NUFORC Sighting 14117

Occurred: 2000-09-14 19:30 Local
Reported: 2000-09-14 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 6

Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA

Shape: Diamond
Characteristics: Lights on object

AT AROUND 7:30 ON THE DAY OF SEPTEMBER 15 I WAS GOING TO HAVE DINNER WIFE CAME OUT TO GET ME, WE BOTH NOTICED THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET WE WERE HAVING, THE SKY ALL IN RED WHICH MADE THE CLOUDS GLIMMER MORE ELEGANT LOOKING TOWARDS THE OCCEAN I NOTICE THIS PUFFY CLOUD AT ATTRACTIVE ME, INSIDE THIS CLOUD I COULD EASILY SEE THIS WHITE LIGHT THAT MANUEVERED IN AND OUT OF THE CLOUD VERY SLOWLY AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A PLANE COMING TO LAX BUT THEN AFTER OBSERVING THIS LIGHT FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS I CAME TO THE CONCLUSSION THAT IT WASN'T AN AIRPLANE .I CALLED MY BROTHER OUT WITH THE BINOCULARS TRYING TO SEE IT BETTER , THROUGH THEM IT WAS A WHITE MASS OF LIGHT NO WITH AN OUTLINE OF A DIAMOND, OTHER PEOPLE CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT WE WERE WATCHING WE ALL CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WASN'T A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE.FROM TIME TO TIME IT WOULD GO DOWN THEN IT WOULD GO UP AGAIN LIKE A BALLOON WOULD DO IN THE WIND BUT IT WAS TOO BRIGHT FOR A BALLOON, THEN WITHOUT WARNING THE FOG ROLLED IN OBSCURING OUT VIEW OF THIS STRANGE PHENOMENON.

NUFORC Note:

There is some confusion surrounding the date of the sighting. We have attempted to get clarification on when the sighting occurred. PD

Posted 2000-09-17