Triangle over Pearl City, HI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Triangle in shape with a bright red marker light flashing offset from the middle. The aircraft flew overhead from Pacific Palisades area directly over me and another eye witness going towards the Kalaeloa Airport. I could hear the engines, but they weren't real loud. On the bottom of the aircraft I could not see in detail, but I do know from the middle of the triangled shape the color orange was present. It flew in a straight path and the sounds of the engine is what made me look up at it because for 1) this was not a normal flight path, and 2) the sound of the engine was not as loud as Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330. I never thought I'd ever see such a sight and the pictures I see online make out to be slightly the same to what I have just seen.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129137). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-08-06 → 2016-08-23
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