r/UFOs
/u/downtownreader
Interesting story about my grandfather
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
2
Timeline
2
Source context
Sparse context
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Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record 0af78dc6-dcc5-4a8a-ba19-ce4219c3b6b6.
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Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
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Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
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Observed facts
Occurred
Sep 7, 2026, 7:39 PM
Timezone
Pacific Time
Location
Southern California
Witness account
Narrative
Take this with as many grains of salt as you like, but, because my grandfather had been a colonel in the USAF, had been in charge of multiple nuclear bases during the Cold War, and had logged the most flying hours, after retiring from the Air Force, of any pilot in California, I felt compelled to ask my mother if her dad had ever shared an experience with a UFO/UAP during his flying career. She told me that he did tell her one thing. He was flying a small jet in Southern California in the 197...
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r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the Cold War incident dossier.
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Original report
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Environmental pass
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