Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Looked like a ball of white light.

Size of Object(s)

Hands outstretched object appeared no more than 1/2 inch across

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

If the actual size was huge, could have been at many thousands of feet

Description of Area / Surroundings

My backyard, 500 feet from the ocean, south of Los Angeles, near the LA harbor

Full Description & Details

Looking up at the sliver of a moon just at dawn---sky was already light blue---startled to see a bright white ball of light move across the ske from the N East to S West and disappear in the distance out over the Pacfiic (to the west of Catalina Is.). Totally silent and very fast....several hundred MPH....a jet passed below the object 30 secs later going south and to compare speeds, the object was going at least two or three times as fast...about the speed of a military jet or faster....but silent. Did not change speed or direction.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Must've been a weather balloon, very high, caught in jet stream to account for the speed, and reflecting the sun.

Witness Background

Teacher

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I'm an open-minded, but somewhat sceptical person. Seen lots of UFO shows.

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