CaseChanging1999

New York City/Philadelphia (between, on aircraft), NY, USA

Light bacame bright and changed into elongated form then split into 3 or four objects heading east somewhere around ~20,000 feet

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (128 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1999-11-16
Where
New York City/Philadelphia (between, on aircraft), NY, USA
Shape
Changing
Duration
60+ seconds
Geo
40.714, -74.006 · exact
Slug
changing-over-new-york-city-philadelphia-between-on-aircraft-ny-1999-95a463

In context

  • New York City/Philadelphia (between, on aircraft), NY shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 110 reports came from New York in 1999.
  • In the 1990s, 1.9% of reports described a changing — the all-time rate is 2.5%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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