Santa Cruz, California UFO Sightings in 2002

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5 of us were waiting for an iridium flare to appear on the No.Eastern sky,at approximately 18:43 hrs., when one of my friends got the rest of us to observe a triangular shaped craft,that suddenly appeared from the East and flew very low across to the south west.

Tha craft seemed to rotate,as it flew across the sky, and was almost transparent in nature. It seemed as if you could see right through it, but definitely had a shape and lights around it. From the way it was moving, it seemed to leave some sort of trail,it almost reminded me of when you see a ship re-entering the atmosphere and there are vapor streams from friction or something.

We all saw it zoom across for about 10 seconds or so and then disappeared. It did not make any noise whatsover. We were all at awe of this insident.

This happened in Santa Cruz, California, Thanksgiving evening. Did anyone else see it?.

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Small, high-altitude reflective object moving steadily to the south over Santa Cruz, CA. I am a 24 year old waiter and substitute teacher living in Santa Cruz, California. At approximately 12:05 in the afternoon I went to the curb to take out the garbage.

I heard the sound of an airplane overhead, and I looked up to spot the airplane as I often do. I saw the airplane travelling along the usual course that I see airliners take, but before I got back to the task of taking out the trash I spotted a strange, small bright light in the sky. The light was about 45 degrees from the horizon in the northwest corner of the sky.

At first the light looked stationary like a star, but then I perceived it slowly moving towards me to the east. The object moved very slowly, almost imperceptively. As I continued to watch the object, it became clear to me that it was moving to the south.

At this point, the object seemed to start moving slightly more rapidly, but that could have just been my perception. The object seemed very far away and appeared to reflect light much like a star or a satellite. The object appeared to be circular to me.

About five minutes into this encounter I ran inside to get my phone and called my neighbor who was out running errands. As I talked to him I continued to watch the object travel south at a steady pace. Approximately ten minutes into the encounter my neighbor came home and I pointed out the object to him.

He admitted that he found it strange. He suggested that it was a balloon, but a balloon would not reflect light like that. Could I have perhaps seen the space station in orbit? This is not the first strange encounter I have had with unidentified objects in the sky.

Please contact me if you can provide any explanation. ((NUFORC Note: The ISS is not visible during daylight hours, under most circumstances, and it certainly is not visible from the ground for 15 minutes. It usually passes out of sight of an observer on the ground within 1-4 minutes.

Moreover, although the ISS was visible over Santa Cruz on this date, it passed over at 04:27 and 06:00 hrs. (local time). Please see the following URL for details: http://www.

heavens-above.com/passsummary.asp?lat=36.

974&lng=-122.030&alt=21&loc=Santa+Cruz&TZ=PST&satid=25544&Date=37554.8333333333&Mag= The fact that Santa Cruz sits on the California coast probably reduces the likelihood that the object was a helium-filled balloon, since it would have had to drift in from the ocean, since the winds apparently were generally from the west at the time of the sighting.

PD)).

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Almost translucent sphere travelling at high speed/altitude across Santa Cruz, CA during the day. I was lying on Santa Cruz beach, approx. 50 meters east of the main pier/wharf.

I spotted a light in the sky and I watched it thinking it was an airoplane, as there are many commercial flights whose path is almost directly above the beach. These planes are usually travelling in a northerly direction, heading for San Jose airport. However the object I watched was travelling extremely fast and made no sound.

It moved in an exactly straight line from east to west. To help describe the speed, imagine lying on your back with your feet pointing south, hands pointing out and the sky above is one half of a clock face: your left hand is east and also 12 o'clock; the right hand is west and 6 o'clock. I spotted the object at around 1 o'clock and watched it travel until 5 o'clock in less than 5 seconds.

As the object moved it was completely silent and left no trails. It appeared to go through brightness changes, as if light was being internally reflected off the inside of a sphere. The brightness changes were as linear as the object's motion.

I have watched many planes over the skies here and this was not a plane (well, not a normal one anyway).

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We saw a soundless, dimly-lit, fast gliding craft at midnight that was unlike any aircraft known. We were doing some backyard star gazing on a clear, moonless night when something caught our eye in the southern sky. It was on a trajectory course heading northeast and it moved unlike any other aircraft we've ever seen -- and we come from a family of aviators.

It was low-flying, like a small plane (maybe 8000 feet), only faster, and completely soundless. It was dark, and had no lights on. The only way we happened to see it was due to 3 dim lights grouped together underneath the craft which were barely illuminated.

It moved from one end of the horizon to the other very quickly, and we were stunned by what we had seen, as we do not know of any aircraft that could fly so low, have no lights on, and remain soundless. Definitely not a winged aircraft, either. ((FOLLOW-UP COMMUNICATION FROM WITNESS)) Aack! Please revise the date on my report from a minute ago.

It was the 10th, not the 17th (obviously). ((END)).

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I was on the beach and there was a red light in the sky. It was perfectely still for a very long time and then it sarted to move vertically. Then it moved across the sky and it had four other lights.

One of which was flashing. It was moving faster than an airplane and it made no sound. Since it was night I did not see the shape.

((FOLLOW-UP COMMUNICATION FROM WITNESS)) july. sorry I got my months mixed up. ((NUFORC Note: We have amended the date accordingly.

PD)).

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I saw a black triangular aircraft flying at an altitude between 300 - 500 feet - it was HUGE (bigger than any plane I've ever seen), completely BLACK except for a yellow light at each tip, and it was completely SOUNDLESS as it flew almost directly above me traveling at a normal pace for planes. This all took place as I was staring into the night sky sitting at a bus stop. Was it commercial? NO! Was it military? If it was, then I'm curious why I didn't know such an aircraft even existed.

And just what would the military be doing flying this secret craft so low over Santa Cruz anyway? Was it an alien aircraft? I want to say no - but to me it's kind of just unexplainable. Also I want to add that I wasn't on any drug's or alcohol. ((FOLLOW-UP COMMUNICATION FROM ORIGINAL WITNESS)) ATTENTION: Web Master.

I actually filed a report with you a couple day's ago, and I noticed it had not been posted yet. I was hoping I could change a few thing's, I originally reported the date as being 4/21/2002 - it actually was 4/18/2002. Also, the time I reported was 21:45 - it actually was 20:50.

I had found a note I wrote myself the night it happened with the correct info. I have read a lot of other triangle reports, I can't believe that many people have seen this triangle. Although most description's are very different from mine, some are very similar.

I would like to change my mind on being contacted by an investigator, as long as it is discreet. ((END)).