Other over Mission Viejo, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
THREE craft entered atmosphere, one hovered over small ballpark stadium, one darted in an out, and one flew near Orion's Belt.
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 2008-11-07 → 2008-11-24
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July 4, 2023 · 9:25 PM · RECTANGLE
Mission Viejo, CA
Looking down the street, about 300 feet away, in the back of a eucalyptus tree, I saw a large glowing blue square, divided equally in 4 parts. It looked to be about 8-10 feet across and about 30-40 feet from the ground. Suddenly the top right square emitted a very powerful, bright and beautiful blue light. After about 3 seconds the light stopped. There was nothing behind the tree, whatever that was had gone. There was enough light in the sky to see if something had been there.
July 4, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Mission Viejo, CA
I was with my family a group of about 25 people standing on a path above Upper Oso Reservoir, at the southwestern most end, watching fireworks directly south across the canyon. I noticed a red light coming from the direction of the fireworks and rising into the sky. It had a green blinking light next to it. At first I thought it was an airplane, but I noticed it was moving very fast, much too fast for a plane, and appeared lower than a plane. It moved toward the group and crossed nearly overhead. Its arc appeared to break slightly to the west more than once, and this movement was unlike that of a plane. The most unusual behavior was this: when it was more or less overhead, the blinking green light split into two lights, which separated and moved forward and away from the red light in a "v" pattern before going out. This happened a few times before I lost sight of it behind a house. At that point I saw a that gentleman behind me watching it as well, and I said, "what was that?!" but he said nothing. I don't know if anyone else saw it. Everyone was watching the fireworks. I did not mention it to anyone, and have been looking for other accounts online, but have not found any. I do not believe it was an airplane, helicopter, or drone. It was most definitely not a firework. There was no sound that I could hear.
November 13, 2020 · 3:45 PM · TEARDROP
Mission Viejo, CA
When driving North, onto the 5 Freeway onramp from La Paz Road, to the West I saw a Huey type helicopter following an elongated teardrop shaped vehicle. They both were about 500 feet above ground, and heading North. The UFO shined a very bright whitish light for 3-5 seconds. The UFO was gray overall, and both were about 1 mile away. I saw no details on the UFO, other than the teardrop shape or outline. I lost sight of both after 30 seconds, as the tree line obscured them. A minute later, I caught sight of the helicopter again, still on a Northerly heading, before it turned to the West, but the UFO was nowhere to be seen. No idea where it went, or how.
October 29, 2019 · 2:12 PM · UNKNOWN
Mission Viejo, CA
This was a small shiny object moving in every direction at an incredible speed. I noticed it when I looked up during daytime. I do not remember the exact time. I noticed it at the Mission Ranch Market parking lot. This was definitely not an airplane, helicopter, or any flying object known to me because it was very high up (thus seemed small) and moved in every direction. I hope you can spot it in the attached clip.
April 10, 2017 · 9:06 PM · FIREBALL
Mission Viejo, CA
Was driving down Melinda Rd. A bright light illuminated the road, so I looked up, thinking it was the moon, and wondering how it could be so bright, but the moon was way off, rather it was a giant fireball of the whitest light shooting straight down and flashing on its descent.
December 4, 2016 · 3:03 PM · LIGHT
Mission Viejo, CA
Two very bright white lights changing in brightness, size, and distance were spotted above our house. They would slowly move closer and closer to each other and then when touching, would move quickly away only to repeat the process.