UFOMYST
CaseSphere2012

New York City (Bronx), NY, USA

Observed a red light with lights all around it; the light was moving towards the W. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius? PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

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: 3600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (83 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2012-11-19
Where
New York City (Bronx), NY, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
still going
Geo
40.714, -74.006 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-new-york-city-bronx-ny-2012-5afd28
Wave

Part of a wave

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    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

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In context

  • New York City (Bronx), NY has 100 sightings on file here.
  • 2012 brought 383 reports from New York.
  • The 2010s skewed 7.1% sphere reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.5%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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