4/16/2008: San Diego, CA, USA

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Occurred : 4/16/2008 20:35 (Entered as : 04/16/08 20:35) Reported: 4/18/2008 7:42:39 AM 07:42 Posted: 6/12/2008 Location: San Diego, CA Shape: Triangle Duration: 5 seconds Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object left a trail, There was an aura or haze around the object
Dark evening sky, triangular object moving fast, colorful lights reflecting off the evening mist, faded away I was standing on my front driveway star gazing looking in a northern direction when what appeared to be a triangular object with bright colorful lights just appeared out of nowhere. It seemed to have come out of a cloud, but there were no clouds present. It seemed very close(about cloud height, it was moving very fast, and appeared to be the size of a football stadium. I live in San Diego, and the evenings can be a little misty or foggy. The lights of this object seemed to reflect off of the fog making the whole phenomenon a little hazy. Just as soon as I got a good look at this phenomenon it appeared to fade back into a cloud, but like I said there were no clouds present. Absolutely no sound was made by the phenomenon. The whole event only took about 5 seconds. Given the horizon to horizon evening sky is 180 degrees I estimate the whole phenomenon took about 20 degrees of the sky.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 4/16/2008 20:35 (Entered as : 04/16/08 20:35)
Reported: 4/18/2008 7:42:39 AM 07:42
Posted: 6/12/2008
Location: San Diego, CA
Shape: Triangle
Duration: 5 seconds
Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object left a trail, There was an aura or haze around the object

Dark evening sky, triangular object moving fast, colorful lights reflecting off the evening mist, faded away

I was standing on my front driveway star gazing looking in a northern direction when what appeared to be a triangular object with bright colorful lights just appeared out of nowhere. It seemed to have come out of a cloud, but there were no clouds present. It seemed very close(about cloud height, it was moving very fast, and appeared to be the size of a football stadium.

I live in San Diego, and the evenings can be a little misty or foggy. The lights of this object seemed to reflect off of the fog making the whole phenomenon a little hazy.

Just as soon as I got a good look at this phenomenon it appeared to fade back into a cloud, but like I said there were no clouds present. Absolutely no sound was made by the phenomenon.

The whole event only took about 5 seconds.

Given the horizon to horizon evening sky is 180 degrees I estimate the whole phenomenon took about 20 degrees of the sky.