CaseCircle2000

Pinos Altos, NM, USA

An orange ball of light moved out from behind a far off cliff - stopped and stayed in one place for about a minute (my feeling was that

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2000-09-15
Where
Pinos Altos, NM, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
one minute or less
Geo
32.863, -108.221 · exact
Slug
circle-over-pinos-altos-nm-2000-875a57

In context

  • Pinos Altos, NM has 2 sightings on file here.
  • 2000 brought 36 reports from New Mexico.
  • The 2000s skewed 8.9% circle reports; the archive-wide figure is 10.6%.

Report

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