CaseFlash2005

Parma, OH, USA

it was a turquise ball moving extremely fast and low, across the horizon. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor?? PD))

Report quality: Low31/100

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: 2s (an atypical range)
  • Moderate witness text (73 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2005-12-13
Where
Parma, OH, USA
Shape
Flash
Duration
2 seconds
Geo
41.405, -81.723 · exact
Slug
flash-over-parma-oh-2005-bc36a7
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

  • This is one of 25 reports logged in Parma, OH.
  • This case is one of 88 Ohio reports filed in 2005.
  • Flash craft made up 1.8% of 2000s reports, vs 1.7% across the whole archive.

Report

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