CaseTeardrop2020

Williamstown, WV, USA

Looked up and caught a glimpse of a light moving faster than any plane I’ve ever seen. 2?? 3?? Times as fast. Covered the horizon dista

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2020-09-04
Where
Williamstown, WV, USA
Shape
Teardrop
Duration
Seconds
Geo
39.401, -81.448 · exact
Slug
teardrop-over-williamstown-wv-2020-03d281
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

  • Williamstown, WV has 4 sightings on file here.
  • 2020 brought 48 reports from West Virginia.
  • The 2020s skewed 0.6% teardrop reports; the archive-wide figure is 0.9%.

Report

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