CaseSphere2000

Decatur, GA, USA

brilliant object fell to earth in W/SW sky at a very steep angle. appeared similar to a meteor falling, but was far too large

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: 3s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (125 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2000-05-09
Where
Decatur, GA, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
3 seconds
Geo
33.775, -84.296 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-decatur-ga-2000-a150a8

In context

  • Decatur, GA has 16 sightings on file here.
  • 2000 brought 44 reports from Georgia.
  • The 2000s skewed 5.9% sphere reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.5%.

Report

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