CaseRectangle2018

Renton, WA, USA

Object was, or is, almost due S of Renton, WA, approx. 45 degrees above the Horizon. Seems to be 4 flashing blue/white lights.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 172800s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (126 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2018-03-15
Where
Renton, WA, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
2 days
Geo
47.483, -122.217 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-renton-wa-2018-10f3bc
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 86 reports logged in Renton, WA.
  • This case is one of 172 Washington reports filed in 2018.
  • Rectangle craft made up 1.7% of 2010s reports, vs 1.7% across the whole archive.

Report

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