THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTINGS REPORT

2013: Three Orbs Over Hilltop Park, Signal Hill

A group of seven people gathered at Hilltop Park in Signal Hill, California, a favored spot for its sweeping daytime view toward Los Angeles, recorded video of three small orbs moving north across the sky, the center orb drifting back and forth between the two outer orbs without apparently disturbing their fixed positions, “like an old game of Pong.” The group, who describe returning to the same hilltop repeatedly because of what they’ve witnessed there before, posted the footage online and asked viewers to help interpret what they believe may be an intentional pattern or message.

Date: January 12, 2013 (per this site’s field data; the witness’s own summary text separately references “December First 2013” as when the group began documenting sightings at this location, a discrepancy flagged rather than resolved)

Sighting Time: 1:15 p.m.

Day/Night: Day

Location: Hilltop Park, Signal Hill, California

Urban or Rural: Urban (park atop a hill with a panoramic view toward Los Angeles)

No. of Entity(s): Not Applicable

Entity Type: Not Applicable

Entity Description: Not Applicable

Hynek Classification: DD — Daylight Disc. A metallic or whitish object or objects seen in the day; no altitude, size, or distance was recorded, limiting confidence in this classification (see Researcher’s Notes).

Duration: Approximately 10 minutes

No. of Object(s): 3

Description of the Object(s): Three small orbs flying north; the center orb moved back and forth between the two outer orbs, which otherwise held fixed relative positions and appeared unaffected by the center orb’s movement, described by the witnesses as resembling the video game Pong

Shape of Object(s): Orbs

Size of Object(s): Undocumented

Color of Object(s): Undocumented beyond “orbs”

Distance to Object(s): Undocumented

Height & Speed: Undocumented

Number of Witnesses: 7

Special Features/Characteristics: Event was recorded on video and posted to YouTube; the reporting group describes Hilltop Park as a location they visit repeatedly, in part for meditation, and states they have witnessed and documented numerous prior unusual sightings there; witnesses interpreted the orbs’ relative motion as a possibly intentional pattern or message and solicited outside help interpreting it; no altitude, size, or distance estimate was provided for the objects, limiting technical analysis of the footage

Case Status: Insufficient Data — a video-only daytime “orb” sighting with no distance, size, or altitude information provided, from a source with an established, repeated practice of visiting the same location specifically to observe and document unusual phenomena, and no independent examination of the original footage documented

Source: Submitted by email; video posted to YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqVF20Yoxjo)

Summary/Description: A group of seven witnesses at Hilltop Park in Signal Hill, California, recorded video of three small orbs flying north, with the center orb moving back and forth between two outer orbs that remained in fixed relative position, over the course of about 10 minutes. The group, who state they return to this hilltop location regularly and have documented other unusual sightings there before, posted the footage online, describing the pattern as resembling the video game Pong and asking viewers to help interpret what they believe may be an intentional message.

Related Cases: None documented

Full Report

This UFO was documented when we first started at Hilltop Park in Signal Hill, CA. To start off, the park is on top of a very high hill that can see clear to LA, so it is a very good meditation place where we have seen a lot of great sightings. If you have been there, you know what I’m talking about. Because of that, I believe we have witnessed some of the amazing things we have seen here, like what you see presented in today’s video.

This particular one was 3 orbs that flew independently, with the outer orbs stationarily holding the middle orb in place, as if resembling an old computer game of Pong. It leaves me at a loss of answers, but a flurry of questions: like what does it mean? We often think these patterns and shapes hold significance to them; I mean, why else would they display them if not to get a message across, right? So I leave it to you guys to help me find some serious evidence connected to this pattern, and let’s see if our world can decipher this higher conscious message to us.

RESEARCHER’S NOTES

Signal Hill, 2013 — Daytime Video Orbs and a Well-Known Explanation

• Small “orbs” captured on daytime video have a well-established, common conventional explanation. Out-of-focus insects flying close to a camera lens, especially in warm daytime conditions, are one of the most frequently confirmed sources of small, round, glowing “orb” footage; airborne dust or pollen particles, birds at a distance, and lens artifacts from bright sunlight can produce similar effects. Without distance, size, or altitude information, and without the original unedited footage examined independently, this remains the leading conventional candidate for this kind of video capture.
• The complete absence of scale information is a significant evidentiary gap. Every field describing size, distance, and altitude is blank in the original report. Without any of these, it is not possible to distinguish between, for example, three large objects at great distance and three small, near-lens artifacts, which would produce visually similar footage of small round shapes moving relative to one another.
• Source context is relevant and worth naming plainly. The reporting group describes Hilltop Park as a location they visit repeatedly, specifically for meditation and in the stated expectation of witnessing unusual phenomena there, and states they have recorded multiple prior sightings at the same spot. A group actively seeking and expecting to observe anomalous activity at a specific location is more likely to interpret ordinary visual noise, insects, birds, atmospheric artifacts, as significant, a well-documented feature of expectation-driven observation generally. This does not mean the account is inaccurate, but it is relevant context for weighing it.
• The date discrepancy is flagged rather than resolved. The field-recorded sighting date of January 12, 2013 does not match the witness’s own reference to “December First 2013” as when the group’s documentation at this location began. Both cannot describe the same first visit if the sighting itself is dated to January of that year, and this entry preserves the inconsistency rather than silently picking one date.
• Seven witnesses viewing the same footage is not equivalent to seven independent observations. All seven were present together at one location watching what appears to have been the same recorded event; this is a single-vantage-point group sighting rather than multiple separately-positioned corroborating witnesses.

A group of seven, gathered at a hilltop park they visit specifically hoping to witness something unusual, recorded ten minutes of three small orbs moving in a pattern they read as a possible message. Without any distance, size, or altitude information, and without ruling out the most common cause of daytime video orb footage, insects or debris near the lens, there isn’t enough here to say what was actually recorded. It remains an open, thinly documented case.

“The outer orbs stationarily holding the middle orb in place, as if resembling an old computer game of Pong.” — witness account, Signal Hill, California, 2013