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San Diego · CA, USA
Something very large and silent passed overhead - heard but not seen. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly the sound of wing vortices. PD))
Orange County · CA, USA
A report from Orange County, CA in November 1973 described a dark, void-like anomaly in the daytime sky that witnesses compared to a black hole, lasting 40min.
El Centro (a few miles west of) · CA, USA
orange nocturnal light
Atwater · CA, USA
As you can see this happened a long time ago, so my recolections of exact times and date regretable are gone.. although it was 3 days
Laguna Beach · CA, USA
A report from Laguna Beach, CA in September 1973 described an unidentified object seen near the Coast Highway, lasting 1 hour.
Loomis · CA, USA
It looked like a faint star to began with. one that as redish in color, and was just sitting there within a group of other stars that w
San Diego · CA, USA
A report from San Diego, CA in August 1973 described an intense noise overhead that reportedly shook the ground, lasting 2 minutes.
Lake Hamiton / Sequoia National Forest · CA, USA
A report from the Sequoia National Forest area, CA in July 1973 described a sphere-shaped object, alongside a reported unexplained gap in the witnesses' memory of the event.
Richmond · CA, USA
A report from Richmond, CA in July 1973 described three differently shaped, silent objects observed during two separate events, moving northbound, lasting 20 seconds.
Stockton (intersection of I-5 and I-580) · CA, USA
A report from near Stockton, CA (I-5/I-580) in July 1973 described numerous shape-shifting objects seen along the highway during a busy holiday weekend, lasting 3hrs.
San Rafael · CA, USA
A report from San Rafael, CA in June 1973 described a large, oval object seen near the county civic center by the reporter's sister and family, lasting 20 minutes.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
A report from Huntington Beach, CA in June 1973 described a silver, cigar-shaped object roughly 300 feet long with about ten windows, flying near 200 feet up at low speed, lasting 20 seconds.
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
Low flying, silent, wing shaped craft passed directly overhead while we were moon gazing; report on local TV breaking news.
San Jose · CA, USA
A report from San Jose, CA in June 1973 described a triangular formation made up of nine lights, with no solid object visible, lasting 15min+.
Newport Beach · CA, USA
A report from Newport Beach, CA in June 1973 described a V-shaped formation of lights seen moving across the night sky, lasting 10 seconds.
San Luis Obispo · CA, USA
A report from San Luis Obispo, CA in May 1973 described an object that made a sharp 90-degree turn at high speed before appearing to vanish upward, lasting 5 minutes.
Sacramento · CA, USA
A witness in Sacramento, California reported a slowly rotating, cylindrical object roughly 75 feet above an intersection, during a twenty-second sighting in March 1973.
San Clemente · CA, USA
An anonymous witness in San Clemente, California reported noticing unusual, cat-like eyes on a figure encountered during a roughly one-minute event in February 1973.
Glendora · CA, USA
An illuminated Saucer hovers over my back patio. The Object rises beyond a neighboring house to the South. After hovering for five min'
Trinidad · CA, USA
A witness in Trinidad, California reported a light initially thought to be a satellite that changed directions too quickly for normal orbital motion, during a ten-minute sighting in November 1972.
Crescent City · CA, USA
A witness in Crescent City, California reported high-pitched tones during what they believed was an unidentified object encounter, in a brief thirty-second sighting in the early 1970s.
Fortuna (foothills) · CA, USA
Witnesses in the foothills near Fortuna, California, reportedly hundreds of people, described a huge, self-illuminated sphere with a translucent field, during a ninety-minute sighting, October 1972.
?? · CA, USA
It was well over 20 years ago, but I will never forget how unusual it seemed to me. I still don't know just WHAT it was, maybe you can
Los Angeles (Echo Park) · CA, USA
A witness in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles, California reported a bright circular light coinciding with their phone, lights, and car losing power, another observer reportedly seeing it too.