UFOMYST
CaseTeardrop2014

Gilbert, AZ, USA

Teardrop object falling through sky on fire (could've been asteroid). ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? 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: 3s (an atypical range)
  • Moderate witness text (69 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
2014-10-04
Where
Gilbert, AZ, USA
Shape
Teardrop
Duration
3 seconds
Geo
33.353, -111.789 · exact
Slug
teardrop-over-gilbert-az-2014-781596
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    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

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In context

  • One of 146 documented reports from Gilbert, AZ in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Arizona logged 302 sightings in 2014.
  • Teardrop sightings ran at 0.8% during the 2010s (archive average: 0.9%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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