CaseCircle2009

Santo, TX, USA

I saw a bright pink light in the western sky. I saw a circular shape outlined in pink. It lit the sky up horizontally. It lasted abo

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 3s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (132 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2009-09-20
Where
Santo, TX, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
3 seconds
Geo
32.603, -98.215 · exact
Slug
circle-over-santo-tx-2009-cd8a70
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

    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…

In context

  • One of 2 documented reports from Santo, TX in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Texas logged 266 sightings in 2009.
  • Circle sightings ran at 8.9% during the 2000s (archive average: 10.6%).

Report

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