CaseFormation2019

WASHINGTON, PA, USA

While standing on my deck this evening I noticed what looked to be a flock of 4 glowing birds. I quickly realized they weren't birds as

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 4s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2019-12-07
Where
WASHINGTON, PA, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
3 - 5 seconds
Geo
40.174, -80.246 · exact
Slug
formation-over-washington-pa-2019-db9c39
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

  • WASHINGTON, PA shows up 19 times across the archive.
  • 236 reports came from Pennsylvania in 2019.
  • In the 2010s, 3.5% of reports described a formation — the all-time rate is 3.3%.

Report

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