CaseFireball2004
Hampstead (near Wilmington), NC, USA
FIREBALL LIKE OBJECT (LOOKS LIKE FLARE) Spotted in North Carolina
- When
- 2004-01-31
- Where
- Hampstead (near Wilmington), NC, USA
- Shape
- Fireball
- Duration
- 3-5 seconds
- Geo
- 34.368, -77.711 · exact
- Slug
- fireball-over-hampstead-near-wilmington-nc-2004-b781fb
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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…
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