CaseLight2013

Mason, TN, USA

In the sky, just down from the Big Dipper, was a light that darted side to side, up and down, and then would hover in the same position

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 7200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2013-01-03
Where
Mason, TN, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
2 hours
Geo
35.412, -89.533 · exact
Slug
light-over-mason-tn-2013-9ed655
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

  • One of 1 documented reports from Mason, TN in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Tennessee logged 125 sightings in 2013.
  • Light sightings ran at 21.2% during the 2010s (archive average: 20.3%).

Report

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