UFOMYST
CaseSphere2009

Lafayette, IN, USA

Orange Spheres Over Lafayette

Report quality: Moderate52/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Brief witness text (29 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
2009-08-21
Where
Lafayette, IN, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
minutes
Geo
40.417, -86.875 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-lafayette-in-2009-72abb9
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

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    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

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Local cluster

Local cluster

Lafayette, IN logged 4 reports in the single month of August 2009.

In context

  • One of 41 documented reports from Lafayette, IN in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Indiana logged 77 sightings in 2009.
  • Sphere sightings ran at 5.9% during the 2000s (archive average: 6.5%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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