CaseUnknown2014

Ocean Isle, NC, USA

A few family members and I were sitting on the balcony of a beach house and over the beach there were 3 bright orange lights in a trian

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 38s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2014-08-20
Where
Ocean Isle, NC, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
30-45 seconds
Geo
33.894, -78.427 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-ocean-isle-nc-2014-20a90f
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

  • One of 8 documented reports from Ocean Isle, NC in the UFOMYST archive.
  • North Carolina logged 282 sightings in 2014.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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