Light over San Rafael (Lucas Valley / Marinwood), CA
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Observing about fleet of 20 bright lights floating inline from west to east (from ocean to in land) over Lucas Valley / Marinwood. Lights were a size of stars in the night sky, and the fleet of light was moving in sky with equal interval between each other, in very straight line like a military unit. But, by reaching some abstract and invisible point in sky they become disappearing one after another (not all at once). Unfortunately, a camera on Iphone 12 is too weak to make recording of those light in night sky. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178315). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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