UFOMYST
CaseCircle2013

Auburn, CA, USA

Illuminated large spher object, completely silent, sighted over Auburn, CA December 31, 7:58pm. Not fireworks..and we don't drink!

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: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (130 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2013-12-31
Where
Auburn, CA, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
3 minutes
Geo
38.897, -121.077 · exact
Slug
circle-over-auburn-ca-2013-9a2112
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

  • Auburn, CA has 28 sightings on file here.
  • 2013 brought 728 reports from California.
  • The 2010s skewed 12.3% circle reports; the archive-wide figure is 10.6%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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