NUFORC UFO Sighting 149638
Occurred: 2019-10-07 17:40 Local
Reported: 2019-10-08 20:59 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

3 Objects, triangle formation, irregular, rapidly blinking pattern of red lights over Milpitas California.

At approximately 9:40 pm, I heard the distinctive sound of fighter jets passing overhead.

We hear that maybe once a month or so & I often run out back to watch what seem to be F18s or F15s fly by usually n pairs, usually heading roughly south. we live very near Moffett field as well as the San Jose Airport & a small airport for private planes I believe is called "Reid–Hillview" for private planes. The sky is always full of planes, big & small, commercial & military. Google & NASA both have a presence at Moffett.

On this occasion is was dark, night time, a not entirely black sky, very polluted with with lights was full of planes as always. 2 Fighters were heading south at a moderate altitude (probably several thousand feet) they had several sets of lights on. In an unusual twist only a few minutes later a second set was heard. I went out back again and watch 2 more fighters streak loudly southward.

Both times I called my 8 year old son out to see, the second time I called out the whole family. My wife & daughter, not terribly interested took a long time to come out by which time my son & I had been watching a bizarre, triangle formation of red & only red lights crossing the the entire sky from the Santa Cruz mountains, eventually passing over the TV & radio towers on the peak of the east hills.

It took about 2-3 minutes for the formation of objects to cross the entire sky & disappear from view, into the distance. The objects held a distant but incredibly accurate triangle formation. The red lights were not "blinking" in a regular pattern, they were alternating in an ever-changing coordinated, often very rapid sequence like no aircraft or group of aircraft that I, personally have ever seen. There was no discernible repetition or pattern to the blinking. It seemed coordinated & deliberate almost like Morse Code or music.

As the objects passed over the nearby foothills they took a surprisingly long time to disappear into the distance. To me this was an indication that they were higher & larger than they had initially appeared. There was no particular sound that seemed associated with these particular objects. Usually we can associate the many sounds coming from the crowded sky with the objects responsible. The fighters for example are far louder than anything else ever is.

There were a hand full of other odd characters in the sky that night. Presumably & seemingly conventional aircraft with somewhat odd light patterns, always-on bright white lights, more & brighter lights than the usual commercial or private aircraft seeming to circle around the entirety of the silicon valley for most of an hour before/after the strange triangle passed overhead.

My son and I watched this formation from one horizon to the other. My wife & daughter saw the second half. I didn't go for my camera because I didn't want to miss anything. Most likely this was a formation of drones or stealth fighters. The lights were weird to the point that they must have been made deliberately weird. I wish I had footage so I could try to figure out which symphony or what Morse code message some Goole nerd had probably programmed into the light pattern just to be a smart ass .

What ever it was I didn't particularly like it, less for it's weirdness & more for it's condescension.

Posted 2019-12-01

NUFORC UFO Sighting 107482
Occurred: 2014-02-26 03:30 Local
Reported: 2014-02-26 05:07 Pacific
Duration: 4 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Left a trail

I seen something moving through the clouds then split the cloud in half as it wrap around through it in a super fast motion and the clouds split further apart and it was quite




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2014-02-27

NUFORC UFO Sighting 105862
Occurred: 2014-01-01 00:00 Local
Reported: 2014-01-01 18:21 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Light


slow moving orange light floated up over hills then move to left descended and faded

Last night New Years Day..a little after 12:00 a.m.. me and my family where outside celebrating the new year when I saw a strange fireball looking orange light near the surrounding hills. It slowly started rising at a steady pace up word.

Then it moved to the left at same pace almost like a satilight. At first looked like it was in mt. However it rose above the hills and to the left it was behind bear trees but was visible.

After walking over a house distance the light started to descend down..we saw it slowly fading but it blinked twice slow interval in between..Then vanished

Posted 2014-01-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 78392
Occurred: 2010-10-12 10:00 Local
Reported: 2010-10-15 18:22 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 0

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Similar white dots seen in NYC seen in Milpitas CA

Having my morning tobacco break at about 10 AM I looked up to see one of the aircraft that was only minutes out of San Jose Airport when I noticed two points of light moving two or three full moon widths apart slowly drifting in a west to east direction. At first I thought they were coasting gulls and wondered why they would be so high.

I watched as long as my eyes could discern them disappearing over the Diablo range of mountains. Looking straight up again I observed two - four more of the white dots drifting in the same direction. At one point one of them appeared to be tumbling. I then noticed a large jet aircraft flying at an intermediate altitude also west to east along the same line. I thought it very unusual to see an aircraft at that altitude traveling west to east. Typically the aircraft have just taken off from San jose where they make a 180 degree turn to the south or they are lining up to land at Oakland in the north.

After the tumbling observation I wrote it off as spider webs. Told my wife about it when I got home and thought that was the end of the story. This morning I caught a glimpse of a video clip on google news (news organization not remembered) about the sightings over NYC. While the clip focused on what appeared to be cluster of balloons, at the very end there was a brief shot of these white dots in sky.

Seeing the similarity I had to tell someone. Does this make sense to you?


((ADDENDUM FROM SAME WITNESS))

Sorry about this, but I just filed a report about the white dots over Milpitas and I believe I got the day wrong.

I reported Wednesday, but I believe the sighting might have been Tuesday. I remember wishing I had my glasses but my glasses were in my truck, which was in the shop on Tuesday.

Like I said I thought they were spider webs until seeing the NYC videos. It registered in memory but not clearly. so this makes the report somewhat questionable but what can you do with a 58 year old memory.

Posted 2010-11-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 78394
Occurred: 2010-10-12 10:00 Local
Reported: 2010-10-15 19:05 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 0

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Sorry about this, but I just filed a report about the white dots over Milpitas and I believe I got the day wrong.

I reported Wednesday, but I believe the sighting might have been Tuesday. I remember wishing I had my glasses but my glasses were in my truck, which was in the shop on Tuesday.

Like I said I thought they were spider webs until seeing the NYC videos. It registered in memory but not clearly. so this makes the report somewhat questionable but what can you do with a 58 year old memory.

Posted 2010-11-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 72991
Occurred: 2009-10-23 23:16 Local
Reported: 2009-10-24 09:35 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Circle


We saw a orange/yellow circle shaped object traveling through the sky as fast as a shooting star

On Oct. 23rd 2009 (yesterday) I was with two other friends(we are all university students) waiting for a movie to start near a apartment complex. Around 11:16pm, while having a conversation with my friends I had my head up slightly glancing at the sky. At first I thought I saw a shooting star, and excitedly told my friends, but the duration of the object was in the sky for about 5 seconds, and logically we ruled out the fact it was a shooting star. My two friends saw the last 3 seconds of the object before it went away. They said they saw it suddenly shifted to the right before it vanished. We ruled out that it was a jet or any human aircraft because of the speed it was traveling, no human aircraft could be going that fast. It looked like a shooting star but there was no tail or trail, it was as if the object was a big subtle orange/yellow light traveling through the sky.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2009-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 70000
Occurred: 2009-05-10 21:29 Local
Reported: 2009-05-10 21:32 Pacific
Duration: 15 sec
No of observers: 2

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Lights on object

Ufo Milpitas

Bright Blue/ White sphere zig-zaging in the South West sky

Posted 2009-05-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 67554
Occurred: 2008-12-19 08:45 Local
Reported: 2008-12-19 22:27 Pacific
Duration: 45 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Egg
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

appearing and reappearing lights. moving side to side

First seen 2 floating object that were flashing red, white, blue, and green. They were not moving like a plane, but side to side and vertically up and down. They were also morphing. Then out of no where, there was a sudden bright amber light that formed a triangle with the other 2 objects. This one was moving the same way but much faster. It seemed to get closer and closer to us. It almost seemed to be following us out of the hills. Once we got to the bottom of the hills, it disappeared. On the way back home, we noticed an amber light on our right side bouncing up and down, and left and right, but not moving anywhere. Shortly after watching that light 2 government planes(low profile planes, very secretive like, one strobe light per plane)were headed towards the light. The light just disappeared, but reappeared on our left side(many many miles apart) in like a second.



Posted 2009-01-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 62548
Occurred: 2008-03-13 18:54 Local
Reported: 2008-04-07 11:18 Pacific
Duration: 40 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Other


White 3 sphere coupled object seen in Milpitas, CA capture on video.

Camera used for video: Canon 12.1 mega pixels Power Shot A650IS. Time: 6:54 p.m. on March 13, 2008.

Zoom factor: 6X optical only (no digital zoom) The video submitted and included in this report Viewing location: 37 deg 24'37.29N - 121 deg 54'49.42W.

I was looking east toward the Diablo Range and in the area between Alum Rock and Mt Hamilton. A white three-sphere coupled object came in view. It was traveling a straight line path NNE just past Mt Hamilton. It seemed to be about 2 or three miles distant.

I captured about half of my sighting on video which I have submitted for review and analysis On March 21 I sighted a similar object of the same color and in approximately the same area. I was looking toward the east.

It was longer by about 3 times. (to clarify I would sketch it at ¼ inch wide and 1 ½ inches long. It was at approximately 25-30 degrees high.

I was not able to distinguish any features as in the previous sighting of the 13th, although it was much closer and clearer.

I viewed the object for 3 -5 seconds before I lost it due to trees.

The object was traveling south toward Mt Hamilton.

I do not know of any other witnesses other than myself.

END OF REPORT.

Posted 2008-04-17

NUFORC UFO Sighting 62310
Occurred: 2008-01-23 02:30 Local
Reported: 2008-03-23 20:14 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

small winking light traveled across sky, then stopped and hovered

At approximately 2:30 am, I spotted a small light traveling across the sky flashing blue and red lights. As many airports are near my location, I can differentiate between planes and other objects. As stars cannot move at the rate of speed that the UFO did, it is safe to say that it can be ruled out as well.

There was no discernable shape, it appeared that the UFO was at least 50 miles north of my position, maybe more. It first appeared that it was going west, however, as soon as I spotted it, it began going southwest. 30 seconds later, as it was just about to exit my line of sight (I was viewing it from my bedroom window), it stopped and hovered for about twenty minutes. It then disappeared without a trace.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2008-03-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 37964
Occurred: 2004-07-02 22:15 Local
Reported: 2004-07-07 12:49 Pacific
Duration: seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

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

July 2,2004 Bright glowing triangle[ or falling star] falling against the mountains .

We saw a glowing green, very bright, with a glowing yellow-white obscuring the green color as it plunged into the side of the mountain. It [was we called it, a falling star'] however, the unusual sight of it and the eerie shape could not be exactly triangle- but it was disappearing so fast, and it seemed to be on a fast out of control- perhaps a falling star dissapearing only seconds as it glowed green with yellow and white, then nothing, as it fell sharply fast! We called this a falling star. My boyfriend and I were both in the car and waiting at the red light, as we saw this very interesting sight! The points of the shooting star- or the triangle- as it was falling at a very fast rate, its points were bright yellow to white as it faltered to the mountain side. WE kid around about the shooting star must have some message for us as we oohed and ahhhhd the sight.[ The lime green seemed to be a slow down- just before it totally disappeared.] So,the the most interesting thing was it was coming down at a very sharp angle as it went from a arched acceleration on its way out of the night sky, and I said I wonder if we will hear about this on the news?

Posted 2004-07-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 45772
Occurred: 2003-09-21 12:30 Local
Reported: 2005-08-22 18:39 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

The eel like objects entered the atmosphere from what seems to be out of nowhere as a jet passed by.

I saw something in our sky on 9/21/03 (midday). Strange. White object not unlike a roll of paper falling. It was headed downward at a 30 degree angle against a horizon line. It was not easy to see. I had to stare at the same area to actually see the object because it would seem to not be there if just glanced at. This thing wasn't falling. There was no tumbling like one would expect from something that had no wings. It had a long tapering tail and was moving in an eel like motion as if it was swimming in the air. It was difficult to track visually . If you looked away it would be difficult to locate again. There were a few more of these objects appearing centrally from great altitude. This was not a saucer of plane or helicopter. My brother said a jet from Moffett flew through the general area where these objects were appearing. The jet slightly lost control, regained control then flew off. It may have sucked one into the engine intake. Oh, these things weren't small. Couldn't determine the size as there was no reference object to gauge the size. Weird. I can still envision these things. I have yet to see anything like it. It is possible that there are other life forms out there. They may not need space craft and these may not actually be visiting. We may be running into these things as our world travels through space and these space eels live in space like fish in water.



Posted 2005-09-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 29338
Occurred: 2003-04-28 07:25 Local
Reported: 2003-06-22 11:23 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 minutes
No of observers: 0

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

This sighting was on the freeway 680 north towards sacramento. I'm not sure how many witnesses there were since we had to keep driving after we saw it. Many people who were able to pull over did pull over to watch it. The UFO was VERY CLOSE to the ground, it was perhaps 60-70 ft over the freeway. It hovered in one spot and rotated it self in circles and on its side. The UFO was circular and the bottom had lights in a design that looked almost like a flower of some sort. It was spinning. The bottom was spinning one way and the top part was spinning the other. The UFO was of a grayish color with yellow lights. Only one was seen. After we had passed the UFO, I quickly turned around to continue watching it. It hovered for about another 10 seconds, and then it started to light up and emit a bright light, and then all of a sudden, I saw a blue streak of light and it was gone. The speed at which it traveled was beyond imagination. There seemed to be no noise coming from the UFO, as thought it was just floating there and there was no engine that was helping it fly.



NUFORC Note:

We are unsure as to whether the sighting occurred in the morning, or the evening. The witness describes self as having considerable technical and practical experience. PD


Posted 2003-07-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 26828
Occurred: 2002-12-31 22:20 Local
Reported: 2002-12-31 22:51 Pacific
Duration: 30seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Sighted two alternating evenly spaced white blinking lights traveling south east ,no sound was heard, dogs began barking.

Sighted two alternating evenly spaced white blinking lights traveling south east.The lights did not change their distance relationship to one another.There was no sound heard. I noticed the neighborhood dogs start barking. The lights appeared to be approximatly the same hight as incoming airliners headed for san francisco airport.

Posted 2003-03-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 3540
Occurred: 1998-04-16 03:08 Local - Approximate
Reported: 1998-05-12 00:00 Pacific
Duration: Bedroom window
No of observers: 1

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

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

MY NAME IS ((Deleted)) I AM 18 YEARS OLD. A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL I COULD NOT SLEEP THE FRIDAY NIGHT OF THAT ESTIMATED DATE. IT WAS A WEEK LATER AFTER EASTER. I WOKE UP BECAUSE MY CAT WAS HISSING AND MEOWING. MY GOLDEN RETRIEVERS WERE BARKING AIMLESSLY AT THE LIGHT RIGHT ABOVE THE HILLS OF PIEDMONT ROAD. IT WAS HUGE. THERE WERE NO STARS THAT WERE AROUND 3 OR FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER. THERE WERE SO MANY BRIGHT YELLOWISH, REDISH, AND ORANGISH COLORS. THERE WAS NOT MOON, AND NO AIRPLAINS WERE FLYING THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING AT THE SAN JOSE AIRPORT. I GOT FRIGHTENED SO I WOKE MY 12 YEAR OLD BROTHER, KYLE, AND ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS, HE SAID IT WAS THE MOON YOU ARE LOOKING AT. WELL, THAT NIGHT WAS A NEW MOON. WHICH OBVIOUSLY MEANS NO MOON IN SIGHT. CAN YOU HELP ME EXPLAIN THIS SITUATION? I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY MIND NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS, OR IF IT IS AN ALIEN SPACECRAFT. THANK YOU. ((Deleted)) 6125. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE UNEXPLAINED OBJECT LIGHT FLYING IN THE SKY.

Posted 1999-01-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 664
Occurred: 1995-04-22 15:00 Local
Reported: 1995-08-01 00:00 Pacific
Duration:


Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape:




Posted 1999-11-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 49671
Occurred: 1986-06-01 22:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2006-03-16 10:17 Pacific
Duration: 30-45 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Light


A strange light in the sky appeared to "warp" out of sight.

It was a warm evening. I don't remember the date, or even the year exactly. It was most likely 1986.

I was on a date with my girlfriend, Victoria (Tristan) Poetzel. It was about 9 or 10 pm and we were returning to my house. I pulled into the driveway in front of my parents home. I got out of the driver's side, and looked up toward the night sky. I noticed a small dim white light that was no larger or brighter than the light from the dim stars that were visible that night. The light tracked very slowly, in a straight line, due south.

My first thought was how it reminded me of the satellites we used to watch move slowly across the sky as we layed in our sleeping bags on the camping trips of my youth. They were dim, and moved slowly in a straight lines across the night sky. But this was in the city, on the street, surrounded by streetlights, at sea level. I'd never noticed a satellite in those conditions before.

I said to Tristan, "Hey, do see that light? What is it a satellite or something?" I pointed in the right direction, and told there it was in the sky next to the tv antenna on the neighbor's house. I saw her look in the right direction, but she said nothing.

I wondered if she could even see it. She didn't like wearing her glasses all the time, and she was not wearing them now. Her eyesight was not that great.

We wathched for a moment longer in silence and suddenly, to my surprise, the light appeared to oscillate wildly back and forth perpendicular to the direction of its travel, kind of like the needle of a sismograph, and then it was just gone.

I was stunned. Nothing I was aware of could move like that. I quickly looked toward Tristan, and in perfect unison we both said, "Did you see..." She had been able to see it after all, and we had both witnessed its odd departure. We went inside and explained what we'd seen to my parents.

As UFO stories go it's pretty boring. No huge craft. No big headed aliens. But, we saw what we saw, and I can't explain what it was. I'm a skeptic myself, but this story is the God's Honest Truth and I'd take a lie detector test in a minute to prove it.

Unfortunately, Tristan and I broke up in 1988. I haven't seen her in years, and I don't know if she recalls what we saw. But I know I'll never forget it.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2006-05-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 82054
Occurred: 1983-03-22 13:00 Local
Reported: 2011-07-01 19:02 Pacific
Duration: 2 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Milpitas, CA, USA

Shape: Circle


They were bright round objects huffering over the water

7-1-2011 First of all, am not a crazy, lonely, emotional person seeking fame or money?

After seeing this with my friend I didn’t tell anybody not even my family. I just told them a couple years ago, I don’t know about my friend, I haven’t seen him since we worked together.

Here is goes:

It was a Sunday afternoon around 3 to 4 o’clock, we were taking a drive past a reservoir and then these round bright light objects were just huffering (sic. Hovering)) over the water, then stayed there about 2 to 3 minutes.

Then they took off over the mountains, they took off at an incredibly speed. I can’t even guess how fast they took off, but I know this, there is nothing on this planet that can go that fast. THAT’S IT




NUFORC Note:

Date may be approximate, although the witness does not indicate that fact. PD


Posted 2011-07-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 127268
Occurred: 1977-12-15 19:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2016-05-08 15:20 Pacific
Duration: ~20 minutes
No of observers: 200

Location: Milpitas (Morgan Hill?), CA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Missing Time

we were all in a large group at the farm in milpitas ca. the 3 very close very bright lights stunned us all, we were all--- i don;t know what we were , but we were all stunned . the 3 strong lights were just i would say only about 1/2 a mile or so, then just as fast as they were there they left over the california mtns going due west towards the ocean... anyway they went past us just so fast and silent were still stunned.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2016-05-10