Light over Dunnigan, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was able to pull over in a wide spot and observe it closer this went on for approximately 20 minutes. I took my phone and tried to do a video but unfortunately it was too dark. I have been driving truck for 23 years and 16 years as a deputy sheriff. I have never seen anything like this before… I did call California Highway Patrol and they took a report of the event. Just estimating from my location it was probably 30,000 feet in the air and what appeared to be over Sacramento. We spoke via telephone with the source of the report, and we found him to be unusually eloquent and sober-minded. We suspect that he is a skilled witness, and a highly reliable source of information. He described himself as a former law enforcement officer. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #139406). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-04-07 → 2018-04-24