NUFORC Sighting 75692

Occurred: 2010-06-06 11:15 Local
Reported: 2010-06-06 15:23 Pacific
Duration: 45 min
No of observers: 4

Location: Lake Elsinore, CA, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Two clusters of oval, metallic-sided objects were seen flying high above Lake Elsinore.

At first glance I thought it was a transparent parachute with silver spots, a flock of birds or balloons all in the air seemingly joined together at a high altitude, but when they moved some of the "shapes" (about 30 or so) darted around more randomly than others. Then as if turning sideways, they would suddenly disappear, then appear again in a random group. There were at least two separate "clusters" of shapes with at least one metallic side on each shape, just hovering and moving almost in a circular motion, not far from each other.

We watched them for about a half hour with some other curious onlookers and nobody could tell what they were...the two clusters eventually joined in a line above us and went south east of us. After a few minutes of watching these objects and evaluating their movements, it was obvious that they were not birds, balloons, kites or parachutes.

NUFORC Note:

Wife's report. Missile launch from Vandenberg AFB, on this date, but the launch occurred at 15:25 hrs., June 06, 2010. PD

Posted 2010-06-10