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/u/Inevitable_Fuel_1821
Going through my late father's 1998 CD-ROM backups and found this. He never talked about it much, but I can't stop staring at it.
Witnesses
1 witness
Duration
5 min
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
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Live sighting record 48d8bdae-ed73-4f19-9b56-d67a937b9484.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Context notes
Heavy cloud cover (100%) — limited visibility
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Dec 31, 2025, 11:59 PM
Timezone
Mountain Standard Time
Location
Tucson, Arizona
Duration
5 min
Observers
1 witness
Witness account
Narrative
Hey everyone, My dad passed away about three months ago, and I’ve been slowly going through his old stuff in the garage. Among his boxes, I found a spindle of backup CD-ROMs from around 2003–2004. Back when home PCs running Windows XP were taking off, he had a local photofinishing shop digitize a bunch of his older 35mm film rolls onto disc. While looking through the files, I stumbled upon this specific photo. According to the folder name, it was taken near Tucson, Arizona, around late 1998 (...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Tucson, Arizona.
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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.