CaseFireball2012
Tempe, AZ, USA
Fireball shaped object flying from east to west then took a sharp turn south before heading back east then just disappears into the sky
Report quality: Moderate55/100
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- Duration parsed: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
- Detailed witness text (135 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 2012-12-31
- Where
- Tempe, AZ, USA
- Shape
- Fireball
- Duration
- 30 minutes
- Geo
- 33.415, -111.909 · exact
- Slug
- fireball-over-tempe-az-2012-648b6e
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In context
- This is one of 116 reports logged in Tempe, AZ.
- This case is one of 212 Arizona reports filed in 2012.
- Fireball craft made up 9.3% of 2010s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.
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