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CaseFireball2005

Surprise, AZ, USA

ON 10/29/04 AT APROX 18:30 PM MYSELF AND 2 OTHER EYEWITNESSES WERE DRIVING BACK HOME FROM A LOCAL GROCERY STORE AS I LOOKED UP AT THE N

Report quality: Moderate65/100

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: 420s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
2005-10-29
Where
Surprise, AZ, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
7 MIN
Geo
33.631, -112.333 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-surprise-az-2005-d5bbf0
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

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    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

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Local cluster

Local cluster

October 2005 was a busy month for Surprise, AZ: 6 separate reports.

In context

  • This is one of 80 reports logged in Surprise, AZ.
  • This case is one of 204 Arizona reports filed in 2005.
  • Fireball craft made up 5.5% of 2000s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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