Fireball over Palo Alto, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
FRIEND TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE WORKING NEAR A GOLF COURSE IN EAST PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA. AT AROUND 9:15PM, HIM AND ANOTHER PERSON WERE WORKING LATE, PULLING OUT OLD FENCE POSTS, FACING SOUTH, AND OBSERVED ABOUT SEVEN ORANGE BALLS OF LIGHT ABOUT QUARTER OF A MILE AWAY RISE UP WITH EVEN DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM. HE SAID THAT THEY WERE MOVING UP AND DOWN SLIGHTLY LIKE ~~~ AS THEY TRAVELED RISING UP SLOWLY TO AN AN ALTITUDE ABOUT 500' NOT HIGHER THAN ALTITUDE OF A FLYING CESSNA. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THEY CAME INTO VIEW, THE OBJECTS MADE A SHARP 90 DEGREE TURN, INCREASED SPEED, AND TOOK OFF IN A NORTH EAST DIRECTION. THE WHOLE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES. ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER SEEING THESE THINGS, FOUR POLICE CAME RUNNING AT US WITH FLASH LIGHTS EVEN THOUGH WE WERE WORKING THERE ALL DAY.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #127858). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-06-09 → 2016-06-26
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