UFOMYST
CaseCircle2009

Fresno, CA, USA

Glowing bluish- green ball of light flying west to east at rapid rate of speed. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD))

Report quality: Low31/100

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: 2s (an atypical range)
  • Moderate witness text (79 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
2009-02-13
Where
Fresno, CA, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
2-3 seconds
Geo
36.748, -119.772 · exact
Slug
circle-over-fresno-ca-2009-527953
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

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In context

  • This is one of 171 reports logged in Fresno, CA.
  • This case is one of 647 California reports filed in 2009.
  • Circle craft made up 8.9% of 2000s reports, vs 10.6% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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