CaseOval2005

Oak Bluffs, MA, USA

Went on my second floor balcony at 8:30 pm and noticed very bright yellowish light at 30 degrees above the horizon. Object too bright t

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 900s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2005-09-28
Where
Oak Bluffs, MA, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
15 minutes
Geo
41.454, -70.562 · exact
Slug
oval-over-oak-bluffs-ma-2005-5d51c3
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 3 reports logged in Oak Bluffs, MA.
  • This case is one of 61 Massachusetts reports filed in 2005.
  • Oval craft made up 4.7% of 2000s reports, vs 4.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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