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CaseSphere2022

20,000 feet over Trout Lake, WA looking Northwest, WA, USA

While flying in a USN EA-18G @ 20k, we saw a large bright white glowing orb flying toward us, getting brighter on a collision course

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • Duration parsed: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (132 characters)
  • Location could not be geocoded
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2022-03-08
Where
20,000 feet over Trout Lake, WA looking Northwest, WA, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
60 Seconds
Geo
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Slug
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In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from 20,000 feet over Trout Lake, WA looking Northwest, WA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Washington logged 52 sightings in 2022.
  • Sphere sightings ran at 6.1% during the 2020s (archive average: 6.5%).

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