CaseChanging2022

Gardendale, AL, USA

Was looking north observing an airplane coming from east to west at approx 25,000-30,000ft, 75° above elevation, surrounded by objects

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 9s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2022-02-02
Where
Gardendale, AL, USA
Shape
Changing
Duration
8-10 seconds
Geo
33.660, -86.813 · exact
Slug
changing-over-gardendale-al-2022-397d25
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 11 documented reports from Gardendale, AL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Alabama logged 28 sightings in 2022.
  • Changing sightings ran at 3.1% during the 2020s (archive average: 2.5%).

Report

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