UFOMYST
CaseFormation2011

Fresno (near; on Interstate 5), CA, USA

A linear object with 3 bright lights, flew about 10 feet over our truck while traveling N on I 5.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 90s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (97 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2011-07-17
Where
Fresno (near; on Interstate 5), CA, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
1-2 Minutes
Geo
36.748, -119.772 · exact
Slug
formation-over-fresno-near-on-interstate-5-ca-2011-04f661
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…

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In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from Fresno (near; on Interstate 5), CA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • California logged 624 sightings in 2011.
  • Formation sightings ran at 3.5% during the 2010s (archive average: 3.3%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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