UFOMYST
CaseTriangle1989

Martinsburg, WV, USA

Seen an object very high in the sky, moving at a high rate of speed to the south and jumping side to side while continuing to move forw

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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: 45s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1989-08-10
Where
Martinsburg, WV, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
45 seconds
Geo
39.456, -77.964 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-martinsburg-wv-1989-efc1dc
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1989–1991

    The Belgian Triangle Wave

    Belgium (Eupen, Wallonia, Brussels corridor)

    The definitive black-triangle wave: silent, slow platforms with three corner lights, reported by gendarmes, air-traffic controllers, and thousands of citizens. On the night of March 30-31, 1990, Belgian F-16s scrambled…

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In context

  • This is one of 28 reports logged in Martinsburg, WV.
  • This case is one of 4 West Virginia reports filed in 1989.
  • Triangle craft made up 12% of 1980s reports, vs 9% across the whole archive.

Report

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