NUFORC UFO Sighting 180366
Occurred: 2023-06-22 23:59 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-02-11 17:52 Pacific
Duration: 2 minuts
No of observers: 2

Location: Rio Dell, CA, USA
Location details: Rio Dell, Ca.

Shape: Cross
Color: Daytime light
Viewed From: Land
Angle of Elevation: 90


Looked like someone cut the night sky open with a knife,it cut straight up closed and then outward then a bright light hole opened

Night sky got sliced open straight up, you could see daylight behind the slice, then it went straight out then opened up a bright daylight hole in the night sky, something came through then waited for the hole to close back up. Then it took off.

Posted 2024-02-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 116402
Occurred: 2015-01-01 00:01 Local
Reported: 2015-01-01 10:43 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Rio Dell, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Orange ball of light/fire seen on North Coast; not Identified.

As is typical of the New Year's tradition, we went outside to light some fireworks and howl at the moon. Plenty of others have joined us in this escapade, lighting a good portion of the street with fire while an occasional bottle rocket would flitter upward.

As we look into the sky to gaze at a fireworks display, something catches my eye beyond the show. A bright orange light shines in the distance. It's brighter than Venus by comparison, glowing a dull yet vibrant orange.

Fireworks dissipate over time while this unidentified light glimmers behind. We stare in some mild form of disbelief. Tears are coming out of my eyes for no particular reason I can fathom. The light sits, unwavering.

My first thought was that it might be a paper lantern. Being a holiday it seemed likely that someone might light off a few. It's possible that a paper lantern could have been caught in an inversion current leaving it in a point of temporary stasis. From experience we know what paper lanterns look like however, regardless of distance. The light being emitted was far to bright to be a little ball of fire in a bag.

After a few minutes the object begins to move away from us, getting smaller steadily. I begin to run to tell my neighbors, looking over my shoulder every moment or so to make sure it's still there. By the time I make it to my neighbors front door, the object has vanished.

While it's very plausible that this was something mundane, we can only go with the emotions during the event. The feeling was grandiose, like witnessing a miracle. Hearts were racing, not with fear, but a feeling of tranquility and unrequited joy. Tears came down as there seemed to be no other way to express such a thought. I simply remember thinking, "We are not alone."

Posted 2015-01-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 151736
Occurred: 2001-02-15 01:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2019-12-19 15:08 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Rio Dell, CA, USA

Shape:


My husband and I were driving home to Santa Rosa,Ca. We had been visiting in laws in Eureka, Ca. We were on our way home around 1am in the morning, it was a beautiful night, but black out of course, lots of stars. Going through Rio Dell, Ca. Something in the black of the sky was showing daylight! I am going to try my best to explain. If you were holding a black sheet of paper, and something was poking it to try to poke itself through, then you see giant slivers of daylight going vertical then close, then horizontal, as if you cut the black paper with a scissor and light, daylight showed through for a few seconds, then All a sudden the entire thing opened up like a giant round ball of total daylight as something went through it, then the hole shut to black space again. It was an event my hubby and i will never Ever forget. Something passed through a hole in the sky. It was daylight on their side and night on our side.



Posted 2019-12-22