UFOMYST
CaseFormation2016

Lancaster, OH, USA

((HOAX??)) White lights in saucer like pattern. ((anonymous report))

Report quality: Low28/100

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  • Duration parsed: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (36 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
When
2016-06-15
Where
Lancaster, OH, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
10 minutes
Geo
39.714, -82.599 · exact
Slug
formation-over-lancaster-oh-2016-f7ad81
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 23 documented reports from Lancaster, OH in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Ohio logged 156 sightings in 2016.
  • Formation sightings ran at 3.5% during the 2010s (archive average: 3.3%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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