NUFORC Sighting 16333

Occurred: 1973-11-09 01:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2001-02-07 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 40min
No of observers: 2

Location: Orange County, CA, USA

Shape: Oval

1973 A 40 Minute Daytime Viewing Of A BlackHole In Orange County California Skies

I HAVE NOT SPOKE OF THE SIGHTING? REALLY,SINCE THE EVENT. I DID TELL MY ORDER BROTHER ABOUT IT LONG AGO, HE WAS THE FIRST AND THE LAST, HE LOOKED AT ME STRANGLY, SO I NEVER TOLD A SOLE, TIL NOW. IM NOT A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, SO PLEASE BARE WITH ME. IT WAS NEAR TO NOON, PROBABLY AFTER,MYSELF AND A FRIEND WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE FLOOD CONTROL. THIS IS THE SANTA ANA RIVER BED THAT RUNS NEXT TO THE 91 FWY. IT WAS A CLEAR DAY, BLUE SKIES AND NORMALLY BREEZY. WE WERE SITTING THERE HAVING A SMOKE(CIGARTTES)WHEN I NOTICED ABOVE AND TO THE RIGHT(WEST)OF THE ANAHIEM HILLS, A BLACK CIRCLE(HOLE) IN THE AIR. THATS 40degs(estimate) ABOVE THE HORIZON. IT WASNT A PERFECT CIRCLE, IT WAS TIPPED EITHER TOWARDS ME OR TIPPED AWAY FROM ME. I COULDNT TELL WHICH WAY IT WAS TIPPED, IN FACT I/WE COULDNT TELL HOW FAR AWAY FROM US IT WAS. I WAS THE WIERDEST THING TO TRY TO GAUGE. I WOULD LOOK AWAY AND THEN TRY TO FOCUS BACK ON THE OBJECT. I WOULD LOOK JUST ASIDE FROM IT AND THEN BACK AT IT AND THE PERCEPTION OF DEPTH IN GAUGING IT'S DISTANCE WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. THE BLACK OBJECT WASNT JUST BLACK, IT WAS "EMPTY OF LIGHT", DO YOU UNDERSTAND? THAT WAS THE OTHER CONFUSING THING ABOUT IT. I THINK IT WAS ANOTHER REASON FOR THE DIFFICULTY IN GAUGING THE DISTANCE. BACK TO THE LACK OF LIGHT. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE LIGHT WITHIN THIS OBJECT, IT HAD HARD, I MEAN, HARD DEFINED CIRULAR EDGES TO IT(A HOLE), BUT THERE WAS NO LIGHT TO IT. I HAD ONE REACTION TO THIS OBJECT I VIEWED FOR 40 MIN, MY FRIEND HAD QUITE ANOTHER ONE. MY FRIEND,AFTER 10 MINUTES, REFUSED TO LOOK AT IT ANY MORE, IT FRIEGHTEND HIM AND SHOOK HIM UP BAD, A CURIOUS REACTION FOR HIM. ME ON THE OTHER HAND, COULDNT TAKE MY EYES OF IT, I WAS, WELL, ALL MY NERONS IN MY HEAD WERE FIRING, I WAS AWED. AFTER 15 MINUTES OF TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS OBJECT AND TRYING TO GAUGE ITS SIZE AND DISTANCE. I DECIDED I WOULD LOOK AWAY AND LOOK BACK AT IT, ALMOST GAME LIKE, BUT IT WAS ALAWAYS THERE. IT NEVER MOVED, CHANGED SHAPE OR VAREED IN COLOR( IF BLACK IS A COLOR). WELL, 40 MINUTES IS A LONG TIME TO LOOK AT AN OBJECT YOU HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. I DIDNT GET BORED WITH IT, I ALMOST GOT TIRED LOOKING AT IT, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO VIEW BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF PERSPECTION, IT HAD ALMOST NO DEPTH. IT WAS EITHER 1/4 MILE OR 5 MILES FROM US. IT DISAPPEARED AND I DIDNT SEE IT LEAVE THE AREA, IM SORRY TO SAY. I HAVE ALWAYS DEEPLY REGRETTED NOT SEEING IT LEAVE OR DISAPPEAR. I LOOKED BACK IN ITS DIRECTION,AFTER TELLING MY FRIEND TO,"GET A GRIP" AND IT WAS GONE. I CAN STILL SEE IT IN MY MIND TO THIS DAY. IT WAS WONDERFUL AND STRIKING, FOR APPARRENTLY BEING,"NOTHING" AT ALL. I HAVE NEVER MADE ANY CONCLUSIONS TO WHAT IS WAS. MAYBE IT WAS,"NOTHING", MAYBE IT WAS JUST THAT,A HOLE, AN ABSENSE ANYTHING AT ALL.............A P U R E V O I D. HERES THE SIZE. IF YOU HOLD A DIME AT 9FT AWAY, TILT IT SLIGHTLY TOWARDS OR AWAY FROM YOU, THATS THE SIZE IT WAS. ON DISTANCE, MY BEST QUESS WOULD BE 1 MILE AT 40deg ABOVE THE HORIZON.

NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD

Posted 2001-02-18