Fireball over Lodi, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Strange fireballs on Dec. 03, 1999 on the West side of Lodi. They hung around for about four hours, and military planes flew over.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1999-11-30 → 1999-12-17
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