CaseTriangle2005

New York City (Staten Island), NY, USA

it was the a-typical triangle craft....white lights on tips of triangle, low gliding movement, however sounded like conventional engine

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
2005-06-22
Where
New York City (Staten Island), NY, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
five to ten seconds
Geo
40.714, -74.006 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-new-york-city-staten-island-ny-2005-a74811
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 56 reports logged in New York City (Staten Island), NY.
  • This case is one of 162 New York reports filed in 2005.
  • Triangle craft made up 10.1% of 2000s reports, vs 9% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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