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CaseFireball2013

Captiva, FL, USA

4th SIGHTING OF A SILVER-GOLD, GLOWING ELONGATED/FOOTBALL SHAPED UFO POSSIBLY EMERGING FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO, AND FIRST SIGHTING OF A

Report quality: High73/100

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: 5s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 2 other reports from the same city within 3 days
When
2013-08-16
Where
Captiva, FL, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
Brief
Geo
26.522, -82.189 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-captiva-fl-2013-dda39d
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Cluster flap2013

    FL flap 2013-08

    FL, USA

    14 sightings in geohash dhtw (FL) during 2013 peak months 8–8; top shape oval

    14 reportsOpen wave →
Local cluster

Local cluster

August 2013 was a busy month for Captiva, FL: 12 separate reports.

Flap

FL flap 2013-08

One of 14 sightings that make up the FL flap 2013-08.

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In context

  • This is one of 22 reports logged in Captiva, FL.
  • This case is one of 543 Florida reports filed in 2013.
  • Fireball craft made up 9.3% of 2010s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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