UFOMYST
CaseFormation2005

Oblong (rural), IL, USA

pulsating row of 4-5 very bright lights in SW sky (southern IL), Triangle of 3 lights of same intensity, also small pulsing orbs

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (128 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2005-11-02
Where
Oblong (rural), IL, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
5 min
Geo
39.002, -87.909 · exact
Slug
formation-over-oblong-rural-il-2005-f2bf11
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

  • One of 1 documented reports from Oblong (rural), IL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Illinois logged 209 sightings in 2005.
  • Formation sightings ran at 3.1% during the 2000s (archive average: 3.3%).

Report

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