UFOMYST
CaseSphere2016

Fairbanks, AK, USA

I took 3 photos of the sky on 3/25/2016 and in my photos I noticed blue object. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flares. PD))

Report quality: Low39/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Moderate witness text (79 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2016-03-25
Where
Fairbanks, AK, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
—
Geo
64.838, -147.716 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-fairbanks-ak-2016-5be924
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

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In context

  • One of 79 documented reports from Fairbanks, AK in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Alaska logged 43 sightings in 2016.
  • Sphere sightings ran at 7.1% during the 2010s (archive average: 6.5%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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