UFOMYST
CaseLight2008

Parlier, CA, USA

Lost UFO Firing Up as it ascends for dissapearing in an instant. ((NUFORC Note: Hoax, or not, we cannot be certain. PD))

Report quality: Low5/100

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: 210s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (64 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2008-06-20
Where
Parlier, CA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
2-5 minutes
Geo
36.612, -119.527 · exact
Slug
light-over-parlier-ca-2008-b4ebe3
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

  • Parlier, CA has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 2008 brought 709 reports from California.
  • The 2000s skewed 21.4% light reports; the archive-wide figure is 20.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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