NUFORC UFO Sighting 181841
Occurred: 2024-06-12 02:08 Local
Reported: 2024-06-12 05:07 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 2 - Aviation Expert

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA
Location details: (37.6078688, -122.4978835)

Shape: Orb
Color: Only lights
Estimated Size: A bit larger than a helicopter
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: North, then west, then south, then southeast
Angle of Elevation: 40
Closest Distance: 20,000 feet
Estimated Speed: 150 mph
Characteristics: Lights on object

Triangle shaped aircraft made up of 3 bright blinking lights and one very faint light

At 2:08am my boyfriend and I were at Rockaway beach when we noticed these 3 lights, in the shape of a triangle, flying over the ocean from right (north) to left (south). The three lights blinked at a strange tempo and two of them were blinking white light while the third one was blinking red light. There was a fourth light that appeared but was very faint. It kept the same elevation the entire time. After about 20 seconds it began to slowly turn toward San Francisco International Airport, which was southeast of our location. It continued going southeast until it was out if sight since it had gone over and past the hills. It didn’t emit any sound and had a very fluid movement. Then at 2:35am we noticed the same type of aircraft coming towards us from over the ocean and heading southeast. No sound again and very graceful movement through the sky. We watched until that one was out of sight as well.













Posted 2024-06-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 175692
Occurred: 2023-05-05 23:00 Local
Reported: 2023-05-07 01:10 Pacific
Duration: 3 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA
Location details: Esplenad Avenue

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Emitted beams, Electrical or magnetic effects

First person saw Glowing light under ocean and then came to surface of water and one light became a green/blue lazer looking light and then she said "Look" As she looked at me there was only one lazer greenish/blue light. But then as she said no look out the window and I looked and then saw the one light had become 5 orb type lights and they were hovering on the water or slightly above the water. It was app 1 mile off the beach.

Posted 2023-05-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 168446
Occurred: 2022-05-29 21:01 Local
Reported: 2022-06-01 07:58 Pacific
Duration: All night
No of observers: 1

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA
Location details: Over Ocean and then over Sea Breeze motel where I was staying

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Electrical or magnetic effects, Animals reacted

Spinning and pulsating Object that the FAA drone division informed me in writing was a UFO and to contact you.

This UFO follows me wherever I go. I have many videos of it, including following me across state lines. It creates a very disturbing frequency producing Havana like sounds causing my ears ring extremely high- not tinnitus. It followed me to a cornfield in Iowa. This is a moral evil that our country is allowing this type of experimentation ti go on. Directed weapons should be banned from being used on protesters, activists, or anyone speaking their mind. This country was founded on freedom of speech and expression and some subversive elite group is trumping our civil rights, our democracy and injuring innocent civilians. Please investigate this, contact me and let me know what this is.




Posted 2022-06-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 161121
Occurred: 2020-12-08 02:00 Local
Reported: 2020-12-09 01:31 Pacific
Duration: 30 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Circular red object hovering over Pacific Ocean

Observed bright red circular shape over the Pacific Ocean hovering for at least 30 minutes, visible to naked eye. It was very clear night with no clouds and the stars very clearly visible. The object was brighter than any stars. There were a couple of lights from ships visible on the horizon in that sector, which are normally present in the area. The object appeared above them and was hovering, or maybe moving very slowly. It was slightly flickering, but not blinking. If it was helicopter-sized, it would be at least a couple of miles off shore. Several pictures and short video are available.



Posted 2020-12-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 150034
Occurred: 2019-10-27 18:30 Local
Reported: 2019-10-27 22:35 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA

Shape: Cylinder
Characteristics: Left a trail

Cylinder shaped craft at sunset off west coast

Cylinder shaped craft fat into horizon looked like it was entering from the sky, comet-like tail training behind it. Then seemed to float in air with sunset reflecting off of it

Posted 2019-12-01

NUFORC UFO Sighting 144279
Occurred: 2019-01-03 04:35 Local
Reported: 2019-01-03 04:58 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted beams, Changed Colo

Bright orange/yellow sphere low on horizon sky/ocean at 4am off coast of California.

Bright orange/yellow object either very low in sky or on horizon/ocean. Pointed telescope at it - perhaps a star? Seems way too bright/orange for a star though.

Posted 2019-01-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 128175
Occurred: 2016-06-30 20:00 Local
Reported: 2016-07-01 10:51 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour
No of observers: 5

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Lights on object

We had a UFO sighting last night at 8pm above our home in Pacifica, CA. This is a drawing of the image, focused through our telescope. The sphere was very small to the naked eye and appeared to be still, at first. We thought it was a planet and nothing special. But the sun was still up and it was still daylight for another hour. I wondered what planet it was, as it was almost directly overhead.

I took out the telescope and when focused, discovered it was moving very slowly. It took about a minute to move across the lens frame. I kept moving the telescope to keep it in sight. It travelled very slowly in a southern path along the pacific coast. It had to be at a very high orbit to move that slowly. We watched it until dark, when it disappeared by getting smaller, presumably by gaining altitude. The lights were not visible to the naked eye, because the object was too high. The focused image in our small telescope appeared with the distinguished bright lights in an arc along the top, and dim along the bottom. The image in the center changed form, but generally resembled a T. The base of the T pointed in different directions, from straight down to about 4 o'clock. The lights did not move at all, the sphere did not appear to rotate. It was a perfect sphere shape, there were more details on the surface that were changing or indistinguishable, not drawn here. I wish we had a camera telescope. This was truly the most amazing thing we have seen.

Posted 2016-07-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 128164
Occurred: 2016-06-30 20:00 Local
Reported: 2016-07-01 09:10 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour
No of observers: 5

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams

We saw the bright light, and at first thought it was a bright planet in the sky, beaming through the thick fog.

We got our telescope and focused in on the object. It was clearly a UFO. It looked like a circle/sphere shape. It had bright white and yellow glowing lights around the perimeter of the circle. There were two straight long lines in the middle that moved like clock hands, back and forth. It hovered for about an hour from when we spotted it. Then, in a split second flew away out of sight.

Posted 2016-07-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 123769
Occurred: 2015-11-07 18:00 Local
Reported: 2015-11-07 18:16 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Left a trail

triangular white light left green cloud behind in the sky 20 minutes ago over pacifica ca.






NUFORC Note:

US Navy missile launch. PD


Posted 2015-11-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 121525
Occurred: 2015-08-27 21:30 Local
Reported: 2015-08-28 10:52 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Pacifica/Daly City, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object

Three strobe lights over Pacifica/Daly City border.

They hovered for about 20 minutes, then moved away independently of each other, at a high rate of speed.

Posted 2015-09-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 105789
Occurred: 2013-12-31 18:20 Local
Reported: 2013-12-31 18:54 Pacific
Duration: 5-6 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Changed Colo

4 orange bright lights appear from the west, hoover and then they all dissapear.

Was out gazing at the stars on this clear night. I then gazed towards the north-western sky and began seeing what at first I thought was a plane coming from the west towards me. Suddenl, that light, which was mostly orange & red began slowing down and came to a full stop. Within some 15 seconds a second one approached and it too came to a stop at what appeared a safe distance from the first. Then about 30 seconds later a third appeared and came to a stop down from the other two lights. The three combined lights formed a perfect diamond. Some 30 seconds or so later the first light started to become dimmer until it disappeared. The two other lights did the same and also disappeared. Finally about a minute later a 4th light appeared and came to a stop at about the center of where the three previous lights had been. It hovered there for a good minute before it too started to become dim and it too disappeared.

My wife and son along with our granddaughter saw these lights. They did not get to see the first three, but did see when the two were disappearing and also witnessed the fourth light.

Anyone else witnessed this sighting this evening?

Posted 2014-01-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 96261
Occurred: 2013-02-09 21:42 Local
Reported: 2013-02-09 21:56 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute


Location: Pacifica, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball


fireball shaped object, orange in color, above montara mountains... floating then appeared to have slowly jetted away, like no other aircraft ive ever seen before.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2013-02-18

NUFORC UFO Sighting 94646
Occurred: 2012-11-05 19:00 Local
Reported: 2012-11-19 17:20 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

On pacifica beach we saw 4 orange objects hovering in the night sky.

On pacifica beach we saw 4 orange objects hovering in the night sky

Posted 2012-12-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 84946
Occurred: 2011-10-28 13:45 Local
Reported: 2011-10-28 03:20 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA

Shape: Rectangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams, Changed Colo

Observed a large rectangular object in the night sky with many colored lights which stayed in one place for three minutes.

This evening I was in my kitchen late night to get something to eat. I live in a home with an Ocean front view in Pacifica, CA. At 1:45 PM I noticed some lights out on the ocean while I was in my kitchen. A quick look from inside the kitchen it looked like maybe a few boats were out on the ocean and one appeared to be big. It might be a cruise ship I thought. I turned off the lights, grabbed my binoculars and went out on the balcony to see if I could get a better view of the cruise ship at night. The cruise ship was very far out so I was not able to get a good look.

As I pulled the binoculars away from my face, I continued to look out towards the ocean; I noticed a large object that was not moving in the sky. Maybe a mile or so out. I first thought it was a plane or helicopter but it was not moving at all and if it was a helicopter, the light pattern and size were not consistent with anything I have ever seen before except in a movie theatre.

It was rectangular in shape with the left and right side being slightly longer than the top and bottom. The lights were mostly white and they were in about six rows. They were not all next to each other but they seemed to have lights all along the bottom and on the top, mostly left and right sides with just a few in the middle. There were red lights mixed in with the white lights and one or two orange color lights. Some of the lights seem to go on and off intermittently.

II noticed that the ocean below seemed to be lit up in certain places. Interesting that the parts of the ocean that were lit up did not seem to have a light source. I did not see a beam of light coming from the object.

The object stayed in one place for about 3 minutes (zero movement) and then moved slowly away towards the western sky.

Note: at 1:00 PM this evening there was a small earthquake that woke me up.

Observer: I am a college educated white male in my mid 40's with a professional job. I have never seen a UFO in my life time.






NUFORC Note:

We have corrected the date above. PD


Posted 2011-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 66989
Occurred: 2008-10-18 18:00 Local
Reported: 2008-11-18 21:16 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Pacifica to Belmont, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

I also witnessed 3 trianglular shape lights above the Pacifica Town on the water 10/17 at the same time 6:00 pm

Noticed a bright light that was over Crystal Springs Resoivoir that shined extremely bright yet did not move and faded after a one hour time period when we got to San Mateo City College. It was not a plane and not a planet or star?? Not sure what it was but it faded around 7:30 pm.



Posted 2009-01-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 51100
Occurred: 2006-06-18 12:30 Local
Reported: 2006-06-23 17:34 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA

Shape: Cigar


Silver cigar dissapears reappears and then dissapears again.

I was outside my house. It was a beautiful sunny summer day. I looked up and saw a plane like object and I thought, "That's cool, that plane is positioned so it looks like it has no wings." It was a little bigger than a cesna plane. Then it turned so the sun reflected off it from left to right and I could see that it had no wings or tail for that matter. I could see in the light reflection that it was made of silver metal panels and I could see where one panel ended and the other began. There were four panels on the side facing me. It moved a little bit more and the sun reflected off it again from left to right. For that to happen it had to make a turn that a regular plane cannot do. Then it started to fade in the front portion and it continued to the back untill it dissapeared completely. It was like it "went behind a cloud" but there were no clouds, it was a beautifull blue sky. Then it reappeared in the same manner and the dissapeared the same way and never came back.



Posted 2006-07-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 22284
Occurred: 2002-03-19 19:30 Local
Reported: 2002-03-20 23:16 Pacific
Duration: 2.5 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Pacifica, CA, USA

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

Green-white intense light darting horizontally across the clear evening sky.

Four of us were standing in a backyard talking when myself and a friend, both facing toward the East, observed a green-white fireball cross the sky. The other two people present had not seen it as their backs were turned away from the object. The intensly bright green-white object flew at a slight arc from the North to the South and faded as if going into a cloud or fog bank (we're on the California coast). The object left a slight trail similar to one you might see during a meteor shower. The object was much too large to be an airplane light or distant falling star. The object was about the same size of a streetlight at night that would be about two city blocks away.

The green and white colors blended together yet were intensely bright. Imagine, if you will, an electric lettuce leaf - that kind of blended coloring. The green coloring was brightest toward the outside of the object (outlined).

The speed of the object was very fast, much too fast for an airplane. My friend immediately mentioned the "lack of sound".

Coincidentally (?), an earthquake occurred three hours later with the epicenter being here in Pacifica, California.

Posted 2002-04-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 11937
Occurred: 1998-11-09 20:00 Local
Reported: 2000-02-10 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1.5 hours
No of observers: 2

Location: Pacifica (Rockaway Beach), CA, USA

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

First sigtht, large white light,when acknowledged, turned to flourescent green.2 large 6 small. Numerous sightings.

Large light appears as work lights,several small lights all around. The small lights occasionally moved to the larger lights,very fast. These were observed on several occasions. Location was also Daly City, at old 101 hwy. All sightings were late october thru March. I have observed these lights or ships, moving sporadically along the shoreline, also flying over the mountains near S.F.CA. My nephew has seen these objects many times. Nephew has a pager and cellular store in Pacifica. I was helping with the store for 2 years. Triangular objects seen also.

Posted 2000-02-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 7565
Occurred: 1995-04-17 23:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 1999-01-01 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 2 hours
No of observers: 2

Location: Pacificia, CA, USA

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

I and a friend went outside for an evening cigarette at approx. 11:00p.m. The evening was crystal clear. Because it was so clear we looked up into the sky and saw 6 to 7 small white objects going at extremely high speed, doing moves that no known aircraft could make. We observed them for approx. 1/2 hour. I then went back inside and upstairs. My friend then screamed out to me, "Maureen!, Maureen! come here! What is this? I ran outside and looked up and saw a huge craft, with pulsating multi-colored lights underneath it. It was beginning to slowly descend, and was circling the area. About one block. I ran inside and up the stairs to look out, then downstairs, outside in the front yard. I could not understand why no one else was outside, and the streets were deserted. I stayed out front by myself for about 15 min. Then I ran inside to call the police. The police said that they did not know what I was talking about, "There isn't anything up there". After I hung up I called to my own home which is about 10 min. away. I had my husband, and 24 yr old son go outside and look. They said also that they could not see anything. I hung up and ran back out to the back yard and my friend and I observed the objects for about another 1/2 hr. Finally it shot up and disappeared. We were totally disoriented and we were nonchalant about the happening, almost robotic, and we both checked our watches and went back to what we were previously doing. Several days later, I commented to my friend how strangely we acted, why were we so calm, why didn't we speak about it? At that time my friend glossed over my comments. She did not want to talk about it, because she could not logically explain it, and it perplexed her as she is a mathematician from Poland. Our experience did not make sense to her. Also, her husband was very ill at the time. Her husband has since passed on. In June of 1998 she watched by accident a show about UFO's and it reminded her of our incident. When I stopped by for visit several days after the show she mentioned to me about our sighting, and was very curious about what it was that we saw. She had not thought about it since it happened. Si! nce our sighting in 1995 I have had several other sightings.

Posted 1999-05-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 23109
Occurred: 1981-11-23 20:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2002-06-02 19:48 Pacific
Duration: 7 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Pacifica/Lindamar, CA, USA

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

Two space craft in air, sitting motionless with no sound

I was standing outside just after dark , when I saw a qucik dash from the corner of my eye. I then saw a blue line in the sky, on a cloudless night. I ran upstairs to get my father. Looking out the window, we told my mother to go get the bonculars. While she was gone, the blue line in the sky, was now starting to arc flashes of white light coming from the blue line. There was smoke coming from the blue line, as the smoke thicken, the craft appeared, motionless almost squared in shape with a round white top, this craft had serveral landing gears all around the object. In size comparson, I would say that it was like a delivery van. As this craft was sitting motionless in the sky, a smaller craft appeared caddy corner, which could have not been more that 20 to 30 feet from the first craft. This one had no light, and was about the size of a car. As the smoke disapated, the crafts were gone. There was abosolutly no sound, this all happen before my mother could get back with the boncluers from the living room. No one from our town reported any strange sightings, however there were two sightings from the next town over, Montera.



NUFORC Note:

Date of incident is approximate. PD


Posted 2002-06-12