CaseFormation2020

Independence, Belize

About 8 object flying low in a V formation going west to east. No sounds heard, some of the lights moved around the rear of the formati

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 12s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2020-10-15
Where
Independence, Belize
Shape
Formation
Duration
10-15 seconds
Geo
16.534, -88.419 · exact
Slug
formation-over-independence-2020-072b43
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 1 documented reports from Independence, Belize in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Belize logged 1 sightings in 2020.
  • Formation sightings ran at 5.2% during the 2020s (archive average: 3.3%).

Report

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