UFOMYST
CaseCircle2016

Laplata, MD, USA

((HOAX??)) My gf observed a very large bright light hovering in the sky much bigger than a star. ((anonymous report))

Report quality: Low15/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Moderate witness text (85 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
When
2016-08-26
Where
Laplata, MD, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
Route 6
Geo
38.529, -76.975 · exact
Slug
circle-over-laplata-md-2016-298bc9
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

  • Laplata, MD shows up 3 times across the archive.
  • 97 reports came from Maryland in 2016.
  • In the 2010s, 12.3% of reports described a circle — the all-time rate is 10.6%.

Report

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