UFOMYST
CaseFlash2009

Murrells Inlet, SC, USA

UFO was approximately 2000-5000 above the ocean, hard to guage how far away they were. First pulses of light brought object to our att

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2009-04-17
Where
Murrells Inlet, SC, USA
Shape
Flash
Duration
less than minute
Geo
33.551, -79.041 · exact
Slug
flash-over-murrells-inlet-sc-2009-dd546f
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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • Murrells Inlet, SC has 26 sightings on file here.
  • 2009 brought 68 reports from South Carolina.
  • The 2000s skewed 1.8% flash reports; the archive-wide figure is 1.7%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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