UFOMYST
CaseOval2011

Billings, MT, USA

Canon A3100IS Captures an Unknown Black Blur During Thunderstorm. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a bird, caught in flight. 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: 1s (an atypical range)
  • Moderate witness text (65 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
2011-08-10
Where
Billings, MT, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
1 sec
Geo
45.783, -108.501 · exact
Slug
oval-over-billings-mt-2011-0113bc
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In context

  • This is one of 78 reports logged in Billings, MT.
  • This case is one of 49 Montana reports filed in 2011.
  • Oval craft made up 4.1% of 2010s reports, vs 4.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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