Oval over Fortuna, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I witnessed 9 oval shaped orange lights come over the mountains in a straight line formation and up into the sky at a speed of about of an air plane, they then, one by one went higher into the air and disappeared slowly.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148883). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-09-13 → 2019-09-30
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