NUFORC Sighting 25864

Occurred: 1995-01-01 02:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2002-10-30 17:11 Pacific
Duration: 45 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: El Granada, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby, Landed

Glowing fireball object crashed at Maverick's Beach

This event occurred in '94 or '95 when I was living in El Granada about 4 miles north of Half Moon Bay, CA.

I came home late one night between 12am and 2am. I sat on the couch for a few minutes when I noticed a strange object in the sky. I walked out on my balcony and watched a glowing fireball like object hoovering next to a large radar dish located on a bluff on the Pacific coastline. The site is located at the famed surfer spot know as Mavericks Beach and about two miles from my house.

The object changes colors from orange to green to blue. It move laterally and vertically with great speed. I was so astounded and moved with a flood of emotion at what I was seeing tears actually fell from my eyes. I wasn't crying, I was in awe.

After about 20 seconds I began screaming for my family to come and see. After I bit more of watching something very surprising happened. This sphere suddenly fell from the sky behind the bluff followed by a large explosion like orange flash.

By this time my family finally came to see what the commotion was all about. I explained what I saw but they didn't seem to care and went to bed.

My stepbrother and I stayed up to see if any other events occured. After about 45 minutes we heard jet fighters over head. They circled for five minutes until we decided to drive down to the radar station's bluff. When we got there nothing seemed out of the ordinary. We stayed for a few minutes and left.

I've never forgotten the events of that night. It wasn't a helicopter, plane, flare or any other usual suspect. If somebody's looking for a crashed ufo Ross's Cove would be where I would look!

NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD

Posted 2002-11-04