Flash over Pacific Palisades, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A bright flash like lightning followed by a fast moving very bright object like a comet
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 2008-06-11 → 2008-06-28
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August 3, 2023 · 8:32 PM · SPHERE
Pacific Palisades, CA
As I was closing windows, I saw these orbs of light, moving at an amazing speed. They might have been oval, I'm not sure. I see planes over head all the time and launches from Edwards and military bases near by with some frequency. I have never seen anything like this.
September 20, 2021 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Pacific Palisades, CA
I was taking a video of the sunset over the mountains and observed a fast moving light while taking a video move across the mountain and disappear.
February 16, 2019 · 2:45 PM · CIGAR
Pacific Palisades, CA
Going down PCH from west Malibu a huge cigar/blimp shaped crafted was seen by many looking towards Santa Monica above Pacific Palisades. It was parked around 250ft above ground in the sky as if it was fixated. It must have been there for a good while because driving from West Malibu to Santa Monica took around 30-40 minutes. This was close to the Sunset Blvd and PCH intersection. While driving you could see the underbelly of it and it looked to be dark charcoal gray and top part was metallic gray. It was simply parked completely still in place. Definitely not the goodyear blimp. This must have been witnessed by hundreds as it was so obvious. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 20, 2016 · 7:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Pacific Palisades, CA
I was passing by the cliffs that overlook the Pacific where I usually pause for a view. I noticed several strobe lights and a small boat close to shore and at first thought; it was a fishing vessel. I have lived here for over 50 years and never seen a fishing boat so close to shore. I watched the lights for some time expecting to see some sort of circular or semicircular formation that would suggest net but the pattern was all over the place. I drove into Santa Monica and looked from the bluffs there but they couldn’t be seen. Driving along the coast, they were also out of site. When I stopped, again at the first place I had noticed them it was still going on. It sounds more like a test of some sort, point Magu military base is not far off but I am unable to find any indication they were there. Maybe you can pass it along or make sense of it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 25, 2016 · 9:35 PM · OVAL
Pacific Palisades, CA
Two small deep orange glowing orbs heading from north to the south witnessed in Pacific Palisades, CA (cross streets Temescal Canyon and Sunset Blvd) 90272 at 9:35 pm 8/25/16. Sitting on my deck facing north, to my right I witnessed first a smaller oval-ish deep orange orb flying at first from north to south and then erratically starting a decent yet almost hoovering; at that time a larger likeness orb appeared higher in the sky as the other was dissenting. I noticed this because they were not flying in the normal flight patterns for the planes landing at the local airports (LAX & Santa Monica). I was dumbfounded and at the same time my brain was telling me to take a photo, call my daughter, get binoculars, etc. The best I could do was run out to the front of the house as quickly as I could to see if the orbs I had lost behind a tree would still be there….they were gone!
January 6, 2010 · 8:00 PM · TEARDROP
Pacific Palisades, CA
I was at home in my condo at night.My condo faces the back of the 16 unit building.