As reported

Sphere over Laguna Beach, CA

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The report, as filed

I take pictures of the beach, sunsets, clouds almost every night from my deck in Laguna Beach. In October 26/27th, I saw this orb show up almost out of no where. It hovered around the clouds (NW very close to Catalina Island) right after the sun had set, and was there until it was pitch black, then disappeared. I did not see it disappear as heavy clouds rolled in, but I look every night at the same place and there is no star or planet or anything like that at all there. ((ADDENDUM #1 FROM WITNESS)) Hi There, I wanted to submit a couple photos that I took from My deck in Laguna Beach, California. I take pictures of the beach, sunsets, clouds almost every night from my deck. In october 26/27th I saw this orb show up almost out of no where. It hovered around the clouds (NW very close to catalina) right after the sun had set, and was there until it was pitch black, then disappeared. I did not see it disappear as heavy clouds rolled in, but I look every night at the same place and there is no star or planet or anything like that at all there. Not sure fully what I have here, but if you guys could take a look at my pictures and let me know what you think, id love it! I will attach photos that are on my Digital camera as well. I will show you some zoomed out, so you can see the scale of everything. I will also send pictures of it zoomed in so you can see what I was seeing up close. On the zoomed out pictures, the ORB in right above the cloud in the middle, you will see it. ((END ADDENDUM)) ((BEGIN ADDENDUM #2)) Hi Peter, Thank you for your timely response! I am sure of where I was looking becuase I have Catalina Island as my base point. I was looking out 285 degrees W over the Ocean about 1.5 miles out and 1 mile up. ((END ADDENDUM #2))

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