Other over N. Hollywood, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Back in 1971, I experienced an encounter which I would be willing to discuss further, but since then, my eyes have been fixed on the sky's. Then again just the other day while driving home from work I noticed this strange "puffy" cloud formation that resembled a path for several miles. At first I thought it was a Chemtrail but it was too low. As I looked longer and harder, something looked strange so I pulled off the road to take a picture. It appeared to be something blurry moving within this cloud formation! It didn't make a sound but did appear to be an object, possibly cloaked or something. If you blow the picture up you will see a strange pattern that almost appears like a fingerprint forming an object within a thin red line that I drew. This sighting may not be as exciting or convincing as what happened to me 45 years ago but very strange never the less. I will be sending a picture of the cloud event and a PhotoShopped image of what I witnessed in 1971.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #120995). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-08-04 → 2015-08-21
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