CaseSphere1986

Oxford (UK/England), United Kingdom

A Sphere in the sky that disappeared in a matter of seconds the size of the Moon

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 20s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (80 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1986-06-15
Where
Oxford (UK/England), United Kingdom
Shape
Sphere
Duration
20 seconds
Geo
51.752, -1.256 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-oxford-uk-england-1986-004a92

In context

  • Oxford (UK/England), United Kingdom has 17 sightings on file here.
  • 1986 brought 9 reports from United Kingdom.
  • The 1980s skewed 8.1% sphere reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.5%.

Report

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