NUFORC Sighting 158982

Occurred: 2020-08-29 23:50 Local
Reported: 2020-08-30 18:00 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: San Rafael, CA, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

On a bright moon lit night in California, three orange glowing objects were seen in the sky hovering, then ascending out of view.

At approximately 23:50, while exiting Highway 101, I noticed an object in the sky approximately 250-300 feet in the air over a shopping center across the street from my location. The object was slightly oval and was flickering orange. At first glance, I thought it was a light on a crane, until the object started to move. I then thought it might be a helicopter. I rolled down my window to hear it, however, the object made no noise. I kept the object in view as I continued my drive three blocks down the road to my house. When I exited my car, the object began to move towards my location and descended slightly in altitude.

I immediately went into my home and got my 14 year old son to come outside and see what I was looking at. As we both got outside, the object continued to hover over the intersection next to my home for about 30 seconds or so, then shot straight up in the air at an amazing velocity. The object continued to climb until it disappeared.

About 10-15 minutes later, I went outside and saw two more objects hovering at about the same location as the original object. These two objects appeared to be identical to the first one and maintained the same distance from each other at all times. Both my son and I took pictures of the objects and then as we began to discuss what we were seeing, both objects began the same maneuver that the first had done.

We estimate the size of the objects to be about the size of a small automobile. The objects flickered in the dark and had no other visible structure to them. It should be noted that the sky condition was slightly smoky from nearby wildfires and the moon was creating sufficient light to create ample light to see non-illuminated objects in the area clearly.

Posted 2020-09-04