CaseChanging2020

Myrtle beach, SC, USA

Over the ocean large ball of orange light appeared. Split into 2 then 3 then 4. Disappeared almost instantly from 4th to 3, 2 , 1.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 1s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (130 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2020-08-11
Where
Myrtle beach, SC, USA
Shape
Changing
Duration
1
Geo
33.689, -78.887 · exact
Slug
changing-over-myrtle-beach-sc-2020-67a5dc
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

Local cluster

Local cluster

Myrtle beach, SC logged 3 reports in the single month of August 2020.

In context

  • One of 292 documented reports from Myrtle beach, SC in the UFOMYST archive.
  • South Carolina logged 116 sightings in 2020.
  • Changing sightings ran at 3.1% during the 2020s (archive average: 2.5%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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