Circle over Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
It appeared as if it was moving up and down a little bit to the side but it definitely look like it was spinning rotating and the lights were yellow and red coming off of it. You can kind of see an aura. My video shows it really quite clear but you have to zoom in with my phone while you’re playing video, it appears to change shape or the light patter and then would just hover and stay still then appear spinning.. i took pictures but, the pictures appear that it’s at a 45° angle and you can see the light shooting off of it as a beam like a 45° beam but when you zoom in in the video it looks completely different than a picture.the pictures appear that it’s at a 45° angle and you can see the light shooting off of it as a beam like a 45° beam but when you zoom in in the video it looks completely different than the picture. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178918). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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