NUFORC Sighting 104140

Occurred: 2013-11-04 20:04 Local
Reported: 2013-11-04 21:46 Pacific
Duration: 8 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Escondido, CA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects

Saw a craft ejecting red flares over the night sky in Southern California

On Monday, November 04, 2013, at approximately 20:04 hrs., my girlfriend and I walked out of our home to take our dog for a walk in the northwest part of the city of Escondido, California.

As soon as we walked outside, I noticed a reddish/amber light in the northwestern sky. The light was so bright that I mentioned it to my girlfriend and said something to the effect of “I wonder if that’s Mars or Venus so bright tonight?”

We both stopped to look at the object and we both noticed that it was moving. We kept our eyes on it as we walked another 50 feet or so. The light moved from our northwest to our southeast. We both stopped walking, and I remarked at how bright the object was, but that it didn’t have any blinking lights on it (the kind I normally would associate with an aircraft).

As the object was flying in the southeast horizon, we clearly began to see red flare-like objects coming from the bright amber lighted craft. The objects were glowing red, similar to the color and intensity of a roadside flare. We saw approximately nine (9) of these “flares” come from the craft over a span of three (3) to five (5) minutes. At least one of these flares broke apart into two independent “flares”. We watched them fall downward under trees obscured our view of them. They were still lit/glowing as they disappeared from our view.

After the last of these “flares”, the bright amber craft simply and suddenly “winked out” and disappeared from the sky. It did not slowly fade away, nor did we see it fly away. It was simply visible one moment, then gone the next. It may be worth mentioning that we could not hear any jet or propeller noise from the craft.

We felt that what we had seen was odd enough that we contacted the San Diego Sheriff’s Department, and described what we saw to them. The SDSO connected us to the Northwest Region of the FAA. I spoke with a lady named Karen who conferenced in a man named Charlie from San Diego Tracon (sp?). Charlie was unaware of anything that should be dropping flares over San Diego County. Karen suggested that I contact the UFO Center. I spoke with Mr. Davenport who asked us to write a description of what we saw while the details were still fresh in our minds. Mr. Davenport asked that we contact the National Weather Service for wind speed information. We called the San Diego office of the National Weather Service, but could not reach a live person.

I hereby attest that everything I have said in this statement is the complete truth.

NUFORC Note:

We spoke with this witness, and we found him to be both eloquent in his description of the sighting, and serious-minded. We suspect that he is a very good witness, and highly reliable. PD

Posted 2013-11-11