CaseLight2009

Cancun (Quintana Roo) (Mexico), Mexico

While on vacation in Cancun Mexico we stayed in the hotel zone. On Sunday night March 15, 2009 at approximately 8:15 p.m., we were sit

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 10800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2009-03-15
Where
Cancun (Quintana Roo) (Mexico), Mexico
Shape
Light
Duration
3 hours +
Geo
21.174, -86.847 · exact
Slug
light-over-cancun-quintana-roo-mexico-2009-f33f7e
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 2 documented reports from Cancun (Quintana Roo) (Mexico), Mexico in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Mexico logged 9 sightings in 2009.
  • Light sightings ran at 21.4% during the 2000s (archive average: 20.3%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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