Unknown over Concord (near), CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was relatively low to the ground. No clouds were in sky. I stayed and watched it for a few minutes before it suddenly disappeared and it didn’t move at all. Though it was the shape of a large commercial airplane, it had no markings or windows.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177127). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-07-30 → 2023-08-16