UFOMYST
CaseFlash2016

Washington, D.C. (above I-295 bridge), DC, USA

I want to be clear on this event, I was on my way to N.H from Doswell Virginia, after staying the night in Kings dominion Best western.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 2s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2016-03-13
Where
Washington, D.C. (above I-295 bridge), DC, USA
Shape
Flash
Duration
2 seconds
Geo
38.895, -77.036 · exact
Slug
flash-over-washington-d-c-above-i-295-bridge-dc-2016-0c4fc6
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

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Washington, D.C. (above I-295 bridge), DC.
  • This case is one of 5 District of Columbia reports filed in 2016.
  • Flash craft made up 2% of 2010s reports, vs 1.7% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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