CaseOval2018

Bend, OR, USA

I observed a single object at very high altitude. From my perspective it was in my Northeast direction then moved slightly Northwest.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 7200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2018-07-11
Where
Bend, OR, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
2 hours
Geo
44.058, -121.315 · exact
Slug
oval-over-bend-or-2018-c0de00
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

  • This is one of 79 reports logged in Bend, OR.
  • This case is one of 100 Oregon reports filed in 2018.
  • Oval craft made up 4.1% of 2010s reports, vs 4.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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