UFOMYST
CaseOval2016

Sioux Falls, SD, USA

I was at my house waiting for lunch. I decided to go to the dining room to watch outside. I saw an object in the sky. I'm not sure what

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 15s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2016-11-05
Where
Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
15 seconds
Geo
43.544, -96.728 · exact
Slug
oval-over-sioux-falls-sd-2016-9d29ec
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 →
Local cluster

Local cluster

3 reports came out of Sioux Falls, SD in November 2016 alone — a local cluster.

In context

  • Sioux Falls, SD has 70 sightings on file here.
  • 2016 brought 23 reports from South Dakota.
  • The 2010s skewed 4.1% oval reports; the archive-wide figure is 4.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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