CaseSphere2007

Corpus Christi, TX, USA

OUT IN THE FIELD RIGHT BEHIND THE CORPUS CHRISTI NATIONAL AIRPORT ABOUT 5:OO PM. IT HOVERED IN THE AIR FOR ABOUT ABOUT 45:00 to 55:00 M

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 3000s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2007-01-08
Where
Corpus Christi, TX, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
50MIN
Geo
27.801, -97.396 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-corpus-christi-tx-2007-10bfae
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…

In context

  • This is one of 81 reports logged in Corpus Christi, TX.
  • This case is one of 213 Texas reports filed in 2007.
  • Sphere craft made up 5.9% of 2000s reports, vs 6.5% across the whole archive.

Report

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