CaseFireball2004

Goedehoop,Strand (South Africa), South Africa

Hi Myself and the kids spotted something which we can only describe as an UFO last night. What happened was this : We live in Goedeho

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • Duration parsed: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location could not be geocoded
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2004-05-06
Where
Goedehoop,Strand (South Africa), South Africa
Shape
Fireball
Duration
+- 1 min
Geo
Slug
fireball-over-goedehoop-strand-south-africa-2004-d1ae82
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

  • Goedehoop,Strand (South Africa), South Africa has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 2004 brought 10 reports from South Africa.
  • The 2000s skewed 5.5% fireball reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.

Report

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