CaseFormation2019

Surprise, AZ, USA

((HOAX??)) Some time in the next week or so, 3 large groups of Unidentified Flying Objects will be visible in the sky.

Report quality: Low15/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Moderate witness text (107 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
When
2019-07-16
Where
Surprise, AZ, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
The rest if our lifes
Geo
33.631, -112.333 · exact
Slug
formation-over-surprise-az-2019-7ca0db
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

  • This is one of 80 reports logged in Surprise, AZ.
  • This case is one of 231 Arizona reports filed in 2019.
  • Formation craft made up 3.5% of 2010s reports, vs 3.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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