Unknown over Seaside, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
This object was seen while I was working along with another coworker. It looked like some type of drone as it had 3 prongs coming out with some sort of propulsion devices help it climb vertically. What doesn't make sense is when this object rose into the sky the area it had apparently came from shouldn't have anyone in it as it would be trespassing. It is also a wooded area and there are signs that warn of unexploded ordnance. It is also not easily accessible. No one can access it by vehicle either.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #167264). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-06-14 → 2019-07-01
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