CaseSphere2017

East Boston/Boston, MA, USA

I am currently still watching as I count 6 or 7 very bright glowing orbs. There are at least 4 currently above/around the Tobin Bridge

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2017-10-30
Where
East Boston/Boston, MA, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
Current
Geo
42.375, -71.039 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-east-boston-boston-ma-2017-5f86e9
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…

In context

  • East Boston/Boston, MA has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 2017 brought 100 reports from Massachusetts.
  • The 2010s skewed 7.1% sphere reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.5%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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