CaseLight2011

Shady Side, MD, USA

Saw 3 bright lights, 1 was much bigger and brighter then 2 of them. they were hovering, and close to ground.

Report quality: Moderate45/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Moderate witness text (108 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2011-11-04
Where
Shady Side, MD, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
Geo
38.842, -76.512 · exact
Slug
light-over-shady-side-md-2011-552b15
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 3 documented reports from Shady Side, MD in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Maryland logged 74 sightings in 2011.
  • Light sightings ran at 21.2% during the 2010s (archive average: 20.3%).

Report

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