LOS ANGELES – Clear and startling images of what appears to be a UFO were captured over Los Angeles, sparking fresh debate about what’s flying over America’s biggest cities.

A pair of Los Angeles residents were on their balcony when they spotted a black, V-shaped craft covered in lights moving slowly over the city on August 28.

The sighting went on for roughly 25 minutes, with the UFO flying south until the witnesses eventually lost sight of it around 11:38pm local time (2:38am ET).

The pair was able to capture both pictures and clear videos with a cellphone camera, zooming in to see nine white lights along the UFO’s hull.

UFO researcher and filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee told the Daily Mail he believes the craft was not an alien spaceship, adding it was likely an unmanned drone testing out new technology for the US government or some other world power.

However, Lee made one stunning claim based on his analysis of this sighting and several famous UFO incidents throughout the UK, suggesting that the US military has created technology many would think was still only science fiction in 2025.

‘I’m convinced that a lot of famous UFO incidents are basically highly advanced terrestrial technology that is 30 to 40 years ahead of what we think they have,’ Lee explained.

Regardless of where the craft came from, it’s the latest report of a strange V-shaped craft, or chevron, flying over the US in recent months.

This UFO report was submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) on August 30, a volunteer-operated nonprofit group that’s been collecting UFO reports since 1974.

The latest sighting was the 34th chevron spotted throughout the country in 2025.

According to NUFORC, there have been several reports this year which specifically mention seeing a V-shaped wedge or triangle with multiple lights along its surface flying over the US.

‘It stayed in the same area for about 25–30 minutes for the first time I saw it,’ the witness in LA said in their report.

‘It moved around a little bit but didn’t go too far. At the end it just flew off in the south direction until I couldn’t see it anymore,’ they added.

The boomerang-shaped object also appeared to have a small body at its center, making it look similar to a F-117 stealth fighter.

However, that plane, built by the US Air Force, never had large lights on the outside of the craft.

‘It’s definitely not flares and is in my opinion a structured craft, most likely a top secret drone,’ Lee declared.

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