UFOMYST
CaseLight2012

North Lake Tahoe, CA, USA

Hovering then moving very bright white oval w/red light ball

Report quality: Moderate45/100

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  • Duration parsed: 900s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (60 characters)
  • Location could not be geocoded
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2012-10-05
Where
North Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
15 minutes
Geo
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Slug
light-over-north-lake-tahoe-ca-2012-978638
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  • One of 1 documented reports from North Lake Tahoe, CA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • California logged 758 sightings in 2012.
  • Light sightings ran at 21.2% during the 2010s (archive average: 20.3%).

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