As reported

Light over Salida, CA

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The report, as filed

On new years 2018 at around 12 am myself and my husband went outside to bang pots and pans for new years. As we were looking above the trees and houses we begin to see a white light appear out of the sky and then slowly disappear behind the trees. Then there were two more and they slowly appeared and they flew slowly and then disappeared behind the treess. 20 or so white circle dots of light kept coming into our atmosphere and then slowly would disappear behind the trees. I believe they were looking at the fireworks that were exploding all over because of the new year celebration.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177478). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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