CaseFireball2010

Indian Ocean, Indian Ocean

During the routine bridge watch at sea, on the 29th Oct 2010 2200 UTC in position 03 56S 074 59E, I happened to observe a bright reddis

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • Duration parsed: 5400s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location could not be geocoded
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2010-10-29
Where
Indian Ocean, Indian Ocean
Shape
Fireball
Duration
1.5 hrs
Geo
Slug
fireball-over-indian-ocean-2010-2e66dc
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

  • One of 3 documented reports from Indian Ocean, Indian Ocean in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Indian Ocean logged 1 sightings in 2010.
  • Fireball sightings ran at 9.3% during the 2010s (archive average: 6.9%).

Report

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