CaseCircle2005

Nanaimo (Canada), BC, Canada

super bright light pulsing and seeming to grow vanishes when i go to get a better look then comes back. the light was very bright

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 900s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (129 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2005-07-14
Where
Nanaimo (Canada), BC, Canada
Shape
Circle
Duration
15 mins
Geo
49.166, -123.940 · exact
Slug
circle-over-nanaimo-canada-bc-2005-d82941
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

  • One of 35 documented reports from Nanaimo (Canada), Canada in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Canada logged 238 sightings in 2005.
  • Circle sightings ran at 8.9% during the 2000s (archive average: 10.6%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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