CaseOther2009

Redding, CA, USA

objects in night sky not what appears..stars glowing brilliant colors and disappearing, planes silent changing form than disapearing

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (132 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2009-10-01
Where
Redding, CA, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
3months
Geo
40.587, -122.392 · exact
Slug
other-over-redding-ca-2009-a1ebe5
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

  • Redding, CA has 103 sightings on file here.
  • 2009 brought 647 reports from California.
  • The 2000s skewed 7.6% other reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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