UFOMYST
CaseSphere2020

Beloit, WI, USA

While watching fireworks on the 4th of July, I was treated to more than just fireworks -- a couple red glowing orbs passed overhead.

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: 90s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (132 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2020-07-04
Where
Beloit, WI, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
90 seconds
Geo
42.508, -89.032 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-beloit-wi-2020-effddc
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

  • This is one of 21 reports logged in Beloit, WI.
  • This case is one of 137 Wisconsin reports filed in 2020.
  • Sphere craft made up 6.1% of 2020s reports, vs 6.5% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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