CaseChanging2012

Spring Grove, VA, USA

4 the last two wks a glowing obj. descends t0 the tree t0p line ((NUFORC Note: Possibly Venus, which is in the SW, currently. PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 10800s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (63 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2012-02-01
Where
Spring Grove, VA, USA
Shape
Changing
Duration
3 hours
Geo
37.515, -77.550 · exact
Slug
changing-over-spring-grove-va-2012-0022ee
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Spring Grove, VA.
  • This case is one of 150 Virginia reports filed in 2012.
  • Changing craft made up 2.4% of 2010s reports, vs 2.5% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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