Sphere over Valley Center, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At about 10 P.M., on March 13. I noticed a flickering yellow light in the glass window of our front door. Thinking that perhaps there was a fire in the area, I opened the door. Directly to the west, I observed above the horizon and above the mountains an orb of brilliant yellow gold color. Even at a great distance, it appeared to be flickering on the edges. I called up to my granddaughter to look out also and see the bright light. Then there appeared a second orb, then it disappeared and reappeared several times. A third orb also appeared several times and would disappear. The bottoms of the orbs were at different levels in the atmosphere. This light show lasted approximately 15 minutes. As we are located atop a hill in line with the Palomar Observatory, I wonder if they would have observed the same phenomena. Also, we are south of Camp Pendleton on the coast so do not think it was a military exercise. I have always been skeptical of UFO sightings (a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science and have my Masters in business). We are enclosing 3 pictures taken by my granddaughter. IMG_20170313_221351.jpg IMG_20170313_221407.jpg IMG_20170313_221734.jpg
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #133433). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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