Appearance / Description of Object(s)

It looked like it could have been round, and it glowed with a bright pale yellow light.

Size of Object(s)

It looked to be 1/4 inch in size from our vantage point.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

It looked to be approximately 10,000 feet in the sky.

Description of Area / Surroundings

It was moving over an urban area with mountains a bit further to the east. There are military bases near Orange County, CA, and I have seen trails from missles that have been tested over the ocean. Those kinds of incidents are usually reported. The sighting took place approximately 7 miles north of John Wayne Airport, which was closed at the time. No flights are allowed to land after 10:00 p.m., I believe (maybe earlier). The sky was very clear although there were some low clouds floating about. I could see more stars than usual.

Full Description & Details

I was sound asleep when my 22 year old son woke me up at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, September 27, 2005. He knows I have difficulty sleeping and would never wake me up unless it was very important. He asked me to please come outside because he saw something moving in the sky that looked like a UFO. When we went outside I observed an object moving in a southerly direction over the City of Tustin toward the Costa Mesa/Newport Beach area. It was moving south from the Yorba Linda area, or so it seemed. The object moved above the clouds, just high enough where I couldn't tell the exact shape. It seemed round and bright but pale yellow. I would have thought it was an airplane except the object stopped completely, and unexpectedly, in the sky. It remained still for two or three seconds and then moved forward again. While watching with fascination, the object stopped suddenly and then move to the east, like it was making a left turn. The turn, or change in direction, was not curved, it was a sharp left angled turn. Once the object stopped moving east, or left, it moved forward again. It then stopped again and made a sharp right turn, in a westerly direction. It stopped again and began moving in a southerly direction once more. At no point did any of the light go out on the object or change in intensity. The object kept moving, stopping, and occasionally changing direction as I watched it pass from my field of vision. The object was not moving quickly and it did not make a sound. I could see airplanes flying at much higher altitudes. We watched for about ten minutes until we couldn't see it anymore.

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

I think anything is possible, including the fact that what we were watching was a UFO.

Witness Background

I've got a B.A. in American Studies, and I'm an environmental planner.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

When I was young I was convinced that there were extra terrestrial aircraft that regularly visited our atmosphere. As I grew older I realized that the military tested a variety of weapons and aircraft, although I have never ruled out the possibility of a unexplained craft being from another planet. I've always read about the phenomenon, and I've looked at pictures of them, most of them pretty bad and obviously faked... at least in my eyes.

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