NUFORC Sighting 170458

Occurred: 1999-04-16 11:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2022-07-15 15:06 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lompoc, CA, USA
Location details: 800 N. L street (across the street from Lompoc High School)

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Saw a black triangle hovering approximately 500 ft. I

In April 1999 in Lompoc, California at approximately 11am I was hanging out with my friends skateboarding in front of my duplex, not far from an ICBM launch site, Vandenberg Air Force base (now Space Force Base). I remember one of my friends pointing out something in the sky that resembled a black triangle with red blue and white lights on each of the corners and observed the object hovering westward of Vandenberg and just above the local Surf Beach. After my friend Adam pointed the object out, I also witnessed it and remember being very curious about what it could be. There were no sounds from this object but I did remember hearing normal birds chirping and cars driving by.

I would also like to point out that Vandenberg didn’t have a flying mission(which helps eliminate military aircraft) and strictly focused on satellite positioning and various forms of rocket launches. I don’t know if there were nuclear payloads at this location but given their mission at the time, it would be highly probable that nuclear warheads were within 5 miles of this occurrence.


Posted 2022-09-09

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