UFOMYST
CaseFormation2016

California, MO, USA

As I crested a hill on highway 87 south, about 2 miles north of California, at or around 8:10pm I saw 5-8 orange balls of light headed

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 8s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2016-03-01
Where
California, MO, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
8 seconds
Geo
38.628, -92.567 · exact
Slug
formation-over-california-mo-2016-7e09d4
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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • California, MO has 6 sightings on file here.
  • 2016 brought 112 reports from Missouri.
  • The 2010s skewed 3.5% formation reports; the archive-wide figure is 3.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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