As reported

Diamond over Big Sur, CA

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

Large Bright Object, intially stationary, moves quickly across large area of sky, dropping "balls of light", accelerates into space.

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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