UFOMYST
CaseCircle2017

Aptos, CA, USA

Lights in the sky. ((anonymous report)) ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch at 17:27 hrs. (PST). PD))

Report quality: Low29/100

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 (75 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2017-12-22
Where
Aptos, CA, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
17:39
Geo
36.977, -121.899 · exact
Slug
circle-over-aptos-ca-2017-ae4eb0
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

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In context

  • Aptos, CA has 10 sightings on file here.
  • 2017 brought 594 reports from California.
  • The 2010s skewed 12.3% circle reports; the archive-wide figure is 10.6%.

Report

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