UFOMYST
CaseOval2012

Springfield, MA, USA

I was on my way to bed n I sleep next to the window n when I lay down I can see the roof of the neighbor so I was trying to get sleep n

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 30s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2012-10-18
Where
Springfield, MA, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
~30 seconds
Geo
42.101, -72.590 · exact
Slug
oval-over-springfield-ma-2012-39dcbf
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

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In context

  • Springfield, MA shows up 47 times across the archive.
  • 161 reports came from Massachusetts in 2012.
  • In the 2010s, 4.1% of reports described a oval — the all-time rate is 4.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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