Slow-moving pin-shaped rotating UFO, California

Occurred: 2025-07-20 18:15 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2025-07-22 10:32 Pacific
Duration: approx 1 hour
No of observers: 6

Location: Grass Valley, CA, USA
Location details: 39.0320 N, 121.5882 W viewed to the NE; Object was approx 40 degrees above the horizon

Shape: Other
Color: Silver-metallic
Estimated Size: 40 ft by 15 ft
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: NE
Angle of Elevation: 30
Closest Distance: 5-7 miles
Estimated Speed: 15-25 miles per hour
Characteristics: Lights on object

Slow-moving pin-shaped and rotating; 2 iridescent green lower and 4 to 5 reddish-golden upper lights (asymmetric and ball shaped)

First viewed by my naked eye as white/silver and stationary. First impression was maybe a mylar balloon or drone. Next viewed by a pair of binoculars (lower powered bird watching, general use type) : object appeared as a bright asymetrical object protruding downward towards the horizon.

Next viewed by a low powered "backyard beginners telescope": Object appeared to have a silver metallic body with metallic framed nodules of lights; the lower iridescent lights (counted two of them) were green and asymmetrically located next to each other about half way up the pin shaped body of the object.

Additional nodular iridescent lights asymmetrically located in the upper 3rd of the object where blazing more intensely and appeared in the color range of Red/gold, almost flame color (too bright to make out the shape around these lights until the object rotated and they pointed away from me to once again make out the nodular shape of them.

The object drifted from view of the telescope's fixed aim from one edge of scope view to the other at about 1 minute 30 seconds. Object was moving East slowly until it was obscured from view by trees.

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