California orb I
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Date: 11/04/2007
Time: 10:13 to 10:15 a.m.
Location of Sighting: Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Number of witnesses: 1
Number of Objects: Multiple.
Shape of Objects: Spheres.

Full Description of Event/Sighting: Two separate sightings: As I watched the clouds getting nearer, I noticed a bunch of white spheres flittering about, in and out of the leading edge of the clouds. I ran into the house and grabbed my camera which is equipped with a 70-300mm telephoto lens and captured these images.The spheres were at different altitudes and traveling at different speeds, making impossible maneuvers for any conventional aircraft to accomplish.



California orb II
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They were lining-up in front of the cloud's edge before getting a "running start" when entering the clouds, gaining speed very fast in a short distance. Sometimes one at a time, sometimes several at once, like they were competing. Then emerge slowly through the top of the clouds and back over the front edge. And then go through the process again.

California orb III
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I observed this for about 5 minutes and then they entered the clouds and didn't emerge. Altitude was much too high for our seagulls and I can distinguish birds from animate objects. These were definitely round, didn't have wings and were traveling too fast to be birds. Judging from the altitude, I would guess their size to be between 2-3 meters in diameter.