CaseSphere1978

Biloxi, MS, USA

Unidentified Sphere observed by group of teens west of Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS.

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 (79 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-11-01
Where
Biloxi, MS, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
2 minutes
Geo
30.396, -88.885 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-biloxi-ms-1978-cea7e3
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • Biloxi, MS has 26 sightings on file here.
  • 1978 brought 6 reports from Mississippi.
  • The 1970s skewed 6.1% sphere reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.5%.

Report

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