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Remembering Mario Woods: his account of the 1977 Ellsworth encounter, reconstructed in 3D
Witnesses
2 witnesses
Duration
5 hr
Source material
3
Timeline
3
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record 14c18813-12fd-491c-97f5-7640fa1bada8.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
76% illumination
Waxing gibbous — moderate moon brightness
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Nov 1, 2025, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Eastern Time
Location
Ellsworth
Duration
5 hr
Observers
2 witnesses
Witness account
Narrative
I was saddened to hear today that Mario Woods has passed away. My thoughts are with his family and everyone who knew him. In November 1977, Mario and fellow Air Force security policeman Michael Johnson said they responded to an alarm at a Minuteman launch site near Ellsworth. Mario described an enormous light descending over their truck, wider than the fence line. Their account includes at least five hours they couldn’t explain. They described being questioned separately afterward. They would...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Ellsworth.
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the 1977 Ellsworth AFB UFO Incident incident dossier.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.