CaseChevron2005

Newton, MA, USA

Cheveron of light amber lights over 128 South in Massachusetts. I noticed them for about 5 seconds then they disappeared.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 4s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (121 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2005-12-16
Where
Newton, MA, USA
Shape
Chevron
Duration
4-5 seconds
Geo
42.337, -71.209 · exact
Slug
chevron-over-newton-ma-2005-643ea7
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 11 reports logged in Newton, MA.
  • This case is one of 61 Massachusetts reports filed in 2005.
  • Chevron craft made up 1.2% of 2000s reports, vs 1.1% across the whole archive.

Report

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