Light over Sea Ranch, CA
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The report, as filed
My husband and I saw a strange phenomenon in a very dark western sky from approximately 8 to 8:15PM on December 16, 2019, while staying at Sea Ranch, CA in a rental. The sky was incredibly clear and crisp. At first we thought it could be a military aircraft maneuver but its rapid movement up and down and back again and its remaining in the same area of the sky for approximately 10 minutes was puzzling. There was definitely 1 and possibly 2, that appeared as a white, starlike shape from your selection of shapes. It's hard to say how far away this object was, so it's appearance as a light was all we could make out. It was probably 100s of miles up in the sky. Then, about 8:15 PM light clouds obscured our view.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #151703). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-12-13 → 2019-12-30
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