UFOMYST
CaseRectangle2017

Springfield, MO, USA

Silvery rectangular craft seen N of Springfield, hovering above the cloud banks, appeared to be facing N before turning E.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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: 450s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (122 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2017-07-03
Where
Springfield, MO, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
5-10 minutes
Geo
37.215, -93.298 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-springfield-mo-2017-494e26
Wave

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  • 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

  • This is one of 112 reports logged in Springfield, MO.
  • This case is one of 112 Missouri reports filed in 2017.
  • Rectangle craft made up 1.7% of 2010s reports, vs 1.7% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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