Unknown over Placentia, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Heavy thunderstorm in area (rare event) sky was clear but gray, light rain but sounds of thunder. Object looked like a cluster of bubbles, it was still just hovering but spinning towards my right. It was dark metal grey, no lights or other movement or noise . I got chills and looked away and went back indoors because i got the chills from being startled by such object. Whatever it was it was advanced technology. Didn’t look like drone or helicopter, and was definitely not a balloon.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161354). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-12-25 → 2021-01-11
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