Chevron over California City, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At just before 9:30 pm in California City, California I observed a large aircraft moving very slow coming from the west very low with bright lights. It looked long with a bright light and a red smaller light. It flew over Cal City Blvd. very slow and hovered a moment then vanished over Castle Butte. Re-entering space debris. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128844). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-07-24 → 2016-08-10
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