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CaseCircle2012

Las Cruces, NM, USA

Glowing orb like object. Very bright yellow and red. Low western sky. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Jupiter and Venus? PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

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  • Duration parsed: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (69 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2012-02-22
Where
Las Cruces, NM, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
20 min approx
Geo
32.312, -106.778 · exact
Slug
circle-over-las-cruces-nm-2012-39fbae
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In context

  • Las Cruces, NM shows up 85 times across the archive.
  • 72 reports came from New Mexico in 2012.
  • In the 2010s, 12.3% of reports described a circle — the all-time rate is 10.6%.

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