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/u/eastriverotter
Easter Island, Chile, Nov 12–13 2025: A ranger on Rano Kau volcano showed me orbs over the Pacific for 2 hours. Months later I found old footage of a tic-tac over the same crater. The ranger interviewed in it is named Carlos.
Witnesses
2 witnesses
Duration
2 hr
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Moderate context
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Field Intelligence
Moon phase
50% illumination
Last quarter — moderate moon brightness
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Context notes
Heavy cloud cover (100%) — limited visibility
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Nov 13, 2025, 3:30 AM
Timezone
Easter Island Time
Location
Rano Kau volcano rim
Duration
2 hr
Observers
2 witnesses
Witness account
Narrative
Time: November 12–13, 2025, ~11:30 PM to 1:30 AM local (video timestamped 1:27 AM) Location: Rano Kau volcano rim and the Ahu Vinapu site, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile My unfortunate best video: https://youtube.com/shorts/LGBxyKLEWGU Let me get this out of the way first. I am not a UFO person. Before November 2025 I had never given them serious thought. They were a sci-fi concept to me. I’d see the occasional news story, assess it logically, and move on. That’s the baseline. Whatever you m...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Rano Kau volcano rim.
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Cover image
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