NUFORC UFO Sighting 187149
Occurred: 2025-01-24 06:14 Local
Reported: 2025-01-24 08:23 Pacific
Duration: 2 mintues
No of observers: 1

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Location details: South Facing the Santa Rosa mountain

Shape: Triangle
Color: White
Estimated Size: Much bigger than a 747
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: South facing
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: 2-3 miles
Estimated Speed: 50-100 mph
Explanation: Rocket - Certain
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail, Aircraft nearby

I noticed a huge triangle object in the sky being followed by 3 small objects. One of the smaller objects explodes in a ball of flames

The Video shows the details best. There was no sound from the objects. The sounds in the video are of the local traffic. The huge triangle object had lights that projected backward, the exact opposite of a normal aircraft. As you see in the video that objects were moving very slowly. Also in the video you will see 3 smaller objects trailing the larger object. One of these burst into flames. There was no sound of an explosion.

NUFORC Note:

Starlink (11-6)





Posted 2025-01-30

NUFORC UFO Sighting 164765
Occurred: 2021-09-21 08:15 Local
Reported: 2021-09-22 21:27 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Lights on object

Orange flashing bright lights

Five to eight bright orange circular objects .. floating, blinking. One by one disappeared.



Posted 2021-10-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 163423
Occurred: 2021-05-22 21:44 Local
Reported: 2021-05-26 09:58 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Emitted other objects

Over Twenty White Dots in a line ~ Some Flared ~ Rancho Mirage, CA

Last Saturday night, May 22, 2021, in Rancho Mirage, California (Palm Springs Desert Area) at 9:44 PM, I was in my backyard, facing  316 degrees North West, standing in the middle of the lawn with my friend. (Please note ~ that my backyard is open with unobstructed views of the sky and it was dark) Then out of nowhere, about thirty miles away, a U shaped group of six white dots were leading a line of  three white dots that were spaced exactly apart. Then new white dots kept appearing at the end of the line, one behind the other, from the exact same spot, adding to the line. This white dot line grew to about twenty white dots, some would flare and continued moving North and then disappearing around 344 degrees North.  It was almost as if these white dots were being born, like a large dog litter one after another and then getting in line to follow their mother. This sighting took about two minutes total. My friend captured over one minute on his cell phone if ! you'd like to see it.



Posted 2021-07-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 161159
Occurred: 2020-12-11 07:00 Local
Reported: 2020-12-12 04:02 Pacific
Duration: 3 hours
No of observers: 6

Location: Rancho mirage, CA, USA

Shape: Sphere


Noticed a sphere staying still in the sky. Clouds moving above it. Not moving for hours. Seemed like it soaking up the morning sun. As time passed it descended higher up since it started to appear smaller. By the time the sun was fully up it was gone.



Posted 2020-12-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 154408
Occurred: 2020-03-24 05:45 Local
Reported: 2020-03-24 11:37 Pacific
Duration: 60 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

Shape: Light


30-50 brights lights see, moving from southwest to northeast at 05:45 on 03/24/20

March 24, 2020 To: National UFO Reporting Center Subj: String Of White Lights Seen on March 24, 2020 Not sure to whom this should be reported. My wife and I were having coffee outside this morning and at approximately 05:45 AM we observed a string of bright white lights that materialized out of the southwest. We were facing due west and the lights appeared to our left at about 45 degrees above the horizon.

There were probably between 30-50 lights in a rough line. They disappeared behind our roof heading northeast.



Posted 2020-05-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 149181
Occurred: 2019-09-24 10:50 Local
Reported: 2019-09-25 19:46 Pacific
Duration: ~10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

Shape: Changing
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Emitted beams

Strange craft of lights that merged into one seen hovering above the Coachella Valley.

I stepped outside into the backyard late last night just before 11:00pm and noticed what appeared to be a string of lights, similar to the landing and beacon lights on an aircraft and about the same level of brightness as stars, that were hovering horizontally and at first stationary in the sky to the southeast of my location near Palm Springs. I observed the anomaly for several minutes, taking a few long exposure nighttime shots on my phone, as the string of lights came together forming what appeared to be one single source of light that then began to move slowly in a southern direction, changing direction slightly towards the east then vanishing completely from view. There was a second that I at first thought was a star further off in the distance where this craft was moving towards, and this light also disappeared not long after the first. I'll also mention that were no (zero) registered aircraft in the vicinity of the lights throughout the entire duratio! n of the event.

Posted 2019-10-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 137990
Occurred: 2017-12-22 17:50 Local
Reported: 2017-12-22 18:04 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Rancho mirage, CA, USA

Shape: Cone
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Emitted other objects, Emitted beams

I have 10 minutes of video




NUFORC Note:

Rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB @ 5:26 p.m.. PD


Posted 2018-01-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 164772
Occurred: 2017-07-01 13:00 Local
Reported: 2021-09-21 23:02 Pacific
Duration: 10 mins approx
No of observers: 0

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

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

Seen a bright light thought maybe was drone but the way it moved was nothing man-made and it split in 2.

I was sitting on a wall one day at a gas station a few years back when something caught my attention. I looked up at sky towards the hills and seen a star like object in sky yet it was too close to be a star so thought drone at first. It was still for a couple minutes then suddenly started moving slowly around and around making like a sideways 8. It did that for about another couple minutes until it split into two it seemed because suddenly two were making the sideways 8 synchronizing with each other around and around.

The whole event happened for about 10 mins then it was gone disappeared? I didn't think of it as a ufo at first I wasn't really into stuff like that until the years passed and seeing things as such on media or YouTube I realized it was a ufo!

Posted 2021-10-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 118245
Occurred: 2015-04-04 22:00 Local
Reported: 2015-04-05 09:00 Pacific
Duration: 2 minute
No of observers: 4

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

Shape: Circle


Three orange/red objects tracking across the sky. Easily visible; viewed clearly by 4 adults.

We saw three orange/red circular objects flying across the sky from west to east. They flew in a chevron formation; each faded out in turn -- the one furthest north fading first. Curiously after they faded away, one seemed to reappear back towards the west. They were clearly visible. When the first faded it seemed to fly away from its low trajectory further into space, but I am not certain this was the case. Certainly while they were visible they were easily viewed and appeared to track across the sky at a leisurely pace.



Posted 2015-04-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 98580
Occurred: 2013-06-10 20:00 Local
Reported: 2013-06-11 21:09 Pacific
Duration: 7 hours
No of observers: 2

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

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

Crafts observed of unknown type moving in formation then vanishing, followed by 5 large disk shaped ships.

I have been researching the UFO phenomena for a very long time, ever since I began encountering them at 15. I have witnessed several sightings with my family and wife. It's almost if they follow me around. I finally decided to help with disclosure and to bring some more awareness. I feel behooved to send in this report.

I often star gaze and it seems that this area I'm living in does have an extraordinary amount of sightings. Due to my knowledge, I have a keen awareness to recognize this type of event. I am a pilot, and served with distinction in several squadrons on board the U.S.S. Midway, Ranger and Enterprise.

At about 8:00 p.m. looking up at my 12:00 high, I witnessed a very brilliant white gold flash. It appeared, and I'm almost sure it was outside the atmosphere in low orbit. However, I considered it may have been a stellar event such a Nova explosion.

Then a minute passed and four consecutive, flashes followed. At this point four solid lights illuminated, and they went in formation from NE to SW, to where they disappeared at a moderate speed.

Several more flashes occurred through out the evening followed by a formation traveling at an extremely high altitude. They were not aircraft nor satellites. A period of non event took place until what seemed like a meteorite shot over my house at and altitude aprox. 1000 ft.

I have seen lots of meteors and this just caught my sight. Never have I ever seen anything move at this speed. I then realized that what I saw, was a vehicle of the size of a moving van, with a flat bottom, smooth top akin to half an egg shell. This sloping was gradual from top forward forming a cutting edge. It sped by and I observed the vehicle warp and stretch length wise when it vanished. This event astounded me! It happened faster than I could blink.

To follow up, today my wife and I witnessed five huge mother ships enter our airspace surrounded by and into massive cloud formations. These ships were round saucer shaped with large dome structures on top and bottom center. I'm speculating my previously sightings were vessels belonging to these larger ones.

Posted 2013-07-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 93732
Occurred: 2012-10-10 23:20 Local
Reported: 2012-10-20 23:59 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

Shape: Rectangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Flying red object over Rancho Mirage, ca 500 Lights On Object0: Yes

A rectangle like object was traveling horizontally across the horizon until it disappeared behind a mountain, into a raven. The object had large red lights on the side, close to the bottom. The object was too low for it to be a helicopter or an airplane, and it was too high for it to be a truck. Plus there is no road there. We drove by within 8 minutes but there was nothing there. There is no construction or anything that would explain the object.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2012-10-30

NUFORC UFO Sighting 87089
Occurred: 2012-02-07 18:40 Local
Reported: 2012-02-07 19:50 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes+
No of observers: 2

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Watched a flying object over Bob Hope Drive with my sister. There was quite a few cars on the road so I'm sure others saw it, too. Followed it as it got further and further away. It was flying in a circular motion for quite a while - as we parked along a secluded road to watch it in disbelief.

Flew further away (Easterly direction).

The craft had lights along its circular border and one red light on top. It had the shape of a toy spinner/spinner top.


((

NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We suspect an evening sighting, but we may be wrong. PD)


Posted 2012-02-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 81718
Occurred: 2011-06-07 11:00 Local
Reported: 2011-06-10 16:32 Pacific
Duration: 5 or 6 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

Shape: Formation


At least 24 silver objects flying in formation - going west and east and making a mosaic pattern. Then formed a > and flew south.

I was in the pool at a condo complex in Rancho Mirage, CA, with my 10-year-old daughter and her friend. It was mid morning and the sky was very clear, no clouds. I looked up to the Northeast, near the San Jacinto mountains, and saw what I first thought was a very large flock of birds flying in formation. I called my daughter and her friend over to watch because it was so unusual.

When I saw an airplane fly under this flock, I realized these objects were too high to be birds. They were also far too synchronized. It was the most bizarre sight I have ever witnessed. I’d say there were at least two dozen of these shiny bird shaped objects. They would fly briefly to the right, then turn and go to the left, then divide in a mosaic type of pattern. I commented to the girls that it was like watching a kaleidoscope.

They repeated this pattern this for at least five minutes as we stood there, frozen, watching and trying to figure out what exactly we were seeing. The girls thought balloons, no too shiny and too synchronized. I thought sky divers, but that would have been quite a show and far too high. I tried to figure if something was being projected onto the sky, but how could that happen in broad daylight?

After this pattern repeated at least three or four times, they flew southward in a V formation like this: >

They flew in a southwest direction until they disappeared toward the mountain range.

My daughter actually said, "Maybe we are imagining this."

I told her that three people don’t imagine things at the same time.

I’m still amazed by what we saw. My aunt died yesterday and I honestly thought she was sending some sort of message. But it’s not much of a message if I didn’t understand it.

Then, I started researching online and saw that others have reported formation-type of silver sphere UFOs. There have also been numerous reports along the San Jacinto mountain range. Maybe there is a logical explanation. I wish I had grabbed my iPhone camera, but I felt like if I looked away for a second, they would disappear.

Posted 2011-06-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 49798
Occurred: 2006-03-23 19:10 Local
Reported: 2006-03-24 12:41 Pacific
Duration: 45 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

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

Bright white orb flashes,expands,contracts,moves off slowly,then vanishes

While driving home last night,shortly after 7:00p.m.,my children and I witnessed a strange aircraft(likely some type of airplane with a strange sequence of lighting on it).The craft was different enough that I decided to pull over to a small side street to observe it a little more intensely.As I exited my vehicle,I watched the craft flying off to the east.Suddenly,the sky literally lit up in a bright flash directly above me which startled me enough to jerk my gaze away from the eastbound craft,and look literally straight up above my head.As I did this,I observed a bright white,circular orb-like object.At first glance its appearence made me think it was a very low shooting star,it had that dazzling bright appearence to it.Within 1-2 seconds,as it remained stationary,it expanded in brightness and/or size to about 5 times its original size.I yelled for my kids to jump out of the car to see what I was seeing.As they were filing out,the object retracted back down,and took on a star-like,pin-point of light quality to it.It looked like a star.My oldest daughter was able to spot it just as it started very slowly moving south.It traveled maybe a couple of miles,then expanded/lit up again(all while continuing to move),retracted back to a star-like appearence,then seemed to slowly dim out and vanish completely while continuing north.The object was dead silent.I am an avid sky-watcher and have seen many strange craft over the years,but this is the first time I have seen something this dramatic.It was incredible.



Posted 2006-05-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 4179
Occurred: 1994-08-15 23:50 Local
Reported: 1998-06-25 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 45 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

Shape: Rectangle


An extreemly close sighting of a black/dark grey "minivan" shaped craft.

My friend((Name deleted))and I were sitting on the back patio of my parents condo on a golf course. It was almost midnight. Out of the corner of my eye I saw something coming diagonally over us from behind. I alerted ((Name deleted)), and we both got a good long look. It was approximately the shape of a minivan, and about twice as big. It was dark grey or black in color, and we approximated that it was between 40 and 60 feet above us, and traveling away from between 30 and 60 miles per hour. It was virtually silent, except for a slight hum, possibly displaced air. It had no markings that we could see. The most amazing thing was how it moved, completely steady. It never sped up, slowed down or wavered in it's course, it was as if it was on a track. It was so unusual seeing something as large as it was traveling so smoothly, quietly, and slowly in the air without wings. It was truly defying gravity. It passed over our heads, over the golf course, and then into the desert heading east. Shawn and I have always been bothered by the fact that the description of our sighting does not match any others that we have heard or read. Why was it moving so slow, why did it not have any lights, why was it not shaped like most "UFO's" we hear about. I wish I knew!!!

Posted 1999-01-28