As reported

Fireball over Clearlake, CA

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The report, as filed

I witnessed 9 bright orange lights in the sky above Clearlake, California. They appeared in a line and then started to move to more of a circular shape. One moved through the circular formation without striking any of the others and dissapeared. Within 60 seconds the rest dissapeared one by one. There was no sound, and seemed to be close. When they faded away there was no trail. The only trail I witnessed was from the one light that flew through the circular formation.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #154283). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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