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CaseLight1978

St. Petersburg, FL, USA

Nightmare of UFO attack preceds actual UFO sightings by 24 hours, coincidence?

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (78 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-08-27
Where
St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
20 minutes
Geo
27.771, -82.679 · exact
Slug
light-over-st-petersburg-fl-1978-25ad75
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In context

  • St. Petersburg, FL shows up 118 times across the archive.
  • 12 reports came from Florida in 1978.
  • In the 1970s, 11.6% of reports described a light — the all-time rate is 20.3%.

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