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A Brief History of a Classic UFO photo: The Cote Lake UFO in Costa Rica, 1971
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record 3c661e15-f9c9-46f0-9f9a-cd8f632296dc.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Environmental signals
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Mar 24, 2026, 3:14 PM
Timezone
Central Standard Time
Location
Cote Lake, Costa Rica
Witness account
Narrative
A one minute history of the Cote UFO photograph. 4K link submitted by /u/claviusmoon
Case progression
Timeline
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the Lake Cote UFO incident dossier.
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Related entities
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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.
Linked intelligence
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