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Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright white light with glowing tail. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a rocket launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Saw a spotlight type of light that rotated towards us then expanded outwards. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Newberry Springs · CA, USA
Strangest meteor I have ever seen. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Ysidro · CA, USA
White bright light with green aura. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Jose · CA, USA
High altitude light with plume changes direction and is viewed for 10 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Redlands · CA, USA
big bright white light followed by blue band. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Lomira · CA, USA
Strange ball of light. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Jose · CA, USA
White ball of light emits white cone of light with a green stripe inside of it. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Las Vegas · NV, USA
We saw this very bright light in the sky that didn't move and the light showed a haze. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Gilroy · CA, USA
Looked like a spot light high up with a blue green light beam in the center. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
3 witnesses saw a conical beam of light with a starting point that was round and white.((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Temecula · CA, USA
Burst of white light, green trail, spherical vapor. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Sylmar · CA, USA
I saw a bright spotlight high in the sky which resembled a floodlight.((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Indio · CA, USA
Slow moving white light with smoke seen by two people. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy ICBM missile launch. PD))
San Diego · CO, USA
Orange light turned white then what seemed smoke came out of it. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
South Gate · CA, USA
Strange bright light with a trail of blue streaked across the night sky. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Oxnard · CA, USA
Huge bright light!! ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Santa Monica · CA, USA
A circular cloud with bright beam of light coming from the center of it. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Folsom · CA, USA
Saw a light followed by fire. then changed from fire to light, then a blurry line. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Marina del Rey · CA, USA
Marina del Rey White lights and blue tube of light with white mist. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
La Jolla · CA, USA
Perfectly shaped large sphere of light with blue center was slowly moving N. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Visalia · CA, USA
light in Visalia, CA, on 11/07/15. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Turlock · CA, USA
Bright light erratic trajectory moving NW fast, leaving fluorescent trail. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Mira Mesa · CA, USA
Beam of light, huge light shaped ring, aqua blue light, cone shaped object. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))