CaseTeardrop2002

Bloomfield, NM, USA

((NUFORC Note: No information provided by witness. Possible sighting of a high-altitude balloon? PD))

Report quality: Low31/100

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
  • No witness text on file
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2002-09-17
Where
Bloomfield, NM, USA
Shape
Teardrop
Duration
1 hour
Geo
36.711, -107.985 · exact
Slug
teardrop-over-bloomfield-nm-2002-1f5607

In context

  • This is one of 2 reports logged in Bloomfield, NM.
  • This case is one of 46 New Mexico reports filed in 2002.
  • Teardrop craft made up 1.1% of 2000s reports, vs 0.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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