Redlands, California: About 200 residents see low disc with orange jets, sound taped

At 7:20 p.m. about 200 residents of Redlands, California, saw or heard a huge, low-flying, disc-shaped object pass overhead. It was about 50 feet in diameter, with seven lights on its base emitting bright orange flame and some 8–10 lights on its rim alternating red and green, giving the impression of rotation; a minister recording his sermon captured a high-pitched, modulated, whining sound on tape. The object apparently descended just west of Columbia Street and north of Colton Avenue, moved northwest for about a mile at 300 feet, hovered, jerked forward, hovered again and then shot straight up. It was not detected on radar at Norton AFB or March AFB. Four University of Redlands faculty members, Philip Seff, Judson Sanderson, Reinhold Krantz and John Brownfield, investigated for APRO and concluded that the object was not attributable to any known phenomenon or aircraft, but that the recorded sound came from an emergency vehicle. James E. McDonald cited the case in his 1968 congressional statement, and it is listed among the Blue Book unknowns compiled by Brad Sparks. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.