UFOMYST
CaseCircle2016

Jacksonville, FL, USA

((HOAX??)) I stepped outside during night hours and look up to the sky, because I'm a skeptic. Started seeing these odd white lights.

Report quality: Low19/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (122 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
When
2016-02-25
Where
Jacksonville, FL, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
2 sequential nights
Geo
30.332, -81.656 · exact
Slug
circle-over-jacksonville-fl-2016-8b263f
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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • Jacksonville, FL has 256 sightings on file here.
  • 2016 brought 365 reports from Florida.
  • 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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