As reported

Oval over Mt. Laguna, CA

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

I was facing the Eastern sky and was able to see the Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy, Pegasus, Pleiades, etc. As I was looking on the NW side of the Perseus Constellation I saw what appeared to me to be a comet. It was heading towards the constellation, approximately 7 deg away from it. What I viewed was about the size of a softball, oval shaped, green in color, and it had a tail. I do not believe it was a meteor or an alien craft. I am an avid amateur astronomer who has seen many comets over the years; Hyakatuke, Halleys, Hale-Bopp, to name a few. Therefore, I do believe I know a comet when I see one. Also, I have viewed lots of other celestial sights, such as the Beehive, the Double Cluster by Cassieopeia, Andromeda Galaxy, Great Orion Nebula, etc.. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he sounded to us to be quite eloquent and sober-minded. We suspect that he is an excellent witness. PD

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #122410). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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