NUFORC Sighting 33258

Occurred: 2003-11-19 20:00 Local
Reported: 2003-11-20 14:57 Pacific
Duration: 4 to 5 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Catalina Island, CA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Huge triangle object with big red pulsating lights

My wife and I were sitting on the bow of our boat tucking in from the wind and were looking at the sky for shooting stars. It was a mostly clear night with few clouds and we noticed a huge object coming from behind the island and flying from our right (EAST) to our left (WEST). It had large red flashing lights and was in the shape of a triangle. We could see the mainland and planes going to and from LAX and Long Beach which were so small in comparison I would say the object we saw was many many times larger, and silent. No sound at all. We watched it go from our far right to a cloud on the left side of our field of view. It never came out of the cloud. We can't explain why because we could follow planes from one end to the other and see them inside or behind the cloud whichever the case. The cloud was thin.

Posted 2003-11-26