UFOMYST
CaseSphere2008

Los Angeles (150-200 mi. e or ne of), CA, USA

Small metallic copper object 1-2 mi. above ground traveling w/sw-e/ne (viewed from L.A.-bound 757)

Report quality: Moderate47/100

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  • Duration parsed: 2s (an atypical range)
  • Moderate witness text (98 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2008-09-16
Where
Los Angeles (150-200 mi. e or ne of), CA, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
2-3 sec.
Geo
34.052, -118.244 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-los-angeles-150-200-mi-e-or-ne-of-ca-2008-38ff94
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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from Los Angeles (150-200 mi. e or ne of), CA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • California logged 709 sightings in 2008.
  • Sphere sightings ran at 5.9% during the 2000s (archive average: 6.5%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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