UFOMYST
CaseFireball2010

Southport, NC, USA

See approx. 15 reddish orange bright lights flying east of Southport, NC toward Wilmington, NC. All were flying in a straight line acr

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: 900s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2010-08-06
Where
Southport, NC, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
15 minutes
Geo
33.918, -78.019 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-southport-nc-2010-0efdf3
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

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    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

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In context

  • This is one of 8 reports logged in Southport, NC.
  • This case is one of 133 North Carolina reports filed in 2010.
  • Fireball craft made up 9.3% of 2010s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

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