UFOMYST
CaseLight2008

Spokane, WA, USA

Really birght white light spotted southwest of Spokane WA. 12/13/08, 6 p.m. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus? PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

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: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (75 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
2008-12-13
Where
Spokane, WA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
30 min.
Geo
47.660, -117.429 · exact
Slug
light-over-spokane-wa-2008-7e1a41
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

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In context

  • This is one of 235 reports logged in Spokane, WA.
  • This case is one of 200 Washington reports filed in 2008.
  • Light craft made up 21.4% of 2000s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

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