CaseChevron1990

Arlington, VA, USA

Object sighted in bi-noc while stargazing. Object in sight for approx 2.5 3.0 sec due to other object in sight (tree) object moved fa

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: 150s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1990-05-05
Where
Arlington, VA, USA
Shape
Chevron
Duration
2.5
Geo
38.881, -77.104 · exact
Slug
chevron-over-arlington-va-1990-207499
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…

In context

  • This is one of 44 reports logged in Arlington, VA.
  • This case is one of 5 Virginia reports filed in 1990.
  • Chevron craft made up 1.3% of 1990s reports, vs 1.1% across the whole archive.

Report

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