Flash over Catalina Island, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We were sitting outside looking up at the sky when we saw a small blink of light. After the flash of light that looked like a small star, there was a object that traveled North for a few seconds and then stopped. Once it stopped it made a 45 degree angle turn and shot out of sight. We had been using the CE5 tones at the time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #157364). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-07-01 → 2020-07-18
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