UFOMYST
CaseFireball2016

Cairo, IL, USA

Falling star that evolved and grew in size and color, to end in a brilliant green ball of trailing light. ((NUFORC Note: 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 (105 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
2016-04-15
Where
Cairo, IL, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
2-3 seconds
Geo
37.005, -89.176 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-cairo-il-2016-430e32
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 2 documented reports from Cairo, IL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Illinois logged 156 sightings in 2016.
  • Fireball sightings ran at 9.3% during the 2010s (archive average: 6.9%).

Report

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