CaseSphere2020

Ellenton, FL, USA

this was a round abject. It was traveling due north. I was watching a jet fly east when I noticed this ball traveling at a very fast sp

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 2s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2020-02-12
Where
Ellenton, FL, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
2 seconds MAX
Geo
27.522, -82.528 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-ellenton-fl-2020-b11205
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

  • One of 2 documented reports from Ellenton, FL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Florida logged 403 sightings in 2020.
  • Sphere sightings ran at 6.1% during the 2020s (archive average: 6.5%).

Report

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