UFOMYST
CaseOther2019

Indio, CA, USA

Looked like an orange star like in the night sky. It stood there for a minute. I thought it was Mars but it was 3 times brighter and it

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2019-12-11
Where
Indio, CA, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
Five minutes
Geo
33.721, -116.217 · exact
Slug
other-over-indio-ca-2019-231d1b
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

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

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In context

  • Indio, CA has 33 sightings on file here.
  • 2019 brought 510 reports from California.
  • The 2010s skewed 6.3% other reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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