CaseRectangle2012

Christiansburg, VA, USA

Driving on 460 towards christiansburg from blacksburg. passing the peppers ferry road exit. Saw 4 white lights shape of a box. hover

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 240s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (132 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2012-12-19
Where
Christiansburg, VA, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
4 minutes
Geo
37.130, -80.409 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-christiansburg-va-2012-fd9b5f
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 8 reports logged in Christiansburg, VA.
  • This case is one of 150 Virginia reports filed in 2012.
  • Rectangle craft made up 1.7% of 2010s reports, vs 1.7% across the whole archive.

Report

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