Changing over Cloverdale, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Also had vertical bar-like, cage-like, look. Has the sun set the object seem to fade into the distance, get smaller finally disappearing without movement left or right. Used to spotting scope on tripod to focus for this description. 4 people we're on site and duplicated the description.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #134891). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-06-29 → 2017-07-16
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