Flash over West San Fernando valley, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Around 330am a bright flash of light lit up the night sky in the west san fernando valley followed by what appeared to be an even brighter flash then the same duller flash and immediately after all street lights shut off briefly then proceeded to blink red. Several areas went completely dark and even several buisness power completely shut down momentarily then came back on. Also, mobile phones weren't functioning properly following flash of light.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #147655). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-07-15 → 2019-08-01