UFOMYST
CaseRectangle2008

Philomath, OR, USA

Staionary rectangular object in sky near Mary's Peak spoted from car but disapeared when we pulled over to look.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (112 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2008-07-12
Where
Philomath, OR, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
2 minutes
Geo
44.540, -123.368 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-philomath-or-2008-fb0b95
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In context

  • One of 5 documented reports from Philomath, OR in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Oregon logged 93 sightings in 2008.
  • Rectangle sightings ran at 1.6% during the 2000s (archive average: 1.7%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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