UFOMYST
CaseFlash1978

Phoenix, AZ, USA

((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides no information. PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

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
  • No witness text on file
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
1978-08-01
Where
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Shape
Flash
Duration
Seconds
Geo
33.448, -112.074 · exact
Slug
flash-over-phoenix-az-1978-98b176
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • One of 741 documented reports from Phoenix, AZ in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Arizona logged 10 sightings in 1978.
  • Flash sightings ran at 0.5% during the 1970s (archive average: 1.7%).

Report

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