NUFORC Sighting 174874

Occurred: 2023-03-03 19:15 Local
Reported: 2023-03-05 04:33 Pacific
Duration: 3 MINUTES
No of observers: 4

Location: HOLLISTER, CA, USA
Location details: NORTHERN END OF TOWN 240 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Two fire-red objects, 500 feet up, were traveling from the south, heading north, and slowly climbing.

They were 300 feet apart and then went dark, but were still there. This is not the first time I have seen them. At 7:15 pm, I was facing east, leaving the grocery store parking lot. I was driving a 1952 Jeep with no doors or top on the vehicle, which granted me a clear view of the sky. While pulling out of the parking lot, I looked up to the south-southeast and observed two beach ball-sized objects that were either balls of fire or fire orange/red in color. I estimate that these objects were no more than a mile or two away from me. The two objects were traveling slowly from the south to the north, about 500 feet up, and slowly gaining altitude. The objects were about 300 feet apart from one another. The lead object was about 50 to 100 feet higher than the other and seemed to be gaining altitude while the other object kind of held back a little, taking a more gradual climb than the other, and then started climbing up following the other but not traveling the same path.

I drove down the street heading east facing the objects for about 200 feet, then made a right, so now the objects are up and to my left. When I turned onto this street, there was a car stopped in the road with its flashers on, and a truck that pulled off to the side. The occupants of both vehicles were looking up at these things, and I could hear somebody saying, "What the hell are those things?" I pulled over and turned off the engine and jumped out and heard no sound. I was getting my phone out of my pocket to snap a picture while keeping an eye on these things, but they went dark before I could take a picture.

I say that they went dark because it looked like there was still something that was still there after the fire or possibly orange reddish light source went out or turned off. The light was not a steady light, not like the steady stable light that is emitted from a man-made artificial source like an LED or some sort of light bulb. The light seemed to fluctuate slightly, giving me the impression that these things were not illuminated by a light bulb or anything but more of a natural light source like that of a fire would emit. There did appear to be a separate light source within the light that was toward the top and to the side that looked to be a more stable and more red color. These objects operated independently from one another. These lights started gaining altitude, which took about 10 seconds to climb 200 feet or so. They traveled with one following the other but taking a slightly different path for about 10 seconds and then went dark but at different times, with one going out one or two seconds before the other.

While I was parked on the side of the road, observing these things and trying to take in as much detail my 20/20 eyes could, the car that was stopped in the road with its flashers on drove up to me, asking, "Did you see that?" and "Wow" "What were those things?". I am no rookie when it comes to observing the night sky. This ain't my first rodeo. I have spent countless hours over the past 20 plus years farting around with all sorts of high-tech gadgets with everything ranging from large scopes outfitted with cooled CCD cameras to prototype military wiz-bang gadgets the public won't see for a decade.

I have observed these things before over the years along with just about all my friends and neighbors. I have been on the hunt for information on these orange and red balls of light since the first time I observed one of these things many years ago. I am very lucky to have been with somebody every time I have had an encounter with these things. I can't imagine seeing one of these alone and trying to explain to others what I saw and not sound like somebody with a few screws loose. It is a shame that more people do not make a report of any kind after they see something unidentified. It is like pulling teeth to get people to make even the most simple basic report. I told the people that also saw these things about NUFORC and asked them to take a look at the website and to please file a report. I can't thank Mr. Davenport enough for the hard work and dedication in providing the most extensive, reliable, and professional source of information on the subject of UFO.

Posted 2023-03-06