Unknown over Playa del Rey, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was standing on a first floor balcony looking east toward the full moon. This photo was taken just after another trying to capture the lunar eclipse that night. The first photo was successful, this photo…I don’t know what it shows. Is it a plane out of focus? Planes often do fly in and out of LAX in that direction, I’m just curious as to why the first photo would have turned out well and this one shows something entirely different, in a different place, and does not show the moon at all which was at the time still visible in the sky, despite the eclipse (visible with red tint). I’ve seen many unidentified things over the years, this is one I believe may be easily explainable, but I’ve only reported four sightings before, and never to your organization. Thank you for all you do!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #168223). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-05-12 → 2022-05-29
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