Flash over La Mesa, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was out on my balcony, smoking a cigarette, when I saw a flash of blue-white light which was traveling from east to west quickly pass overhead. I saw it for only a second, or possibly even less. It couldn't have been more than a few thousand feet overhead, but it was hard to tell due to the fact that it was only visible for approximately a second. As far as I could tell, it was a single object. I have no idea as to the shape of it, since I only witnessed a flash of blue-white light. There was no sound. And I quickly stood up to try to get a better view. By that point it was gone. I've lived in this area for about a year and a half, and I'm quite used to the normal police helicopters, border patrol helicopters, commercial airline planes, and private planes that move around the skies in this area; as well as the sounds they produce. This was like nothing I have ever seen before, and the fact that it produced no sound is what really made the hair on the back of my neck prick up.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #113452). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-09-08 → 2014-09-25
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