Other over Catalina Island, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Sat on the beach with my wife at Desconso Bay on Fri June 26, 2015, and approx 200ft directly above us, saw what appeared to be a drone hovering. Didn't think anything unusual until it took off directly out to sea (Easterly) at a speed that I would imagine to be too great for a civilian use drone. It also continued until it was out of sight - I was under the impression that civilian use drones had to be used "within sight" as per FAA regulations - and I don't know what civilian use radio signal could possibly go that distance? I am an aircraft mechanic an hold a Sports Pilot License and have no explanation as to what this could be...
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #119826). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-06-23 → 2015-07-10
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