Unknown over Rancho mission viejo, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It was more like a long light of orange as if an orange light just opened slightly behind the clouds in the sky. No light shinning down or out of he clouds. It was just like there. Then it kind of slowly went into the middle and disappeared as if the circle closed up. It was amazing. But nothing shinning down or out just like. Hard to explain.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #172673). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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