UFOMYST
CaseCone2016

DeLand, FL, USA

((HOAX??)) We observed a craft covered in orange lights hovering in the lake. There were 2 smaller saucer shaped craft hovering.

Report quality: Low21/100

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: 7200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (117 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
When
2016-03-19
Where
DeLand, FL, USA
Shape
Cone
Duration
2 hours
Geo
29.028, -81.303 · exact
Slug
cone-over-deland-fl-2016-b1faec
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

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In context

  • One of 18 documented reports from DeLand, FL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Florida logged 365 sightings in 2016.
  • Cone sightings ran at 0.4% during the 2010s (archive average: 0.4%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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