Flash over East Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Loud drone like buzzing motor sound, hovering low, engulfing the whole neighborhood of Hunter street & Lorena, Avenue with a super bright flash of light that simultaneously "turned on and off" every television and any plugged in electronics at all homes in the vicinity for about 3 to 5 seconds, waking and startling all neighbors who all came out in awe.. wondering what it could've been... o.O. We have changed the time of the alleged event, to reflect an event at 5 p.m., not a.m., as the source indicated. Possible hoax. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #124632). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-12-07 → 2015-12-24