Light over Seal Beach, CA
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The report, as filed
Drifting Red Light escorted by 3 helicopters over Orange County
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2009-01-25 → 2009-02-11
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September 29, 2022 · 1:50 PM · RECTANGLE
Seal Beach, CA
Pacific air show is in town this weekend. They start practicing over the joint airbase in Los Alamitos, CA. It’s fun to go outside and see the jets, skydivers, and various planes fly around. A plane was circling above my house for a while so I was taking video of it when I noticed shimmering strips that were stationary and not moving in any direction in the background. So I started recording a new video to zoom in on these objects. You can notice the airplane I am recording off the left in the beginning on the video. These objects were stationary. And very reflective. They just vanished and we’re not moving.
March 31, 2017 · 2:26 AM · FLASH
Seal Beach, CA
Driving down a main road in Westminster, my friend and I saw two flashes on the ground by the base in Seal Beach. It was bright green on the outside, like the green of a stoplight. And, blue in the center, blue like the hottest area of a fire. It flashed once for a couple seconds, followed by a second of rest. Then, it started again and seemed a little brighter than last one, and lasted a couple seconds, as well. It was bright enough to illuminate the sky like a Disneyland firework set off that failed to reach the sky.
December 5, 2015 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Seal Beach, CA
While relaxing in the jacuzzi in our backyard, we suddenly looked up and saw 8-10 orange fireball like UFOs that seemed to stop and hover over our area for 5 minutes before heading north from Seal Beach toward Long Beach. It also looked like a couple of the fireballs had fire emanating from them, and they did not make sound.
November 7, 2015 · 6:00 PM · FLASH
Seal Beach, CA
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October 23, 2015 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Seal Beach, CA
I was talking with friends and I noticed a new light in my peripheral vision. I looked up and saw what seemed to be a falling star just above eye level. Then I realized it was far too large and close to be a shooting star because it seemed to only be a mile away. It looked a ball of fire falling from the sky with a trail of smoke. It feel almost perpendicular to the ground. It took about 5-10 seconds to fall from where I first saw it to beyond the building skyline and out of my sight.
February 20, 2015 · 9:00 PM · CHEVRON
Seal Beach, CA
we did not see it take off it was just gone. Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD