CaseCircle2018

Auburn, ME, USA

((HOAX??)) Big UFO by college. ((anonymous report))

Report quality: Low12/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Brief witness text (19 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
When
2018-11-19
Where
Auburn, ME, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
1:00
Geo
44.098, -70.231 · exact
Slug
circle-over-auburn-me-2018-bdb9bf
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…

In context

  • This is one of 13 reports logged in Auburn, ME.
  • This case is one of 27 Maine reports filed in 2018.
  • Circle craft made up 12.3% of 2010s reports, vs 10.6% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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