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Carpinteria · CA, USA
bright white light and luminescent stationary light cloud with green beam. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Pasadena · CA, USA
Bright, star-like object traveled slowly across very large portion of sky. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Rancho Cordova · CA, USA
Bright angled light from the sky directed towards object moving W at a 45 - 50 deg. angle ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Cotati · CA, USA
Green ball of light sending down green light to the ground. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
La Quinta · CA, USA
Light traveling upward expanding spiral cloud greenish-blue radiating glow. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Templeton · CA, USA
White funnel shape light with giant blueish white tail and bright white head! ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Riverside · CA, USA
Big ball of light like it was a helicopter spotlight but there was no aircraft, ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
San Jose · CA, USA
Slow-moving light with smoky trail lasting about 15-20 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
San Diego/Mira Mesa · CA, USA
Large blue glow and related light/craft seen over sky in Sorrento Valley/Mira Mesa. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Palo Alto · CA, USA
We noticed a craft that did not look like an airplane. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Orange light changes to white in san diego. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Alameda · CA, USA
I notice aircraft with green light aiming at its rear as it traveled N and upwards. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Pollock Pines · CA, USA
At approximately 1800 hrs my fiance and witnessed a very large and bright green light with no noise hover over Weber Creek drainage. A
Santee · CA, USA
I, along with two women, observed in the early W night sky (6PM), an object that appeared to be an aircraft (10,000ft. Elv.?).
Tracy · CA, USA
Strange lights over Tracy, California. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Los Angeles · CA, USA
White light with diffuse blue trail seen from Los Angeles. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Riverside · CA, USA
Bluish light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Ramona · CA, USA
Glowing blue orb over Ramona, CA. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Fresno · CA, USA
1st it was coming from the south heading NW, there was 1 white light and 1 yellow light. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Palmdale · CA, USA
blue/green trail in sky, followed by burst of white light. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Saw a spotlight type of light that rotated towards us then expanded outwards. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Newberry Springs · CA, USA
Strangest meteor I have ever seen. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Ysidro · CA, USA
White bright light with green aura. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Jose · CA, USA
High altitude light with plume changes direction and is viewed for 10 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))