NUFORC Sighting 132289

Occurred: 2017-01-23 03:00 Local
Reported: 2017-01-24 13:31 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 0

Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Shape: Disk

Copper-colored metallic disc sighted over downtown Los Angeles

I was returning to work on the 110 freeway heading north. Traffic was moving slowly due to a recent downpour. At the edge of downtown Los Angeles near the Convention center, I noticed a metallic, copper-colored object that appeared to be floating along. It was a couple of hundred feet up and a bit west of the roadway. I assumed it was a mylar balloon because it looked like it was drifting along in the wind.

As it passed over the freeway and I could see it juxtaposed with one of the skyscrapers, I realized that it was quite large – easily the size of an average car. At first I thought it was spherical, but then it seemed to rotate and I could see that it was saucer-shaped.

The object continued heading east and moved out view. I assume other people saw it, but I was alone in my own car.

Posted 2017-01-26