CaseSphere2019

Myrtle Beach, SC, USA

Oceanfront balcony at The Marriott. 4 stationary blue orbs over the water about 20 feet from shore. 1 was making zigzag movements. Minu

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2019-02-08
Where
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
5 minutes
Geo
33.689, -78.887 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-myrtle-beach-sc-2019-ab8b2c
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

  • Myrtle Beach, SC has 292 sightings on file here.
  • 2019 brought 115 reports from South Carolina.
  • The 2010s skewed 7.1% sphere reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.5%.

Report

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