UFOMYST
CaseOther2005

Hoover, AL, USA

slow moving Fireball in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible contrail, we suspect. PD))

Report quality: Low32/100

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.

  • Duration parsed: 900s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (32 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2005-12-21
Where
Hoover, AL, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
15 min
Geo
33.405, -86.811 · exact
Slug
other-over-hoover-al-2005-c7e0a9
Wave

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  • Historical wave2004

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In context

  • This is one of 19 reports logged in Hoover, AL.
  • This case is one of 38 Alabama reports filed in 2005.
  • Other craft made up 7.6% of 2000s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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