UFOMYST
CaseOval1978

Santa Rosa, CA, USA

Large glowing orange oval observed while driving south from Windsor, Ca. towards Santa Rosa on hwy 1. The object was moving slowly acro

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 20s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-08-25
Where
Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
20 sec.
Geo
38.440, -122.714 · exact
Slug
oval-over-santa-rosa-ca-1978-6373a6
Wave

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In context

  • One of 122 documented reports from Santa Rosa, CA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • California logged 60 sightings in 1978.
  • Oval sightings ran at 6.9% during the 1970s (archive average: 4.3%).

Report

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