CaseSphere2004

Gastonia, NC, USA

Round metallic object flying high in sky with no sound and no vapor trial.

When
2004-02-01
Where
Gastonia, NC, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
30 seconds
Geo
35.262, -81.187 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-gastonia-nc-2004-8edc10
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  • 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…

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