CaseLight2017

Riverbank, CA, USA

Me my boyfriend and daughter where driving when I noticed three orange/red lights that where moving together in a triangle formation wh

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 90s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2017-12-31
Where
Riverbank, CA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
1-2 minutes
Geo
37.736, -120.935 · exact
Slug
light-over-riverbank-ca-2017-3d1c6a
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 10 documented reports from Riverbank, CA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • California logged 594 sightings in 2017.
  • Light sightings ran at 21.2% during the 2010s (archive average: 20.3%).

Report

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