UFOMYST
CaseOther2005

Gaithersburg, MD, USA

In parking lot walking to store, happened to look up and see black object cross from west to east and was turning point to point (sidew

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 25s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2005-09-15
Where
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
24/25 seconds
Geo
39.143, -77.201 · exact
Slug
other-over-gaithersburg-md-2005-13ad10
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…

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In context

  • One of 32 documented reports from Gaithersburg, MD in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Maryland logged 40 sightings in 2005.
  • Other sightings ran at 7.6% during the 2000s (archive average: 6.9%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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