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CaseSphere1966

Malden, MA, USA

Near Malden, Massachusetts in July 1966, a witness reported a blue-white sphere brighter than any star, making regular 90-degree turns in the sky, over more than 30 minutes.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (173 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1966-07-01
Where
Malden, MA, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
30+min.
Geo
42.425, -71.066 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-malden-ma-1966-b0daeb
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  • Historical wave1965–1967

    The Mid-Sixties Wave

    United States (nationwide), with strong echoes in South America and Australia

    The wave that broke the Air Force. Blackout-night sightings over the Northeast (1965), the Exeter close encounters, police chases in Ohio, a schoolyard mass sighting in Melbourne (Westall), and a documented 'crash-dive'…

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In context

  • Malden, MA shows up 9 times across the archive.
  • 5 reports came from Massachusetts in 1966.
  • In the 1960s, 7.8% of reports described a sphere — the all-time rate is 6.5%.

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