NUFORC Sighting 149389

Occurred: 1976-11-18 13:00 Local
Reported: 2019-10-01 20:41 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Long Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

7 "PEARLESCENT" HIGH ALTITUDE CRAFT IN V FORMATION MOVE HORIZON-TO-HORIZON IN TEN SECONDS.

At that time, I was standing outside talking to a friend, who also witnessed this. It was the day after a Chinese above ground nuclear test. We were standing on a hill, with Long Beach spreading out below us. Weather clear, near midday. 7 opalescent craft, minute of angle relative size appeared equivalent to the size of our moon, flying in V formation at hypersonic speeds at a very high altitude (50,000' +) from south to north, horizon to horizon in ten seconds. One of these craft returned briefly, to the zenith above us, turned sideways to exhibit the object's rounded edge and wafer/lozenge shape, which paused briefly, and then shot directly vertical and disappeared at lightning speed. This reporter was 21 at the time, (I.Q. Was 139) a former ROTC cadet (a trained observer) and had been an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer since age 12. My father was a senior aerospace executive engineer.

Posted 2019-10-04

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