UFOMYST
CaseLight2011

West Columbia, SC, USA

On October 22, 2011 around 8:30 p.m. we saw strange lights in the sky. They were moving slower and at what seemed like a higher altitud

Report quality: Moderate65/100

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  • Duration parsed: 900s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
2011-10-22
Where
West Columbia, SC, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
15
Geo
33.993, -81.074 · exact
Slug
light-over-west-columbia-sc-2011-49abc4
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

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In context

  • One of 14 documented reports from West Columbia, SC in the UFOMYST archive.
  • South Carolina logged 117 sightings in 2011.
  • Light sightings ran at 21.2% during the 2010s (archive average: 20.3%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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