CaseFormation2005

Ellsworth, WI, USA

I was driving home from Hudson, and had just driven through River Falls when I spotted the first one. It was a very bright light, large

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 7200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2005-09-26
Where
Ellsworth, WI, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
2+ Hours
Geo
44.732, -92.487 · exact
Slug
formation-over-ellsworth-wi-2005-cdbfcf
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

  • Ellsworth, WI has 4 sightings on file here.
  • 2005 brought 66 reports from Wisconsin.
  • The 2000s skewed 3.1% formation reports; the archive-wide figure is 3.3%.

Report

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