Formation over Castro valley, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Multiple large bright circles hovering. You can see a airplane pass through them and the objects do not move. It is right above the Oakland airport it seems, which is weird because you think if it was anything else the planes would have been able to land. These objects were completely silent. And then all of a sudden spit apart from each other and disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #166386). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-01-07 → 2022-01-24
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