UFOMYST
CaseOval1990

Redding, CA, USA

We saw a red pulsating orb floating in the air. A local plane pilot reported seeing a blue light flash past his plane.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (118 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1990-06-15
Where
Redding, CA, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
5 minutes
Geo
40.587, -122.392 · exact
Slug
oval-over-redding-ca-1990-04dafe
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1989–1991

    The Belgian Triangle Wave

    Belgium (Eupen, Wallonia, Brussels corridor)

    The definitive black-triangle wave: silent, slow platforms with three corner lights, reported by gendarmes, air-traffic controllers, and thousands of citizens. On the night of March 30-31, 1990, Belgian F-16s scrambled…

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In context

  • This is one of 103 reports logged in Redding, CA.
  • This case is one of 48 California reports filed in 1990.
  • Oval craft made up 3.6% of 1990s reports, vs 4.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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