UFOMYST
CaseOval1973

Mansfield, OH, USA

Pure white oval shaped image moving slowly. Major axis was several full moon widths long. Minor axis about half of major. No colors or

Report quality: Moderate69/100

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: 4s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 2 other reports from the same city within 3 days
When
1973-09-20
Where
Mansfield, OH, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
3 - 6 seconds
Geo
40.758, -82.515 · exact
Slug
oval-over-mansfield-oh-1973-ea034b
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1973

    The Great 1973 Flap

    United States, strongest in the Southeast and Midwest

    With Blue Book dead, the biggest post-war flap had no official landing place — reports went to police, press, and the new civilian networks (MUFON, founded 1969, came of age here). October 1973 delivered Pascagoula's…

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Local cluster

Local cluster

September 1973 was a busy month for Mansfield, OH: 3 separate reports.

In context

  • This is one of 32 reports logged in Mansfield, OH.
  • This case is one of 20 Ohio reports filed in 1973.
  • Oval craft made up 6.9% of 1970s reports, vs 4.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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