UFOMYST
CaseUnknown2012

Cranston, RI, USA

I am a retired plychologist age 64. I sit out every night till about 2pm facing the south. I saw a large round orange ball, like a pu

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 90s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2012-10-06
Where
Cranston, RI, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
90 seconds
Geo
41.780, -71.437 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-cranston-ri-2012-924672
Wave

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  • 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…

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In context

  • One of 38 documented reports from Cranston, RI in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Rhode Island logged 49 sightings in 2012.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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