Light over Honolulu - Waikiki, HI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While watching Waikiki beach webcam on 1/1/20 around/after 2:30 am PT (12:30 am HT -- since was looking for any final New Year's fireworks) suddenly noticed a small seemingly submerged "oval-shaped" bright blue glow in bottom-right quadrant of view (in upper-half thereof, iirc) which over several minutes first moved slowly left, (paused a short time, iirc), then slowly back right and out of view, maybe more than once, (around 1 minute to cover same on-screen visual length as far breakwater, iirc -- est. about 1700 feet out at roughly 2 mph via running various sighting-lines on Google Maps), leaving no wake though normal white-shore-light illuminated wave crests repeatedly passed unaltered (not sure now whether around or over) -- then probably fell asleep while trying to find more evidence or explanation. Some hours later found the attached similar image recorded from a similar viewpoint (though witnessed glow was somewhat lower than in picture, ii! rc, and thus closer to camera). Asked each local concierge/info-desk about availability of local NIGHTTIME undersea excursions. None had any knowledge of such.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #152512). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-12-29 → 2020-01-15