UFOMYST
CaseOther2016

Myrtle Beach, SC, USA

((HOAX??)) Orange lights looking like they are playing leap frog. ((anonymous report))

Report quality: Low18/100

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  • Duration parsed: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (54 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
When
2016-04-28
Where
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
2 minutes
Geo
33.689, -78.887 · exact
Slug
other-over-myrtle-beach-sc-2016-fbb45d
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In context

  • One of 292 documented reports from Myrtle Beach, SC in the UFOMYST archive.
  • South Carolina logged 97 sightings in 2016.
  • Other sightings ran at 6.3% during the 2010s (archive average: 6.9%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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