UFOMYST
CaseSphere1978

Van Nuys, CA, USA

TWO METALLIC SPHERES, MOVING SOUTHEAST, APPROX 10-15 THOU FEET.

Report quality: Moderate45/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Moderate witness text (63 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-08-01
Where
Van Nuys, CA, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
20-30 SEC0NDS
Geo
34.187, -118.449 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-van-nuys-ca-1978-371e1f
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • One of 43 documented reports from Van Nuys, CA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • California logged 60 sightings in 1978.
  • Sphere sightings ran at 6.1% during the 1970s (archive average: 6.5%).

Report

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