Light over El Dorado, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I noticed a strange light up in the sky that seemed to be moving very erratic, quickly back and forth, up and down. I called my husband out to look. We stood there for maybe 15 minutes, and within that time there were several more lights just like it on the right and left of the main one that we spotted first. It is a cloudy night so they were moving in a out of clouds. These things were not moving like an airplane at all. They were very erratic, back and forth, up and down. After about 15 minutes my husband and I went back in house.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #164216). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-07-28 → 2021-08-14
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