 in the East Bay in the San Francisco bay area to work on Monday night 6/16/09. Saw a bright red light in the sky. It was as bright as a stop light and was not pulsating or blinking. Thought it was an aircraft or a helicopter , but it did not have any additional lights blinking as an air plane would have. The light appeared to be higher than an aircraft would be flying in the area. The light hovered in the sky and was not moving for several minutes. The light proceeded to move from west to east gaining altitude but remained bright. Still driving, watched as it moved away towards the east, but it stopped again and was not moving. Watched for 10 more minutes and realized it was moving again, this time in a southerly direction. It appeared to be moving further away in a southerly direction, suddenly I realized it moved back towards the west and back closer to where it was before. It continued to move south and then started gradually moving towards the east again until it was out of sight. Overall, I observed the object for 20 to 25 minutes.



Posted 2009-08-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 66166
Occurred: 2008-10-09 22:30 Local
Reported: 2008-10-10 12:53 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

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

3 lighted circular air craft dropped straight down out of my view into the hills.

I was driving along highway 4 towards the city of Rodeo. I noticed what I thought was a plane flying lower than the other two planes I had seen in the sky and it was also moving at a slower speed. After watching for about a minute it dropped straight down out of my view into the hills. It had a red, blue and an amber colored light and was in a triangle/circular pattern. It dropped at such a fast speed the lights left a trail for a second. I expected to see a possible explosion or smoke from a crash because I have never seen something drop at that rate of speed from the sky. Once the object went out of site I did not see it again. Thanks

Posted 2008-10-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 65911
Occurred: 2008-09-26 13:52 Local
Reported: 2008-09-26 16:33 Pacific
Duration: 7 mins.
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Bubble Shaped Object Spotted in Martinez, CA

I was in my backyard in the swimming pool on the afternoon of Sept. 26 '08. I was staring up at the sky, when over the top of a tree high up in the sky I saw an object emerge. I watched it closely, trying to identify what it was. It appeared to be a clearish, lit up bubble looking thing. Or like a large star. Very hard to describe.

5 more objects emerged & slowly glided accross the sky, still high up, but very visible. They came over my home & hovered. Then they completely vanished.

The event took place at 1:52 pm, & lasted approximately 7 minutes. I tried to video the objects from my cell phone, but they are unable to be seen.

Posted 2008-10-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 65949
Occurred: 2008-09-03 21:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2008-09-28 20:32 Pacific
Duration: 4min
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Light travels across sky then takes off like a shot

A light that looked like a star traveled across the sky at low speed then took off at a very very high speed and disappeared






NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that date of incident is approximate. PD


Posted 2008-10-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 55104
Occurred: 2007-01-31 19:00 Local
Reported: 2007-02-04 06:29 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, GA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Changed Color, Electrical or magnetic effects

Martinez GA 3 minuites a changing color triangle hovering over martinez,ga with 3 lights

We were in tennis court playing tennis and we heard a hovering sound above us. We looked upand a large triangle was hovering above us. It was changing colors from red to blue to gray to white. There was a haze around the object. There were 2 lights on the flat edge of the triangle. When it was hovering, our METAL tennis rackets startedto try to get away from us. A third light turned on then it madea large popping noise and a flame went out of the flat edge and it took off leaving a trail that looked like toxic chemicals. The trail was glowing yellow.

Posted 2007-02-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 53361
Occurred: 2006-11-07 01:15 Local
Reported: 2006-11-11 04:02 Pacific
Duration: 3-4 MIN
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

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

An orange glowing ("fireball' appereance) with falling burning embers followed by 2 jets.

While smoking a cigarette with a friend in front of my house, in martinez ca. on 11/07/06 @ 01:15 am, we noticed a glowing object, from the west, headed east appearing to be on fire. emmiting 2 "burning ember" looking objects released simotaniously at rear of object. No sounds what-so-ever; Until the jets arrived. 2 to be exact, about 3 minutes after the passing of the fireball. Appeared to us to be "chasing" the object. As it neared the moon, the object disappeared and the jets then split off in seperate directions. We would like to know what this was. Thanx.



Posted 2006-12-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 51319
Occurred: 2006-07-07 23:55 Local
Reported: 2006-07-12 22:54 Pacific
Duration: 10 to 15 mins
No of observers: 4

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Emitted other objects

my parents in there 60's are in aww it scared them Also. Date seen 7-7-06 11:55pm until it vanished .

Last night at about 11:55 pm. on the west coast.. Martinez. We seen something unexplainable too us. It was No plane It looked like a Gold Island in the Sky Then what we can only explain as an ambilical cord came down with a egg shaped pod came Lower. then about 2 minutes later Vanished. I went searching through pics Found something pretty close But Now cant find that site.




NUFORC Note:

There were no known missile launches from Vandenberg AFB on this date. PD


Posted 2006-07-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 51722
Occurred: 2006-06-23 23:30 Local
Reported: 2006-07-25 16:34 Pacific
Duration: about 10 mins
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, GA, USA

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

Ive filed a similar report on April 8 2006.

I saw the formation again sunday night around 11 30 after arriving home from work. Same as in the other report, group of 3 to 4 rapidly moving lights acting in unison. They move in rapid circles getting further and further from the center light before stopping then moving rapidly back towards the center light. This time they would go out including the center light when they reached it, then appear in a different place. I watched this for about 10 minutes before it stopped. This time they were red blue and green with the center light being a bright white. There were storms in this area Saturday Sunday and Monday but I dont think the lights were a result of the weather. It was not raining when I saw this but had been within the past hour.




NUFORC Note:

Possible advertising lights?? PD


Posted 2006-10-30

NUFORC UFO Sighting 47890
Occurred: 2005-11-15 02:30 Local
Reported: 2005-11-22 12:32 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 0

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Other


Glowing object moves across San Francisco Bay Area sky

At 2:30 a.m. on November 15, 2005, in Martinez (27 miles from San Francisco), my dog awakened me to take her outside to go to the bathroom. Since I had taken her out at 11:30 p.m., before I went to bed, I thought it quite unusual, but took her anyway. I was outside with enough time to sit down on my front steps when a movement in the southwest sky made me look up.

I will do my best to describe what I saw. If I had to compare the object I saw in the sky to something I have seen in my life, I would have to say it had a rectangular shape and moved somewhat in an undulating way, like a jellyfish. The outline and brightness of the thing against the dark sky was very crisp and clear. It was bright, glowing white. It had a white oval disk, which I’ll now call a head. The head seemed to lead what I’ll now call a tail. The tail was the same width as the head. The oval head was solid white and distinguishable from the tail because the tail was transparent but streaked with white light. When I say transparent, I mean I could see the dark sky behind the tail part but I could not see the dark sky behind the white oval. The tail moved in graceful, undulating like way. The object never stopped moving. It seemed to me it had a destination. At times it seemed to almost dip as it moved across t he sky, which made it seem fluid. It made no noise.

My thoughts at the time: What is THAT? It’s so much bigger than a star or plane. It’s so defined and crisp, it looks like a cartoon or a fluorescent light. The light is coming from within it. It’s graceful. It flows. It’ll be gone before I can get a camera. I’ve never seen anything like this before. I didn’t feel threatened but I was a little scared.

When I first sighted it, it appeared to be moving at me, coming from southwest direction but then began moving west. As it did so, the tail seemed to undulate, almost as if it were blowing in the wind, like you might see flag or a scarf do in a light breeze. However, there was no wind that night. The leaves were not blowing in the trees.

At some point after it began moving west, my dog noticed it. She had just finished relieving herself when it must’ve caught her attention. At 2:30 am there were no other people or animals around to distract her. My dog, a beagle, has never barked at anything in the sky before, but she looked up and began a frantic, sharp bark. She has a bay type bark but when she noticed the thing in the sky, her bark was frantic and sharp. As I recall, my dog was looking up in the direction of the thing in the sky but her head was moving as if she couldn’t quite focus. I was really surprised that she was barking at something in the sky and was having a hard time myself because I couldn’t understand what it was I was looking at.

I’m a nearly 50-year-old professional and have never seen anything like that in my life. As it was 2:30 in the morning and my dog was barking frantically and I have neighbors, so I had to pull her inside. The object in the sky was moving in a northwestly direction in an undulating way when I last saw it.






NUFORC Note:

We have spoken with this witness on several occasions, and she seems quite reliable to us. If anyone else witnessed this object, we would very much like to receive reports from the witnesses. PD


Posted 2005-12-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 35904
Occurred: 2004-03-28 20:00 Local
Reported: 2004-03-29 22:24 Pacific
Duration: 5-7 minutes
No of observers: 6

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Emitted other objects, Aircraft nearby

Fireballs performing amazing feats.

Around 8 p.m. I was alerted to check out the UFO's outside the house. There were 4 round orbs and they were basically the color of fire. One moved over the neighborhood and seemed fairly close, perhaps as low as 2000 feet, but it did not seem to be terribly high over the rooftops in the neighborhood. Rather than acting shocked or suprised, I tried to observe carefully along with the other witnesses. These objects made absolutely NO sound. No helicopter sounds. No sounds of a plane or jet. No sound whatsoever. They would hover and then move in linear directions, occasionally gaining in elevation. But they would not "bob" or "bounce" as they moved. They traveled a slow but still manner. They seemed to exercise control in their movement. At one point the other three traveled further away and up into the night sky becoming smaller and presumably more distant. At this point two of these orbs dissapeared. They did not fade out, but simply disappeared. The effect was like holding a lit match and then blowing it out. That quick. The third object continued to travel away off into space until it was no longer visible to us. Then the last remaining one which at one point seemed so close appeared to drop three little balls of light while it was moving. Yet as these little orbs were released they would dissapear maybe 1 to 1 and1/2 seconds after being dropped. Finally this last object took off up into the night sky and was gone in barely second. According to one of the witnesses who is one of my family members, there were other people along the street watching this event take place. We all agreed it was very strange and that the objects appeared to be under some sort of control. In my opinion, if these were man made then our technology has definitely jumped into the 25th century.



Posted 2004-04-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 34147
Occurred: 2003-12-26 22:45 Local
Reported: 2003-12-26 23:35 Pacific
Duration: 5 mins
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Sphere


2 orange colored lights moving thru the sky at a great distance. A smaller blue light moved away from the two.

Two objects moving from the western horizon to the east. Both were orange in color and pretty much maintained the same distance from eachother. A smaller blue object appeared to be moving away from them towards the western horizon. My son and I both observed them, and he went in to get the binoculars to get a better look. We watched for several minutes noting that they were moving across the sky but were a great distance from us. I went to get the video camera, and my son looked back outside, and they were gone. My son is twelve and a junior high student. I am 51 and an employeed as a IS analyst for a major company that produces household cleaning products as well as other products as well.



Posted 2004-01-17

NUFORC UFO Sighting 32575
Occurred: 2003-10-20 20:45 Local
Reported: 2003-10-22 17:28 Pacific
Duration: 3-4 sec.
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, GA, USA

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

I saw an object with a greenish tail trail across the sky in an easterly direction in Augusta,Ga area 10/20/03.

I seen an object in the sky approx. 8:45 pm. , Mon. Oct. 20, 2003. It looked like a shooting star , but much bigger,almost like a single green colored bottle rocket trailing across your yard.My porch faces a northern direction , and it appeared north heading east.It amased me so much I went into the house to mention it to my brother-in-law.After that I didn't think much about it,until I read the brief report from a Lt. in Durham,NC.



Posted 2003-10-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 166531
Occurred: 2003-05-15 21:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2022-01-31 20:56 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Martinez, CA, USA
Location details: Approximately over Highway 4 and Pine Street.

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Hovering row of 5+ lights approx 50-100 yards wide.

A row of approximately 5+ lights appeared hovering just over town. A small prop plane flew under the craft which helped me gauge the massive size by comparison. Then a second, identical row of lights appeared parallel above the first row. Then both rows of lights began strobing opposite of each other just before rotating 180 degrees horizontally before completely disappearing. There was no sound, it was completely silent throughout this entire display.

Posted 2022-03-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 27395
Occurred: 2003-01-16 23:35 Local
Reported: 2003-01-30 18:13 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

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

It was going way too fast to be a jet and it made sudden changes in direction

I was On my roof with my girlfriend when what looked to be a shooting star rose back up and swerved towards our direction I felt right away that it wasn't a jet or plane bcause it shot down like a star reaaaly faaaast then just as fast swerved back up and towards us it propably passed us at around 10-15,000 feet or so i had the impression that it was circular from the arrangments of the 8 yellow lights I dont scare easy but something about this told me it wasnt one of ours.

Posted 2003-03-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 24330
Occurred: 2002-08-09 01:50 Local
Reported: 2002-08-10 01:53 Pacific
Duration: 6 seconds
No of observers: 0

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Flash
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby, Electrical or magnetic effects

bright streak in the sky

i went out side to smoke a ciggareet and as i steped outside i saw something whice look as though it was entering are atmosphere as a light steak it moved very fast down ward slighty from the high point on the left to the low point to the right at first i thoght it was just a fallin"star" as we called meteorites as kids any way as it streak downwards it toward the end of its tail became brighter it had a bright white glow near the end than kind of turned blueish color like the color of a welding tourch then it dissapeared almost as if it burnt up in or atmosphere i beleive its highest brightness look as if it were egg shaped almost like a burst of enflamed hydrogen gas apon ignition.also i noticed shifting in the earth or rattling windows as if a major quake is about to take place arund 12 am this morning the atmophereis eiry calm. also i just noticed at 152am that all the crickets are chiriping and they hadnt all night also a picture mysteryisl moved earlyer yesterday it was straight when i left the room and crooked when i came back in also i was outsied and the screen door opened upruptly as if some one hasd pused it and then let it shut this happend a few nights ago when me and my dad was watching a old movie i think it even spooked him after i brought it to his attention.magnectic effects is still atmophere and a feeling of being in a different time period whice i have felt on other occasions recently in portland santa cruz oakland and martinez california.

Posted 2002-08-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 23515
Occurred: 2002-06-29 02:25 Local
Reported: 2002-06-29 12:22 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Oval


Large glowing ovoid descends rapidly west of Martinez, California.

I was in my home in Martinez and observed this object over the ridge to the West of downtown. I saw it through an open window (not through the glass). It came in from the south at 35 degrees from the horizontal. It traveled down in a straight line. It disappeared behind the ridge west of town. It was a glowing yellow in color. It was roughly ovoid in shape. It was the size of my little finger nail held at arms length. I got the impression (which might not be correct) that it was a large object quite a distance away (maybe 5 miles or so). It traversed roughly 10 degres of the sky before disappearing behind the ridge. After getting over my initial surprise, I jumped up and went to the window and observed the sky for another half minute, but saw no further activity. I would be interested in knowing if any other San Francisco Bay Area residents saw this object.



NUFORC Note:

We spoke via telephone with this witness, and he sounded to us to be an exceptionally credible witness. PD


Posted 2002-07-01

NUFORC UFO Sighting 57546
Occurred: 2002-06-20 23:20 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2007-07-08 20:16 Pacific
Duration: 20 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, GA, USA

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

Ufo seen near power plants

Was at Thurmond Lake with my girlfriend. It was night and we were sitting at the edge of water looking at the Corps of Engineers hydro electric dam. There are lots of lights on it there is a road on top of it too. We noticed a huge white light that hovered for about 20 minutes or so, and the whole time we kept talking trying to figure out what it could possibly be. Then it just took off so fast vertical and was gone in few seconds, my girlfriend instantly started crying and did so the whole way home.

Another I saw was in the same area of lake. Me and my brother and a friend were bowfishing as we have for many years, It was night time again. I had just shot a fish and was bent down by the water getting fish off my arrow, When I saw the whole lake light up and huge light reflection in the water. Then my brother and friend start screaming did you see that, they saw huge glowing light speeding fast overhead.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2007-08-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 22463
Occurred: 2002-03-30 14:30 Local
Reported: 2002-04-08 12:46 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 min.
No of observers: 5

Location: Martinez Lake, AZ, USA

Shape: Sphere


The friends I was with decided to take their boat up river 10 to 15 miles and go swimming in one of the inlets. While we were out there a couple of the people were looking up at the sky. They were pointing and saying "look up there" after focusing my eyes i saw 5 round white objects floating around. At first it looked like thay had formed a circle and moving around it, then they proceeded to float out into a line. I then lost track of them.



NUFORC Note:

Please see reports for the incident from other witnesses in the same group . PD


Posted 2002-04-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 22462
Occurred: 2002-03-30 14:30 Local
Reported: 2002-04-08 12:36 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 5

Location: Martinez Lake, CA, USA

Shape: Sphere


5 Dancing Spheres

We went up on the river about 15 miles and pulled into an inlet to swim around and hang out, when we heard this loud noise that sounded like a jet or some kind of plane. Two of the people we were with were saying "look at that" while pointing to the sky. As i looked up there i saw 5 white spheres dancing around. They at first were dancing in a circle then all started heading out in a line where they all would disappear before my very eyes.



NUFORC Note:

Please see reports for the incident from other witnesses in the same group . PD


Posted 2002-04-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 20792
Occurred: 2001-10-29 12:30 Local
Reported: 2001-12-13 11:05 Pacific
Duration: 10seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Martinez, GA, USA

Shape: Light


Light spotted over Martinez, GA in middle of day.

I had stopped at a fast food restraunt when I heard a bunch of pigeons fly from the top of a billboard next to the building. As I looked to see what the comotion was I saw a bright object flying from east to west. The object was apparently at the altitude of 30,000 feet. I observed the object flying on a straight path, then it begain to zig-zag. The side to side motions were approximately 8-10 times the width of the object. It zig-zaged 4 times then flew straight for about the same distance and repeated the zig-zag motion. I turned away from the object for a moment then looked back in the direction but couldn't find it anymore.

Posted 2002-01-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 19307
Occurred: 2001-08-27 04:45 Local
Reported: 2001-08-28 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1.5 hrs
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Seen colorfull, unusual moving star near the earths atmosphere.

It appeared to be a star that looked like the Planet Veines with flashing colored lights. As I was star gazing I noticed this star to move in short quick moves repeatedly stopping and pausing still between each short quick swift move. The pauses lasted about 30 to 45 seconds. This was very unusual to me so I continued to watch it for aprox 1.5 hrs. When making its moves, it would instantaneously changed directions from left to right or up and down moving in straight lines. It also moved in half circles. It gradually worked its way in a northern direction. When I looked at it with binoculars, it was mostly fuzzy and blurred from the bright colors. After focusing the long-range binoculars the best I could, I made out a few physical characteristics. The illuminated rainbow colored panels making up the diameter of the object and most of the height. The colors slowing rotated around the object. This was not a star, with out a dought, this was a solid mass object near the atmosphere. I'm assuming it was just outside the earth's atmosphere. The colored lights which appeared to be panels where just bright enough to blur out the rest of the shape. The position and placement of the colored panels made up the horizontally sliced cone shape that I could best make out. Were there any other reports on this ???? please reply..... Im must get some conformation about it before I'll tell to many people. I’m having trouble getting anyone to return my calls. (UFO agency's, air ports haven't called back) WAS THIS A SATILITE????????? Please reply



NUFORC Note:

Same witness as for preceding report. The description is consistent with what a person staring at a twinkling star will report. PD


Posted 2001-10-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 19318
Occurred: 2001-08-27 04:15 Local
Reported: 2001-08-29 00:00 Pacific
Duration: ~1 hrs
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

moving star looking light

I watched this star looking light for Aprox. 1 hrs. It was the most unusual thing in the night sky I ever seen. It moved back and forth and stopped repeatedly gradually working its why north. Over Martinez to Benicia then over Vallejo and keep going north ( See yesterday report for more detail and description). If I can just get someone with a consistent sighting people wont think I'm nuts. Did the Navy or Airforce seen this unusual moving thing. The way it moved was not consistent with any Airplane or satellite Iv seen. No helicopters fly that altitude. What was it ? Did any astronomers see it. I woke one neighbor to witness this and she thought it might be new technology in weather monitoring equipment. I need answers so people won't look at me like a fool when I tell them.



NUFORC Note:

Reports is not inconsistent with the sighting of a twinkling star. If the witness was looking to the western sky, a celestial body would move down and to the right. PD


Posted 2001-10-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 16034
Occurred: 2001-01-23 19:50 Local
Reported: 2001-01-23 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Light in sky that constantly dulled and brightened while moving.

Object appeared as a bright yellow/white light. Extremely bright light, no star could compare to this light. Object started to dull and fade till it was just a pinhole of light. Object then came back just as bright. This fading and reappering continued for about 10 minutes. Object then would appear bright, completely disappear then come back in a different spot. Then it would disappear again only to come back in it's original spot. This continued for about 5 minutes.

Posted 2001-02-18

NUFORC UFO Sighting 10184
Occurred: 1999-10-10 00:01 Local
Reported: 1999-10-10 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour
No of observers: 2

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Changing
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

Bright objects, red and green flashing lights (and a diffuse white light off to one side of the larger of the two objects), about 30 degrees over horizon (in the East-Northeast part of the sky. The objects oscillated and seemed to change shape (could be because they were rotating). They also ascended, exhibiting horizontal movements as well. They were NOT twinkling stars!

Between approximately 12:00-1:00 a.m., we saw two bright objects in the sky with red and green flashing lights (and a diffuse white light off to one side of the larger of the two objects). We estimate they were about 30 degrees over the horizon (in the East-Northeast part of the sky. (The general location appeared to be over oil refineries in the area). The objects oscillated and seemed to change shape and dim and brighten(could be because they were rotating). They also ascended, exhibiting horizontal movements as well, and moved relative to fixed points. They were too distant for us to determine their exact shape. But we know they were NOT twinkling stars!

Posted 1999-10-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 42311
Occurred: 1999-06-15 16:00 Local
Reported: 2005-02-24 22:43 Pacific
Duration: 5 mins.
No of observers: 3

Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Electrical or magnetic effects

LARGE RED SPHERE COVERD IN WHITE LIGHTS HOVERING

A large Red sphere that was coverd in round, white lights hoverd in one place about 1 or 2 miles away. We looked and looked at it for awhile and then went inside to find some binoculars and then came out again and it was gone.



Posted 2005-05-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 711
Occurred: 1995-08-14 20:50 Local
Reported: 1995-08-14 00:00 Pacific
Duration:


Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape:




Posted 1999-11-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 706
Occurred: 1995-08-13 21:05 Local
Reported: 1995-08-13 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1 min.


Location: Martinez, CA, USA

Shape:




Posted 1999-11-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 113544
Occurred: 1968-09-20 23:00 Local
Reported: 2014-09-13 17:49 Pacific
Duration: 20
No of observers: 4

Location: Martinez, GA, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object, Landed, Missing Time, Animals reacted

The object moved slowly lingering in the sky shifting motion left to right proceeding toward us as the lights on the craft continuously blink. Then hovering over a huge pile of leaves, etc we were burning that night.

Time froze at that moment as we stood frighten and in complete shock. Directly it subdued still above the fire and flames.

Then suddenly moving upward at great speed back toward the sky It was gone!

When LESS then a few feet from you, you know it's REAL!

Posted 2014-09-18

NUFORC UFO Sighting 51332
Occurred: 1968-07-19 23:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2006-07-13 18:02 Pacific
Duration: 25 mins
No of observers: 4

Location: Martinez, GA, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object

Summer of 68 around 11pm.The moons glow so bright and the stars filled the night sky.

My family and I lived on a farm. With many live stock and cattle. We'd been cleaning the cattle yard and pens.Raking and burning pinestraw and debree. It was getting really late ...

my dad knew it was past my brothers and my bedtime. But, chores had to be done.

He said shouldn't take much longer.We had started late and was late getting through.

When something so strange in the sky captured our eye. It shifted to side then up and down. As it got closer almost touching the tree tops. And the object as big ...

then a roof top to be. It was spining circular motion. Bright round lights that ...

seemed to be all around its ship.Beautiful sparkling gold ufo. It was like nothing on this earth. I had a calm feeling come over me. It slowly aired down above the fire. The cows and horses standing near by and my mother, father and brother ... were like frozen in time.

Nothing moved,nor made a sound.I looked on as the round door underneath this object.

Begin to open sliding over. It reached the fires heat and the door closed shut.

Lifting back up and over again.And back the direction it came.

My father said OMG Lord No ... kids we never saw that thing! Right mom? mom agreed with daddy.My dad looked at his wristwatch ... time had stopped for 25 mins. We went in the house and a good hour and 1.2 had gone by.

A few weeks later ... 2 strange men in business suits came to visit our house.

Dad said never mind what they wanted. Although daddy didn't know but,momma let my brother and I call the radio station that night and report the UFO.

I swear with all the life in me this story is REAL and as God as my witness.

Came from something other then earth. But,where?




NUFORC Note:

Witness does not indicate it, but the date in 1968 may be approximate. PD


Posted 2006-07-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 11838
Occurred: 1955-06-01 17:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2000-02-01 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Martinez (outskirts), CA, USA

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

We observed a large object aprox.size "football field or larger" aproach us 45mph make 90 degree turn. color "red glowing ember".2000 ft. It eventually disapeared over horizon.Apeared to have windows or craters covering it. too long ago for more details. "Scarey"

Posted 2000-02-16