Cylinder over Marin County, CA
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The report, as filed
A formation of 9 to 10 yellow gold lights were hovering right on the treeline and even right in the middle of the trees for a solid 15 minutes. Several houses were right up on this hillside on Mt. Tamalpais foothills where these objects were moving about in the trees. These objects were starlike and glowing and nobody in this neighborhood or in these houses is noticing this activity going on.Finally these lights departed one by one after about 15 minutes. I walked to a different location about 20 minutes later and witnessed 4 or 5 oblong stationary objects slightly toward the southeast that were more of a purple orangish greenish color. These objects were very low on the horizon just above treetop level. I watched these tall cylinder type objects for several minutes. This was the fifth Thursday night sighting in a row starting on the night after Christmas 12-26-19. There has been a lot of activity going on around here with virtually nobody paying attention especially with this drought in California.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #153784). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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