UFOMYST
CaseFlash2006

Swarthmore, PA, USA

((HOAX??)) Massive bright green-blue flash over the Philadelphia sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax from Swarthmore College. PD))

Report quality: Low2/100

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: 5s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (58 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2006-11-30
Where
Swarthmore, PA, USA
Shape
Flash
Duration
5 Seconds
Geo
39.902, -75.350 · exact
Slug
flash-over-swarthmore-pa-2006-271fc0
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

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In context

  • This is one of 4 reports logged in Swarthmore, PA.
  • This case is one of 131 Pennsylvania reports filed in 2006.
  • Flash craft made up 1.8% of 2000s reports, vs 1.7% across the whole archive.

Report

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