Santa Cruz, California UFO Sightings in 2009

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1:45AM - First noticed bright small light while star-gazing at Westcliff by the Boardwalk. Discussed that it looked out of the ordinary but didn't give it much thought. 2:45AM - After driving further south towards Aptos decided to park and check out the view from nearby State Park.

We again noticed the bright small light but this time there was a plane that was clearly visible with flashing red and blue lights on opposite wings that appeared to be circling the general area of the object for about 20-30mins. At first it appeared to be random but then it continued to circle the object in various patterns and about four different angles (above/under, near/away, and behind) then departed. The small bright light continued to remain.

3:20AM - Decided to get a closer look after being surprised by what we were seeing and drove up to a better viewing spot at the entrance to State Park. That is when we noticed a boat that also had red and blue lights was in the area and moving towards the object. At which point the "light" proceeded to take off towards the horizon and seemed to dim until it suddenly disappeared.

After that the boat turned a spot light on and seemed to be patrolling the area until it fixed its spotlight directly on us and held. Not sure of the exact time but we decided it was time for us to leave. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of twinling star?? PD)).

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There were big, bright lights flying in two formations. We were out walking, when we looked up into the sky and saw the most amazing light show. The lights were all in formation, one triangle and one line of lights.

Another light flew over to the formation and joined it while we were watching. It flew very fast and there was no noise to be heard at all. I heard a neighbor yell out, "Look UFOs," and that was exactly my thought too.

I had never seen anything like it before in my life. The lights were pretty large, compared to anything I had ever seen in the night sky before. Very impressive and exciting to see.

((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)) ((NUFORC Note: Source of the report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)).

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8-10 Amber colored lights seen in the Eastern Sky above Santa Cruz, CA In the sky to the East of Santa Cruz, CA (latitude 38) I was outside in my backyard moving the water hose when I looked up to see 8-10 bright little lights in the sky. They were kind of amber colored.kinda soft and bright at the same time.

My husband says they were the color of a sodium light. They were in some formation and then broke apart and 2 began to fly southwest.I thought they were going to collide they came so close to eachother but then they just passed by one another and I turned my attention to the others and they were just moving so slowly and haphazardly that I called my husband outside.

He and my 6 year old son came out and became engrossed in the lights as well.there was no sound at all. Some would just all of a sudden flicker and disappear.

I called my neighbor who is a pilot and he came outside with his wife.He said he's never seen anything like it either. The lights eventually dimmed and disappeared.

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three white patches forming a dim triangle (looked like one craft) flying completely silently, low, and at constant speed (fast) North. Low-flying, completely silent, three rectanglish maybe triangular white patches in night sky (not bright and shiny, but pale and somewhat luminous) formed a larger triangle shape. The "point" or "tip" pf the triangle leading north.

At first we thought it was three birds. But there was no movement expect the unwavering steady fast paced movement forward. constant speed and seperation of white patches soon made it obvious it was no animal.

It looked as if it was low-flying, much lower than the average plane, yet it was silent. If it was extremely high up, then it would have been extremely massive, beyond anything we know today in modern aviation. As if to prove it was no ordinary plane, a moment or two after it passed (it was moving quite fast, and I must stress again, completely silent) a regular passenger jet plane flew overhead, (with a trajectory slightly deviated from the first unidentified craft) it was very, very high but we could still hear the jets, loud and clear, the lights on the bottom of the plane twinkled and shone and blinked.

There were patches of fog so this jet had headlights that illuminated the clouds in front of it. The first craft had no such headlights, nor any standard lights on the bottom at all. The white patches which formed the triangle did glow, as if emmitting heat, but where not shiny, there was no tendrils of light from them as there are from normal plane lights or even far away stars etc.

IT was a subdued paleness that stood out against the night sky, faint, but there never the less. The two white patches that formed the "base" of the triangle were set farther back than the lights on the wings of the jet that followed soon after.