UFO News Article:

“UFO Sighted by Three – 
It Blinked, Rocked, Then Glowed Red”,

12 October 1976 
(The Daily Union Democrat, Sonora, California)

Three Tuolumne County residents sighted a UFO near Highway 4 and Lake Tulloch on 3 October 1976, at 8:30 p.m., according to the article:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KP1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=70UNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1035,825773

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KP1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=70UNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2986,841690 (Page 4)

Lake Tulloch is located 19 kilometres (12 miles) south-west of Sonora, California.

NOTE: The newspaper date is 12 October 1976.

Lake Tulloch, California (1.bp.blogspot.com)
(1.bp.blogspot.com photo)