UFOMYST
CaseUnknown2013

Sanibel, FL, USA

It was a reddish orange flickering light that appeared to be from a hovering aircraft along the edge of a storm cloud.

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: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (118 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2013-08-12
Where
Sanibel, FL, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
30 minutes
Geo
26.449, -82.022 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-sanibel-fl-2013-031cde
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Cluster flap2013

    FL flap 2013-08

    FL, USA

    14 sightings in geohash dhtw (FL) during 2013 peak months 8–8; top shape oval

    14 reportsOpen wave →
Flap

FL flap 2013-08

This case is part of the FL flap 2013-08 — 14 reports clustered in the same place and window of time.

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In context

  • One of 2 documented reports from Sanibel, FL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Florida logged 543 sightings in 2013.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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