Oval over Bell Gardens, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The unidentified flying object glowed in the early morning lit up sky almost seethrough but very distinguishable, as if it glowed very similar to a jellyfish, There was an aura or haze around the object and hovered over the sky slowly then suddenly disappeared. As it moved towards the direction it was headed oval shape got smaller. It did not look like anything man made.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161704). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-01-18 → 2021-02-04
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