As reported

Triangle over El Cerrito, CA

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The report, as filed

Triangular and two-light formations seen over the California Bay Area.

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 2011-12-28 → 2012-01-14

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February 6, 2021 · 5:15 PM · RECTANGLE

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Saw Four white objects floating above the tree line of our back yard at 5:15 pm PST in El Cerrito, CA on February 6th. The three small rectangular shapes were floating ahead of the larger circular shaped object for about 5 minutes. After all four objects floated past the tree line, the large object veered to the southwest in a turn to the NE and we couldn’t see the smaller objects. this appeared to be about as far up in the sky as planes fly, but none of the objects appeared to have wings or tails. They traveled slower than a jet. I took a photo with my iphone, but the detail of the three smaller objects did not show up in the photo. You could only see a circle with the camera of the larger object. My brother and I, both college graduates, both observed this. I called ABC news and reported it. But they did not have any reports from others about it. We have never seen anything shaped like this that moved this way before.

February 22, 2018 · 6:00 AM · UNKNOWN

El Cerrito, CA

I looked up in the sky and saw an air plane in the distance making Kim trails and then the plane cuts left and right in a big bang of smoke it looked like it lost control or something then I see a bright star figure appear but it wasn't a star it was some kind of airraft. Right after it appeared I saw what looked like two NASA space rockets flying away from it, all flying in separate directions. The Kim trails it left turned in to black rain clouds or a fire cloud. They trying to kill us. I swere it looked like an alien star with some kind of invisible coat around it almost like it was under water swimming like a star fish. I felt a presence. Something brushed up against my body I think it saw me, but I got the he'll out of there because I had a bad feeling. I think the government just smuggled an alien entity in California. I know what I saw, I know what an airplane looks like and those we're definitely space rocket ships wtf is going on We are not certain as to whether this is a sincere report. PD

November 18, 2014 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE

El Cerrito, CA

Hovering triangular shaped ufo spotted about a mile or two away, as we drove closer it stayed in position, at first we thought it was a plane, then we realized it was too low for it to be a plane. We assumed it to be a helicopter, then when we were underneath and to the right of it, we pulled over and it was absolutely silent. It had red and white flashing lights and since it was dark all I can say is that it had a triangular shape over all. Finally, as if it spotted us, it flew away, also silently and eventually turned off the brighter lights. It looked as though it was going to turn around but then stopped and hovered in a different location. My husband and I were the only ones who spotted it so far since there are no other reports; I am a civil engineer student and he is an artist, we both work as servers/bartenders/part-time managers. We were too shocked to take any photos unfortunately.

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