San Diego "red orb" hovering over the harbor (Nov 10): skydivers with flares landing on the USS Midway

[SkyAugur]

Source: r/sandiego post "any idea what this is ?"

red light in the middle of sky went through downtown, then hovered over the harbor just stayed there for a bit then disappeared.

A commenter on the water said it was 2 parachutists landing on the USS Midway, each with 2 flares. Skydiving Innovations, the demo team that jumps onto the Midway, confirmed by email to me directly that it was their night exhibition jump for an event, at 7:30 PM.

The jump plane is on ADS-B. A Cessna 206 (N9150M) left Brown Field about 7:16 PM, passed right over the Midway at about 3,900 ft at 7:26 and again at 7:30, then landed back at Brown by 7:42. That pins the date to Tue Nov 10.

So the "hovering orb" was the flares on jumpers coming down under canopy over the bay.

 

[jdog]

BTW, our other local incident this week: Shiny white and dark sphere hovered stationary over Carlsbad State Beach, California

"Shiny white and dark sphere" also known as the Goodyear Blimp seen face-on.

 

[flarkey]

Someone else saw them from San Diego too...

NSFW language.


Source: https://x.com/HeyLukOverThere/status/2121814501863424228?a=d0vOvF29XpKyNEOx-_M&s=19

 

[Eburacum]

Now they are forming shapes! My God!

Imagine if they didn't form shapes. That would be extraordinary.

 

[FatPhil]

Someone else saw them from San Diego too...

NSFW language.

Source: https://x.com/HeyLukOverThere/status/2121814501863424228?a=d0vOvF29XpKyNEOx-_M&s=19

The classic "it's forming all kinds of shapes" as four separate things follow their own paths, just to make sure it ticks the obligatory trope boxes.
But I'm curious why going out of sight behind a building, which I would consider the "it's landed, it's here now" moment, was described as "it's gone". Object permanence issues?

 

[jon_eir]

Someone else saw them from San Diego too.

Doesn't the male say sic "I'm currently downtown Denver, I'm in Colorado cous" at approx. 36sec?

 

[flarkey]

Doesn't the male say sic "I'm currently downtown Denver, I'm in Colorado cous" at approx. 36sec?

Ah, actually you're right! This must be an entirely different UFO sighting! my bad!

 

[jon_eir]

Ah, actually you're right! This must be an entirely different UFO sighting! my bad!

all good I thought you were pulling the double troll on me

 

[NorCal Dave]

Ah, actually you're right! This must be an entirely different UFO sighting! my bad!

But he also says something about the Ocean:

I see a Geolocation contest in our future.

 

[SkyAugur]

But he also says something about the Ocean:

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I see a Geolocation contest in our future.

The Denver one looks like the Broncos' parachute team, Thunderstorm. They jump into Empower Field, about 2 km west of downtown, at night with red flares. In the clip he says something "flew above" and "dropped them."

Their jump plane is a Mile-Hi Skydivers Twin Otter, N125PM. On ADS-B it circles over the stadium on Nov 5 2025 (5:58-6:07 PM at about 12,000 ft, the night of the "red orbs over Denver" stories), and again at the Nov 6 2025 and Oct 15 2026 Thursday night games. I didn't find it over Denver on the evenings of Nov 10-13 this year.

So this is probably a recycled clip from one of those jumps. I can't pin which one.

 

[NorCal Dave]

I'm thinking this might be the Republic Plaza building in Denver:

Seems to be the same window arrangement with the distinctive large vertical windows at the top. The left side of the building has ~12 of the windows along the top like in the video. 370 17th Street:

Here it is from a few blocks away in front of an apartment building with the proper orientation:

Maybe filmed from here?

 

[NorCal Dave]

The Denver one looks like the Broncos' parachute team, Thunderstorm. They jump into Empower Field, about 2 km west of downtown, at night with red flares. In the clip he says something "flew above" and "dropped them."

I like it:

 

[jon_eir]

The Denver one looks like the Broncos' parachute team, Thunderstorm. They jump into Empower Field, about 2 km west of downtown, at night with red flares. In the clip he says something "flew above" and "dropped them."

its best to keep on claim/debunk per post