UFOMYST
CaseCylinder2013

Antelope, CA, USA

On 10/18/13 at 19:00 we (adult and 2 teenagers) noticed a red/orange glowing cylinder object due west from our upstairs bedroom window.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2013-10-18
Where
Antelope, CA, USA
Shape
Cylinder
Duration
10 minutes
Geo
38.708, -121.330 · exact
Slug
cylinder-over-antelope-ca-2013-e055fd
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

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

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In context

  • Antelope, CA shows up 16 times across the archive.
  • 728 reports came from California in 2013.
  • In the 2010s, 1.5% of reports described a cylinder — the all-time rate is 1.6%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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