July 9, 1968🇺🇸Sighting
Anomaly
Long Beach, California: Glowing cloud-like mass over Catalina Channel, five objects nearby
From 9:35 p.m. on July 9, 1968, witnesses at Long Beach, California, watched a huge, glowing, cloud-like mass over the Santa Catalina Channel for 90 minutes, with five smaller objects maneuvering around it.
Background
At 9:35 p.m. on July 9, 1968, witnesses at Long Beach, California, saw a huge, glowing, cloud-like mass over the Santa Catalina Channel. They watched it for 90 minutes. Five smaller objects were seen maneuvering around it. Ann Druffel discussed the case among the recurring 'cloud cigars' of the Santa Catalina Channel. 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.