As reported
Cylinder over Malibu, West, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
bright metalic cylinder 30-75 ' or more flying along CA coast over Ventura, speed of landing jet, jet flame out the end.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.