UFOMYST
CaseLight2009

Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

I saw a fast light moving across the sky and thought it was a shooting star. But I then thought to myself, how could i see a shooting

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 2s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2009-01-18
Where
Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
2 secs
Geo
33.885, -118.411 · exact
Slug
light-over-manhattan-beach-ca-2009-371b74
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

  • One of 16 documented reports from Manhattan Beach, CA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • California logged 647 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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