File 182 · August 2026
Daytime metallic orb, Coloma
Coloma, California, United States
Opened 9/4/2026
Ledger illustration of the file — not a photograph of the object. Ledger illustration of the report: a metallic orb over the hills in daylight. — Night Ledger illustration of the file
Standing
Unidentified
On the public record, and still open. A claim, paper, or film — not a finding that it was ours, and not a finding that it was not.
Daytime morphing metallic orb floats close over Coloma.
What was claimed
A daylight post from gold-country hills described a metallic orb floating close, the surface seeming to morph.
What is on the record
This file is a working record — a report, not a verdict. Official paper, if any, is linked where we have it.
A daytime report from Coloma described a metallic orb close over dry grass and oaks, the surface said to morph or swim. It was not claimed as a landing. The hour was daylight, which is rarer in the current posts.
Balloons and mylar are the ordinary reading for a close daylight sphere. The file keeps “metallic” and “morphing” because that is the language of the post. Illustration of the report.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
The station, the trains, and the rest of the known sky were already there. Hold the claim next to them.
1998 —
International Space Station
A bright, steady moving star. A few minutes to cross. No strobe. Occupied since 2000. NASA publishes the pass times. Not unidentified.
2019 —
Starlink trains
A line of equally spaced lights after a launch. The most common string of orbs in current reports. A satellite deployment, not a formation of craft.
Always
Venus and the bright planets
A fixed brilliant point. Does not streak. Does not hover over a street then leave. Often the first misread light in a rural report.
Always
Aircraft, balloons, meteors
Landing lights, flares, lanterns, reentries, fireballs. They are on the known sky. They do not close a file by themselves — they are what a serious look has to hold the claim against.
Orbit · Space — the desks for lights that are already named.
Sources
- Public web and X posts
Related files
Same craft, same place, same years. A neighbor in the catalogue — not a conclusion.
Same craft · Same place · Same year · August 14, 2026, ~6:45 PM
Metallic orb morphs shape in daytime flight
Coloma, California · USA
Unidentified
A single witness observed a sedan-sized orbish sphere that appeared metallic with a haze or aura. It floated slowly, morphing shape from round to other forms, bright silver-gray turning blackish when closest (~150 ft above treeline), then ascended northeast.
Same craft · Nearby · Same year · August 7, 2026, daytime
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Unidentified
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Same craft · Nearby · Same year · 7 August 2026, 1:00 p.m.
Metallic spheres from Sardine Peak, Hobart Mills
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Unidentified
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Same craft · Same country · Same year · October 9, 2026, 03:45
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Unidentified
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Unidentified
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Snohomish, Washington · United States
Unidentified
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