NUFORC Sighting 44030

Occurred: 2005-05-19 15:45 Local
Reported: 2005-05-19 16:36 Pacific
Duration: 15 mins
No of observers: 2

Location: Studio City, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Metallic looking with periodic flashing/reflection.

((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS))

You stated on your website that you requested more information from me but have recieved no Response. I did indeed send a response on the 20th!

Here is a copy of my original response... in case the original was lost.

I was sitting outdoors, at a small hamburger restaurant, with a friend. I initially saw what I thought was a small mylar ballon descending behind the sign at the mall we were at. A few moments later I saw the object rising again. At this point I still believed it to be a balloon and watched it as it rose somewhat rapidly to a few hundered feet. At this time I pointed it out to my friend who also saw it. It suddenly stopped very abruptly and just hovered for a few seconds. At this point I realized that it probably
wasn't a ballon and was also much farther away then I had originally assumed. The objected seemed to be flickering or reflecting light in a manner that I realized, after a while, was in a regular cyclic
pattern. It seemed to then slowly drift upward and to the West. It then shifted direction and started moving a little more rapidly towards the East until it went from our site.

There was a (light colored) helicopter in the area a few minutes prior to the event. Having seen the
helicopter a few minutes earlier made it quite clear, by comparison , that whatever we saw was not a
conventional craft.

The whole event seemed to last about 10-15 minutes in total. I'm very surprised that there aren't more
reports about this as it is a very heavily populated area. On top of it all, I'm pretty much a sceptic
about these sorts of things so I'm very baffled by the whole experience. I'm an artist by profession and feel that I've got a pretty good eye for discerning the qualities of different objects and can say with a fair
amount of certainty that it was not like any conventional aircraft I have ever seen.

((END ADDENDUM))

NUFORC Note:

We have requested more information about the alleged sighting, but have received no response. PD

Posted 2005-05-24