Occurred: 2002-04-17 03:30 Local
Reported: 2002-04-28 18:29 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 0

Location: Needles, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

I was driving west on I40, west of Needles, CA. about 3:30 am. There were many semi trucks on the road who probably saw this, too. It is a very desolate desert area.

Suddenly a bright blue light illuminated my whole car from above. Even though I was alone, I said "what the hell is that" and had to lean forward to look up through my windshield. I saw a huge blue light streak from above my car off to the right side of the road. It stopped in mid air and appeared to be a extremely bright, icy blue colored ball.It then flashed even brighter and vanished. It did not hit the ground as say a meteor might. The only visible color was blue. I had no way to determine the real size or distance from me. A grapefruit held at arm's length was about the size of the ball as I could see it from my car.I am a professional artist and have never seen a UFO or anything like this before.

Posted 2002-05-14

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