Fireball over Hidden Valley, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
After a rain storm went through and most of the clouds cleared, there was a sudden darkness that fell of the night there was a large ball of light hovering above the Ridgeline... well above 500 feet when that ball of light was drawn to another's attention and acknowledged, it immediately disappeared... leaving no trail never moved.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #115552). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-11-18 → 2014-12-05