NUFORC Sighting 25600

Occurred: 2002-10-14 19:00 Local
Reported: 2002-10-14 23:25 Pacific
Duration: 15 to 20 Minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted beams

What I saw was orange and white light radiating from one and only one cloud in the sky and it was not the sun or moon.

While driving on my motorcycle up a street called Fanning I looked up in the sky to my right at about a 45 degree angle from where I was standing and I saw an eerie looking white cloud in the sky and from within the cloud I saw the light as being white in some parts of the cloud and orange in other parts of the cloud. I really did not see any kind of craft at first and I just stood there looking at this cloud of white and orange light and after a while I did see a round orange light a very small light which appeared to be a half inch to an inch in diameter. While I looking at this phenomenen I thought to myself that perhaps it was the moon behind that cloud or maybe some kind of solar refraction but the time was considerably past sunset and also I looked up into the sky to my left and the moon was there. The lighting in the cloud has the look of the sunset on the horizon except that this light was considerably above the horizon and there was also white light in other parts of the cloud. I strain my brain to think of other possibilities but cannot think of any. I watched the phenemenon for about 10 to 15 minutes during which time the white and orange light got progressively dimmer.

((Vandenberg rocket launch. PD))

Posted 2002-10-15

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