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SHAPE: One observer, a 15-year-old girl, reported the UFO as round as the sun and red hot; the Coast Guardsman, 19 years old, described it as similar to "a red diamond with slightly round edges." COLOR: Red with yellowish rim, according to a 16-year-old girl observer, others described it as red with a whitish or yellowish center; it gave off sparks like a Fourth of July sparkler, TACTICS: From point of first sighting descended in a gentle S-curve until it went out of sight behind some trees; observers felt that it landed on the mountain; but shortly afterward it reappeared in the sky; observers did not see it disappear: they left the scene for a telephone to report the sighting to Westover Air Force Base. late hour. persons. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: Indeterminable. DIMENSIONS: About the apparent size of the sun. SOUND: None. ALTITUDE: About 35° above a mountain. SPEED: Slow, less than 100 miles an hour during its descent. COMMENT: Could not have been a refracted image of the sun from below the horizon because of the TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: November 27, 1960 at 7:30 P.M. PST/Chula Vista, California. DURATION: 20 to 30 minutes. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: Seven. TYPE OF OBSERVER: Two amateur astronomers, manager of a trailer court and four others, including two housewives. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: Excellent for the two amateur astronomers; unknown for the other five SHAPE: Looked like the planet Mars with a very long antenna rod attached; a flashing white light of