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From: lpb@florida.swdc.stratus.com (Len Bucuvalas) Newsgroups: talk.religion.newage Subject: California UFO Sightings Message-ID: <8721.1650@stratus.SWDC.Stratus.COM> Date: 17 Dec 92 20:37:37 GMT Sender: news@SWDC.Stratus.COM Lines: 1086

Message #7645 - BAMA Date : 22-Sep-91 1:18 From : John Powell To : James Nugent Subject : CA PBB Unknowns, 1/2

California sightings from the Project Blue Book Unknowns: -+---------------------------------------------------------------------------

July 6, 1947; Fairfield-Suisan Air Base, California. Daytime. Witnesses: Army Air Forces Capt. and Mrs. James Burniston. Watched for 1 minute while one object having no wings or tail rolled from side-to-side three times and then flew away very fast to the southeast.

July 8, 1947; Muroc Air Base, California. 9:30 a.m. PDT. Witnesses: lst Lt. Joseph McHenry, T/Sgt Ruvolo, S/Sgt Nauman, Miss Janette Scotte. Watched for an unstated length of time while two disc-shaped or spherical objects--silver and apparently metallic--flew a wide circular pattern, and then one of them later flew a tighter circle.

July 29, 1947; Hamilton Air Base, California. 2:50 p.m. PDT. Witnesses: Assistant Base Operations Officer Capt. William Rhyerd, ex-AAF B-29 pilot Ward Stewart. Watched for unknown length of time while two round, shiny, white objects with estimated 15-25 foot diameters, flew 3-4 times the apparent speed of a P-80, also in sight. One object flew straight and level; the other weaved from side-to-side like an escort fighter.

Sept. 23, 1948; San Pablo, California. 12 noon. Witnesses: Sylvester Bentham and retired U.S. Army Col. Horace Eakins. Two objects: one, a buff or grey rectangle with vertical lines; the other a translucent "amoeba" with a dark spot near the center. The arms of the "amoeba" undulated. Both objects travelled very fast.

Dec. 3, 1948; Fairfield-Suisan AFB, California. 8:15 p.m. Witness: USAF Sgt., control tower operator. One round, white light flew for 25 seconds with varying speed, bouncing motion, and finally a rapid erratic climb.

April 4, 1949; Merced, California. 10:20 p.m. witness: William Parrott, former Air Force pilot and major. One generally round object with a curved bottom and dull coloring. The object gave off a clicking sound until overhead. Parrott's dog reacted. 35 seconds.

May 6, 1949; Livermore, California. 9:35 a.m. Witness: C. G. Green. Two shiny, disc-like objects rotated around each other and banked. Then one shot upwards with a grey trail and rejoined the other. The sighting lasted 5 minutes.

Mar. 13, 1951; McClellan AFB, California. 3:20 p.m. Witnesses: USAF lst Lt. B.J. Hastie, Mrs. Rafferty. A cylinder with twin tails, 200' long and 90' wide, turned north and flew at incredible speed. Two minutes.

Sept. 6, 1951; Claremont, California. 7:20 p.m. (not really clear). Witnesses: S/Sgt W.T. Smith, M/Sgt L.L. Duel (?). Six orange lights in an irregular formation, flew straight and level into a coastal fog bank after 3-4 minutes.

March 24, 1952; 60 miles west of Pt. Concepcion, California. 8:45 a.m. Witnesses: B-29 navigator and radar operator. One target tracked for 20-30 seconds at estimated 3,000 m.p.h.

April 15, 1952; Santa Cruz, California. 7:40 p.m. Witness: Mr. Hayes, brother of Master Sergeant. Two faint objects observed flying fast along the horizon for 6-8 seconds, using 20x spotting telescope.

May 1, 1952; George AFB, California. 10:50 a.m. Witnesses: three men on the arms range, plus one Lt. Colonel 4 miles away. Five flat-white discs about the diameter of a C-47's wingspan (95') flew fast, made a 90^ turn in a formation of three in front and two behind, and darted around, for 15-30 seconds.

May 9, 1952; George AFB, California. 5:20 p.m. Witness: A/lc G.C. Grindeland. One dull white, arrowhead-shaped object flew straight and level for 10 seconds.

July 26, 1952; Williams, California. Case missing from official files.

July 29, 1952; Merced, California. 3:44 or 4:35 p.m. Witnesses: Herbert Mitchell and one employee. One dark, discus-shaped object, trailed by a silvery light 2 lengths behind, tipped on its side, dove, hesitated and then circled very fast during the 2 minute sighting.

Aug. 1, 1952; Lancaster, California. 1:14 a.m. Witnesses: sheriff's deputies and other persons, one named Mallette. Two brilliant red lights hovered and maneuvered for 5 minutes.

Aug. 18, 1952; Fairfield, California. 12:50 a.m. Witnesses: three policemen. One object changed color like a diamond, and changed directions during the 30 minute sighting.

Aug. 19, 1952; Red Bluff, California. 2:38 p.m. Witness: Ground Observer Corps observer Albert Lathrop. Two objects, shaped like fat bullets, flew straight and level, very fast for 25 seconds.

Sept. 14, 1952; Santa Barbara, California. 8:40 p.m. Witness: USAF C-54 transport pilot Tarbutton. One blue-white light travelled straight and level, then went up. Seen for 30 seconds.

Sept. 27, 1952; Inyokern, California. 10 p.m. Witnesses: two couples, using a 5x telescope. One large, round object, which went through the color spectrum every 2 seconds, was seen to fly straight and level for 15 minutes.

Dec. 28, 1952; Marysville, California. Case missing from official files.

--- XRS! 4.50+ * Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)

Message #7646 - BAMA Date : 22-Sep-91 1:19 From : John Powell To : James Nugent Subject : CA PBB Unknowns, 2/2

California sightings from the Project Blue Book Unknowns: -+---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jan. 10, 1953; Sonoma, California. 3:45 p.m. or 4 p.m. Witnesses: retired Col. Robert McNab, and Mr. Hunter of the Federal Security Agency. One flat object, like a pinhead, made three 360* right turns in 9 seconds, made abrupt 90* turns to the right and left, stopped, accelerated to original speed and finally flew out of sight vertically after 60-75 seconds.

Jan. 28, 1953; Pt. Mugu, California. 1 p.m. Witness: R.W. Love, owner of Love Diving Co., engaged in retrieving radio- controlled drones. An 18-20' white, flat disc flew straight and level, overhead, for 6 minutes.

Jan. 28, 1953; Corona, California. 6:05 p.m. Witness: USAF T/Sgt. George Beyer. Five 25' green spheres flew in V-formation, then changed to trail formation at which time the end objects turned red. Sighting lasted 12 minutes.

Feb. 20, 1953; Pittsburg-Stockton, California. #1 time unknown; #2, 10:30 p.m. Witnesses: USAF B-25 bomber pilots. #1 was a bright yellow light seen for 8 minutes. #2 was a bright light which flew on a collision course, dimmed and climbed away fast.

Aug. 20, 1953; near Castle AFB, California. 9:05 p.m. Witnesses: crew of TB-29 bomber/trainer plane. One greyish oval object made four passes at the airplane (three times at 10-20 miles distance), then dived vertically as if two objects.

Dec. 24, 1953; El Cajon, California. 8:04 a.m. Witnesses: U.S. Navy Lts. J.B. Howard and L.D. Linhard, flying F9F-2 jet fighters. Ten silver, oval objects flew at more than 400 kts. (450 m.p.h.), straight and level, for 5 minutes.

Dec. 28, 1953; Marysville, California. 11:55 a.m. Witness: Yuba County Airport Manager Dick Brandt. One saucer, with a brilliant blue light, reflecting on a nearby building, hovered briefly during the 1.5 minute observation.

May 10, 1954; Elsinore, California. 12:40 p.m. Witness: U.S. Marine Corps Squadron Leader D.R. Higgin, flying an F3D-2 jet fighter. One dark gunmetal delta-shaped object, 22' long and 10' wide, with a fin on the top, descended at a 25-30' angle under the lead airplane of a formation, and over the airplane of Higgin. Sighting lasted a few seconds.

July 30, 1954; Los Angeles, California. 10:15 a.m. Witness: Hughes Aircraft test pilots Englert and Peterson, flying a B-25 bomber. One metallic, pencil-shaped object flew slowly or hovered for an unstated length of time.

Sept. 21, 1954; Barstow, California. 1 a.m. Witnesses: two local policemen, four U.S. Marine Corps police, one highway patrolman. One red-orange ball giving off sparks, and a smaller light, made a zigzag descent and then hovered. Total of 20 minutes.

Feb. 2, 1955; Miramar Naval Air Station, California. 11:50 a.m. Witness: USN Cmdr. J.L. Ingersoll. One highly polished sphere, with reddish-brown coloring, fell, then instantly accelerated to 1,000-1,500 m.p.h.

June 6, 1956; Banning, California. 5:30 a.m. Witness: Mr. Bierman. One thin disc with a small dome, shimmering silver, hovered about 100 yards away for 8-10 seconds, then zoomed up.

March 14, 1958; Healdsburg, California. 8:45 a.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Cummings and one other. A 3' round, black object touched the ground and then took off. Watched for 2 minutes.

Sept. 10, 1960; Ridgecrest, California. 9:50 p.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. M.G. Evans. Two light gray glowing objects, saucer or boomerang-shaped, which swished when accelerating. Seen 1-2 seconds each.

Nov. 27, 1960; Chula Vista, California. 7:30 p.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Hart. One orange-red point of light made huge circles and stopped during the 20-30 minute sighting.

Sept. 14, 1963; Susanville, California. 3:15 p.m. Witness: E.A. Grant, veteran of 37 years training forest fire lookouts for the U.S. Forest Service. One round object intercepted a long object and either attached itself to the latter or disappeared. Sighting lasted l0 minutes.

Aug. 15, 1964; Yosemite National Park, California. 8:15 a.m. Witnesses: E.J. Haug, of the San Francisco Orchestra and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; and C.R. Bubb, a high school mathematics teacher. Three bright silver, round objects, in a stack formation, flew very fast, changing positions within the formation. The sound of rushing air was heard during the 3-4 second sighting.

April 30, 1966; Sacramento, California. 3:15 a.m. Witness: Anita Miller. One light moved around the sky for 2.5 hours. No further detail in files.

--- XRS! 4.50+ * Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)

Message #7647 - BAMA Date : 22-Sep-91 1:20 From : John Powell To : James Nugent Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 1/8

Report #: 2 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 10-20-1985 Subject: SANTA MONICA, CALIF

CASE TYPE: CE I - NOCTURNAL LIGHT DATE: 14 OCTOBER 1985 TIME: 2048 HOURS CFN#: 0128 SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER ---------------------------------------- SIX WITNESSES REPORTED OBSERVING A LARGE OBJECT IN THE WESTERN SKY. THE WITNESSES SAID THAT THE OBJECT APPEARED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FLUORESCENT LIGHTING ON IT. THE DISTANCE OF THE OBJECT IS UNKNOWN THE DURATION IS ALSO UNKNOWN. ----------------------------------------

Report #: 3 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 10-21-1985 Subject: KERMAN, CALIF

CASE TYPE: CE I - DAYLIGHT SIGHTING DATE: 15 OCTOBER 1985 TIME: 1213 HOURS CFN#: 0129 SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER -------------------------------------------- ONE WITNESS REPORTED SIGHTING A VERY LARGE OBJECT AT A HIGH ALTITUDE. THE WITNESS SAID THAT THE OBJECT WAS MOVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE WITNESS SAID THAT THE OBJECT LOOKED LIKE A WHITE BALL. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE OBJECT DID NOT LEAVE A VAPOR TRAIL. THE WITNESS DID NOT DETECT ANY SOUND COMING FROM THE OBJECT. THE DURATION OF THE SIGHTING WAS 15 TO 20 SECONDS. ------------------------------------------

Report #: 9 From: SYSOP Date Sent: 10-22-1985 Subject: LOS ANGELES, CALIF

CASE TYPE: CE I - DAYLIGHT SIGHTING DATE: 18 OCTOBER 1985 TIME: 1515 HOURS CFN#: 0135 SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER --------------------------------------- FIVE WITNESSES REPORTED OBSERVING THREE WHITE OBJECTS. THESE OBJECTS WERE GIVING OFF ALOT OF SURFACE REFLECTION THE WIT- NESSES SAID. THE OBJECTS APPEARED TO BE MOVING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED. THE OBJECTS WERE MOVING IN A EAST TO NORTH NORTHWEST COURSE. THE WITNESSES SAID THAT THE ALTITUDE OF THE OBJECTS WERE APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET GIVE OR TAKE A LITTLE. THE OBJECTS WERE ABOUT THREE FEET IN DIAMETER. ONE WITNESS STATED HE WORK IN THIS AREA FOR A LONG TIME AND WAS FAMILAR WITH THE AIR TRAFFIC. THE WITNESSES SAID THAT WHILE THE SIGHTING WAS GOING ON THERE WASN'T ANY AIR TRAFFIC AT ALL OVER THE LOS ANGELES, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE WITNESSES ALSO SAID THAT WHILE THE SIGHTING WAS GOING ON THEY SAW THE GOODYEAR BLIMP COMING THERE WAY TOWARD THE AIRPORT BUT THEN THE BLIMP TURNED AND STARTED TO LEAVE THE AREA AND DID SO. THE WITNESSES ALSO SAID THAT THERE WERE PROBABLY OTHERS WATCHING BECAUSE THIS IS IN A INDUSTRIAL AREA. THE DURATION OF THE SIGHTING WAS 20 MINUTES.

IF ANY PERSON HAVING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE PLEASE LEAVE US A NOTE ON THE E-MAIL SYSTEM. THANK YOU --------------------------------------

Report #: 11 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 10-23-1985 Subject: SANTA MONICA, CA

CASE TYPE: CE I - NL DATE: 13 OCTOBER 1985 TIME: 2130 HOURS CFN#: 0137 SOURCE NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER --------------------------------------- ONE WITNESS REPORTED OBSERVING A BIG PALE GREEN BALL OF LIGHT AT A ANGULAR DESCENT. THE WITNESS SAID THAT THE GREEN BALL OF LIGHT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH-WEST FOR ABOUT OR APPROXIMATELY THREE SECONDS. THE WITNESS SAID THAT THE GREEN BALL OF LIGHT WAS AT A LOW ALITIUDE. THE DURATION OF THE SIGHTING WAS THREE SECONDS. --------------------------------------

Report #: 13 From: SYSOP Date Sent: 11-14-1985 Subject: NEWPORT BEACH, CA

CASE TYPE: CE I DATE: 14 OCTOBER 1985 TIME: 0100 HOURS CFN#: 0139 SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER ---------------------------------------- BRONZE COLOR OBJECT WITH PAINTED NOSE WENT INTO A HIGH SPEED VERTICAL DIVE THEN LEVELED OFF. WITNESSES SAID OBJECT WAS TRIANGULAR SHAPED. DESCRIBED BY TWO WITNESSES AS BEING HUGE. ---------------------------------------

Report #: 16 From: SYSOP Date Sent: 11-14-1985 Subject: ATASCADERO, CA

CASE TYPE: CE II DATE: 21 OCTOBER 1985 TIME: 2210 HOURS CFN#: 0142 SOURCE: NAT'L REPORTING CENTER ------------------------------------ ONE WITNESS OBSERVED A RECTANGULAR SHAPED OBJECT WITH COLORED LIGHTS AT WHAT WAS DESCRIBED TO BE A LOW ALTITUDE. DURATION OF SIGHTING WAS TWO MINUTES. ------------------------------------

--- XRS! 4.50+ * Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)

Message #7648 - BAMA Date : 22-Sep-91 1:22 From : John Powell To : James Nugent Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 2/8

Report #: 18 From: SYSOP Date Sent: 11-14-1985 Subject: SAN RAFAEL, CA

CASE TYPE: CE I - DS DATE: 25 OCTOBER 1985 TIME: 0830 HOURS CFN#: 0144 SOURCE: NAT'L REPORTING CENTER ------------------------------------ A WITNESS REPORTED SEEING A WIDE-WINGED OBJECT WHICH WAS CURVED IN FRONT AND HAD COLORED LIGHTS. OBJECT WAS AT FIRST STATIONARY, AND THEN MOVED ABOUT BEFORE ASCENDING AT A HIGH SPEED AND DISAPPEARING WITHIN ABOUT 2 SECONDS. THE OBSERVER DESCRIBED THE OBJECT AS LARGE. DURATION OF SIGHTING WAS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY SECONDS. ------------------------------------

Report #: 24 From: SYSOP Date Sent: 11-14-1985 Subject: SAN MARCOS, CA

CASE TYPE: CE I DATE: 30 OCTOBER 1985 TIME: 1700 HOURS CFN#: 0150 SOURCE: NAT'L REPORTING CENTER ------------------------------------ ONE WITNESS REPORTED SEEING A WHITE OBJECT MOVING ACROSS THE SKY AT AN ANGULAR ASCENT. THE OBSERVER SAID THE OBJECT WAS FOLLOWED BY A FLASH IN THE SKY. ------------------------------------

Report #: 37 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 01-09-1986 Subject: ROSEVILLE, CA.

CASE TYPE: CE I - NL DATE: 3 JANUARY 1986 TIME: 20:20 HOURS CFN#: 0163 SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER ----------------------------------------- THREE WITNESSES OBSERVED CIRCULAR OBJECT APROXIMATENLY 300 FEET IN DIAMETER DIRECTLY OVER THEM THE OBJECT THEN MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN WENT INTO A FAST SPEED AND DISAPEARED OUT OF SIGHT. WITNESSES SAID WHILE OBSERVING THE OBJECT IT MADE A RUMBLING SOUND AND SHOOK A HOUSE AND A BARN DURATION OF THE SIGHTING WAS APROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS. ----------------------------------------

Report #: 39 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 01-31-1986 Subject: EDWARDS A.F.B., CA

CASE TYPE: CE I - EM DATE: 19 JANUARY 1986 TIME: 07:00 HOURS CFN#: 0165 SOURCE: NAT`L UFO REPORTING CENTER ----------------------------------------- WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY U.S. 395 NEAR EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE TWO WITNESSES REPORTED OBSERVING A STATIONARY LONG RECTANGULAR SHAPED OBJECT. THE WITNESSES SIAD THAT THE OBJECT WAS A BRIGHT SILVER IN ITS COLOR. THE WITNESSES ALSO SIAD WHEN THEY WERE NEAR THE OBJECT THERE RADIO HAD A LOT OF STATIC ON IT. i.e. E-M,. THE WITNESSES SIAD WHEN THEY STOP THE CAR THE OBJECT HAD DISAPPEARED. TOTAL DURATION OF SIGHTING: TEN MINUTES. ----------------------------------------

Report #: 62 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 04-09-1986 Subject: ENCINO, CA

CASE TYPE: CE II DATE: 2 APRIL 1986 TIME: 08:30 HOURS CFN#: 0187 DURATION: 30:MINUTES SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER -------------------------------------------- One witness reported observing a small silvery object moving out side her house. The witness said: The object was about four incher in diamter. She said: The object was moving around and going over her dogs, she said her dogs hair stood on end. She said: they seemed to be upset ! The witness said: She watch this for about 7 minutes but then she looked up and notice a larger silvery object approximately 8 to 10 inches in diamter. She said: This larger object then started to suppurate into four smaller objects. The witness said: The closest point to the object from her was approximately 12 feet away. This witnesses age is 76 years old. ---------------------------------------

Report #: 64 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 04-10-1986 Subject: SAN FRANCISCO, CA

CASE TYPE: CE I DATE: 6 APRIL 1986 TIME: 20:55 HOURS CFN#: 0189 DURATION: 10:MINUTES SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER -------------------------------------------- Six witnesses reported observing a large circular object in the eastern sky. The witnesses said: while they were observing the large object it started to suppurate into two disk shaped objects. They said: The two disk shaped objects were stationary for a while till a third disk shaped object came in to wiew. The witnesses said: The three objects then went in a (V) foramtion and disappeared to the north. ---------------------------------------

--- XRS! 4.50+ * Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)

Message #7649 - BAMA Date : 22-Sep-91 1:22 From : John Powell To : James Nugent Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 3/8

Report #: 68 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 04-17-1986 Subject: CORONADO, CA

CASE TYPE: CE I DATE: DECEMBER TIME: NIGHT CFN#: 0193 DURATION: UNKNOWN SOURCE: JOURNAL CORONADO JAN 9,1986 ---------------------------------------- Three Coronados spotted an Unidentified flying object land in front of them. They were coming out of the bingo hall at Sacred Heart Church. Mona O' Keefe, Rosemany Thelen and a North Island worker A Mr. Herb, described the object as a clear plastic bubble about three feet in diameter. As the man approached the object, it ascended and flew over Orange Ave to Olive Ave and out over the ocean in the fight path for North Island, according to the two women. Police said: they had no reports. The women said: they asked around town, but nobody else said they had spotted the mysterious object. ---------------------------------------

Report #: 71 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 04-22-1986 Subject: PETALUMA, CA

CASE TYPE: CE I - NL DATE: 19 APRIL 1986 TIME: 20:40 HOURS CFN#: 0196 DURATION: 5 SECONDS SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER ------------------------------------------- One witness reported observing 15 lights flying in a "V" formation at a fast rate of speed. He said the lights were going from South East to North West. He said they move from directly over hard to the horizon in 5 seconds. ---------------------------------------

Report #: 74 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 04-22-1986 Subject: WALNUT CREEK, CA

CASE TYPE: CE I DATE: 21 APRIL 1986 TIME: 22:56 HOURS CFN#: 0199 DURATION: 10 SECONDS SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER ------------------------------------------- Witnesses reported observing a very large object movung in the night sky at a fast rate of speed. They said that the object was on a North to South course. Also that the object then disappeared in the horizon. Another witness reported observing this same object from an area called Oakland, California at the same time as the sighting in Walnut Creek, Califoria. The duration in both cases was approximately 10 seconds. ---------------------------------------

Report #: 78 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 04-27-1986 Subject: EL CENTRO, CA

CASE TYPE: CE I - DD DATE: 15 NOVEMBER 1985 TIME: 19:15 HOURS CFN#: 0203 DURATION: 15:SECONDS SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER ------------------------------------------- Four witnesses reported observing three large disk shaped objects moving at a fast rate of speed. They said the objects were going on a north to south course. The witnesses said that the colors of the disks were that of a penny or copper. ----------------------------------------

Report #: 79 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 04-27-1986 Subject: NIPOMO, CA

CASE TYPE: CE I - NL DATE: 26 APRIL 1986 TIME: 21:27 HOURS CFN#: 0204 DURATION: 15:MINUTES SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER ------------------------------------------- Two witnesses reported observing four bright lights in the night skys. They said that the lights or objects were at a high altitude and maneuvering at high rates of speed. The witnesses said that the lights were going in circles and making 90 degree turns. They also said the light were going in to high speed vertical climbs and high speed vertical dives. The lights or object would then make very fast stops. The witnesses said they were watching this going on directly over head in the North East sky. ----------------------------------------

Report #: 96 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 05-23-1986 Subject: PETALUMA, CA

CASE TYPE: LRS DATE: 22 MAY 1986 TIME: 0430 CFN#: 0220 DURATION: UNKNOWN SOURCE: (UPI) SEATTLE TIMES ----------------------------------------- PETALUMA, Calif. More then a dozen people reported seeing an unidentified flying object hovering and darting over this suburban city north of San Francisco early yesterday morning. I looked up and saw seveal orange lights hovering in the sky, said Sue Heart, who was delivering newspapers at 4:30 a.m. when the UFO was sighted. A California Highway patrolman described the fast flying object as a large, orange X with white lights on the front. All witnesses agreed it was not an airplane, and air-traffic and military spokesmen in the area were unable to explain the object. The sighting came three days after Brazilian air-force jets reportedly chased more then a dozen fast-moving objects marked by intense green, red and white lights. ----------------------------------------

--- XRS! 4.50+ * Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)

Message #7650 - BAMA Date : 22-Sep-91 1:22 From : John Powell To : James Nugent Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 4/8

Report #: 98 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 05-25-1986 Subject: ANAHEIM, CA

CASE TYPE: LRS DATE: 23 MAY 1986 TIME: 2206 HOURS CFN#: 0222 DURATION: 3:MINUTES WITNESSES: TWO SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER ---------------------------------------- Two witnesses reported observing a very large object. They said it was shaped like a "+" sign with many lights on it. The witnesses said the object was lay flat when sighted. Also they heard no sound coming from the object at the time of the sighting. The witnesses said the object was moving in a straight line going from East to West. There is another case like this one which took place on the 22 of may in petaluma California. The witnesses said in that case the object was shaped like an "X" and also had many colored lights on it. This could be the same object? ----------------------------------------

Report #: 100 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 05-28-1986 Subject: VALLEJO, CA

CASE TYPE: LRS DATE: 25 MAY 1986 TIME: 0145 HOURS CFN#: 0224 DURATION: UNKNOWN WITNESSES: TWO SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER ----------------------------------------- Two witnesses reported observing an object that resebled a small full moon, but the witnesses said, that it had a blue ring around it. The witnesses said the blue ring was on the under side of the object and it would increase in brightness when the object would move. The duration of this sighting is not known. ----------------------------------------

Report #: 104 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 06-02-1986 Subject: LOS ANGELES, CA

CASE TYPE: LRS DATE: 31 MAY 1986 TIME: 1930 HOURS DURATION: 3:MINUTES WITNESSES: ONE ------------------------------------------- One witness reported observing some objects that looked to him like the tail of a kite. The witness was looking out a window at about or approximately 7:30 P.M. he described the objects at first as looking like the tail of a kite, twisting in the wind. He said it seemed to him that the objects were gyrating about one another like two pieces of paper carried aloft. About fifteen minutes later he saw three unmarked black helicopters fly overhead, but not in the dirrection in which he had seen the objects. This witness is a Sunday School teacher. -----------------------------------------

Report #: 106 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 06-05-1986 Subject: GRIZZLY FLATS, CA

CASE TYPE: NL DATE: 1 JUNE 1986 TIME: 0400 HOURS CFN#: 0230 DURATION: 5:SECONDS WITNESSES: ONE SOURCE: NAT'L UFO REPORTING CENTER -+-------------------------------------- A witness reported waking up at 4:00 am hearing her dog barking vigorously. Just as she went to her window to see what was happening the whole area around her house and the woods lit up just as if it were daytime. She could see shadows being cast of whatever it was but not the object itself as it was directly overhead. She did not go out to investigate. The lighting effect lasted for about five seconds. There was no sound. -----------------------------------------

Report #: 107 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 09-23-1986 Subject: GRASS VALLEY, CA

CASE TYPE: LRS DATE: 20 JUNE 1986 TIME: 0100 HOURS DURATION: 15:MINUTES WITNESSES: SIX SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER -+----------------------------------------- Six witnesses observed a large triangular shaped object with colored lights. When first observed the object was stationary and then it started to move directly toward to witnesses until it was directly overhead at an altitude estimated to be over 1200 feet and they could all distinctly hear a low humming sound for about 15 minutes. The object was estimated to be 40 feet across. After about 15 minutes the object moved out of sight over the foot hills moving north to south course. -----------------------------------------

Report #: 108 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 09-23-1986 Subject: SAN FRANCISCO, CA

CASE TYPE: LRS - NL DATE: 20 JUNE 1986 TIME: 0300 HOURS DURATION: 01: AND ONE HALF SECONDS WITNESSES: ONE SOURCE: NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER ------------------------------------------- One witness while standing out on his balconey observed a large bright light moving in a vertical decent towards the ground and it passed behind a hill, out of sight. As he stood and watched the area, he could see that there was a bright light coming from behind the hill. He could see it illuminating the contour of the hill. He described the object as large. He observed it for one and a half minutes. No sound was heard. -----------------------------------------

--- XRS! 4.50+ * Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence (Quick 1:19/19.19)

Message #7651 - BAMA Date : 22-Sep-91 1:23 From : John Powell To : James Nugent Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 5/8

Report #: 177 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 10-16-1986 Subject: SONOMA, CA

CASE TYPE: LRS - DS DATE: 06 JULY 1986 TIME: 0515 HOURS CFN#: 0301 DURATION: 15: MINUTES WITNESSES: ONE SOURCE: INDEX-TRIBUNE, SONOMA, CA. -+------------------------------------

Sightings of strange flying objects have become more frequent in these parts since late May when a California Highway Patrol officer spotted a peculiar light in the sky during the wee hours of the morning.

But last weekend, not only did Sonoman Joan Burtson observe an unusual flying object - this one toyed with her and followed her car for several blocks before finally giving up and going away. The head nurse at a local convalescent hospital dismesses the notion that the bright object in the dawn sky which taunted her for some 15 minutes was a space ship carting around some alien beings. "I don't believe in them," she emphatically states. "I don't know what it was but I don't believe in UFO's. Burtson will acknowledge that in the last few weeks she has heard numerous rumors of UFO sightings in Sonoma Valley. For instance, an acquaintance on Eighth Street East reported that ever since the CHP officer saw the strange light two months ago "that thing has been hanging around here." However, Burtson's description and that of the CHP patrolman are vastly different leading one to believe there are several odd things hovering around up there. What was seen on the early morning of May 21 was a bright orange "X" shaped object heading at a high rate of speed over the Valley to Petaluma. The only similarity with Saturday's unexplained illuminating object was that both were apparently headed in the same direction over the hill to Petaluma. Burtson remembers it as a "solid mass of white light, it was circular about the size of an apple. "There were no colors and it was not flashing." she recalls. Burtson's curious find took place at 5:15 a.m. as she was on her way home from Napa after dropping her husband Pat off at work. She initially noticed the stationary light in the vicinity of Eighth Street East and Napa Road. Later as she approached Leveroni Road from Fifth Street West the flying object moved along with her and made the same right turn. She subsequently made three U turns and each time the object would seemingly use its remote control to reverse its course also. "I thought to myself this is weird so I made three U turns to test it out," she says. On occasion, the UFO would become obscured by the trees but almost the entire way home, no matter what Burtson would do " it would move right along with me," she laughs. Finally, the flying object, for whatever reason, decided the game of cat and mouse was over and it headed towards the Diamond A area, disappearing over the hill.

Report #: 183 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 10-16-1986 Subject: GRASS VALLEY, CA

CASE TYPE: LRS DATE: 05 SEPTEMBER 1986 TIME: 0500 HOURS CFN#: 0307 DURATION: UNKNOWN WITNESSES: MANY SOURCE: (PAPER UNKNOWN),CA-CR:MUFON -+----------------------------------------

Grass Valley - A silent but colorful flying object zoomed across the sky over the Sierra foothills just before dawn Friday, according to some local residents who witnessed the brief event. U.S. air defense officials said they had no explanation. "It was a bluish-green light with a large tail," said Ron Talmage, a security officer who was nearing the end of a night shift when he saw the unidentified object. "It had little pieces flaking off of it like it was coming down," he said. "Working nights, I see meteorites, little ones, all the time. This was spectacular and it seemed like it was just a few miles away." The blaze of color, reported by most observers to have occurred just before 5 a.m., was seen over a 40-mile area ranging from Colfax to Penn Valley.

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Message #7652 - BAMA Date : 22-Sep-91 1:23 From : John Powell To : James Nugent Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 6/8

Report #: 192 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 11-26-1986 Subject: LOS ANGELES, CA

CASE TYPE: LRS NL DATE: 24 NOVEMBER 1986 TIME: UNKNOWN CFN#: 0314 DURATION: UNKNOWN WITNESSES: MANY SOURCE: KRLA RADIO STATION -+-----------------------------------

Individual on morning of November 25 was driving to hospital and got caught in traffic jam so turned on radio to listen for possible alternative routes. While listening he heard a report about a sighting the night before witnessed by thousands of people. They reported a multi colored object that went from south to north. Many calls were made to the police. An astronomer was also called and he stated that it could have been a meteor.

Report #: 197 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 12-01-1986 Subject: CULVER CITY, CA

CASE TYPE: LRS - NL DATE: 21 NOVEMBER 1986 TIME: 2340 - 2345 HOURS CFN#: 0319 DURATION: 05-07: MINUTES WITNESSES: ONE SOURCE: CUFON - UFO INFORMATION SERVICE -+-----------------------------------------

One witness reported seeing over her street, LaSalle, an object that the nose of it looked like a boomerang with a pyramid bottom. It was a very windy and particularly clear night and when she looked to the north she saw a formation coming towards her and her first impression was that it was a flock of birds and then as it got closer it looked like a formation of stars. They had a luminous glow to them and they didn't look like head lamps or anything like that. As it came closer she noticed there were more lights going across the bottom of it like a stingray - solid at least underneath and she could not see through it. As it came towards her the lights shut off in the center and only the outline was left on. Stayed there for about 5-7 minutes watching. As it came over her it went further up in the sky and it was weird as no light in the belly of it but she could see a formation of it and what it looked like but it kept fading in and out. The lights in the front of the object stayed on, no noise. The object was much larger than any plane she has ever seen from wing to wing. A boomerang has very wide angles from one end to the other as the object did also, and the nose of the object was not sharp.

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Message #7653 - BAMA Date : 22-Sep-91 1:24 From : John Powell To : James Nugent Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 7/8

Report #: 198 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 12-10-1986 Subject: BAKERSFIELD, CA

CASE TYPE: LRS DATE: 12 JULY 1986 TIME: UNKNOWN CFN#: 0320 DURATION: UNKNOWN WITNESSES: THREE SOURCE: MERCURY NEWS, SAN JOSE, CA -+------------------------------------

REDONDO BEACH - Andy Hoyt admits he has no proof - not anymore, at least - that he witnessed the crash of an aircraft that may be the Pentagon's most carefully guarded secret. His sister, Lisa, and her 16-year-old son, Joey, reportedly also saw the plane, but both declined to discuss the alleged incident. Hoyt, an unemployed Redondo Beach carpenter, says he snapped photographs of the plane as it plummeted to the ground in the Sequoia National Forest near Bakersfield. But the photographs were given to the Air Force, Hoyt says, and the Air Force isn't talking. Defense experts, however, say Hoyt's description of what he claims he saw that night fits the most educated guesses of the configuration of the top secret F-19 stealth fighter - a plane the Air Force will not confirm even exists. In a scenario that sounds like a science fiction movie, Hoyt says he and two relatives saw something drop out of the sky and explode into flames on the other side of a hill about a half-mile away. "It seemed like it was something other than an airplane, said Hoyt, 26, who was on a camping trip. "Believe it or not, I thought it was a UFO." Whatever it was, he says, the military has been treating him royally since he called Edwards Air Force Base when he returned home the following Sunday evening and told the Air Force about the photographs. Hoyt says he and his party were driving east on state Highway 178 about 15 miles northeast of Bakersfiled in the early morning hours of July 12 when they pulled over for a brief rest. He was just climbing back into his truck when he saw it. "All I saw were three red lights and a dark image behind them like an upside-down triangle." Hoyt said, adding that each light was at a point of the triangle. He said he pulled a camera from the dashboard of the truck and managed to take two or three pictures before the plane disappeared over the hill. Then, a pair of explosions "lit up the sky like it was daylight out." Contrary to published reports on the day of the accident, Hoyt says, the aircraft did not explode before it crashed. At least one Air Force source has been quoted as saying plane exploded in midair, which could explain why the pilot, who was killed, was not able to eject safetly. "It was definitely not on fire when it came down," Hoyt said. "Why couldn't the guy eject?" After making sure the blaze was reported on an emergency roadside phone, the party continued to its campground north of nearby Lake Isabella. His call to Edwards upon returning home brought a sudden response from the Air Force, Hoyt says. "They took my name and number and within an hour someone had flown down here and talked to me," he said. "They didn't press me, but they wanted to see the film in my camera."

Report #: 208 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 01-18-1987 Subject: CALIFORNIA-OREGON

CASE TYPE: LRS - NL DATE: 25 NOVEMBER 1986 TIME: 2022 HOURS CFN#: 0330 DURATION: UNKNOWN WITNESSES: MANY SOURCE: ARKANSAS GAZETTE, LITTLE ROCK, AR -+-------------------------------------------

ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Little Rock, AR - Nov. 26, 1986

Fireball not man-made, experts say

Defense experts Tuesday eliminated "space junk or any man-made object" as an explanation for a mysterious meteoric fireball that streaked across the Pacific Coast. The object, sighted at 8:22 p.m. (CST) Monday, dazzled stargazers from the California-Oregon border to the Los Angeles area. "It looked like a long, green meteor but it lasted way too long, arcing across the sky toward the ocean, then it just blew up," Roy Jackson of Mountain View, Cal., said. "It wasn't space junk or any man-made object re-entering the atmosphere, and we don't track meteors," Del Kindschi of the North American Aerospace Defense Command at Denver said. "We heard about it but there weren't any satellites or man-made space objects entering the atmosphere at that time." (UPI)

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Message #7654 - BAMA Date : 22-Sep-91 1:24 From : John Powell To : James Nugent Subject : CA Sightings/Info, 8/8

Report #: 210 From: UFO INFO SERVICE Date Sent: 01-18-1987 Subject: SARATOGA, CA.

CASE TYPE: LRS - NL DATE: 14 OCTOBER 1986 TIME: 2015 - 2030 HOURS CFN#: 0332 DURATION: UNKNOWN WITNESSES: FIFTEEN SOURCE: MERCURY NEWS, SAN JOSE, CA -+------------------------------------

MERCURY NEWS, San Jose, CA - Oct. 23, 1986

Mystery lights return to Saratoga

By Kathy Holub Mercury News Staff Writer

A beautiful apparition has been glowing in the night sky over Saratoga, leaving viewers baffled and entranced. About 15 people, all agog, called Santa Clara County dispatchers on Tuesday night to report a mysterious bright red light that hovered in the sky from 8:15 to 8:30 and then disappeared. Dozens of callers described a similar phenomenon on Oct. 16, same time, same place. "It was very exciting," said Maureen Denton of Los Gatos, who watched last week's display during a break in her real estate class at West Valley College. "It was very bright, much larger than the lights you see on airplanes. At one point, something burning or flickering dropped from it. It was just a tiny little flicker that came down. We all went: `Oooh, what was that?'" No one seems to know. That includes Vicki Yauger of Saratoga, who spied the object Tuesday night while lounging with her husband in thier backyard spa. Yauger said the light appeared high in the northwestern sky, first moving toward them, then away. Through her binoculars, the apparition became a cluster of lights. "It was scary. When it started getting larger, it seemed to be coming down," she said. Yauger didn't see the object fade from view because she had just gone into the house. Her husband told her the light turned green and slowly disappeared. Spokesmen at Moffett Field Naval Air Station said nothing flew out of their airfield Tuesday that looked like that. And officials at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc said they didn't launch a thing Tuesday night. Ditto for Oct. 15. Other watchers of the night sky - air traffic controllers and astronomers at Lick Observatory - said they saw nothing unusual.

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