Santa Cruz, California UFO Sightings in 2014

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Two V formations of faint orange lights Went out to enjoy the clear night sky.looked up and noticed a V formation of very faint orange lights. They would have been very easy to miss if I hadn’t gone out to specifically look at the night sky.

The brightness of the moon may have made them appear dim also.very bright night. Two V formations.

One formation of 7 circular looking lights, with an additional V formation at the side of 3 lights. No sound. Moving probably as fast as a fighter jet? I really couldn't tell what their altitude was… It seemed about the attitude of a commercial jet.

Moving S/E to N/W. They disappeared over the tree tops before I could get anyone else to come out of the house to look at them. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.

PD)).

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Sphere appears in the second of three consecutive photos, and then disappears. ((NUFORC Note: The witness submitted an addendum to the report, identifying the object. PD)) Arrived at the beach around 10:30 am with a couple who’ve been friends for over 30 years, to meet with their daughter, her husband and two children.

We walked up and down the beach strolling the baby and when we got back, I sat on the towel under an umbrella and thought it would be cute to have a photo of their daughter in the foreground, with the grandparents walking with her older son. The first frame I took with my phone in portrait mode. I decided to flip to landscape mode for the next two shots.

I didn't see anything in the frame when I took the shot, and there weren't any kites or balls flying through the air. The beach was not very crowded on a Thursday (May 1st). After I left Santa Cruz, drove to my next stop (Napa) and while I was getting fuel, I thought I’d review the photos I took in Santa Cruz.

That’s when I noticed the sphere in the sky. I saw nothing like it that day at the beach, so I assume it is some anomaly with my digital software. Even so, I feel compelled to share the photo, because it is just too strange! I’m hoping you can debunk it or have an explanation that makes sense.

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Orange floating disappearing lights. I saw orange hovering lights that disappeared after a few minutes in the sky. Like their light fizzled like a smoke being extinguished.

The first time was about 2 months ago & I woke my husband for him to witness them. The first time I saw them these orange hovering lights that disappeared after a few minutes in the sky. Like their light fizzled like a smoke being extinguished they reminds me of miniature this is the second time I’ve seen them.

The first time I saw them they seemed far away. the first time there were lots of the & they appeared to be floating up then disappearing. This time.

they were moving kinda like a drone but more bubble floating like, & they came super close to the rooftops & very close to my house. About 25 ft off the ground. I have never seen anything this scary in my life & I don’t ever use the Internet for leaving comments anywhere.

This video is exactly what I saw the first time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bsrHjd4mPU.

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Balls of bright orange lights seen hovering over city and disappearing up into sky from Santa Cruz Lighthouse. It was between the time of 21:45-22:00. The two objects hovering over the city lights, west of the beach cliff that my husband and I were standing on (The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk was in our view to the right of us).

We could not see any true shapes but they both looked like a ball of orange lights. I think of a soccer ball, with the black patches being the orange lights and the rest of the white patches being just black. They hovered over the city area, the first one hovered in the same spot for at least 5 minutes and then began moving to the right.

It only moved in this direction for a minute or so, and then it halted suddenly and at that moment, it ascended up into the sky and disappeared as balloon does when it is released into the sky. The other one followed this same pattern and ascended in the exact location in the sky as the first. It took about 45 seconds for each one to completely disappear.

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I watched three red/orange glowing lights in the sky in a triangle formation. Then one faded and disappeared. The the other two separated one went higher into the sky the other light headed towards the horizon.

They both slowly faded and it appeared they were headed deeper into the atmosphere as the light faded. They all were together at one point and then within a few minutes they faded away. These lights were unlike a plane or a helicopter.