UFOMYST
CaseCylinder2012

Bakersfield, CA, USA

White ufo looked like a humungous pcp pipe (747 size) no protrusions heading from Los Angeles, to the north. Silent too. No vapor.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (130 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2012-10-04
Where
Bakersfield, CA, USA
Shape
Cylinder
Duration
20 minutes
Geo
35.373, -119.019 · exact
Slug
cylinder-over-bakersfield-ca-2012-08f4fd
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

  • This is one of 140 reports logged in Bakersfield, CA.
  • This case is one of 758 California reports filed in 2012.
  • Cylinder craft made up 1.5% of 2010s reports, vs 1.6% across the whole archive.

Report

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