UFOMYST
CaseChanging2011

Rochester, NY, USA

Noticed an orb floating in the sky. It seemed to be reflecting the sunlight. After 45 seconds it started changing shape and just vanish

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2011-07-21
Where
Rochester, NY, USA
Shape
Changing
Duration
1 min
Geo
43.155, -77.616 · exact
Slug
changing-over-rochester-ny-2011-da5251
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…

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In context

  • One of 139 documented reports from Rochester, NY in the UFOMYST archive.
  • New York logged 251 sightings in 2011.
  • Changing sightings ran at 2.4% during the 2010s (archive average: 2.5%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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