Circle over Fiddletown, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I saw either a small light that was close or a huge light that was really far cross a gap in between trees in my front yard. I thought it was an meteor or asteroid, but it had no tail. It looked like a star in the night sky moving really fast. Shortly after a plane flew over so I'm convinced it wasn't that. I live in Amador county in northern California and this isn't a hot spot. I'm a firm believer that aliens are out there, but to this day I still don't know what I saw. There is a report from September of a couple green lights over neighboring Calaveras County that were caught in photo and video. One witness wasn't a resident either, just a road tripper. I don't feel that I'm in any danger, but would like to see if anyone else has reported anything about the incident.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #172847). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-10-23 → 2022-11-09