UFOMYST
CaseSphere2011

La Porte, IN, USA

Taking random pictures of the sun. ((NUFORC Note: Either a hoax, or case of mistaken identity, we believe. PD))

Report quality: Low0/100

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: 1s (an atypical range)
  • Brief witness text (34 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2011-06-07
Where
La Porte, IN, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
1 second
Geo
41.608, -86.714 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-la-porte-in-2011-5d7ca7
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 17 documented reports from La Porte, IN in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Indiana logged 96 sightings in 2011.
  • Sphere sightings ran at 7.1% during the 2010s (archive average: 6.5%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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