CaseCircle1997

Macaé (Brazil), Brazil

Circle shaped blue craft, moved horizontally in the sky, legt a shimmering trace, then accelerated upwards in amazing speed and vanishe

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 15s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-02-23
Where
Macaé (Brazil), Brazil
Shape
Circle
Duration
10-20 seconds
Geo
-22.385, -41.783 · exact
Slug
circle-over-maca-brazil-1997-719d1e
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  • Macaé (Brazil), Brazil shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 2 reports came from Brazil in 1997.
  • In the 1990s, 6.7% of reports described a circle — the all-time rate is 10.6%.

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