Description of Sighting Report -
"I live in Paso Robles, California. I am retired. I
and 6 other friends are Partners on a Mining Claim in the La Panza
Mountain country which is about 30 miles south/east of here. One of my
Partners, Mike, and I scheduled to meet up for a day of exploring, Metal
Detecting. He lives in Grover Beach, on the coast and drives Hwy 58 to
Redhill Road. I drive from Paso to Hwy 58 but instead of turning onto
Redhill Road, I go past that cause Im driving a car and Redhill Road is a
narlie dirt road that is not maintained very well, so I drive a extra
15 miles past Redhill on Hwy 58 to Pozo Road/La Panza. This is all rural
Old Cattle Ranches that dot the perimeter of the Los Padres Forest, La
Panza being a Historic Ranch, once a small town. A very popular place
for Dirt Bike Riders and Weekend or Hobbyist Gold Mining. I had just
turned off of Hwy 58 onto Pozo Road and had driven maybe 1/2 of a mile. I
started to take some pictures cause of these Pine Trees that sit on the
ridge of the mountains that can be seen for miles away to the west,
where I was going. Im writing another Book about this area and the Old
Indian/Spanish/Mexican Trails and these Pine Trees seem to be a Major
Monument along the Old Trail. I took about 5 pics of them, all within 20
seconds, I was just short on the road to coming on up to the CDF (Fire
Station). I NEVER SAW this Object while I was taking pictures, it was
just later as I started to review my pics that I found it and its just
one picture. It it was a plane or helicopter, I would have waited for it
to pass, but I never saw anything. If it was a bird, it would of been
in my other pictures. Its True that there is a Condor Sanctuary back up
in these mountains (Beartrap Canyon), but they are so rare to see, and
if it was one of them, the bird would have been in the other pictures."
