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Laguna Beach · CA, USA
Extremely bright white light came into atmosphere over ocean; object the exploded. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Danville · CA, USA
Cone shape ascending SW direction, upward...similar to rocket type vapor trail. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Gilroy · CA, USA
Looked like a spot light high up with a blue green light beam in the center. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Oakland · CA, USA
Extreme light. Huge smoke trail behind object. Light suddenly vanished. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Napa · CA, USA
White and green light. Changing directions and shape. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
3 witnesses saw a conical beam of light with a starting point that was round and white.((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Canoga Park · CA, USA
Light emits green gas cloud and travels north seen from Canoga Park. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Jacinto · CA, USA
Green light and bright light shining down on earth. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Fremont · CA, USA
Bright light projecting beams beneath and leaving cloud trails behind. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Temecula · CA, USA
Burst of white light, green trail, spherical vapor. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Orange Diamond like shape light with a long tail. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Blue trail of light and a bright circle of light moving in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Fireball w/white and green beams of light ,, blowing white smokey mist. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Sylmar · CA, USA
I saw a bright spotlight high in the sky which resembled a floodlight.((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Benicia · CA, USA
Arrow shaped reflexion pointing toward bright light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Indio · CA, USA
Slow moving white light with smoke seen by two people. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy ICBM missile launch. PD))
Marina del Rey · CA, USA
Orange object that ballooned into a huge hazy aura. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
North Hollywood · CA, USA
White orb on fire.
Apple Valley · CA, USA
Object falling, multiple bursts of orange lights.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
My oldest started saying he saw a shooting star or a helicopter. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
South Gate · CA, USA
Strange bright light with a trail of blue streaked across the night sky. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Lemoore · CA, USA
Bright light through an approaching fog spume, big circle of vapor, then V-cloud. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Large round circle of fog and in that circle was a green small oval of fog. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Moreno Valley · CA, USA
Alien ship spotted over moreno valley california. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))