UFOMYST
CaseLight2009

Charlton, MA, USA

We noticed a very bright spot in the sky. The main color was white. ((NUFORC Note: Star or planet, we suspect. PD))

Report quality: Low31/100

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: 16200s (an atypical range)
  • Moderate witness text (67 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2009-08-16
Where
Charlton, MA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
4-5 hours or so
Geo
42.136, -71.970 · exact
Slug
light-over-charlton-ma-2009-528869
Wave

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  • 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…

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In context

  • Charlton, MA has 6 sightings on file here.
  • 2009 brought 79 reports from Massachusetts.
  • The 2000s skewed 21.4% light reports; the archive-wide figure is 20.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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