NUFORC Sighting 85490

Occurred: 2011-11-16 20:00 Local
Reported: 2011-11-25 23:04 Pacific
Duration: 3 or 4 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Temecula, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Blacked out Helicopters followed by a strange white light

On November 16, 2011, at approximately 18:20 hours, my witness and I were sitting in a Temecula parking lot at Ynez and Margarita in the Fresh and Easy parking lot. It was dark out. We heard several CH46 helicopters flying overhead (I am prior military, worked on these helicopters for years, I would know the sound of one anywhere). We thought it was strange that we could hear them, but could not see the lights from any of them. I could tell they were directly over us, judging by the sound. My witness and I leaned out of our windows to visually inspect the sky above us. We were able to spot the silhouette of three CH46 helicopters that were completely blacked out. Those are just the ones I was able to get a visual on. We can’t tell how many others there were that passed overhead, I just know that there were several. They were flying unusually low. I can’t say exactly how high up, but you figure, those helicopters do not go above 10,000 feet. They were much lo! wer than that, though. Maybe 20 seconds after they passed overhead, we got a visual on something else in the sky. It was round and looked like a spot light. It pretty much resembled the spot light from another helicopter. The light was pulsating at a very slow rate and was moving through the sky in the same direction as the helicopters that had passed overhead, but was at a good distance behind and at the same altitude.

Whatever was flying over us made no sound. We could hear the beat of the helicopters in the distance, but heard nothing overhead. After approximately 10-15 seconds of having a visual, we exited the vehicle to get a better look. Upon exiting the vehicle, we saw the light of this craft flash on and off maybe three more times and then it disappeared completely. No lights, no sound, no silhouette. It was just gone.

Posted 2011-12-12