UFOMYST
CaseFireball2012

Cape Town (South Africa), South Africa

Ball of fire falling from sky

Report quality: Moderate48/100

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  • Duration parsed: 30s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (29 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2012-05-06
Where
Cape Town (South Africa), South Africa
Shape
Fireball
Duration
30seconds
Geo
-33.926, 18.423 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-cape-town-south-africa-2012-f7e2e1
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In context

  • One of 19 documented reports from Cape Town (South Africa), South Africa in the UFOMYST archive.
  • South Africa logged 26 sightings in 2012.
  • Fireball sightings ran at 9.3% during the 2010s (archive average: 6.9%).

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