Light over Cobb, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At 1:58 a.m., on Sept 12th, in Lake County, CA, I saw thru a clearing in the tall pine tree forest a large bright red pulsating light traveling from the west moving in a south easterly direction. It was a ways above the 120 foot tall pine trees surrounding my area. It moved in a straight line, pulsating red as it flew across the sky. I saw it clearly for a few seconds in a clearing above my house & then again intermittently through the tall pines as it travelled out of sight. It was moving fast and there was no sound coming from the object. If it had been a plane or helicopter, I would have heard it because of its altitude. The event of seeing it lasted only about 10 seconds, of which I got a clear view of the object for about 3 seconds. It was a dime size large red glowing pulsating ball with no tail.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #143080). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-09-09 → 2018-09-26
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