354 Intel Flash Report No. 561 — 1953-08-12 — off Ventura, California coast (Ventura Public Pier; Oxnard A

On 12 August 1953 between 2105 and 2126 hours PDT, three adults from Oxnard CA and one resident of Bellingham WA observed an unidentified white light moving north at an elevation of about 30 degrees off the Ventura Public Pier. The light moved at constant elevation with small random fluctuations, stopped, then reversed direction to the south at the same elevation, with a red light slightly ahead and above the white. The lights traversed 90 degrees of azimuth in 30 seconds southbound, disappearing suddenly with apparent increase in velocity. At 2115 the white light reappeared for 15 seconds at lower elevation and headed seaward into or above a fog bank. A USAF radar officer at Oxnard AFB also sighted it. No sound was detected on an unusually quiet evening; jet aircraft in the area produced audible engine noise but no aircrew or GCI sites reported anything unusual. The F-94C theory was discounted by observers due to lack of sound. Total observation 66 seconds.

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