CaseCircle2008

In orbit, USA

YAHOO NEWS-SHUTTLE/PICTURE Re: 139 of 176. Peter,out of curiosity,I see One Large Circle,and 7 smaller ones,that are in this picture. T

Report quality: Moderate43/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location could not be geocoded
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2008-12-12
Where
In orbit, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
Geo
Slug
circle-over-in-orbit-2008-3d5d37
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  • 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

  • One of 1 documented reports from In orbit, USA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • USA logged 7 sightings in 2008.
  • Circle sightings ran at 8.9% during the 2000s (archive average: 10.6%).

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