CaseSphere2008

Edinboro, PA, USA

flashing lights, sudden movements changing altitudes very suddenly ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of celestial body? PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

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: 7200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (66 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2008-03-30
Where
Edinboro, PA, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
2hrs
Geo
41.874, -80.132 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-edinboro-pa-2008-d23dd8
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 9 reports logged in Edinboro, PA.
  • This case is one of 193 Pennsylvania reports filed in 2008.
  • Sphere craft made up 5.9% of 2000s reports, vs 6.5% across the whole archive.

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