UFOMYST
CaseCircle1978

Eglin AFB, FL, USA

Group of USAF cadets and an officer saw a saucer at an air force base.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 10800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (70 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-03-01
Where
Eglin AFB, FL, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
3 hours
Geo
30.459, -86.550 · exact
Slug
circle-over-eglin-afb-fl-1978-89e0a6
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • This is one of 3 reports logged in Eglin AFB, FL.
  • This case is one of 12 Florida reports filed in 1978.
  • Circle craft made up 10.5% of 1970s reports, vs 10.6% across the whole archive.

Report

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