UFOMYST
CaseCircle1978

Alpine, AZ, USA

DURING A HUNTING TRIP IN THE MOUNTAINS,WE MADE CAMP AND LATE THAT NIGHT I SAW THE FOLLOWING. A BRIGHT LIGHT THAT CAME FROM THE SOUTHEAS

Report quality: Moderate55/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 7200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-10-12
Where
Alpine, AZ, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
2 hours
Geo
33.848, -109.143 · exact
Slug
circle-over-alpine-az-1978-6212d2
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • Alpine, AZ has 2 sightings on file here.
  • 1978 brought 10 reports from Arizona.
  • The 1970s skewed 10.5% circle reports; the archive-wide figure is 10.6%.

Report

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