CaseFormation2011

Myrtle Beach, SC, USA

We have just seen a straight formation of lights moving north in Myrtle Beach. Lights blink on then off. Atleast 5 to 6 lights in a r

Report quality: Moderate65/100

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  • Duration parsed: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
2011-05-05
Where
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
Few minutes
Geo
33.689, -78.887 · exact
Slug
formation-over-myrtle-beach-sc-2011-28f2e2
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…

Local cluster

Local cluster

3 reports came out of Myrtle Beach, SC in May 2011 alone — a local cluster.

In context

  • Myrtle Beach, SC has 292 sightings on file here.
  • 2011 brought 117 reports from South Carolina.
  • The 2010s skewed 3.5% formation reports; the archive-wide figure is 3.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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