UFOMYST
CaseDiamond2011

Melbourne Beach, FL, USA

At 9:00 pm a series of lights appeared aprox 1/2 mile off shore. They were stationary and seemed to represent one big object. The light

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2011-12-05
Where
Melbourne Beach, FL, USA
Shape
Diamond
Duration
3 min
Geo
28.068, -80.560 · exact
Slug
diamond-over-melbourne-beach-fl-2011-3e054d
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…

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In context

  • Melbourne Beach, FL has 17 sightings on file here.
  • 2011 brought 338 reports from Florida.
  • The 2010s skewed 1.5% diamond reports; the archive-wide figure is 1.4%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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