NUFORC Sighting 178484

Occurred: 2023-09-28 20:50 Local
Reported: 2023-09-29 09:43 Pacific
Duration: 30-1 min
No of observers: 3

Location: Folsom/El Dorado Hills, CA, USA
Location details: New home development off of freeway us 50

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Orange orb chased away by airplanes

In the evening three of us were outside smoking and looked up to see an orange orb flying across the sky. It was flying northeast in one direction seemingly above the house line in the distance but closer than the red flashing aviation ground poles on the hills in the distance. It was flying straight until an airplane started going toward it's direction. At that point the orb turned at about a 45 degree angle and dimmed away into the distance directly away from the airplane and us and disappeared in a matter of seconds. After that we saw about 30 airplanes heading in that direction but we live near two airports a private local one and one air force base within a 30 mile radius. We always see Cessna planes and jets but this was decidedly different. Every other flying object we've seen we can also hear before they're in eyesight and well after they're out of sight, but before the other planes showed up, we heard nothing. The orb was silent the entire time it was observed.

Posted 2023-10-28