Cigar over Madera Ranchos, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I drove North on HWY 41 and passed Valley Children's Hospital, when I noticed a pure white object which I assumed was a jet or plane. It was traveling west to east towards Millerton Lake - It was climbing & I couldn't see any wings. I took more notice & I still couldn't see any wings, cockpit, propeller, etc. Then it shot off at a high rate of speed - disappeared. I thought it was unusual as I couldn't see any wings. Next, I get up to Avenue 12 & I see the thing again - real close. Now its basically over me going west. I pulled over as I almost went into the opposite lane. I see this thing stop & hover over a pistachio grove. I wondered how it could just stop, but it did & then it flew off. I don' know if it was some farming drone or what, but I estimate it was 20 to 30 feet long and about 1,000 feet off the ground.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #118539). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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