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Did You Witness A UFO In California in 1977? I'm a Researcher Who Wants to Know
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Sparse context
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Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record d69c5c6a-74fd-4866-b5fb-419d52905f44.
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Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
May 11, 2026, 9:31 PM
Timezone
Pacific Time
Location
California
Witness account
Narrative
https://preview.redd.it/m0s0l8uvpk0h1.png?width=1536&format=png&auto=webp&s=2f2e01bc6503eabffee715dd44924eced3ab0040 Hi, everyone. I'm a researcher who's now writing a book about the 1977 California UFO "flap" -- the most significant series of U.S. sightings that is but among the least chronicled. Countless Americans have heard of Roswell of 1947, Betty and Barney Hill of 1961, Travis Walton of 1975, and the Tic-Tac of 2004. But the California Sightings of '77? "The what now?" This endeavor b...
Case progression
Timeline
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the California UFO Flap 1977 incident dossier.
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Source material
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Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
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