UFOMYST
CaseUnknown2011

Long Island, NY, USA

THE LIGHTS WE ALL SAW OVER LONG ISLAND TONIGHT WERE ONLY CHINESE LANTERNS THAT WERE LET GO FOR A CEREMONY HELD IN CONNECTIQUOT STATE PA

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2011-08-12
Where
Long Island, NY, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
20 mins
Geo
40.817, -73.066 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-long-island-ny-2011-ccd050
Wave

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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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In context

  • Long Island, NY has 8 sightings on file here.
  • 2011 brought 251 reports from New York.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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