CaseSphere2008

Alamo, TX, USA

2 silver "tubes" seen flying in sky. Not weather balloons. No wings. Moving fast.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (81 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2008-08-08
Where
Alamo, TX, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
Approx. 10 minutes
Geo
26.184, -98.123 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-alamo-tx-2008-041016
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In context

  • Alamo, TX shows up 4 times across the archive.
  • 367 reports came from Texas in 2008.
  • In the 2000s, 5.9% of reports described a sphere — the all-time rate is 6.5%.

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