Oval over Patterson, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Object was a white dot in a clear blue sky, when I looked at it thur binoculars it was oval shape and looked different then with the naked eye it was white on the edge towards the sun and the rest looked transparent, clear and oval in shape. I had my camcorder set up, but I had a bad glare so I pointed it in the general direction of the object, when reviewing the chip on the tv I could see the object and other objects zipping near and around the main object I could not see the other objects with the naked eyes or the binoculars. I didn’t see the object leave with the naked eye but I could see it was gone, while in the process of trying to film the object I moved the angle of camcorder which was on a tripod and at one point lost it but was still in the general area and still caught other objects, when I could no longer see the main object I reposition the camcorder at house level and let it run in till the tape had ended. There were no objects at that level only when it was positioned up at about 70-80 degrees up.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148461). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-08-09 → 2019-08-26
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