10/16/2016: Encinitas, CA, USA

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Occurred : 10/16/2016 02:16 (Entered as : 10/16/16 2:16) Reported: 10/16/2016 3:36:28 PM 15:36 Posted: 10/21/2016 Location: Encinitas, CA Shape: Circle Duration: 10 seconds
On October 16, 2016, shortly after 2 pm, I was laying on my back looking straight up into a partly clouded blue sky. High, lacy static cirrus clouds, and some scattered low coastal marine layer puffy cloud, drifting easterly. Observed a deep, deep pure black dot moving southeast to northwest, above sparse coastal clouds and below very high cirrus layer. Black dot moved swiftly and silently. I have never seen an object of ANY altitude that displayed a deep black image. It seemed to move not in a straight line but displayed an imperfect line of travel (setting itself apart from high altitude aircraft or Earth orbiting objects). Observation lasted maybe 5 to 7 seconds. Difficult to estimate size of object due to altitude. But off the cuff, would speculate it was maybe 10 to 30 meters in diameter.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 10/16/2016 02:16 (Entered as : 10/16/16 2:16)
Reported: 10/16/2016 3:36:28 PM 15:36
Posted: 10/21/2016
Location: Encinitas, CA
Shape: Circle
Duration: 10 seconds

On October 16, 2016, shortly after 2 pm, I was laying on my back looking straight up into a partly clouded blue sky. High, lacy static cirrus clouds, and some scattered low coastal marine layer puffy cloud, drifting easterly.

Observed a deep, deep pure black dot moving southeast to northwest, above sparse coastal clouds and below very high cirrus layer. Black dot moved swiftly and silently. I have never seen an object of ANY altitude that displayed a deep black image. It seemed to move not in a straight line but displayed an imperfect line of travel (setting itself apart from high altitude aircraft or Earth orbiting objects). Observation lasted maybe 5 to 7 seconds. Difficult to estimate size of object due to altitude. But off the cuff, would speculate it was maybe 10 to 30 meters in diameter.