UFOMYST
CaseFormation2020

Longboat Key, FL, USA

Was on the beach looking at the meteor shower (aquariids) on 5/8 at 2300hrs.Noticed one, then a 2nd and 3rd bright light out over t

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (131 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2020-05-08
Where
Longboat Key, FL, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
20 minutes
Geo
27.413, -82.659 · exact
Slug
formation-over-longboat-key-fl-2020-c94e22
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

  • Longboat Key, FL has 7 sightings on file here.
  • 2020 brought 403 reports from Florida.
  • The 2020s skewed 5.2% formation reports; the archive-wide figure is 3.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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