Circle over San Leandro, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The object zig zagged through the sky and then started to get really bright and completed a circle and disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179679). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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