Light over Riverdale, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Lights appeared to be stars at first site but were floating to low to be assumed they were stars. Two lights observed standing still in the sky and did not appeared to be airplanes. Airplanes lights turn on/off and do not stay still. They were too big to be drones. After stepping inside the house for a moment(15 mins.)and returning to document, the observed lights were no longer in the sky. Jupiter and Venus
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174835). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-02-26 → 2023-03-15