Sphere over Irvine/Costa Mesa (between), CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I noticed red flashing orbs side by side, I thought it was a helicopter, but it didn't have a front light. Or shape of a helicopter. It was just hovering a cross freeway coming from north east a cross freeway going southwest. Low altitude, and would pause at times. It continued going on left side of freeway.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #133598). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-04-11 → 2017-04-28