CaseChevron1963
USS Kearsarge (at sea, out of Japan), Japan
Observed 5 lights in a inverted "V" rise from the horizon, hover for a few minutes and then sink back down below the horizon. We were a
Report quality: Moderate49/100
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- Duration parsed: 300s, a plausible sighting length
- Detailed witness text (135 characters)
- Location could not be geocoded
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1963-11-23
- Where
- USS Kearsarge (at sea, out of Japan), Japan
- Shape
- Chevron
- Duration
- 5 minutes
- Geo
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In context
- USS Kearsarge (at sea, out of Japan), Japan has 1 sightings on file here.
- 1963 brought 2 reports from Japan.
- The 1960s skewed 0.9% chevron reports; the archive-wide figure is 1.1%.
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