UFOMYST
CaseLight1967

Tampa (18 miles of) ??, FL, USA

I WAS BORN IN 1951,SO I WAS 16 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING. I LIVED AND STILL LIVE ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF LAKE THONOTOSASSA.I

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 38s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1967-04-01
Where
Tampa (18 miles of) ??, FL, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
30-45 seconds
Geo
27.948, -82.458 · exact
Slug
light-over-tampa-18-miles-of-fl-1967-de45e4
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1965–1967

    The Mid-Sixties Wave

    United States (nationwide), with strong echoes in South America and Australia

    The wave that broke the Air Force. Blackout-night sightings over the Northeast (1965), the Exeter close encounters, police chases in Ohio, a schoolyard mass sighting in Melbourne (Westall), and a documented 'crash-dive'…

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In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from Tampa (18 miles of) ??, FL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Florida logged 15 sightings in 1967.
  • Light sightings ran at 11.3% during the 1960s (archive average: 20.3%).

Report

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