Sphere over La Quinta, Indian Wells, Palm Desert, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We continued watching and they remained overhead and moving a little side to side, back and forth. At this point, it seemed they were moving away from the earth (vs. across the sky as before) because they started to fade. Watched for another five minutes and they continued to fade. They continued to shift around, moved back and forth and around each other as they left. Stopped watching as they became too difficult to see. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128685). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-07-20 → 2016-08-06