UFOMYST
CaseOther1997

Oceanside, CA, USA

What appeared to be a slow-burning, orange-colored object was slowly "floating" in a northernly direction directly over the beach just

Report quality: Moderate65/100

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: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
1997-05-02
Where
Oceanside, CA, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
10 minutes
Geo
33.196, -117.379 · exact
Slug
other-over-oceanside-ca-1997-08ae25
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 53 reports logged in Oceanside, CA.
  • This case is one of 152 California reports filed in 1997.
  • Other craft made up 8% of 1990s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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