NUFORC UFO Sighting 35370

Occurred: 2004-03-02 08:20 Local
Reported: 2004-03-02 17:51 Pacific
Duration: still happening
No of observers: 6

Location: Clermont, FL, USA

Shape:

a perfect ring around the moon

there was a huge ring around the moon perfect in shape everything around the moon was clear as crystal, till the edge of clouds? ring around was solid white almost like ivory, and the size of the ring was about a fourth of the total sky. would like to know what this is and what causes it

NUFORC Note:

We suspect the ring may have been caused by ice crystals in the Earth's atmosphere. PD

Posted 2004-03-09