Light over Lake Henshaw, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was fishing with friend. Crystal clear night. He noticed what he thought was a sattelite to me and I saw it as well. Was low but traveling at high rate of speed. East to west. We continued to tack it when it then made a hard turn and went straight up into space. Took about 10 seconds before it faded into darkness. Don't know what it was but neither of us have ever seen anything like it and both in our 60's. Was wild.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171412). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-08-23 → 2022-09-09