NUFORC Sighting 76246

Occurred: 2010-07-04 19:30 Local
Reported: 2010-07-07 09:24 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Highland, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Low flying military aircraft seen in the area which is out of the ordinary.

On Sunday July 4th 2010 about 19:30 I was inside my home and heard military sounding jets flying rather low around the area. I went outside and saw 2 what appeared to be F-15’s, due to the dual vertical stabilizers on the tail, flying at a rather low altitude. They made two rather large circular passes at (not more than a few thousand feet up) and then proceeded in a south westerly direction.

I also saw a C-17 flying a couple hundred feet level over the old Norton Air Force Base at the same time. I lost sight of both aircraft (C-17 and F15’s) due to the trees near my home. This lasted maybe 5 minutes in total.

I am born and raised in this community and have not seen anything like this since the Air Force Base was an active military facility some 15 years ago or more.

Posted 2010-07-10