4/4/2011: Buellton, CA, USA

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Occurred : 4/4/2011 23:27 (Entered as : 04/04/11 23:27) Reported: 4/4/2011 11:46:51 PM 23:46 Posted: 5/2/2011 Location: Buellton, CA Shape: Light Duration: Unknown Characteristics: There were lights on the object
Larger than Venus with Distinct color changes I went outside to take the trash down to the curb around 11:27 am. It was a very clear night, no cloud cover, a bit crisp. Great visability. I noticed right away, separate from the other star formations, what appeared to be a rapidly color-changing ball of light, distinctly different from the normal "twinkling" colors of most stars. These were visible colors; not just vague pastel flashes like most stars. The light was single, about 70-degrees above the horizon and exactly southwest of my location (I confirmed this with my iphone compass). The light was larger and brighter than Venus (as a reference), and as mentioned, changed into separate and very distinct colors: red, green, blue, white, yellowish. No particular order to the color changes. No sounds overheard. I watched for several minutes and even tried to take a video with my phone. However, the darkness surrounding me proved too great for the video, and the light did not show up, nor did anything else except a street lamp, on the video. No aircraft flying in the sky at this moment, although Vandenberg is about 20-minutes away and due west from my location. I am a college-educated, medical professional. ((NUFORC Note: We have corresponded with the witness, to inquire whether the object might have been a "twinkling" star, possibly Sirius. She is planning to check that possibility. PD))

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 4/4/2011 23:27 (Entered as : 04/04/11 23:27)
Reported: 4/4/2011 11:46:51 PM 23:46
Posted: 5/2/2011
Location: Buellton, CA
Shape: Light
Duration: Unknown
Characteristics: There were lights on the object

Larger than Venus with Distinct color changes

I went outside to take the trash down to the curb around 11:27 am. It was a very clear night, no cloud cover, a bit crisp. Great visability. I noticed right away, separate from the other star formations, what appeared to be a rapidly color-changing ball of light, distinctly different from the normal "twinkling" colors of most stars. These were visible colors; not just vague pastel flashes like most stars. The light was single, about 70-degrees above the horizon and exactly southwest of my location (I confirmed this with my iphone compass). The light was larger and brighter than Venus (as a reference), and as mentioned, changed into separate and very distinct colors: red, green, blue, white, yellowish. No particular order to the color changes. No sounds overheard.

I watched for several minutes and even tried to take a video with my phone. However, the darkness surrounding me proved too great for the video, and the light did not show up, nor did anything else except a street lamp, on the video.

No aircraft flying in the sky at this moment, although Vandenberg is about 20-minutes away and due west from my location.

I am a college-educated, medical professional.

((NUFORC Note: We have corresponded with the witness, to inquire whether the object might have been a "twinkling" star, possibly Sirius. She is planning to check that possibility. PD))