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California sightings from the Project Blue Book Unknowns:
July 6, 1947; Fairfield-Suisan Air Base, California. Daytime.
Witnesses: Army Air Forces Capt. and Mrs. James Burniston.
Watched for 1 minute while one object having no wings or tail
rolled from side-to-side three times and then flew away very fast
to the southeast.
July 8, 1947; Muroc Air Base, California. 9:30 a.m. PDT.
Witnesses: lst Lt. Joseph McHenry, T/Sgt Ruvolo, S/Sgt Nauman,
Miss Janette Scotte. Watched for an unstated length of time
while two disc-shaped or spherical objects--silver and apparently
metallic--flew a wide circular pattern, and then one of them
later flew a tighter circle.
July 29, 1947; Hamilton Air Base, California. 2:50 p.m. PDT.
Witnesses: Assistant Base Operations Officer Capt. William
Rhyerd, ex-AAF B-29 pilot Ward Stewart. Watched for unknown
length of time while two round, shiny, white objects with
estimated 15-25 foot diameters, flew 3-4 times the apparent speed
of a P-80, also in sight. One object flew straight and level;
the other weaved from side-to-side like an escort fighter.
Sept. 23, 1948; San Pablo, California. 12 noon. Witnesses:
Sylvester Bentham and retired U.S. Army Col. Horace Eakins. Two
objects: one, a buff or grey rectangle with vertical lines; the
other a translucent "amoeba" with a dark spot near the center.
The arms of the "amoeba" undulated. Both objects travelled very
fast.
Dec. 3, 1948; Fairfield-Suisan AFB, California. 8:15 p.m.
Witness: USAF Sgt., control tower operator. One round, white
light flew for 25 seconds with varying speed, bouncing motion,
and finally a rapid erratic climb.
April 4, 1949; Merced, California. 10:20 p.m. witness: William
Parrott, former Air Force pilot and major. One generally round
object with a curved bottom and dull coloring. The object gave
off a clicking sound until overhead. Parrott's dog reacted. 35
seconds.
May 6, 1949; Livermore, California. 9:35 a.m. Witness: C. G.
Green. Two shiny, disc-like objects rotated around each other
and banked. Then one shot upwards with a grey trail and rejoined
the other. The sighting lasted 5 minutes.
Mar. 13, 1951; McClellan AFB, California. 3:20 p.m. Witnesses:
USAF lst Lt. B.J. Hastie, Mrs. Rafferty. A cylinder with twin
tails, 200' long and 90' wide, turned north and flew at
incredible speed. Two minutes.
Sept. 6, 1951; Claremont, California. 7:20 p.m. (not really
clear). Witnesses: S/Sgt W.T. Smith, M/Sgt L.L. Duel (?). Six
orange lights in an irregular formation, flew straight and level
into a coastal fog bank after 3-4 minutes.
March 24, 1952; 60 miles west of Pt. Concepcion, California.
8:45 a.m. Witnesses: B-29 navigator and radar operator. One
target tracked for 20-30 seconds at estimated 3,000 m.p.h.
April 15, 1952; Santa Cruz, California. 7:40 p.m. Witness: Mr.
Hayes, brother of Master Sergeant. Two faint objects observed
flying fast along the horizon for 6-8 seconds, using 20x spotting
telescope.
May 1, 1952; George AFB, California. 10:50 a.m. Witnesses:
three men on the arms range, plus one Lt. Colonel 4 miles away.
Five flat-white discs about the diameter of a C-47's wingspan
(95') flew fast, made a 90^ turn in a formation of three in front
and two behind, and darted around, for 15-30 seconds.
May 9, 1952; George AFB, California. 5:20 p.m. Witness: A/lc
G.C. Grindeland. One dull white, arrowhead-shaped object flew
straight and level for 10 seconds.
July 26, 1952; Williams, California. Case missing from official
files.
July 29, 1952; Merced, California. 3:44 or 4:35 p.m. Witnesses:
Herbert Mitchell and one employee. One dark, discus-shaped
object, trailed by a silvery light 2 lengths behind, tipped on
its side, dove, hesitated and then circled very fast during the 2
minute sighting.
Aug. 1, 1952; Lancaster, California. 1:14 a.m. Witnesses:
sheriff's deputies and other persons, one named Mallette. Two
brilliant red lights hovered and maneuvered for 5 minutes.
Aug. 18, 1952; Fairfield, California. 12:50 a.m. Witnesses:
three policemen. One object changed color like a diamond, and
changed directions during the 30 minute sighting.
Aug. 19, 1952; Red Bluff, California. 2:38 p.m. Witness:
Ground Observer Corps observer Albert Lathrop. Two objects,
shaped like fat bullets, flew straight and level, very fast for
25 seconds.
Sept. 14, 1952; Santa Barbara, California. 8:40 p.m. Witness:
USAF C-54 transport pilot Tarbutton. One blue-white light
travelled straight and level, then went up. Seen for 30 seconds.
Sept. 27, 1952; Inyokern, California. 10 p.m. Witnesses: two
couples, using a 5x telescope. One large, round object, which
went through the color spectrum every 2 seconds, was seen to fly
straight and level for 15 minutes.
Dec. 28, 1952; Marysville, California. Case missing from
official files.
--- XRS! 4.50+
* Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)
Message #7646 - BAMA
Date : 22-Sep-91 1:19
From : John Powell
To : James Nugent
Subject : CA PBB Unknowns, 2/2
California sightings from the Project Blue Book Unknowns:
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Jan. 10, 1953; Sonoma, California. 3:45 p.m. or 4 p.m.
Witnesses: retired Col. Robert McNab, and Mr. Hunter of the
Federal Security Agency. One flat object, like a pinhead, made
three 360* right turns in 9 seconds, made abrupt 90* turns to the
right and left, stopped, accelerated to original speed and
finally flew out of sight vertically after 60-75 seconds.
Jan. 28, 1953; Pt. Mugu, California. 1 p.m. Witness: R.W.
Love, owner of Love Diving Co., engaged in retrieving radio-
controlled drones. An 18-20' white, flat disc flew straight and
level, overhead, for 6 minutes.
Jan. 28, 1953; Corona, California. 6:05 p.m. Witness: USAF
T/Sgt. George Beyer. Five 25' green spheres flew in V-formation,
then changed to trail formation at which time the end objects
turned red. Sighting lasted 12 minutes.
Feb. 20, 1953; Pittsburg-Stockton, California. #1 time unknown;
#2, 10:30 p.m. Witnesses: USAF B-25 bomber pilots. #1 was a
bright yellow light seen for 8 minutes. #2 was a bright light
which flew on a collision course, dimmed and climbed away fast.
Aug. 20, 1953; near Castle AFB, California. 9:05 p.m.
Witnesses: crew of TB-29 bomber/trainer plane. One greyish oval
object made four passes at the airplane (three times at 10-20
miles distance), then dived vertically as if two objects.
Dec. 24, 1953; El Cajon, California. 8:04 a.m. Witnesses: U.S.
Navy Lts. J.B. Howard and L.D. Linhard, flying F9F-2 jet
fighters. Ten silver, oval objects flew at more than 400 kts.
(450 m.p.h.), straight and level, for 5 minutes.
Dec. 28, 1953; Marysville, California. 11:55 a.m. Witness:
Yuba County Airport Manager Dick Brandt. One saucer, with a
brilliant blue light, reflecting on a nearby building, hovered
briefly during the 1.5 minute observation.
May 10, 1954; Elsinore, California. 12:40 p.m. Witness: U.S.
Marine Corps Squadron Leader D.R. Higgin, flying an F3D-2 jet
fighter. One dark gunmetal delta-shaped object, 22' long and 10'
wide, with a fin on the top, descended at a 25-30' angle under
the lead airplane of a formation, and over the airplane of
Higgin. Sighting lasted a few seconds.
July 30, 1954; Los Angeles, California. 10:15 a.m. Witness:
Hughes Aircraft test pilots Englert and Peterson, flying a B-25
bomber. One metallic, pencil-shaped object flew slowly or
hovered for an unstated length of time.
Sept. 21, 1954; Barstow, California. 1 a.m. Witnesses: two
local policemen, four U.S. Marine Corps police, one highway
patrolman. One red-orange ball giving off sparks, and a smaller
light, made a zigzag descent and then hovered. Total of 20
minutes.
Feb. 2, 1955; Miramar Naval Air Station, California. 11:50 a.m.
Witness: USN Cmdr. J.L. Ingersoll. One highly polished sphere,
with reddish-brown coloring, fell, then instantly accelerated to
1,000-1,500 m.p.h.
June 6, 1956; Banning, California. 5:30 a.m. Witness: Mr.
Bierman. One thin disc with a small dome, shimmering silver,
hovered about 100 yards away for 8-10 seconds, then zoomed up.
March 14, 1958; Healdsburg, California. 8:45 a.m. Witnesses:
Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Cummings and one other. A 3' round, black
object touched the ground and then took off. Watched for 2
minutes.
Sept. 10, 1960; Ridgecrest, California. 9:50 p.m. Witnesses:
Mr. and Mrs. M.G. Evans. Two light gray glowing objects, saucer
or boomerang-shaped, which swished when accelerating. Seen 1-2
seconds each.
Nov. 27, 1960; Chula Vista, California. 7:30 p.m. Witnesses:
Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Hart. One orange-red point of light made huge
circles and stopped during the 20-30 minute sighting.
Sept. 14, 1963; Susanville, California. 3:15 p.m. Witness:
E.A. Grant, veteran of 37 years training forest fire lookouts for
the U.S. Forest Service. One round object intercepted a long
object and either attached itself to the latter or disappeared.
Sighting lasted l0 minutes.
Aug. 15, 1964; Yosemite National Park, California. 8:15 a.m.
Witnesses: E.J. Haug, of the San Francisco Orchestra and the San
Francisco Conservatory of Music; and C.R. Bubb, a high school
mathematics teacher. Three bright silver, round objects, in a
stack formation, flew very fast, changing positions within the
formation. The sound of rushing air was heard during the 3-4
second sighting.
April 30, 1966; Sacramento, California. 3:15 a.m. Witness:
Anita Miller. One light moved around the sky for 2.5 hours. No
further detail in files.
--- XRS! 4.50+
* Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)
Message #7647 - BAMA
Date : 22-Sep-91 1:20
From : John Powell
To : James Nugent
Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 1/8
Report #: 2
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 10-20-1985
Subject: SANTA MONICA, CALIF
CASE TYPE: CE I - NOCTURNAL LIGHT
DATE: 14 OCTOBER 1985
TIME: 2048 HOURS
CFN#: 0128
SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER
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SIX WITNESSES REPORTED OBSERVING A LARGE OBJECT IN THE WESTERN SKY. THE
WITNESSES SAID THAT THE OBJECT APPEARED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FLUORESCENT
LIGHTING ON IT. THE DISTANCE OF THE OBJECT IS UNKNOWN THE DURATION IS ALSO
UNKNOWN.
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Report #: 3
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 10-21-1985
Subject: KERMAN, CALIF
CASE TYPE: CE I - DAYLIGHT SIGHTING
DATE: 15 OCTOBER 1985
TIME: 1213 HOURS
CFN#: 0129
SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER
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ONE WITNESS REPORTED SIGHTING A VERY LARGE OBJECT AT A HIGH ALTITUDE. THE
WITNESS SAID THAT THE OBJECT WAS MOVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE WITNESS
SAID THAT THE OBJECT LOOKED LIKE A WHITE BALL. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE OBJECT
DID NOT LEAVE A VAPOR TRAIL. THE WITNESS DID NOT DETECT ANY SOUND COMING FROM
THE OBJECT. THE DURATION OF THE SIGHTING WAS 15 TO 20 SECONDS.
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Report #: 9
From: SYSOP
Date Sent: 10-22-1985
Subject: LOS ANGELES, CALIF
CASE TYPE: CE I - DAYLIGHT SIGHTING
DATE: 18 OCTOBER 1985
TIME: 1515 HOURS
CFN#: 0135
SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER
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FIVE WITNESSES REPORTED OBSERVING THREE WHITE OBJECTS. THESE OBJECTS WERE
GIVING OFF ALOT OF SURFACE REFLECTION THE WIT- NESSES SAID. THE OBJECTS
APPEARED TO BE MOVING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED. THE OBJECTS WERE MOVING IN A EAST
TO NORTH NORTHWEST COURSE. THE WITNESSES SAID THAT THE ALTITUDE OF THE
OBJECTS WERE APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET GIVE OR TAKE A LITTLE. THE OBJECTS WERE
ABOUT THREE FEET IN DIAMETER. ONE WITNESS STATED HE WORK IN THIS AREA FOR A
LONG TIME AND WAS FAMILAR WITH THE AIR TRAFFIC. THE WITNESSES SAID THAT WHILE
THE SIGHTING WAS GOING ON THERE WASN'T ANY AIR TRAFFIC AT ALL OVER THE LOS
ANGELES, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE WITNESSES ALSO SAID THAT WHILE THE
SIGHTING WAS GOING ON THEY SAW THE GOODYEAR BLIMP COMING THERE WAY TOWARD THE
AIRPORT BUT THEN THE BLIMP TURNED AND STARTED TO LEAVE THE AREA AND DID SO.
THE WITNESSES ALSO SAID THAT THERE WERE PROBABLY OTHERS WATCHING BECAUSE THIS
IS IN A INDUSTRIAL AREA. THE DURATION OF THE SIGHTING WAS 20 MINUTES.
IF ANY PERSON HAVING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE PLEASE LEAVE US A
NOTE ON THE E-MAIL SYSTEM. THANK YOU
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Report #: 11
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 10-23-1985
Subject: SANTA MONICA, CA
CASE TYPE: CE I - NL
DATE: 13 OCTOBER 1985
TIME: 2130 HOURS
CFN#: 0137
SOURCE NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER
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ONE WITNESS REPORTED OBSERVING A BIG PALE GREEN BALL OF LIGHT AT A ANGULAR
DESCENT. THE WITNESS SAID THAT THE GREEN BALL OF LIGHT WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTH-WEST FOR ABOUT OR APPROXIMATELY THREE SECONDS. THE WITNESS SAID THAT
THE GREEN BALL OF LIGHT WAS AT A LOW ALITIUDE. THE DURATION OF THE SIGHTING
WAS THREE SECONDS.
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Report #: 13
From: SYSOP
Date Sent: 11-14-1985
Subject: NEWPORT BEACH, CA
CASE TYPE: CE I
DATE: 14 OCTOBER 1985
TIME: 0100 HOURS
CFN#: 0139
SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER
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BRONZE COLOR OBJECT WITH PAINTED NOSE WENT INTO A HIGH SPEED VERTICAL DIVE
THEN LEVELED OFF. WITNESSES SAID OBJECT WAS TRIANGULAR SHAPED. DESCRIBED BY
TWO WITNESSES AS BEING HUGE.
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Report #: 16
From: SYSOP
Date Sent: 11-14-1985
Subject: ATASCADERO, CA
CASE TYPE: CE II
DATE: 21 OCTOBER 1985
TIME: 2210 HOURS
CFN#: 0142
SOURCE: NAT'L REPORTING CENTER
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ONE WITNESS OBSERVED A RECTANGULAR SHAPED OBJECT WITH COLORED LIGHTS AT WHAT
WAS DESCRIBED TO BE A LOW ALTITUDE. DURATION OF SIGHTING WAS TWO MINUTES.
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* Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)
Message #7648 - BAMA
Date : 22-Sep-91 1:22
From : John Powell
To : James Nugent
Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 2/8
Report #: 18
From: SYSOP
Date Sent: 11-14-1985
Subject: SAN RAFAEL, CA
CASE TYPE: CE I - DS
DATE: 25 OCTOBER 1985
TIME: 0830 HOURS
CFN#: 0144
SOURCE: NAT'L REPORTING CENTER
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A WITNESS REPORTED SEEING A WIDE-WINGED OBJECT WHICH WAS CURVED IN FRONT AND
HAD COLORED LIGHTS. OBJECT WAS AT FIRST STATIONARY, AND THEN MOVED ABOUT
BEFORE ASCENDING AT A HIGH SPEED AND DISAPPEARING WITHIN ABOUT 2 SECONDS. THE
OBSERVER DESCRIBED THE OBJECT AS LARGE. DURATION OF SIGHTING WAS
APPROXIMATELY TWENTY SECONDS.
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Report #: 24
From: SYSOP
Date Sent: 11-14-1985
Subject: SAN MARCOS, CA
CASE TYPE: CE I
DATE: 30 OCTOBER 1985
TIME: 1700 HOURS
CFN#: 0150
SOURCE: NAT'L REPORTING CENTER
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ONE WITNESS REPORTED SEEING A WHITE OBJECT MOVING ACROSS THE SKY AT AN ANGULAR
ASCENT. THE OBSERVER SAID THE OBJECT WAS FOLLOWED BY A FLASH IN THE SKY.
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Report #: 37
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 01-09-1986
Subject: ROSEVILLE, CA.
CASE TYPE: CE I - NL
DATE: 3 JANUARY 1986
TIME: 20:20 HOURS
CFN#: 0163
SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER
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THREE WITNESSES OBSERVED CIRCULAR OBJECT APROXIMATENLY 300 FEET IN DIAMETER
DIRECTLY OVER THEM THE OBJECT THEN MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN WENT INTO A FAST
SPEED AND DISAPEARED OUT OF SIGHT. WITNESSES SAID WHILE OBSERVING THE OBJECT
IT MADE A RUMBLING SOUND AND SHOOK A HOUSE AND A BARN DURATION OF THE SIGHTING
WAS APROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS.
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Report #: 39
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 01-31-1986
Subject: EDWARDS A.F.B., CA
CASE TYPE: CE I - EM
DATE: 19 JANUARY 1986
TIME: 07:00 HOURS
CFN#: 0165
SOURCE: NAT`L UFO REPORTING CENTER
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WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY U.S. 395 NEAR EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE TWO
WITNESSES REPORTED OBSERVING A STATIONARY LONG RECTANGULAR SHAPED OBJECT. THE
WITNESSES SIAD THAT THE OBJECT WAS A BRIGHT SILVER IN ITS COLOR. THE
WITNESSES ALSO SIAD WHEN THEY WERE NEAR THE OBJECT THERE RADIO HAD A LOT OF
STATIC ON IT. i.e. E-M,. THE WITNESSES SIAD WHEN THEY STOP THE CAR THE OBJECT
HAD DISAPPEARED. TOTAL DURATION OF SIGHTING: TEN MINUTES.
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Report #: 62
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 04-09-1986
Subject: ENCINO, CA
CASE TYPE: CE II
DATE: 2 APRIL 1986
TIME: 08:30 HOURS
CFN#: 0187
DURATION: 30:MINUTES
SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER
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One witness reported observing a small silvery object moving out side her
house. The witness said: The object was about four incher in diamter. She
said: The object was moving around and going over her dogs, she said her dogs
hair stood on end. She said: they seemed to be upset ! The witness said: She
watch this for about 7 minutes but then she looked up and notice a larger
silvery object approximately 8 to 10 inches in diamter. She said: This larger
object then started to suppurate into four smaller objects. The witness said:
The closest point to the object from her was approximately 12 feet away. This
witnesses age is 76 years old.
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Report #: 64
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 04-10-1986
Subject: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
CASE TYPE: CE I
DATE: 6 APRIL 1986
TIME: 20:55 HOURS
CFN#: 0189
DURATION: 10:MINUTES
SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER
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Six witnesses reported observing a large circular object in the eastern sky.
The witnesses said: while they were observing the large object it started to
suppurate into two disk shaped objects. They said: The two disk shaped objects
were stationary for a while till a third disk shaped object came in to wiew.
The witnesses said: The three objects then went in a (V) foramtion and
disappeared to the north.
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* Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)
Message #7649 - BAMA
Date : 22-Sep-91 1:22
From : John Powell
To : James Nugent
Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 3/8
Report #: 68
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 04-17-1986
Subject: CORONADO, CA
CASE TYPE: CE I
DATE: DECEMBER
TIME: NIGHT
CFN#: 0193
DURATION: UNKNOWN
SOURCE: JOURNAL CORONADO JAN 9,1986
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Three Coronados spotted an Unidentified flying object land in front of them.
They were coming out of the bingo hall at Sacred Heart Church.
Mona O' Keefe, Rosemany Thelen and a North Island worker A Mr. Herb, described
the object as a clear plastic bubble about three feet in diameter. As the man
approached the object, it ascended and flew over Orange Ave to Olive Ave and
out over the ocean in the fight path for North Island, according to the two
women. Police said: they had no reports. The women said: they asked around
town, but nobody else said they had spotted the mysterious object.
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Report #: 71
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 04-22-1986
Subject: PETALUMA, CA
CASE TYPE: CE I - NL
DATE: 19 APRIL 1986
TIME: 20:40 HOURS
CFN#: 0196
DURATION: 5 SECONDS
SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER
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One witness reported observing 15 lights flying in a "V" formation at a fast
rate of speed. He said the lights were going from South East to North West. He
said they move from directly over hard to the horizon in 5 seconds.
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Report #: 74
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 04-22-1986
Subject: WALNUT CREEK, CA
CASE TYPE: CE I
DATE: 21 APRIL 1986
TIME: 22:56 HOURS
CFN#: 0199
DURATION: 10 SECONDS
SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER
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Witnesses reported observing a very large object movung in the night sky at a
fast rate of speed. They said that the object was on a North to South course.
Also that the object then disappeared in the horizon. Another witness reported
observing this same object from an area called Oakland, California at the same
time as the sighting in Walnut Creek, Califoria. The duration in both cases
was approximately 10 seconds.
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Report #: 78
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 04-27-1986
Subject: EL CENTRO, CA
CASE TYPE: CE I - DD
DATE: 15 NOVEMBER 1985
TIME: 19:15 HOURS
CFN#: 0203
DURATION: 15:SECONDS
SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER
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Four witnesses reported observing three large disk shaped objects moving at a
fast rate of speed. They said the objects were going on a north to south
course. The witnesses said that the colors of the disks were that of a penny
or copper.
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Report #: 79
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 04-27-1986
Subject: NIPOMO, CA
CASE TYPE: CE I - NL
DATE: 26 APRIL 1986
TIME: 21:27 HOURS
CFN#: 0204
DURATION: 15:MINUTES
SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER
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Two witnesses reported observing four bright lights in the night skys.
They said that the lights or objects were at a high altitude and maneuvering
at high rates of speed. The witnesses said that the lights were going in
circles and making 90 degree turns. They also said the light were going in to
high speed vertical climbs and high speed vertical dives.
The lights or object would then make very fast stops. The witnesses said they
were watching this going on directly over head in the North East sky.
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Report #: 96
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 05-23-1986
Subject: PETALUMA, CA
CASE TYPE: LRS
DATE: 22 MAY 1986
TIME: 0430
CFN#: 0220
DURATION: UNKNOWN
SOURCE: (UPI) SEATTLE TIMES
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PETALUMA, Calif. More then a dozen people reported seeing an unidentified
flying object hovering and darting over this suburban city north of San
Francisco early yesterday morning. I looked up and saw seveal orange lights
hovering in the sky, said Sue Heart, who was delivering newspapers at 4:30
a.m. when the UFO was sighted. A California Highway patrolman described the
fast flying object as a large, orange X with white lights on the front. All
witnesses agreed it was not an airplane, and air-traffic and military
spokesmen in the area were unable to explain the object.
The sighting came three days after Brazilian air-force jets reportedly chased
more then a dozen fast-moving objects marked by intense green, red and white
lights.
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* Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)
Message #7650 - BAMA
Date : 22-Sep-91 1:22
From : John Powell
To : James Nugent
Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 4/8
Report #: 98
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 05-25-1986
Subject: ANAHEIM, CA
CASE TYPE: LRS
DATE: 23 MAY 1986
TIME: 2206 HOURS
CFN#: 0222
DURATION: 3:MINUTES
WITNESSES: TWO
SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER
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Two witnesses reported observing a very large object. They said it was shaped
like a "+" sign with many lights on it. The witnesses said the object was lay
flat when sighted. Also they heard no sound coming from the object at the
time of the sighting. The witnesses said the object was moving in a straight
line going from East to West. There is another case like this one which took
place on the 22 of may in petaluma California. The witnesses said in that case
the object was shaped like an "X" and also had many colored lights on it. This
could be the same object?
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Report #: 100
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 05-28-1986
Subject: VALLEJO, CA
CASE TYPE: LRS
DATE: 25 MAY 1986
TIME: 0145 HOURS
CFN#: 0224
DURATION: UNKNOWN
WITNESSES: TWO
SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER
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Two witnesses reported observing an object that resebled a small full moon,
but the witnesses said, that it had a blue ring around it.
The witnesses said the blue ring was on the under side of the object and it
would increase in brightness when the object would move. The duration of this
sighting is not known.
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Report #: 104
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 06-02-1986
Subject: LOS ANGELES, CA
CASE TYPE: LRS
DATE: 31 MAY 1986
TIME: 1930 HOURS
DURATION: 3:MINUTES
WITNESSES: ONE
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One witness reported observing some objects that looked to him like the tail
of a kite. The witness was looking out a window at about or approximately 7:30
P.M. he described the objects at first as looking like the tail of a kite,
twisting in the wind. He said it seemed to him that the objects were gyrating
about one another like two pieces of paper carried aloft. About fifteen
minutes later he saw three unmarked black helicopters fly overhead, but not in
the dirrection in which he had seen the objects. This witness is a Sunday
School teacher.
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Report #: 106
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 06-05-1986
Subject: GRIZZLY FLATS, CA
CASE TYPE: NL
DATE: 1 JUNE 1986
TIME: 0400 HOURS
CFN#: 0230
DURATION: 5:SECONDS
WITNESSES: ONE
SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER
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A witness reported waking up at 4:00 am hearing her dog barking vigorously.
Just as she went to her window to see what was happening the whole area around
her house and the woods lit up just as if it were daytime. She could see
shadows being cast of whatever it was but not the object itself as it was
directly overhead. She did not go out to investigate. The lighting effect
lasted for about five seconds. There was no sound.
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Report #: 107
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 09-23-1986
Subject: GRASS VALLEY, CA
CASE TYPE: LRS
DATE: 20 JUNE 1986
TIME: 0100 HOURS
DURATION: 15:MINUTES
WITNESSES: SIX
SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER
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Six witnesses observed a large triangular shaped object with colored lights.
When first observed the object was stationary and then it started to move
directly toward to witnesses until it was directly overhead at an altitude
estimated to be over 1200 feet and they could all distinctly hear a low
humming sound for about 15 minutes. The object was estimated to be 40 feet
across. After about 15 minutes the object moved out of sight over the foot
hills moving north to south course.
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Report #: 108
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 09-23-1986
Subject: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
CASE TYPE: LRS - NL
DATE: 20 JUNE 1986
TIME: 0300 HOURS
DURATION: 01: AND ONE HALF SECONDS
WITNESSES: ONE
SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER
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One witness while standing out on his balconey observed a large bright light
moving in a vertical decent towards the ground and it passed behind a hill,
out of sight. As he stood and watched the area, he could see that there was a
bright light coming from behind the hill. He could see it illuminating the
contour of the hill. He described the object as large. He observed it for
one and a half minutes. No sound was heard.
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* Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)
Message #7651 - BAMA
Date : 22-Sep-91 1:23
From : John Powell
To : James Nugent
Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 5/8
Report #: 177
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 10-16-1986
Subject: SONOMA, CA
CASE TYPE: LRS - DS
DATE: 06 JULY 1986
TIME: 0515 HOURS
CFN#: 0301
DURATION: 15: MINUTES
WITNESSES: ONE
SOURCE: INDEX-TRIBUNE, SONOMA, CA.
-+------------------------------------
Sightings of strange flying objects have become more frequent in these parts
since late May when a California Highway Patrol officer spotted a peculiar
light in the sky during the wee hours of the morning.
But last weekend, not only did Sonoman Joan Burtson observe an unusual
flying object - this one toyed with her and followed her car for several
blocks before finally giving up and going away.
The head nurse at a local convalescent hospital dismesses the notion that
the bright object in the dawn sky which taunted her for some 15 minutes was a
space ship carting around some alien beings.
"I don't believe in them," she emphatically states. "I don't know what it
was but I don't believe in UFO's. Burtson will acknowledge that in the last
few weeks she has heard numerous rumors of UFO sightings in Sonoma Valley.
For instance, an acquaintance on Eighth Street East reported that ever since
the CHP officer saw the strange light two months ago "that thing has been
hanging around here."
However, Burtson's description and that of the CHP patrolman are vastly
different leading one to believe there are several odd things hovering around
up there.
What was seen on the early morning of May 21 was a bright orange "X" shaped
object heading at a high rate of speed over the Valley to Petaluma.
The only similarity with Saturday's unexplained illuminating object was
that both were apparently headed in the same direction over the hill to
Petaluma.
Burtson remembers it as a "solid mass of white light, it was circular
about the size of an apple.
"There were no colors and it was not flashing." she recalls. Burtson's
curious find took place at 5:15 a.m. as she was on her way home from Napa
after dropping her husband Pat off at work.
She initially noticed the stationary light in the vicinity of Eighth
Street East and Napa Road. Later as she approached Leveroni Road from
Fifth Street West the flying object moved along with her and made the
same right turn.
She subsequently made three U turns and each time the object would
seemingly use its remote control to reverse its course also.
"I thought to myself this is weird so I made three U turns to test it
out," she says.
On occasion, the UFO would become obscured by the trees but almost the
entire way home, no matter what Burtson would do " it would move
right along with me," she laughs.
Finally, the flying object, for whatever reason, decided the game of
cat and mouse was over and it headed towards the Diamond A area,
disappearing over the hill.
Report #: 183
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 10-16-1986
Subject: GRASS VALLEY, CA
CASE TYPE: LRS
DATE: 05 SEPTEMBER 1986
TIME: 0500 HOURS
CFN#: 0307
DURATION: UNKNOWN
WITNESSES: MANY
SOURCE: (PAPER UNKNOWN),CA-CR:MUFON
-+----------------------------------------
Grass Valley - A silent but colorful flying object zoomed across the sky
over the Sierra foothills just before dawn Friday, according to some local
residents who witnessed the brief event.
U.S. air defense officials said they had no explanation. "It was a
bluish-green light with a large tail," said Ron Talmage, a security officer
who was nearing the end of a night shift when he saw the unidentified object.
"It had little pieces flaking off of it like it was coming down," he said.
"Working nights, I see meteorites, little ones, all the time. This was
spectacular and it seemed like it was just a few miles away."
The blaze of color, reported by most observers to have occurred just before
5 a.m., was seen over a 40-mile area ranging from Colfax to Penn Valley.
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* Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)
Message #7652 - BAMA
Date : 22-Sep-91 1:23
From : John Powell
To : James Nugent
Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 6/8
Report #: 192
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 11-26-1986
Subject: LOS ANGELES, CA
CASE TYPE: LRS NL
DATE: 24 NOVEMBER 1986
TIME: UNKNOWN
CFN#: 0314
DURATION: UNKNOWN
WITNESSES: MANY
SOURCE: KRLA RADIO STATION
-+-----------------------------------
Individual on morning of November 25 was driving to hospital and got
caught in traffic jam so turned on radio to listen for possible
alternative routes. While listening he heard a report about a sighting
the night before witnessed by thousands of people. They reported
a multi colored object that went from south to north. Many calls
were made to the police. An astronomer was also called and he
stated that it could have been a meteor.
Report #: 197
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 12-01-1986
Subject: CULVER CITY, CA
CASE TYPE: LRS - NL
DATE: 21 NOVEMBER 1986
TIME: 2340 - 2345 HOURS
CFN#: 0319
DURATION: 05-07: MINUTES
WITNESSES: ONE
SOURCE: CUFON - UFO INFORMATION SERVICE
-+-----------------------------------------
One witness reported seeing over her street, LaSalle, an object that the nose
of it looked like a boomerang with a pyramid bottom. It was a very windy and
particularly clear night and when she looked to the north she saw a formation
coming towards her and her first impression was that it was a flock of birds
and then as it got closer it looked like a formation of stars. They had a
luminous glow to them and they didn't look like head lamps or anything like
that. As it came closer she noticed there were more lights going across the
bottom of it like a stingray - solid at least underneath and she could not see
through it. As it came towards her the lights shut off in the center and only
the outline was left on. Stayed there for about 5-7 minutes watching. As it
came over her it went further up in the sky and it was weird as no light in
the belly of it but she could see a formation of it and what it looked like
but it kept fading in and out. The lights in the front of the object stayed
on, no noise. The object was much larger than any plane she has ever seen
from wing to wing. A boomerang has very wide angles from one end to the other
as the object did also, and the nose of the object was not sharp.
--- XRS! 4.50+
* Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)
Message #7653 - BAMA
Date : 22-Sep-91 1:24
From : John Powell
To : James Nugent
Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 7/8
Report #: 198
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 12-10-1986
Subject: BAKERSFIELD, CA
CASE TYPE: LRS
DATE: 12 JULY 1986
TIME: UNKNOWN
CFN#: 0320
DURATION: UNKNOWN
WITNESSES: THREE
SOURCE: MERCURY NEWS, SAN JOSE, CA
-+------------------------------------
REDONDO BEACH - Andy Hoyt admits he has no proof - not anymore, at least -
that he witnessed the crash of an aircraft that may be the Pentagon's
most carefully guarded secret.
His sister, Lisa, and her 16-year-old son, Joey, reportedly also saw the
plane, but both declined to discuss the alleged incident. Hoyt, an unemployed
Redondo Beach carpenter, says he snapped photographs of the
plane as it plummeted to the ground in the Sequoia National Forest near
Bakersfield.
But the photographs were given to the Air Force, Hoyt says, and the Air
Force isn't talking.
Defense experts, however, say Hoyt's description of what he claims he saw
that night fits the most educated guesses of the configuration of the
top secret F-19 stealth fighter - a plane the Air Force will not confirm
even exists.
In a scenario that sounds like a science fiction movie, Hoyt says he
and two relatives saw something drop out of the sky and explode into
flames on the other side of a hill about a half-mile away.
"It seemed like it was something other than an airplane, said Hoyt,
26, who was on a camping trip. "Believe it or not, I thought it was
a UFO."
Whatever it was, he says, the military has been treating him royally since
he called Edwards Air Force Base when he returned home the following Sunday
evening and told the Air Force about the photographs.
Hoyt says he and his party were driving east on state Highway 178
about 15 miles northeast of Bakersfiled in the early morning hours of July 12
when they pulled over for a brief rest. He was just climbing back into his
truck when he saw it.
"All I saw were three red lights and a dark image behind them like
an upside-down triangle." Hoyt said, adding that each light was
at a point of the triangle. He said he pulled a camera from the
dashboard of the truck and managed to take two or three pictures
before the plane disappeared over the hill.
Then, a pair of explosions "lit up the sky like it was daylight out."
Contrary to published reports on the day of the accident, Hoyt says, the
aircraft did not explode before it crashed. At least one Air Force source has
been quoted as saying plane exploded in midair, which could explain why the
pilot, who was killed, was not able to eject safetly.
"It was definitely not on fire when it came down," Hoyt said. "Why couldn't
the guy eject?"
After making sure the blaze was reported on an emergency roadside phone, the
party continued to its campground north of nearby Lake Isabella.
His call to Edwards upon returning home brought a sudden response from the
Air Force, Hoyt says. "They took my name and number and within an hour
someone had flown down here and talked to me," he said.
"They didn't press me, but they wanted to see the film in my camera."
Report #: 208
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 01-18-1987
Subject: CALIFORNIA-OREGON
CASE TYPE: LRS - NL
DATE: 25 NOVEMBER 1986
TIME: 2022 HOURS
CFN#: 0330
DURATION: UNKNOWN
WITNESSES: MANY
SOURCE: ARKANSAS GAZETTE, LITTLE ROCK, AR
-+-------------------------------------------
ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Little Rock, AR -
Nov. 26, 1986
Fireball not man-made, experts say
Defense experts Tuesday eliminated "space junk or any man-made object" as an
explanation for a mysterious meteoric fireball that streaked across the
Pacific Coast.
The object, sighted at 8:22 p.m. (CST) Monday, dazzled stargazers from the
California-Oregon border to the Los Angeles area.
"It looked like a long, green meteor but it lasted way too long, arcing
across the sky toward the ocean, then it just blew up," Roy Jackson of
Mountain View, Cal., said.
"It wasn't space junk or any man-made object re-entering the atmosphere, and
we don't track meteors," Del Kindschi of the North American Aerospace Defense
Command at Denver said. "We heard about it but there weren't any satellites
or man-made space objects entering the atmosphere at that time." (UPI)
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* Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)
Message #7654 - BAMA
Date : 22-Sep-91 1:24
From : John Powell
To : James Nugent
Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 8/8
Report #: 210
From: UFO INFO SERVICE
Date Sent: 01-18-1987
Subject: SARATOGA, CA.
CASE TYPE: LRS - NL
DATE: 14 OCTOBER 1986
TIME: 2015 - 2030 HOURS
CFN#: 0332
DURATION: UNKNOWN
WITNESSES: FIFTEEN
SOURCE: MERCURY NEWS, SAN JOSE, CA
-+------------------------------------
MERCURY NEWS, San Jose, CA - Oct. 23,
1986
Mystery lights return to Saratoga
By Kathy Holub
Mercury News Staff Writer
A beautiful apparition has been glowing in the night sky over Saratoga,
leaving viewers baffled and entranced.
About 15 people, all agog, called Santa Clara County dispatchers on
Tuesday night to report a mysterious bright red light that hovered in the
sky from 8:15 to 8:30 and then disappeared.
Dozens of callers described a similar phenomenon on Oct. 16, same time, same
place.
"It was very exciting," said Maureen Denton of Los Gatos, who watched last
week's display during a break in her real estate class at West Valley
College.
"It was very bright, much larger than the lights you see on airplanes. At
one point, something burning or flickering dropped from it. It was just a
tiny little flicker that came down. We all went: `Oooh, what was that?'"
No one seems to know.
That includes Vicki Yauger of Saratoga, who spied the object Tuesday
night while lounging with her husband in thier backyard spa.
Yauger said the light appeared high in the northwestern sky, first moving
toward them, then away.
Through her binoculars, the apparition became a cluster of lights.
"It was scary. When it started getting larger, it seemed to be coming
down," she said.
Yauger didn't see the object fade from view because she had just gone
into the house. Her husband told her the light turned green and slowly
disappeared.
Spokesmen at Moffett Field Naval Air Station said nothing flew out of their
airfield Tuesday that looked like that. And officials at Vandenberg Air Force
Base in Lompoc said they didn't launch a thing Tuesday night. Ditto for Oct.
15.
Other watchers of the night sky - air traffic controllers and astronomers at
Lick Observatory - said they saw nothing unusual.
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