CaseOval2015

Gatlinburg, TN, USA

Started out as a small circle in the sky. As I got a closer view, it had red lights at the bottom as it was flying towards the hori

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (131 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2015-07-06
Where
Gatlinburg, TN, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
14:09
Geo
35.715, -83.512 · exact
Slug
oval-over-gatlinburg-tn-2015-d1cd73
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

  • Gatlinburg, TN has 6 sightings on file here.
  • 2015 brought 110 reports from Tennessee.
  • The 2010s skewed 4.1% oval reports; the archive-wide figure is 4.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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