UFOMYST
CaseTriangle2011

Wichita, KS, USA

Saw a bright tear-like triangular shape in the sky that did not move for more than 30 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: Jupiter? 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: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (94 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
2011-10-31
Where
Wichita, KS, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
30+ min.
Geo
37.692, -97.338 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-wichita-ks-2011-dde1fc
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In context

  • One of 152 documented reports from Wichita, KS in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Kansas logged 43 sightings in 2011.
  • Triangle sightings ran at 8.4% during the 2010s (archive average: 9%).

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