UFOMYST
CaseOther2005

Parkersburg, WV, USA

((NUFORC Note: We are not certain whether this is a serious report. PD)) It looked like a red ball of fire falling from the sky.

Report quality: Moderate42/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Brief witness text (55 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2005-10-21
Where
Parkersburg, WV, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
Wood County
Geo
39.267, -81.562 · exact
Slug
other-over-parkersburg-wv-2005-a00b66
Wave

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  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

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In context

  • This is one of 21 reports logged in Parkersburg, WV.
  • This case is one of 24 West Virginia reports filed in 2005.
  • Other craft made up 7.6% of 2000s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

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