UFOMYST
CaseOther1977

Fountain Valley, CA, USA

My brother, his friend and I saw an orange pyramid-shaped object in the sky about 25 yards away from us and about 25 yards up. We were

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 360s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1977-10-01
Where
Fountain Valley, CA, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
6 minutes
Geo
33.709, -117.954 · exact
Slug
other-over-fountain-valley-ca-1977-0350ca
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • Fountain Valley, CA shows up 16 times across the archive.
  • 44 reports came from California in 1977.
  • In the 1970s, 6.5% of reports described a other — the all-time rate is 6.9%.

Report

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