7/8/2014: Torrance, CA, USA

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Occurred : 7/8/2014 21:15 (Entered as : 07/08/14 21:15) Reported: 7/8/2014 10:27:03 PM 22:27 Posted: 7/11/2014 Location: Torrance, CA Shape: Changing Duration: 10 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object, The object changed color
8 Red-Orange Lights Rising off Redondo Beach, CA coast Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at about 9:15 pm Pacific Time. Torrance, CA looking west toward the Redondo Beach coastline. There was a marine layer several hundred feet high and appeared to be off the coast. I stepped out of my house to make sure the cars were locked and noticed a bright red-orange light rising from the horizon. Looking in this direction you can often see aircraft departing from Los Angeles International Airport. I am a pilot so when I saw the odd and very bright light I looked to see if there were any of the flashing position lights normally seen on aircraft. There were none. As the light rose to what I estimate to be about 1,000 feet I noticed two additional red-orange lights rising from the horizon. I refer to these as lights 2 and 3. Recognizing this was unusual I called by two adult sons to come witness what I was seeing. Light #1 dimmed to a faint white light and stopped in the sky at about 2,000 feet. The other two rose together then separated their formation. Light # 2 appeared to track out to sea in the direction of the northern end of Catalina Island. Both dimmed like the first one but could still bee seen. Light 3 continued to rise and stop at roughly the same altitude as Light 1. This pattern continued with four to six more lights. Some of the lights moved in a straight path. Some changed directions and stopped in one place at times before continuing to move. I continued watching Light #1, as it approached us. As it got closer it appeared translucent and white. It was wobbling and the closest thing I can describe it resembling is a modern parachute. However, this was no parachute! It passed us to the south and we lost it as it went behind some trees. Very bizarre!

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 7/8/2014 21:15 (Entered as : 07/08/14 21:15)
Reported: 7/8/2014 10:27:03 PM 22:27
Posted: 7/11/2014
Location: Torrance, CA
Shape: Changing
Duration: 10 minutes
Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object, The object changed color

8 Red-Orange Lights Rising off Redondo Beach, CA coast

Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at about 9:15 pm Pacific Time. Torrance, CA looking west toward the Redondo Beach coastline. There was a marine layer several hundred feet high and appeared to be off the coast.

I stepped out of my house to make sure the cars were locked and noticed a bright red-orange light rising from the horizon. Looking in this direction you can often see aircraft departing from Los Angeles International Airport. I am a pilot so when I saw the odd and very bright light I looked to see if there were any of the flashing position lights normally seen on aircraft. There were none.

As the light rose to what I estimate to be about 1,000 feet I noticed two additional red-orange lights rising from the horizon. I refer to these as lights 2 and 3.

Recognizing this was unusual I called by two adult sons to come witness what I was seeing.

Light #1 dimmed to a faint white light and stopped in the sky at about 2,000 feet. The other two rose together then separated their formation. Light # 2 appeared to track out to sea in the direction of the northern end of Catalina Island. Both dimmed like the first one but could still bee seen. Light 3 continued to rise and stop at roughly the same altitude as Light 1.

This pattern continued with four to six more lights. Some of the lights moved in a straight path. Some changed directions and stopped in one place at times before continuing to move.

I continued watching Light #1, as it approached us. As it got closer it appeared translucent and white. It was wobbling and the closest thing I can describe it resembling is a modern parachute. However, this was no parachute! It passed us to the south and we lost it as it went behind some trees.

Very bizarre!