Changing over Stratford, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My partner and I were servicing machinery close to 10 pm on Wednesday Sept. 6 2023 when he noticed the orange craft bouncing in the sky and he quickly pointed it out to me, as soon as I looked at it I knew it wasn't a plane or a drone, it was a very very bright orange light way up in the sky, it let off some sort of burst because you could see a light trail and then proceeded to bounce.. it almost looked like it was reappearing in another spot, like time travel or super speed, not a slow consistent path. And shortly after it disappeared. I have video evidence and 2 people that saw it at the same time in the same location.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178129). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-09-03 → 2023-09-20