CaseFormation2016

Everett, WA, USA

I witnessed a formation of 7-9 white lights fly silently from East to West at moderate speed and disappear after 3-5 seconds.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 4s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (125 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2016-02-05
Where
Everett, WA, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
3-5 seconds
Geo
47.979, -122.202 · exact
Slug
formation-over-everett-wa-2016-c0e711
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

  • Everett, WA has 157 sightings on file here.
  • 2016 brought 229 reports from Washington.
  • The 2010s skewed 3.5% formation reports; the archive-wide figure is 3.3%.

Report

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