CaseSphere2005

Lower Hells Gate (Dutch Antilles), Netherlands Antilles

2 lights the size & brightness of Venus appeared in the NE sky from 17 38 N, 63 13 W. Lights lasted about 2 minutes, disappeared.

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • Duration parsed: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (129 characters)
  • Location could not be geocoded
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2005-09-15
Where
Lower Hells Gate (Dutch Antilles), Netherlands Antilles
Shape
Sphere
Duration
2 minutes
Geo
Slug
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  • Lower Hells Gate (Dutch Antilles), Netherlands Antilles shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 1 reports came from Netherlands Antilles in 2005.
  • In the 2000s, 5.9% of reports described a sphere — the all-time rate is 6.5%.

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