CaseFireball2007

Smoaks, SC, USA

object was seen above tree line and was very bright.object was hovering and was slowly dropping lower on the horizon.got into my car wi

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
2007-01-06
Where
Smoaks, SC, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
10 Minutes
Geo
33.090, -80.814 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-smoaks-sc-2007-f913af
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…

In context

  • Smoaks, SC has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 2007 brought 78 reports from South Carolina.
  • The 2000s skewed 5.5% fireball reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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