CaseCircle2001

Modesto, CA, USA

I wanted to photograph comets on 11/18/01 and put my camera on a star that has meany times showed me pictures. I filmed for 3hrs and lo

Report quality: Moderate65/100

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: 240s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
2001-11-18
Where
Modesto, CA, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
0004
Geo
37.639, -120.997 · exact
Slug
circle-over-modesto-ca-2001-9a2959
Local cluster

Local cluster

3 reports came out of Modesto, CA in November 2001 alone — a local cluster.

In context

  • Modesto, CA has 114 sightings on file here.
  • 2001 brought 379 reports from California.
  • The 2000s skewed 8.9% circle reports; the archive-wide figure is 10.6%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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