UFOMYST
CaseCone2015

Sonoma, CA, USA

Obj. possibly cyl. or cone, with a dark red tail approx. 4-6 lengths of the obj. ((NUFORC Note: Re-entering space debris. PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

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: 90s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (80 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
2015-12-22
Where
Sonoma, CA, USA
Shape
Cone
Duration
1.5 minutes
Geo
38.292, -122.458 · exact
Slug
cone-over-sonoma-ca-2015-cfd801
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

  • One of 33 documented reports from Sonoma, CA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • California logged 814 sightings in 2015.
  • Cone sightings ran at 0.4% during the 2010s (archive average: 0.4%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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