UFOMYST
CaseUnknown1978

Waltham, MA, USA

Stars or satellites change places in the sky.

Report quality: Moderate48/100

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: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (45 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-02-15
Where
Waltham, MA, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
5 minutes
Geo
42.376, -71.236 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-waltham-ma-1978-1a9985
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 9 reports logged in Waltham, MA.
  • This case is one of 17 Massachusetts reports filed in 1978.

Report

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