Light over Redlands, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Singular light in night sky. Shifted intensity irregularly. Appeared to give off red, green, white, blue, purple light.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2003-11-16 → 2003-12-03
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HUGE perfect ball shaped, dull metallic gray, with a white light that appeared to wrap all the way around it- hovering fairly close to the earth considering the size of it. This thing was enormous! I was getting on the 10 Freeway East at California Avenue. As soon as I made a right onto the on-ramp I was amazed. It was just right there hovering. At first I thought it was the moon and was in awe of how BIG it was. But the white light ring around it made it look like a lunar eclipse. Once I merged on to the freeway safely I tried to get a better look. Had to rub my eyes to make sure I was really seeing what I thought it was. It didn’t appear to be moving. Just hovering. After I was sure it was not an eclipse of the moon I thought to myself that maybe it was a blimp....but knew it absolutely was not- waaay too BIG, wrong shape (this was like a perfect ball). Because it was just hovering I became excited that I was going to be able to “catch up” to it for a better look. So I glanced to my left as I got over to the fast lane of the freeway. When I looked back again ahead of me it wasn’t gone but within a fraction of a second it wasn’t there anymore. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I have never seen anything move that fast.... especially something that massive in size. It was just gone.....poof! I so wish I had been able to see it up closer. I am still in awe of what I saw. It was amazing. It was beautiful. Unfortunately there was nobody in my truck with me to share the experience :( I couldn’t even talk to other drivers because we were on the freeway at an interchange. And when I got to where I was going (San Manuel Casino) I couldn’t find a soul who witnessed what was just up in our sky. Yes it was so big I am certain if any of those gamblers had been outside they could have seen it all the way from the casino. When I got there I told a few people (that I didn’t even know’) what I saw....a couple of them looked at me like I was crazy.....one guy was interested and believed me....he was jealous. I would be, too. It was an amazing experience. PS--I didn’t hear ANY sound of an engine or motor. And when it disappeared it was very fast but VERY smooth movements.