Orb
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Active leadUseful case file with unresolved ambiguity and room for more corroboration.

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Orb1 witnessSighting reportApr 1, 2018, 12:00 AMBig Island, Hawaii

Witnesses

1 witness

Duration

Unknown

Source material

2

Timeline

2

Source context

Limited context

48

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

r/UFOB

Live sighting record 0451163d-6aa3-491b-9a36-6695686b2263.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Sunlight window

Daytime — sun above horizon

Sighting occurred during daylight hours

Solar window

Sunrise6:17 AM
Sunset6:37 PM
Day length12h 19m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsLight drizzle
Temperature53°F
Cloud cover89% · Overcast
Wind6 mph
Precipitation0.3 mm

Area activity

Within 2 daysNo sightings within 60 mi

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Apr 1, 2018, 12:00 AM

Timezone

Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time

Location

Big Island, Hawaii

Observers

1 witness

Witness account

Narrative

I've only told a handful of people about this, it was very odd and changed the way I see the world. This happened around April 2018. I used to live on the Big Island in Hawaii. One night my partner yells and says she saw a glowing orb shoot down from the sky and slowly lower down in to ocean and dissappear underwater. I didn't believe her at the time and thought she was mistaken. A couple weeks later we are camping on the west side of the island north of Kona. It is nighttime but still bright...

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowApr 1, 2018, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Big Island, Hawaii.

PublishedApr 16, 2026, 6:19 PM

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Original report

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telemetry

Environmental pass

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