UFOMYST
CaseFormation2004

Greenwater (near, by Mt. Rainier), WA, USA

Triangular light formations by Mt. Rainier ((NUFORC Note: We suspect the objects were U.S.Navy "NOSS" satellites. PD))

Report quality: Low32/100

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: 210s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (42 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2004-08-19
Where
Greenwater (near, by Mt. Rainier), WA, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
3-4 MINUTES
Geo
47.156, -121.650 · exact
Slug
formation-over-greenwater-near-by-mt-rainier-wa-2004-8e3428
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

  • Greenwater (near, by Mt. Rainier), WA has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 2004 brought 248 reports from Washington.
  • The 2000s skewed 3.1% formation reports; the archive-wide figure is 3.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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