UFOMYST
CaseCross2008

Roan Mountain, TN, USA

Low Flying UFO Over Roan Mountain ,Tennessee Changes Colors as it Returns a Greeting From Motorist!

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 240s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (99 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2008-01-15
Where
Roan Mountain, TN, USA
Shape
Cross
Duration
4: Min.
Geo
36.196, -82.070 · exact
Slug
cross-over-roan-mountain-tn-2008-3370dd
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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • One of 4 documented reports from Roan Mountain, TN in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Tennessee logged 102 sightings in 2008.
  • Cross sightings ran at 0.3% during the 2000s (archive average: 0.3%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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