CaseFormation2017

Fayetteville, NC, USA

I observed what I thought was a satellite falling from the sky or a meteor with a debris trail. But as it fell the object broke into 5

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2017-11-30
Where
Fayetteville, NC, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
3 minutes
Geo
35.053, -78.878 · exact
Slug
formation-over-fayetteville-nc-2017-2b1460
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

  • One of 79 documented reports from Fayetteville, NC in the UFOMYST archive.
  • North Carolina logged 145 sightings in 2017.
  • Formation sightings ran at 3.5% during the 2010s (archive average: 3.3%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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