Circle over Studio City (Looking South), CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I'm a 58 year old widow, walking my dog with my 89 year old mother who was walking her dog. I saw very bright white lights that travelled toward the setting sun. Bright as a welder's arch. They were silent, moved too fast for a plane or helicopter. East to West with a slight arch. Not very high in the sky. My view was intermittently blocked with a row of Italian Cypress. I'm not sure if the lights were a reflection of the sun or if they emitted light. Not sure if it had a tail or if there were more than 1 traveling in sequence. Lots of air traffic in the sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177309). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Ask for the records
What would the paper say?
For a dated, located U.S. sighting, FAA radar data and ATC communications are the records most likely to exist. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-07-31 → 2023-08-17