Sphere over Carpenteria, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We were at the beach we saw a solid red light slowly coming towards us. It was low to the ground then it hovered for a minute. Then it abruptly made a right angle turn and zoomed off to the south and up at an incredible speed.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #125850). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-02-10 → 2016-02-27