Formation over Berkeley (above), CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was just looking outside of my window, having a smoke; admiring the Oakland Hills until I noticed a large bright light in the distance, just right by the radio towers. It was had quite a large shine and would begin to fade after 5 minutes. After the first light, another small orb began to glow what looked like just a couple miles away from that, but seemed to be even brighter. That one blinked quite a few times, and even changed color. At one point. (green, red/ orange) it slowly died off, and then it got really bright, like a flash. Almost like someone was taking a picture from really far away (I live in Emeryville). After that light stopped, another light appears not to far from the last blinking. The three lights became sequenced, but only one at a time. They look like signals, really. Really bright signals…
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #119409). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-06-04 → 2015-06-21
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